The Archive · 1938

"Mounties" Break Narcotic Ring

Hongkong Investigations

Agsist "Canadians" to "Get Their Men"

"The Mounties always get their man", and whether the chase is in the frozen wastes of Canada or in ihe warmer and more densely populated areas in the south of the Dominion, the result is always the same—somebody will languish behind iron bars for a certain period. But it is a long cry from Canada to Hongkong, Distance to these men of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, however, is infinitesimal, and the length of time taken to make arrests does not matter as long as the ends of justice are carried out.

Investigations which lasted for eleven years, and brought detectives is famous police force thrice to

in dhe taking of evidence on Commis¥fon before Mr. Justice Lindsell, will culminate this month according to the "Hongkong Telegraph,"

Through the efforts of the "Mounties" a million dollar narcotic ring. with headquarters in Vancouver, which operated extensively between Hongkong and the west coast of Canada and the United States, has been broken, Five former residents of Hongkong and Canton are now behind prison bars in Vancouver, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. The five men are:—Gordon Lim. alias Lim Fong-duck; Wong Yin, alias Kong Kit-sam; Lee Hoi; Chan Sing-jun, alias Chan Dong; and Lum How,

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