Shots rang out sharply from within the ut as the thirty of s policemen approached. The officers immediately returned the fre.
Realizing that they twere outnumbered and trapped. the gangsters dropped two or three pistols into. the muddy creek, and awaited By then a large number of shots had been fired by beth sides, but apparently no-one had been it The police closed in on the hut and arrested the occupants, including the!
who. had been' wounded January 2 encounter oft Tunsi Road, Those arrested wore six men Jand three women.
With the three arrested in the Settlement, a total of [twelve suspects thus had been taken. the three were being questioned last ight as the police were trying. to earn in what crimes they had_ been Jconcerned. A fourth lay in the Police Hospital in serious condition, and the remainder, though wanted by the poli ice. were in Japanese hands.
Operations to recover the is el were started without delay yesterday afternoon. In the soft and dep mud below the gangster hut the detectives patiently delved and sifted until Tate.
"They found- one of th pistols before darkness fell. It was 38 calibre Colt and it was recogni zed to be a weapon stolen from the SIN It_was kept yesterday by the Japanese Military Police and there-Hfore could not be examined by the ISMP. ballistics expert with a view! Ito identify it fully. Thus, it was felt, the police investigation received jcecond serious setback.
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