Shanghai, July 15, Believed to be members' of a well-organized drug ring, 28 Chinese and a woman were remanded yesterday by the First Special District Court for two weeks for further inquiries, Four pounds of opium, documents, opium-smoking paraphernalia and $1,400 cash were seized, First arrests were made by Detective Sub-Inspector G, J, B. Pryde, of the Special Crime Branch of the Settlement Police Headquarters, in house in Yates Rood on July} when a Chinese couple were caught and four pounds of opium were seized. Another Chinese was Inter arrested in an upstairs room, From information gathered from the suspects, the police party made quick preparations for further raids. In order to conduct these simultaneously so as to Rive "Tess chance to the suspects to escape, three raiding parties were organized, Ineaded respectively by Detective Inspector H.C, Glover, Detective Sub-Inspector 'Pryde and' Detective Sub-Inspector Maklaevsky.
The Chinese were arrested in room 3% of the Chinese Stock Exchange Building in Hankow Rood, the Far Eastern Hotel and 103 Rue Lafayette, Some of the arrested persons were said to be well-to-do merchants,
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