Loot of $1,500 Consists Of Money and Jewellery One of the largest gangs of Chinese robbers operating here in months was active in the Western district early yesterday morning. Ten men, all of them carrying pistols, entered House 6, Lane 54 Edinburgh Road, and leisurely ransacked the premises. They cktained some $1,500 in money and jewellery; and escaped. No shots were fired.
It was reported to the police yesterday morning that another large gang, seven men, had stolen a quantity of cotton and artificial silk from a Chinese dyeing factory in Lane 82, Brenan Road, on Wednesday evening. These robbers displayed two imitation pistols, according to the report of the victims. The loot was valued at about $900.
Another armed robbery took place yesterday at about 8 p.m. when six men, four of whom were armed with pistols, entered House 39 of Lane 587 Ferry Road and took money and jewellery valued at $300. No shots were fired and until late last night, no arrests made.
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