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Show ALLEGED SMUGGLERS ARE UNDER ARREST Charged With Conspiracy to Bring Co catne and Opium Illegally Into Country NEW ORK March 3 Tonko L Mil c described as the v ce president of a Peruv an rubber corporat on and Gustavo Waldeck were arrested today on the charge of consp racy to smuggle coca ne and opium in arge quant t es from Ge many and Austr a They were placed under londs of $o000 each by a United States comm ss oner Agents of the treas ry departn em alleged that they had fo nd n M 1 c a a artments on R vers de Dr e papers reveal ng tho compl c ty of the pa r n a w despread plot M 1 c also known as Letara is al leged to have perfected a scheme for sm ggl n Pers an smoking op um n q ant t es sufRc ent to net 1 n a profit of $00 000 i year The forb dden d ug was to be brougl t here from Dalmat a, where t was alleged Mies father had a plantat on de otcd to ra s ng th flant from wh ch op un s extracted t was to be oncealed in bundl s of safe which e on the customs free 1 st Waldeck recently fyi shed a prison sentence for bmugj,Ung cocaine. |