Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-04-16 | Page 20 | Arrest Breaks Smuggler Ring

ARREST BREAKS SMUGGLER RING I ILOS Copyright 1935 by United Pr Press LOS ANGELES April 16 A 16 A milion mullion mil mil- lion ion dollar year dollar year a n. n year international I smuggling ring which relayed illicit i i jewelry and narcotics from the Orient rient through Mexico Into the United States by steamers and airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes was believed believed broken today by jy federal e er l authorities Sheriff Ed Ayres of oC Los Los' Angeles county count disclosed alleged ll ged operations op rations of the giant ring after he announced the arrest by M Mexican officials of ofa ofa I a a. man who gave the name of Alex Taylor as he stepped off of a Pan- Pan American air liner at Guadal Guadalajara jarn Mexico exico Ayres said he had been informed of oC the arrest by Mexican authorities ties and that part of a consignment of or gems had ad been recovered here by Chief Chic Customs Officer Archie Han Han- son The asserted smugglers were said to have maintained offices in the orient and carried on their operations operations operations opera opera- by sending illegal consignments consign consign- meats ments on vessels which were con con- con I acted by airplanes off arc the coast of ot Mexico from where they were flown Into nto th States Sheriff Ayres Ares said he was reportedly reportedly report report- edly held on charges of oC bringing gems into the United States without with without out reporting to Mexican or American American Amer- Amer ican can officials I IThe The investigation into the alleged I Iring ring was was' started by American authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au after it was reported airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes were seen flying low near here bere jere dropping packages into dry washes