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Show GIGANTIC DRUG R1N8 REVEALED . i . a International Smuggling on -.Big Scale Discovered by. Fcd: eral Agents, SUPPLIED BY SEAMEN Foreign Sailors Spcsk Huoo Quantb ties of Narcotics Into United States Through Now York City, Say Officials. Kcv York. The existence of a gb . gnntlc. tnteniutlonnl ring for smuggling smug-gling uiircutlcs Into the United Slntc-i, has been revealed In New York city by federal olllclals active In it cruiulc, against lllcjnil drug selling.. According Accord-ing to oniclnls, (.vanieii from forelgti ports make New York city tho center Tor their drug selling. The ease with which seamen mny conceal the nrir cotles lii their clothing or aiming llich',. jiersomil efTectH mid the low rati) of e.Minngo In foreign countrlos filcfl!-' into the itrtlvltlo'i of. the band. ' Business Qrowo. 'j "Tbo. bnslnei.s of smuggling nnrij cotles Into the United Stnlen ha rown'so extttpslvfdy," said Or. CiirU: ton Simon, lolllllllslonor of the tmr- cotle buremi for New York city. "Unit our depnrluienr Is preparing to recom-; mend u fcilernl, luw by which nil sea-! men from foreign countries will be; subjected to n thorough exatulnnlbm before they are allowed to go aRliine," It Is the belief of olllclals that the senmeu who make a buslnesH of smuggling smug-gling drugs Into this country liuve their regular markets. The amottnl of narcotics which they mut smuggle through to net them a lingo pro lit Is. In such compart form that the bind-ness bind-ness of detecting them Is made Increasingly In-creasingly difficult. Thsrs'a Money In, It All sorts' of queer containers are contrived by the smucslcr In order 'Sailors Snoak Nareotlca Into the Unl. ted ,'state, to get the precious iowder Into the country, according to Hm'tor Simon. Some of thcHo are small tins placed In fntse-hottomed trunks, libers can bo hidden In the clothing or band , baggage of tho smuggler. - "And one thing above" all others that I making the bdsluess of smuggling smug-gling narcotics so attractive to the seamen who lire Wqrklng for the rlhf," aidd Doctor Simon, "la the fact that tboy obtain the dnnrs for virtually nothing In their own country. At tbo present rate of oxebango ono dollar Is worth more than -"8 lire, which . makes tho purchnn!ng lsiwer of tbo dollar for tho drugs very prent. Tboy pay little money nnd the risk Is about all Unit Is required of them." |