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Show GOLD SMUGGLING GANG IN ORIENT BROKEN UP RANGOON. June 10 Several Important Im-portant leisures Of British and American Ameri-can gold have recently been made hero. Tho money was found secreted on ships and Included amounts oi IL'.Omi pounds ",000 pounds and IT, 000 pounds. Tho business of smuggling ha proved enormously profitable for some time, lull, St Is bellvoed that the authorities au-thorities havo at last got the upper hand. In this latest seizure the officials ''....w.wwuiiiiiiawwprf had to call in divers before then tH search of a vessel could bo completed. rH A big water tank was discovered on rH the side of which was a number of rH shelves with 10 bags of gold on them. rH The bags were brought to the surfacv rf and were found to contain 13,589 Queen Victoria sovereigns and American eagles. rf Had the gold been smuggled through there would have been a profit df about 10,000 pounds. |