Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-28 | Page 7 | Tins of 'Fish' Contain Opium

TINS OF 'FISH' CONTAIN OPIUM (By International News srico.) .MANILA. I' 1 Custom authorities authori-ties found 1152 tins of Amoy opium hid In containers of smell v Halt fish, Q shipment of will, h arrived In Manila recently on board the Tlasang. a small ship win. h nlie's between Amoy and .Manila A Chinese merchant, Nia : i i . SO, Is being held. Thi tins, ranging from the slzp of biscuit cans down to flve-tael tins, contained 3X0 pounds of the tlruR It i alued here at $17r.000. The Tiu-ang Tiu-ang lias figured in several other attempts at-tempts to smuggle opium Into the Philippines, and custom officials are especially alert when she arrives. i ller entire cargo was examined When she arrived. K.anunatlon of the fish cases disclosed the contraband. contra-band. When the opium was found it was sent to the bureau of internal revenue. There the consignee of the fish. Nlu CayflO, came and produced a copy of his order for the fish and a l.-tter ftom Ainoy n.i;nowledi;lng lt receipt. He denied knowing till containers con-tainers were to have opium in them A short time ago fishermen found S number of tins of opium tied td sticks floating In the sea. near the I Island of Mindoro. They reported It to the "onstnbulu ry . and hesdqusrtera at .Manila ordered 8 thorough investigation'. investi-gation'. It is said Japanese fishermen will he implicated. Samples of a consignment of what was supposed to be opium, brought Into the islands seeral months ago l.v the owner of a Manila cabaret, was spread on the tables and floor of the customs secret service office recoptly. The office looked like a drug store as employes scraped It from containers. More than 10(1 tins of opium, some of which was oozing out, due lo the heat, were scattered about. The examination was to determine de-termine the cenuineness of the eon-j traband.