The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-27
OPIUM SEIZURES.
$1,000 Worth Captured in 36 Hours

There has been considerable of iutter in snug
Cling circles during the past week, consequent
upon the capture Of two lots Of opium which were
surreptlOusly introduced into this Kingdom con-
trary to the tenor Of the law made to govern traffic
IN the deadly drug.
Ihs first seizure vas made on the morning of
the 21st Inst, by special officer OC0nner of the
MgrShdls department, who, from information re
ceITed, bad clsTery worked up the traces Of ship
-sut Of suspected packages, brought by the ". O.
t1r.u, marked c. W. K, and stored II a warehouse
on the esplausds near the Likelike wharf. Officer
O'Counor having located his suspected goods Oh
tanned the necessary warrant, and search revealed
the fact that the suspicious originally engendered
II the mind OF very capable and energetic Gus
toms Ucsr, we're correct the packages four butter
tubs said to contain butter containing uinety-Ons
tins Of opium each, the containers of the deadly
drug being securely held II position by "a Deputy
Dayton expressed It. very good samples of PO-
trerU mud The entire shipment on the entry
made originally by one Chow Wing kee and whom
the customs officers state they unable to lden-
tIfy.I WIS seized and taken to the Police Station.
No more opium was found, although discovery
made that there Eere fourteen tubs. Of similar
character to those seized, presumably containing
a total Of "a more tins Of opium, gone no one
knew WHERE nor has their location yet been dis
covered.
The customs officer on duty md who impaired
his suspicious Of the goods to the sharp police
representative feels somewhat chagrIned at the
manner IN which the cuntrabaHi goods slipped
through his fingers, and no less uOuplussed did
housed L, tins of opium, to find upon going TO
gather them in that three-fourths Of his cap
turs had disappeared
An arrest vas made IN connection with the
IND but the person. a ChIuaman, mas been re-
leased the case against him being Hgi prOs'd-
rHE SECOND sEIZURE-
On the morning of the z3rd inst, the suspicious
Of one OF the customs officers, John Markham,
were directed toward some kegs, said to contain
butter, lying on the Oceanic steamer wharf,
marked 4 k. and which had been landed that
morning from the steamer IlaHsGG. Having
learned lesson By the faHr pas made BY brother
officer On former occasion be kept his suspicious
TO himself and acted instead probing the suspected
packages and proved that his suspicious we're well
grounded He then reported the matter to the
PJCt S1r7syor Who formulated plan to capture
the suluEEler. A short time after discharge from
the vessel the Cuutra5aud goods we're called for
and duly delivered to a draymau- Upon departure
the dray, which contained other goods, was
Swallowed by the Port Surveyor Meeting Captain
Mehzteus. en- route, the customs official asked for
his assistance informing him Of the nature OF the
case. Captain Mehrtens devised plan which
both followed oct and as result succeeded IN not
only capturing 30 tins Of opium but also took into
custody the cousi-nee Al k0i and three other
Chinese
The valve OF the two SEIZURES, thus maize
amounts to over $500 and the captures vii pro-
baby increase the local valve Of the drug.