Evening star., 1934-08-05

many Of these boys many steamers and m
Vulnerable small packets. Detection is very
dimcuit. Doyle, however during his first month
in office. recently picked up over $33 ,00O. worth
of contraband opium.
There's the tip-of we received of the agent
OF diamond smuggler operating from Canada"
says Mr.. Dow. "One of our men picked him
up In Montreal He boarded train with the
suspect, bound for New York. As soon as he
crossed the border the customs officer took his
man on the train and searched him. On his
person he found something like SIS 900 in dia-
monds. He seized the diamonds and placed the
man under arrest. Later he was sent to Jail.
While in jail the Smuggler asked for his trunk
This was in small customs office on the
border. The smuggler didn't get his trunk
right away, so he put in another request for it.
This letter aroused the suspicious of the Gus
toms officers. They sent an inspector to 60
through the trunk.
"Delving into its contents, the Federal agent
found lot Of old clothing, but nothing else.
thorough search Of the rickety old box re-
vealed no false bottom, sides or top. Every
thing was in the clear and there was no reason
why the smuggler should not have his possess
sion.
And he would have had it right away it, in
the meantime, there had not come another
letter asking us to rush the trunk along. Our
answer to this was another agent to examine
the trunk. He went through it carefully, as did
the first agent, but found nothing. The trunk
harbored no hidden cache Of diamonds
However, in putting the things back in the
trunk the agent tossed an old, worn hairbrush.
soiled and dirty. against the side of one of the
trays. A suspiciously hollow sound emanated
from the contact. He picked the brush up,
examined it, took a screw-driver and spit of
the back. Inside he found something like
$4,000 worth of diamonds And the old trunk
had been kicking about the customs house for
several months!"
\h/Ho is the cieverest smuggler9
w The diamond smuggler is the cleverest
Of all the smugglers, says Mr.. Dow There are
not the ramihcations to this business that there
Is to the smuggling OF dope. To smuggle dope
an organization Is needed In Europe An
arrangement has to be made with the manu-
facturer and dealer for the package of dope
and its shipment
The method of getting this dope into the
country varies. Some of it viii be brought in
manifested as legitimate merchandise-and so
packed as to escape the ordinary inspection of
customs officers. Some will actually be snug
gled into the country by members of crews of
legitimate cargo vessels In this case narcotics
are concealed somewhere around the vessel.
One of the faVorite spots Is at the base Of the
masts. Sometimes the contraband is found
between the inner and outer Innings of the yes
sels, as IN the of the oil drums.
VIII smuggling ever be stopped?
The answer to that query may be found in
the recent order reinforcing the Pacific Coast
customs outfit. Increased narcotic smuggling Is
rising from the East. Japans control of Man
churia is increasing the promotion of the
poppy. And Persian opium is finding its way
into the Orient and from there to America
Persian opium is about ~ times more potent
than Oriental opium