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CUSTOMS OFFICERS DETECT SMUG6UN6 FROM STEAMER DUNTROONGoods conservatively wtimiUd at a total value of £130 were uind from tbe Duntroon by Customs officers before aka sailed for the South yeetonky. An extra two Custotns officers were brought from Townsville for the search* which occupied three days. Eight members of the crew, all seamen, were dealt with under the Customs regulations for smuggling offences.The biggcat tingle haul from the •hip w*i made at 1.30 o'clock on Fridnv morning, when a aeaman wnn •tupped by a Cuatoma oScer whila trrinf to take a portmanteau off tha ahip. The portmnntean »aa crammed with ailk kiaaino*. Pyjama., uUeelotha, •earrea and a tipper a, worth u Mi-mated £60. probably mock more at blarkmarket prirea. and also contained a pair of Japaaaae binoeolara which, a Ooatome official aaid. wera the ftoeet pair of Japanee* biaecalan he had men. Tber weald be worth at leaat another £30. making the raloe ef the eae heal tl«.Other item. arized from the Duntroon were culture pearl rlnga. earring* and hrooehea. worth _ OS; an three strand r°|e* of artifria) pro rig, cigareit-» and tobacco, Sabina line*, mad tableclotka and aimtlar domeatk Aflulpment.A Caatoma apokaaman nU la* night that the Duntroon eearah wae eaa if the large* undertaken by the Oalvas Caatoma Hoaee. Beeaaee of the dm ef the ship am* the abort pcrtoi ahi wae in Cairo a, the Caatoma au had eoaaidar that their aaareh here wha a complete eae. and aha will *»• aearehel again whm aha nrriroe U Sydney.
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Cairns Post
Cairns, Queensland, AU
Mon, Sep 22, 1947
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