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Smugglers Rule 400 Mile India Ceylon Coast
AP report from Madras details how smugglers using 120 horsepower twin engined ships outrun port catamarans with 40 horsepower engines. Customs chief S Venkataraman says operations span jagged coastlines with hundreds of smugglers, burying goods or dropping bags, while law gaps and auction receipts aid evasion.
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M. S. Khan
Associated Press
Madras
India
Ceylon
S. Venkataraman
Nagapattinam