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Suspected opium smuggling by WON TIP (Chinaman) in the S.S. "Cedar Branch"
Catalogue reference: MEPO 3/430
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This record is about the Suspected opium smuggling by WON TIP (Chinaman) in the S.S. "Cedar Branch" dating from 1926-1927 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MEPO 3/430
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926-1927
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Description (What the record is about)
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Suspected opium smuggling by WON TIP (Chinaman) in the S.S. "Cedar Branch"
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 216/UNC/880
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- Public Record(s)
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- Trade and commerce
- Policing
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MEPO 3
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