TWELVE ARAB BRIGANDS ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE ARMS INTO PALESTINE FROM TRANSJORDAN EXCHANGED SHOTS WITH POLICE AT THE JORDAN RIVER NEAR JERICHO AND FLED.
POLICE PATROLLING THE JERUSALEM-HEBRON READ WERE FIRED ON BY ARABS AND REPLIED.
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