Three Arab smugglers of hasheesh (an intoxicating plant used as a drink or smoke) were caught today on the Palestine-Syria frontier near Rosh Pinah. They had 178 kilograms of hasheesh in 256 sacks loaded on donkeys. The arrests were made by Joseph Breiner, a Jewish corporal from Rosh Pinah.
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