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Tax Raid
Seizure
of £27,000
BRISBANE, Friday.
— Taxation investiga
tors! have seized
£27,000 in a raid on a
Brisbane subu r ban
home.:,/.
' Police 'later investigated
a complaint that a taxa
tion, agent had been
menaced with a rifle at
.the house. //
The -ta# bfficiai made
the raid ' on a palatial
house in Corco Road,
Fairfield.
; Detectives . later visited
the house and took; pos
session of seven 'fire
arms.
:A Fairfield man is at
present in ' Brisbane
General Hospital follow
ing detention by police
on Thursday:
Police held , the man
after a fwo-hour siege of
a house in which- dozens
of articles,"' including
swords, scissors: and
bowls, were thrown at
them. , y . ; .
Swam River ' v
The man: . - crashed
through a window of the
house' and,' with police in
pursuit, swani to a luxury
launch' in ' the St., Lucia
reach of the Brisbane
River.
Three police held- him
aboard the launch, and
later took possession of a
firearm found , in the
launch.
Taxation officials are
at present ; awaiting - a
complete report on the
condition of the man in
hospital.
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