After British officials across the empire had tracked a large consignment of Indian cannabis bound for Egypt, the interior ministry in Cairo investigated the whole traffic, and Lord Allenby sent the report to London in April 1924. It found hashish coming from India, Turkey, Greece and Syria: dropped from steamers in rubber bags marked by a float, landed on the coast and carried inland by camel, or hidden in cotton goods, hollow bedsteads and the soles of boots. It blamed long borders, corrupt officials, light penalties, and consular courts that rarely convicted foreigners. Mills argues that this report was the likely source of Egypt's case at Geneva later that year.[1]
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References
- Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade, and Prohibition, 1800–1928James H. Mills · Oxford University Press · 2003 · pp. 180–182 · ISBN 0-19-924938-5
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