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Crimes - Criminals - Judges - Lawyers - Trials

May 05, 1959 - Former BOAC Navigating Officer Makes Gold Smuggling Allegations: Mr. Donald J.Stevens of East Ham, London - former BOAC navigating officer who quit after spending three years on the Singapore Flying Boat Route - has made allegations about a Far Eastern gold smuggling syndicate, He said that on a BOAC pilot was murdered by the syndicate because he threatened to give up working for them, He said that the pilot was killed in his hotel Room in Calcutta. It was made to look like the work of a burglar'. Boac officials are investigation the allegations that many of their stewards on the Far East run have been smuggling gold - diamonds and jade. Phot Shows Mr. Donald J. Stevens

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