6 Jul 2023

Case #054 - The Mysterious Suitcase & The Fraudster

From Crimes NZ, 5:00 am on 6 July 2023

In 1966, the captain of the Salvation Army barge was heading up the Waitematā Harbour when he spotted a mysterious suitcase floating in the water.

He fished it out and discovered documents from the cosmetics company Leidrum and Hartnell.

A company which turned out to be a sham. The man behind it, Robert Gardner, had already left the country. Sending Joseph Sheehan, a detective sergeant at the time, on an international man

 

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