10th January 1851 The Welshman
“NEWPORT. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED TOBACCO, in the middle of September a suspicious looking vessel came into this Bay, and at high water was put on shore on the sands, but the next morning had disappeared. Rumours were immediately afloat that the vessel was a smuggler, and had landed her cargo during the night; consequently a strict search was made by the coast guard for several weeks without intermis sion, but to no purpose. On the 12th Mr. Morgans, the Inland Revenue Officer, stationed at Newport, accompanied by Mr. Lloyd, Superintendent Constable, succeeded in discovering a cave at Penpistill containing 12 bales of tobacco stems, and on the 13th discovered another cave near the former, but of larger dimensions, containing 4 bales of tobacco stems, weighing about 60 lbs. each bale. On the 19th, the same parties, accom-panied by Mr. Martin, Supervisor of Inland Revenue, discovered another cave at Penlan, in the parish of Moylgrove, containing 22 bales of tobacco stems, and about 2 cwt. of loose manufactured tobacco the whole of which has been deposited at the Inland Revenue Office, in this town. The cellars were large, well made, capable of holding about six hundred bales of tobacco, and appeared to have been for a long time in use. “
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