True crime · 1927
Crowds come to see the captured spirit ship Torm
Rahvas käib vaatamas tabatud piirituselaeva Torm
In early January 1927 the steamer Torm was caught with a cargo of 110,000 litres of smuggled spirit and brought into Tallinn harbour. She lay at anchor in front of the customs house, and crowds came down to look at the ship that had been fearlessly supplying the thirsty coasts of the Gulf of Finland. A border guard in a fur coat, rifle on his shoulder, paced the deck all day. Under questioning the captain and crew at first dodged, then admitted that this was far from their first run with German spirit towards the Finnish coast, and that they had anchored in Estonian waters too.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1927. aasta jaanuari alguses tabati aurik Torm 110 000 liitri salapiiritusega ja toodi Tallinna sadamasse. Laev seisis tollimaja ees ankrus ja hulk rahvast käis vaatamas laeva, mis oli seni kartmatult Soome lahes tegutsenud ja januseid randu varustanud. Laevalael sammus kogu päeva edasi-tagasi kasukas piirivalvur, püss õlal. Ülekuulamisel andsid kapten ja meeskond algul põiklevaid seletusi, kuid tunnistasid siis, et see polnud kaugeltki nende esimene reis Saksa piiritusega Soome ranniku poole ja et nad olid ankrus seisnud ka Eesti vetes.