SMUGGLING OF DRUGS FROM THAILAND TO COMMUNIST CHINA
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R007300480004-9
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
C
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 29, 1999
Sequence Number:
4
Case Number:
Publication Date:
April 20, 1951
Content Type:
REPORT
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Sanitized - ApprbV f P i~l DP82-004 0 3
:.NWVORMATION REPO
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There is unusual. quiet in tllre Chinese ausines corar?ain ty in ,~angko: and
.x ar".et prices have r-raatrled stable,
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Smuggling of L 'rugs from Thailand to
o_ rauniA China
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
s3anngkok merchants are smuggling medicines, in )articular penicillin, to
Cotzlunist China via along Kong. The medicines are shipped to Ilong atom; on
,Eight flights from Don "uanL; airport. Plane loads are valued up to 100,000
baht (approximately u ; :,`5,000) and a 100 percent profit is realized on
each shipment,
The shi,)monts ar ; arranged through corrupt junior Customs Officers on night
duty at the Don ? Iuan7 airport. The chief Customs Officer at Don uang is
strict in his enforcement of custnu:ls re" ulations, but is on duty only duxi.r4;
tlo day.
3. ;n i portaut coilpa ny in the snuggling of drugs to Col.,ztunist C ina via 'I017i;
=er r i s the vhinese firm of L Al
4educed sufficient evidence to indict the fix", a private suttlonent has
on glade out of court. as pa.?t, of the setticuent, the fin.i agreed to ;atop
;s shin`; ;ling activities,
SIFICATION JFi'ICL,LS 9ZLY
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Document No,
D tlectassjted
Class. Chitngad T : TS S C
Aarth.: &'~-6073004000
Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA- 802-5