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7 March 1.979 _
TRANSLATIOf~S ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 10/79)
CONTENTS PAGE
ASIA
BURMA
Brief s
- Keng Tung Heroin Seizure 1
Youths Jailed for Heroin 1
Mohnyin Hero in Seizure 1
Mandalay Jails Two for Opium 2
JAPAN
Bricf s
_ Clampdown on Inagawakai 3
Drug Smuggler A~~:rested 3 ~
MALAYSIA
Drug Help Center To Increase Its Intake
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 31 Jan 79) 4
, Traders on bru~ Charge Freed
, (NE4d STRAITS TIMES, 5 Feb 79) 5 -
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Number of Drug Abusers Said To Increase Daily
(KIN KWOK RIBAO, 9 Jan 79) 6
Drug Supply Center Uncovered, 'Important` Suspect Arrested ~
(KIN KWOK RIBAO, S Jan 79) 7
Briefs
Opium Seized 9
Indian Youth Sentenced g
� 25Q Grams of Heroin Seized 10
].03 Pounds of Morphine Seized 10
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HProin Seized 11
- Arug Possession ~stablished 11
PAKISTAN
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Opiu~a Rules Amended to Curh .'#buse -
(BALUCHISTAN TIMES, 29 Jan 79) 12
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Briefs
- Plan To End Opium~Addiction 13
Opium Haul ar Airport 13
PHILIPPIN~S
Brief s �
Marihuana Plantations 14
Ma~or Narcotics DisCributors 14
SOUTH KOREA
Br ief s
Drug-Linked Crimes 15
Use tif Narcotics 15
THAILAND
Thai Paper: Too Many Drug Traff ickers Escaping From -
Prison
(Editorial; BANGKOK POST, 12 Feb 79) 16
Four in Leg Irons at Hero in Trial
- (THE AUSTRALIAN, 6 Feb 74) 17 -
'Blind Date' in the Jungle ~
(BANGKOK POST, 3 Feb 79) 19
EASTERN EURO~'E
YUCOSLAVIA -
Pall Sowing of Poppies Declined Drastically ~si ?978
(Editorial Report) 22 -
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LATIN l~MERTC.A
B12AZIL -
- ariefs
Cocaine Traff icker Captured 23
CHILE
Br~.ef s '
~o~ice Cxackdown o~ Tra~f~.ck3n& 24
COLOMBIA
Defense Mini.sCry on AnCinaxcotics Activity
, (I.ATTN, 17 Feb 79) 25
~ Huge Drug Seizure in Antioquia Aepari~cnent
(AFP, 23 Feb 79) 26 -
- Brie~s `
Discovery of Cocaine Laboratories 27
Huge Narcotics LaboraCory 17 -
Cocaine Seized 2~
_ Cocaine Seizure 2~
Marihuana Plantation 28
Cocaine Laboratory 28
COSTA RICA -
Briefa
Narcotics Director's Resignation 29
_ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Brief a
Drug Traff ickers Arrested 3 0
- ECUADOR
Br ief a
Drug Traff ickera' Arrest 31
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� FERU
Br ief s
Fight AgainsC Drug Traff ic 32 -
~'IP Tntensif ies Arug Campaign 32 ~
- Drug Seizuxe g2
~ Traff ic kers' Arreat ~
VENE2UELA .
Briefs
Cocaine Haul 33
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -
IS1tAEL ~
Drug Abuse ir1 IDF To Be Dealt Wj.th Severely ~
~(Roni Rimon; HA'ARETZ, 22 Dec 78) 34
SUB-SAHARAN AFRTCA
SOUTH AFRICA
Pol ice Intensify Antimarihuana Campaign `
(Schalk van Schalkwyk, Jan van Wyk; DIE TRANSVA,LER,
19 Jan 79) 35
- FiESTERN EUROPE
FRANC~ ~
Briefs
Toulouse Drug Arrests 37
~ NORWAY
lletectives' Chief Attributes Rapid Theft Rise to Addicts
- (Svein Dybing; ARBEIDERBLADET, various dates).......... 38
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Gove~cnment To Tighten Phone Tapping Rules in Drug Cases
(AFTENPOSTEN, 20 Jan 79) 44
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SPAIN
Cornmentary Notes Crea~er Dr~ig Usage in Spain
(ABC, 13 Dec 78) 45
= Drug Enforcement ~f�ort for Las Palmas in ~978 -
(Jose Vera Suarez; YA, 16 Jan 79) 47 -
Hashish Ring Arrested in Galicia
(LA VANGUARDIA, 18 Jan 79) 49
Briefs
Drugs Stolen From Pharmacy 51
Drug Arrest Figures 51
_ Morphine Stolen Prrnn ~harmacy $2
SWITZERLAND
Pair Involved in Hashish Transport Sentenced
- (NEUE ZUERCHER ZEIT[1NG, 20 Jan 79)..... 53 ~
Pair Sentenced for Transporting Heroin
(NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG, 25 Jan 79) 57
- TURKEY '
Heroin Sent�for Analysis Switched With Soap Pow~er '
(HiJRRIYET, 26 Jan 79) 61
Narcotic.s Squad Seizes 80 Kilos of Powdered Hashish
(HURRIYET, 27 Jan 79) 63
Heroin Dealer, Italian Cirlfriend NabbQd in Istanbul
(CUNAYDIN, 26 Jan 79) 64
WES'P CEItMANY -
t3rie�s
Drug Dealer Imprisoned 65
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KENG TUNG HEROIN SEI2iJRE--Keng Tung, 31 Jan--The commander of the Keng Tung -
township narcotics suppxession squad, Subinspector U Ohn Kyaca, and a parey
on 30 January seized 90 grams of heroin from U Kya Aye of Pon-hton ward, ~
Tachilek, and U Aik Lar of Nawng-hpa ward, Keng Tung. The seizure was made
in Nawng-khit road, N~ 3 ward, Keng Tung. On the same day, Subinspector
U Ohn Kyaw and his squad raided the residence o'r Daw Na Mu Kha--a notorious
_ heroin dealer--in No 5 ward of Keng Tung and seized 270 grams of heroin and
_ 30,000 kyats obtained from heroin sales. [Text] [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in
- Burmese 10 Feb 79 p 5 BK]
YOUTHS JAILED FOR HEROIN--Rangoan, 13 Feb--Thaketa township court No 1 -
chaired by U Tun Lwin today sentenced Maung Maung M~int, 19, of Thomson
_ Yeitha street; Ali, alias Win Myint, 20, of 32d street; and Hla Min, alias
Min Min, 19, of Kyongyi road, to 8 years' imprisonment each, and Aung Gyi,
alias Ah Kwi, 20, of Lanmadaw; hla Tun, alias Muser, 19, of Ma-ugon Lankye;
' Maung Maung Sein, 20, of 24th street; and Maung Sein Kyin, 19, of 21st -
~ street, to 6 years' imprisonment each, under Section 6.B of the Narcotic -
Drugs Law. The court also ordered that the Mercedes--license plate E-2414-- ~
- used in the transportation of heroin be confiscated. The case was that at
midnight on 22 April 1978, a security patrol of ward people's council be-
came suspicious of a group of youths in the Merceder car parked at the -
' corner of No 5 Anawmar ward, Thaketa township No 1. When ~he car was
- searched nine small packets of heroin wrapped in paper and weig;hing about
- 1 tical [.036 pounds] were found hidden under the back seat. W'hile arrange-
ments were being made to send the car to the police station, the youths
drove away but were apprehended near the Yacht Club at Inya lake. [Text]
_ [Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHiJ NEZIN in Burmese 14 Feb 79 p 5 BK~
- MOHNYIN HEROIN SEIZURE--Mohnyin, 10 Feb--Acting on information, Subinspector
U Khin Maung Kyi and a police squad, together ~aith ward cuuncillors, yester-
day raided the residence of Daw Chit Myaing in Thazi ward, Mohnyin's region
- No 1, Kachin state, and found over 10,000 kyats worth of No 4 heroin and 80
empty penicillin bottles from Shauk Pyin of Sha Nwe ward, Lashio. [Text]
[Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Buimese 17 Feb 79 p 4 BK] -
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MANDAIAY JAILS TWO FOR OPIUM--Mandalay, 1 Feb--Mandalay Northeast township
courC No 1 with U Khin Maung as chaiz7man and U Tun Sein anci Daw Ohn Kyi ~s
membera today found NLaung Soe Soe, 25, son of U Khln Maung Shwe of Maukme
compound in Mandalay's Seiktyamahi ward, guilty as charged under Section
6.B o� the NarcoCic Drugs Law and sentenced him Co ~ years' imprisonment
for possessing 900 kyats worth of heroin. The cas~a was brought to trial
after the heroin suppression squad of Mandalay ].ed by Ynspector NyunC Shwe
- found a"Burplex-C" vitamin bottle containing 900 kyats worth of heroin
_ during its raid on the residence of� Maung Soe Soe on 18 Auguat 1976. Simi-
- larly, Township court No 3 with U Maung Maung Tun as chairman and U Nyo Law
and U Tl?an Maung as members today handed down a 5 years' impr,isonment aen-
- tence to Maung Khin Maung, alias Maung Maung, son of U Lu of Yadanabon
_ Khawasu ward, as he was found guilty under Section 6.B of the Narcotic
Dru~s Law for possessing a small amount of opium. [Text] [Rangoon LOKTHA
PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese 8 Feb 79 p 4 BK] ~
CSO : 5300
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JAPAN
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- BRIEFS ~
CLAMI'DOWI~I ON INAGAWAKt1I--Tokyo, 13 Feb KYODO --The National Police Agency ~
launched an operation Tuesday to annihilate Che influential criminal
_ organization tnagawakai. By forming a special investigative centier, the -
- agency inCends Co drive the underworld syndicate to the wall, availing
itself of uneasiness among gang members following the arrest of their _
leaders. In a clampdown that began at the Curn of the year, police have
apprehended Four gang leaders and 66 members on charges of opening gamb-
ling houses, uging violence and trafficking in arms and stimulanC drugs.
- Three JapanFSe swords and 25 grams of amphetamines valued at about -
8 million yen or, the black market have been seized. The four leaders now
in cus*.o3y include Hirotaka Yokokura, 37, head of an Inagawakai affiliate -
in Shinagawa Ward, and Yoneo Iwata, 39, chief of another affiliate in
Yokohama. Inagawakai, based in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, has 91
affiliates and a total membership of some 4,500 throughout the country. ~
It is on good terms with the nation's largest gangster organization, the
Yamaguchigumi has~d in Kobe. [Text] [Tokyo KYOGO in English no time . ~
given 13 Feb 79 ()~1]
DRUG SMUGGLER aRItESTED--Narita, Chiba Pref., 15 Feb KYODO--Customs and
narcotics agent5 Thursday announced the arrest of a Chinese traveler
on charges of smuggling 9ti4 grams of stimulant drug with a street value
of 300 million yen Erom South Korea. ArresCed was To Chun-hung, 39-year- _
old clotliin~ dealer, of Hong Kong, who arrived at Narita airport on
13 J~?nu.zry Crcm Hong Kong via South Korea. His nervous attitude aroused _
si~spicions.of customs officers who searched him and found the stimulant
drug liidden in his suitcase. To said he was asked by a Chinese acquaintance ~
in Hong Kong to carry the stimulant drug from South Korea to Japan at the -
end of last year. The acquaintance promised to pay him $1,500 for the -
~ob, To told *_he customs. To said that he visited Seoul at the beginning -
of January and received Che drug and traveling expenses from the Chinese.
He was to hand the drug Co him at a hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo. [Text)
Tokyo KYOUO in English no time given 15 Feb 79 OW]
CSO: 5300
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MAI,AXSIA
DRUG IiCLP CIIVTER TO INCREASE ITS IN~Ir"iI~ -
, Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIl~S in English 31 Jan 79 p S
- ~e~-7 IPOH~ Tuee. ~ T~~. Centre !or the
- Rehabilitation oi Dr~rg Addicte i~ toi
- increa~e ita intake tQ ~~0 by the end of , -
- the year. It ie aleo expected .to admit
more penplealter t'x;e Chineae new year,
_ featival aeaean. Mr. Gerald Jeremiah,
, The pre~ident of ~ ttte . 8n a~aiatant to Encik -
centre, Enotk Yskob bin ydkob and vice�pre~i- -
'Abdul Rahmar~, �a1d to- dent ot the centre, ia 1n
- ~day ths centre waa re- New York duing a three�
Qistered ae a 11m1ted ~and�a�halt year ~egree
;company on Nov. T,19T8. courae in piychology . -
It L. now known as Mr. Jeremiah had un�
Pwat Partolongan Bhd. dergone training and re�
"We have more than habllttatfon !n the Philip
190 peopl� inoluding p~nee irom 1976 to 19T7.. -
eeven gir1~, at the.. oen� ~k Yakob eaid two
" he s~id.
tt'�;, other members ot the.
We hope to increlue etaft are expAOf~d to
the number to 960 by tLe ~eaero in Aprll ti~r a ib~
end of the year." month oour~ ebroad to ~
- CourBes abroad n;ethod~rehebilltatfon
~
~ , Enci:s Yakob ~nid the
centre had a number of _
plan~ tor the 'year. -
Among them were -
sp eciali~ed aourre~ -
abroad tor membera of -
itv lherapeutlc ~t~tff; ~
trafning oi a therapist~
bUilding the , centre'a
_ headqusrtere and ho~tsl
in Kampung Bercham;
and ~ett7ng up ot a ce-
ment brick tsctory. .
_ Cso: 5300 _
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~.ALIIYS?A
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TRADERS ON DRUG CHAI~G~ P"R~D
Kuc~l~ Lumpur NEW S~'~2AITS TIMES in Engl.ieh 5 Feb 79 p 11 `
~ex~ ~~~A, iun, - Ztivo Court preifdent lrir.
- bwln~ua~n w~n ~c� Ausu~tJae P~u1 ru1~d
qn1tt~d at~d dliohu~sd tha{ th~ proNOUtloa had
by the 8~wtona Court te?iled to make out �
' ye~terday wtthout thefr prims f~ele caaea~ slrut ~
defance be1n6 oalled on s the tw?o men and thar i
' herom, ot powewfon ot there wa~ lwufflcient ~ -
~~idenae to ~how ther
Kuala Lumpur record were ln paieNlon ot the
deat~r On~ Ben~ Hor, 40. dr~ _
and 1poh bwineamaa He ~~afd an admleaion
!lhre Jln Hon~, 60, were by 8hye that then aere
e d wlth poueufr?s nlne packeta 1n the boot
~'J.~ammea ot hurofn. ot the csr only ~howed
Th~y w~re a11e~ed to thst he knaw the
baw oot~fttM the of� whereabout~ of the.
i ltnce 1n a oar at ths Nr dru~
- ~bok Hot~l oupa rk itt I~ did not, harwwr~
JaW~ H~r~harRl~irs on prove po~~afon~ Hr.
_ I Id~reb ~ la~t yese~. Pau1 ~ald.
cso: 5300
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NUMIiER OF DItUG ABUSER5 SATD TO INCR~15~ DAILY -
Malayeia KIN KWOK KIBAO [KIN IQdOK DAILY NEWS) in Chi.nese 9 Jan 79 p 4
[Article: "InveaCigative ReporC of N3tional AnCi-Narcotica Association
Pointa Out Drug Abusers Increusing Daily; Over 20,000 Arrasted in Last 8
Years; Overseas Alone Over 600 Arrested"~
[Text) (Kuala Lumpur 8) According to Che investigative re port by the Na-
tional Anei-Narcotics Association, since 1970 a Cotal of 23,551 drug abus-
ers have been arrested. This includes dealers and storers of drugs. At
the same Ctme, up to last year a total of 662 drug abusers t~AVe been ar-
rested abroad.
The nation's drug users have been increasing daily. Judging by the number
of people arrested for drug abuse both at hoa~e and abroad and those enter-
ing hos~itals to give up drugs, the nation's drug problem is becoming mor~
serious every day. From 1973 to 1978 the tiumber of people going Co prison
or the hospital to give up drugs reached a total of 18,324, and if hospital -
equipment were improved, there could be an, even greater number of people
entering to give up drugs.
Drug users arrested in the country could teceive a complete medical cure
before being sent to places for drug abstention. The nation's drug ab-
stention centers, from 1975 when they were opened to t:~e present, have al-
ready received 2,149 people to give up drugs.
Ti~e association indicated that a total of 662 Malaysians were arrested
. abroad for drug abuse, of whfch 3 02 were fn Singapore, 115 in the Nether-
. lands, 69 in Germany, and 34 in Belgium. Malaysians arrested in other
countries include some in Australia, Austria, the United States, Brunei,
Denmsrk, England, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Maghreb, Syria,
Thailand, Nong Kong, and Switzerland.
9282
CSO: 5300
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MA:.AYS IA
DRUG SUPFLY C~NTEit UNCOVERID, 'IMPORTANr' SUSP~CT ARI~STED
tialnyaia KIN KWOK RIBAO [KIN KWOK DAILY NEFIS] in Chinese 5 Jnn 79 p 12
[Arricle: "Ambush aC the Indian Village of Wu-chi-pu-lan-lu by
- P'o-te-shen Police; Drug Supply Center Uncovered, On~ SuapecC Arrested,
Druge Seized"j
(Text] (5en-chou, Pa-hsi-p:~::-~ang, 4) After more than three months of
open ~nd secret investigations and atep-by-step trncking, the P'o-te-shen
police recently announced it had closed in on and successfully uncovered
a drug aupply center in the Indian village of Wu-chi-pu-l~n-lu, nrrested
an fmportunt auspect, and aeized heroin worth approxi~tely 2,000 yuar:
and a aet of drug taking equipmenC including amall knives, candles, and
some small plastic bags for packing drugs, co:npleting a glorious achieve-
ment.
- Tl~e arrested suspect was a 27-year-old Indian yo~th, described by police -
- as a notorious top drug dealer who sold drugs exclusively in P'o-Ce-shen,
Lu-ku, Tan-na-mei-1~, and 1{sueh-pang. The police say this is the biggest _
and moat importanC drug case to be uncovered recently by police in P'o
County. The drugs seized by police filled four packages and 65 amall
tubes. According to what the chicf of P'o-te-shen policc~ AasisCant Police =
Superintendent Kao-fu-kan-ni hns revealed, several months ago the police,
on receiving accurate information provfded by the public, proceeded at
once to carry out an investigation of all clues surrounding the suspect.
In the course of this investigation, the police learnzd that the suspect
regulnrly frequented the Penang and Pi'te area in Northern Malaysia Co buy
drugs and smuggle Chem to Wu-chi-pu-lan-lu, then pack them into small
tubes and sell them to addicts within the country. Ne said that de3pite
the dealer's cunning scheme of hiding the drugs in a house in the Indian
vfllage nf Wu-chi-pu-lan-lu surrwnded on all sides by pig sties and
, stinking pig manure, thinking that he could in this way avoid police in-
vestigation, the web of the law is after all not easily evaded.
tie said that ufter the iavestigative work of the police was completed,
five poliee nrficers under his leadership and with two other police
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sergec~nts~, Au 5su-m~n ~nd Han Na-fei, last ~riday evening ~t abouC 8:00
~Cole over to Chc ~bovementioned drug ce~nCer and gurrounded iC. AC Chat
timr. u few nddict~ werc going itt ~nd ouC of the c~nC~r, buC Che police,
in order to nvoid slcrting them to their pregence, w~ieed u long eime ne~r-
by unCil the guspect had ~urned on Che t~l~vision set and wttg engrossed in
watctiin~ color television before ehey ~pproached in a group and ttrrested _
the suspect. Afeer conducting a search, Che police discovared to rheir -
surprise.on opening ~ wooden lid on the back of the e~levision set thae
- it cotttained Che abovementioned druga. Besides this the police also dis-
covered in ~n emptied bo:~, a pack of wrapping paper ~nd drug-taking equip-
men~.
~te Cnld how, when the drug dealer was arreated, his face turned pale and
his body ehook ce~?selegsly, obviously excecdingly frightened, because ~11
the evidence was prasent.
The ~:hief of police disclosed that from last May when he took office up
to tlie present the police have in all pa?cta of Po-te-shen County success-
fully ~pprehended 12 drug dealers and 32 addicts who had coaunitted a number
of crimes. After the capture ~f this ma~or drug dealer, the police also
scized some addicts' m3terial which can aid in the investigation of many
crimingl cases whicli have raken pl~ce in Che county. He added that be-
cause the police have eliminated moat of Che drug dealers and drug users -
in the couraty, order there has been greatly improved.
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MALAYSIA
- E3RIE~S
JPIUM SEIZ~D--Taiping 12 Dec--AfCer receiving reliable intelligence reporCS,
the Tai.ping police aet up a roadblock at Hsin-lu-k'ou on Che afternoon of
7 December to inCercepC a southbound bus from Penang. An olc~ man was
arrested with 31 and a half pounda of opium. All the passengers in the
bue were brought to the police station for queationing and Chen released.
The bus was detained. The head of the Taiping police district said that
after receiving reliable information at 4:00 pm on 7 December, a road-
bloc~C was set up at Ping-yi Road, ttsin-lu-k'ou, 7 miles north of Taiping.
Around 7:30 pm, a southbound bus was atopped for inspection. An old mnn
- carrying 31 and a half pounds of opium in a paper bag was arresCed. The -
man, about 65 years old, was from Penang. According Co police, he was
paid $200 for carrying the illicit drug from Penang Co Yi-pao. (Text~
~Selangor KIN KWOK DAILY NEWS in Chi~nese 12 Dec 78 p 1~ 1004
_ INDIAN YOUTH SENTENCED--Yi-pao 13 Dec--An Indian youth was sentenced to a
3-year jail term and six lashes by the district court after he admitted
to illegal posseasion of narcotic druga. A Chineae youth, who was with
~the suspect at the time of arreet, pleaded not guilty and was acquitted
because of insufficient evidence presented by the procecuCOr. The
defendant is Ma-hai-ma-lao, 27, and the codefendant is Huang T'ien-chi,
27. The indictment said that they posaeased 8.43 gram8 of heroin found
_ in a stall aC Je-lan-esu-lang at 7:45 pm, 18 AuguaC in violation of the
anti-narcotica law. It wea learned that a police squad led by Ou Ching-fu
raided the aforementioned place. At the time of their arrival, the
defendant wae opening the door of the stal.l. A thorough search yielded
two plastic tubes in a pair of trousers in a chesC. Laboratory tests =
proved that the substance in the tubes contains the aforementioned amount
of heroin. The defendant had asked for Ieniency becauae he was engaged
and will get married next year. [Text~ ~Sel~angor KIN KWOK DAILY NEWS
in Chinese 14 Dec 78 p 12~ 1004
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~50 CItAM5 Or 11EEt0IN SCt7,l:b--Yi-pno 7 bec--The polic~ here rc?ided a residence
nC Wen-mo-yuan carly Chi~ morning and ~eized 21 packuges and seven vinls
of tieroin w~ighing a CoCtll of 250 grr;ms. A middle-aged rouple were ~
arresCed. Mi-ao-Ceai, d~puey police f�nd of Pi-zui Province in charge
- of criminal affaira, maid at a presa conference Chat at 12;~0 am a group
_ of po~~.~emen led by Lin Kuo-yao, were deployed aro~~nd a reaidence aC
Wen-mo-yuan. A middle-aged Chinese man was seen coming eo the house on
a moCorcycle. He was approached by the policemen, und ordered to open the
door. A woman inside the houae angwered the knock. As aoon as she saw
~ the man and the policemen, ahe went back in Che house without opening Che
door and ar~empCed to escape through ehe back door with two plastic b~gs.
5he was captured by the policemen who hid behind the house. Mi-ao-esai
said that the two plastic baga conCained 21 packages and aeVen vials df -
heroin weighing aleogether 250 grau~s. The middle-aged Chinese couple
_ were nrrested. According to Mi-ao-tsai, Che seized heroin is worth
$10,030 at marker price. He believes Chat the two auspecCs had been
peddling n~trcotic drugs in the neighborhood for same time. 1'his case
is under further investigation. AnoCher residence on Tn-ho-yuan Road
(without houae number) was raided at 10:00 am yesterday by a group of
policemen led by Lin Kuo-yau. Thirty-three vials of heroin weighing
about 2 grama were seized, and a 25-year-old Chinese male auspect was
arreated. A bundle of cnarihuana, a pair of acisaora, and aome aeaweed ~
were also seized. ~TexC~ ~Selangor KIN KWOK DAILY NEWS in Chinese
_ 3 Dec 78 p 12] 1004
- 103 POUNUS OF MORPHINE SEI2ED--Pei-hai 28 Nov--A squad of policemen from
Ya-lo-shih aeized 103 pounda of morphine, valued at $S million, from a
giant truck whicr travela frequently acroea the border between Malaysia
and Thailand. The truck, an escorting sedan, and one Burmese and two
Chinese auspects were detained. The above illicit drug was seized at
11:00 am today on a highway at Wu-ms-lan village, P'ao-k'o-ti-mang-su-se-li~
Wei-pei-chia. The auapects, the truck and the sedan were turned over to
the Pei-hai police station. The fresh fish in the truck wae later auc-
tioned by the Pei-hai police. At a press conference held this morning
at Pei-hai~ Ha-chih-aa-ma, assiatant police chief of Penang in charge of
criminal affairs, pointed out that this seizure was one of the largest -
made by Va-lo-ahih police.' The 30 cakes of morphine seized, of which
29 are large and 1 is small, can be used for 3,089,804 injections. It
was learned that the detained Burmeae truck driver, 45 years old, came from
Sung-ka. He was aided by a Chinese, 40 years old, who came from Ta-shan-
chiao. The driver of the sedan, 35 years old, is from Ta-nier?-ta-man
Wu-ya-na-ya~ Shuang-hai. According to a apokesman of the police depart-
ment, at 7:00 pm yest~rday 11 police officers and detectives were sen[
from Va-lo-ahih in three groupa to Pa-tung-WU-aha on the Malayaia-Thai
border. The police folloWed a truck loaded with fish and an escorting
sedan for nearly 100 milea before the arreat. The apokeaman for the police
department added that the police did not make the arrest until the convoy
etopped, and two men on the truck were about to move a package from the
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truck to tlie escorting sedan. The morphine was found in the packnge.
The drug i~ believed Cn be amuggled into Mulnyais from 'Thailgnd.
Concerned authorities are tracing the source of the drug, and tnveseigating
tt~e posaible waye of ieo dinposul in Mal~yeia. ~Texr~ I:4ulayaia, KI1V
KWOK DAILY NEWS 29 Nnv 78 p 1J 1004 �
F1~ROIN 5~IZ~A--(Penang 27) Tlie pettang CenCral Anti-Narcotics Bureau last
ntghC in anoCher glorious achievemenC guccessfully seiz~d abouC 2 pounds
of heroin with a street value of 6,000 guan, arrested two auapecCed drug
dealers and impounded u moCOrcycle used by the suspecCs. From what has
been learned, c~C 7:40 lasC night two deCecCives under Che Central Anti-
' Narcotice Unit upon receiving reliable informaCion went immediaeely to
Ilnta-men Harbor Co wnit in ambust~, and sure enough saw two furtive youths
loirering ~bout the area. When the agenta of the Anti-Naraotics Bureau
uppeared and went forward to idetttffy Chemselves, the two youths guiltily
turned heel and fled. The two detectives pursued them and gucceeded in
caCching them 100 yards away. They found on Chem two plastic bags of
heroin. According to the head of the Central AnCi-Narcotics Bureau
Ma-ha-li-wen [CransllCeration~ the two packages of heroin, weighting about
2 pounds and worth about 6,000 yuan on Che local market, were enough for
192,496 in~ecCione. The drugs seemed to have ~use been smuggled in from -
a neighboring counCry. ~T~xk] (Malaysia KIN KWOK ItIBAO [KIN KWOK DATLY
N~'WS~ in Chinese 28 Dec 78~p 1) 9282
DRUG P055ESSION E5Th$LI5}i~D--(KuanCan 8) Three Chinese nationals of
Kuantan including two males and one female were accused today in the local
court here of possession of drugs. One of the defendants canfessed to the
crime and was seritenced Co 6 years in prison and six lashes. The other
male and female ~iefendants will be retained for official inqufry on
_ 9 June. The three defendants are Huang Chih-ch'iang, aged 20, a clerk
residing at Pen-po Ya-lo-ya-ka (transliteration], Wen Shu-mei (Wen Lai- ~
chung), aged 45, resident at Pen-po, Tun-yi-ssu-mai Road [transliterationJ,
and Ch'en Ya-hua, aged 28, residing at Pen-po, Chian-lao Road. The fir~t
and second named dcEendants are son and mother. The chArgs srates that at
10:30 am on 12 October of last year in a room ae 3059 Tun-yi-ssu-mai Road
(transliterntion) they illegally possessed 9.28 grams of heroin, thus vio-
lating the 1952 law on dangerous drugs. [Excerpt] (Malaysia KIN KW~K
RIBAO (KIN KWOK DAILY NEWSj in Chinese 9 Jan 79 p 1] 9282
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I'AKISTAN
OI'IUM RULC5 AAtENbEb TO CUIti3 ABUS~ c
Quettn I3ALUCHI5TAN TIML'S in English 29 Jan 79 p 4
(1'ext~ 'fhe Covernmenr of Ilal.uchistan in order to curb tl~e mnlpraceices in _
s,~le of opium and also to stop indiscriminate use has amended West Pakis-
- tan Opium Rules, 1956.
According to the amendment the opium vendor or licensee now sh~~ll see opium
" , not more than 12 ~rams to only he registered addicts on producCion of opium
- ration cards. Tt~e addi.cts would be medically examined by Che District
Ilealtti Officers and Medical 5uperintendent Quetta or Drug Abuse Advisory _
Centre. Quetta who would prescribe the qUantity of opium to be dispensed
to tt~em.
The public and npium addict~ in Cheir own interest have been advised to _
obtain t}ie applicatiot~ from form Local ~xcise and Taxation Office or and
get themselves medically examined and registered as juitions in all the
provinces. Opium addict by the District Health Officer or Medical Super-
intendent, Civil Hospital Quetta to obtain the ration card.
- ~ The annual medical examination would let them know regarding their state
of health.
According to previous regulations in all the provinces, opium was obtain-
nble Crom the government licenced opium vends upto two tolas by anybody
witliou[ any res[riction. This system was found to be defective as it was
bcing misuscd and created illicit traffieking and indiscriminate use of
opium.
CSO: 5300
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B12IEFS -
I'LAN TO FND OI'IUM ADbICTION--Gilgit, Ja~i 3~: GovernmettC wi~l launch a
cornprehensive programme for the eradication of opium addica~ion in Che
upper parC~ of Ishkoman Valley in Northern Areas. This wae stated by
Ma~ar General Mohammad Aslam Shah, Martial Law Administratox Zone 'E'
wh:le replying to a welcome address given in his honour by a large
gathering of the p~bli~ on 5unday. He was accompanied by Ma~or General
~ Mohammad Shoaib, Adviser Psychiatry, Pakistan Army, Sahibz$da Itanof Ali
Khan, Chairman Pakistan Nnrcotic ConCrol Board, Commissioner and resident
_ Mr Abdul Qayum Khan. He said President Mflhammad Ziaul Haq has assured -
- all possible faciliCies for the eradication of Chis menace. [Text] _
_ Peshawar KHYB~R MAIL in English 31 Jan 79 p 1J
OPIUM HAUL AT AIRPOItT--Karachi, 4 Feb--A police drugs squad today seized
64 pounds of opium in a raid at Karachi Airpo~t, cuatoms officials said.
The drug, worth 60,000 rupees (7,250 dollars) on the local market, was
found concealed in suitcases. No arresta were immediately made.
~Text] [Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 6 Feb 79 p 3~ -
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~ PHILIPPIN~S
I3RIEFS
MARIHUANA PLANTATIONS-~Constabulary operatives swooped down on seve:i mari-
huana placitaeions in aeven provinces in northern and cenCr~l Luzon yester-
d~y and uprooted a total o,f 7,942 marihuana planCs. The mttrihuana planCations
_ were discovered in Benguet, Kalinga, Apayao, La Union, Mountain Province, `
_ Nueva Eci~a and Pampanga,+~ccording to Col Beinvenido ~'e1ix, ~hief of the -
Constabulary Antinarcotics Un~t. The biggesC plantation was found in Mexico,
- Pampanga, where a total oP 5,000 marihuana planCs were uprooted. Authorities
- are exnmining reports Chat some of the marihuana plantationa were bei:~g fi- _
nanced by aliens. [Manila FEBC in English 2330 GMT 15 Feb 79 OW] -
~ MAJOR NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTORS~-The ConsCabulary Antinarcotics Unit reported
yesterday the arrest of three of Che biggest narcoCics distributors in metro
- MF?nila. The three, (Francisco Reyes), (Rosito BasCillo) and (Alfredo Lopez),
were arrested during a raid on their hideout in Santn Cruz, Manila. [Manila
FEBC in Engliah 2330 GMT 20 Feb 79 UW]
CSO: 5300
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50UTH KOREA
~ BRIEFS
_ DRUG-LINK~r CRTMES--Crimes related to hemp and ottier habit-~orming drugs
_ have been decreasing ov~r the past aeveral yeara, tC was ant~ounced yes-
Cerday. According to the Health-Social Affairs Ministryi people who
' arnoked, dealt in or brought hemp in secret decreased Co 48~ last year
' . from 639 in 1977 and 1,460 in 1976. The ministry has made legal com-
pla3nta agalnaC 363 people umong the total 671 who were c$~ght by the
miniatry's control due to illegal handling, smoking and culfiivating
habit-FC;:n~ing drugs and hemp. Ministry officials said tha~ though the
drug-t�~lated criminals had decreased owing to stricter control and en-
lightenment compaigns, problems had been appearing among youngsters as
- they made uae of industrial adhesives and other chemicals for hallucinat-
ing effecta. The officials said the ministry would seek ways of setting
up legal provis~~ns to restrict misuse of industrial chemicsls and legal
- narcotica. [Text] [Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English 8 Feb 79 p 8]
USE OF NARCOTICS--The number of persons arrested or booked on chargeR of _
using narcotics, including mari~uana cigarettes, de~reased drastica113~ -
- recently, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs said yeaterday. Accord-
_ ing to the ministry, the number of pot,smokers which was on a rapid increase
- a few yeura ago atarred to decline from 1977 when the Mari~yana Control .
_ Law was enacted. In 1976, 1,460 cases were recorded. But the figures
decreased to 639 in 1977 and 4Y33 last year, respectively. Ilsers of narco-
tics also decreased from 904 in 1970 to 92 last year. The t~inistry mainly
_ attributed the decrease to the government's positive contral policies such
as blocking the distribution channels of hemp or narcotics and strengthen-
ing of programs for youths against hemp-smoking or the use of habitual
_ drugs. Meanwhile, a total of 671 persons were found using habit-fotzning
drugs last year, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs said. ;lmong
them, 363 were arrested and 44 arrested without physical detention. The
violators included 483 pot-smokers and 96 users of habit-forming drugs. -
- [Textj [5eou1 THE KOREA HERALD in English 8 Feb 79 p 8)
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THAI PAPER: T00 MANY DRUG TRAFFICKERS ESCAPING rROM PRISON
- l~ungkok I3ANGKOK PO5T in ~ngli,.s,h 12 Feb 79 p~ 6 SK
[Editorial: "Cnough of the One That Got Away"]
_ [Text] CaCching drug traffickers ia hard work. It requires patience,
_ painstaking inquiries of often involving [phrase as published] 3nterna-
tfonal police forces and drug enforcement agencies, and a large measure of
determination and dedicAtion because the men who are chasing drug traf-
fickers are up against toagh odds, not Co mention all the proCection that
can be brought with the money available to those in the drugs trade. Over
the years, and particularly in recenC times, tite achievements of our drugs
suppression police have won worldwide acclaim.
- What a pity that our efficiency in ~atching drug offenders is not matched
by an ability to keep these people safely under lock and key once they
are caught. Last week yet another person serving a sentence connected
with drugs managed to escape from a Thai prison. And it is a case of yet
~ again [as published] because o~her and bigger fish have made their escape
in the past. Every one of these escapes is bad news all round: It is bad ~
for the morale of the police, it is bad for our inCernational reputation,
, and it is bad for society becauae it means that someone whp should be in
jail is free, perhaps to resume the activities that had put him in 3ai1
in the firat place. -
Though this newspaper disagrees with the use of summary punishment for ,
any offence and believes that guilt can only be decided in court of law,
it recognises the frustrations the police must feel when a convicted man
escapes and we can appreciate why it ie that the police here so frequently
_ urge the use of summary powers vested in the prime minister. The deter-
rents facing those involved in drugs are two�old. First, there is the risk
of being caught, and in this respect the police are increasing that risk;
secondly, there is the knowledge that having been caught the punishment will
fit the crime. It is here that we are falling down, becauae if the drugs
offend~r comes to believe that he has a good chance of eacaping the full
mQasure of his punishment, then crime can be seen to pay and the odds
come down in favour of the criminal.
' Prime Min3.ster Kriangsak has demonatrated that his goverrnnent wishes to
_ do all that it can to wage war on drugs. If the efforts of all those who
are waging that war are not to be negated or eroded and if their enthusiasm
is not to wane, something will have to be done--and urgently--about en-
sur ing that the nasty ~ish that are caught remain in the net.
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THAILANn
rOUR IN 1~I:G IRONS AT H~ROIN TRIAL
Pereh THE AUSTRALIAN in ~nglish 6 Feb 79 p 1
[Text]
IiANGK01{, N10NDAY
~~~{}ZI~.'[~; Australians charged
with heroin smugglln~ ap� _
peared in a Thai court -
yesterday wearing leg irons
and l~andcttffs.
'fwo of thc men's wlvcs a�cpt In
Uu court as thctr husbands -
made a IO-minute nppearanr.n
end plcaded thcir Innoccncc.
Heforc thc court wrrc 8ydn^:r
rugby lcuKuc star Paul Haywarti,
halydresacr-travel c o n s u 1 t a n t
Warren Edward Fellows and -
Bangkok bar o~er Wtlllam Shi~ -
clalr. They tacc Hfc tmprfson- -
ment if tound gullty. ~
A tourth man chargcd with
smug~Hng, Kittt ItnsaD~ a Thal.
alao appcared.
The Australlana werc rcfus~d
bnll and .~udga Ura Yuengnon-
kurn ael Februnry 98 aa lhc firsl
dH,v of lt~cir trlal .
_ Hayward's wite Janet ~?n.i
brolhor Mick wetched thc brleC -
courl appcerance, ns did Fe11ou�y'
��Ifc J;~net nnd Slnclalr's rrn -
C~rna~>ry. -
The tiirec Auatralfens wcre
arree:cd on October 11 aftcr
pollco raldcd n Bangkok hotet
room and scfzed 8.4kg ot pure
heroln fn a~ xultcase thcy satd -
was to be amuggled to'Auatraila.
The druB would have been
- worth about S8 mllfon when cut
and sold on Auatralian atreeta.
Thc plras of Innocencc witl
urobubly mcan a lengthy trlat, .
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The four drug suspecCs, with Cheir legs~ in chains, at the Criminal Court
during their preliminary hearings yesterday. From lefC--Paul Hayward,
Kitti (Noi) Imsap, Warren Fellows and Willian Sinclair. All four pleaded
not guilty to ctiarges of possessing 8.4 kgs of No. 4 heroin with intent _
to sell.
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T1IAILANU
' I3LIND DiATE' IN Tt{E JUNGL~
B.u~Ykok I3ANCKOK POST in ~nglish 3 Peb 79 p 3 BK
[T~~xt] The dny had begun normc~lly enough. An informer had cnme in with a
report that :.a drug c~ravan was cocr.ing into Thailand with a"big" assign-
ment of narcotics. These reports were not un~sual, re3ularly coming into
the narcotice suppreasion centre at a rate of two or three a month, but
most of the time the reports prove to be grouridless and unreliable.
A squad of police scouts was rounded up to check on the reporr. This in-
cluded two American Drug ~nforcement Agency offiaials. Bangkok Post cor-
respondent 5ubin Khuenkaeo managed to persuade the reluctanC officera to
allow him to go along with the team,
This is his report of what proved to be one of the biggea~ narcotica raids
in recent years. .
~ The 10 of us left the Third Region Border Patrol Police Headquarters in the
morning by car, travelling from Chiang Mai several hundred kilometres to
' the sleepy town of Chiang Rai and on to the border district of Mae Sai.
We were now within the ill-famed Golden Triangle, a loose term uaed to de-
fine a large area including parta of Burma, Laos and Thailand from which
some 700 Cons of opium are produced each year, all of it going into the
illegal markets of the world.
The date was January 24, 1979.
We left the car and began an arduous trek along hot, dusty tracks into the
northern jungle, all the while climbing steadily towards Doi Pha Mt about
three kilometres from the Burmese border and a apot where the C=~g caravan -
was reporCed to be heading.
Finding a good vantage point, we settled down for a long period of waiting,
not rcally expecting very much to happen and realising that the chances of ~
actually intercepting a cara~~an were pretty slim.
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Nothing happened ~11 through th~t d~y and night go wc moved ramp to higher
grouhd the next day tio continue dur vigtl, this eime, righe on ehe summit -
in order eo get n better view of the ~urCoundings.
We madc camp again nnd posCed aentries Co keep wc~tch on likely trails in
the muuntninous and thickly ~ungled tcrrnin.
Then followed ~norher long, monotonoua waiC, with nll oF us keeping our
ey~s pecled fdr any sigtt of mov~ment on the mountainaide.
Then an excited hilltribe guide ran ineo the cnmp. He had heard sounds of
. what might have been a convoy coming cloge to our b~secamp,
;
Silence
- We hurriedly struck cc~mp nnd apread ourselves out to cover as large ~n area
as possiblc. Meanwhile, absolute silence wag dbserved, for to be spotted
now would havc ruined the whole operation.
About 20 minutes later, n Meo tribesman a~peared in view with a shotgun
slung on his~ahoulder and about five metres behind him a caravan of mules
in single file followed. There were abuut 50 mules in the convoy.
There were only ~bout five guards walking alongside the caravan ~t inter-
vuls of about eight mules or so apart to keep the mules from breaking ranka.
But at the end of the line there were about 10 guards all carrying assorted
firearms, shotguns, carbines and AK47's~
After crossing the ridge of Doi Pha Mi the caravan descended to the bottom.
Police then radfoed for reinforcements from base at the same time the 10 of -
us on the spot silenCly watched the caravan move on.
About an hour later two BPp helicopters with a canplement of about 20 men
arrived one at a time some distance apart, The first landed about 200
metres from where we were crouching and immediately pulled up after un-
loading the troopa for fear of being shot at.
Suddenly, shooting erupted and all hell broke loose. The second helicopter
alighted on the opposite flank and left in haste like the first one. The
exchange of gunfire lasted for about 20 minuCes and then ceased abruptly
,just like it started. ~
The police waited for about 10 minutes before closing in warily and came
- across u thatched shed and a large tent. The shed was apparently the
heroin factory because drug-manufacturing equipment was found in it, The
fireplace was still smouldering. The tent was the living quarters becauae
of clothes and cots found in it,
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The hr.roin-produCing equipment con~isted of. ~ big cauldr~n on the fireplace,
baging, fleske, drums, etc. At a level a little lower than the factory
- aiCe wae n am~ll etream, clearly the water so~rce for ttte factory. ~
Nobody wa~ found gt the f~ctory site. Ye was completel.y empty buti for gn -
M16 ~uromgtic rifle, a carbine~ a,3g pistol wiCh a I3~.c?gk~ok licence number,
amm~nition gnd several epent cnrtridges.
Part of the rgid force went in hot purguiC of the fleeing Craffickers and
the resC remained Co Ru~rd the c~mp gnd Che evidence. brugs left behind in
the ehed conaisted ot 118 kilogrammes of high-grade heroin and morphine in
43 bags of "Double t,ion" br~nd heroin gnd 67 bricks of "999" brand moxphine.
According to the police they were all of high-grade qunlity.
CSO : 530i~
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YUGO5LAVIA
FALL SOWING OF' POPPI~S DECLINEb DRASTICALLY IN 197'8
- [~ditorial ReporC~ In ~ report on fnll sowing, Skop3e NOVA MAItEbONIJA in
Macedonian on 8~'ebruary 1979, p~~e 10, gives the following informaeion on
r,he sowing of poppiea in Macedonia: ~ull sowing of poppies (in hectarea)
for the p~sC 5 yenrs--1974-3,704; 1975-4,817; 1976-7,881; 19~7-6,876;
1078-3,381. The article ataCes that, nlthough it is one oE Che main f~ll
industrial crops, the area planted in poppiea has varied greatly in recent
years, de~creasittg by 57.1 percent last year. The reasons for this are
given as the decreased purchase price for the seeds and the relaCively low
price for the poppy capsules. The fall crops are aown on a minimum area,
mainly in the gardens of individual producers.
CSO : 5300
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n~nziL _
BItIEFS
COCATNE TRAF~ICIC~R Ct1I'TUR~D--Heliodoro Leite Neto, 29-year-old former police
- investigator, was caught redhanded yesterday by peraonnel of the ~~deral
Police Narcotics bepnrtmenC with 11 grams of cocaine in hi~ posaession. l~e
wna dismissed from the atate Public Security Secretariat forces in 1971
by virCue of institutional act No 5. Also seized from his rnnch loCaCed :~tt
� Porungaba were: a preciaion ac~?le, a notebook listing namea and other per-
sonal documenta. [Sao Paulo 0~STADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 24 Feb 79
p 17 PY ]
CSO: 5300
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_ bltl~~S
I'OLICF: CRACKDOWN ON TitAI~~ICKINC--More than 200 dru~ trafEiCkers and common -
_ criminal~ h~1ve Ueen arregted by the poliCe on I'acifi~ Coast be~ict~es and put -
- ~~t th~ dispo~al of ttie court:~. A~cording to poli~e suurce3, ttiese arrests
were made between 6 January to 15 ~ebruary in the are~ betwec~n Las Rocas de
- 5anto Domin~o and Mir.~Elores. The 5an Antonio police ~~ersonnel under Capt
((:~rlos Gonznlez) 1~ave been reinforced by 5antiago police personnel to carry
out thiy crime prevenCion campaign durinp, the summer season. According to
pol.icc sources, most uf those arrested came from Santiago and other parts
oC tl~e country to the vacation area. Thig crime prevention campaign will
_ conttnue until the etid vf ehe beach season, according to poli~e sources.
- [TextJ [5anti~go bomestic Service in 5panish 1200 GM'C 16 ~eb 79 pYj
r.so: 5300
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COLOMUTA
b~~E:NS~ MINI5T[tY ON ANTINAEtCOTIC5 AC'TIVITY
Buenos Airea LAmIN in Spanigh 2200 GM'r 17 ~eb 79 PA
['CextJ 6dgota, 17 E~eb (LATIN)--The Colombi~n military forcea annouttced
today t~aving ghot dvwn a U.5. plane, pre~umably involved in drug smuggling,
over La GuaJira, 1,000 km north of here, on the Caribbean coagt. This is
tlie first plane shot down since unautt~orized planes were expressly pro-
hibited Erom Elyitng over La Gua3ira I'eninsula last Novemher as part uf the
government's Operation Eagle to stamp out dru~ traffic toward the United
5tates.
The OCCUpltttg di tl~c plane escaped, according to the Uefense Ministry
communique, which reported the seizure of 1,151 bags of presaed marihuana, _
- tlie discovery of 2 smashed U.5. planes, ~nd the capture oE a ship and 34
Colombians and 7 foreigners, the latter ~lmogt all U.5. cftizens, The
government considers La Guajira the prinCipal marihuana produ~tion and
smuggling center.
The cortmunique said that on 15 ~ebruary troops of the Rondon Air Force $ase
close to Portete Bay (Uribia) shot down a U.S. plane. The plane had been -
destroyed by fire when it was found. Ita occupants apparently managed to
flee.
Un 11 f~ebruary army troops found a smashed tWO-engine ligtit plane with
li~enyc no. AK-003218 on Ln Teta }iill, near Uribia. Yts three occupants, all
U.ti. cLtizens, were injured. Mocher plane, n tWin-engined Cessna with
lt~ensc no. N-777-EI~, was seized by troops and its crew, U.S. citizens
_ I'aul Herman Dickman and Achttim Vermoroy, were captured the following day. ~
Un [lic s