JPRS ID: 8433 TRANSLATIONS ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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2 May 1.9 79
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TRANSLATIONS ON NARC~TICS AND DANGERQUS DRUGS
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COIAMBIA
WAFt ON DRU(}3 BT~PPE~ UP
Iio~oi,a ~L TSF~lPO in Spanish 4 Mar 79 P 3-A
~Text~ ~he offieial campaign eondueted on the Atlantic coast between
23 ~'ebruary and 2 March 1979 againat the drug traffic yielded the seizure
of morr. than a thou3and packages of marihun~, three planes and three vehi-
~.le n .
~ According to a report from the Defense Min3stry, troopers from the Cart~~gr:na
' battal3on seized 550 packages of marihuana, e. .44 ca].. rifle, a 9 mm pistol,
~nd an F-100 truck on 23 February on the Abra road, at km 30 between Riohacha
und Cuestecitas.
The same day three arrests were made in Riohacha and a Renault 12 bearing
license JT-5900 was seized along with a.45 cal. pistol.
On 2~? February, troopers from the Cordoba battalion arrested three people 3.n
I,u Tagua and confiscated 325 packages of marihuana from them.
At i;he Monteria airport troopers from the Junin battalion captured an
American-licensed Cessna and its pilot, Barry Cooper Smith, who Was carrying
a map on which several clandestine runways were marked.
Trooper^ from the Air Force's Rondon group confiscated 86 packages of mari-
F?uunu iri ar~ inlc~ on 26 February on the road from Cuestecitas to Hato Nuevo.
ln i,he general ureu of Amaine, troopers from the Rondon Air group confiscated
an F'-350 truck and 22 packages of marihuana. At La Tague, troopers from the
Cordobu battalion seized 13 packages of marihuana.
Oii 1 Mnrch in Pueblo Vie3o, a municipality of Cienaga, an American airplane,
re:~i:;tr,y No N-205f~ that had crashed into the ocean was found. Inside it was
tt?e bod,y of one of the plane's pilots. Ti!e plane had hit high tension wires
- a;; it wu.^. ~earcliing tor a clandestine runwa�;~ in Cienaga after the inter- -
?iaLic~c~al airport at $arranquilla hud authori::ed it to land there.
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A~ Lu ~r~u~ the ~?rm,y ~eized two ~nd ~ hal~ bundl.~s of marihu~na ~e~ds ~nd
on tha 3an~a Marta-Riohacho h3ghway, ne~.r the place c~1,l~d C~m~rone~, ~n
Nnr.r:lcari N->~.U2 plan~ was found. Ita crew m~mbers managefl tio ge~ ~w~y from
tl~c~ i,rn~pc:rn f
r. om bhc Co~doba ba~tc~lion ~ 7'h~ airpl.ane hafl run out of
gas ~
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COLONIDIA
~MAF'IA~ CHIEF MANJARRES KILLED
Bogota E~Z, Z'S~0 3n Spanish 3 Mar 79 p 1-A, 6-A
[Text) Rafael Aron Man3arres, AKA "Maracas," one of the most feared god-
fathers of the narcotics traff3c mafia, was shot and kill.ed Thursday night
iri Sarita Marta. An 8-year-old girl, Claudia de la Rosa, was wounded in the
leg.
Aron Mo,n~arres had himself elected a titular member ~f the city council of
Santa Ma.rta for the 197$-SO term in the last elections. He was killed when
he wr~s visiting his deputy, A1.berto de la Rosa, in Gaira a few kilometers
outside the c3ty. The killing took place at Calle 16, No 13-01 in Gaira, a
few blocks from a home owned by the victim who also lived in that district.
According to police reports, Maracas had gone to visit his deputy on the r
council, Alberto de la Rosa, during the evening and at about 2230 hours
three individuals, their faces whitened with cornstarch and pretending �~o
be drunk, entered the house in a friendly manner and after saying hello,
took out automatic weapons and began firing right and left. -
The attackers, using pistols and magnum, fired more than 20 times. Ten
bullets hit Aron Man~arres who died immediately when his skull was destroyed. "
The little girl, Claudia de la Rosa, was hit in the leg during the shooting _
but her condition is not serious. According to the official version, the
gunmen fled in a car that was waiting nearby.
Without a Boc~ygua,rd
According to eArly reports, the well-known murder victim did not have his
usual bodyguards with him. They almost never left him. It is not known why
he was alone; presumably he got careless because he was in his own district
and perhaps thought he was safe.
Barcl,y 2 months ago one of his constant companions was also shot and killed,
w}?en he wa; standin~ in front of a tire shop.
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Amu~~~ed u ~'ortune
iZutnc~. Arc~n Mta,n,j~rr~c, borti in Itioha,cha and ~+l when he died httd liv~d in
;Suntu M~.rta from t~1C ti.m~ hc was v~ry youn~, and had gon~ to live in (~air~
whc~rc tic bti~.~.t a m~.n~ion wortih ~ever~l mil~.inn p~sos.
W3th tfic f~bu].du:~ fbrtune he ~.massed ~'rom the drug traff3C, he h~fl the hobb,y
~ nf
dwning the ~atest mofl~~, mo~t luxurious c~r~, espeCi~.~ly sports ears~ It
w~~ ~~i:i he ch~nged car~ 1;he way ~nyone e1.se ch~nges h3s sh3rt.
nefore he got int~ the drug traffic, Aron Nf~n3arres h~d been a police
3nspector ;~everal t~mes in this city. fie l~ft that to g~t ~.ntia drttgs and
cl3st:in~uish~d hims~~f ~s ~ne of the bd~dest and most fe~red traffickers of
~ all. "evera~, deaths were attributed tn h3m, which 3t w~s never pn~sib].e
Lo conf'irm.
He wus also very fbnd of automatic weapons, particular~y expensive pistols
nnd the notorious Magnum. He was arrested sever~~ times for possession of
arms that were for the exc~usive use of the military.
Or?e of' the most dramatic episodes in Aron Man~arres' active life was the
kidnupping of h3s daught;er, Sandra Pa+,ricia Aron Duran in early September
19~r~r.
'Phe ki.dnapping of Sandra Patricia caused a sensation nt~tinnwide and the
kidnc~p~~crs demanded 50 million pesos for her return. A week later, however,
she was return~d safe and sound and the kidnappers were captured. The osten-
;ib1e h~:ad of the band was a Lebanese.
"Maracas" wa~ one of those who arranged for the rescue of the kidnap victim.
A few mir.ates before her release, the daughter of the Lebanese was kidnapped.
Stie [Sandra Patriciaj was found a few hours later.
nlamc for the secand kidnapping was attributed to Maruc~s and his gang who
uppurently believed in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
'i't~e w~zkc i'or Rafael Aron Man~arres was held i n the city council chambers
_ arici }ie wa~ buried in the afternoon.
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COLOMHIti
TRAFFICKER5' AIRPLAN~S SEI2ED~ ARRESTS MADE
Bogota EL SIGLO in Spanieh 7 Mar 19 p 8
~Textj Two aircraft used in the drug traffic were rE;.ently aeized by author-
� itiea engaged in combating the gange which ere operating along the Colanbian
Atlantic Coaet.
The operation reaulted in the aeizure of druge valued at 16 million pesos,
and Chree individuals, two Americana and one Colombian, were arreated.
The initial vexaion given by officials of the town of Jagueicitio on the
Magdalena River indicated that a plane had craehlanded seriously in~uring
Che three occupants. The plene came from Miami and was again taking off
for ite point of origin.
Inside the plane were 10 packages of marihuana and several kilograma of
cocaine. The namea of thoee arrested, all aeriously in~ured, could not be
~ aecerCained, as they had to be taken immediately to emergency centers.
Again yeaterday, an abandoned plane was diacovered--thia time in Gua~ira;
it appeare that it crashlanded for lack of fuel. All ita occupanta abandoned
the plane~ whose licenae number was N-58-DZ; the plane was taken immediately
to the Riohacha Military Base and placed at the diaposal of the Colombian
Air Force.
Colombian autihoritiea have recently dealt her~vy blowe to drug-traffic ganga
to the ~xtent that, thia month alone, they have aeized drugs valued at more
than 100 million peaos and arreated more tY~an 20 peraons.
Yeaterday, the office of the Judicial Attorney General reported the seizure .
of more than 800 grama of cocaine at the Eldorado International Airport of
Bogota and the arrest of four persons. The drug was hidd~n in the shoulder
straps of handbage and in belts.
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COLOMBTA
COCAINE I,ABO~tATORY RAID~b
~ Bogota EL S1�LO in Spanish 13 Mar 79 p 8
/Text/ A well-equipped cocaine laboratory was diecovered by NaCional Polic~
units esaigned to the Department of 5antander, in ehe township of Capitane~o;
aC the same time it wae posaible to capture two individuals who were turned
over to the respective auChorities.
Uniformed police officera diacovered Che laboratory, which conCained every-
thing needed for the procesaing of the alkaloid on the basis of confessions
made by eome peraons who had been caught recently.
This illicit buainesa was located on the "Trasnochador" estate, in the town-
ahip of CapiCane~o; two citizena~ who were identified as Maria Reyes Godoy
and Eliseo Godoy were taken by ourpriae in the eaCablishment; at the momenC
of their capture, they were procesaing a large quanCity of coca leaves.
The residence also conCained 100 packages containing leavea from which the
valuable hallucinogen is extracted, along with several pouches of cocaine
which, according to the information source, were ready for sale.
The two peraona apprehended were turned over to the general ~udge ~
udge
who tries criminal and civil casea/ in the town of Capitane3o, who had
already initiated the reapective investigations. The discovery of the
_ modern laboraCOry took place during the early hours yesterday morning
after an operation had been aet up in an effort to discover the illicit `
busineas.
The identity of the peraon arreated--who provided the leads enabling the
authoritiee to discover Che laboratory--was not disclosed by membera of
the National Police who indicated tnat the equipment confiscated may come
to as much as 20 million peaos.
The two individuals who were inaide the home, where the business was being
operated, did not offer any reaistance since the officers took them by
surpriae.
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COLOMBIA
LABG^,ATORY RAID~D IN CAUCA DLPARTMENT
BogoCa EL SIGLO in Spanish 6 Mar 79 p 3
~Text) A new blow wa~ dealt yeeterday morning to drug-eraffic gangs oper~t-
ing in western Colombia by mambers of the police force of Cauca Department,
who diacoverad a modern laboratory for the proceseing of cocaine and captured
three pereone who were in the building houaing the illicit trade.
According Co information iseued by the presa department of the National
Police Directorate, the operation was carried out on Casablanca Road in the
~uriadiction of the municipality of Almaguer. In raiding the reaidence
owned by Cristobal Jimenez~ the police found a modern laboratory containing
~ all neceaeary equipment for producing cocaine.
Three individuals were captured during the operation, one being the owner
of the building in which the laboraCory was maintained and the other two
answering to the namea of Neftali and Nestor Gomez; all three were taken
to Almaguer and handed over to the proper authoritiea.
In addition to the procesaing equipment, 100 arrobas of coca leaves were
found in the dwelling ready to be converted into the highly valued alkaloid.
According to information received by this newspaper, the individuals taken
captive yeaterday had been denounced by other membera of the criminal organ-
ization, who had fallen into the hande of the authorities and, after inten~se
questioning, had revealed the identity of thoae arrested on Casablanca Road.
According to official estimates, the value of the laboratory might come to
as much as 30 million pesos. The individual~ seized were placed, together
wi.th those arreated, at the dispasal of the judge of the municipality of
Almaguer, who initiated the pertinent inveatigation.
The laboratory had been in operation for about 3 months and its employees
had been charged with the dietribution and procesaing of all the alkaloid
sold throughout moet of Cauca Department.
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COLOMgIA
COCAINE LAB RAIDED IN BOGOTA~ TRAFFICIC~RS CAPTURED
BogoCa L~L ~SPECTADOR in Spanieh 8 Mar 79 p 9-A
[TexeJ In cerrying out an operaCion which began last Tueeday evening and
ended yesCerday, r:~~~ers of Che Adminietrative Department of Security [DASj
di~covered a modern and compleCe laboratory for proceseing cocaine gnd cap-
tured 11 pereona bglonging to a powerful gang of drug traffickera.
They Were "Working"
The laboratory was discovered at 16-72 19-A St, Santa Fe precinct, and some
of the traffickere were caughr in the act of processing the alkaloid, 2 kg
of which had already been marked for distribution to the market.
In addition to an abundance of equipment for processing cocaine, the aecret
agenta seized 10 kg of coca paete, the raw material uaed in producing the -
dangeroua drug.
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Movie-type Pursuit
buring the raid aome of the drug traffickers succeeded in firing a number
of shots but, seeing they could not win, decided to give themselvea up;
others attempted to escape over the roofs of neighboring houses, where they
had to be forced down by the detectives after a spectacular pursuit which
lasted more than 2 houra.
Second Raid
During the operation the agenta also raided apartment 302 of building No
16-59 on 19tt~ St, located in front of the house in which the laboratory was
operating, and here other membera of the gang were captured.
More Captures
As previoualy etated, the operation carried out by the DAS lasted until
yeeterday afternoon, and it reaulted in the capture of three more men and
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on~ woman, who cgme eo the lgbozaCory unaware Chat their crcmiee t~ad b~en
appr~h~ndad and thet eeveral secree agenCg were in the house waiCing fnr
them,
Identities
Although 11 pereons altogether were cgptured, only Che following namee were
releae~d pending a eearch for other members of the critninal organization:
Juan .iose Munoz~ 8lanca tnes Caetillo Chavea, Fabio Barreneche Acern,
Jeime Cee~r Sandoval, Henry Sgnabria Pacheco, Libardo Silva Ro~ae and
Ja3r G~2rgYdo Bernal Cuestae.
In connecCion with the capture of the drug traffickers and the seizure of
~ the laboratory equipment, the 2 kg of cocaine and the 10 kg of coca paste,
the corresponding trial wae conducted by the Judicial Police in the presence
of a repreeentative of the Office of the Attorney General Delegate.
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COLOrffiIA
BRIEFS
COCA PLANTATION D~STROYED--Bucaramanga, 8 March, by Jairo Saravig. The
Office of the ACCorney General of the Nation and the Police atruck the
hardeat blow ev~r to the drug-trafficking mafias when they discovered 15
hectares planted with coca, estimated at a value of 500 milliona. This
blow coxs struck at an eaCate located in the township of Capitane~o, on
the border of the Departmente of Santander and Boyaca; 30 peasants were
arrestpd. The operation was directed by Col Omar Franco, CO of F2 in
thia department. The crop area was diacovered on the "San Joaquin" ranch,
in the township of Capitane~o~ which borders on the township of Ricaurte.
/Text%~.Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 9 Mar 79 p 8-A/ 5058
DIp~C DRUG SEIZURES DESCRIBED--Drugs worth more than 546 million pesos were
confiacated by the narcotics detachment of DIPEC /expansion unknown/ this
year; the unit also managed to arreat 69 men and 8 women who were caught by
surprise while they were taking care of the marihuana plantations or while
they were in poasesaion of large quantities of cocaine. The operations,
totalling 42, were carried out in various placed throughout Che nation hy
membera of the armed establiahment. During January and February of this year,
detachment F2 of the police carried out the following operations throughout
the cauntry; 22 men and 4 women were arrested and 477 kilograms of cocaine,
worth 313 million pesos were found on them; 11 laboratories for processing
the alkaloid were diacovered and 22 men and 3 women were arrested there;
officers also confiscated components for the production of Che hallucinogen,
worth more than 2.5 million pesos. The members of the narcotics group of the
HQ of F2 confiacated 11,853 kilograma of marihuana worth much more than 23
million peaos. In the course of the raida, during which the drugs were
confiscated, the officers also arreated 17 men and 1 woman. Concerning
marihuana crops, the authoritiea spotted five huge plantations with an
approximate output of 103,000 kilograms; one of the plantations consisted
of more than 2,000 shrubs estimated at a figure of 750,000 pesos. The
membera of the narcotics group also managed to arrest six~persons who were
growing this plant. Overall, 42 raids were csrried out, leading to the
capture of a total of 69 men and 8 women, the confiscation of marihuana and
cocaine as well as processing laboratories for the above-mentioned alkaloid
--all in all worth more than 546,000 pesos. As reported, the results were
excellent thanks to the hard wor don b the personnel of the National
Police throughout the country. ~Text~ ~Bogota EL SIGLO in Spanish 10 Mar
79 P 12~ 5058
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G^V~RNdl2S' AUTHO1tITY VOID~D--The Colambign 5upremg CourC d~nlared a f~w
momenee ago Che nullitiy of llecree 402 of ~979 gra.iting the governore
epeci~l powere to desCroy illegal landing stiripe used for marihuana
emuggling. The vAlue of marihuana seixed by Colomb~gn authorities during
the paee 6 month~ hae been eet aC 270 bi111on pesos, n high-rgnking
governmenC offic~.~1 m~id in reportiing on the etruggle againet drug
trgffickiire~ La Gua~ira Covernor Rafeel Iguaran eaid that aince tha
beginning of this adminietration there have been 187 murders in La
Gua,~ira and noC a eingle arrest has been made. He directly accused the
military and police authoriCies of neglect~ The governor charged thar
corrupCion had eroded a11 government forces eent to control the drug
trafficking mafia. ~Bogota Cadena Radial Super in Spanish 0000 GMT
21 Apr 79 PA~
TRAFFICKERS' PLANE SEI2Ell--SanCa Marta, 5 March--Two Americang and on~
Colombian were in~ured when the plane in which they were flying and which
was loaded with hallucinogenic druga crashlanded in Remolino ~urisdiction.
Information received indicates that the aircraft mishap occurred today in
the localiCy known as "Jagueicito~" in the vicinity of Remolino, a town lo-
cated in the ao-called river province, in Magdalena Department. The plane
wag carrying at leaet 1 million capeules which, it appears, it had taken on
at some of the clandestine landing atrips located in thoae areae. The drug
traffickera were taken Co the hospital in Barranquilla. The plane was
identified as a twin-engine craft, and it had suffered considerable damage
in landing on a paeture field in "JagueiciCo." The druga being smuggled
were said to be worth ae much ae 25 million peaos. Another American plane
landed in the vicinity of Riohacha and ita occupants abandoned it and dis-
appeared. Thia plane ia an Aerocommander with licenae No N-58 DZ; it landed
on a large beach near Camarones a few meters from the main highway of -
Caribe, which connecta Guajira with Magdalena Department. The twin-engine
plane is white and red and apparently made an emergency landing due to lack
of fuel, according to experts in this field. [Text] [Bogota EL TIII~iPO in
Spanish 6 Mar 79 p 8-A] 8568
BUCARAMANGA COCAINE SEIZURE--Bucaramanga, 5 March--Members of the Administra-
tive Department of Security (DAS) seized a tractor trailer which was trans-
porting 267 kg of raw material for producing cocaine; the shipment was
valued at 100 millivn pesoa on international markets. Local officials told
EL TIE~iPO that the aeizure took place in the vicinity of the municipality
of San Alberto in Cesar, when the vehicle had left Bogota headed for the
Atlantic Coast. Juan Cuellar, the truck driver, was also apprehended and
he, together with the vehicle and drug ahipment, were brought to this city.
The 267 kg of cocaine were contained in drums in the form of cheeses.
[Textj [Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 6 Mar 79 p 9-A] 8568
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_ SOLDIER INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING
Quito EL COMERCIO in Spaniah 23 Mar 79 p 14
[Text] The ~udge from the Seventh Penal DiaCrict of Guyas,
Dr Marco Mantillo Murillo, referred to Che District Superior CourC
of Juatice the trial of a group of drug dealers who operated on an
inCernational level and from whom paste cocaine worth 4 million
sucrea wae confiscated. The case was transferred to enable the
Court to settle a dispute between the ~udge of the Seventh Penal
District of Guyas and the ~udge from the Fourth Penal DisCrict of
Machala where a suit for the same offense had also been initiated;
the Guyas ~udge had conducted a preliminary hearing of the eame
case.
Lt Col Luis Alfredo Santillan, from the battalion "Conatitution"
quartered in Huaquillas, E1 Oro Province, appears seriously im-
plicated in the case. He is accuaed of driving a military ~eep
to carry a drug dealer,Hernan Cueva Pinzon,with a shipment of
cocaine. The officer presumably received over 100,000 sucres paid
by Galo Canessa Barrera, the eatablshed chief of drug dealers, who
is called "The Godfather." He has a long record of drug dealing
offenses, including abroad where he served a partial sentence.
Juriadictian
Defendant Cueva advised the ~udge of the Fourth Penal DisCrict of
E1 Oro that he had been arrested within the ~urisdiction of the
~1 Oro Province and therefore his regular ~udge should be the one
who has ~uriadiction in the E1 Oro Province. As for the other
defendant, Lt Col Santillan, he petitioned the Guyas judge to pro-
hibit the drug dealing trial from proceeding further.
The case presenta many peculiarities, such as, for example, the
Eact that all the defendants, including Lt Col Santillan, deny
participation in the offense under investig~tion, pointing out
_ that the impounded money--240,000 sucres--was for legal commercial
transactions. There is also the fact that the prosecutor in the
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r.n~e w~i~ ~ppo~ed Co Che suit being sent Co the C1 Oro Court ro
~eet1C the diepute, cone~.dering that the ~udge of Che Seventh Uie-
trir.t hn~ th~ nuthnrity to continua the ~ction, Tn nnothQr
conneceinn, the depnrrment for th~ fight ggainst drug addicCion
relegsed a report attributed to the U~S. conaulate and relating
the operatione of the gang.
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DEFENSE SECRETARY COP4tENTS ON 'OPERATION CONDOR' RESULTS
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanieh 18 Mar 79 pp 1, 6
(TexC~ Gen Felix Galvan Lopez, aecretaYy of natinnal defenae, gave aseurance
here yesterday that, as a result of Che action taken by the Office of the
Attorney General of Che Republic and the Mexican Army, the cultivation and
trafficking of drugs hae declined between 85 and 90 percent, "a percentage
which by no n?eane appliea to Che international black markete."
The head of national defenae gave an exclusive interview to EL SOL DE SINALOA
' a few minutes before his departure for Mexico City, followin& a quick working
tour of Sinaloa, during which he was accompanied by Gen Rodolfo Perez Gonza-
lez, commander of the Ninth Military 2one.
Calvan Lopez declared that, because of the succeas achieved in "Operation Con-
dor," officials "from abroad (he did not apecify which nation) will be coming
to learn about the systems used to combat the dru~g traffic. It is possible
that they will be here sometime next week but (as he said) I do not yet know
. from which country those officials will come."
Ne then claimed that, based on the positive results achieved in 2one 06 with
"Operation Condor": "We have managed to reduce the drug market between 85 and
90 percent, to the point where the United States Government is also interest-
ed in learning about the implemenCaCion of the campaign that we are running
against druga."
Upon b~ing aeked about the plane craeh which occurred a few days ago in the
Sinaloa mountaina, in which two soldiers and a lieutenant from the Mexican
Army were killed, the secretary of national defense said that the members
of the military had never tortured the pilot: "It was aimply that, upon ar-
riving at Santiago de loa Caballeros, in the municipality of Badiraguato,
the aircraft began to experience mechanical failure, and eventually crashed.
The pilot's action was not premeditated, and it was found that he was, in-
deed, a notorioua drug trafficker who, furthermore, was enroute to that lo-
' cation to pick up 4 kilograms of pure gum."
This theory was backed by General Perez Gonzalez, who added that aeveral mem-
bers of the army had been killed by the drug traffickers in that location.
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~l~ewhere in hi~ rero~rkg, C:.1vgn Lopez announced thaC ~ per~onnel ~hife in
thi~ milit~?ry zone ig imroi.nent, ~fter they have served for 6 monthe in th~t
podt; but he did not diselose when the tranefer would take nlace. -
Finnlly~ he eaid Chat hie vieit ro Singloa wge mainly for th~ purpo~e of per-
sonally obaerving ehe treatmenC received by the troaps, "eomething thae I
do ~very weekend, when I tour rhe mil~.eary zones in each ge~te, and ehe lo-
cation~ which are reggrded as troublesome."
Yesterday afCernoon, Che head of national defenae returned to Mexico City, `
after hie brief tour of Che atate.
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MEXICO
RTNG OF' TRAFFICKERS, COUNTERFEITERS CAPTURED
Nogalea DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spaniah 8 Mar 79 p 4
[TexCJ Mexico City, 7 March--A ring of drug eraffickera operating in Guate-
mala, the United States, Peru and Mexico, which was attempting to bring
counterfeit dollare into circulation, wae broken up by agenta of the Judi-
- cial Police under ordera from Gen Raul Mendioleg Cerecero, wher? they cap-
tured seven individuals.
Erick Rafael Julio Cesar and Jamea Mendoza Quandt, Francisco Urbina Moralea,
Jeaus Heliodoro Go~aez Serna, Victoria Castellanos Martinez de Urbina and
Ingeborg QuandC de Mendoza are in the lockup of the Office of the Attorney -
General of the Republic undergoing close quesCioning about their activities.
According to the inveatigation mac~e by the federal agents who succeeded in
capturing the drug Craffickere and counterfeitera, the latter's bills were
made in South America, and their circulation was planned in M~exico.
The arrest uf the criminals took place in a downtown hotel on Reforma Avenue
in this city, as well as in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and Tapachula, Chiapas.
The individuals in custody operated as followa: They arranged the purchase-
sale transaction for cocaine in Peru; then planned its shipment to Guatemala;
it was aubaequently brought into our country through Tapachula; and was taken -
f rom there Co the United States Second Comdr Rodolfo Castano Arambula, since
he had a tip that a transaction involving the purchase and sale of cocaine
was being arranged, ordered strict aurveillance of the hotel where the drug
traffickers had been diacovered.
When the criminals had been spotted and the activities in which they were en-
gaged were learned, they were arrested with nearly 1 kilogram of pure cocaine;
and, when the room in which they were s taying was searched, eight bundles of
$50 and $100 billa ~:re diacovered.
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MEXICO
RURAL POLICEMAN SHOT BY POPPY GROWERS
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 27 Mar 79
[Text] The commander of the rural defense detachment from the setClement of
Villa Angel Florea was s~~;iously wounded in a shoo t-out after the police, as
a result of informaCion provided to them, approached a plot on which poppy
plantations had been de~ected.
Eleodoro Garcia Zavala is the name of the commander who, with his subordina tes,
Juvencio Aispuro Beltrany Guadalupe Soto Sauceda and Lorenzo Monzon Medina,
drove in a 1972 Ford pickup truck without license plates to the site where
they had been told there was a poppy plantation, which they discovered af ter
an intensive search. But, as soon as they got out of the vehicle, Chey were
met by gunfire from high-powered weapons. The rural police immediately re-
turned the attack; and Commander Garcia Zavala was felled by the first sho ts,
while his comrades managed to save their lives by taking shelter behind th.e
truck, and drove off the attackers.
It was announced, though briefly, at the State Judicial Police hea~iquarters
that, a few day3 ago, the same members of the rural police had located and
destroyed another poppy plantation within that same ~urisdiction, and on
that occasion did not succeeded in capturing anyone. Last night, they lef t
with the same intention of performing that 3ob; but they encountered the men
who were apparently waiting for them; because as soon as they got out of the
patrol car in which they we~e riding, they were met with heavy gunfire in
which the coinmander was seriously wounded.
It was also said that, at that time, the buds were being "scored" ro _:.tract -
the liquid, or "gum," and several individuals were apparently keeping watch.
They were the ones who observed the movements of the patrol vehicle which
was approaching Che site like any private car; but, upor~ noticing the police
maneuvers, they decided to open fire immediately, apparently to prevent the
capture of the "scorera," and thus give Chem sufficient time to escape.
Comclr Eleodoro Garcia Zavala, seriously in~ured, was Caken from that location, `
_ between Zapatillo and Constituyentes in the township of Villa Angel Flores,
directly to Guamuchil, where a Red Cross ambulance took him to this toGm to
be examined for several gunahot wounds in the thoracic area, some of w~iich
penetrated it, seriously ~eopardizing the policeman's life.
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MARIHUANA, WEAPONS 5~IZED--At d~wn yesCerday, there was a confrontaCion be-
tweer, agente of the Federal Judicial Police and a group of drug erafficker~ ~
in a wooded area of Huasteca, San Luia PoCoei, in which three of the laCCer
were killed and �ive individuals involved in the drug traffic were arre~te~.
A tot~l of 965 kilograms of marihuana, a rifle and five pistols were aeiz~d
from them. The federal investioe~or~ had arrived at the "E1 ltefugio" farm
in the municipality of E1 V~:nado, San Luia Potoai, where they discovered 71
burlap bags containing 870 kilagrams of packed murihuana. They arrested Hi-
ginio Arriaga Hernandez, who was armed with a 16 caliber ahotgun. At dawn,
' 2 kilometera from the farm, they were intercepted by four individuals, three
on horseback and the other on foot, who ahouCed st them, "you won't take any-
thing from here!" and began firing. During the gun-battle, the ~ederal po-
lice killed three of the attackers, and the fourth one managed to escape into
the denae woods. The police retrieved from the site a rifle, two pisrole =
and two horaea, which they placed at the disposal of Che Federal Public Min-
istry together with the bodies of the deceased. [Text] [Nogales DIAF.IO DE
NOGALCS in Spanish 9 Mar 19 p 4] 2909
HEROIN TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Tt~ie Federal Judicial Police ar~ on the trail of
Che drug traffickers who were supplying heroin to taxi-driver Jeaus Gradillas
Cruz and his ac~:omplice, Victor Duarte Orduna, who were arreated by agents
under orders from Comdr Jose de Jesus Gerardo Serrano. Several packages
containing pure heroin of the best quality were confiscated from them. It
was claimed that the two suppliers have been fully indentified, but their
names were not released so as not to interfere with the investigation; since
they are expec:ted to be apprehended by the federal authorities at any moment.
According to the agency of the Federal Public Ministry, the suppliers were
selling the heroin to Gradillas for $80 per gram; and he aubsequently resold
it in nightclub~ in the red-light diserict for $100 per gram. Both of the
arrested men were placed at the disposal of the Federal Public Ministry agent,
Humberto Garcia de Alba. Cradillas ie charged with possession and purchase-
sale of heroin, while Duarte Orduno is accused of concealment; because he,
as driver of the taxi owned by the former, was driving him to all the sites
of the transactions, mair~ly in the red-light district, knowing that drug
sales were being made. It was noted that the pair would certainly be re- ~
manded to the second district ~udge, Cayetano Hernandez Valencia. [Text]
(Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 7 Mar 79 p 4] 2909
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TRA~'~ICK~It5 CApTUFtLD, nEtUCS U~STItOY~U--M~xicn Ciey, 11 March--Uurittg Che paet
G d~ye the ~ed~r~1 Judicial Police Captured 42 drug er~fficker~ during Che
coura~ of 24 operationa condurred na parr of the progr~m to eombat drug
Cr~fficking~ They confiec~ted h~rdin, m~rihuana, toxic pi11s, haehiah,
we~pnng ~nd vehicleg frnm them, A1so, over the week~nd, Ch~y located and
destroyed 1,091 poppy planr~tiun~ and 53 m~rihuana plattCationg in ~rarious
~~ce3ong of the etates nf 5inglo~, Gu~rrern ~nd znCneecge. Likewise pgr~i-
cipating in th~ ~ederal Judacial Po1i~e gction were forces frnm the Mexi.catt
_ Army, and both st~Ce and municip~l authoritiee, according eo an announcement
m~de by Samuel A1va Leyva~ depuCy ae~istant prosecutor of the Office of the
ACtorney Ceneral of the Republic and coordinator oE the camnaign againse ehe
drug traffic. They s~ized 266 kilograms of marihuana, 5 grams of heroin,
1,179 toxic pi11s, 2 ki].ograms of poppy seed, 26 kilograms of marihunna
seed, 12 pieces of hashish, 11 firearms, four automobiles, six dynamite
Charges, eighC blasting caps and two scales. The Federal Judicia]. Police
capCured Crescencio Chavez Zuniga with several marihuana cigarett~s and six
r.oxic c~psules in his pnsse~sion. An hour later, they also caught Americo
de 1~ Fuente Alvarez, with 300 grams of marihuana in the form of 3oinCs
which he wAS car.rying in~ide of the apare tire of his Chevrolet with l~i.~-
cense platea 372-YHE. The 1~tCer individual served gs ~ supplier. The
- air services of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic spotted
A clandestine landing sCrip in Che vicinity of the town of Puebla. [Text]
(Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish ~.2 Mar 79 p 4) 2909 -
COURT SECRETARY AMONG TFtAFFICKERS-~Acapulco, Guerrero, 6 March--The secre-
tary of the lower court, Manuel Casarubias J., ~ockey Ricardo Villa Tornez
and four other individuals were arrested Uy the police for drug trafficking. -
The arres ta �occt~rred ~.n the Hueao dis tric t, where about 50 Federal and
State Judicial Police agents apprehended them at the residence located at
50-B Margarita Maza de Juarez Street. ~Ialf a kilogram of gum, a product
- derived from poppies, 1 kilogram of marihuana, decks of cards and weapons
were found in their posseasion. The other individuals who were arrested
are Ale~andro de la Cruz, Ricardo Padilla Garcia, Manuel Ugarte Solis and
Miguel Angel Carcia Villa. (TexC] [Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 7
_ Mar 79 p 4j 2909
TRAFFICKERS AP.RESTED--During the last 72 hours the Office of the Attorney
General of the Republic has apprehended 42 drug traffickers, seized mari-
huana, heroin, cocaine, toxic tablets and poppy seeds and mar~huana seeds
valued at more than 10 million pesos and confiscated four automobiles and
arma af vnrioua calibers which were used by the gangsters. In addition, it
discovered and cloaed down a landing etrip which was used by U.S. planes to
load drugs. These actions took place in the states of Tamaulipas, Sonora,
_ Ba~a California, Guanajuato, Coahuila, Colima, Jalisco, Puebla, Gu~rrero,
Sinaloa, ?.ncatecas, State of Mexico and the Federal District. The arrested
peraons range from planters to large distributors of the drug in the United
States. All were placed at the disposition of the Federal Public Ministry
on the presumption of responsibility for crimes PgainsL the public health.
[Textj (Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 10 Msr 79 p 26-A] 9204
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M~Nb~OLA; B~TT~R ~QUIPM~NT~-When he dieclo~~d Ch~t during Che lasC 9 day~
three cnnfront~tinn~ beCween drug traffickerA and federal agente h~ve taken
plnce Cen Rnul Mendinl~a Cerecern~ director of the Judicial Police~ eCated
Chn: to check, the ~ttacke of nutional nnd i.nternational banda of ~angetara
better ~quipment will be ~upplied to the unit; in addition~ ehey wi11 have
the ~upport of Croops. Mendio:.ig Cerecero explained that cnncerning th~
guthorieies' fighr againet drug treffickera, ehe trafficker~ attack polic~
and eoldi~re w3Ch impunity; however~ he eCated Chat the c~sualties hav~
been in the rgnke of the drug traffickere. He meneioned thnt yesterday in
Uurango~ when federal ~gente atationed there went to carry out an ord~r Co
arrest Elpidio Eetrada Guerrero, a well-known drug trafficker, they were
greeted wiCh gunfire from three pereona. Af tier Caking cover so as to return
fire~ the federal agenta arresCed ~lpidio Estrada but firse wounded two of
hjs accomplices and killed a third. Fidel Pacheco Moralea died and Adrian
Vlvargdo Msrtinez and Jeaue Pacheco Morales were wounded. (Text] [Mexico
City ~XCELSIOR in Spanieh 7 Mar 79 p 26-A] 9204
'fliR~~ DRUG TRAFFICKERS DEAD--In a shootout in San Luia Potosi between federul
agente and drug traffickers, three of the gangatera were killed while attempt-
ing to free five of their comradee who had been arre~ted. The shootout took
place 2 kilometera from E1 Refugio Ranch in the municipality of E1 Venado,
San Luis Yotos3. Federal agente had come there to arxeat two drug traff3ckere
who were concealin~ 8~0 kilograms of marihuana. The agents rpported ta the
Federal Judicir~l Police [PJF] Headquarters that tney had been underway for
about 3 minutes when six fully armed pereons on horseback intercepte~ them
and after firing at them aeveral times warned them Co release the prieonera
if they wanted to etay alive. The police took cover and repelled the attack.
Three of the traffickers were shot down and the rest fled. ,The 3nvestigators
_ began their investigation in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, with the capture of Pedro
Segundo Palomo who had bought and eold marihuana there for transport t+~ the
United States. Segundo Palomo, interrogaCed as to who supplied him with the
drug, revealed that in San Luis Potosi, at E1 Pozo Ranch, municipality of
Villa Cuadaupe, two of his relatives, Manuel and Francisco Segundo Rodriguez,
had 95 kilograms of marihuana which they were going to use as a sample for a
large order. Gen Raul Mendiolea Cerecero and Gen Joaguin Figueroa Luna,
director and assistant director of the PJF, respectively, coordinated their
agents by shortwave telephone ao that they would go out and find the Segundo
Rodriguez brothers. When arreated, the brothers reported that Higinio and
Asuncion Arriga Hernandez were at another ranch of E1 Venado municipality,
San Luis Potosi, and had in their poasession 870 kilograms of marihuana which
they were going to aend Co Monterrey~ Nuevo Leon and from there to the United
States. Tlie police continued the search and also arrested the two Arriga
Hernandez. [Text] [Mexico City EXCELSIOR 7 Mar 79 in Spanish p 26-A] 9204
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MARIHUANA SAI~L~S MAIL~n~-A well~organized ngraoeic~ r~.ng which works nut
nf Onx~c~ use~ Ch~ Mexicgn po~eal. gervin~ to send sampl~g of unproc~~g~d
marihuana and mgrihuana in powder form. The digcovery was mgde y~~rerday
ut ri~e main international poet office ar panCaco by a euperviaor who im-
mediately contacted the Fed~r~1 Judicial Police. Ja~.m~ ~xparxa Cortina,
' nn ~g~riC of th~ Fed~ral Public TiinieCry of the 2nd board of ehe ACtnrney
General'e Office, took nfficial cognixance of the facts ye$terday aC 1000
~ houra ae the office of Iemael Medina Oc~n~, chief of office No 1 of Che
internaCional mails o� the Mechanized PogCal Customs Off~.ce located on
- C~y1an No 648, Pantaco. M~din~ Ocgng snid that ae packagea were being gr-
r~?nged otte of them fell and when ehe prcteceive wrapping paper broke, the
marihuane, which came from Oaxaca 3n fiv~ similar packages, was exposed. �
The five packages were viewed by ~L 50L bE MEXICO. 'Phey bore stampa is-
aued by the official postal aervice and official seals with cuseoms permit
numbers. SCrangely, although the return addresses were filled out in
Oaxaca they were made ouC in varioue names with addressea in California,
United 5tatea of America~ and the packages were addressed to different
people in California. What is involved in marihuana in powder form and un-
proceseed marihuana. (Text] [Mexico City EL 50L DE M~XICO in Spaniah 15
Mar 79 p 10-AJ 9204
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$RIEFS
COCAINE TRAFFICKER ARRESTED--The Finance and Treasury Ministry's Narcotics
Bureau arrasted an American drug trafficker at Tocumen Internationa]. Air-
port on Sunday. Denie (Whitferd Jordan) from North Carolina was arrested
as he triad to enter the country with half a pound of cocaine valued at
approximaCely 30,000 balboas. He wae coming from Bogota, Colombia.
[Panama City Domeetic Service in Spanish 2230 GMT 17 Apr 79 PA] The
narcotice aection of the Finance and Treasury Miniatry arreated Denie
Wilfred Jordon of North Carolina for carrying half a pound of cocaine
valued at approximately $25,000 to $30,000 in hie ahoea. He arrived
aboard a Braniff flight from Bogota. (Panama City CRITICA in Spaniah
18 Apr 79 p 32 PA]
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BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFICKER'S ARREST--Lima~ 13 Ap~ (AFP)--The police today arrested
30-year-old Victor Luis Torres ae he tried to board an airplane for
BogoCa with a euitcase filled with 17.5 kg of basic cocaine paste. The
police repor~ed thaC ao far thie year it has confiscated approximaCely
500 kg of basic cocaine paste and 19 kg of, cocaine hydrochlorate at the _
Jorge Chavez Airport. [Parie AFP in Spanieh 0151 GMT 14 Apr 79 PA]
COCAINE PASTE SEIZED--Lima~ 16 Apr (LATIN)--According to police aourcea,
the police seizad almost 20 kg of baeic cocaine paste valued at approxi-
mately $75,000 ae it was about to be 311egally shipped aboard a commer-
cial plane to Cali. The drug was hidden in a auitcase and was dis-
coverad by an official of the Jorge Chavez International Airport who
was conducxing a routine check of Che luggage that was being loaded in
the plane. (Buenos Aires LATIN in Spanish 0255 GMT 17 Apr 79 PA]
DRUG ARREST--Lima, 20 Apr (EFE)--The Peruvian police have arrested three
drug traffickere and confiecated 43 kiloa of baeic cocaine paste worth
$292,OOC after chaeing the traffickers' motorboat along the Huallaga
River. ~ao of those arrested, identified as Ramon Pena and Honorio Daza,
are Colombian citizena. The police have reported that the Huallaga River
hae become a channel for tranaporting drugs to Brazil and Colombia.
- [Madrid EFE in Spanieh 0837 GMT 20 Apr 79 PA]
COCAINE TRAFFICKERS' ARREST--Lima, 21 Apr (EFE)--The police have arrested
membere of a cocaine traffickers gang which had processed 500 kg of basic
cocaine paste during the past 8 months. The gang was compoaed of eight
Peruvians and Colombians but three were able to escape when the police
_ raided their inaCallation in a Lima neighborhood. [Madrid EFE in Spanish
2236 GMr 21 Apr 79 PA]
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COCAINE TRAFFICKERS SEIZED
Caracas EL NACIONAI, in Spanish 3 Mar 79 p D-24
~Textj The Narcot3ca Squad of the PTJ [Judicial Technical Police) has
announced the seizure of a k31o of cocaine from two supposed traffickers.
The announcement was made by inspector Vicente S11.va Palomo who said the
prisoners handed over to court ~urisdiction in Reten de Catia were Jose
Juan Palma Linedo, 36, and Demostenes Enrique Castillo Gonzalez, 26.
~ According to the inspector, they were arrested in a Dodge pickup, 13cense
ACW 572, in which the kilo of cocaine was found in two plastic bags.
In a later search of an office used as a front, located between Termopilas
and Horn3to in La Pastora, 46 tubes of cocaine ready ~or distribution were
seized, plus Mandrax tablets and film cartr3dge containers filled with
marihuana.
The PTJ placed a value of one million bolivars on the materials confiscated.
Palma Liendo, according to the police, has a past record for the same crime;
Castillo Gonzalez, a Colombian, was carrying a transit document and when
arrested said he was an industrial mechanic. They were turned over to
Interpol for possib~e reguest of bond from Bogota.
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v~rr~zu~LA
BRIEF'S
SEIZUR~ OF' COLUMBIAN nRUGS--Members of the PTJ [Judicial Technical
Police) searched a residence in the auburb of Las Brisas in
Barquisimeto, impounding a large quantity of druge valued at over
500,000 bolivares and they are looking for its presumed disCribu-
tor, identified as Jose Concepcion Pina who was not in the houae
at the time of the search. The operation was carried out by means
of a court-ordered police search, upon confidential information
on these illegal activities indicted by the PTJ. It was learned
that during the operation the PTJ impounded 29 cakes of marihuana
and 4,524 tablets of mandrax which were apparently brought in from
the neighboring country of Colombia. The detectives also found a
large quantity of contraband dry gooda and a car used by Pina for
his deliveries. The local PTJ hopea to succeed in arresting the
suspected Joae Concepcion Pina accused of being the distributor of
the drugs impounded at his residence on Calle 53, Vereda 8 of the
Las Brisas auburb, west of the City. [Text] [Caracas EL NACIONAL
in Spanish 19 Mar 79 p D-21] 6857
SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS--Dr Ramon Lara Aparte, ~udge of Che
Second Superior Penal Diatrict, aentenced Orfelina Garcia de
Ramirez to 2 yeara in prison for complicity in drug trafficking.
The defendant had been aentenced to a 4-year term in the 20th CYfn-
inal Court of Firat Instance after it had been proved that she was
in possession of a suitcase containing cocaine antlshe admitted
thinking of taking the drug to Miami. The defendant's confession,
the police records of the arresting officers and the opening of the ~
suitcase in criminal court in Che presence of a public prosecutor
leading to the diacovery of the drug proved that the woman was in-
volved in drug trafficking. However, the arguments of the defense
- counael, Dr Claudio Gorsira, together with the good conduct of the
defendant prior to the offense, influenced the Court of First
Instance to impose a minimum sentence. It also applied in Second
Instance,but.the confirmed complicity of the defendant determined
the commuting of the minimum sentence to a midway term of 2 years
in prison. [Text] [Caracas ULTIMAS NOTICIAS in 5panish 21 M~r 79
p 26J 6857
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BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCEA--Rabat--Early thia morning the special courC of
~ustice in Rabat pronounced its Rentences in the case in which 78 people
were accuaed~ including 39 in absenCia, of smuggling and trafficking in -
narcotics and bribery. The trial had lasted for 80 days. The court ~
sentenced 57 people, including high-ranking officers in the Royal Gendarmerie, -
to prison sentences varying from 1 month to 10 years and asaessed fines of
between 1,000 and 10~000 dirhams. Twenty-five of theae were aenCenced in
absentia. The court acquitted 19 defendants. It also sentenced former
assembly deputy Idbib to 5 yeara in prison and fined him 5,000 dirhams.
The court also sent~nced 14 foreigners in absentia to 10 years in prison
and fined them 10,000 dirhams. The foreigners include two Spaniards,
Chree Britons, one Frenchman, one German, three Americans, one Swede, one
Australian and one Colombian. [numbers as received) [TextJ [Rabat MAP
in Arabic 1040 GMT 13 Apr 79 LD]
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YOUNG SOCIALISTS PROPOSE FREE HEROIN
Rome LA REPUBBLICA in Italian 4/5 Mar 79 p 5
[Interview with Enrico Boaelli, national aecretary of the FGSI [Italian
Socialist Youth Federation, by Carlo Rivolta, of LA REPUBBLTCA; date and
place noC given.]
[Text] Enrico Boselli talka about the FGSI law. Young socialiata propoae
Eree heroin for dope addicts.
Rome--In the course of a 3ittle more than 3 yeara, the Italian drug law
has proved to be completely inadequate in Che matter of countering the new
danger, heroin. The result of patient compromises and reCicence, the law
of December 1975 allotas ~udges ample possibility for interpretation. Thus,
poaseseion of a gram of haehish in Milan is not punished; in Bari, it leads
to ~ail. The main problem continues to be the dramatic one of black market
heroii.. Today, among young people--but the problem pertains not only to
them--ti~. heroin problem ie foremoat in political dis~cuasion.
Young communiste, in CITTA FUTURA, opened the discueaion. Radio Popolare,
in Milan, ia fighting for depenalization for the poasession of heroin.
Young socialiets are preparing a parliamentary bill to provide for free
availability of this drug to drug addicta, as has been the case for years
in Great Britain and as occura in some American states.
Enrico Boselli, national aecretary of the FGSI, maintains that the
socialist proposal (very realistically ~udged "a difficult fight, in view
of the political aituation") can contribute to aolving the problem. "We
are not advocating liberalization. Inatead, we are speaking of legal,
controlled allotment through the syetem of public and health organizations
that already exists and that can be further developed."
~[Carlo Rivolta) "What induced you to formulate this bill?"
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[Enrico Boaelli] "We etarted subetantially from one reflection: the fact
that ~here ie no eign that the dietribution of hard druge--heroin most of
a11--ie diminiehing. On the con~rary, in the past few monthe, the trend
has been preciaely that of an expand~ng mgrkee. To be specific and to
counter the figurea of the minisCer of Healtih, who dangerously underesCi-
matea the matter, eix young drug addicts have died in the past 30 days--
an average of more than one death per week."
[Carlo Rivolta] "We11, then?"
(Enrico Boselli] Today, by meane of a law, it would be posaible to limit
the dangere that result from hard druge. T~+~~ political point of view of
our work in thie field is that the "reflux" will be defeated not on~.y
through an added capacity for init3ative on the part of the workers' forces
of the Left, but also by the iniCiative of young people with reapect to
facing epecific and dramatic probleme. Heroin is one of these and it ia
aenseleas to maintain the moralistic attitude of limiting oneself to
standard petitions."
[Carlo Rivolta] "And have you contacted other youth organizations regarding
thia matter?"
[Enrico Boaelli] "Up to now no dialog has been etarted. But there are
poaitive aigna; for example, in the FGCI internal debate, unthinkable up
to a year ago. It is another matter when young people come together, as -
in the ca~e of free radio broadcasta."
[Carlo Rivolta] "What are the ob~ectives of an anti-heroin law?"
[Enrico Boselli] "The first is to strike against the black market, which
cannot be wiped out aolely through police initiatives. Then the terrible
interrelationship uf conaumer and pusher, which t~ a great extent is at the
root of the drug circuit, could be restricted. Another goal is to limit
the vaeC epreading of thia kind of criminality on the part of young people--
a criminality that prospers as a result of the need of drug addicts for
more and more money to eatisfy their ever-increasing dependence on the
drug. And finally there is the ob~ective of curbing the succession of
- deaths that reault both from over doses and the cutting of doaea."
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TWO I:CYPTIAN PUSH~itS ARRESTEU
Milan COItRIERE DELLA 5~RA in Italian 16 Mar 79 p 18
[HxcerpteJ A race track ~ambler by day, a drug puaher by night~ Luigi
Alberrario, 51 years old, of Via zoagli 5 was arreated yesterday by the
nurcotics aquad. The police confiscated 50 grame of heroin from his
"500" about 10 Rrams of amphetamine from hia home.
Ari he waa nbout to carry out an operation, the trafficker (who is an
uf:siduous frequenter of racetracks) was stopped near his home. The
policemen found 50 grama of "brown sugar" and of Turkish heroin in his
pnsaeasion. The drug was hidden under the gearshift box and in the
"~~ockets" of the doors of his "500." And, finally, in via Zoagli, the
10 grams were confiscated.
When Chis search was completed, the same narcotics squad policemen ar-
rested two known heroin pushers who were operating in the area of corso
Lodi. They are 26-year old 'Abd al-Masih Ma~di and Muhammad Nabil Zaki,
b~~th Egyptian citizens, staying at the public dormitory on via Ortiea
a~id in a small hotel in the suburbs.
Suspected for gome time af pushing hard drugs, the two were trailed to a
biir on piazzale Medaglie d'Oro and then stopped. They had on their per-
sons about 100 grams of pure heroin, valued at almost 18 million lire.
It: tiie drug had been sold at retail, it would however have yielded a
t~~tal profit of about 70-80 million.
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. COURT ORDER TO HOSPITALIZE DRUG ADDICT
Milan CORRIERE DELLA SERA in Italian 18 Mar 79 p 14
~ (Excerpt from article by Augueto Pozzoli] For the firsC time the court
hae i.ntervened to unblo~k the aituation. To hoapitall.ze a drug sddict, an
order from a~udge ia necessary.
The reaietance of hoapitala with regard to admitting drug addicts was
overcome by the authorities. For th~ first time, a~udge intervened and -
ordered the hoapitalization of a youth who, notwithstanding the intervention
of the police for an entire morning, was not able to find an available hos-
pital bed. The order came from Livia Pomodoro, examining ~udge at the
police court of Milan, in behalf of Ariberto L., 21 years old, a resident
of Corvetto and a uaer of heroin for 4 years.
Some days ago, Ariberto could no longer go on. He had come to the point of
wanting to fight against his state of slavery and, not knowing where to turn
for help, went to the Porta Romana police station, to Marshal Ennio Gr�-~..~li~,
who in the past had stopped him aeveral times to check on his movements.
'We have by now become the last resort for many of these unfortunate young
people," said the deputy officer, "but we can do very little for them.
Ariberto asked me if I could help to have him admitted to a hospital for
treatment. Iie aeemed aincere; wanted to give up; and could no longer go
on living that way. So I began to telephone several hospitals; but as soon
as I said that it was a question of a drug addict, there was an immediate
excuse to say no to me. I also got in touch with an assistant district
attorney, who told me to use his name and to apply to the management of the
San Carlo hospital. But thie attempt also failed. And thus it went, in the
presence of the boy, during the entire morning."
, Marahal Gregolin, however, did not give up. The next day the case of
Ariberto L. was on the desk of Judge Livia Pomodoro who, in the name of the
law,had to protect the right of the unfortunate youth.
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Th3a ia the text of the order with which Che ~udge ovex'came the resistance
of city hoapitals in the matter of attending to drug addicts: "Having
conaidered that Ariberto needa urgent medical treatmen~, in accordance with
articles 99 and 100 of law 22~ December 1975, n. 685 pr~vides that he be
hoapitalized in San Carlo hoapital for whatever period ia necessary."
Thus, the bed that up to the day before was not available, became available
on the order of the ~udge. Ariberto ia in a private room and his detoxifi-
cation treatment has been started. The youth is hoapitalized in the same
hospital where last Saturday the Anti-Drug Addiction Committee had organized
_ a demonatration, at the end of which a delegation had asked permission to
discusa the matter with those in charge of the unit and to ask for a
guarantee of hoapitalization for drug addicts.
The communique that was issued at the end of the demonstration reads as
followa: "The hoepit,al's anawer was clear right from the beginning. We
were received by a big array of policemen who prevented us from entering. `
Finally, aome representatives succeeded in talking to the only official
who was present, the doctor on duty. But to the request for hospital beds,
we werP given the anawer: 'for drug addicts, not even one bed."' The
- hoapitalization nf hriberto L. took place only because the ~udge ordered
it.
- COPYRIGHT: 1979 Editoriale del "Corriere del~a Sera" s.a.s.
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ITALY
URUGUAYAN DRUG llEALER CAPTURED IN ROME
Montevideo EL PAIS in Spanish 1~ Feb 1979 p 13
[Text] A dangeroua Uruguayan crim3nal, who in recenC years had risen to the
internaeional 1eve1, waa capeured in Rome, accordin~ to information received
yesterday by Interpols~ National Central Bureau.
Apprehended was Irio Adan Quintana Miralles, who was born 3 July 1939 and has
u long Criminal record boCh in Uruguay and in Europe. This dangerous indivi-
_ dual , apart from hia vile trafficking in prostitution, which extended from
South America to ~;urope, was found guilty several times of possesaion and
oale of narcotics.
~ ,P.ccording to information received officially late yeaterday afternoon,
Quintana Mirallea. 42 years of age, known in hia world as E1 Fiolo Adan,
was arrested by Rome police and found to be in poasession of false identi-
fication and a certain unspecified amount of cocaine. AC ~his moment
Quintana Miralles' case is in the Italian courts, and while he is awaiting
' trial Interpol has contacted Uruguay and other cou~tries in the area--in
addition to Spain and France--asking for background material so as to
obtain better information on the criminal.
The shady pimp and drug puaher began hia criminal "career" on November 195
[i1l~gible text, probably 1956] when 'ne was arraigned on charges of homi-
cide. Then 8 years later, on 21 April 1962, he was ~ailed for assault and
- battery. The same year, on 29 October, he was ~rrested for illegal posses-
aion of firearms, and on 19 January 1964 for attempted robbery.
After a period of apparent inactivity, he was arraigned for robbery on 30
Marct~ 1968, and finally on 18 November 1969 for attempted homicide. He is
� present?y being sought by Uruguayan police~ as well as Spanish and Italian
authoritiea, who are pressing an intense search.
It ahould be pointed out that in 19)4 Quintana was connected with the
~ murder of a women who had been taken from South American to "work" in
Europe. The incident occurred in Barcelona, and the victim was identified
as Nelida .Tustina Signer. Quintans was sought by Italian police from 31
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July 19'76 Unti1 5 February 1977 when he was arreetied in Gex~oa for traffiaking
in cncn~.ne gnd imporeaeion of 111ega1 al~.eng.
(2uineana cont3nued his activiCies nfter dbtaining hie freedom, even to the
, pnint of ~oining eh~ notorious Capocasale gang, whose prostituCinn ring ex~
Cen@ed from Rio d~ 1a P1ata Co the avid European continent. (Capocaeale was
recently arreated in Spain, yet again.)
In ~ebruary, 1977, the lgst time anyone had heard of Quintana, he wae ~rres-
Ced in Rome in poaseeeion o~ cocaine and aeveral false passpor.te. Arrested
with him were one man and two women who, once arrnigned, spent time in
Italian prieons.
In riay, 1974~ Quintana Miralles wae shot at cloae~range by several members
of a rival gang when he appeared on the streets of Rome r3ding in a laee
model car. He was struck by six bulleta and cri~ically wounded but was able
to aurvive because of his physical AtrengCh.
Quintana was also sought in June, 1976, following the death of an Argentine
pimp, who was found dead in a river on the outskir~s of Rome. In~their
insane fury they had cut off hia hands an8 torn out his tongue, as well as
ahot him.
Cluea led authorities to another Uruguayan, Heber Cardozo Rivero, and finally
to Quintana, who quickly fled. Aaeuming that the Italian police had forgot-
ten him, he returned to Italy but was arrested shortly thereaf ter. It seems
that after leaving ~ail he did not leave the country and, not having altered
hie intentions in the leaet, wae again captured with druge in his posaesaion.
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ITALY
DRUG SQUAD MAKES ARRESTS IN TWO NARCOTICS CASES
Ftome TL TEMPO in ICalian 27 Jan 79 p 6
[~xcerptJ 'It,ro antinarcotics operations were carried ouC successfully by
Doctor Di Gennaro of Che drug squad, with the collaboration of 5ergeanCs Maio
" and ~'izzuto. lfao puahers have been arresCed and 300 grams of pure herion
seized.
The first operaCion had its beginnings in the arrest of three Egyptians by
the Uanish police and the discovery in Copenhagen of an illicit drug traffic -
originating in Thailand and directed toward Rome. Investigation of one of
the three arrested Egyptians, Zohdy Saiet, led to Clara Vitaloni, 35, residing
at Via Felice Grossi Gondi 95 in Rome.
The polic~ searcr.ed the woman's apartment and found 180 grams of pure heroin
sewn into the shoulder pads of coaCs. And so, Clara Vitalone, "smuggler"
- for an inCernational organization~ was handcuffed.
The second of the operations carried out by the drug squad also throws the -
spotlight on Thailand. It was discovered that Enzo Valeri, 25, residing at
Via del Pigncto 3, frequently traveled to that country. Unsuspectedly, the
- pc~lice tailed him and, sensing drugs, moved in. In his home they found a
passport showing Thai entry and exit stamps, and evidence that the young
man had brought in 1200 grams of pure heroin.
It was now a matter of discovering his outlet, which led them to a little
villa located in the neighborhood of Valle Martella in Zagarolo, owned by
Valeri. There, the police seized 110 gram~ of pure heroin, other "cutting"
ingredients, a percision scale, and 1.5 million lire in cash. Enzo Valeri
was arrested on charges not only of importation and possession but also of
sale of narcotics, and the investigation continu~s in an effort to discover
Valeri's accomplices.
Four other drug pushers--of hasiiish this time--have ~aeen arrested in Tor-
pignntara by the men of the 3udiciary police squad or the first police ~
district; Sandro Alessandri, 26, residing at Via Bartolomeo Peristrello 20, .
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m~nnger nf. Che bar ~t Vin de11a Marranell~ 121; 5~vino Giordano~ 24~ residing ~
nC Via Cencclli 59; Luigi SanCa�ede~ 29, residing ~t Via Pavoni S~; and
Itoberto Ituttgliano, 30, reaiding at Vin Pavoni 92. RoberCo Moscatelli~ 29~
~ r~qidtng et Via Angilotti 13. wag also arresCed on che~rge~a of poseession of
W~:npc~ne of war and r~r.etving of etolen goode. During the search of his
homa, poliCh found a DereCta Mod~l 92, 9 mm Parabellum piatol Chat had been
etolen 1~st October from the home of a noncommiaeioned officer ~f ehe P5
[Corp~ of Public Security Guards].
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ITALY
DRUG SQUAD SEIZES 2.382 KILOGEtAM5 OF PURE HEROIN
Milan CORRICRE DELLA SCRt1 in Italian 19 Feb 79 p 10
[CxcerpC~ A~ents of the drug squad's Section 3 have seized 2.382 kilograms ~
oE pure herotn worth a total of 12 billion lire, in an operation which has
lyd to thc arre~t of four persons and the incrimination of nine oChers, and
w{i[cli Is still in progress. The investigation, which was being organized by
Assistant District Attorney Emilio Alessandrini before he was killed by a _
Front line commando in the Via1e Umbria ambush, went into action a few months
ago wlien the magistraCure opened an inquir,y aimed aC determining the uses
hetng made of the monies obtained through kidnappi;~gs.
The ~~olicr have actually succeeded now in establishing that part of the pro- ~
cecds from kidnappings by Mafia bands liave been and c.ntinue being used to
bu,y l~rge quantities of drugs on the Oriental and European markets to be
. retail.ed in Italy.
Francesco Milone, 31, born in LaLiano in the province of Brindisi, residing
at Via Martinetti 29; [Milan]; his wife, Caterina Brugz~ani, 26; ~iuseppe
Giannetti, 36, born in Canosa, Puglia, residing at Via Brunelleschi 4 in -
Corsico; and Luigi Fiorentino, 35, residing at Via Camozzi 30 [Milan] have
been ,jailed so far in this operation, charged with possession and sale of
narcotics, possession of firearms and explosives, and receiving of stolen
goods.
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ITALY
Nt;APO[~LTAN HASHISH GANG DESTROYED
Rome L'UNITA in ICalian 13 Feb 79 p 5
(TexC] Naple~s--Peddling hashish in Naples did not pay. So some 15 Neapoli-
tans started following the Sixeh Fleet on its various rounds of Mediterranean -
porta--from Naples to Palermo, from Taranto to Trieste--to supply thQir
"devoted clientele," acquired in the Parthenopean.city, with precious hashish.
F3nally, however~ the "movements" of these "drug-peddling camp followers"
� aroused Che suapicions of the police and the carabinieri~ who succeeded in
laying hands, between Naples and Palermo, on nine members of the band, and
in identifying three other persons.
The police operation started last November when Antonio Bisaccia was arrested
in Naples and 18 kilos of narcotics were confiscated from the home of one of
his relatives. But t~is did not halt the peddling of hashish. The investi-
gations moved to Falermo. There~ upon indications from the Neapolitan inves-
tigators, the forces of order of the Sicilian capital began tailing certain
Neapolitan characters suspected of peddling hashish to American military
personnel. After stalceouts and inquiries, the carabinieri moved in and nabbed
Antonio Frattini, Gae~ano Cerrato and Antonio Palladino.
But two Neapolitans succeeded in escaping, and so the investigation moved back
agaii~ to Naples, where, yesterday, the flying squad nabbed six other persons
who I.;ad tAken part in the setting up of the original distribution system:
Giulia Sceral, who had replaced Antonio Bisaccia as head of the gang; Fiorina
Stria, 26, (who had the ~ob of approaching customers); Francesco Tomi;
Vincenzo Leopoldo; Antonio Martello; and Salvatore Quintano. ~
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ROM~ DRUC, PROS'CITUTION DEALER5 ARRESTED
Mi1an IL CIORNALC NUOVO in Italian 4 Feb 79 p 7
[t~,xccr~~ts] Rome, 3 February--"From producer to consumer" could be the trade
51o~;~n of Clie band of drug pushers Chat operated in tiie peripheral quarCer
of Centocrlle. The gang, in fact, engaged, by means of "couriers," in the
cllrect purcliage and lmportation of pure }~ero:.n from Thailand, and, in Rome,
"cut" tlie dru~. packaged it in doses, then distributed it Co a network of -
:;mall peddl~rs. Along with this activity, the organization also exploited
protitilution, rerruiting Che girls from among teenaged addicts who did not .
IiAVe money to pay for the "merchandise."
Thc arrests began on 7 January with Vincenza Manzo, 21, and Spartaco Tras-
'1'rasciotti, 25, both drus retailers, who landed in prison. It appears that,
under c~uestionins by Judge Infelisi, Chey confirmed suspicions regarding
ttiree ~~c~rsons: the brothers Giacomo and Lorenzo Rizzieri, 25 and 23 respec-
ei.vely~ and Cnzo Canapini, 36, alias "Zimbetto." Telephone intercepts en-
abled tl~e police to identify these as Che managing staff of the organization
tt~at ohtained its supplies of heroin through Maria Fiamma Brignola, 23, who
was being frequently sent to Bangkok with a male friend. �
Tii~ polic~� operation was concluded during the past few days with the capture
of che retit of Che band: Lorenzo Rizzieri was arrested at his home on Via
clelle Palme, where he had 9 grams of heroin hidden; his brother Giacomo,
w1~~, hnd t,xken rrfuge in a ailla in Cerveteri, was taken by surprise in that
locality; Cam.~pini was visited by police at his home in Centocello, whe're
tliey founcl, in addition to a small quantity of the drug, the documentation
of tf~~ ~peratlon contained in ledgers in which the expenditures and revenues
were cliltg~ntly entere~. -
'1'i~e laGt to end up in prison was Maria Grazia Brignola, in whose hoi,ie, on
V[a I3ixio, there were 7 grams of heroin and the receipts fur expenses incurred
on two trips to Thailand.
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ITALY
BRIEFS
MtLAN DRUC ARRESTS--Following n montl~ of investigations, agents of Che 4th
secrton oF the drug squr~d, led by Doctor Macri, intercepted a cocaine traffic
o~~r.ratton ~~t nortn 'Picinese and arrested two pushers: Um},erCo Vena, 45, of
Viri I)e SanCi;~ 50 and Anna Luigia Longo, 3$,, of Via deg3i Apuli 4. The couple
Iir~J :i ane-room apartment on the Sth floor of a building at Via Gian Giacomo
Mora iii tlie neighborhood of the columns of San Lorena.o, in the Carrobbio
Section, from which they dispatched the drug to the sddicts. In the apart-
ment, ttie agents confiscated 44 grams of cocaine (being sold at 40,000 lire
per grnm), along with scales for wei~hing, syringes and waxed paper for
packagins the "doses." [Text] [Mi1an CORRIERE DELLA SERA in Italian
15 Jan 79 p 8] 9399
MODENA-VCROIVA DRUG RINC--Mc>dena--A vast antinarcotics operation has opened
witt~ tlie seizure in Ancona of large trailer-truck loaded with one and a
I~alf ton~ of tiashish worth 7 billion lire. The facts are now well known:
I.ast Satilyday, a ferry entered the port of Ancona carrying on board a large
trailer-truck loaded with yarns, automobile replacement parts and textiles.
_ The vehicle, owned by "Selam~~gu," a Turkish suComotive transport company,
passed through normal custotr,s inspeccion in good order. However, a little -
ilog in the antinarcotics service, togethQr with its customs agency trainer,
' discovered, hidden within the cargo, 1,700 kilograms of narcotics. The
'furkisl~ drlver of the vehicle, Ahmet A~ali, 56, of Istambul, was placed under
~rresC. Wirli help from Interppl it was determined that "Selamogu," head-
quartered in ankara, diepatche~d around Europe, at regular intervals, as many
~~s 80 liuge trailer-trucks, which traveled from Turkey into Greece, then to
[taly by ocean ferry, th~:a, after stops in Modena and Verona (the headquarters
oC nc~: two Italian subsidiaries); to the capitals of the norChern countries.
'I'he discovery of the load at Ancatia opened the way for a series of operations.
ObviouGly, the first of these took plsce in Modena and Verona, where, at the
"Selamogu" offices, customs agents proceeded to arrest at least six other
~~erson5 wtio may be connected, in various capacities, with what appears to be
thc most ~;igantic drug ring ever discovered it, Italy. [Excerpts] [Rome
I.'i1NI'('A in italian f, Feb 79 p SJ 9399
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Att(tI:S'l' OI~ '1'WO COUEt'C~It5--The hiding place for Che drug w~s noC original,
' but ih. w~s u record ~mount. 'TogeCher Chey had heroin worCh ~ billion in
th~ir. intesCine~--770 ~;rams of pure herain whi.ch, if cut 80 percene and
resold ttt ret~il, would have yielded precisely 1,000 million. The two
ernffickers, boCh Ne~politans, were arrested yesterday morning at
P'iumicino nirport. Tiiey l~~d ~ueC l~nded Crom n flight from Bangkok.
They wer.e Giovi~nni A1Uan~~se, 27 yenrx nld, r~nd AnConio Lombardi, 23 yenrs
old. Attcr being ~~rrested and forced to expel the little plnstic ba~s
thiit contuined the l~eroin, they were t~ken to Itegina Coeli. A very sma11
r~mounC nf Che dru~ had been found in a tiny hiding place inside the heel
oE n shoe of one oE the Cwo men. nut r_his was ~ust a diversionary trick.
The Cwo were counCing on Cl~e matCer ending with those few grams of heroin9
~t worst. But ~ more 7nd careful search, conducted with the added coopera-
tion af. ~ docCor, foiled Cheir plan. In Che end, Che two confessed every-
thin~;. They had noC caten for 2 days in ord~r Co lenve enough room in
Cheir tntestine~ for eh~ small baRr, of H ~in, inserCed Chrough the rectum.
Al.b,~nexe had nine lieroin pellets wrappec, in plastic in his intestines;
I.nml~~~rdi, five. AmonK oth~r things, they both risked their lives. If
oiie oC tt~e small ba~;s had opened, they would have died in a short space
of rime. The 770 ~rams of heroin that they~ tried ro bring to Italy would
tiave yielded about 50,000 doses of Che drug, [Excerpt~ [Rome PAESE SERA
in Italt,zn 17 Mar 79 p 12J 8255
CSO: 5300
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TURKEY
BRIEFS
NEk'a~ARCOTICS BRANCH DIRECTOR--Korkut Onder, who for 2 years has been
chief of the homicide desk in the Istanbul Security Directorate, was
recently appointed director of the Narcotics Branch in that directorate.
Onder began hia career in the Istanbul Security Directorate as a police
officer 17 yeare ago. He served as a team chief, head of the robbery
desk, aeaistant director to the Touriam Bureau, chief of the homicide
_ deak and Bakirkoy security chief. [Text] [Istanbul ~UNAYDIN in Turkish
19 Mar 79 p 3] ~
CSO: 4907
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UNITED KINGDOM
ALLEGED PLOT TO SMUGGLE COCAINE IN WINE BOTTLES REVEALED
London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in Engliah 27 Mar 79 p 19
[Text] A plot to smuggle large quantities of cocaine in wine bottles inCo
Britain was alleged yeaterday when 13 people appeared in court.
Part of the operation was to import it from South America by what Mr Nigel
Mylne, prosecuting, described ae an "ingenious conspiracy."
He eaid that the cocaine was flown into Europe in wine bottles carried by
a courier, who would pa,ss them to another courier, usually returning to
Britain by ferry.
"He would nut have a South American stamp on his passport and, as far as
Customs were concerned, might have been a day-tripper." -
The cocaine, he said, was dissolved in a hydrochloric acid solution to
disguise the distinctive white colouring. At its destination the acid
was evaporated, leaving the reconatituted cocaine as powder. "They then
had an easily marketable and very valuable drug."
Facing committal proceedings at Havant, Hants, are:
Brian Crump, 27, of London Road, Waterlooville, Hants; Kevern Davies, 39,
Fifth Street, Portsmouth; David Ellis, 30, Chapel Lane, Swanage; Carol _
Rawding, 30, Mitchell Road, Havant; Trevor Scattergod, 24, The Crescent,
Hayling I~land; Stephen Simmonds, 38, Clarence Gardens, Shanklin; .
Geoffrey Speak, 34, Park Road, Swanage; Sarah van Leeson, 25, Stonebarrow
Lane, Charminster, Dor~et; Stephen West, 27, Ireland Way, Waterlooville;
Diane Jeram, 28, same addre,es; Kenneth Ford, 43, Lowe Lane, Bembridge;
Peter Williams, 29, The Ridgeway, Acton; and Graham Wood, 26, Garsons
Road, Southbourne, Sussex.
Mr Mylne said that police had been watching the defendants for months.
They swooped after Scattergood [sic], a courier, missed a rendezvous
- with his "day-tr.ipper," Kenneth Ford, in Paris, '~e said. Scattergood
had to risk bringing his four bottles through Heathrow, where he was
- arrested.
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Mr My1ng said thaC the boCtiles coutained Weii over a kilo of cocaine
worth 250,000 pounde.
Before being caught, said Mr Mylne, Chey had amuggled in cocaine worth
thoueands of pounds in Che same way.
"We are unable to say where it went. There has been a wa11 0� silence."
Simmons was deacribed as the brains who bought the chemical and provided
details of how to uae them for hie man in South America, Ellis.
rIr Mylne said that the other part of the operation involved amuggling
cannabia in~o Britain from Eurape.
_ CSO: 5320 '
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UNITED KINGDOM
BRIEFS
DRUGS LAB RAID--Scotland Yard Druga Squad offycers yesterday found a
drugs factory in a flat in the North Finchley area. The flat conCained
a room set up as a laboratory to prnduce amphetamine sulphate. Police
took away nearly half a hundredweight of maCerials, which they believe
would have made aufficient quantity of the drug Co be worth about
250,000 pounda when sold on the atreets. [Text] [London THE DAILY
T~LEGRAPH in Engli~h 29 Mar 79 p 19]
C~O: 5320 END
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