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JPRS L/8746
1 November 1979
W~orldwide Re ort
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NARC~~~ICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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(FOUO 46/79)
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JPRS L/8746
1 ~Iovember 1979
WORLDWIDE REPORT ~
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS `
(FOUO 46/79)
COKTENTS PAGc
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Problems in Prevention of Drug Smuggling Repor.ted
(Various sources, 7 S~~p 79) 1
Airport Checks Expended ~
- River Patrol Needed
Briefs
Heroin Im~ort Ring 3 -
Drugs in Sport 3 _
Drug Education Dangers 3
Melbou;:ite Odyssey Official 4
JAPAN
Briefs
Osaka Drug Ring 5 -
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MEXICO
Traffickers, Policeman Killed in Chihuahua Gun Battle
(EL FRONTERIZO, 21 Sep 79) 6
- Convicted Drug Producers P~oved to Chihuahua
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 22 Sep 79) 8
Leading Drug Supplier From Ciudad Acuna Convicted
(EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRciS,. 28, 29 Sep 79) 10
Identified by Addicts
~ Imprisonment Ordered
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
(:onvicted Heroin Trafficker Tmprisoned, Fined
(EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS, 29 Sep 79) 12
'Itaelve Clandestine Runways Dis~overed in Tijuana Area
(DIARIO DE NOGALES, 25 Sep 79) 13
Briefs
Police Concentrate in Chihuahua 14
Taxi Union Expelling Traffickers 14
Antidrug Campaign gesults 14
Pupils Queried About Drugs 15
Cocaine Trafficker Caught 15
Marihuana Case Witness Testifies 1f,
Mass Drug Burning Reported 16
Foreign Cocaine Traffickers Arrested 17 =
Sinaloa, Durango lirug Burnin�S 17
Heroin Distributor Confesses 17
Cocaine Traffickers Seized lg
PI~NAMA
Briefs
Cocaine Seizure lg
WEST EUROPE
CYPRliS
' Reportage on Arrests in Morphou Area Drug Trafficking
(Various sources, 14 Oct 79) 20
Traffick~ers Remanded to Custody
Narcotic Plants Cultivated
FFDERAL REPUBiIC OF GERMANY _
Hessian Interior Minister Discusses Drug Problems
~ (Bernd Jasper; FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, 20 Sep 79)........ 22
Tcoo Dealers Arrested, Kilogram Heroin Seized =
- (Erwin Tochtermann; SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 17 Sep 79).... 24
FRANCE
Briefs
Drug Ring in Val~nce 26
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ITALY
; Health Minister Proposes Controlled Distribution of Heroin
- (Various sources, various dates) 27
Minister's Proposal
Parties' Reaction
Editorial Comment, Editorial, Gaetano Scardocchia
UN Hytten's Remakrs, by Giancarlo Angeloni
Communist Youth Group's Appeal To Modify the Drug Law~
(L'UNITA, 8 Sep 79) 37
- Concern Over Increase in Drug Addiction Reported `
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 10 Sep 79) 39
PCI Launches Antidrug Campaign
(Giancarlo Angeloni; L'UNITA, 15 �ep 79) 40
SWITZERLAND
Dangerous Effects of Halcion Scrutinized
' (Peter M ionner; DIE WEL'~WOCHE, 15 Aug 79) 43
Soporif.ics; Their Danger, Alternatives Discussed
(Alexander A.Borbely; DIE WEL`1'WOCHE, 15 Aug 79)......... 45
UNITED KINGDOM
Alleg,ations of Police Corruntion Investigated
(T. A. Sandrock; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 13 Sep 79)........ 48
'Operation Cyril' Raids Net 4.5 Tons of Cannabis Resin ~
(THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, various dates) 51
Sea Chase, by Colin Randall
London Raids, by T. A. Sandrock
Twelve Remanded
Drugs Cash Link in Gib raltar, by John Weeks _
Cannabis Wrapped in Magazines Discovered by Customs
(THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 19 Sep 79) 56
Briefs
Op ium Haul S~
Hothouse Cannabis Uncovered 57
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PROBLEMS Il~' PREVENTION OF DRUG SMUGGLING REPORTED
Airpart Checks Extended
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 7 Sep 79 p 1
[Text]
C~NBERRA. - Customs travelling public," the Minis- '
oH'icials are now conducting ter said.
"satura[ion" chec~s on se- "But generally pcople have .
lected aireraft arrivin at accepted the need for increas-
- ~ ed customs checks because of
Australia's international air- che growing narcocics prob-
ports, the Minister for Busi- ~ lem." he said. -
ness and Consumer Affairs, Mr Fifc said that in a trial
Mr Fife, announced yester- of c'ne new measures at Syd-
day. � ney Airport on August 30, all
passe~gers, crew and cargo
- � Under new procedures, ~ from a Bocing 7~17 Jumbo jet
- every person arriving aboard were "thoroughly checked."
= ~ certain aircraft, including pas- A,spokesman for Mr Fife
= scngers and crew, are bemg said that no extra staff w~ouid
~checked. tie put on the customs desks
"Saturation checks were be- ~to handle the saturation
inA made of selected aircraft, . cnccks. People wanting to
- with particular attention being meet connecting services
= given to passengers' ba~gage, should inform customs o(~icials
crews' effects and cargo," Mr to get prioritv treatment.
- Fife said. ' Mr Fife also said that hc -
- Random checks of Feople ' was consiaerinQ u~inQ ~tr~?-
arrivin� at international air- detecting dogs to check.arriv-
parts would also continuc. ing passeng�rs and hand bag-
Previously, customs o~icials a e
made only ra~dom checks of g The dogs, which would be
passcngers and their ~aggage, under the control of a customs
official, would be allowed to
"The measures have result- walk about the arca, whcre I _
ed in some delays and incon- passengers collect their bag- ~
veaience ro members of the gage. . J
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River Pat~ol Needed
Melbourne THE AGE in Engliah 7 Sep 79 p 9
[Text]
~~RiJG RUNNERS and . go and [ind ouG You play with~
~ poachers are working fire up there." ~
He says the Government s
~ freely on the rivers of Aus- attempts at surveillance are a
, tralia's north. . farce; surveillance wili work
' Navy patrol vessels do not Qnly: with ships such as the
a enter the tidal river systems: su`rvey boat Harry Messel. �
' the naw hasn't ships nor the Now the Hvers have been
' , maps adequate to the cask. opened up, the most import-
"Bloody millions", accord- ant thine from a surveillance'
1 ing to Professor 1~lessel, are pO1�t of view, from the drug
being was[ed on surveillance PO1nt of view and for the pro- _
' aircraft, but they are unahle tection of the few remaining
' to take any action if they do marine resources, is that 'there
, s t somethin should be ships patrolling the
p� g� Ndal rivers. The Government
Drugs come into the country should be monitoring this.
= by shaliow-draught boats or ~~Flyin~ bloody aircraft
~ tow-flying planes. There ~re doesn't do a bit of good."
; numerous grass airstrips along Alread,y it is too late to save
the tidal rivers. the wildlife in many oP the
P~ofessor Ylessel ~ays: rtvers of the southern Gutf of
''"There are all sor[s of Funny Carpentaria. But, Professor
i7 things going on up tl~ere, but Messei sa,ys, there is still time
. ic isn't for me to spaak about to stop the same thing hap-
~ ' it. I'm not ge[ting a bullet pening in the othec northern .
�through my head. Let others rivers. �
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_ AUSTRALIA
BRIEF'S
HEF.OII~,T IMPORT RIPdG--A drug ring imported heroin with an estimated street value
of between $5 million and $9 million into Australia, Central Court of Petty
Sessions was told yesterday. Committal proceedings began against two men al-
leged to have been pa,rt of the ring. Sergio de Maxi, 4~0, travel agent, of
Bondi, and Antonio Bruscino, 25, of no fixed address, were chaxged with having
imported heroi.n into Australia between Maxch 1, 1978, and February 28, 1979�
In his opening a.ddress, Mr M. D. Finlay, QC, for the Crown, told Mr C. Gilmore,
SM, that evidence would be given that six trips were made from Australia to -
Malaysia in this period. On each trip the heroin was supplied from Penang by -
a Chinese ma.1 called Chiko. Evidence would be given that the three couriers, _
Mr M, Mrs M and Miss K, brought the heroin into Australia and that Mr and Mrs
M were paid $10,000. Detailing the six trips, Mr Finlay said the heroin was
imported in bags strapped to the bodies of the couriers or hidden in a woman
courier's boots. He named de Maxi, a man named Galiani and Bruscino's older
brother Joseph as having ri~den "shotgun" for the couriers. [Excerp~t]
[Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 12 Sep 79 p 11] ~ _
- llRUGS IN SPORT--A committee backed by the Federal Government has been estab-
lished to investigate drug-taking among Australian sportsmen and women. This -
follows increasing concern among sporting authorities about the use of drugs
and other substances to indu~:e increased weight and strength. The sport and
recreation branch of the Department of Home Affairs has given $20,000 to the =
Australian Sports Medicine Federation to form the committee. Mr Chris Arblas- =
ter has been appointed full time ~esearch officer. National sporting organisa- -
tions throughout Australia have been told of the committee's existence. The ~
committee will try to determine the nature, extent and resultant problems of -
drug-taking by sporting people. It will also establish the minima,l laboratory =
requirements for dope testing and investigate facilities available for this in -
Australia. [Text] [Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in Englisn 7 Sep 79 p 27~
- DRUG EDUCATION DANGERS--Many drug ed.ucation programmes in schools turned the
' young on to drugs instead of off them, a drug education seminax was told yes-
terday. Mr. Ron Sehpherd, of the Sherbrooke Contact Centre, told teachers
that many anti-drug films and education programmes ended up as "how-to-do-it
kits". The best anti-drug programme was one that did not mention drugs. Tt
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was impoz�tant ~.o teach people to cope with the problems which made them take
~ drugs in the first place, he said. [Excerpts] [Melbourne THE AGE in English
5 Sep 79 P 15~
. MELBOURNE ODYSSEY OFFICZAL--Golfer Peter Thomson has been appointed director
of the newly-incorporated James McGrath Foundation in Victoria. The founda-
tion will be responsible for setting up an Odyssey House in Melbourne and for
- operating tYie 5-tate's first drug-free therapy programme for addicts. The
joir_t vice-chairmen are Sir Roderick Carnegie, chairman of CRA, and Mr Nigel
Dick, chairman of the Victorian Broadcasting Network. The foundation is nego-
tiating for a property. It hopes to open its doors to addicts early next month.
[Text] [Melbourne THE AGE in English 1 Sep 79 p 3~
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JAPAN
BRIEFS
OSAKA DRUG RING--Police had arrested by Saturday 18 members of a narcotic
smuggling ring in Osaka on suspicion of violation o.f the Stimulant Drugs
Control Law. They also seized 571 grams of amphetamines, an Italian pis-
to~ a~zd a Japanese sword from the homes of some suspected smugglers. _
The smuggling ring was affiliated with Sugaya-gumi, a gangster organiza-
tion in Osaka, they added. Police were still investigating the routes
through which the ring was selling drugs. [Text] [Tokyo MAINICHI DAILY
NEWS in English 30 Sep 79 p 12]
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MEXICO
TRAFFICKERS, POLICEMAN KILLED IN CHIHUAHUA GUN BATTLE
Ciudad Juarez EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 21 Sep 79 pp 1, 2 =
~ [Text] Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 20 Septe~?ber--A gory shootout between Federal
Judicial Police agents and drug traffickers took place yesterday morning
in the Alta Vista developr~ent area, adjacent to Sports City, leaving a toll
of five criminals dead, a casual ty on the side of the authorities and three `
y ouung police officers battling between life and death~
- The incidents occurred a few min.ut~s after 1000 hours, opposite the house
cohich served as a"hideout" for the dangerous criminals, located in Privada
alley at 31-A and Bustamante Streets, at number 2305, when the federal agents ~
were about to arrest the fugitive from justice, Roque Bojorquez Rembao, an _
underworld leader.
In the gun battle with such powerful weapons as R-15 and M-1 rifles, and 9 =
millimeter and 39 special pistols, Bojorquez Rembao was killed, as were the _
- brothers Marcial, Cutberto aiid Ramon Ramos Juanqui, another individual named
"Oscar," and Federal Judicial Police agent Claudio Saldana Salinas, a young
and courageous member of that entity. ~
Apparently sustaining very serious injuries were federal police officers -
Guillermo Salazar, Javier Hezrera and Ge~man Gutierrez, who were taken with
the appropriate speed in aznbul:ances of the Chihuahua Red Cross delegation
to the social security clinic, under strict care of the medical personnel. -
~ The heavy gun battle last about 7 minutes and, within a few more, that sec-
tion of the Alta Vista development was surrounded by hundreds of curious =
spectators from the adjoining streets who came to see what was happening.
Preventive police forces had to set up a barrier so as not to interfere
with the work of the authorities.
~ Meanwhile, in special vehicles, the bodies of the five "narcos" and the
young federal judicial policeman~were taken from the scene of the incident,
at the order of th~ Public Ministry, to the operating room of the medical
schoo], where the legal autopsy was made by the forensic physicians.
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Koque Bojorquez Rembao, regarded as one of the most dangerous members of the _
trafficking und~rworld, had escap.ed S months ago from the Ciudad Juarez pri- _
Gon when, usin.g maneuvers that ttave not been fully explained, and apparently -
dressed as a policeman, he fled from the prison on that border.
A warrant for his arrest had been issued by the head oF the Juarez federal
~ court, because he had a suit pending against hi~ for crimes against h~alth _
since, on that occasion, the Federal Judicial Police detailed to Chihuahua _
had caught him with 1 kilogram of heroin in his possession. -
Since this individual's nane was at all times in the m~nds of the federal
~ agents seeking his whereabouts, finally, they recently discovered that
their "man" was in this town. But they never thought that he would be in
the company of other traffickers, such as Marcial, Cutberto, Ramon Ramos
Juanqui, "Oscar" and the Carrillos.
t~Then Bojorquez' hideout was discovered, si.x federal agents took off in two _
vehicles and, upon arriving in front of the property and identifying them-
selves, they were met with shots. They returned the fire, which resulted -
in the tol.l of six d~aths, three injuries and the arrest of a woman. -
Roque Bojorquez, realizing that he ~vas doomed, shot through the window of
the ho�se facing the street, firing his pistol furiously, almost point-blank,
- at the agents. The other criminals did the same, in a confrontation with
= the police. One of the latter called his headquarters over the radio in -
- his vehicle, requesting assistance.
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MEXICO
CGNVICTEU DRUG PRODUCERS MO~~L` TO CHIHUAHUA
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 22 Sep 79 pp 1, 4
- [Text] Yesterday, 23 federal prisoners (seven from the Los Mochis jail and 16
from the one in Culiacan) were moved to the city of Chihuahua. None of the
prisoners had been sentenced, and hence the proceedings against them'will
be continued in the jurisdiction in which they were apprehended, according
to law.
At 0800 hours the maneuvers began to receive th~ urban t~us in which they
were taken to the Baehiraguato airport. Before its arrival, Gen Javier Vaz-
quez Felix, commander of the 4th Military Zone, Gen Felipe Santander, chief -
of staff, and Jose Humberto Davila del Bosque, agent of the Federal Public
Ministry, inspected the grounds, and a group of soldiers was posted around
the Mexican Air Force plane with registration number 10003.
"These are the usual security measures," commented General Santander; ~hile
Davila del Bosque provided the following information: "The transfer is due
to the fact that there was a demurrer to the jurisdiction owing to the lack
of authority of the district judge, because the jurisdiction must be where
the crime was committed. They are going to Chihuahua? because that is where
they committed the crime."
Upon being asked why some of them had been jai.1_ed here for nearly 2 years,
he said: "This is the base of Zone 06, both of the Office of the Attorney
General of the Republic and for the Condor 4 aviation activi.ty; and, obvious-
ly, it is not governed by the state jurisdiction but by that of Zone 06,
which includes southern Chihuahua, western D~.rango and all of Sinaloa."
He explained: "However, their transfer will benefit them, because the pro-
ceedings will be continued there, in compliance with the law. They were
all arrested in the geographical area of Chihuahua for crimes against health.
Most of them are growers of marihuana or had it in their possession; and
they have been tried for trafficking, planting and harvesting it. They are -
country people." He could not continue reporting, because just then a mili-
tary police squadron arrived, and supervised the transfer, from the very
moment that the prisoners left the urban bus until their arrival at the
Chihuahua jail.
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ldliile this was going on, we had an opportunity to converse with Cour of the
= prisoners. Thr~ first one said that he had bcen arrested 22 mont~ls ago in
- Encinal: "The~~ caught me with 11 grams of marihuana seed." The next one,
whlle turning his hat over between his hands, and with a gesture of annoy- -
ance, like someone who ha~ repeated the same old story several times, said:
"They caught me in Wachochi, with 80 grams of marihuana; I have served 22
months For this, and I don'r know when they will sentence me. They are not
doing me any favor by moving me to Chihuahua, because my family lives too -
far From the city to come and see me."
Enrique Aguirre Cruz, the only one who would identify himself, commented, -
For his part: "I have been held for 9 months. They didn't catch me with
anything, but there was a charge from another person who wanted to harm
me. They suddenl.y arrived and h~uled me away there in Wacnochi." Still
another said: "They caught me in Guadalupe Calvo, and for 22 months I haven't ~
kno~~ni tiow much they are going to pin on me; and I don't have a cent to pay
a lawyer," as he scraped the floor of the bus with his untied boots.
The time for departure arrived and, after being inspected to the last hair, -
with their belongings taken apart (they were carrying blanlcets and a change ~
of clothing), they boarded the DC-6, one by one. The maneuver took a little
over halr an hour, and was carried out by the military police squad, at all
times overseen at a discreet distance by Generals Vazquez Felix and Santander.
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LEADING DRUG SUPPLI~R FROM CIUDAD ACUNA CONVIrTED
Identifiec~ by Addicts
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIED?tAS NEGRAS in Spanish 28 Sep 79 Sec B p 1
[Text] Yesterday, the Federal Public Ministry agent, Xavier Elizondo, remand-
ed .Jesus Guadalupe Gonzalez Blanco, alias "E1 Jesse," to the second district
court with headquarters in this town, for a crime against health in the de-
gree of marihuana possession.
The capture of Jesus Guadalupe Gonzalez Blanco resulted from the arrest of
some addicts, who were caught with traces of cocaine, marihuana and toxic
pills, and who, upon being questioned, stated that the one supplying them
with the drugs was "E1 Jesse" himself, a notori~us underworld figure in
- Ciudad Acuna who was also very welllknown among the drug traffickers in that
port. Police sources consider him one of the most powerful traffickers that
have been noted in recent years.
Today, he will be required to make his preliminary statement before the judge
of the second district court in Piedras Negras.
Imprisonment Ordered
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 29 Sep 79 Sec B p 1
[Text] Yesterday, the federal judge, Eduardo Aguilar, of the second district
court with headquarters in Piedras Negras, signed the writ for official im-
prisonment issued for the drug trafficker Jesus Guadalupe Gonzalez Blanco,
~ after he was found guilty of committing a crime against health.
Gonzalez Blanco, alias "El Jesse," who is considered one of the most danger-
ous drug traffickers in the Ciudad Acuna underworld, was captured by Federal `
Jusicial Police forces after being idenLified by four addicts as the distri-
butor of marihuana and other durgs to addicts in Acuna and the region. His
capture took place when he realized that the signal had been given, and he
was unable to make off with the shipment that he had hidden. It was also
stated that only about 130 grams of marihuana which he could not remove at
' the time of his arrest had been confiscated.
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_ ,Tose Guadalupe Gonzalez Blanco has been under investigation by tne Feder.al
Judicial Police. He was known to have engaged in some action wherein he
toolc marihuana into the neighboring country, as well as sales transactious
- involving different types of drugs.
~ It was also commented that other individuals were implicated in this matter
~ and escaped before "E1 Jesse" himself was captured. The federal ~judge order-
ed the official imprisonment for a crime against health ir, the degree of -
ma.ri.huana possession, and the p~rtinent proceedings were initiated promptly.
Gonzalo Blanco was said to have claimed that he was tortured so that he would
declare himself guilty and sign the charge being brought against him; but,
when he was asked for eviderice and marks from the blows that he mentioned,
he could not show anything.
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CONVICTED HEROIN TRAFFICKER IMPRISONED, FINED
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 29 Sep 79 Sec B p 1
[Text] Yesterday, the federal judge of the second district court, with
headqiiarters in this town, Eduardo Aguilar, sentenced the drug trafficker
David Alonso Ramirez, who was convicted of a crime against health in the
degree of heroin distribution and sale, to 9 years in prison, and a fine of
200,000 pesos.
This information was given to EL DIARIO yesterday by Federal Judge Eduardo
Aguilar, noting that this was the first instance of a sentence being passed
in this district court on the basis of the reforms made in the law against
drug trafficking, which stipulate a far heavier penalty than in the past,
ranging from 7 to 15 years' imprisonment, and fines of from 10,000 to 1
million pesos.
As may be recalled, David Alonso Ramirez was captured by Federal Judicial
Police forces in December of 1977, in Sabinas, Coahuila. He had been iden-
tified by Frank Hernandez and Carmcn Gazca de Martinez as the individual
who was supplying them with heroin, and was said to have done so on several
occasions. T'he couple was arrested in Eagle Pass, Texas, by agents from
the DEA (Narcotics Bureau), who found over 2 ounces of heroin concealed in
the brassiere of the woman, Carmen Gazca.
During the questioning to which they were subjected, these individuals dis-
closed that David Alonso Ramirez, from Sabinas, was the supplier of heroin
and other drugs to residents of the United States and the region as well.
A coordinated action was immediately arranged with forces of the Federal
- Judicial Police, who succeeded in capturing Alonso Ramirez.
The latter, when apprehended by the Federal Judicial Police, stated, in turn,
that he had purchased the heroin in towns such as Mazatlan, and that he had
participated in several sales transactions in Monterrey, and in Lerdo, Du-
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T6dELVE CLANDESTINE RUNtidAYS DISCOVER~D IN TIJUANA AREA
Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 25 Sep 79 pp 1, 3
[Text] Me~cico City, 24 September--The Office of the Attorney General of the
_ Republic has discovered 12 clandestine landing strips in the town of Tijuana,
Baja California, which were used by domestic drug traffickers for their il-
legal activities involving bringing drugs into our country.
The 12 runways whicti were found had been strategically located between moun-
- tains and on small meadows, which facilitated their construction. On one
of them, located in Cerro Prieto, only 28 kilometers from Mexicali, a white
Cessna 180 aircraft with yellow stripes and registration number N-5328-D,
containing approximately 1 ton of marihuana, was discovered.
When the helicopters and lightplanes of the Narcotics Division of the Office
of the Attorney General of the Republic flew over this entire area, the run-
way and airplane were found, and the aircraft immediately notified the ground _
control of the exact location. Thus, the federal agents, taking off promptly,
reached the site and, in addition to seizing the drugs and the small plane,
succeeded in capturing the foreigners Michael Louis Papas and John Clevel
Hardin, both of American nationality. -
When the two captured drug traffickers were subjected to questioning, they
confessed that they were members of an international ring of drug traffickers
which had established several clandestine landing strips around the town of
Z'ijuana, in order to bring into our country drugs which they were carrying
from South America, so that, from here, they could be taken into other Ameri-
can and European countries.
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BRIEFS
POLICE CONCENTRATE IN CHIHUAHUA--Over 100 Federal Judicial Police agents
from all over the republic are in the city of Chihuahua at present in con-
nection with the investigation of the drug tr~ffic following the gun battle
in which five criminals and a police officer were killed. The agent asso-
_ ciated with the Federal Public Ministry, Arturo Sanchez Gaytan, announced
yesterday that nearly all the Federal Police agents detached to this dis-
trict are also in the state capital. Only the most indispensable personnel
are here to deal with atiy emergency situations that might arise. The in-
i vestigation of the ominous shoot-out betweere "narcos" and the Federal Judi-
_ cial Police is headed by the ccordinator af the antidrug battle in the state,
Hector del Castillo, according to the informant. T~e did not give details
on the results nor the target of this investigation, something unusual in
the state of Chihuahua, which warranted the concentration of this army of
federal agents coming from all parts of the country. [Text] [Ciudad Juarez
EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 26 Sep 79 Sec A p 10] 2909
TAXI UNION EXPELLING TRAFFICKERS--Taxi drivers who are involved in drug
trafficking will be expelled from the Alliance of Rental Car Qwners [APAA]. The
decision was made by the members of the APAA's board of directors, accord-
ing to a statement made by its head, Alfonso Zarate Venzor. He added that
this forceful action would be taken, of course, when a judge declares a
member guilty of such a crime. Zarate Venzor said that a great effort had
been made to lend dignity to the image of the border taxi driver, with con-
siderable success, and hence no conduct that would denigrate the union will
be tolerated. There are countless taxi drivers with over 50 years in this
public service. Zarate Venzor remarked that, of course, in instances where-
in an attempt is made to commit injustices against taxi drivers by linking
them with drug traffickers, they will be defended. [Text] [Ciudad Juarez
EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 20 Sep 79 Sec B p 10
ANTIDRUG CANIPAIGN RESULTS--Mexico City, 18 September--This week, the Federal
Judicial Police captured 82 drug traffickers in various parts of the country,
confiscating drugs with a value of over 80 million pesos on the international
market, as part of the campaign against the planting, cultivation and traffick-
ing of drugs. Prominent amont the many operations conducted was the one in
the municipality of San Vicente Beach, Veracruz, where a marihuana plantation
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, covc~.ring an area of 22,000 square meters, with pl.ants averaging 3 meters tall,
which would produce tiearly 3 tons, was burnecl. rioreover, on the Tuatepec-
Palomares high,aay, the Federal Judicial Police captured two drug traffickers
who were bound for the state of Veracruz to purchase marihuana, for which
= they stated that they had a sum of 150,000 pesos. Upon being questioned,
tho~e under arrest, Pedro Gallegos Aguilar and Israel Balderas Anaya, said -
that they had for several months been engaged in distributing the "grass" in `
the municipality of Galvan, a location to which several purchasers from this
capital went to buy the drug frequently, so as to resell it tripling its _
~ pri.ce. Finally, official spokesmen released the list of drug traffickers
who had been captured, as well as the total volume of drugs seized. They
confiscated 32 tons of packed marihuana, 1 kilogram of heroin, 3 kilograms -
of cocaine, 1 lcilogram of opium gum and marihuana seed, and 2 kilograms of
poppy seed. [Text] [Piedras Negras FL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish _
19 Sep 79 Sec B p 1] 2909
PUPILS QUERIED ABOUT DRUGS--Tfazatlan, Sinaloa, 23 September--A report was
made to the No 21 School Inspection Office of the State Department of Pub-
lic Education concerning the dropout of children who had started attended
elementary education classes in communities located in the mountain areas,
becat~se the soldiers and Federal Judicial Police combating drugs with "Ope-
_ ration Condor" have taken some of the pupils out of school to question them
about the whereabouts of their parents. The teaching personnel sent by the
Department of Public Education to fill positions on communal land located
I~ir from the town prefer not to go, because they are afraid of being arrest-
ed b~ t':e same soldiers, such as occurred in San Ignacio last year, when "
sc:n~e teachers were accused of complicity in the drug traffic, according to
statements made by the teachers rlaria Cristina Salgado Navarro, Eloisa Eche-
garay Mendoza and riaria del Carmen Perales. They commented: "We are not
op~osed to the 'Oper.ation Condor' campaign, nor to the techniques used to
_ combut the marihuana or poppy plantations. What we do not want is arbitrary
acts committed in the classrooms by the troops and Judicial Police, asking
the children where they parents are. This should not be done." The com-
plaint was brought before the Department of Public Education in Sinaloa,
~ind they want to be transferred to communities which are.farther away from
~1 '.Cecomate. Also, the herbicides used by the helicopters of the Office
- of the Attorney General of the Republic for fumigation have burned the
c:orn and wheat crops and fruit trees. [Text] [Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA
in Spanish 24 Sep 79 p 4] 2909
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lfaelve Remanded
London THE DATLY TELEGRAPH in English 21 Sep 79 p 3
[TextJ
~ifteen peopie appeared fn ~ation. Reporting restrictions
Horseferry Aoad magistrates' ' Here not li~ted for the liz-~our
court yesterday follo~~�ing the heaning.
"OperaNon Cyril " drugs All those Uefore the court
swoop. Twelve of the accused. were charged that ~toget6er with
including a ~voman. ~sere Ambrosio Vinales and persons
remanded in custodv until later unknown, bet~veen Jan. 1. 1974,
th~is month and the other three and Sept. 17. 1~9, they con-
were granted bail until Dec. 30. spired to contra~ene the pro-
_ The defendants ~vere b?�ought visions of ~the Misuse of Drugs
. to court after spending the Act ]974.,
night at Rochester Row police
Drugs Cash Link in Gibraltar
London T'HE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 29 Sep 79 p 3 �
[Article by John Weeks]
[Text]
" , %`Tfie anquiry w~'ll coatinve for
~HE foundations ~ o~' a new~~ ~ hotel in m~,, monrns and, by rhe 2ime _
Gi~raltar were being searched yesterday ~c ~s completed, detectives
~elieve, they �ill ~tave uncov
by ~letectives and customs officers investigat-~~ erea a major plan to smuggle
drugs into Britain.
~ ing the Seizul'e of four and a half tons Of' Det. C7~ief Insp. Brian Jack-
cannabis valued at �10 million on the black so~, of Scotland Yard~s Drug
.Squad, and a customs mvestiga-
market in Cornwall and London last week tor flew into Gibraitar on Tues-
~c � day to continue inquiries into _
during Operation Cyril. ~ Operation Cyril."
A:rmy unit~ on Gibralta~r are being used in the,. 14Ien loitering
searah, after �125,OOQ ~vas found in a~house of a man The fol~~owing aay, cwo ~ocat `
a.cre5ted by loCdl poliC2 On ~atr~lling ~police officers became
T~hursday, nea
1 a bushf and. afterlk epin~
The police and Army are observation oa them, arrested
searching for further sums t~em. ~
~of �mor.ey, believed ~to be They found a pick�axc and
used to purchase illicit drugs a spade under tne bush, and
signs of di;ging.
from Nort~h Africa, and for ~ ~ ~
other clues. ~ Durin~ a search of a house ~
~ Gibraltar has been used as by one of the suspects
a"bank clearin house" for they found the money. viark-
G ings on some of the notes in-
the huying of drugs in North dicated that it ma~ have been
~lfrica, police believe, and a part of the " Operation Cyril "
number of bank acc:ounts there investigation.
~ave been frozen. A bank Last ~~�eek, police and cu~�
marrager is helping police with toms sei�r.ed four and half tons
their inquiries in Gibraltar. of cann~bis from a boat in
Inquiries are continuing by Corm~�all an~! from. addresse~
a joint team of Scotland Yard in London. They also recivered
detectives and ciisoms officers �250,000 in casl~.
ia many countries in Europe Fourteeu men and a ~coman
and North Africa. have already appea:ed in court
cha~ged tc~th var; in~ offences
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UNITED KINGDOM
- CANNA.BIS WRAPPED IN MAGAZINES DISCOVERED BY CUSTOMS
London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 19 Sep 79 p 19
[Text] A routine check by a Customs officer led to the discovery of an
international drugs ring which may have smuggled over i million pounds'
worth of cannabis into Britain, a court heard yesterday.
The officer examined a parcel of magazines from Pakistan and found they
were wrapped round a cardboard cylinder containing cannabis rc~sin, said
Mr John Hugill, QC, prosecuting, at Manchester Crown Court.
The package had a Manchester address and inquiries disclosed that simi-
lar parcels had been sent to the homes of inembers of an Indian family.
Another 15 parcels were delivered after the discovery. They contained
about 20,000 pounds' worth of cannabis resin.
"That gives you an idea of the scale of the trafficking," Mr Hugill
told the ~ury. ~
Six members of the family, all from Longsight, Manchester, plead not
guilty to conspiracy to smuggle cannabis resin between October, 1975,
and April, 1978.
Swoop on House
Mr Hugill said that when the drug was first discovered Customs officers -
replaced it with a harmless substance and put the package back in the
post. Af~er its delivery the officers swooped on the house within
- minutes.
Less than three hours later a telegram was sent to a contact in Pakistan
telling him to stop the shipment. But it could not stop the parcels
already in the post.
The accused are Abdul Wahid, 61, of Martindale Crescent; his sons,
Jahaid, 33, of Hector Road; Shahid, 29, of Bletchley Close; and John
Lewis, formerly Zahid, 31; Slade Len, his daughter Ishrat, 27, and her
husband Fakhur Saddiqi, 30, both of Hector Road. The trial was adjourned
until today.
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UNITED KINGDOM
- BRIEFS
OPIiJl~t HAUL--Three Iranian men were being questioned by Customs officers .
at Heathrow last night after one of the biggest-ever hauls of smuggled
opium at the airport. The drug, worth about 105,000 pounds, was found
concealed in a trunk being carried by a woman traveller from Teheran.
Afterwards Customs officers arrested three men at a Maida Vale address.
[Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 15 Sep 79 p 1]
HOTHOUSE CANNABIS UNCOVERED--Drug squad detectives pulled aside a screen
of ripening tomatoes yesterday and found up to 500,000 pounds worth of �
hothouse cannabis. In a dawn swoop on an isolated South Devon farm, they
uncovered thousands of cannabis plants in four greenhouses. It was the
second major drugs raid in the South-West this week. On Mor.day a ton and
a half of cannabis was seized at Tallands Bay, Cornwall. The farmhouse,
at Compton, near Torquay, had been let to tenants for several months.
l.4ao men and two women were later helping police inquiries. The raid by
a 20-man team which included local police, was code-name3 Operation _
Goldie and led by Det. Chief Insp. Mike Walsh, after weeks of investiga- .
tions and undercover work. By last night one of the four 90 ft green-
houses had been stripped of plants, which were taken away for examination.
The tomatoes at the entrance to each greenhouse provided perfect camou-
flage. The farm is at the end of a narrow, bumpy quarter-mile-long..
track, a few minutes' walk from Compton Castle, a National Trust
property. [Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 27 Sep 79 p 3]
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