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~ 3 January 1980
WORL~IWIDE REPORT ~
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 1/so)
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AUSTRALIA
Narcotics Bureau Defended Against Co~ission's Charges~ _
(Andrew i~ruger; THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD,
16 Nov 79) 1
~ Victoria Palice Report Increase in Drug-Related Accidents
(Lindsay rlurdoch; THE AGE, 13 Oct 79) 2 -
Briefs ~
J Drugs Stolen 3 _
= Pharmacist Fined 3
$9 Million He~oin Conspiracy 3 -
Drug Courier Model 4
Drugs in Machines 4
' Heroin For Friend , 4
BURMA
. Opium Found in Pack Saddles
(WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 24 Nov 79) 5
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- Heroin Trafficker Sentenced 7
Heroin Seized 7
Heroin Users Sentenced 7
. Heroin Seized From Tea Shop 8 `
Heroin Traffickers Arrested 8
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page -
INDONESIA
_ ~ Customs Officers Attend Narcotics Conference in Bangkok
(HARIAN UMUM AB, various dates) 9
Detection Equipment Needed -
Training Center in Indonesia
Indonesia Uses Dogs To Sniff Narcotics
(KOMPAS, 18 Oct 79) 12
PAKISTAN
Br,iefs ;
Fine for ~~0~~~~=_:peddler 13 _
Woman Booked for Opium 13
THAILAND ~
- Physical Education Department Active in Rehabilitation of
Addicts
(DAO SIAM, 1 Dec 79) 14
Drugs Committee Expresses Concern Over Glue Sniffing Threat _
(BANGKOK WORLD, 12 Nov 79) 15
Court Sentences Man to Death for Heroin Possession
(BANGKOK POST, 13 Nov 79) 16 `
Italian Tourist Arrested With Heroin,
(BANGKOK POST, 8 Nov 79) 17
Customs Department Seizes 1.2`Tons of Marihuana
(BANGKOK POST, 10 Nov 79) 19
Briefs
~ International Narcotics Workshop 20
FRG Antinarcotics Assistance 20
- Chinese Traf~icker. With Heroin 20 _
Italian Trafficker Sentenced 2C
Foxeign Tourist With Heroin . 21
Soldiers Arrested 21 ~
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CONTENTS (Continued') Page
- EAST EUROPE -
BULGA.RIA
Briefs
~ Attempt To Smuggle Heroin 22
LATIN AMERICA
COLOMBIA
I Drugs as an. International Weapon Discussed
(Bossuet Gomez Fernandez; EL SIGLO, 13 Oct 79) 23
_ Drug Traffickers Plane Crashes
(EL TIEMPO, 2 Nov 79) 25
Traffickers, Plane, Yacht Seized
- (Jose Cervantes; EL TIEMPO, 26 Oct 79) 26
Briefs
Judge Releases Five Traffickers 28
- Marihuana Plantation in Santander 28
Cocaine Seized at E1 Dorado 29
Cocaine Seizure 2j
HONDURAS -
Briefs -
Cocaine Seized 30 -
MEXICO
Drugs Worth 112 Million Pesos Destroyed in October
(EL SOL DE SINAL~A, 7 Nov 79) 31
_ Heroin Tra_fficking Ring Disbanded, Members Questioned
~ (EL MANANA, 7 Nov 79) 33 -
. Ma.rihuana Smuggler Arrested, Contacts Identified
(EL BRAVO, 3 Nov 79) ~5
_ Heroin Shipment Seized, Traffickers Captured
(EL MANANA, 8 Nov 79) 37
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
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Police, Traffickers in Gun Battle 41 -
Colombian Caught With Cocaine 41
NICARAGUA .
Briefs
Burning of Marihuana 42
Drug Traffickers Killed 42
- Pl~i3~~ .
Brief s
U.S. Ruling on Ship 43 -
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
JORDAN ' .
Briefs
Seizure of Narcotics 44
_ SUB-SA~iA~N AFRICA
- SOUTH AFRICA ~ -
- Antidrug Programs Criticized .
i (Mauritz Moolma.n; RAND DAILY MAIL, 6'Dec 73) 45
Police Arrest Traffickers, Seize Dagga '
(Hennie Egen; 'rHE CITIZEN, 20 Nov 79) 46
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ZAMBIA
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- Drug Abuse Problem 'Could Become Serious'
(Joyce Watae; TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 28 Nov 79) 47
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_ WEST EUROPE ~
TURKEY
Brief s
Smuggling Ring Revealed 53
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AUSTRALIA
NARCOTICS BUREAU DEFENDED AGAINST COMMISSION'S CHARGES
_ Sydney Tf~ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 16 Nov 79 p 2
- [Report from Andrew Kruger] '
[TeXt] takes.no account of the re143ive -
efficie~}oy of'other enfoiS~t{?ent
CAl~$ER~A. =Fed- agencies." i ~ ~
eral Cabinet decided last 1n another example, the com-
week riot to release a~ssion found that inct'e~~ in
arrests, prosecutions and ,seiz-
detailed rebuttal ; of datmag- ures of drugs ~ often oCcGiTed
ing chat~es ag~titlst :;~the wich litde or no N~tFojtFs
NarcoEics',~ureau by ;'the gureau assistance. "
Federal ltoyal Commisbion The. department �replied,-, mac
into Druge. . ~s ignored. the pria~e,; in-
telli~ence role of tho bureau~~ in-
T6e Herald obtained exhacts cludu~~ ' arrests, prosect~~i~u
yesterday from a oonfideatial and.seuurts overseas as a, te~ult
dceument in which We Uepart- of bureau oparations.
ment of Business and Consumer The department also ~r~6ed
A~sirs� defends the , bureau ~at many assortions were
against the commissi~n's char- based an old documentg~,i qn- -
8~� subetandated evidence oF a
In ~is interim Royul Com- cnisunderstanding, of ,the' ~olp
~ mission repor*� .Mr Justice Wil- and record of the bureau.
liams rea;mcnended that. ti~e '
bureau be disbanded, sa,ying It. claimed..Wat the. ca~.qus-
that it �~~;s, not a highly ef- s~on rejected . offers by t6e dp-
ficient enforcement agency. P~ent for investigatois. .ex-
_ Acting on. that report, the p�~ ~n the drug.field, bu~ took
GoVeC :~enl decided the officers from the Depar ~ents,
bureads law-enforcement role of Health, Attorney-~eneral
- shoul.a. be taken over by the and the Commonwealt:~ ~a~liC9.
new Federal Police. Where the commission sa~d
In its submission, the depart- there~ was "considerable! ~ dis-
ment argued that che commis- trust of the bureau ~q~png
sion's assertions in some cases other law-enforcement agenc~es.
were not true. others were un- notably the Commonwealth~ I'ol- -
substantiated and in gcr.er~l, ~~e, the dep~rtment said: ;`'~'hpFe
subjective. ~s a need to dislinguish betw~en
For example, the commis- distrust and jealouay."
sion s finding that ."thc Narcot- The dcpartmenPs submiss~on. -
ics Bureau is not a highly ef- which was presented lo�` ~e _
ficient organisation." Minister, ~Mr Fife; by the'sdc e-
The departmcnt responded tary, Mr M. Bcsley, said :~pre ~
lhdt diis w~s "a subjective as- was evidence from another dug ~
sertion which ignores differen- working party that therd "was
ces in roles of the bureau and greater co-operation than ~ tl~a'
police drug squads, and which commission reported. -
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AUSTRALTA
VICTORIA POLICE REPORT INCREASE IN DRUG-RELATED ACCIDENTS
Melbourne THE AG.E in English 13 Oct 79 p 5 .
[Report by Lindsay Murdoch]
[Text] Dntg abusers are dnving under tjons, VVith large amounts of a~cohoi,
- the influenCe ~on ViCt~riS'n 1'oads these peopk are more aRected fhan
\ wlfih little risk o~f being prose- ~ey !~'ould be normally," he sa~d.
" "Btnt there are no tests we can do �
Police believe there has been a shar~ � a'~'~ch ~ive us a quick enalysis."
_ fnmp in drug-related road crashes. ~�far'this y~ar,. member's of the,
But few drivers involved in crashes ' bre$th aua~lysis section �heve tested ~23
_ ert tested for drugs otber than alcohol. �~~~nc~ appeared to be ander '~he
Polica estimate 20 per cent of drivers ~ a~bOl~ ~t �tvere divig
' 8busers. ' , t
aaught with a blood-alcohol conte~?G in ~
excess of .05. per cent have also used 1~' ~A~r charged with driv-
divqs. ~ in8 .a?nder th.e influence of drugs.
No accuxate statistics are available. , tfie~u~e~ e'vthar~ind~ien sh~esn~p~~o
The police forensic science laboratory �~r~'b,
in Spring Street can test for a driver's . Laat year the section found'20 driw
_ blood�drug content. ers to be dru~~ffected.
But the tests take several days and tns ector
Che laboratory staff have a heavy back- in dru affecte~~d
~rlveTSC au hl1b~se
log of work. section
refiscted an increase discaverhe~d
More than 30 separafe`tests ha`ve _by other pol~ce around Victori
be done on some drug samples. Ynspecto~ 17-iQrrias s~id it was usyal
"Unlike testing for blood~i~ohol for police to ~quire drivers showing
content, we have to s~arch for evidence obvious sigms of fntoxication but who
of�a wide :ange of drugs - both illegal recorc} zero o~ !ow blood.$Icohol .leveis
and prescribed;' a forensic scientist to .be checked at a hospital or by d
� said yesterday. _ medical practitdaner.
The laboratory is under-equipped and, "Frequently, these ~ people ;re kept
under-staffed~� to handie. eny .incre~se in ~n hospital for~ observation a~nd ~void
_ testing for drug contents. prosecuxiom because we do not know ' -
_ The head of the police breath ar~lysis what caused th ir conditian;' }~e s~~d, -
section, Chief Inapecto'r� Jack Thomas, ~d meri~uana users showed rFo
, said yesterday police were co~,c rned rea@ing an a bieath te'st a~nd could be
about an increasing nti~?ber of�;~~e~ und'er the'`influence of the drug and
"found to be in a drunken-type atupor not be detected. -
but who recqrd` low or zero `61ood- He sa~id: "They' are just as much a~.
alcohol readings". menace behinc~ the wheel of a car as
"Thtis problem has net'been tlosely alcohol users."
looked at in Victoria,^ he 'said. The chairman of the Road Safety
Inspector Thomas said ' the problem and Traf~c Authority, I?r. Peter Vu~>
_ included doctor-prescriped and illegal can said
drugs. , J . yesterday there was an
�"We }~aye a:fairly conststenf_ att ~m �rg~nt need for a sturly on the drug
of heavv, drinkers beinR on me--~d'ica: ~nvolvement in fatal and injury road
crashes. � . -
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AUSTRALIA
" BRIEF'S
- DRUGS STOLEN--Danger`ous drugs were among $700 worth of property stolen from
the day and night chemist in Boundaxy Road, Coopers Plains, on Thursday night.
The rear door of the shop was forced. [Text] [Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in
English 20 Oct 79 p 22~ Two bandits escaped with drugs and cash after they
held up a chemist's shop in DPrby Street, ~ascoe Vale, yesterday. Police said
th~: bandits, one armed with a sawn-off shotgun, walked into the shop at 2.30
pm and demanded drugs. They fled on foot, ~Text] ~Melbourne THE AGE in
English 11 Oct 79 p 18]
PHA.RMA.CIST FINED--A chemist was fined $1000 in the Magistrate's Court yester-
day when he pleaded guilty to three summons complaints relating to morphine -
sulphate. Kevin Le~nex Doyle, of Crowndale Street~ Wavell Heights, faced
three complaints that he made a false entry in a dangerous drugs register and
that he failed to account for and record receipt of 250 ampoules of morphine
sulphate. The Crown prosecuto.r (Mr. T. I. Morga,n~ told the court the 250 aan-
poules involved conta,ined 30 milligrammes each. In a letter poyle admitted he
_ receiyed the drug while he was manager of a Chermside pharmacy. He had since
left the phaxmacy and was unemployed. Mr. F`rankcom, S.M., fined Doyle a total
of $1000 and ordered he pay $~I$.75 court costs. He was allowed six months to
pay. [Text] [Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 18 Oct 79 p 19J -
$9 MILLION HEROIN CONSPIRACY--~ro men allegedly involved in a$9 million hero-
in smu~gling.conspiracy were dommitted yesterday to the District Court for tri-
al. Before the Central Court of Petty Sessions were Sergio De Marie, 40, tra-
vel agent, of Bondi, and An+,onio Bruscino, 24, unemployed, of Rosemont Avenue,
Woollahra. Both are charged with conspiring with Giuseppe (Joseph) Bruscino ~
_ and others to import heroin into Australia between Maxch 1, 19'78 and February
9, 1979� Mr M. D. Finlay, QC, for the Crown, said Joseph Bruscino was in Lon-
don waitin~ to be extxadited. Another man, Antonio Galliani, was arrested in
_ July, granted bail ax,d absconded. De Marie pleaded guilty and said he was on-
- ly a go-between for Joseph Bruscino and a courier. Antonio Bruscino pleaded
not gt:ilty and said he had never had anything to do with the drug. Mr D. Gil-
more, SM, has ordered that the three Crown witnesses' names not be recorded.
_ Mrs M told the court that Joseph Bruscino had introduced her to heroin and
asked her to be a courier in Penang in April, 1978. She agreed that she wduld
carry the drug with her husband for $10,000, posing as honeymooners. The two
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made a trip to Penang and returned to Sydney with plastic bags conta,ining hero-
in strapped to their bodies, Miss K, a former fashion model, said she made
five trips to Pena,ng and returned with bags of heroin strapped to her legs and
_ covered by boots. She was paid $11,000 for the five journeys. [Excerpts]
[Sydney TfiE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 17 Oct 79 p 17]
_ DRUG COURIER MODEL--Sydney.--A model arrested at Sydney airport on Saturday
was alleged to be a courier for an Asian drug racket, Central Court was told
_ yesterday. Opposing bail, Sergeant Bruce Donnelly told the court that the
mod.el, Virginia Giles, had been due to leave for the United S tates. Miss -
Giles, 2~, of Da.rling Point, wa,s chaxged with possessing heroin, valium and ~
Indian hemp at Masco-t on October 13, and with supplying heroin. ~Text]
[Melbourne THE AGE ~n English 16 Oct 79 p 3]'
DRUGS IN MACHINES--Federal narcotics agents found hashish oil worth more than
$60,000 hidden inside two wood-working machines imported from the United States,
the Ma,gistrate's Court was told yesterday. A New South Wales man, 29, who came
to pick up the machines at a Brisoane bond store on Wednesday, was remanded to -
next Friday on self-bail of $40,000 with similax sureties. Rodney John 5ams~ -
rural producer, of Raywood Road, Dunoon, neax Lismore, entered no plea before
Mr. Fardon, S.M., when he appeared late yesterday on two chi:rged under the
Customs Act. He is chaxged with being concerned with the importation of more
than 15 kilograms of hashish oil on October 11. He is also charged with
possession of a traffickable quantity ~f canna.bis resin.~ Duty 5olicitor (Mr.
= P. A. Grant) said Sams would contest the matters. [Excerpt] [Brisbane THE
COURIER-MAIL in English 13 Oct 79 p 21]
- HEROIN FOR FRIEND--A 24~-yeax-old plasterer's labourer reluctantly obtained he-
roin after a plea from a sick friend with withdrawal symptoms, the Supreme -
Court was told yesterday, Desmond.,Wallace Lovell, of Shipley Place~ Balga,
_ was gaoled for a total of 2 years, with a pre-parole minimum of~nine months,
after pleading guilty to two charges of selling heroin. Lovell admitted sell-
- ing one capsule of heroin at Balga and another at Osborne Paxk both on Ma,y 25
- this year. The judge said he wa.s gald to heax the Lovell's supplying of hero-
in to Robert Michael Lagalla was against his better judgment. It was a terri-
~ ble thing to do because Lagalla, was trying to beat the drug habit. [Excerpts] -
[Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 11 Oct 79 p 4.7]
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BURMA
OPIUM FOUND IN PACK SADDLES -
Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in Burmese 24 Nov 79 p 8 BK
[TextJ Rangoon, 23 November--Customs personnel stationed at the Hsenwi Gate
~ seized three viss [1 viss equals 3.6 lbsJ and thirty ticals [100 ticals equal
1 viss] of raw opium from a bus passenger on 20 June.
The Customs personnel, on conducting a search of the bus Khaing Sh~rewar No
Ka/8579 at the Hsenwi Gate on 20 June discovered the opium secreted in s~cret
compartments of four pack saddles belonging to one Li Choung Shin alias Ai
San of Kutka.i Ward 3.
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Li Choung Shin alias Ai San accordingly sent up for trial under Sections 6(b)
(possession)/7 ~(b) (transport)/10 (b) (sale) of the Narcotic Drugs Law by the
Hsenwi police on 20 July 1979.
A subsequent search of Li Choung Shin's house by personnel of the CID on
_ 29 August 1979 also resulted in the seizure of three more pack saddles.
- Li Choung Shin was detained for over eight months in connection with opium
seizures at Lashic, in May 1974.
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Note: This photo was carried by THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY of Rangoon on
, 24 November 1979, on page 8 together with the attached news report. _
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BURMA
" BRIEFS ~
:~EROIN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED--Chaung-u, 7 November--A court composed of chair- _
man U Pau~ and members U Myo Chit an3 U Win of Chaung-u township ~udges com-
mittee had on 7 November sentenced 25-year-old Khin Maung Myint of Myoma
ward to 10 years imprisonment under Sections 6(B) and 10 (B) of the Narcotic
_ Drugs Law. The case was that on 4 May 1978, Sub-Inspector of Police U Khin
' Maung Than and his team, acting on information, searched the house of Khin "
Maung Myint and seized about 1.7 tical [100 ticals equal 3.6 lbs] of heroin -
= in a brown bottle, 22 empty pen3cillin bottles, 380 kyats believed to be
proceeds ~rom sale of heroin and a green diary book containing information
on heroin transactions. He was thus sent up for trial under Sections 6(B)
and 10 (B) [of the Narcotic Drugs Law] at the court of the Chaung-u township
judges committee. [Text] [Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NFZIN in Burmese 15 Nov 79
p 5 BK]
HEROIN SEIZED--RanQoon 11 Nov--PSO U Kan Myint and U Aung Soe and party searched
the house of Khin Maung Lay alias Jamal (20) of Zeya Thukha Street, [Jard
25, Thuwunna and seized 15 packets of heroin with a street value of K 30 -
_ each and a hypodermic syringe. Police also arrested Khin Maung Soe alias ~
- Maung Nge ~(31) of Hosiery P4i11 Road, Kamayut, who was believed to have
visited there for receiving heroin injection. They were handed over to
Thuwunna police who are taking action against them under Sections 6(b)
- possession, 10(b) (sale) and 14(d) (failure to register for treatment of
the Narcotic Drugs I,aw. [Text] [Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English
12 Nov 79 p 8 BK]
HEROIN USEP.S SENTENCED--Kado, 7 November--Moulmein township court No 3, with
U Tun Khin as chairman and U Ba Khaing and U Tun Tin as members, yesterday
heard the case of 24-year-old Maung Sein Mying, son of U Mutu Sami of
- Daugmin Ward in Moulmein's market area, who was sent up for trial under
Section 6(B) of the N'arrotic Drugs Law, and sentenced him to 5 years im-
prisonment with hard labor. The case was that on the evening of 14 May
1978, counci.llors of Phettan ward in Moulmein, acting on information, raided
the house of Maung Sein Myint and seized liquid heroin and ~ hypodermic
syringe. The Myoma people's police force then took action against him under
Section 6(B) of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Text] [Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN
in Burmese l0 Nov 79 p 7 BI:] --Rangoon, 6 November--The Latha township
court today se:~tenced 22-year-old Maung Maung Htay of the P4a.ung Khaing
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Street, who was arrested along with a package of heroin worth 50 kyat at
the corner of the Mahabandoola Street and the 22d Street, to 9 years im-
prisonment with labor as he was found guilty. However, Ma Aye Aye of the
Latha Street was discharged. [Text] [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 7 Nov 79
p E BK]
i
HEROIN SEIZED FROM TEA SHOP--Itan;oon, 8 November--A crime prevention squad r
- led by Station Officer U Kan Myint of the Rangoon Division People's Police i%~~
_ Force, with the help of People's Councillors, today raided a tea shop in
front of Hone-hai saw mill on Strand Road, Ahlone Township, and seized four
packets of heroin valued at K 30 each and another packet of heroin worth
about K 80 from Daw Tin Kyi, the owner of the shop, and her daughter Ma Khin
Pyone Yi. Police are taking action against Daw Tin Kyi, her husband U Hla
_ Thaung and daughter Ma. Khin Pyone Yi under Section 6(B) (possession), 10(b)
(sale) and 11 (abetment in the offencPl of. the Narcotic Drugs Law. Police
are also taking action against Maur.g Mau.ig alias Chubi (24) of 24th Street, -
Latha Township, Rangoon who came to the tea shop to buy heroin. [Text] -
[Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 9 Nov 79 p 8 BK]
HE?OIN TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Rangoon 8 November--Acting on inf~rmation,
Station Commander U Aye and U San Hlaing of the Crime Preven'cion Squa~ of
_ Rangoon Division people's police force arrested 23-year-old Paukphaw alias
San Win at No 2 bus station on Natsin Road in Kemmendine at 1100 yesterday
and questioned hi.m. Acting on San Win's testimony, they seized a penicillin -
bo~tle containing heroin from Kyaw Than alis Saw Naing Lay, who provided
further information leading to the seizure of five more penicillin bottles
of heroin worth 2,000 kyat from Ma Khin Than of 12th Weluwun Street. Acting
on Ma Khin Than's testimony, they later arrested heroin-distributors Ko Kla
- Way and his wife, Ma Than Than Mya, of the same ward. T,he Kemmendine police
- have taken action against Paukphaw alias San Win and Kyaw Than alias Saw ~
Naing Lay under Sections 6(B) and 10(B) [of the Narcotic Drugs Law] and the
Sanchaung police have arrested and filed ch2rges against Ma Khin Than, Ko
Hla Way and Ma Than Than Mya under Sections 6(B), 10(B), and 11 and 14 (D)
[of the Narcotic Drugs Law). [Text] [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 9 Nov ~
79p7BK]
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INDONESIA ~
CUSTOMS OFFICERS ATTEND NARCOTICS CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK
Detection E~uipment Needed
Jakarta HARIAN UMUM AB in Indonesian 26 Sep 79 p 1, 7
[Excerpts] Indonesia is of the opinion`that efforts to check narcotics
traffic can be carried out effectively if they are handled by well-trained ~
_ individuals and supported with appropriate equipment, besides intensifying
_ the collaboration among nations.
This Indonesian view was stated in a workir~g paper presented by Tahir,
director general of Customs and Excise, in his capacity as head of the five-
man Indonesian delegation, before a conference to customs officials -
representing 13 Asian and Pacific countries in Bangkok on Tuesday. -
The conference, jointly organized by the Directorates General of Customs
and Excise of Thailand and the United States, will last from 24 to 28
September, 1979.
Besides hearing of the problems being faced by the participating nations in
eradicating narcotics smuggling, the conference will discuss various forms
of collaboration that can be carried out in the realms of education, detection
technique and exchange of information. lj
Director General Tahir admitted that up till no'~a Indonesia does not have
~ detection equipment or narcotics dogs. These;;-shortcomings are keenly felt
because of ~he many trouble spots throughoutjIndonesia. -
He explained that Indonesia, which compr~;ses thousands of islands, at present
has four harbors and five airports oper,.:-~for international communications.
Besides, there are lengthy coastlines which serve well as secluded and suitable -
_ spots for landing and loading purposes. (
~
In his explanation before the conferees, Drs Issudibyo, member of the .
Indonesian delegation, said that the strategically-situated Indonesia can be
utilized as a transit point for forwarding narcotics and narcotic products
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Another possibility is that zndonesia can be used as a storage center from
which narcotics can be distributed in accordance with the instructiuns
of the orgar~izing syndicate, in view of the numerous places in Indonesia
that can be u~ed as stepping stones to other continents where the contraband -
iR uHUU11y c~n~;iimed.
A third possibility is that Indonesia may be utilized as a region to produce _
narcotics plants, by virtue of the suitable climate found in many Indonesian
islands as in Burma, Thailand and Laos.
_ In this connection, Indonesia considered that the factors of communications
and exchange of information among nations and particularly among customs
officials as guards of the nations' gateways are of great importance, said
Issuidibyo. -
Another diffi~culty is that in examining the things carried by passengers
arriving in tourist groups, we do not have modern gadgets to detect contraband.
Yet it is not impossible that such contraband might be smuggled in their
luggage or on their bodies.
Training Center in Indonesia
Jakarta HARIAN UMUM AB in Indonesian 3 Oct 79 p 1, 7
- [Excerpts] The United Nations has named Indonesia as a center for training
' and education concerning narcotics traffic for customs officials of Asian
and Pacific countries, starting from 1981.
This was divulged by Aelian H. Perera, an official of the U.N. Narcotics
- Regional Coordination, in Bangkok last weekend at the close of the conference
of customs officials rrom 13 Asian and Pacific countries.
The training center will be fully financed by the United Nations, while
the Indonesian Directorate General of Customs and Excise will make available
the sites ~or the training and education. -
Besides giving instruction in control over narcotics use, the training will
also stress ways and means to wipe out this contraband smuggled by air, sea
and land. -
- Therefore, the training, to be held at the Training and Education Center for -
Customs Off~+,cials in Jakarta, will be utilized to study other customs
technical matters, such as the layout of ships, storage for goods, and exchange
_ of experiences among customs officials of the participating countries.
I'~, -
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Customs Office has expressed its willingness to aid ~i
Indonesia's Customs Office. To this end, a high-ranking official of the U.S.~~':
_ Customs Off~ce, who handles the problem of narcotics smuggling, is scheduled ` ~
to visit Indonesia in late October to discuss further the plans for aid and
the program of instruction for the eradication of narcotics materials.
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The forthcoming visit constituted a direct response of the-leadership of
_ tl~e U.S. Customs Off.ice to the problem brought up by Indonesia during the
conference w}iich was ~ointly sponsored by U.S, and Thai Customs Offices.
The conference, attended by 13 nations and representatives from the Ur~ited
Narions and Interpol, agreed to improve the ways for speedily exchanging
information concerning narcotics smuggling by using the "hot-line" direct
communication system among directors general of customs offices.
In this r.ase, the role played by the Customs Coordination Council as a body
in chargE~ of the dissemination of information and other customs technical -
data among member nations will be upgraded.
The conferees also agreed to hold a meeting once a year to deliberate on the
development of eradication efforts against narcotics smuggling as well as the =
supervision of narcotics traffic in public circles.
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INDONESIA
INDONESIA USES DOGS TO SNIFF NARCOTICS
- Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian 18 Oct 79 p.12
[Excerpts] Seven parcels sent from Asia and Europe through the Pasar Baru
- post office were sniffed for narcotics by trained dogs. The packages were
suspected of containing narcotics, but when two of them were opened up, no.
- trace of narcotics was found. Nevertheless, they were taken to the
laboratory of the Jakarta Police Headquarters for further investigation. i
The parcels contained such mundane things as soaps, socks, women~s dresses,~ -
= tobacco and canned foodstuff.
The tracking down of narcotics by the trained dogs of Jakarta~s police on
Wednesday was the first time ever in Indonesia, with the view to exploring
the possibility of making good use of dogs to control narcotics smuggling
through the postal service.
As a matter of fact, Indonesia is rather tardy in employing narcotics
dogs, as Singapore and Hong Kong have been doing it for many years already.
Up till now, only two dogs have been trained in Indonesia to track down
narcotics, namely, Elco (2 1/2 years old) and Barry (3 years old). `Both are
: of the shepherd breed. -
T~ao Indonesian narcotics dog trainers have had one month~s instruction in
the United States.
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
- FINE FOR OPIUM PEDDLER--Jaranwala, Nov 24: Hakim Abdul Aziz, the maker of
'Tark-i-Afyoon' pi11s, has been sentenced to three years of rigorous impri-
sonment and a fine of Rs 7,000 for mixing opium in the pills. He`caill
undergo another year's R.I. in case of failure to pay the fine. A raid by
an Excise party in August last year had led to the seizure of 75,000 'Tark-
i-Afyoon' pills and a preparation containi.ng 50 kg of opium from his resi-
- dence. Tests by the National Laboratories proved that opium was mixed in
the pills. [Text] [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 25 Nov 79 p 5]
WOMAN BOOKED FOR OPIUM--Sialkot, Nov 24: As a result of the continuing
Martial La~a action, a woman (Nasreen Begum of Phalora P.S.) has been booked
for keeping 36 grams of opium in her possession. ~ao men (Yaseen and Bhola)
of Narowal are behind the bars for child abuse. Mohammad Yameen (of -
Sambrial) and Mohammad Nawaz (of Cantonment) are under arrest for husking
paddy and keeping an unlicensed dagger, respectively. For traffic rules'
violation 65 vehicles have been challaned and a total of Rs 5,320
recovered in on-tl~e-spot fines. Four of the vehicles were impounded. A
total of Rs 3200 was recovered in fines from three shopkeepers and a func-
tionary of Octroi Post No 17 under the weights'\`;3nd measures rules. An M.L.
team also spotted a number.of irregularities in\`the office of the Settlement
- Commissioner. [Text] [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 25 Nov 79 p 5] _
CSO: 5200
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THAILAND
PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ACTIVE IN REHABILITATION OF ADDICTS
Bangkok DAO SIANI in Thai 1 Dec 79 pp 3, 1~+ _
- LText7 Physical Education Department sets up program to -
physically and mentally rehabilitate approxima,tely 2,000
dxug addicts at the Special Rehabilitation Institute and
- at the Thanyarak Hospital in Thanyaburi District in
Pa.thumthani. This is done by means of activities in
physical education, health education and recreation (rest)
in order to reduce recidivism in former addicts.
This program begins functioning at the beginning of this month and will
be concluded 5 March of next year. Those receiving treatment will go to
both institutions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
- The program has instituted for those pa,rticipating, mainly students in
~various educational institutions and are now coming in for treatment.
This includes initial classification, personal history, urine checks, physical
proficiency examinations with daily practice schedules involving physical
fitness and various games, songs, rythmic activities, sports such as ping -
pong, volleyball, boxing, takraw and football.
Aside from that there is also meditation and the imparting of information
on health education ar.d general health and personal hygiene including ~ ~
information on nutrition.
At the end of the program, the Physical Education Department will keep track
of the results that follow for a_period of 6 months by having Boy Scout
- volunteers make appointments to meet with the individuals who received this
~ treatment. They may keep in contact by mail or through a trustworthy
individual. Aside from that there will be activities set up at the centers
for accomplishment Lkhai pheua bamphen prayote7 which will meet intermittently.
Similar programs have been carried out. One occasion was last year when
approximately 200 male and female pa,tients pa,rticipa,ted. The results of that
program demo~~strated that those pa,rticipating experienced better physical and
mental health, were ab le to solve their immediate problems and were able to
study as usual.
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- THAILAND
_ DRUG~ COMMITTEE EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER GLUE SNIFFING THREAT
Bangkok BANGKOK WORLD in English 12 Nov 79 g 3 BK
[Text]
't'Hb; Uffice oi' Fcx~d and lead to mental dis-
Urugs Committee ex- orders. 7'hese sub-
pressed concern atthe stances are alao toxic
rise in addiction to the to the respiratory
inhalation of paint system and they ir-
thinners and eolvente ritate the lining of the
inetead of taking nar- lungs which could
cotic drugs. The rise cause bronchitis, in-
in addiction could be flammation of the
attributed 'to the high lunga br pneumonia.
price of divgs and ig- They are also �harmful
norance of the dangera t o t h e l i v e r a n d
of inhaling thinnere kidneys. _
and solvents in 1'hai- lnhaling these thinners
land, the committee and solvents results in -
- said. depression of the
- nerves leading to in- '
5ome oF the common toxication and drow-
_ substances inhaled einesa. If inhaled ex-
are paint thinners, cessively they may
~y~ Klue, benzine and cause delirium and
ti~~~~Ys' !'its. However, they
don't have the effect
oi' euphoria such as -
_ BRAIN taking opium and
ganja (marijuana)
does.
~ 'I'he ~:ommiltee said that Z'he committee therefore
inhaling br sniFfing
these substances could issued a warning to
- cause brain damage the public not to be
which may result in induced into inhaling
deterioration of these substances for -
memory which could the sake of curiosity or
experience.
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
- COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR HEROIN POSSESSION
. BK130601 Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 13 Nov 79 p 1 BK ~
[Text] The Narathiwat Provincial Court yesterday sentenced a 35-year-
old man to death after fir.3ing him guilty of possessing 640 grammes of
he~oin. It is the first ve~rdict of death issued since eniorcement of
the new Narcotics Act B.E. 2522 in April this year.
Police said the condemned man, Santi Sae Ho, was arrested on the beach
- of the Narathiwat provi.ncial town after the drug was found on his
person. He denied the charge during trial. Sources said they expected
him to appeal the verdict. ,
~ Several drug traffickers have been summarily executed on orders from
previous heads of government exercising the absolute powers vested in
them by the constitution, or under martial law rule.
Liang Ho Sae Lao was the first drug trafficker summarily executi~d by
. order of the late Fie1d Marshal Sarit Thanarat over a decade ago:~" The
last pair ordered executed by Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanan in
= August last year were Hisiam Sae Heng and Hong Kong-Chinese Sung "
Hong Haw.
The new narcotics law promulgated in April authorises courts Co issue a
~ verdict that is thrice as harsh if the convicted offenders are govern-
ment officials, or employees of state enterprises. -
The new law sets the death penalty for manufacturing or smuggling heroin
- with intent to sell. If the drug was meant for personal~consumption, its
manufacturer or smuggler will face life imprisonment.
Selling or possessing less than 100 grammes of heroin with intent to sell
is liable to a five years to life jail" term and a fine between 50,000 to
~ 500,000 bahta If the heroin weighs more than 100 grammes, the penalty is
life imprisonment or death.
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
ITALIAN TOURIST ARRESTED WITH HEROIN
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 8 Nov 79 p 3 BK
[Text] An Italian tourist was arrested at Don Muang Airport early
yesterday morning on charges of attempting to smuggle heroin out of
- the country.
The suspect, Luciano Gurino (26) who claiffied to be a psychologist, was
stopped by narcotics agents of the Customs Department as he was about
to board a Qantas flight for Athens. -
A thoraugh body search by the agents led to the discovery of a package
of No. 4 heroin weighing 140 grammes hidden in the back of his leather
j acket .
= Gurino who, police said, is an addict himself, allegedly admitted buy-
ing the drug for US$3,000 from a taxi-driver near the Grace Hotel on -
_ Sukhumvit Road last Monday night. He did not say whether the hernin
was intended for his own consumption or for sale.
- Gurino (photo) was later handed over to Crime 5uppression Division police-
men for further questioning.
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THAILAND
CUSTOMS ~EPARTMENT SEIZES 1.2 TONS OF MARIY_UANA
_ Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 10 Nov 79 p 20 BK
[Text] -
(1 Ci1ST0!~IS otficials order.
yesterday seized over 1.2 However, Customs of-
- tons of marijuana which ficers, working under the
theyfound hidden under DePuty Director Ceneral,
a pile of cardboard sheets Suppression Affairs, of
aboard a fruck at Klong the Customs Department -
Toey harbour. Somsak Chanthanasiri
The marijuana, packed and Director ot the Ex- -
- in 48 metal boxes, was port Inspection Dlvision _
_ found in the cargo of Sub Lt L1dom Sukhathat
cardboard sheets which ordered the drivers of the -
were being disp8tched by two trucks that did arrive
P.C. 1'rading (Bangkok) to take them to the third
Company to the Grave t~'uck.
- Construction Lathrop The 1,221 kilos of mari-
Company in Stockton, juana were found In the
California. third truck.
Three trucks full oF
cardboard sheets were Drivers of the three '
~~J originapy scheduled to trucks are being detained
arriveatKlongToey'sEx- for questioning. _
port Inspection IJnit Divi� Investigations are also
sion, but one of thetrucks under way about the in-
did not turn up because it volvement o[ the con-
was said to be out of signee and the consigner.
- CSO: 5300 ~
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-
BRIEFS
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS WORKSHOP--About 70 international narcotics con- '
= trol experts and public health service representatives are now engaged
in a 6-day workshop in Chiang Mai to seek ways and means to deal with
_ the abuse of opium in this region of the world. Participants came from
such countries as Afghanistan, Burma, Laos, Malaysia and Vietnam. UNESCO -
and the Colombo Plan are also represented. A Thai narcotics control
official stated that the workshop would review what has become known
about opium abuse and that subjects for further research and study would
be agreed upon. [Text] [BK140750 Bangkok Domestic Service in English
0000 GMT 13 Nov 79 BK]
FRG ANTINARCOTICS ASSISTANCE--According to the secretary general of the
Narcotics Control Board, the FRG has pledged to grant about 50 million -
baht for a crop substitution program in Thailand. The program will be
launched in Ma.e Hong Son and Chiang Rai provinces, tentatively in 1980.
[BK030324 Bangkok Domestic Service in Thai 1300 GMT 1 Nov 79 BK]
~ CHINESE TRAFFICKER WITH HEROIN--A Chin:~.se man was arrested for alleg~dly'
trafficking in heroin in Taladnoi of CliinaCown area yesterday evening.
- Acting on tipoff that heroin would be t~~aded near a shrine in Taladnoi
~
market, a team of Plabpiachai policemer.~led by Pol Cpt Withaya
_ Kosityasathit was despatched to the scene to await the trafficker and
his potential client. At about 6 p.m. a man, later identi,fied as Chim
sae Chong (42), showed up near the shrine, carrying a paper bag in one
- hand. The policemen swooped down on the man and searched his bag, find-
_ ing 60 tubes of No. 4 heroin worth about 30,000 baht in retail price.
Police claimed Chim said he had planned to meet his client near the
i` shrine. But his potential customer didn't show up. [Text] [Bangkok
BANGKOK POST in English 18 Oct 79 p 3 BK]
_ ITALTAN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED--The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced an -
_ Italian to 25 years imprisonment after finding him guilty of possessing;
- heroin and attempting to smuggle the drug abroad. Giovanni Vito Natuzzi, ~
(32), was arrested by Customs officials at Don Muang Airport on June 18
this year as he was leaving for Paris on an Aeroflot flight. Five plast- ~
tic bags containing 470 grammes of heroin were found strapped around his
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waist. Natuzzi pleaded guilty in court. The Criminal Court first
sentenced Natuzzi to life imprisonment but commuted it to 25 years~
because of his guilty plea. [Text] [Bangkok ;d~~NC;KOK POST in English
31 Oct 79 p 1 BK]
FOREIGN TOURIST WITH HEROIN--An Amer3can tourist was arrested at Don
Muang Airport early yesterday morning and charged with possessing 20
grammes of No. 4 heroin with intent to sell. Stephen Norwood Smith (30)
- had ~ust arrived from Chiang Mai, and was arrested by police acting on ~
information received, while he was walking to the airport parking lot.
[Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 2 Nov 79 p 3 BKJ
I.
- SOLDIFI~S ARRESTED--At 2000 hours on 29 November, Police Major Rerngchai -
Wannawichit, inspector of Section 2, discovered upon investigation that there -
would be a heroin transaction at Soi Senanikhom 2 on Phaholyothin Road, Lad
Yao District, Bangkheng. Along with a force of inen., he went to set up an
ambush there. Later on, two maJes came along carrying a brown paper bag. _
~The Police~ went to check a~,1d discovered number 4 heroin of the "Sing Hiep
~ Loke" ~Lion on the WorldT brand. The heroin was stuffed in two plastic
bags and weighed 700 grams. Its value in Thailand was approximately 200,000
- baht and ab out 6 million baht abroad. Subsequent investigati on revealed that
the individuals were Corporal Thonglim Chumchai, 36, of the 4th Cavalry Palace
Guard Bn at Bang Krabue and Sergeant Sayan Khongsomn~,m, 30, of the Air Force
' engineering department. A search also turned up an 11 mm pistol on Corporal
Thonglim. Both defendants confessed that Lthe heroinThad come from Mr Wichai _
(surr~ame unknown) from Lampang;, Each had been given 1000 baht. A bogus .
policeman was to have contacted them to buy the drugs and the arrest was made.
_ ~Text7 ~Ba,ngkok BAN NNANG in Thai 30 Nov 79 p 167
- CSO 5300
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BULGARIA
BRIEFS ~ -
ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE HEROIN---The Ministry of Finances, Directorate of Customs
, and Customs Control--made the follow3,ng announcement: The Customs Authorities
at the "Kapitan Andreevo" border control point have foiled an attempt by a
- foreign citizen to smuggle to Western Europe 9 kgs and 840 grams of heroin.
_ The foiling of this contraband attempt represents the largest quantity of
heroin uncovered thus far by the Bulgarian Customs Authority and is also
one of the largest quantities in the world history of contraband. (BTA)
[Text] [Sof ia ZEMEDELSKO Z~TAME in Bulgarian 11 Dec 79 p 3]
CSO: 5300
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COLOMBIA
DRUGS AS AN INTERNATIONAL WEAPON DISCUSSED
Bo~ota EL SIGLO in Spanish 13 Oct 79 p 4
[Article by Bossuet Gomez Fernandez]
~
[Text] An American publication recently reported that last year the U.S.
~ Government had spent $3 million in the fight that Colombia is waging against
I ~drug trafficking while our Government had spent, during the same period and
for the same purpose, $10 million, that is, more than 400 million pesos.
~ More recent reports say that the U.S. Government has increased its contri-
bution to $16 million annually, so it the same ratio were to be main.tained,
the cost to the Colombian Government of the tremendous fight it is waging ~
against drug smuggling would be a sum which would significantly affect the
country's economic capability.
In order to cope with this situation, it is absblutely unnecessary to legal-
ize the production, marketing and use of drugs, since this type of ineasure c
would be an assault on the heaZth and vitality of the people of our country,
_ and for this reason it would be, quite frankly, immoral. Perhaps it would
be enough for now, to adopt a policy which would oblige the countries which
are the final recipients of the drugs to bear the greater part of the cost
_ of their own defense against the illegal drug traffic, especially since,
as is known, drugs are used now, as they have been at other times and in
other places, by the "merchants of slow death," as a political weapon. The -
enemy country's people are first weakened physically and mentally, by caus-
ing them to develop a liking for the de~enerating use of drugs, and then, _
~ in a final attack, they are killed off without danger of any defensive
- reaction whatever.
Experiences of this kind are recorded in history, most notably in that of =
England in India and China; of Japan in China; and most recently--putting
into practice with singular skill the lessons learned--communist China and
Russia in the countries of the Western Hemisphere without anyone having ,
_ questioned this accusation or rejected it as false.,
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- It is known that the United States is the greatest user of drugs of all -
the.countries of the world, a circumstance that, together with the special
role of its currency, causes deadly drugs to flow toward it, in a steady
, and copious stream, stimulated by the fabulous prices it commands. -
There are those who believe that by allowing free transit through our
national territory and air space for fareign drugs destined for other coun-
tries, one would considerably reduce t'ne financial burden which weighs on
;i the Colombian people in their effort to repress the clandestine traffic of
deadly drugs whose final destinati~in is a country which, by all indications,
demands them and uses them with suicidal avidity. Then dissuasive taxes
would be levied only on the "merchandise" which because of the requirements
of transportation would have to rema.in in the country for a carefully cal-
culated period of time. Meanwhile, of course, the criminal status of the
- clandestine production, marketing and use of drugs would be maintained. By
this means, it is said, the economic resources which are absorbed in an
Offort whose results do not justify the expense could be invested in cover-
ing other urgently pressing needs such as the ad~ustment of wages and the
payment of an adjustment of retirement pensions.
It is certainly true that in the fight against the clandestine traffic'in
deadly drugs all the countries of the world should stand together. Foster-
ing drug addiction as a political weapon is an inhuman tactic leading to~
ward the destruction of the very future of the peoples against whom this
_ ma.cabre conspiracy is being hatched through the annihilation of the younger
_ generations who are their protecting shield and the authors of the well- ~
being of the generations which will succeed them.
But though this is true, it is no less true that simple justice requires
that each country should absorb the cost of its own defense against the il-
legal drug trade in proportion to its economic capacity and the harm it is
suffering from it. It should not be expected,much less demanded, that
some other country, hecause it happens to be on one of the routes which the
drugs follow until they arrive at their selected ~estination, should at its
own cost, establish a barrier to prevent or reduce the arrival of the toxic -
_ shipment. After all it is a~shipment sent from remote but identifiable~~i -
places for purposes which are not exclusively economic but for ends which
have already been pointed out. .
Everyone is aware of the fact that anything which undermines the mental or
physical health of a human beirig should be indignantly rejected in all civ-
ilized communities. For this reason one can only listen with a smile of -
pity to the disparaging comments of those who thinls that the problem of
marihuana or hashish,and in general of drugs, is a matter of little impor-
tance.- These people think it is a matter undeserving the attention that
other'problems have won among a country's government leaders. This mental '
attitude betrays dangerous shortsightedness, as harmful to the future of -
the people as the vice of drug addiction itself.
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COLOMBIA
DRUG T�cAFFICK~RS PLANE CRASHES
Bogota EL TIII~IPO in Spanish 2 Nov 79 p 8-A
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Cartagena--Ttre place is not the most suitable for landing airplanes. Never-
theless, the crew of this plane, of foreign registration, had to make an
emergency landing in La Virgen swamp, near Cartagena. The plane is one of
many which vi~late the air space and enter the country to transport ship- -
= ments of marihuana and cocaine.
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COLOMBIA ~
TRAFFICKERS, PLANE, YACHT SEIZED
Colombia EL TIEMPO in~Spanish 26 Oct 79 p 5-C
[Article by Jose Cervantes]
[Text] Baranquilla--A new blow to drug trafficking on the Atlantic coast
was dealt yesterday by military authorities when they confiscated three
airplanes and arrested six persons engaged in transporting marihuana be-
tween Colombia and the United States.
The first plane was captured near Guachaca, Guajira, when its three crew
members were about to load a shipment of marihuana which was piled up at
a clandestine air strip.
Hours later, in the proximity of Maicao, a helicopter with Cololiibian regis-
tration, belonging to a Baranquilla air company, landed on a clandestine
runway to take on a load of 50 bundles of marihuana.
_ Military authorities prevented the plane from taking off and arrested the
pilot who turned out to be a Colombian. ~
Finally, toward evening, a U.S. light plane, registration No 711, landed -
at the Ernesto Cotissoz International Airport in Baranquilla.
Its two occupants, Americans, could not explain their presence in Col:ombia
� and did not have a flight plan or authorization to land at the Baranquilla
airport.
"It was this way," said a source from the Second Brigade, "we got in a
good solid punch because we seized three airplanes and arrested six sus-
pected traffickers." -
A Yacht Is Captured
- A yacht manufactured in the United States used by drug traffickers was
seized yesterday by members of the Naval Antidrug Group near Camarones, in
upper Guajira.
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The crew of the vessel abandoned it before the Army-Navy group, which par-
ticipated in th~ operation, arrived on the spot.
The action took place at the time when the crew of the confiscated yacht
was awaiting delivery of a shipment of marihuana destined for the black
market in the United States.
Members of the F-2 are at this moment engaged in a special action aimed at
the capture of the sailors involved in this illicit operation.
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COLOMBIA
BRIEFS
JUDGE RELEASES FIVE TRAFFICKFRS--Criminal trial judge No 70 late yesterday -
released 5 of the 20 persons captured by the F-2 of the general staff during
the spectacular and movie-like "Operation Bogota" in which the authorities
seized 1,000 kg of cocaine. Among the persons released were the foreign
citizens who initially were identified by the F-2 as the heads of a large
narcotics ring which operated on a national and international scale. The
judge said that there was insufficient evidence for criminal prosecution
of these persons, removing the basis for the many charges against them.
However, sources close to the F-2 of the general staff reported that the
decision of the judge who is conducting-.*,he'investigation was not well re-
ceived in judicial circles and,~ on the contrary, was the object of violent
protests. It has also been reported that units of the Judicial Police [PJJ
working under the National Attorney General's Office seized 4 kg of cocaine
at E1 Dorado International Airport initially valued at 5 million pesos.
The cocaine was found by secret agents in a double bottom suitcase which
was the property of a couple who were about to embark on an international
flight headed-for a Central American country. [TextJ [Bogota EL SIGLO in
Spanish 12 Oct 79 pp l, 16] 9204
- MARIHUANA PLANTATION IN SANTANDER--Bucaramanga, 3 November--The largest
known marihuana field in this degartment was discovered by F-2 units under
the command of Lt Julio Gonzalez.~' In a remote spot i.n the municipality of .
California bordering on North Santander 30 hectares were found planted with
marihuana. The planted field was on the "E1 Tesoro" farm, according to the
police. The marihuana, which was ready for harvesting, was the property of
two brothers, one of whom was arrested, and the other escaped. The identity
of the prisoner was not disclosed. A special judge was sent to the spot to
initiate the investigation as were also experts to determine the value of
the marihuana crop, which apparently may be over 500 million pesos. High
ranking ~,fficers of the National Police described this operation as the
strongest blow to drug traffickers in this section of the country. [Alonso
Heredia Duran] [Text] [Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 4 Nov 79 p 13-A]
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COCAINE SEIZED AT EL DORADO--Some 12 kg of cocaine were confiscated at E1 -
Dorado airport from a Colombian citizen who was transporting the drug in
two suitcases with double bottoms. The strike was made by the Judicial
Police unit at E1 Dorado airport, in coordination with a detachment from
' the attorney general's office at 1600 hours when an Aerolineas Argentinas
plane arrived in which a person was traveling who had two suitcases with
characteristics similar to others which have been seized and which had been
used to transport drugs. [Text] [Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 20 Oct 79
p 3-A] 9204
COCAINE SEIZURE--The authorities today confiscated over 500 kilos of
cocaine, worth over 500 million pesos and over $500 million [as heard]
on the U.S. black market from a van and a nodge automobile in which
the drug was presumably being taken to purchasers in the northern part
of the capital. Police arrested Oscar Arcila, Fabio Garcia and
Rodrigo Ayala, three Colombians, in connection with this operation,
which represents the second most important blow dealt by the authorities ~
to the international drug traffic in Colombian history. [PA18035$
Bogota Cadena Radial Super in Spanish 2330 GMT 17 Dec 79 PA]
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HONDURAS
- BRIEFS
- COCAINE SEIZED--Tegucigalpa, 12 Dec (ACAN-EFE)--It was reported here today
that the Honduran authorities seized 24 kg of cocaine from two persons who _
were carrying them in a Nicaraguan licensed plane that la.nded in La Ceiba,
_ in the country's north. The two persons who were flying the Nicaraguan
light plane with license "'YNBHL" were Emily~Camp, the pilot, and Ali Yacub, ~
- a known La Ceiba merchant who had been involved in other drug trafficking
- actions before. [PA150433 Panama City ACAN in Spanish 1518 GMT 12 Dec 79 -
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MEXICO
~
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DRUGS WORTH 112 MILLION PESOS DESTROYED IN OCTOBER
;
, Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 7 Nov 79 p 8 _
~
[Text] In the monthly report submitted by the coordinating entity for Zone
06 in the permanent campaign against the drug traffic, subordinate ta the
Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, its head, Cruz Lupez Garza,
_ announced that, in the action carried out jointly by the forces of the Fe-
deral Judicial Police and the Mexican Army, through Air Force Condor, drugs
which would have brought 112 million pesos, as a conservative figure, on
ttie black market, were seized and destroyed.
~
In the action conducted jointly, 117 persons were arrested, and thF.re were
seizures of 37 short-barreled weapons, 13 long-barreled weapons,:;290 car-
- tridges and five vehicles which had been used for the illegal activities
of planting, cultivating and harvesting drugs, according to the coordinator. -
Lopez Garza noted that seizures were also made of 275 grams of heroin, 6
kilograms and 336 grams of cocaine, 1,417 kilograms and 638 grams of mari-
huana, 471 grams of opium gum, 24 kilograms of poppy seed, 1,272 toxic pills
. and 32 grams of procaine.
- The head of the subordinate entity added that it should be explained that 84 -
different investigations were conducted involving poppy plantations, and ~
only two of the plantations bloomed; which indicates that the effectiveness
of the herbicides that are being used is highly satisfactory. The result
has been that what previously produced 20 plants per square meter has now
been reduced to 10 plants; and thus larger drug production is becoming dif-
ficult.
In commenting on the action performed to destroy the plantation, he said
that nine marihuana plantations had been discovered, 23 were destroyed
- manually and seven were destroyed by fumigation on an area of 5,935 square
- meters. He explained that the number of poppy plantations has increased
again, because the rainy season has ended.
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Lopez Garza claimed that this is proven by the fact that 341 poppy planta-
tions were destroyed manually over an area of 262,782 square meters, and
790 plantations were destroyed by fumigation over an area of 159,010 square
meters. .
Lopez Garza remarked: "Such were the results of the action taken between 1
and 31 October of this year; and, in accordance with the data that have
been noted, it should be mentioned that we shall have to intensify our ac-
_ tivity again, so as to continue to combat the activities that are being
conducted outside of the law."
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- MEXICO
HEROIN TRAFFICKING RING DISBANDED, MEMBERS QUESTIONED
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 7 Nov 79 Sec B p 8
- [Text] A well organizea ring of heroin processors, purchasers, shippers, ex-
porters and sellers which had been operating on an international scale in
the southern part of the country, and which was using this town as a"spring-
board" for sending the hard drugs to the northern part of the United States
was completely disbanded by agents of the Federal Judicial Police.
Slightly less than 1 kilogram of heroin with a high degree of purity was
seized during the operation begun here by the Federal Judicial Police. A
dozen persons, including several women, were arrested and subjected to close
questioning by the agents.
It has been constantly reported that many agents have been seen in the town
who were sent officially by the Office of the Attorney General of the Re-
public to take charge of the investigation of thi~ important case.
The Federal Public Ministry remained completely silent when EL MANANA attempt-
ed to obtain information concerning the probe that is being conducted re- -
_ garding the confiscated drugs.
:
However, one of the federal prosecutors hinted at the truth of the rumors,
claiming that, at noon today, all the details of the investigation might
possibly be disclosed.
Local Agents Are Not Working
The foregoing did not fail to cause amazement, because it was known before-
hand that it must have been federal agents from outside who headed the in-
vestigation;. because it is public knowledge that the Federal Judicial Po-
lice agents detailed to this town after the.transfer of Comdr Margarito
Mendez Rico have done virtually nothing with regard to the campaign against
drug trafficking.
Gabriel. Santibane~, chief of the Federal Judicial Police group, and his
agents, have confinzd themselves to a feeble pursuit of Che "reefers" and
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a few petty thieves and tipplers; while the czars of the drug traffic strut
about freely in the town, continuing their illegal business with impunity.
Attesting to this is the fact that, whereas drug shipments have not been dis-
covered here, in Laredo, Texas, the narcotics agents are constantly bringing
results to their super~ors.
' Inexplicably, the coordinator of the agencies of the Federal Public Ministry, _
= Alfredo Aaron Juarez Jimenez, has not demanded that the agents yield results
in the antidrug campaign; because despite his having been here for several
- months, his presence has been virtually nonexistent.
The opposite holds true for the chiefs of the Federal Judicial Police groups
detailed to other towns, such as Reynosa, Matamoros, Tampico, Torreon, Pied- -
ras Negras and Monterrey, where large rings of drug distrib utors have been
- destroyed during the past few weeks.
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MEXICO
MARIHUANA S1~IUGGLER ARRESTED, CONTACTS IDENTIFIED
H. Matamoros EL BRAVO in Spanish 3 Nov 79 Sec A p 8
[TextJ The night before last, the Federal Judicial Police under the command
of Gerardo de Avila Avila arrested Miguel Martinez Zamarripa, alias "E1
Miguelillo," as an apparent supplier of several marihuana couriers. When
in custody, he confessed to having been engaged in drug trafficking on a
large scale for some time.
His main contact was in the city of Brownsville, to which he constantly
sent large shipments of marihuana, accordin~ to this own statement.
Comdr Gerardo de Avila Avila reported yesterday that they had been pursuing _
"E1 Miguelillo" since last week, when a convict had mentioned him as the _
person who had been supplying him. with marihuana joints to be distributed .
subseqently among addicts over a long period of time.
It was stated that Carlos Miguel Sigala, who was recently arrested by the
State Judicial Police for having committed several robberies, and who had
several marihuana 3oints in his possession at the time of his capture, was
the individual who identified Miguel Martinez Zamarripa as the one who had
been providing him with the drugs.
In view of this, the Federal Judicial Police agents began a series of inves-
tigations aimed at finding that individual, whom they succeeded in arresting
the night before last on the Santa Anita communal farm.
The latter was immediately taken to the Federal Judicial Police jail, where
he was subjected to close questioning. It was noted that no drugs were
found in his possession.
Miguel Martinez Zamarripa confessed that he had actually,supplied mazihuana
to Carlos Miguel Sigala Lira, as well as to several other persons.
When questioned about his activities in the drug traffic, he also admitted
to having made constant ma.riliuana shipments to the American side, which he
delivered to an individual who has a machine shop in the city of Brownsville
and who was responsible for distributing them to various locations in the
United States.
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Now that "E1 Miguelillo" is in custody, the Federal Judicial Police will
i', continue~ the investigation of several persons who were mentioned by this
- ' individual under arrest as also implicated in the drug traffic. It was
learned that "E1 Miguelillo's" contact in Brownsville has been fully iden-
tified, and may have been arrested by the authorities in that city.
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MEXICO
_ HEROIN SHIPMENT SEIZED, TRAFFICKERS CAPTURED
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 8 Nov 79 Sec B p 4
[Text] Federal Judicial Police agents under orders from Comdr Manuel Espin-
dola Martin,ez seized 300 grams of pure brown heroin, two 45-caliber automa-
tic pistols and two vehicles`which had been used for the transport and ex-
port of ~he shipments of "powder" in the course of the investigation of the
illegal activities of a ring of presumed drug traffickers whose leader prov-
_ ed to be Juan Cisneros Veliz.
The foregoing announcement was ma.de by the coordinator of the agencies of
the Federal Public Ministry, Alfredo I~aron Juarez Jimenez, who thereby con-
firmed the exclusive article published by EL MANANA in its edition of yes-
terday.
In addition to Juan Cisneros, the agents arrested nine other persons, in-
cluding Jorge Cisneros Cisneros and Apolonio Dominguez Valdez, whom the
former identified as his ma.in collaborators; because they helped him to _
carry out the transactions for the purchase and sale of the harmful powder.
Held for questioning were Jose Luis Rios Veliz, Octaviano Contreras Munoz
and Javier Cerda, who was recently released after having been jailed in
Houston, Texas, for several years for drug trafficking.
Also arrested were Martha Cruz Rocha, Rosa Munoz de Contreras, Antonia Con-
treras Munoz and Antonia Rocha Banda, who are being closely questioned con- ~
cerning their connections with the underworld ring.
_ Capture in the Middle of a M~eeting
The Federal Judicial Police reported that, a little over a month ago, they
were engaged in investigating the ring's activities; but,`since concrete
information was lacking, it was not until last Monday that the decisive
- operation w~s carried out.
_ A large number of federal agents made a surprise raid on a residence located
_ in Privada de Ma.r Negro, in the "La Paz" development, where they arrested
the 10 aforementioned individuals.
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Juan Cisneros Veliz and Jorge Cisneros were skillfully disarmed by the agents,
since ti,:ay were carrying fully loaded 45-caliber automatic pistols.
A moderate amount of heroin was found in that residence; but, upon being -
questioned, these individuals confessed that they had another portion of
drugs received a few days earler in the residence of Jorge Cisneros.
- The agents went to Jorge Cisneros' residence, where he turned over a pack-
age containing more heroin, which he had concealed under a refrigerator.
It Came From Culiacan
The source of the information added that Juan Cisneros confessed that the
heroin which he and his accomplices were selling abroad was purchased in
Culiacan, Sinaloa. �
Valuable information was provided to the Federal Judicial Police; and, there- `
fore, a group of agents went to that town, in order to locate the clandes-
tine laboratory in which the drugs were processed.
It Withstood Eight 'Cuts,' and They Sold It in Houston
Juan Cisneros admitted that he had intended to convert the heroin that was
seized from him into slightly more than 2 kilograms, because its degree of
purity "could withstand as many as eight cuts."
He explained that he had cut the shipments which he purchased on previous
occasions that many times; and, therefore, he made big profits.
~ Juan Cisneros went on to say that, witl-. the aid of his aceomplices, he ship-
ped the heroin to Houston, making the cuts of the drug in that city, with
the collaboration of Javier Cerda, and later selling it to different "cus-
~ tomers."
He Inherited His Brother's Contacts
- jJith a wealth of detail, Juan Cisneros disclased to the Federal Judicial
Police that he had inherited the contacts for suppliers and customers from
his brother, Fidencio Cisneros Veliz, alias "La Picharra," who died during
February in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, of acute peritonitis.
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Martha Cruz Rocha, Rosa Munoz de Contreras, Antonia Rocha Banda~and Antonia
' Contreras Munoz were held by tr~e Federal Judicial Police for questioning
about the illegal activities of Juan Cisneros Veliz and his accomplices.
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where Juan Cisneros' ring was meeting. This indi~iidual was recently re-
leased from jail in Houston, Texas, where he had;'spent several years for
drug traffickin~.
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cio, alias "La Picharra." The Federal Judicial Police stated that the 300
grams of heroin that were seized belonged to the same individual.
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MEXICO
BRIEFS
POLICE, TRAFFICKERS IN GUN BATTLE--Mexico City, 12 November--Ztao Federal Ju-
dicial Police agents and three drug traffickers were killed during a gun
battle held in the town of Tinajas, `Jeracruz, after an ambush had been set
up for the authorities by the drug traffickers from that town. According
to a report from the general directorate of that policy entity, which is
subordinate to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, the in-
cident occurred last Sunday, when the federal agents were conducting an in-
vestigation to locate a ring of drug traffickers operating in that area,
which was engaged in su~splying drugs to the entire central section of the
country. The ambush occurred in the town in question, when the agents were
- posted waiting for an "informer," who was to give them all the information
on how the ring operated, and also who comprised it. Suddenly, several ~
individuals shot them from a pickup truck, and two of the federal agents
were immediately killed. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 13 Nov
79 Sec A p 5] 2909 ~
_ COLOMBIAN CAUGHT WITH COCAINE--Mexico City--Another shipment of pure cocaine
- with an est~mated black market value of over 30 million pesos was seized by _
customs at the international airport in this city from an individual who is
apparently Colombian. The passenger, whose name was not given so as to pre- `
vent interference with the pertinent investigation, arrived on a regular
Venezuelan Airlines flight. The drug trafficker was carrying the drugs in
polyethylene bags attached to his body, and tied with a girdle of the type
" used by women to improve their figures. The difficulty with which the Co-
lombian stooped to pick up his bags caused the Federal Judicial Police -
agents to susgect something irregular, and they arrested him for a complete
search; which is how the drugs were discovered. [Text] [Nogales DIARIO DE
NOGALES in Spanish 20 Nov 79 p 4] 2909 _
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NICARAGUA
BRIEFS
BURNING 0~ MARIHUANA--More than 200 lbs of marihuana were burned today in the
Ajax Delgado.Sandinist police headquarters. The marihuana had been confis-
cated at the beginning of December in Managua and Ciudad Dario. There are
some 34 .geople under arrest for buying and selling marihuana. The police
are giving spe~ical lectures to the users of marihuana, and the marihuana
= traffickers will be turned over to revolutionary justice. [PA130449 Managua
_ Domestic Service in Spanish 0330 GMT 13 Dec 79 PA]
DRUG TRAFFICKERS KILLED--Managua, 12 Dec (ACAN-EFE)--Four members of a drug
trafficking gang were killed yesterday in.a shootout with police in northern
Nicaragua. The traffickers were identified as Donald Ma,rtinez Manzanares,
Genaro Hernandez Chavarria and brothers Reinaldo a~d Salvador Valle Castellon.
- The incident occured in Matagalpa. The police found four sacks of marihuana
in their possession. [PA130200 Panama City ACAN in Spanish 1514 GMT 12 Dec
79 PA]
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PANAMA -
BRIEFS
U.S. RULING ON SHIP--A U.S. court has ruled in favor of Panama in the suit
filed by a company which owns a Panamanian-registered ship that was aeized
J by the U.S. Coast Guard for carrying drugs in international waters. A U.S. -
federal district court in southern Florida ruled that the ship will be
- turned over to the.Panamanian authorities who will initiate Iegal proceed-
ings. The capture of the ship was coordinated by the National Guard G-2,
thz attorney general's office, the Foreign Ministry and the ships depart-
ment of the Finance and Treasury Ministry. [Panama City Domestic Service ,
in Spanish 2230 GMT 26 Nov 79 PA]
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SOUTH AFRIC~
~N'f'~T I~1tUl; 1'I;~(~1tAPiS (:R l'I'1 c: I% I;I)
Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 6 Dec 79 p 7
[~rticle by Mauritz Moolman]
[ Tex L" ] ACAUEMIC research into the He has just returned from a
South African drug scene is study tour of the drug problem
virtually non-existent while overseas and is to submlt a
drug abuse among 5outh Afri- report in which, it is beUeved,
can youths is reaching crisis he will call for a new pra
proportions. gramme to fight drug abuse in -
This has come to light in an . 5outh Africa.
investigation after reports that According to Mr Van der
schools are experiencing an un- Burgh, research in South Africa -
precedented abuse of drugs by has lagged because there were
~ pupils. no facilities.
Dr Sylvain de Miranda, an "The lack of relevant re-
authority on drug abuse and search is part and parcel of the
head of Phoenix House in Jo- whole drug problem," Dr De
hannesburg, commented that Miranda said.
South Africa's anti-drug strate- The reasons are a lack oF -
gy was a"complete failure". funds, a lack of interest among
The most recent "meaning- researchers and present laws
(ul" research on drug abuse governing drug use, he said.
was done by Mr Chris van der He said the serious situation
- Burgh, a chief researcher on was exaggerated because South .
drugs at the Human Research Africa tended to use overseas
Council during 1976, Dr De Mir- research which had little rel-
anda said yesC,rday. evance to the local situation. -
The University of the Witwa- "They had a heroin problem,
tersrand has only one book which we never had. Now they ~
available in the library, by Dr are finding that they have a
A Bensusan, published in 1975, 'poli-drug' problem, the same
two theses which have little a� we have," Dr De Miranda
relation to present trends and said.
- the two reports brought out by Poli-drugs are drugs taken
the Human Sciences Research tvith alcohol with very serious
Council, a university librarian consequences.
said. Mr Van der Burgh confirmed
"We are far behind the rest this and said South Africa was
of the world in research and not ready for the trend in poli-
_ only have the basic knowl- drugs, !
edge," Mr Van der Burgh said He said new priorities shouid
yesterday. be. laid down in the fight -
against drug abuse.
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SOUTH AFRICA
POLICE ARREST TRAFFICKERS, SEIZE DAGGA
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Nov 79 p 5 _
[~rticle by Hennie Egen] -
[ T~x t J SOUTH AfTiCari pO11Ce- Constable Jerome de Vil- the veld. The other three
' men have u'PeSted 8t liers of Port Shepstone was men were travelling in a
leaSt seven .~eople i~ on patrol on the national light delivery van when they
connection vrnth drugs r�ad near the town when he were arrested.
and have confiscated ~w a furniture truck travel- Captain John Wright, head
ling from the direction of of Durban's narcotic bureau,
_ IDazly millions of rands ~ xokstafl. sai~ the dagga had been
wOTth of dagga during He pulled the truck off the collected in the Transkei and -
the past week. road and in the back of the was on its .way to the Trans-
Last week Durban police found 93 bags of dagga vaal. '
netted and destroyed dagga - one of the biggest single In yet another swoop, -
worth more than R10-million ha~s of dagga made this police seized R100 000's
_ in hidden fields in Natal. Ye~' worth of drugs at Cedarville:
Yesterday four men were Tbe driver of the truck Sergeant Piet Bur
arrested and dagga worth at escaped into the bushes and Harding stopped a car near
least Rl,&million was seized CO~table G C Larsen helped Cedarville and discovered
by Port Shepstone police. ~~table De Villiers in his the drugs in the car. Two
search for the fugitive. '
The two policemen later P~P1e were arrested and the
arrested a man wandering in car was confiscated.
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ZAMBIA
llRUG ABUSE PROBLEM 'COULD BECOME SERIOUS'
Lusaka TIMES OF ZANBIA in English 28 Nov 79 p 4
[Article by Joyce Watae]
[Text]
IN 1973, Dr Victor of ~people ~being hospita-
Ntsekhe, then a consul- lised for treatment. _
tanE psychiatrist at Lu- He urged the authori-
saka's Chainama Hills des to take stern action
Hospital warned that if they wanted to arrest
- unless something was the ~ situation before it
done, drug addiction got out of hand, which
could become a serious would be in two years
problexn in Zambia. time. ~
_ At that time, drug Again, as befote, ct,e worsc
taking had hit Lusaka culpri~ aze secondary and
~ w~ith ril&t] college st~dcnts, boys ftom
I~ y. ydUllgSfCrS the Zambi� National Service
being picked up in parks camps and a few from the _
"stoned" after tBkillg workiag class.
~ drugs like varium and Most of the childten being
roche. brou ht to the hospital, Dr
Dr Ntsekhe had said Chaw~a said, were vety
y ouung boys who have taken
various cases of inental to dagga smoking after being
~1~.~ strain resulting from the introduced to ~t by friends.
use of drugs were treat- 'rt~e t~oys sa~a a~cec tt~ey -
~ had smoted da~ga, their
ed in Zambia s clinics mental capabil~ty was
with the mtin viCtims increased, they could re-
, being students. member more than ~they did
Recently, the medical before and therefore
superintendent at Chai-' continued taking it.
nama Hills Hospital, Dr usua�y, whac happens,
Dr Chawla said, after a boy
Sudarsha Chawla, tC- ha's been taking drugs for a -
vealed that drug abuse white, he stares seeing
in Zambia had reached ' ~~sions.
He can hear voices but
. alarming proportions dces n~ot see the pcuple, and -
with medical authorities Iater on hears people Wan~-
expressing grave COri- ing to kill him.
cern about the number Suddenly, the boy gces
"wild", bearing up every-
- body especially members of
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his family and brsaking any- and told them what had led their
thi(ig he cor~les across. This
is t1'c stage when thc boy is child astray, as well as make them
br~iight to Chainam:~ Hills, realize and see that the problem
1losprtal.
At the hospital, thc boy is W~~~ now ,i f t~c~c t i nt; tli~~ i r cli i 1~1 ;in~l
given treatment for tcn to 15 leadin~ liim :istr.ay.
, days before he becomes his [Words illegible] especially if
normalselfagain.Itisatthis the arents coo erate and the child
stage when the real treat- P P -
ment begins. is soon back to his usual self and
Dr Chawla said he has devised can go back home.
a treatment program which in- But it is the child with the
personality problem who is
volves the parents of the the most difficult one to
child as well. Mostly, Dr treat.
Chawla said, the boys come Guide~
from ordinary work~ng class
parents like everybody else. 1'he medical super-
intendent explained that with
When the boy is better, such a child, family inter-
the parenLs are called in and vention dces not help, and
they sit together with the neither does putting him
boy, talking to him and try- back into society, because he
ing to find the reasons which will soc~n come back, and
led him into smoking dagga. hospitalising him also did no
_ A boy who smokes dag~a good.
because of a friend's Since such cases are rather
influence i~ easier to cure, dif6cult to handle the child is
the doctor explained than put into the hands of a sceial
one who goes into it because worker, because usually
of a personality problem. such a' child either did not
' "It is also importa7t to have the confidence to
involve pa;ents because we approach anyone even other
have found out that when we boys at school, or he lacked
leave the parents out, we get courage or had a serious
very little or no success at all. mental problem.
So in most cases, we use The child is then iven to a
parental respect," Dr g
Chawlasaid. social worker. to guide him until
Colled he regains his confidence and
courage. But at the moment, Dr
'I'here is another class, the Chawla, said he was not satisfied -
doctor said, and these are with this service because most of ~
children who start dagga. the social workers were expatriates
smoking because of family who lacked the badly needed local -
problems. Here again, 'rhe knowledge to guide the child.
parents are called to the hospital
when 'the boy is feeling better for Dr Chawla said he would
a talk with the doctor. feel much happier if most of
the social workers were
In such a case, Dr Chawla said, Zambiaas because then it
he usually explained to the parents would~be much easier to deal
what had led their child into dagga w~tli~~the ptoMem since the~
would~~ave the local know-
smoking . Becaus e in cas es where the how of handling the child.
child gives family problems as his He gave a typlcal example
which, although funny, was
retzson, that is automatically the rather sad. This was a boy
symptom of a sick family. who was bmught in from
Once the family comes to the National Service with
symptoms of dagga smoking. -
� hospita]_, he talked to the parents After staying at hospital for
' about a week, the boy was
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alright and was ablc to talk to sl~eping mate and it had
the doctor, affected himl
i asked the boy why he Meanwhile, in the wake of
had becn smoking dagga," the increased drug abuse by
the doctor said. "But the students, police Inspector~ -
boy said he was not a dagga General, Mr Crispin
smoker. Katukula has called on the
' Because 1 was sure the public to report to his ot~'icers
boy was not telling me lies anybody found cultivating or
_ and since he belonged to the in possession of dagga.
- since he belonged to the The inspector - general -
'Watchtower sect. ~ was ' said police would co-operate
- sure he wouldn't be telling with an~one with information
me lies." on dagga peddling. ~
- But the doctor persisted Maybe it is in issues like
- and the boy kept on insiting this one where the Party
that he did not take the drug Women's Brigade should
although he had the come in an.d work together
symptoms of dagga smoking. with law enforcing officers.
Finally, the story came out.
The boy was in National Detects
Service and they had to share
a blanket with another boy For isn't it usually the
who smoked dagga. Because mother who detects the
the boys could not smoke the q,ueer behaviour in their
dagga during the day for fear child? So it should only be
o� disciplinary action, they natural that women get -
smoked it at night. involed in this. The social
But that still a~an~t workers are usually women
_ account for the bov's state. and the medical super-
_ until, he said, all the boys itendent at Chainama Hills
- who took the drug had to Hospital feels that Zambians
smoke it with blankets over would do this job better than
their heads for fear of the expatriates.
smoke being smelt or seen by So here is a challenge for
the authorities, the ~womenfolk to prove they
The poor boy had been in- can at least heip. The time is
haling tt~e smoke from his now, when the situation can
still be anested.
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USSR
COMPULSORY TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG ADDICTS
Moscow SOVETSKAYA YUSTITSIYA in R,ussian No 17, Sep 79 aigned to presa
22 Aug 79 p ~5
~rticle by S. IIlitskiy, assistant profeasor of the department of criminal
laW and procedure of the Far East State iTniveraity: ~~The IIae of Compulsory
Treatment for Alcoholics and Drug Addicta!~7
~ext~ The Plen~ of the USSR Supreme Court in its resoluti~n of 2l~. Nov 78
~~On the Juridical Practice of Implementing a Conditional Release from Prison -
with a Compulsory Enlistment of the Convict into Labor,n in particular, -
explained what type of conditions it is necessary to consider when aolving
the problem on conditional release with compulsory enlistment into labor of -
people who have been assigned obligatory treatment for alcoholism and drug
addiction.
The law does not allow conditional release with compulsory enlistment oP the
individuals into labor, who along with criminal p~mishment have been assigned
_ obligatory treatment against alcohol.ism or drta~ abuse (paragraph 1, part 4,
_ p 532, RSF'SR Criminal Code). In connection with this, the Plen~ pointed
out that the conditional release cannot be used only in cases of those con-
victed and who.must complete a corresponding obligatory treatment, but also
those servi~ig a sentence who axe alcoholics and drug addicts and for wham
an obligatory treatment was not assigned due to medical contraindications.
One would ass~ae that such an explanation correaponds to paragraph 1, part
4, p 532 of the Criminal Code. One must bear in mind that medical contra- �
indicators are not permanent. They can disappear after the expiration of
a certain amount of time (for example, during pregnancy) or in connection
= with the treatment of an illness and diagnosed contrai.ndicators.
The removal of inedical contraindicators assumes the asaignment to convicted -
- alcoholics and drug addicts of obligatory treatment in accoxdance'with~page' -
58 of the RSFSR Corrective-Labor Code. But it excludes the conditional
release With obligatory enlistment in labor. -
Beaides, the prohibition studied by us is explained not only by the diffi-
cultiea of organizing obligatory treatment of conditionally relea~ed people, _
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but also by the fact that the conditional release of alcoholics and drug _
addicts who have not completed the appropriate treatment, would interfere
in the process of further correction and re-education of the conditionally
released prisonera (jv.9t like the aick ones so also the ones who are not
suffering from alcoholiam or dr~ag addiction~ and could create a threat to -
- the aecurity of the public.
Consequ.ently, the explanation of the Plenimm of the USSR, Su~reme Court con-
cerning the non-application of conditional release for alcoholics and drt~ -
addicta who have not begun the obligatory trestment due to medical contra-
indicators does not expand tho circle of individuals who are not aubject to -
conditional release (this could only be done by a lawmaker), and more com- -
- pletely exposes the content of the law.
The Plen~ of the USSR Supreme Court in the decree of 2Li. Nov 78 explained
that for the individuals in whose cases the court eliminated the obligatory
treatment against alcoholism and drug addiction, conditional release with -
_ obligatory enlistment in labor could be applied (part 1, paragraph 6}. More-
over, it is important to bear in mind that the court eliminates obligatory
treatment not only because of its succeas, but also because the convict is
i found to have medical contraindications which eli.minate the possibility for
_ fvrther treatment. And if the alcoholics or drug addicts to whom the obliga-
tory treatment was not assigned in connection with medical contraindic~tions
and ara subject to conditional release, then it would be illogical to apply
it to convicts the treatment of which ha d been stopped due to theae eame -
contraindications. This means that according to part 1, paragraph 6 of the
Decree of the Plen~, conditional release with obligatory enlistment in labor
can be .;s~plemented only in thoae cases where the convicts whoae obligatory
treatment had ceased due to their recovery. A si.milar explanation was given
in the Decree of the Plen~ of the RSFSR Supreme Court for 13 Dec 77 �On
several issues which have arisen in the court practice in the application
of clause 21,.2 and 532 of the RSFSR Criminal Code, which auggested ths.t the
~udges examine on what basis the obligatory treatment against alcoholiam or
drug addiction was stopped, wh~t period of time passed after it was stopped
and what has been the behavior o~ the convict in the prison areas during
this period. �
The Plenum of the USSR Supreme Court in a decree from 2J~. Nov 78 explained
that upon returning a conditionally released person to prison, the court has
the right (in the presence of an appropriate medical conclusion) to apply
to such an individual obligatory treatment against alcoholism or dru~ addic-
tion.
- Besides thie, one must bear in mind, that ~ssigning a compulsory treatment
~ in accordance with page 62 of the Criminal Code is permitted not only at the
time of sentencing. The first part of this clause discusses the right of
~ the ~udge to assign compulsory treatment along with the punishment. Since
in part 5, page 532 of the Criminal Code the issue concerns sending the con-
vict to a corrective labor facility to serve his prison sentence, then the
assignment in this case of compulsory treatment doea not contradict part 1,
_ page 62 of the Criminal Code. Page 368 of the RSFSR Criminal Code of Criminal . _
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. .
Procedure providea the posaibility Yor the ~udge to assign alcoholics and
_ drug addicts the compulsory treatment in accordance with page 62 of the
Criminal Code at a atage of carrying out the eentence.
On page 369 of the Code of Criminal Proaedure an identioal procedural order _
ia establiahed for solving the problem concerning the return of the condi-
- tionally released individual to priaon (page 3622 of the Code of Criminal
_ Procedure) and on assigning compulsory treatment against alcoholism or dx~~
_ addiction (page 3~ of the Code of Crim~ial Procedure). However, the united
stuc~y of the iasuea stipulated by the various standarda of the Code~of
Criminal Procedure, can neither narrow nor expand the procedural righta of
thA participanta of crimin~l legal proceedinge which they could have used
in stuc~ying each one separatels.
In addition, the determination of the asaignment or non-assignment of com- -
pulsory treatment for convicted alcoholics or dri~ addicts (in contrast to
~ the administrative-legal court decrees on sending individusls who are
alcoholics or drug addicts to treatment and labor dispensariea) can be com-
plained about and appealed (page 33~ of the Code of Criminal Procedure).
At the same time, the determination due to the return of the conditionally
released individual to prison does not apply to complaint or appeal (page
331 of the Code of Cri.m.i.nal Procedure
Clause 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not stipulate the possi-
bility for a partial legal enforcement of the determinations. Thia means . -
that in any case they must apply totally.
However the combined stuc~y of the questiona indicated along with one determi-
nation which was carried out, does not allow the present requirement to be
observed. This is explained by the fact that a determination is not subject
to complaints and appeals and comes into effect and iQ quickly executed,
while that which is sub3ect to co~laints and appeals- by the time the term
has expired for complaints and appeals either in case of a personal complaint
or protest--are handled according to the consideration of affairs of the
_ higher judge. `
From here it follows that the people~s ~udge must carry out two determina-
tions: one on sending a conditionally released individual to prison and the
other on assigning compulsory treatment.
COPYRIGHT: Izdatel~stvo ~~Yuridicheakaya literatura,~~ zhurnal ~~Sovetskaya
Yustitsiya, 1979 ~ ~
8714
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TURKEY
BRIEFS
SMUGGLING RING REVEALED--Kilis, 7 Dec (AA)--Interpol has helped Turkish
police to reveal a large-scale firearms and electronic apparatus smuggling
case involving 14 billion Turkish liras. Interpol chanced on the smuggling
during its investigation of a heroin-running gang, which was first r~vzaled
in Italy and was trailed to Kilis at Turkey's southeastern border. Turkish
police, working with Interpol, apprehended Feyzullah Cakmak, known as "the
nucleus," and two of his accomplices, upon information given by a German,
H. Claus, owner of a German-license plate truck involved in smuggling con-
traband goods. Officials say they have found false documents for several
trucks entering Turkey at her European checkpoints and suspect these vehi-
cles of smuggling narcotics, firearms, electronic goods, gold and foreign
currency. Officials are now working on the hypothesis that smuggling of
heroin and other contraband goods may lead to the�same source, and on the
trail of the headquarters for the smuggling ring. A second lieutenant -
in command of a gendarmerie post at Turkey's Syrian border has been taken
under custody on charges of having.collaborated with the smugglers.~ [Text]
[TA071606 Ankara ANATOLIA in English 1545 GMT 7 Dec 79 TA]
CSO: 5300 _ ~ _
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