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20 February 1980
Worldwide Report
_ NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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20 February 1980
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DAMGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 8/80)
CONTENTS
ASIA
AUS TRALIA
Federal Pulice Begin Campaign Against Drug Racketeers
(Various sources, various dates)
Commissioner's Press Conference, by Brad Lawson,
Russell Schneider
Narcotics Chief Reassigned
_ Intelligence Center Formed
New Campaign Analyzed, by Paul E1.l.ercamp
New Approach Needed, Editorial
South Australia Plans for War Against Drugs
(THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 12 Dec 79)
Que.ensland Drug Aid Service Given Greater Autonomy
~ (THE COURIFR-MAIL, 18 Dec 79)
- Government Urged To Take Action on Drug Problem
(Editorial; THE AGE, 17 Dec 79)
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8
9
Briefs
Syndicate Member Jailed
10
_ Drug Plan 'Success'
10
- Dangers in North
10
Marihua na as Cancer Drug
11
Alleged Smugglers' Trial
11
New Zealander Sentenced
11
- Alleged Ringleader's Denial
12
Warning on Stolen Tablets
12
_ Regional Conference Planned
12
Sydney Marihuana Rally
12
Cannabis Resin Smuggling
12
Heroin Import Attempt
13
Woman on Heroin Charge
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BURMA -
Authoxities Destroy Poppy Plantations
(BOTATAIJNG, 22, 23 Jan 80) 14
- Campaign Launched
UN Ofiicial Takes Part
Briefs
Heroin Traffickers Sentenced 15
Heroin in Taunggyi 15 ~JAPAN
Briefs
Ttao Japanese Arres ted 16
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand To Join With Australia in Antidrug War.
(THE WEST AUSTRALIA.'V, 14 Dec 79) 17
Briefs
Move on Drug Vehicles lg
- PAKISTAN
Briefs
Big Hash Haul 19
Charas Seizure 19
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Briefs
War on Drugs 20
PHIZIPPINES
Marcos Considers Denying Bail To Arrested Drug Pushers
(PNA, 7 Feb 80) 21
SINGAPORE
Briefs
Alert to Drug Harvest 22
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SOUTH KOREA
Seven Arrested for Smuggling Stimulant Drug
- (THE KOREA HERALD, 20 Jan 80)
23
Briefs
-
- Philopon Smuggling
24
THAILAND
`
Hong Kong Smugglers Arrested With Heroin
~ (NATION REVIEW, 12 Nov 79)
25
Ttwo Italians Caught With Heroin
(BANGkOK POST, 14 Nov 79)
26
Opium Seized at Lampang Rnadblock
(BANGKOK POST, 15 Nov 79)
27
Truckload of Marihuana Seized in Pattaya
~ (BANGKOK POST, 25 Nov 79)
28
Briefs
Heroin Tour Bus Seizure
29
_ Wanted Dealer Arrest in Chonburi
29
Australian Sentenced
30
Arrests in Chiang Mai
30
EAST EUROPE
HUNGARY
Increased Use of Narcotics Evokes Stifi'er Sentences
(NEPSZABADSAG, 11 Jan 80) .........................o... 31
LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL
Antidrug Program Initiated for Sa4 Paulo Studenta
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 30 Dec 79)

Drug Cases Involving Police Untried After Five Years
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 6 Jan 80)
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Briefs
Cocaine Traffickers Arrested 36
Marihuana Seized in Amazonas 36
COLOMBIA
Police Seizures for 1979 Summarized
~ (EL TIEMPO, 20 Dec 79)
37
Atlantic Coast Seizures in Early December Listed
(EL TIEMPO, 19 Dec 79)
39
National Antidrugs Coalition Founded
(EL TIEMPO, 6 Dec 79)
42
Bensinger Calls for Heavier Penalties
(EL TIEMPO, 7 Dec 79)
43
- F-2 in Triple Strike at Traffickers
(Francisco Cristancho; EL ESPECTADOR, 6 Dec 79).......
44
Police Close Dow-i Major Cocaine Operation
(Cadena Nucional, 23 Jan 80)
47
DrugS, Forty Eight Traffickers Seized
(EL ESPECTADOR, 20 Dec 79)
48
Total of 500 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized in Bogota
(Ramiro Castellanos; EL TIEMPO, 18 Dec 79)............
50
Traffickers, Drugs Seized at Bogota Airport
(EL ESPECTADOR, 12 Dec 79)
52
Briefs
Traff ickers Fined 3 Million Pesos 55
~ Large Cocaine, Marihuana Seizure 55
Ship, Marihuana Seized 55
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Authorities Seize Plane Carrying Two Thousand Pounds of
Marihuana
(Angel Valenzuela; EL NACIONAL, 11 Jan 80)............ 56
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CONTFNTS (Continued)
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Further Details on Seizure of Plane Carrying Marihuana
(Antolin Montas; LISTIN DIARIO, 12 ,Jan 80)....,....,.. 58
Investigation of Pilots
Request for Surveillance _
- MEXICO _
Briefs
Guadalajara Drug Ring Seized 60
PJF Seizes Heroin, Traffickers 60 ~
_ Peruvians Seized With Cocaine 60 ~
_ Traffickers, Toxic Pills Seized 61
Drugs, Six Traffickers Seized 61
= NFAR EAST t1ND NORTH AFR.iCA
IRAN -
- Van Full of Heroin Seized Near Qazvin
(Tehran Domestic 5ervice, 7 Feb 80) 62
- WEST EUROPE
- DENMARK
Tao 'Narcotics Kings' Arrested; Smuggled Morphine Base -
From India -
(BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 8 Dec 79) .................0 63 `
Ten Arrested for Smuggling Ton of. Hashish
(BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 5 Dec 79) 64
- FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Ministers of Health, Interior Interviewed on Drug Problems
� (Gerhart Baum, Antje Huber Interview; DER SPIEGEL,
14 Jan 80) 65
Interior Ministry Conference Deals With Drug Problem
- (Peter Weigert; DIE WELT, 2 Jan 80) o.. 83
West Berlin Police Report Increase in Drug Deaths
(DIE WELT, 29/30 Dec 79) 85
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; CONTENTS (Continued) Page
Paper Applauds Federal Laender Investigation Unit
(Editorial; DIE WELT, 2 Jan 80) 86
Drug Scene Causes, Remedies as Viewed by Addict
(FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, 15 Dec 79) 87
Ttao Sentenced for Heroin Trafficking
(Erwin Tochtermann; SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG,
13 Dec 79) 91
Briefs _
Few Smugglers, More Drugs 92
FINLAND
- Customs Official: Dogs Find 90 Percent of Drugs
- (WSI SUOMI, 11 Jan 80) 93
- PORTUGAL
Morphine Dealers Arrested by Judiciary Police
(0 DIA, 27 Dec 79) 96
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_ AUSTRALIA
FEDERAL POLICE BEGIN GAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG RACKETEERS
Commissioner's Press Conference
Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 11 Dec 79 pp 1, 2
[Report by Brad Lawson and Russell Schneider]
[Text] The Fedtral Government yesterday deelared war on organised crime and
is about to begin deliberate haxassment of people it believes to be major
criminal syndicate leaders.
The campaign is expected to include the use of telephone listening devices,
electronic "bugs" and around-the-clock surveillance of the crime bosses.
Although principa,lly using new anti-drug powers, the newly-formed Australian
Federal Police will also employ other federal laws, including currency and
banking regulations, to get convictions against ringleaders.
Special teams of police
will probably be assigned to
gather evidence on leading
criminals.
The Chief Commissioner of
t.he new force, Sir Colin
WooGS, disclosed part of the
fedei�al plaii Yesterday iii
warning that �tlie gloves are
o(f" against drug traffickers.
FIeads of the federat and six
State police forces will meet in
Melbourne todaY to discuss
further co-opera6ion in the
fight against drugs.
But the new federal plan is
understood to go beyond drug
trafficking to involve most
major organised cr.ime.
Federal officials believe
there are criminal "busines-
ses" operating in Australia, all
wlth some involvement in
drugs.
But their operations extend
also to prostitution, gamb-
]ing, moncy-]aunderizig, and,
occaslonally. murder.
listening devices to gather evi-
dence on drug traffickers, but
these powers would not be
abused.
Sir Colin said he thought it
wiong not to make heroin the
top priority in the fight
against the drug trade.
His stand was backed by Mr
Brian Bates, a former seniur
officer in the disbanded Fed-
eral-Narcotlcs- Saceau and
now a consultant adviser with
ttie police, who said heroin was
the big problem in Australia
and "that's ahere our energies
and efforts will have to go".
Mr Bates said: "I thlnk to
cloud. the Sesue by.+:talklrYg
about something else wauld�be
dodging the main issue: It is as
simple as t:iat "
Sir Colin said policemen
thought there were' more
import,ant targets than mari-
juana, especially federally, al-
though police believed mari-
juana led to the use of harder
drugs.
He said: "I thlnk the drugs
The force is expected to con-
cecitrate its energies on "tar-
geting in" on the heads ot
these businesses.
Sir Colin, declaring liis in-
ten'tion of attacking the $100
million-a-year drug trade, said
yesterday he was personally
shocked at the nature and ex-
tent of trafficking and drug-
related crime in Australia.
Fie Lold a press conference in
' Canbena that:
THERE:was a sufficient num-
ber of "Mr Bigs" on the Aus-
tralian crime 'scene to main-
tain.an uninterrupted itow of
narcotics into the country,
even when one master crimi-
nal was removed;
HE WOULD press for greater
co-opexation with State law-
enforcement authorities to co-
ordinate anti-drug police
work; .
MANY, mem4ers of the old.
Customs Narcotics Bureau
would be sworn in as federal
police; and
POLICE would use eler,tronic
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problein facing this country is
our chances of success become
ipate a bumper harvest in
of immense propor6ions_
far more hopeful."
1980:'
"I kiiovr the scene in other
Sir Colin said there were
Sir Colin said a meeting of
~ countries and I have been in
people in Australia the media
assistant commissioners from
Autitrzlia now for sufflcient
liked to call "Mr Big".
State and federal police forces
I.imc to.makc un zssessinenL of
Hc ,said: �It ls an astonishtng
wtll start a two-day conterencc
Llir si6uation liere.
and sad fact that these people
in Melbourne today Lo assess
"Policemen are supposed to
can exi$t as they do.
the state of drug trafficking.
Uecome immune to many
-'Saddest of all is the iact
State police have promised to
ttiiiigs, but I am personally
that in Australia' there are
co-operate fully with the prop-
snocked by the nature and ex-
sufficient of these people to
osed federal crackdown.
tent of the illegal drugs and
maintain an uninterrupted
The West Australian Minis-
- related crime situation in Aus-
flow of narcotics into the
ter for Police, Mr O'Neil. said
_ tralia:'
councry, even. when one of
his force was ready to help in
He was convinced it was time
their number is removed from
any moves the federal police
_ the police had extra powers to
the scene.
saw fit in the continuing fight
_ conduct electronic survell-
"The communitv cannot
against the drug trad'e.
lance and the opportunity to
allow the scale of crime I ain
He said the State's poliee had
mount a national offensive.
Galkicig about to continue.
expressed concern at the in-
He said: "The purpose of this
-It is the job of the police as
creasing incidence of drug
new power is to help police to
the protectors of the commu-
abuse and the tendency of ad-
lock up criminals who import
nity to see that it doesn't "
dicts to turn to crime to sup-
narcotics into this country and
He said that, in the past five
port their habits.
distribute them.
years, �the amount of heroin
There was also concern in
- "It is a power that will not be
seizec'. by federal authorities
Western Australia that drug-
ahused by police, for, to abuse
each year increased fivefold,
affected drivers were becom-
- i6 would, in a society :;ucli as
from just under 6kg to almost
ing a factor in the road fatal-
this one, be the best w�ay to
30kg in the past 11 months.
ity rate and this trend would
lose iL.
But intelligence reports
worsen if drug use were al-
"Ttie targets for our surveil-
showed that only oetween 2.5
lowed to spread.
lanr,e are tio respecters of the
per cent and 5 per cent of
In Brisbane, a spokesman for
riglits of tlie individual.
heroin imported w�as seiaed.
the Queensland Commis-
"These people exist because
,This means that, already in
sioner of Police. Mr Terrv
_ they arc ruthiess in their pur-
1979, between 600 and 1200
Lewis, said the federal drug
sui6 of illicit gains.
kilograms of import-quality
officers would be given the ut-
^Thc new powcrs given to
heroin may have been brought
most co-oncration.
Llie Australian Federal Police
into this country.
"
mcaii that we have now taken
,Intelligence from overseas
the gloves off and, as a result,
su��ests onium growers antic-
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Narcotics Chief Reassigned
- Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 11 Dec 79 p 3
- [,Text;]
CANBERRA. - The head o[
the dismantled Narcotics Buresu,
Mr Harvey Bates, has parted
company wilfi the tront ranka
of Austratla'a anH�drug forces.
He hax gone back to worlc
with the Ftderal Goverement'a
customa ofHcelrs, from wUae he
came 10 yeara ago wheo the
Narcotics Bureau was set up.
�endve and detcetlon area of the
Bureau of Custome.
For reaaona w6ich the head
of the Federal PoBce, Sir Colln
Wooda, left open yesterday, Mr
Bated decided aot to go wlth the
Narcotica Bureau'a agents to the
police torce w6en t6ey were
tranaferred lesE mont6.
"Harvey BnteY and I 6ad
sordlal aad frank dLcoulona,
and. I wish hlm an enormoualy
sucsessful job soroeehen else,"
Sir Colin said.
Mr Bates ia not divornd
enlirely from the eHort. He
worlct now as assistant eecretary
- for specisl proJects in the pre�
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Intelligence
Center Formed
Melbourne THE AGE in English 13 Dec 7
9 P 3
[Text]
An Australian crime in-
- telligence centre will be
gy LyNDSA7 lviUR'uMH, oa
Chief Poliee ;teMsrtsr
set up in Canberra next
year.
police from � Victoria, New South
Wales and Soufih Australia was
_ The centre wiri COllate in-
formed af2er a police commis-
- formation from all States
sioners' conference in Canberra
and overseas
last week to draw up a master
.
A Melbourne conferencx of top
police from a-ll States and New
ptan'
But #he scheme was star.ted by
Zealand yesterday agreed on rules
the head of the Federal police,
Sir Colin Woods
to stop corruption in the centre.
.
One of the rdles is :believed to
He is in New Zealand thle
be that staff in areas susceptible
R'eek, for talks with senior police
to corruption do not work at the
there about closer co-o.peration.
centre for long periods.
Victoria's deputy commis-
Some State police forces were
gioner, dVlr. A. W. Conn, who
re:uctant to agree to a eentral
charred the conference, said late
intelligence unit unless there
Yesterday that working parcies
were guarantees of tight secur-
a'ere set up to follow up infor-
ity.
mation exchanged during the two
The qentre, to employ rr.ore
- than 100 people, wiil be flnanced
days.
Palice sonrces said Mflcers
through the Australian Federal
from each force outlined details
Police, police sources sald last
of big investigations.
nigh[.
Police said this was the fltst
Intelligence experts frorn all
titne ,the forces had -been pre-
Australian forces would work at
Pazed to tell all they knew of
'
the centre on a rotating b2sis.
drug synd
icates under investiga�
_ The c;entre will get a free flow
_ of criminal intelligence from all
tion. ,
palice expect the intelligrnce
forces.
centre to analyse and monitor
It will also collate and pass
the movement of dtvgs especially
on information from overseas in-
the $50 million a yeaz heroin
telligence networks.
trade, into Australia.
Senior Police believe the cen-
Tho Police FeQeration of Aus-
_
tre will stop duplication of in-
tralia Tast night welcomed the
centre but called for action on
vestigation, especially in the dtug
field
amon
Australia's forces
the recommendations in 1978 of
,
g
.
This had previously been im-
British police expert Sir Robert
possible because of open distrust
Mark.
ben,veen the farmer Federal
The federation president, In-
Bureau of Narcotics and State
spector Tam Ripgnn, said Aus.
Eral~ia's palice forces should urg.
_ police.
The 2wo-day Melboume confer-
ontlq consider the estabtishment
;
ence of about 30 senior police,
of a central forensic science la,b�
~ which ended yesterday, decided
oratory, computer system, re-
search and planning unit and poi�
on ,the guidelines tor� the estab-
ice college
- lishment and management of tha
.
centre.
- A working party of senior
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New Campa,ign Analyzed
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 12 Dec 79 P 7
[Article by Paul Ellercamp: "Beating the Drug Menace"]
[Text]
SIR Coiin Woocis cement-
industry, patticularly the or-
w'ho, in thc way of the Eng-
ed his control over the
ganiscrs of the heroin trade.
lish civil servant. i, restrain-
Commonwealth's anti-
For the first time, all
`ed and softly spoken.
- drugs effort this week
forces are W pool intel(igence
In what he acknowletiged
characteristicall ~rj~
Y
and resources through a
National Crime Intelligenee
as a new era of police co-
uperafion
all police 1'urces
a press conference.
Centre, aimed not solel at
Y
,
pool. intelligence an
, ac-
will
- lt was in marked contrast
narcotics, but at all crime.
ii
tivities and make sure that
to the style of the former
And extraordinary are the
two forces aze not, chasiqg
Narcotics Bureau
which op-
Poevers of elGCtronic surveil-
the asma target.
_
,
crated curiously through sec-
lance - bestowed for the
What, then, was the prob-
retive and often dramatic
first time upon a non-
security organisation
and
lem before?
"
tips to the press, radio and
telcvision
,
aimed specifically at organ-
Well, I think it is the
normal busine;s of fcderal-
.
Thc press conference has
'
ised drug rings.
'I'hiy is where the cheating
ism that one dces tend to
think of thin s in a State
g
come to be Sir Colin
s hall-
mark since he took over the
comes in. Other forces have
contezt;' he said. "This dces
new Australian Federal Police
been known to use listening
devices and telephone taps
have advanta es, but it also
g
in September, and the hall-
mark of the o
e
force he
withont worrying first about
has disadvantages when the
problem we are talking about
p
n
has promised,
cttin
g the ~wer to use
h
is very much a national one.
He has also promised re-
em.
In some cases
it is the
"We were previously
pcatedly that the new force
,
result of confusion about
organised to compete in the
'
= will not eheat. He said it
what constitutes a tap, and
t think
street, which I don
again on Monday.,
in others the requirements of
ever leads to good co-opera-
'
Rcferring to its newly gain-
gragmatic police work.
re after the same
tion. We
ed powcrs of electronic sur-
it is such pragmatism and
informants, the same people
~~eillance - eavesdropping
oversight which creates pub-
~ the same business - hence
microphones. and telephone
"
lic ''distrust of police forces,
my belief that in operational
'
- taps - he said they
witl
and which Sir Colin must
terms, it
s far better to join
not be abused by police,
tor io abuse thcm will be
avoid if the AFP is to have a
the big battalion than to
" '
the hcyt wxy to lose them.
rcal impact on crime in Aus-
compete with it
"I havc stated carlicr and
tralia.
He stressed the signiti-
' I will repeat - we will not
The heroin market alone
cance of the National' Crime
chc;jl,"
realises betwecn $Sp
Intelligence Centre, as op-
I'crhaps he is assuring a
million and $100 million an-
posed to a"narcotics" centre
_ pupulalion not known for itz
he said, describing
nually
-"major crimes are incx-
concern about matters
i
,
the problem as like "a dceply
tricably.linked with narcotics
" And the "Mr Bigs;"
crimes
pol
tic, but his rationale is
rooted tree, with branches
.
ihai, for the Australian Fcd-
'
ihat � conlinue to grow and
while organising the latte[.
-
eral Police to succeed, it
cast their sinister shadow
are inextricably linked to the
~ must have public backing,
further across the country."
former.
~ cspccially in the sensitive
Policemen +vere "supposed
Sir Colin has appointed a
arca of narcotics, whcre ex-
to become immune to many
new Assistant Commissioner,
traordinary measures are
things," he
saici, "but I am
Mr John. Reilly, to head the
oFtcn reqmred.
_
-
peisonally shockcd by the
AFP's narcotics activities.
Extraordinary for the pol-
"
"
nature
e
yet
1S
~n
ice, at least, is the new
era
legal drnga a d
related~crime
fo mer
many
arc t~ s
N
of co-operation among thc
situation in AuStralia
Bureau officers will be ab�
State and Federal forces
workin� a�ainst the narcotics
.
The words� are incongru-
sorbed into thc AFP's drug
ous cominQ From Sir Colin,
division. All have been sworn
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- in as "special mcmbers" of
_ the forcr., pending decisions
on thcir future, which arc
expectcd by the end of next
week.
lt is far from certain that
all bureau agents will be
taken into the Eorce. For a
start, the rclevant Act may
havo to be amended to allow
people to be sworn in as
- policemen without neces-
- sarily serving first as protec-
tive security officers - one
of the major functions of
the former Eommonwcalth
Poticc.
a Sir Colin has travelled
Australia, and has spoken ta
. evcry Bureau agent he could
to explain thcir positions and
the need to reconcile the for-
mal requirements for police-
men with the "undoubted
- wealth of specialist skills and,
o.perticc."
"I have told them that as
potential police uflicers, thcy
must be acceptable not only
to me, biu to my police col-
- Icagues in the States," hc
S81 Cl.
~ "But far,from seeking to
- exclude them from police
- rankx, I shall ne looking for
reasons to include as many
as possible, consistent with
commomense and good
judgment."
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New Approach Needed
_ Cariberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 11 Dec 79 p 6
[Fditorial: "The Appalling Facts ab
[Text]
"Tfl E gloves are off," said
Australia's new Federal Police
Commissioner, Sir Colin Woods,
outlining his plans for an all-out war on
drug trafficking in Australia. Sir Colin
is well rualified to make such a
statem~-11. With a repulation as a
racket-buster in the United Kingdom -
within the police force as well as
outside it - he promises a new
-approach to crime prevention,
unshackled by past� associations and
law enforcement dogmas.
And a new approach is certaiNy
needed. The appalling drug trade, with
its huge profits for those ruthless
enough to take advantage from it at
the expcnse of broken bodies and
destroyed minds, is no longer
something we just read about in the
newspapers. r1s Sir Colin saiil
yesterda,y, it has become a"deen:y
rooted tree with branches that
continue to grow and cast their sinister
shadows further across the country."
The figures quoted by Sir Colin
alone deserve consideration: lkg of
heroin can be bought in South-East
.Asia for $8000 and after all expenses
have been deducted' can be sold in
Australia for at least $80,000. The
heroiii marl:et is no longer the
preserve of small, backstreet
operators. It is big business: worth
between $50 million and $100 million a
year, and its growth rate in recent
years would be the envy of many
legitimate enterprises.
Sir Colin has a reputation for
fraNkness, and it was refreshing to see
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out Drugs"]
yesterday that at least One Australian
policeman is prepared to admit the
existence of organised crime and of
"Mr Big" crime bosses, and to plan to
do something about it. It was also
reassuring to be tald that the extensive
powers the new Federal Police have
been,given following their absorption
of the Narcotics Bureau - -including
wide-ranging powers to. conduct
electronic surveillance of suspected
drug traffickers - will not be abused.
As Sir Colin wisely pointed out, the
abuse of such powers would, in a free
society, be the best way of losing
them.
Intelligent use of these powers -
plus the armory of other
Commonwealth laws - should provide
the police with the weaponry they
need to carry out the war (and it is
unarguably a war) - against the
people who thrive on the misery of the
drug trade.
Sir Colin has the machinery to
carry out the task: he now has e1 duty
to live up to his promise. Australia's
pcrformance to date has not been all
that impressive. Only between 2.5 per
cent and 5 per cent of all drugs coming
into the country are seized by the'law
enforcement authorities - which
means that between 600kg and 1200kg
of heroin may have been brought
undetected into Australia this year:
The seizure rate to date is just not
good enough. It must be improved, and
the people behind the trade put where
they belong: behind bars.
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AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA PLANS FOR WAR AGAINST DRUGS
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in Eiiglish 12 Dec 79 p 3
[TeXt] . THE South Australian Gov-
ernment is drawing up its own
battle plans in the national
war on drug abuse.
- The governing LibeTals yes-
terday declared themselves
allies to the Federal Govern-
ment, whlch is using the new
Austrailan Federal Police to-
speaxhead a campaign against
the drug trade.
State Cabinet mtnisters will
direct 8outh Australia's
assault, drawing on the re-
sources of key government
agencies and the police to gen-
erate 3ublic awareness and
= condemnation of illegal drugs,
_ their trafficking and abuse.
The Premier, Mr Tonkin,
said yesterday a Cabinet com-
mittee wculd survey the prob-
]em and define the objectives
before deciding on a stateQ.y.
He said he was appalled by
ti:E nature and extent af the
drug trade in Australia, as re-
vealed on Monday by .the
Chief Conunissioner of -the
federal pollce, Sir Colin
Woods.
_ "We're particularly con-
cerned about hefofn and the
fact that it gues hand in hand
_ with organised crIme;" Mr
Tonkin said. '
The State's campaigtt was
- ]ikely to involve the Depart-
- ments of Healt2:, Community
Welfaxe.. and Education, as
well as the police.
_ Mr TQnkin said he believed
the campaign must be based ~
on "total communitq�involve- ;
ment" to be successful. ,
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AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND DRUG AID SERVICE GNEN GREATER AUTONOMY
Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 18 Dec 79 p 23
[Text] 131ackall.--Queensland's Alcohol and I1rug Dependence Services will be
made a sepaxate brancil of the Health Depaxtment.
State Cabine6 approved
the move yesterday on
the recommendation of a
Public Service Board in-
spection of the service,
the Health Minister (Sir
William Knox) said.
Sir William did not re-
lease the inspector's re-
port but saici it recom-
mended a numbe; of
changes designed to iTn-
prove thepervice.
Fie said that there would
be greater emphasis on
the service as a research
and resource centre.
The investigation was
carried out by two bar-
risters, Mr. B. W. Am-
brose (in private 'pcac-
tice),�and Mr. R. J. How-
aLson (a' Public Service
Board commissioneri.
Sir William called for
the investigation into the
organisation, manage-
ment and operation of
the Alcohol and Drug
Dependence Services fol-
lowing the resignation of
the service's director (Dr.
Alan Freed).
Dr. Freed cited, as rea-
sor.s for resignln;, Uie
problem af "serving two
masters" as a profes-
sional catering to the
needs of palients and
tneir families, and on the
oeher harid, as a public
SCCVfl11C.
Sir William said one
major aspect of the "new
look" AlCOhol and Drug
Dependence Services,
would Ue greater empha-
sis on preparing schemes
of prevention and pro-
grammes relating to the
treatment oP patients by
institutions such as pub-
lic hospitals, and by the
large numbers of volun-
t a r y associations who
work in the alcohol and
drug dependence field.
Fewer stoff
He said the report
pointed outthat when
the service was estab-
lished with the prospect,
qf , "financial a9sistance,
Srom Ehe P'ede~'al Govi
ernment, a total,staff of.
224 was envisaged for the
Biala Detoxication and
Treatment Centre !n
Roma Street. '
The Tederal Govern-
ment support did not de-
velop as expected snd the
Biala sLaff now a�as
slightly more 6han 100.
Sir William said this
resulted in some over-
supply of top positions
and imbalance between
staff in various areas.
Measures had been sug=
gested to overcome these
difficulties.
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GOVERNMENT URGED TO TAKE ACTION ON DRUG PROBLEM
- Melbourne THE AGE in English 17 Dec 79 p 11
[Editorial: "Action Needed on Drug Problem"]
_ [Text] WICE last week warnings were aounded
Tabout the extent of the illicit drugs trade
in Avstra(ia. The flrst warning came from t;ie
new head of the Federal police, Sir Colin Woods,
. who said he had been "personally shocked" at
- the extent of illegal drug trafficking and of drug-
. related crime in Australia. Sir Colin said that an
estimated 1200 kilograms of heroin had been
- smuggled into Australia this year, and that the
pra5lem was growing fast. The heroin trade in
this country could now be worth between $50
million and $100 million, he said. It was past
the stage of peing an incipient ,problem. It was
now like "a deeply raoted tree with branches
that continue to grow and cast their sinister
shadaw across the country".
- Sir Colin's warning was followed .by cIaims
by Professor Harry Messel ttat hard dc+ugs were
-being smuggled into Australia along remote
areas of the northern coaat!ine with apparent
impunity. Professor Messel, the head of the
- school of physics at Sydney University, is not an
expert on drugs or crime. Nonetheless he has
spent most of the past ftve years exploring and
surveying tidal. estuaries in north Australia;
and he has often seen light aircraft and boats
landing_in isolated areas for no apparent reason.
Pro'fesaor 1Vleasel saye that because t'here is no
radar coverage in theae parts, small aircraft are
free to come and go as they please, landing at
one of the numerous landing strips along the
- coast and its estuaries. The presumption -
prubably a fair one - is that theae alrcraft are
involved in illegal drug running; and that the
money being spent on fighting the drug rr,anace
in the south is not coming to gripe with the
heart of the problem which is the ease with
= which drugs can be smuggled into Avstralia
along the aorthern coast.
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Since Sir Colin sounded his alarm, police
from all States and from Nev Zealand have met
in Melbourne. The result was a deciaion to aet
up a crime intelUgence centre ln Canberra next
year. The centre will collate crlme Information
from all States and lrom overseae. In the past,
open distruet batween the police and the now-
dis'banded Federal Narcotics Bureau has
prevented any pooling of information. The
Me15aurne con'ference mazked a breakthrough
9n tha.t for the 8rst tlme repreaentativee of the
various police forces were prGpared to diwige
details a'bout their awn investigations to one
another.
However, it is clear lrom the revelations
of both Sir Colin Woods and Prafessor Messej
that sharing in'formatIon ia only the flrst step
in what ahould be: a syatematic high-level and
co-ordinated attack on trafHeking, The courts
can do their bit, as they have been doing lately,
by imposing beavy sentences on cortvicted dru8
trafflckere. But the prdtiT~em_Rarts -a ]ong way
back-at the point of entry into Australia-and
it is here that the authorities should concentrate
their: energies. It may be, as Professor Measel
iuggests, that we need to enlarge radar coverage
along the northern coastline. It may be that
tive need .a much-expanded coaetal pstrol boat
service. It may be that -narcotics agents need to
be placed at strategic ,points like Darwin where
the drug pra5lem is well-advanced: What is
oertain is that drug running and drug addiction
has the makings of a huge and destructive social
malaise, and that if the police forces and the
Federal Government do not rapidly get together
to devise ways and means of combatlag it, it
will take an irrevocable hold,
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEF'S
- SYNDICATE MEMBER JAILED--A member of a sydicate which tried to import heroin
worth almost $6 million into Australia was sentenced yesterday to 14 years'
jail. In the District Criminal Court, Judge Hicks said Keith Arnold Wilson
- was one of three men who made an ingenious and carefully planned attempt to
- bring in a large and valua,ble consignment of heroin from Malaysia. Wilson,
43, club consultant, of Cronulla, pleaded guilty to a chaxge that between
= January 1 and May 31, 1978, he was knowingly concerned in the importation of
9,893 g-rams csf heroin. The other two, Richaxd Kennedy and Dennis John Carter,
- have already been sentenced by Judge Hicks to jail terms of 20 yeaxs and six
yeaxs respectively. Judge Hicks said yesterday that on May 20, 1978, Kennedy
and Ca,rter arrived a-t Sydney Airport carrying identical suitcases. Kennedy had
travelled from London posing as a respectable businessman. In Malaysia he and
Carter had swapped suitcases so that when they arrived in Sydney, Kennedy was
- carrying the case containing the heroin and Carter the other case which con-
� tained clothes. Judge Hicks said the plan probably would have been successful
- if it had not been for a dog which sniffed out the heroin. Judge Hicks fixed
- a nonparole period to expire on August 27, 1985. [Excerpts] [Sydney THE
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 21 Dec 79 p 12]
DRUG PLAN 'SUCCESS'--The Odyssey clrug treatment programme had achieved success
with drug addicts well within the limits of its own time schedule, the Victori-
an director, Mr. Joe Lamberti, said yesterday. Mr. I,amberti, who worked for
the NSW Odyssey programme before coming to Melbourne, said seven addicts had
graduated from the NSW treatment centre within the 24 month programme. Mr.
Lamberti was responding to criticism from the Lower Plenty Action Group that
the Odyssey drug treatmeiit programme results were disappointing in view of
the public funds allocated to it. Mr. Lamberti said that Odyssey had been
successful 3.n keeping 400 others drug-free while on the programme. [Excerpts]
[Melbourne THE AGE in Engliah 15 Dec 79 P41
DANGERS IN NORTH--A great qua.ntity of hard drugs almost certainly enters Au-
stralia through its unguarded northern coastline, according to adventurer,
academic and renowned crocodile-reseaxcher Professor Haxry Messel. But
Professor Messel, who heads the University of Sydney's school of physics,
says the rape and depletion of maxine resources in northern waters is a fax
more serious problem for the north than drugs. His research vessel, the Haxry
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Messel, returned to Sydney yesterday a.fter a five-year study of the coastline
and river estuaries in the north of Western Australia, the Northern Territory
and Queensland. But he declined to expand on his claims about drug-running,
saying: "I remember what happened to Mr Mackay" (the anti-cl.rug crusa.der from
Griffith, NSW, believed to have been murdered). [Excerpt] [Canberra THE AUSTRA-
LIAN in English 14 Dec 79 p 31
MARIHUANA AS CANCER DRUG--Sydney; A team treating young cancer victims has ad-
vocated the use of the active ingredient of marihuana as a drug to lessen sick-
ness in children receiving cancer treatment. The team has used the ingredient,
tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, on about 20 children being treated for cancer with
powerful aiiti-cancer drugs at the Royal Children's Hospita,l, Melbourne. They
report in the Medical Journal of Australia that THC is significantly better
than other anti-emetics in relieving nausea and vomiting. Team members, led
by Dr H. Ekert, director of the hospital's clinical haematology and oncology
depaxtment, say they obtained the informed consent of parents and children to
their using THC. They say that the only sho-rt-term side-effect of THC was a
= bad "trip" in one pa,tient. This was experienced by one of the only two pa-
tients to report a"high" while receiving THC. [Excerpts] [Perth THE WEST
AUSTRALIAN in English 14 Dec 79 p 101
ALLEGED SMUGGLERS' TRIAL--A 24-year-old fisherman had a.d.mitted bringing a
_ briefcase which he believed contained heroin through customs at Perth Airport
- last yeax, a senior naxcotics investigator alleged yesterday. William Taylor,
of the Australian federal police, told a Supreme Court jury that Mark Henry
Abbott made the admisiion during an interview on August 28 this year. He was
giving evidence on the second day of the trial of Abbott, of Sackville Terrace,
Scasborough, and Kim Anthony Hunter (26), unemployed, of Barnes Street, Innaloo,
on conspiracy and drug charges. They have each pleaded not guilty to three
sepaxate charges of conspiring with each other and persons unknown between
July 1, 1978, and December 31, 1978, to import heroin into Australia. [Excerpt]
_ [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 13 Dec 79 p 301
NEW ZEALANDER SENTENCED--Darwin.--A 26-yeax-old New Zealand man was yesterday
jailed for 12 years after plea,ding guilty in the Supreme Court to importing
and possessing heroin. He is John Anton Horwood, who had been living recently
in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe. Passing sentence, Mr. Justice Muirhead said
. Horwood had admitted attempting to smuggle 846 grams of number three heroin,
worth almost $1 million on the street, into Daxwin from Bangkok. He said Hor-
- wood was arrested after a raid by narcotics investigators on a motel room in
Daxwin on September 29, The heroin ha,d been secreted in a large torch, Mr.
Justice Muirhead fixed a non-paxole period of six years. EText] [Melbourne
_ THE AGE in English 8 Dec 79 p 31
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ALLEGED RINGLEADER'S DENIAL--Sydney; Mr Antonio Sergi (44), the man named in
the Wood.waxd report as a key figure in the Griffith drug ring, has denied the
allegations against him. He said on the ABC television programme "Nationwide"
last night that he ha.d never been involved in the growing or distribution of
maxihuana. On "Nationwide", Mr Sergi denied he was a. "godfather" figure and
said he did not know what the term meant. [Excerpts] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRA-
LIAN in English 5 Dec 79 p 241
WARNING ON STOLEN TABLETS--Thieves who broke and entered a Southport dental
technician's office on Monday night and stole drugs may be risking their lives.
Southport police yesterday issued an urgent warning when it was found that a-
mong the items stolen was a bottle containing 50 Nembudeine tablets. They
were advised that anyone taking a number of the tablets, paxticularly with
alcohol, could be risking their lives. The tablets were taken from the office
of R. S. Henry and Associates, dental technicians, of Nerang Street, Southport,
on Monday night. [Excerpt] [Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 5 Dec 79
p 21]
REGIONAL CONFERENCE PLANNED--Australia will host a major international confer-
ence on drugs and alcohol in February. Countries from Asia and the Pacific re-
- gion will meet in Canberra and more than 800 delegates are expected to attend.
The conference is being organised by the Australian Foundation on Alcoholism
and I7rug Dependence with the Internation Council on Alcohol and Addictions
and the World Health Organisation. The executive director of the foundation,
Mr Pierre Stolz,.saids "No country in our region can effectively control the
illicit drug trade without facing up to the socio-economic problmes which
sustaing the Golden Triangle." Mr StolL said the Federal and State Governments
- were supporting the conference. [Excerpts] [Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in Eng-
lish 4 Dec 79 p 41
SYDNEY MARIHUANA RALLY--Sydney: The police arrested. 60 demonstrators at a
' marihuana rally in Sydney on Saturday. About 4000 people, many smoking
maxihuana cigarettes, attended the meeting and concert in Hyde Paxk, organised
- by the Maxihuana Petition Organisation. The police moved in when scuffles
_ broke out and people began throwing beer cans. The axrested people were taken
to the Darlinghurst central police station and charged with drunkenness and
_ assaulting the police. At the end of the rally about 200 people marched to
- the central police station and demanded to be arrested. They passed marihua,na
cigarettes among the crowd and changed: "We smoke dope. We smoke dope."
The police took no action. [Text] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English
= 3 Dec 79 p 107
CANNABI5 lIESIN SMUGGLING--Perth.--A Melbourne man who was caught at Perth air-
port smugg_ling canna,bis resin into Australia was sentenced to seven years'
jail yesterLlay. Two Sydney men also caught at the airport with cannabis were
= sentenced to aix years. Fahrettin Eski, 48, of Glencairn Avenue, Coburg, Riad
Hussein Taha,, 31, and Elia Faraj, 35, had Ueen convicted by Supreme Court
juries. [Text] [Melbourne THE AGE in English 19 Dec 79 p 27
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HEROIN IMPORT ATTEMPT--A fisherma,n was convicted by a Supreme Court jury last
_ night of attempting to import heroin into Australia. The jury of nine men `
and three women told Mr Justice Wickham that they believed that Mark Henry
- Abbott (25) had attempted to import more than the trafficable quantiy of two
_ grams of the drug. Abbott, of Sackville Terrace, Scaxborough, was remanded
in custody for sentence. He was found not guilty of importing heroin into
Australia on or about September 22, 1978, but guilty of the iesser charge
of attempting to import heroin. [Excerpts] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in
English 18 Dec 79 p 311
WOMAN ON HEROIN CHARGE--An unemployed woman, 22, set fir; to a narcotics a-
gent's notes of a coversation between them when the agent left her in an
interview room, the Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. David Terry Hutch-
inson claimed he left Caxmel Francis Childs, of Dornoch Terrace, Highgate -
Hill, in a room with a male friend at Childs' request on November 1. He said
_ he returned to the room, at the Federal Bureau of Narcotics Headquaxters in
Eagle S'Ureet, about three minutes later to find the notes burning in an ash-
tray. Childs was committed to the criminal sittings of the District Court
on Januaxy 21 chaxged with having possessed 0.82 grammes of heroin reasona,bly
suspected of havir_g been imported. She has pleaded not guiZty. [Excerpt]
t [Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 19 Dec 79 p 31]
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AUTHORITIES DESTROY POPPY PLANTATIONS
Campaign Launched
Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmeae 22 Jan 80 p 4 BK
[Text] Ngaungshwe, 14 January--The team launching operation "Bloom of the
Hell" under the command of the commander of the 94th Infantry Regiment went
to Wa-mu village in Nyaungehwe townahip on 29 Deaember and destroyed nearly.
200 acres of poppy plantation.
UN Official Takes Part
- Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 23 Jan 80 p 4 BK -
- [Text] Mcng Nai, 9 January--Peraonnel of the party, council, army, people's
police force, people's militia, Lanzin youth organization and Red Croas
Society and working people of Mong Nai township in Southern Shan State
today went to Kongmong village tract in Mawlmai townehip and deetroyed _
poppy plantations.
A representative of the UN Program for Drug Abuae, accompanied by Deputy
Commander Col Myint Aung of the Eastern Burma Comanand Headquarters, the
commander of the 99th Infantry Regiment, the director general of police
and the commander of the Shan State people's police force, arrived at the
_ scene at 1100 in a helicopter and took part in the destruction of the poppy
plantations. = A total of 38 acres of poppy plantations were destroyed in the Naloi village
tract in the Mong Nai township and in the Kongmong village tract in the
Mawkmai township between 1 and 8 January.
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a
BRIEFS
HEROIN TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED--Rangoon, 22 January--The Seikkan township
court, with U Saw Wir~ as chairman and U Tin Shwe and U Hla Kyi as members,
today sentenced defendants Tin Aung Swe, Thein Shwe and Tin Thuang to 7 -
years imprisonmer.t at hard labor each as they were found guilty under
Sections 6(B) and 11 of the Narcotic Drugs Law. The case was that on
20 December 1978, Sub-Inspector of Police U San Myaing of the Division _
Narcotic Drugs Suppression Squad and his team searched the defendants near -
- Hiedan wharf, Morton Street, Seikkan township, and seized eight heroin
packages from them. Charges were then �iled against them. [Text] [Rangoon -
MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 23 Jan 80 p 7 BK]
HEROIN IN TAUNGGYI--Taunggyi, 21 January--Sub-Inspector of Police U Tun
Myinr of the Shan State Narcotic Drugs Suppression Squad and his team
searched the house of U Hla Maung at No. 321, 2d Pyidawtha Road, in
- Taunggyi this morning and seized from the shirt pocket of U Hla Muang's
- son, Win Myint, 9 packages of heroin worth 10 kyats each, hidden in match
boxes. ThP Taunggyi Myoma police station has taken action against U Hla
Maung and Win Myint under Sections 6(B) and 14(D) of the Narcotic Drugs
_ Law and investigation is underway. [Text] [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese
26 Jan 80 p 5 BK]
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BRIEFS -
TWO JAPANESE ARRESTED--Kobe, 12 Feb (KYODO)--Police have arrested two per-
sons for allegedly attempting to smuggle 1 kg of amphetamines from South -
Korea with street value of about 300 million yen. Police said Hatsuo
Hirakawa and Toshiaki Yatabe, both of Hiroshima Prefecture, tried to smug-
gle the drug in two bags hidden in stone lanterns they imported from South
_ Korea in January. Another unidentified man is wanted by police in con- -
nection with the case. The lanterns were found in a container aboard a
South iCorean freighter at Kobe port here according to police. This port
is the world's busiest container base handling more than 20 million tons
of containerized cargo a year. [Text] [OW120533 Tokyo KYODO in English
0519 GMT 12 Feb 80 OW]
~ CSO: 5000
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;(EW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND TO
JOIN WITH AUSTRALIA IN ANTIDRUG WAR
- Perth I'HE WEST
AUSTRALTAh' in English 14 Dec 79 P29
[Text]
~ WELLINGTON Thurs: '
New Zealand and Auptca� ' .
lian polioe, will � ootnbine I
in a crime iateIItgebce
_
I
bureau being iet DD .;o -
catch the top �offenders ~
in Auetrei:ada's drug
tra111cking, :
i Tne move waa an�
nounced today 6y Aue-
tralia's newly appolnted -
Pollce .Comtnlesioner, Sir
-
I
Cqlin Wvod#, amd Netv -
Zeaiand's Cqanr*eioner, -
-
Mr ; Bob Wslton~ at a
I
preas eonierbnQe here.
_
Sii Colln'isl- tn'#ieliing�
ton for Aalke;: oA the
'
'
establls}}it*,nl �
i~~.'. the. -
:
buresu, a ,catuept ~ which
New Ze~: 746sam}e: .
sioners hs*.', pe~.yri adva-
_
cafinB for 12;yeam :
31r Colin- sald fhat. re� -
� searcH oia the 'bureau
wa~ being :Qerried out by -
senior Auqfralian police
ar.d a repoft. irom them .
woul4 be due in midJan�
.
f uary.
.
The_ . pur~ose. ot , the
bureau woWd be; tir ex� -
change atriiilable inior�
mation that had.not been
I
coordinAted;,
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NEW ZEALAND
BRIEF'S
MOVE ON DRUG VEHICLES--Wellington, Sun: Aircraft, boats and vehicles used in
_ drug smuggling or dealing will be liable to confiscation in New Zealand next
yeax. A Government caucus committee said new legislation would be introduced
to enable forfeiture of any means of conveyance used in drug deals. The report
said the law would be changed to remove the present time limit for launching
- prosecutions in drugs cases. Court action at present must be started within
four years of an alleged drug offence.--AAP. [Text] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRA-
LIAN in English 17 Dec 79 p 281
cso: 5300
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
BIr, HASH HAUL--Rawalpindi, .ian. 4: The diatrict Exciae Staff, Attock
recovered one kilogram of smuggle hashish worth of million rupeea, in a
- raid near Attock laet night. According to details, the Staff informed
that a Toyota car (LEE-2455) was used for the amuggling of hashish to
Punjab. The Exciae Staff, on this tip, raided the car last night and
- recovered the smuggled haehiah. The Staff has confiscated the car and
hauled up three accused amugglera, Mehmud Khan, Riaz Mohammad and Abdul
� Ghafoor under Shariat Lawa.--PPI [Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English
5 Jan 80 p 3]
CHARAS SEIZURE--Attock: Jan. 6: The Excise and Police Departments of
Attock district have recovered 10 KGs of charas from a Rawalpindi bound
car (LEE-2455), and arrested three persona in this connection, here
Friday. A case has been regiatered with Sadar Police Station. In
another Police raid Mohammad Irfan, Incharge Police Post Attock Fort,
recovered 570 grams of charas and a pistol. The police also recovered a
revolver from the possession of Sattar Gul s/o Tota Gul, a resident of
Peshawar. The police have registered different cases under Arms and
Excise Act in this regard. [Excerpt] [Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English
7 Jan 80 p 6]
CSO: 5300
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I
PAPUA NEW GUINEA -
BRIEFS
WAR ON DRUGS--Port Moresby, Mon: Papua. New Guinea had been used as a transit
- centre for traffickers taking drugs from South-East Asia to Australia and New
- Zealand, the PNG Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Olewale, said today. Mr Olewale
told Paxliament that the Government co-operated closely with drug authorities
� in Australia and South-East Asia to combat the traffic and this had resulted
in some big hauls. PNG had specialist anti-narcotics section in its Police
and Customs Department and intend.ed to form a nationa,l drugs bureau, he said.
[Text] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 4 Dec 79 p 371
cso: 5300
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PHILIPPINES
MARCOS CONSIDERS DENYING BAIL TO ARRESTED DRUG PUSHERS
OW071711 Manila PNA in English 0230 GMT 7 Feb 80 OW
[Text] President Marcos last night issued an arrest, search and seizure
order against all drug pushers facing charges before the courts. He also
disclosed the drafting of a decree that will soon deny the grant of bail
to drug pushers. Instead they will be committed to a rehabilitation center.
The president noted that once on bail pushers resumed their illegal activ-
ities. In justifying the stronger measures against pushers the president
said he considers them dangerous criminals.
CSO: 5300
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SINGAPORE
BRIEFS
- ALERT TO DRUG HARVEST--Singapore, Wed: South-East Asian drug authorities axe
_ tightening up airport and bord.er checkpoints after reports that this yeax's
opium-poppy harvest has staxted. Western naxcotics agents today confirmed -
that the harvest ha.d staeted in the mounta,inous Golden Z`riangle area where
the borders of Laos, Burma and Thailand meet. "Last yeax's crop was down and
the raw-opium price went up by about five times, but his yeax's crop looks
like being a bumper one," one Western agent told me. Officials of Singapore's
Central Naxcotics Bureau said tha,t a regional alert had gone out to narcotics
agents and customs officers in Thailand, Malaysia, Singa,pore and Indonesia.
~ This meant that searches and surveillance at airports and border checkpoints`
would be intensified. Western agents said that the alert would ha,ve the ef-
fect of cutting down supplies to 5outh-East Asia. But the Australian and
European markets would inevitably be flooded with heroin after this yeax's -
harvest.--Richard Gill. [Excerpts] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English
- 13 Dec 79 P 541
-
cso: 5300
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SOUTH KOREA
~ SEVEN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING STIMULANT DRUG
Seoul THE KOREA HERpI,D in Engliah 20 Jan 80-p 8
(Text]
Prosecatora lor ZpOWwon-pec:kllogram
- yesterda' arret d~q tbro ,hnot'lee resldent
anleEel"..ran dlInclu ~ Chbw" , e, .aia. Tha two k4~~ Ail1e are
a ~.ireated.
wa:el, . now hel m~ong
Clw~ Ym. ok, od'e o1 t6 16ur
smuggl�d 300 llon~� won arreeted-Moreitds anC.~tn
worth ' oi ltim i~et ;+dr~~ ofiicW o4,t4ie M~~pp
- mAtertali into 16b ti~w6� . Cw ~
rveetern Oitice, 'War charged' ~#Yth
laat Septem~er iot Nlokpo receivi 1 mllllon 'won from
'Il~e Supreme Proaecutoe'i ~e ~ by. lillowing the
- Ottlce l: searchlng ior veieel smn~le tti the _
thf": cOaYrabsiitd.
persoas, includt~ t~to' The ~ttreited.;poticetl~ah,
- C6taam, In connmrqn wk4 SlNar. Pitroimain`'Yurl..Churi-
tLe rmugglipg. , idP. `ot 'i;he Molcpp Piblic.e
The three arreefed CWn~aeo Statlon, a~ae ~p oplcteq ' of
Incitided ~ C}~,�~Dp~, ot rkeitot it. mllli~t Noa trpm
eha impo Mand@rin. Lee foh Condbhlnr the
Adcprding to Chaag wae chq~d :e p of 70 Chiq~b~ .
amu glin 1,600kg ot crew me~bere ~ot tlfe vy~
materiale gfor fhe itiqtt~nt are nOV ho1d bj CurtOttj
~~'u8, PoPulacly known h' . ~arl oTticlab~~q, . ~
hlroppon, 'into thearrive4V"fYq a r~ect~~',~th tlie rtnu
whenthe veesel
Mokpo last'5ept. 18. ~e ~s~~Y[an =1i~ .
Chang atored' the coa- t~fl' .~1'�Ye~r6b of Padiltm6t
treband in a twuse 4wned;b7' a r~KIemj~d'to imajmle
reeldent. Chlneee�.operatlttgg
- Chlneae mediclne e6op In.
contr~b ~af6rg~h;:',Et~.~
Mokpo and sold thre, mBWriale weeterci ',po~rt ;Iilohbn~ -
laat Dec~tivber,' ; 4 ' � ~
CSO: 5300
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SOUTH KOREA
BRIEFS
PHILOPON SMUGGLING--Pusan, 2 Feb (HAPDONG-KYODO)--A South Korean resident
in Japan was arrested Friday on a charge of attempting to smuggle out of _
the country a kg af philopon worth 420 million won. Mrs Kim So Won, 50,
of Yamaguchi Prefecture, was nabbed by customs agents as she tried to board
- the Pusan-Shimonoseki ferry with the stimulant hidden in a suitcase. [Text]
[Tokyo KYODO in English Time not given 2 Feb 80 OW]
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
_ HONG KONG SMUGGLERS ARRESTED WITH HEROIN
Bangkok NATION REVIEW in ]
[Text] Two Hong Kong ChI-
nese were arrested at Don�
Muang Ai ort yesterda~y
for attem p~ing to smaggle
out nearly 10 kgs of
heroin which was found
stuffed inside 10 dried fiah.
;nglish 12 Nov 79 pp 1, 8
They said they wero ever, stood firm that the
psid SO,OQ~O Hong Kong two were memb ars of � an
dollars each (about international drug traffiok�
200,000 beht) for ttie ing gang. The two were de�
misaion. . tained at the Crlme Sup-
Cuatome offlcials, haw- pre~aion Dlvleion for fldr-
Customs officisls ~her intorrogation. . ,
booked the two, identified
as Hung Wai Man, 27, and
Lin Pak Him, 25, when
they were about to board
a SAS plane flight SK 976
for Pans together. with the
heroin No 3, weighing 9.3
kgs.
Officials searched the duo's luggages at the de-
parture lounqe and disco-
vered the 10 dried fish, the
stomach of which were
stuffed with the heroln
which was neat~ly packed
in aluminium foil.
. Officials said the price
of the heroin, estimated at
about one rrullion baht in
local black market, would
jump to 200 million baht
ut Pans.
SMUGGLERS '
Ttie duo turned doo
an allegation that they
were drug traffickers, say-
ing that theY were hired
' by a man in Hong iCong to
travel to Bangkok where .
they met a dnu_g agent at
the President Hotel who
gave them the heroin to
take to Paris. .
Suspects Hung Wai Man, left, and Lin Pak _
Him, pictured with the fish which were -
cut open by customs officials. The of- -
ficials alleged they found 9.3 kilos of
hero in ins ide the f ish ,
CSO: 5300 25 _
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THAILAND
TWO 1TALIANS CAUGHT WITH HEROIN
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 14 Nov 79 p 3 BK
[Text] TWO Itanan tourists
were arrested at Don
Muang Airport Monday
night on charges of pos-
sessing and attempting to
smuggle heroin out of the
country.
Mrs Giuli Liana
Fargnali (24) and her
brother Rolando (23),
were nabbed by a
Customs Department nar-
cotics squad as they were
siaout ta:.,board.:a..That..
internaLiapal pdane.
~ound for4,lpAR�
. Customs offioials then
searched the two and
tound heroin packed in
nine condoms strapped
around the woman's
waist. The drugs weighed
about 310 grammes.
�Customs officials said,
that the two tourists hid
in a toilet inaide the
departure loynge after
the check-in. Only when
there was an announce-
ment tor passengers to
board the plane did the
two emerge from. the
tailet. . , .
"L`u'ZTaK'o cdHhb'(29);'was
rO'1ib � 1rrreAfV9'at" bbn Muang Airport 'last
Wednesday with 140
grammes of heroin.
The woman arrested at the airport Monday
night shows customs officials the heroin
CSO: 5300 in condoms strapped to her waist.
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TNAILAND -
OPIUM SEIZED AT LAMPANG ROADBLOCK
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 15 Nov 79 p 5 BK
[Text] . -
. LAAlPAN6 Htt~h ~ Pat_tip-'polhx Tnaday iuCtWed a track drlver atter
aUesedly. tlnding, 0 kllogrammes oi raw oplum hMdeti aboatd the
. BaHgkok�bound ten�wheeler.
Pollce are aLd looklna
for another m . Sa�nga
ThakruM,'~whoid ti"ri
travellinQ In the tiuck.
He hak,been uleaoed
eartier`�atter a brleP
, detentlon but Is betng
eolughtaa1n. r �
The d&er, Itooneong
OneanQkham, wae � ar-
reeted at 6 e.m: $lteedey
when the truek wlth
Lampang ltceAcp plates
wta stoppe8 at a highway
checkpoint at Kllometre
858 of;.Pqpa yotA$n
HlQhway near~n Fon
villaQe ln MuenQ Dletrlet.
Boonsong told.,, poliae
he was taking a ciirgo of
suQar to BanQkok.
However,,a poUct search
revealed 18 paciwgee ot
raw oplum htdden ln
kerosene cane on the
truck.
CSO: 5300
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BoonsonQ reportedly
told polke, he had no
knowledge of the
oplum. Hf clalmed Sa�
nga m1Qht., have known
about lt rtqce thQ tnick's
ownec rrAr 3a�nga's
relodve.
But Sa nQa abo deNed
knowirg anythlnQ about
the oplum and wae
releued atter bMef In�,
tenogarica Hlgaway
police. clqlttied they ltad
no grounde on whlch to
hold him.
Hoonsong wae lpter
handed over to I:ampong
provlncial potiCe.
Lmputg pollce chiet
lnspecto.r, Lt Col
Amphol NQarmchlt, atter
readlnQ o report on the
incldent, Immedlately
oMered the arreet of 3a�
nga ai an accomplice ln
the matter.
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THAILAND
TRUCKLOAD OF MARIHUANA SEIZED IN PATTAYA
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 25 Nov 79 p 3 BK
[Text ] pA'rTAYA noon, police said.
POLICE arreeted !!ve Several policemen
people and seized more wese deapatched to the
than 1.3 tons of marl-. vicinity of the rendez� -
- iuana neu a hotel, in this voue to wait tor the traf-
I seaaide reaort Frlday. fickers and the conetgn�
The flve peeple wers ment. At the agreed tlme,
identified as Pinyo a Flat sedan with four oc-
Paaomaap, Suvat cupants etopped eear the
Charuratananont, Som� hotel, police said.
- sak sae Kwo, Mre Porn The undercover agent
Khookaew and Chareh then approached the four
ThunQchai. Atl were people and wae eventual- _
detafned in poTice lY led to a neuby ten-
cuatody on a'charge ot wheel truck to e:aiaine
posaesslng narcotlce for the marfjuana. After e:-
- aale. amining a sample, the -
Pollce wM that an uw agent signalled the
- dercover agent had con- wdtliig policemen, who
tacted a Beng of marl� made the awoop, ar-
,iuana trafflckers In reetlng the, four people:
Panasnikom Dlatrict,. and the truckdriver,
Chon Buri, for the poltce reported.
purchaee of 1,500. A search of the truck
- kilogrammee of the drug revealed 64 sacke of mui� _
- at atwut 1.5 mfllion baht. iuanp, weighing 1,282
A. deal was made and lt kilogrammea, under a -
was arranged for the cove;ing load of suQar -
marijuaaa to be cane, and anpther SO
delivered near the Orchid �kqogrammea were fonnd
L.odge Hotel Friday aiter- in the aedan, police eaid.
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
BRIEFS
- HEROIN TOUR BUS SEIZURE--Two kilogrammes of heroin were seized on a tour
coach heading for Bangkok and an alleged trafficker arrested in Lampang
, on Saturday night, police reported yesterday. Police said the heroin,
worth about 500,000 baht on the local market, was found concealed in two
plastic bags in a passenger's travelling bag on board "Viriya Tour."
The alleged bag owner, Thawee Malipol, was arrested and charged with
possessing heroin with intent to sell. Following a tip-off that the
heroin will be transported to Bangkok on the company tour coach, police
were sent to intercept the coach. Police said two kilogrammes of heroin
were found in a leather bag tieside Thawee's seat. He denied being the
owner of the bag, police said. Thawee was taken to Muang District police
- station of Lampang for further questioning, while the tour bas was allowed
~ to continue its scheduled trip to Bangkok with the rest of the passengers.
[Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 19 Nov 79 p 3 BK]
WANTED DEALER ARREST IN CHONBURI--Chonburi--A woman who was sought by _
police for over a year on charges of narcotics trafficking was arrested
in :4uang District here early this week. The suspect, Mrs Ooh Chanthana,
was walking on Soi Sermsanti in Tambon Ban Khode near her house when she
was recognised by a man living in the neighbourhood. The man informed the -
police and Mrs Ooh was apprehended shortly afterward. Mrs Ooh was alleged
to be one cf the biggest heroin wholesalers in the eastern region. She `
disappeared when Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan last year ordered a -
crackdown on narcotics traffickers by exercising hia absolute powers
under Article 200 of the Constitution during the pre-election transition
period. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 15 Nov 79 p 5 BK] 29
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AUSTRALIAN SENTENGED--Bangkok, Thursday.--A young Sydney ma.n sen-tenced to 10
years' jail yest;erday for attempted heroin trafficking became a drug addict
as a result of a near-fatal accident on Sydney Harbour when he was a child, _
the Crimina,l Court in Bangkok was told. Christopher Charles Retallack, 23,
of Beecroft pleaded guilty to illegal possession of 537 grams of heroin, but
- not guilty to attempting to export it for sale. The court accepted that the
heroin was for his own use. Medical evidence from Sydney said Retallack ha,d
been hit on the head by a speedboat when he was swimming in Sydney Haxbour
- when he was eight yeaxs old. He ahd suffered ma.ssive head injuries from
which he never fully recovered. Afterwards he had become dependent on drugs.
At the time of his arrest in February Retallack was about to board a flight `
for Bombay. Police said Retallack had visii:ed Thailand six times in the past
twa yeaxs. The 10 months Retallack has already spent in custody will be re-
_ garded as part of his sentence. [Excerpts] [Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD in English 14 Dec 79 p 2]
ARRE5TS IN CHIANG MAI--Bangkok, Thurs: A New 2ealand woma.n and an American
ma,n arr.ested in the north Thailand town of Chiang Mai last month for alleged
possession of about 300 grams of heroin have been remanded in custody for
another week. No charges have yet beel laid against Andrea Karmela Resetax
(25), from Auckland, and Ma,thew Gosio (22), an American living in Auckland,
- who had been due to appeax in court yesterday. [Text] [Perth THE WEST
AUSTRALIAN in English 14 Dec 79 p 551
cso: 5300
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HUNGARY
INCREASED USE OF NARCOTICS EVOKES STIFFER SENTENCES
Budapest NEPSZABADSAG in Hungarian 11 Jan 80 p 9 WA
- [Text] Under the instruction of Dr Laszlo_
_ Kuhne, the Supreme Court has reuturned a
verdict in the case of Budapest resident I,aszlo Pellek. _
Six years ago, the 21-year-old, unemployed accused began abusing a dangerous drug. He
obtained the drug--which makes some people euphoric, produces a sensation of floating
and even occasionally results in hallucinations- by accident. Since the young man
could not obtain the narcotic legally he obtained it through devious methads. As a
result he was soon tried in court for drug abuse. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail
which was then suspended to 2 year0 probation. Additional legal action was soon
taken against him for theft and offences against property. It was found that some of
the crimes were cortunitted for the purpose of obtaining the narcotic while others took
place under its influence. On this occasion he was also charged with criminal idleness
and sentenced to 9 months in prison. Last May at a restaurarit with friends he drank
_ wine, beer and hard liquor, and took six or seven tablets of the drug in the course,of
a few hours. In the evening the group continued their binge at one home. While playing
they wrestled and even fenced with kmives. When the flxn got so wild that they broke
a potted plant, the host told his guests to leave. This was when Laszlo Pellek took a
_ kitchen lmife and stabbed his host and friend in the stomach. The rest of the group
immediately called the rescue squad which was able to save the young manls life.
Laszlo Pellek's defense was that he acted under the influence of drugs and in a conflxsed
state, and that he had no intention of killing his friend. His defense was not accepted.
It was argued that the accused knew that the drug combined with alcohol had a narcotic
effect and that was wh at he was aiming for. Persons who come under the influence of
drugs of their own volition must be Judged as though they had acted while of sound
mind. Pellek t�ras sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for attempted murder. His past
recard made the offense more serious as did the faet that crimes d.nvolving murder and
bodily injury have increased in Budapest. Zhe fact that use of narcotics is on the
upswing ca11s for increased severity for the good of society. The Supreme Court
therefore approved the sentence which thereby became final.
CSO: 5300
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BRAZIL
ANTIDRUG PROGRAM INITIATED FOR SAO PAUTA STUDEr1TS
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Pbrtuguese 30 Dec 79 p 6
_ [Text] Sao Pa.ulo--Ten out of every 100 students in Sao Paulo State have
alread.y used drugs for nonmedicinal purposes. On the basis of this deter-
aina.tion the Secretaxiat of Fducation is beginning in 1980 an educational
program for the prevention of the iaproper use of drugs. The program xill
even be incorporated into the curricular manual for the entire state
educa.tional systea, Khich serves approxinately 4 million students.
- ~ The Secretariat of Educa.tion of Sao Paulo State conducted a survey prior to
formulating this "public health progra.a for students of the firat and
second grades" in the form of eight projects xhich are to be implemented
through 1982. The objective, according to Benedito Campos, is not "to
solve the problem but at lea.st to minimize it. This is not, " he explains,
va short-term effort but rather an atteapt to prepare a generation to cope
- xith, and live xith, the problem."
The Survey
The first step in approaching the drug problen in the schoole xas a survey
carried out by the Institute of Social Medicine and Criiinology of Sao
Paulo (IME5C) to obta,in data concerning the "phenomenon of the iaproper use
- of drugs (drug dependence) anong the urban population of young people
enrolled in the public and private schools."
The collection of data involved a sample consisting of 5,612 students of
the Metropolita,n Region of Sao Paulo, and the initial result xas atated as
_ follows: "Drug experiments.tion is more prevalent than drug use. It can be
said tha.t in general, nine or 10 out of every 100 students surveyed have
_ alread.y used--or experinented xith--drugs for nonsedicinal purposes, xith
- the ratio of experimenters to users vaxying betxeen txo to one and three to
_ txo."
_ The survey also indicated that the v,reater numbar of users and experiaen-
ters attend school at night and axe in the 14 to 18 year old age group. It
xas also determined that tranquilizers axe the type of drug mc>st often used
initially, follox8d by sleeping pills a.nd marihuana. .
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After almo-, t 3 yeaxs the survey xaa concluded last June, and in August the
program "Public Health Patterns Among Students of the First and Second
Crades: Drug Dependence" xas launched, cansiBting of eight projects xhich
xill be implemented staxting in 1980.
According to Benedito Roque da Silveira Campos, chairaia,n of the Coordina- -
tion Group for the progra.m, the projects (xhich range from training the
teachers to orienting the pasents) are ba.aed on LaW No 6,368 of October
1976, xhich prescribes "measures for the prevention and suppression of the
illicit traffic in, and improper use of, narcotic substances." -
Ca.lling the program "eminently useful in preventing the improper use of
drugs," Benedito Roque da Silveira Campos says that implementation of the
projects is nox under xay, i-ith 50 Secretariat of Education technicians
from throughout the state a�ctending a Pblice Academy narcotics course in
_ Khich the legal, medica.l and social aspects of the problem axe studied.
Funding is simultaneously being arranged for introduction of the problem
into the curricular manuals under the chapter heading "Practices Harroful
to Health" in the section on "Sciences." The question is also being dealt
- xith in civic institutions. The next phase of tne program xill feature the
- joint publica,tion of books for teachers and students concerning the "nature
and eff,,;cts of substances that ca.n cause physical or psychologica.l depen-
dence."
One of the projects is designed to shox the parents "how to deal with the
- problenc of drug dependence in their chil3ren," together with a Karning
against the "chemical paxa.dise in the home," given the fact that "many
- parents unknowingly help to craate in their children a predispoaition to
drug dependence by keeping medicines in the home that can lead to this type
- of dependence and are not alxays used properly."
- The program also involves the Secretariats of Justicc, Health and Public
~ Safety, with a view to an exchange of orientationa and even to more direct -
action, as for example in the identifica.tion of traffickers inside or near -
the schools.
' In the viex of Benedito Roque da Silveira Ca,mpos, "the previous laxs =
contained a taboo: they embodied a feax of bringing up the driig problem. -
, But the problem exists," he says, "and must be dealt with in the proper
manner."
The chairman of the Coordination Group for the prograw points out, however,
- that there is an urgent need for the creation of a na,tional system for the
investigati^n and contzb 1 of the traffic in, and usse of, narcotic sub-
stances.
"The draft of the bi11 has already been sent (in late October) to the -
Presidency of the Republic," he a.dded. "It provides thai, the principal
organ of the system xill be the Technical Chamber fox Narcotics and Irugs
of the National Health Council of the Miniatry of Health. Our program is =
_ already in conformity with tt-.e norms of the Chamber." _
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- BRAZIL -
DRUG CASES INVOLVING FOLICE UNTRIED AFM FIYE YEARS
Rio de Janeiro JORNAI, DO BRASIL in Portuguese 6 Jan 80 p 26
[Text] Although more than 5 years have pa8aed, none of the 82 individuals
accused of trafficking in narcotice in the Morro do P'e,z QueA Quer diatrict
of Rocha Miranda, ha,s been brought to t,rial. A'wng the accused are 21
= policeaen, an Army sergeant, a meaber of the Fire Depa,rtment, a gua,td at
the penitentiary, and an enployee of the Felix Pacheco Institute, a11 of
xhom corered up and facilitated the traffic in eschange for aoney and -
drugs furnished by the group hec.Aed by Milton Goncalves Thiag+o, knoxn as
"Cabecao."
- In March 1978 the presiding judge of the 23rd Grimina,l Jurisdiction, Sergio
Cavalieri Filho, ruled that 13 of the accused, aould be tried that sasie
month. Nothing definitive occurred, hoxever: inveatiga,tions xould 1iave
to be carried out. Nox another judga, J. 5inwea Coata,, has groniaed to
render a decision "next xeek."
Many Involred
In October 1974 the Naxcotics Control Division of the Regional Superinten-
dency of the Federal Pblice Depa,rtaent began the investigation into the
case and confirAed the activities of drug traffickera xho xere ee111ng
principally marihua,na, and cocaine. I-lw- xas not difficult to identify
�Cabecao" as the leader of the gang. -
There xas insufficient evidence to xarrant an indictaent, a,nd Proeecuting -
- Attorney Caxlos Bisca,ia--xho had been appointed eapecially to handle the
case--uas able to charge only 41 of the accused but requested the preven- F
tive arreBt of all of then. To date only 15 ha.ve been arreated, -hoxever,
and.four of these have obtained their Conditione.l release. The other 26
have Fled., and during the past 2 yeaxa three of the accused have died.
_ Because of the exceseive nunber of accused persons the trial xas divided
- up in order to avoid xaiting for the indictments aga,inst each individual
to be concluded. There are nox 13 xho can be placed on trial. The firet
definitive decision in the case caxe at the beginning of 1975, Mhen il of _
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- the accused who had been arreated at the outset of the investigatic,n~ 1rer4~
- convictad in addition to Cabecao, who at that time xas a fugitiveo Cabecao
xas sentenced to 11 years in prison, but because he Kas not apprehand6iri
_ until 29 April of that same yeax (and had c:ontinued as leadex of the gar_g)
he xas reindicted. He iB one of those xhoa the 3udge is acheduled to
sentence xithin the next fex days.
The "fronts" used to conceal the sale of narcotics xere the Bel-Car Aii�to-
aobile Agency I.td, on Quoaaru 3treet, and the Morro do Faz Quea Quer
Neighborhood Association--both located in Rocha Hiranda. At these loc.a-
tions the police found books and notes xhich implicated the group of
- traffickera led by Cabecao.
- All the investigations ha,ve involved persons who not only are charged in
- this trial xith using their status as poliGemen, military peraonnel oz
civil servants to facilitate the naxcotics traffic but nany of thaa--as i:'ox
~ exaaple the detective Ivonio Ferraz Yiana, knoxn as "Yianinha"--are also
charged xith murder in trials distributed asong the four jury-�iirial cowcts. _
_ Who They Are
� In addition to the leader of the group (xho heade the list), the roster of
those who are scheduled to knox the outcone of their trial xithin the next
~ fex days includes "Yianinha," who xas arrested Rhen he xas working in the -
= Naxcotics Division. He is accused of interceding in behalf of the axreated
traffickers and also of obtaining weapons for Cabecao. In addition to this
- charge against him there aae 26 other inveetigations in progress xherein he
iB accused--together xith others who are also inplicated in the aforeaen- -
tioned trial--of conplicity in 36 deathe.
This first group includes five [sic] police personnels Otto Correia de
Mello, Orlandino ("Dino") Montovani, and Claudir Monteiro, all of rho� axe
charged with ,urder together xith Yianinha. -
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SRAZIL _
BRIEFS
= OOCAINE 1RAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Eduerdo Carrulo, 37, and Joel de Araujo
Venancio, 19, xere arrested d.ay before yesterday by agents of the Narcoiica
Division in Ladeira dos Taba,3aras, Copa,ca,bana,. Joel Kas in poaseasion of
50 grams of cocaine but alleged that it belonged to Ca,rrulo. The drugs
xere sent to the Criminalistics Inatitnte for ana,lysis, [Text] Rio de
Janeiro 0 GIABO in Portugueae 5 Jan 80 p li] 10992
MARIHUANA SEIZED IN AMAZONAS--Manaus--Agents of the Federal Police Depart-
ment seized almost 2 tons of marihuana being grown in the municipalities
of Anori and Careiro. The Indians--nine of whom were caught in flagrante
delicto--had been induced by traffickers to plant marihuana, which was -
then distributed in other regions of Ama.zonas, Para, Rondonia and even -
- abroad, Each of the growers received 4,000 cruzeiros per kilogram for his
product. The first person to be indicted was the farmer Jose Rodrigues -
Verdeza, a Colombian who has lived in Amazonas for more than 28 years. He -
had devoted more than 5 quadras [one quadra equals 17,424 square meters]
of cleared land to growing marihuana, of which the police destroyed
approxima.tely 800 kilograms. Other such plantings were discovered in Anori
- near the villages of Cunha, Cuinha and Anama, and six planters were arrested -
at these locations. [Text] [Brasilia CORREIO BRAZILIENSE in Portuguese
3 Jan 80 p 8] 10992
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coLorBTA
POLICE SEIZURES FOR 1979 SUMMARIZED
Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanieh 20 Dec 79 p 4-C
[Article: "Drugs Worth 2,117 Million Colombian Pesos Seized by the
Police in 1979"]
[Texti Gocaine and marihuana for a total value of Col $2,117 million
- were seized by the national police between January and Novembe: 1979, -
according to a report on the activitiea of that organization released
yesterday to the press.
According to the suxve y, during the same period 78 policemen were killed
- on active duty including 3 officezs and 7 nonconanissioned offlcers.
As regards kidnappinga, 13 individuals held captive were rescued while
- 28 kidnappers were arrested as were 77,511 common criminals. Too,
93 rowdies, 65 of them considered highly dangerous, had clashea with the -
police.
_ The following are the principal figures contained in the report: -
Arrests: Cammon criminals, 77,511; drug traffickers, 445; highly
dangerous criminals, 396; and handits, 79.
Ki.dnappings: Individuals rescued, 1.3; peraons released, 6 individuals =
now in the hands of (cidnappers, 2; fiild abciuctors captured, 28.
Weapons: Various types and units of arms aeized, 5,386; atmnunition of
various calibers seized, 26,055. ~
Psychotropic substances: Cacaine aeized, 1,252 kilograma; laboratories
= for the processing o� drugs, 31; cocaine leaves, 270 kilograma; cocaine
plants, 185,700; marihuana, 304,462 lcilograms; marihuanu plants, 398,210.
T'ne impounded drugs as well as the planrs were deatroyed in accordance
with the legal regularions i_n elCect.
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_ Similarly seized as responsible for drug traffic were 378 Colombian
men and 29 Colombian women and 4 foreign men and 6 foreign women.
According to a quantitative estimate the impounded cocaine had a value of 944,914,000 Colombian pesos. The laboratories were evaluated at 2,204,060
pesos; the cocaine leaves at 115,000 pesos; the cocaine plants at
23,858,000 pesos; the marihuana at 543,982,600 pesos; and the marihuana
plants at 601,941,400 pesos. This makes a grand total of 2,117,015,960 pesos.
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COLOMBIA
ATLANTIC CQAST SEIZURES IN EARLY DECEMBER LISTEA
Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanieh 19 Dec 79 p 3-A
[Article: "Poaitive Resulta in the Fight Againat Drug Traffickers"]
[Text] The goverrunent released a positive survey o� the operations _
effected on the Atlantic Coast during the past week to check the -
cultivation, trafficking, and consumption of narcotics. It disclosed
that in the past 7 days 26,380 kg of marihuana, 6 aircraft, and 19 vehicles
were seized.
In a report of the Ministry of D efense it was noted that in that connection 36 Colanbians and 12 foreigners involved in drug traffick3ng ~
were arrested.
The communique etated the followin,;:
_ In the period between 7 and 14 Decewber 1979, in the courae of operations
effected on the Atlantic Coast to check the activities of drug traffickers,
the following results were obtained:
_ 8 December 1979: In the locality of Guanabano in the town of San Juan
del Cesar, Carlos P1ata Toncel, Guatavo,Rafael Dazs, and William Salvador
Garcia were arrested. The following materials were seized from them:
1. One F-350 truck; and
_ 2. A total of 77 packages of marihuana weighing 3,080 kg.
8 December 1979: At the Santa Marta airport a amall two-engine plane
bearing registration No N-21-L with three crew membere on board: Anibal
Badeb (a Colombian citizen), J3.mht Otter, and Natte Smith (U.S. citizens)
without identification documents.
8 December 1979:. In Barranquilla, during a search made in the Pico de
Oro cockfight ring, Juan Elias Bendeck Pareja and Adalberto Ruiz Berrio
were arrested. The following materials were seized from them:
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1. Six 9-millimeter caliber pistols; and
= 2. One long-barreled 38-caliber revolver.
9 December 1979: In Punta Escondida, jurisdiction of Budilla, district
of Riohacha, the following were arreated: Pedro Jose Cerchan Iguaran, �
Fertnin Jose Cerchan Ceballos, Nicolas Martinez, Nelson Rafael Gneco
F~Udenta, Jorge Antonio Gneco Cerchan, Carlos Enrique Daza Cordoba,
Marco Peralta, Francisco Alberto Martinez Mora, Jairo Martinez Morales,
Juan Onata Guillot, Lucas Gneco Cerchan, Ernesto Gustavo Pimienta Gaviria, _
Hebert Jose Martinez Pineda, Jacobo Trinidad Lopez Ortiz, Nestor Francisco
Redondo, Jacobo Cotes Moscote, Santiago Pineda Barrios, and Milder Barrios
Linder. The following materials were seized fran them:
1. Various vehicles;
2. Three raceiving-transmitting automobile radios;
3. Tao standard radios;
4. One radio battery; -
5. 229.5 packages of marihuana weighing 9.180 kg; and
6. A total of 400,000 pesos in cash.
10 December 1979: In the locality of Saloa, district of Curumani, the
following individuals were arrested: Martin Antonio Rodriguez, Jose
Manuel Pallarea Zabaleta, Ramon Meneses Perez, Martin Pulido Trujes, '
Carlos Cera Cutierrez, Ignacio Rivera Perez, from whom the following
materials were seized: 1. Four vehicles of varioua types; and
2. A total of 39 packages of marihuana weighing 1,560 kg.
11 December 1979: At the Simon Bolivar airport of Santa Marta a two-engine
plane bearing registration No 5694-D was seized with three crew members on
_ board: Thomas Caffo, Donald Leetwelss, and Christopher Russeu Kigdun [sic--? Kidgun], all U.S. citizens. They had no flight plan nor
permission to land. -
11 December 1979: At Barranquilla airport a Cessna 310 aircraft bearing I
registration No 777DN was seized with two crewmen on board--Earl Robbin
Bowers and James Edward Watts--U.3. citizens, lacking identification
docianents. They had neither a flight p.lan nor permission to land. _
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li December 1979: On the road leading to Cueatecitae, jurisdiction of
- Riohacha, the follawing materials were impounded:
1. One F-350 truck; and
2. A total of 48 packagea of marihuana weighing 1,920 kg.
11 December 1979: In the locality of Punta de Camaronea the follaaing
materials were aeized:
_ 1. Three hydraulic preeaers; and -
2. Seven small pressers.
- 13 December 1979: In the locality of Poponte, juriadiction of Curumani,
the following individuala were arrested: Jorge Cordoba, Araujo Penalosa,
- Waldo Diaz Torres, and Gustavo Tancer. The following materials were -
seized from them:
1. Tao vehiclea; and
2. A total of 106 package.s of marihuana weighing 4,240 kg.
_ 13 December 1979: On the E1 Pajaro airstrip, jurisdiction of Riohacha,
2[sic] C-60 aircraft in good condition bearing registr.ation No 519E2,
one Centurion aircraft in good condition bearing registration No 98837,
and 5 U.S. citizens without idenCification documents were seized.
13 December.1979: On the Caricari airstrip, jurisdiction of Camarones,
one Beechr_raft aircraft bearing.registration.No [omitted from source]
was found abandoned.
13 December 1979: In the locality of La Playa Costa Verde, jurisdiction
of Cienaga, Jose Vicente Vargas was arrested and the following materials
were seized from him: �
1. Two vehicles of different types; and
2. A total of 160 packages of marihuana weighing 6,400 kg. ,
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.
COLOMBIA NATIONAL ANTIDRUGS COALITION FOUNDED
- Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 6 Dec 79 p 8-B
[Text] The National Antidrugs Coalition of Colombia inaugurates at 0900
today the National Founding Convention in an act to be openecl by a delegate
of the nation's attorney general. Sessions will be held until 2000 in the
Comfenalco Auditorium, 19-85 4th Carrera.
The order of presentations is as follows:
0930: Fausto Charris Romero, national coordinator of the National
Antidrugs Coalition.
1000: Physiologic and Psychic Effects of Drugs: Dr Jose Francisco -
_ Socarras psychiatrist; Dr Elsa Strauss, psychologist and technical director
of the Caminos Rehabilitation Center of Cali; Dr Antonio Guerra, 1rID, PhD in pharmacology; Dr Gabriel Nahas, IrID, advisor to the UNO [National -
Opposition Union] on drug abuse; Dr Maria lsabel de Lince, psychologist,
- founder and director of the Prometeo Rehabilitation Center of Bogota.
1500 to 1800: Economic and Social Problems of Drug Traffic: Dr Maximiliano -
Londono, economist, Andeari Labor Party's (Plan) national executive
committee; Muhammad Sal2.huddin, vice president of the National Antidrugs
Coalition of the United States; Victor Moreno A, president of the Trade
- Union Federation of Colombian Workers, Festracol-CTC [Trade Union Federation
_ of Colombian Agricultural Workers-Confederation of Workers of Colombia].
- 1800 to 2000: How to Stop International Drug Traffic: Dr Luz Stella
Torres, chemist-pharmacist, administrative chief of the Ministry of Health's
Rotating Drug Fund; a representative of the nation's attorney general;
- Dr Juan Torres, MID, president of the National Antidrugs Coalition of the -
United States; Dr Max Dean, lawyer, president of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Flint, Mfchigan.
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COLOMBIA
- BENSINGER CALLS FOR HEAVIER PENALTIES

Bogota EL TIEMF'0 in Spanish 7 Dec 79 p 7-A
_ [Text] The administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminiatration,
- Peter B. Bensinger, called for heavier penalties for marihuana and
, cocaine traffickers.
"Assistance is needed," he said, "to suppreas the flow of druge in Colombia,
Peru and Bolivia. For this reason we must make long-term plans and control
the eradication of crops with the support of the diplomatic corpa."
Bensinger considers that a recommendation to approve legislat3,on on "the
- high seas," for American citizens and ships "is extremely necessary to
close any unnoticed possibility of evading the law of controlled substances,
- which allows ships loaded with marihuana and cocaine to sail the aeas with
impunity." , -
- The United States should belong to tha convention on psychotropic drugs,
signed in 1971 and as yet not not ratified by the senate of the United
States.
He said there has been a drop of 6.6 percent in retail sales of heroin
between 1976 and 1979, which has meant a decrease in the death rate from
150 per month in 1976 to 30 during 1979.
He specified that the number of heroin addicts dropped from 560,000 in
1975 to less than 440,000 in 1978.
"The control that the United States muat exercise in the face of the threat
_ posed by the opium production of Iran, Pakistan and Afghaniatan, estimated
at some 1500 tons, will be a worthy taak in the fight against druga," ,
Bensinger concluded.
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COLOMBIA
- F-2 IN TRIPLE STRIKE AT TRAFFICKERS
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 6 Dec 79 p 22-A
[Article by Francisco Cristancho]
[Text] T~ao of the largest and most sophisticated cocaine-processing
_ laboratories ever found by agents of the F-2 antinarcotics group were
impounded during a triple strike in the capital and suburban areas of
_ Fusagasuga and Girardot.
In addition to discovering the two laboratories, agents of the national
police's secret organization also captured eight subjects and confiscated
10 kg of cocaine and 20 kg oc cocaine paste ready to be processed.
Three Phases
The operation set up by F-2 agents was carried out in three phases.
The first phase took place on Tuesday at 1930 hours in apartment 202 at
74-92 13th Avenue, Bogota, where 10 kg of pure cocaine were confiscated
and several subjects were arrested: Pedro Jose Santamaria Lago, Rafael
_ Eduardo Diaz Ramirez, Julio Cesar Murcia and Armando Nieto Cartagena.
Also found at the apartment were two presses, four very large, false-
bottom suitcases used to transport the alkaloid, a plastic-sealing machine, "
two .38 long caliber revolvers with lots of ammunition, several rolls of _
plastic used to package the substance and two vehicles: a 1979 white Nissan
- Patrol station wagon with free transit plates number 4242 and a 1978 Dodge-350 `
- truck carrying plates number MC-3880.
Laboratory in Fusa _
After tiaveling almost an hour on the Bogota to Tolima highway, the F-2
_ agents found a large cocaine-processing laboratory near Fusagasuga, inside
a farm called La Fonda Mia.
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_ Here they arrested Santiago Tobon Gaviria, from E1 Toto, Valle del Cauca;
Elibardo Salinas Garzon, from Quipile, Cundinamarca, and Bernardo Munoz,
f rom La Dorada, Caldas.
A epokesman for the sec.ret arganization said that among the items confiscated
at the La Fonda Mia farm were five plastic gallon containers wi[h ether in
them, six 5-gallon plastic containers, four glass demijohns, eight cocaine-
drying lamps, three containers of hydrochloric acid and a precision scale.
The Girardot Operation
In the third and last of the operations, members of the F-2 antinarcotics
group, the organization which has distinguished itself by dealing the heaviest
blows against drug trafficking organizations in the past few years in Colombia,
entered the La Marinita farm, belonging to Aiberto Duarte French, at
approximately 600 hours.
Here, Siervo Humberto Jimenez Jimenez, from Junin, Cudinamarca, who said he
- was the manager of the farm, was arrested.
Inside a room of La Marianita, the agents found items used for processing
- cocaine, including 12 powerful cocaine-drying lamps, several test tubes,
2 boxes of hydrochloric acid, 6 drums containing acetone and ether, a
_ plastic-sealing machine, suitcases suitable for transporting the drug,
several sheets of filter paper, a roll of plastic to wrap the substance
_ and countless plastic containers used to mix the acids and the cocaine
paste.
Farm Rented
It must be noted that, according to preliminary investigations of the F-2 ~
agents, the farm was rented by its owners almost a year ago to a man wha
- identified himself as Ismael Pena. The latter is now being sought by the
police, since he is accused of being one of the leaders of the drug
trafficking band.
- Yesterday, a source outside the F-2 said that it is very possible the drug
trafficicers arrested in this operation might have something to do with
- the recent arrest of Francisco Trimino, the race car driver, who was
_ discovered the previous Sunday with 77 kg of highly pure cocaine, in a
luxurious apartment of a residential area north of the capital.
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w
~ } t�'
.fi~kt 1.,
In the mist of the materials that formed the two largest
- laboratories ever found, appear seven of the eight persons
_ who were arrested during the triple strikes carried out
by the F-2 antinarcotics group.
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COLOMBIA
POLICE CLOSE DOWN IrLAJOR COCAINE OPERATION
PA232207 Bogota Radio Cadena Nacional iu Spanish 1730 GD1T 23 Jan 80 PA
- [Text] Bogota--One of the most spectaoular blows was dealb today against the i.nter-
- national drug trafficking gangs operating in Colombia. The Admintstrative Department
of Security [pAS] discovered a plantation with more than 3,000 heatares of ooca leaves -
- in the middle of the jungle. The operation was carried out by the police command in
Guaviare near CaJ.amar, MiraPlores and (Tiobarba). 3everal persons wore arrested. It
was reported at noon today that the DAS seized a shipment of proaessed aoca, the 3,000
- hectares of coca, a large and modern laboratory, U.S. and Colombian aurrenoy, outboard
- motors and several launches. Several officials of the attorney generalis office left
for the area today to help in the investigation.
_ It was said that this is one of the largest seizures of aocaine in the history of tihe
struggle against drug trafficking. The investigation of this case started several
= months ago when Rafael Poveda Alfonso was the DAS direotor.
_ It was reported that the drug braffickers used Indians of the region to aulbivate the
drug. The suthorities reported that many persons, bobh Colombians and foreigners, _
- were arrested in the operabion. The Indians received mc+ney and other items in exohange
for the product which'was subsequently processed in the modern laboratory that the
authorities found.
The druq rras transported in light planes whioh landed at clandestine airstrips, or in
launches with outboard motors. The authorities had tn penetrate sevAral kilometers
- using horses and then launches to arri.ve at the place where the drug trafficking aenter
operated. One oP the DAS agents said that it is impossible to estimate the value of
' everything that was seizod but noted that it may be worth many millions of dollars. _
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COLOMBIA
DRUGS, FORTY LIGHT TRAFFICKERS SEIZED
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 20 Dec 79 p 8-A
('Text] The armed forces dealt a severe blow to drug traffir.kera operating
- on the Atlantic coast during the week of 7 to 14 December 1979.
In this period 48 individuals involved in that unlawful activity were
~ arrested while six aircraft of various types were also seized by the `
- authorities. Also impounded were 19 automotive vehicles of various
- types, 7 short-range weapons, 10 hydraulic pressere,5 radios, and 659 kg -
of marihuana ready for export. The volume of drugs confiscated in such -
_ a ahort period makes it possible to deduce that said trade continues
at its peak. The following persons were arrested:
Anibal Badeb, 3imht Otter, and NatCe Smith, the first of these being a
Colambian citizen and the other two U.S. citizena,'who were seized in
Santa Marta together with a small two-engine sircraft.
Carlos Plata Toncel, Guatavo Rafael Daza, and William Salvador Garcia,
_ were captured in the locality of Guanabano, in San Juan del Cesar. One _
truck and 77 packages of marihuana were taken fran them. = Juan Elias Bendeck Pareja and Adalberto Ruiz Berrio were arrested in -
- Barranquilla. One revolver and one pistol were taken from them. In
- the district of Dibulla, municipality of Riohacha, Pedro Jose Cerchan
Iguaran, Fermin Joee Cerchan Ceballos, Nicolas MarCinez, Nelson Rafael
Geneco Pimienta, Jorge Antonio Geneco Cerchan, Carlos Enrique Daza,
a Marcos Peralta, Francisco Martinez Mora, Jairo Martinez Morales, Juan
- Onata Guillot, Lucas Geneco Merchan, Ernesto Pimienta Gaviria, Hebert
Martinez Pineda, Jacobo Trinidad Lopez Ortiz, Neetor Redondo, Jacobo -
Cotes Moacote, Santiago Pineda Barrios, and Milder Barrios Linder
were arrested. Nine autnmobiles, 5 car radios, 229 packages of marihuana,
_ and 400,000 Colombian pesos in cash were seized from them.
Martin Antonio Rodriguez, Joae Payares Zabaleta, Ramon Meneses Perez,
Martin Pulido Trujes, Carlos Cera Gutierrez, and Ignacio Rivers Perez
were also arrested. This occurred in Saloa, municipality of Curumani.
In this instance, 4 automobiles and 39 packages of marihuana were also
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Thomas Caffo, Donald Leetwelss, and Chrietopher Rueseu Kidgun were arrested
in Santa N~.srta in a two-engine plane. Earl Robbin Bowers and 3am-!s
~ Edward Watts, also with a two-engine aircraft, were seized in Barranquilla.
In Riohacha a truck and 48 packagea of marihuana were impounded. In
- Punta de Camaronea 10 presaers were found. In Poponte, Curuma,ni, 106
packages of marihuana and 2 automobiles were impounded. Jorge Cordaba, -
Araujo Penalosa, Waldo Diaz Torres, and Guatavo Tancer were arrested.
In the locality of Pajaro in Riohacha, three aircraft and five U.S.
citizens were seized. On the Caricari airsCrip a plane which the -
traffickers had abandoned was discovered. In Costa Verde, Cienaga, Jose -
Vicente Vargas was arrested. He was found to have in his posaession 160 -
packages of marihuana and 2 vehicles. "
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COLOMBIA
TOTAL OF 500 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN BOGOTA
_ Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 18 Dec 79 pp 1-A, 15-C
[Article by Ramiro Castellanos: "A Total of 500 leg of Cocaine Seized
in Bogora"]
[Text] The second largest shipment of cocaine in the world valued at
2 billion pesos on the black market in the United SCates was seized by -
the anCinarcotics group of the criminal police of Colombia's Public
_ Prosecutor's Office.
The shipment, consisting of 500 kg of 95 percent pure cocaine had
originated fran Eastern Plains region in a station-wagon with a double _
compartment and a luxury aut anobile.
The operation, characterized as lightning-like by the authorities, was
carried out yesterday afternoon near the E1 Campin coliseum at a time
when several of the members of a band of drug traffickers were moving
the valuable smuggled goods along the ma3or arteries of Colombia's _
capital.
A patrol of the antinarcotice group arrested as suspects in drug traf- -
- ficking the following individuals: Oscar Arcila, a native of Urrav
(Antioquia); Rodrigo Ayala, a native of Palmira; and Fabio Garcia, born
in Manizales.
Together with the drugs a atation-wagon bearing license plate MC 3838 _
and a Dodge 1800 automobile with temporary licenae plate No 7775 were
- seized. -
In the first vehicle, in a double compartment located in the body of
the station-wagon, more than 490 kg of the alkaloid subst$nce were being '
transported duly packaged in plastic bags. Another 2 kg of cocaine were -
being carried in the automobiTe.
- According Co the information given to EI, TIEMPO, the three arrested '
individuals tried to bribe the personnel of the Public Prosecutor's -
Office's patrol and offered them the station-wagon in exchange for the
return of the shipment of cocaine and their release. -
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A spakesman for the antinarcotics group noted that this attitude was due
in large measure to the honesty of all its members and to the good
salaries that allow them to be above bribery. _
The 500 kg of cocaine, on the basis of the known details, were to be -
_ delivered in Bogota to a network of drug traffickers which would have
seen to forwarding the shipment to the United States.
'1'liis is tlie second largest cocaine sliipment seized by thc peraonnel
of Colombia's Public Prosecutor's Office in 1979. In February 1979
some 200 kg were impounded in an operation carried out in Turbo (Antioquia).
- The largest cocaine shipment in the world was seized by the F-2 unit of the
[?anny's] general staff in Bogota on 11 September 1979. It involved 800 kg
valued at 256 billion pesos, nearly twice ColomUia's budget. `
_ In that operation effected in var_ious residences of the special district,
- several laboratories earmarked to the processing of the drug were
discovered. A virtual fleet of modern vehicles was also seized while
~ 16 persons, including 2 foreigners, were arrested.
I
Together with the valuable cocaine shipment estimated at
billion pesos are the three drug traffickers arrested
~ yesterday in Bogota by the personnel of Colombia's Public '
Prosecutor's Office.
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COLOMBIA
TRAFFICKERS, DRUGS SEIZED AT BOGOTA AIRPORT -
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 12 Dec 79 p 14-A
[Article: "Drug Traffickers Seized at Eldorado Airport"]
[Text] A Colombian citizen and a U.S. citizen were seized yesterday .
at Eldorado International Airport when the former tried to smuggle -
- in 70 kg of cocaine paste and the latter attempted to transport 2 kg
- of pure cocaine to Guatemala.
The arrest of the drug traffickers was made by agents of the criminal
- police of the antinarcotics group of Colombia's Public Prosecutor's
Office who had been alerted by a customs official. The latter was the
one who discovered the valuable shipment being carried by the Colambian in
two suitcases.
The U.S. Citizen
- Richard Terry Bassey, a native of California, U.S.A., was seized yesterday
morning as he tried to take out of Colombia a shipment of pure cocaine
made up of 2 kg of the drug.
The foreigner; who was on his way to Guatemala, carried two slim leather
suitcases with a sophisticated double bottom where he had concealed -
the drugs. _
The arrest of Richard Terry Bassey took place at 0900 hours in the morning
as he was about to board a plane of the Aerocondor company whose first _
scheduled stop was Medellin. The special agents assigned by the Public
- Prosecutor's Office to the criminal police noted that the individual
behaved in a very nervous fashion and they decided to subject him to
intense questioning which made it possible to discover fihe drugs.
The U.S. citizen was about to take a return flight after spending -
8 days in Bogota, a period during which he undoubtedly made the contacts
necessary for the acquisition of the drugs.
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A total of 70 kg of Paste
In a second strike effected at about 1600 hours in the afternoon, the
agents of the Public Prosecutor's Office, alerted as was mentioned
by a customs official inside the air termina.l, seized two suitcases
in which they found 70 kg of cocaine paste carefully packed. -
On this occasion the Colombian Fabio Yanguas Valenzuela, who had
arrived from La Paz, Bolivia, on Aviance's flight No 80, was arrested.
_ Because of the manner in which the drugs were being transported,some
- experts in dicated to EL ESPECTADOR that there had never been a similar -
_ case given that the two suitcases seized were built uniquely and '
exclusively for the transportation of said paste. This suggested that _
the suspect had planned to meet a key individual at the airport, for
otherwise he would have tried to conceal the valuable shipment.
It was also reported that the cost of the drugs after processing could
easily reach some 100 million Colombian pesos. _
Falsified Passport
Yanguas Valenzuela, who tried to outwit the action of the authorities,
at first identified himself as I'abio Gallego, a Spanish citizen. However,
- after a thorough check of his passport, No 656867, it was possible to
- deteztnine that it had been falsified. -
The drugs were wrapped in three packages which, after being unwrapped,
- were discovered to involve plastic containers that were protected by thick
- pieces of plastic which in turn were secured by broad strips of adhesive
- tape. -
The Colombian Fabio Yanguas Valenzuela is accused of falsifying documents
and drug trafficking, a spokesman for the Public Prosecutor's Office
_ said. In the last few days that organ has managed to seize approximately
200 kg of narcotics whose value on the black market would be incalculable.
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Fabio Yanguas Valenzuela, quien fne capturado
ayer en. el aeronuerto Eldorado cuando pretendfa
: introducir al pals un cargamento de '70 kilos de
pasta de cocalna, cuyos paquetes aparecen dentro
; de las maletas que se aprecian a la iaquierda de la ' grgfiaa. (Foto de Posada).
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