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JPRS L/8983
19 March 1980
Worldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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- 19 March 1980
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOT I CS AND DAHGEROI~S DRIiGS
(FODU 12/80)
CONTENTS PAGE
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Briefs
Heroin Traffic 1
BURMA
Burmese Paper Notes Poppy Elimination Program in Shan State
~ (Editorial; LOKiHA FYEITHU NEZIN, 9 Feb 80)............ 2
- Briefs
Latha Drug Arrest 3
INDIA
Briefs
Australian Girl Convicted 4 -
Over 500 kg Opium Seized 4
PAKISTAN -
_ Briefs
250 kg Morphine Sulphate Seizure 5 _
Charas, Opium Seizure 5
Large Charas Seizure 5
Bhang Cultivation, Charas Seizui�e 5
Coins, Charas Seized 6
Charas Seized, One Arrested 6
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
CANADA
NORML Criticized for Method Used to Change Marihuana Laws
(Editorial; THE LdINDSOR STAR, 26 Jar~ 80) 7
Court Reserves Rulir,g on Heroin-by-Mail Case
(Tom Van Dusen; THE CITIZEN, 13 Feb 80)......~....... 8
Cons~deration Given To Study of Mail-Opening Power
in Drug Cases
(Robert Sheppard; THE GLOBE AND MAIL, 4 Mar 80)...... 10
Large Heroin Haul in Mpntreal
~Andre Cedil~t; LA PRESSE, 15 Feb 80) 11
Briefs
Drug Seizure 13
Bail Refused 13
Drug Trafficker Jailed 13
BNA Act Cited in Drug Case 14
LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
Briefs _
Drugs Seized 15
B~LIVIA
Briefs
. Cocaine Laboratory 16
BRAZIL
Former Policemen Sentenced for Protecting Traffickers
(0 GLOBO, 1 Feb 80) 17
Briefs
LSN Would Include Trafficking 19
Cocaine, Marihuana Arrests 19
CHILE
Briefs
Drug Trafficker Arrested 20
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ECUADOR
Briefs
Cocaine Trafficker Arrestzd 21
MEXI CO
History, Results of 'Operation Condor' Descr~bed
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 10 Feb 80) 22
Las Norias Inspection Post Claimed Necessary
(EL BRAVO, 31 Jan 80).... 24
Briefs
Jail Break Thwarted 26
Colombian Cocaine Traffickers Caught 26 _
PANAMA
Briefs
Narcotics Trafficker Arrested 27
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
Briefs
Grand Turk Marihuana 2g
VENEZUELA
~ao Arre~ted ~:'ith More Than 200 Grams of Cocaine
(EL LTNIVERSAL, 27 Jan 80) 29
Trafficker Arrested in 23 January District
- (EL UNI~ERSAL, 28 Jan 80) 30
Mandrax Distributor Arrested by Police
(EL tJNIVERSAL, 2? Jan 80) 31 -
EGYPT
Illegal Narcotics Activity, Efforts To Check It on _
, Increase
(Various sources, various dates) 32 ~
A1-Sharqiyah Plants Seized ~
. Use of Airplanes
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Asyub Operation Checked
Heroin Smuggling Attempt
Concealed Hashish Seized
Heroin Seized at Airport ~
Syrian Smuggling in Cairo
~ Pakistani Arrested in Cairo
SUB-SAHARAiV AFRICA
- SOUTH AFRICA
Dagga Destruc tion Proceeding in Northern Natal
(Tim Clarke; THE CITIZEN, 16 Feb 8d)..........o..... 42
Briefs -
Convictions for Drug Offenses 43
_ WEST EUROPE
FRANCE
Antidrug Crusade Effects Reviewed
(I.E MONDE, 6 Feb 80)..e 44
ITALY
Brief s
Heroin in Auto Transmission 47
UNITED KINGDOM '
Briefs
Cannabis Haul 48
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BRIEFS
HEROIN TRAFFIC--Federal authorities say Australia has become a prime target
for the importation of heroin from the Middle East. especially Turkey. A
, Radio Australia reporter in Brisbane says major traffickers--hampered by
increased police surveillance in Southeast Asia, up to now the main supply
area--are getting extra heroin from the Middle East. Our reporter says
special federal investigators are taking steps to combat the new threat.
- [Text] [Melbourne Overseas Service in English 0500 GMT 28 Feb 80 OWJ
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BURMA
BURMESE PAPER NOTES POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM ~N SHAN STATE
Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese 9 Feb 80 p 4 BK _
[Editorial: "The Progra-n of Substituting Crops for Poppy"]
[Summary] To implement its task prescribed by the Narcotic Drugs Law, the
Ministry of Home and Religious Affairs had formed the Central Narcotics Con-
trol Board, state and divisional committees for narcotics control and bodies
to supervise substitution of crops and livestock breeding for poppy. Here
we wish to deal with the crop substitution program between 1975 and 1978-79.
"Bodies to supervise substitution of crops and livestock breeding for poppy
Were set up in Taunggyi, Heho, Pangtara, Loi Mwe, Ho-pang, Kutkai and Maymyo
bases. Education stations were set up in Keng Tung, Pekon, Mong Hsat, Ho-
pang, Tangyan and Lashio. Similar stations were also opened in Mong Nai,
Laihka, Pangtara, Ywangan, Pilaung, Mong Tong, Mong Hsat and Kutkai.
� "The tasks of those stations were to choose the right t;ne of crops for the
available acreage, distribution of seed grains, fertilizers and pesticides
and educating people with film and slide shows.
"As a preliminary step before the crop substitution program, thousands of .
acr~_s of poppy were destroyed by operations 'Blackball' and 'Lilly' from
16 December 1975 to 26 March 1976, by operation 'Agati' in December 1976,
and by operations 'mountaintop flower,' 'roaring sky' and 'autumn` in 1978."
Between 1976 and 1979, some 10,000 acres were planted with cash crops and
many seed grains and saplings for annual and long-term crops were distributed
free of charge.
The program not only eliminates the threat of narcotic drugs but also helps
develop the economy of the srates and divisions. It is o~:r belief that the
- people will strive to further develop the economy.
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BRIEFS
LATHA DRUG ARREST--Acting on information, a police party from the Crime
Prevention Squad, Rangoon Division People's Police Force, yesterday searched
the house at No 115, 18th Street, Latha Tawnship and seized a hypodermic
syringe and six packets of heroin with a street val~ie of K 50 each. Police
arrested San Aung alias Po Toke (32), awner of the house and guest Win Maung
alias Pe Thar. (24) of Lower La*ha Street under Sections 6(b) (possession),
10(b) (sale), 11 (abetment) and 14(d) (failure to register for treatment)
of the Narcotic Drugs Law. The two men were handed over to the Latha police.
[Text] jRangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 23 Feb 80 p 5]
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INI)IA
BRIEFS
- AUSTRALIAN GIRL CONVICTID--A 27-year-old Australian hair dresser arrested
at Delhi airport on 30 November last year in possession of 910 grammes of
hashish which she was taking to Goa "to smoke for happiness," was on
Monday sentenced to two weeks rigorous imprisonment by Additional Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate, S. M. Agarwal, reports PTI. Miss Wendy Sylvia
Morris was found in p~ssession of the hashish in her handbag when she
presented herself for security check up before boarding the Indian Air-
- lines flight for Bon~bay. Mr Aggarwal taking a lenient view of the
matter awarded her two weeks rigorous imprisonment. [Text] ~::ew Delhi
PATRIOT in English 12 Feb 80 p 12J
_ OVER S00 KG OP?UM SEIZED--Hissar, Feb 3(PTI)--Five hundred twentynine kilo-
- grams of contraband opium was seized at Tohana, about 70, km from here, ac-
cording to senior superintendent of police Lachhmandass. He said one per-
son was taken into custody in this connection. [Textj [New Delhi PATRIOT
in English 4 Feb 80 p 10]
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
250 KG MORPHINE SULPHATE SEIZ'JRE--Quetta,Feb 13: The Regional Deputy
Director Pakistan Narcotics Control Board Quetta Retired Maj 5.M.H. Zaidi
has clarified position with regard to a news item appearing in Feb .l0
issue of BALUCHISTAN TIMES. He says that the correct position is that
the Deputy Martial Law Administrator Sector--I, has appointed a special .
investigation cell under DIG (Crimes) for investigation of all big hands
of narcotics seized in his sector. Pakistan Narcotics Control Board has
its representation in the cell. He further pointed out that it was
morphine sulphate 250 K.G. which was seized near Nushki a few days back
and not opium. It was the record seizure in the country. [Text]
[Quetta BALUCHISTAN TIMES in English 14 Feb 80 p 4]
CHARAS, OPIUM SEIZURE--Rawalpindi, Feb. 15: An attempt to smu~~le out
charas and opium--worth millions of rupees--has been foiled near Khyber
Agency (NWFP). The Collector of Land Customs and Central Excise, Mian
Nazir Azhar told n.ewsmen that approx imately 1500 miligrams of charas and
80 kilograms of opium had been placed--in a hidden form--in a truck, that -
was heading towards Khyber Agency. PPI. [Text] [Islamabad THE MUSLIM
in English 16 eb 80 p 3]
LARGC CHARAS SEIZURE--About 1646 kilograms of contraband charas was seized
in an operation near Khairabad on the G.T. road on Sunday. Customs
sources said that an Afghan national Ghulam Ali Khan, believed to be an
international smuggler, has been arrested. It is reported that the con-
traband charas was concealed in secret cavities 4f a Karachi bound truck
(No DN 4975). The txuck has also been impounded. [Text] [Peshawar
KHYBER MAIL in English 18 Feb 80 p 1]
- BHAT?G CULTIVATION, CHARAS SEIZURE--Hyderabad, Feb. 22: The Excise autfiori-
ties Dadu here yesterday disclosed thaC the tllegal cultivation of two lakh -
"bhang" plants has been detected allegedly from the land owned by one Doodo
Noohani. According to the official details, the Excise staff on receiving
an information conducted a raid on the land of the accused person and
allegedly recovered 300 kilogram of "Bhang" along with the plants. The
accused person has been arrested and challenged under the Abkari Aet.
The police have seized contraband charas and opium worth Rs 3,12,000
while patrolling on the National Highway. As per details 78 kilogram of
charas and seven kilogram of opium was seized from accused Sher Dil Khan
Pathan, allegedly connected with the interprovincial smuggling gang.APP/PPI
(Text) [Karachi MORNING NEWS in Eng lish 23 Feb 80 p 3]
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~ COINS, CH.4RAS SEIZED--Qver 2,000 silver coins weighing 15 kilograms worth
lakhs of rupees were confiscated at Torkham this afternoon, PTV reported
tonight. The Collector of Land Custom and Central Excise Mian Nazir Azhar
said the coins were being smuggled out of the country in a truck and were
detected by a mobile customs squad. In another raid over 2,000 kilograms of
charas were seized near Nowshera this morning. He said the cost of charas
abroad values to the tune of millions of dollars. Seventy watches which
had been smuggled into the country have also been confiscated. [Text]
[Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English 18 Feb 80 p 3]
CHARAS SF.IZED, ONE ARRESTED--Mozang Police seized 5500 grams charas and ar-
rested one person on Saturday. T'ne raid was conducted on an information at
- Park Lane, Mozang and arrested Mohammad Saleem of Temple Road carrving the
narcotics in a plastic bag. Meanwhile Shahdara ~olice arrested two per-
sons Mahboob Alam and Munir Ahtnad and 225 gram of opium and 246 gram of
charas was seized from their possession. [Text] [~ahore THE PAKISTAN
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CANADA
NORML CRITICIZED FOR METtiOD USED TO CHANGE MARIHUANA LAWS
~dindsor THE WINDSOR ST.AR in English 26 Jan 80 p 6
~ [Fditorial: "Courts Can't Change the Law"]
[Text]
Few Canadians would disagree making is the respunsibility of' Parlia-
- with the statement that uur r;~urijua- ment - and so is changing the law.
na laws needs changing. An attempt to jam the courts ct~n- -
NORML - the Ndtional Organi- not be isolated to marijudna cases
zation for the Reform of Marijuana alone. T~he entire court prucedure
Laws - agc~es that change is need- will be sluwcd. Justice is already luu
ed. But it has picked the wrong way slow in Canada, to the detriment ol' -
to bring about c,hange. lhe I~w, the courts, and those who
� NORM L is urging Canadians appear before them.
- charged with possession of marijuana Any accused person has the ~ight to
to plead nnt guilty, in the expectation ~lead not guilty and have his guil~ or
that the consequent trials will jam innocence determined on the evi-
the courts and form a backlog which dence. But iF NORML really has at
will influence Parli~ment lo change heart the changing oF lhe law, it
lhe law. would do much better lo devote its
What NORML do~s nut stress is energies to in(luencing Parliament,
that the courts do not make the laws, which alone has the powEr to make
~?nd cannot change the laws. Law- the change.
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COURT RESERVES RULINC ON HEROIN-BY-MAIL CASE -
Ottawa THE CITIZEN in English 13 F'~b 80 p 15
[Article by Tom Van Dusen]
[Textj
A 30-year-ofd Ottawa painter will learn Feb. 22
whether a provincial court judge believes he had noth-
ing to do with a 1978 scheme to mail 21 grams of 97-
per-cent pure heroin from Sri Lanka and Thailand to
- several Ottawa addresses.
Judge Bernard Ryan reserved judgment in the case
ugainst Robert Gordon Holtom Tuesday sfter hearing
summary arguments from the Crown and defence �
couns~~ls.
Shoi~ld his client be found guilty, lawyer John Piaz-
za said he would appeal on grounds that the charge of
atter.~pted importation is not recognized in the criminal
, code.
Piazza has already gone to the Ontario Supreme
~C:ourt and the Ontario Court of Appea: in an attempt _
to have the charge quashed. Howev~er, he was told to
await disposition of ~he charge by prov~ncial court.
Noltorr~ was originally charged with importing her-
oin under the Narcotics Control Act after police in
Bangkok intercepted 10 envelopes of heroin with an
estimated street valise of $144,~J00 in Canada. _
But because police intercepCed the packages, Ryan
ruled that the importation charge could not be applied
- because it was acutally police who completed delivery
= of the heruin in Ottawa.
Holtom is also charged witl~ possession for the pur-
pose of traf~cking 23 graros of hashish which police
confiscated when xhey arrested him in Ottawa on May
10, 1978. -
The Crown contends that Holtom travelled to Thai-
- land and Sri Lanka early in 1978 where he purchaed
the heroin for about S7 a gram. It also maintains that _
Holtom packaged the powder in plastic bags which
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w~rc taped between postcards and inserted into plain
cnvclopes.
Court was told that the envelopes were addressed to
~ctitious oriental names at the O~tawa addresses
where Holtom planned to retrieve the drugs upon his
return ot Canada.
- But Hultom has told the court he had nothing to do
with attcmpting to ship the narcotics. He said he met
a mun name Pat Phong and gave him the addresses in
question.
While court was told the handwriting on the enve-
- lope is not Holtom's, other evidence placed him in Sri
_ Lanka and Thailand about the time the drugs were
mailcd.
The Crown also pointed out that after the arrest was
made, police found cards taped together in a fashion
similar to the heroin envelopes in his Ottawa apart-
ment.
Piazza argued that a conviction could not be regis-
' tered in Canada for a criminal act that took place in a
- foreign jurisdiction.
But Crown prosecutor Joseph � Petles countered that
"extra-territorial elements" should not prevent charges
� from being laid in Canada. ~
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CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO STUDY OF MAIL-OPENING POWER IN DRUG CASES
Toronto TH~ GLOBE AIVD MAIL in English 4 Mar 80 p 8
[Article by Robert Sheppard]
[Text~
OTI'AWA - Solicitor- and 1 am not yet satis[ied
General Robert Kaplan about the question of wheth-
said yesterday he plans to er the existing authority
" give immediate consider- which police have is ade-
ation to mail-opening pow- quate." .
ers tor police in conneCtion Mr. Kaplan, an MP since -
with drug investig~tions 1968 who has been passed
"because I consider it a over for a Cabinet post until
very serious problem." now, also said he was espe-
"That is a matter 1 will cia~iy pleased to be sworn
be looking into very eariy." in ~s a federal Cubinet
mii,.ster wfth Bora Laskin,
However, he said he does Chlef JuStice ot Canada, in
no~ intend the same intense attendance. Yleased, he
- look at broadening mail- said, because he had won a
opening powers tor security gold medal fOr constitution-
investigatiuns under the al law while a student in a
Official Seerets Act at least Laskin class at the Unlver-
until he can discuss these sity of Toronto.
matters with his officials.
- "!'m not prepared to _
finalize my statements of
prlorities at this point," Mr.
Kaplan said yesterday dur-
ing the hubbub of cerema
nies at Government House. -
ln a briet interview he
said he understood a recent
Supreme Court of Canada
decision tound police al-
ready have considerable
mail-opening authorlty.
"But I am aware of the
pmblem of drugs coming ,
into this country through
the mails. I am satisfied it
is a very serious pmblem
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LARG~ NEROIN HAUL IN MONTREAL
Montresl LA PRESSE in French 15 Feb 80 p A 3
[Article by Andre Cedilot]
[TextJ A project set up to infiltrate the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie [GRC]
_ which has been going on for over seven months, has just neutralized one of the
most important groups of heroin distributors operating in Quebec. Nearly a
doaen individuals have been apprehended thus far in connection with the af-
- fair--six of them in the last two days.
~ The one the federal police believe to be the head of the organization,
Georges Barsikhian, 35, a native of Lebanon, appeared yesterday in Criminal ~
Court to face five charges relative to heroin traffic.
According to the indictment, Barsikhian had been arrested the day before in a
restaurant north of the city, in the course of a transaction involving one
ounce and a half of the precious powder, worth $13,000, with double agents of
the GRC.
It was learned that the policemen's "dramatic coup" had been so well prepared
that Barsikhian gave them a receipt for the payment for the merchandise!
Irritated at having bee,i so easily trapped, he flung himself at one of the a-
gents who was pointing a weapon at him. A skirmish ensued, but no one was
wounded.
In addition to Barsikhian five other individuals were put behind bars follow- -
ing that operation. They were Thomas Groppiny, 43; Osmond Raad, 27;
Serop Choujounian, 35' Claude Longtin, 43' and Gerald Amsel, 27. All denied -
all guilt in the diverse charges brought against them, and will undergo in-
vestigation under a bail bond.iiext Mon~ay.
According to Inspector Gilles Favreau, who is in charge of the narcotics bri-
gade in the GRC, the group operated out of a jewelry shop in the rue Sainte-
- Catherine, owned by Serop Choujounian, and a Laval firm, K-Bec Delivery, which
is registered in Barsikhian's aame.
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In the course of the investigation GRC secret agents witnessed at least
three transactions. The heroin supply seized on Wednesday came from Lebanon.
The drug, which is of n~edium quality, was generally sold by the ounce to dis-
tributors who undertook to resell it in the Montreal and Quebec region and _
occasionally in Torento.
In all, during the infiltration operation, which extended over a period of a
little over seven months, the double agents of the federal police questioned
about ten dealers. In this way they believe they have seriously affected
the heroin market in the large metropolis. At least for some time.
_ It is known that no more than 20 kilograms of heroin is needed to satisfy the
- annu~ demand of the adherents of this drug on Quebec soil. For several }~ears
cannabis has been more the style in Montreal, and especially hashish. The
last large haul by the police among hProin dealers goes back nearly a year.
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- CANADA
BRIEFS
DRUG SEIZURE--Two 30-year-old individuals, Robert John Notargiovanni and
Allen Spark, appeared yesterday before Judge Raymond Bernier of the Court ~~f -
Sessions, to answer the charge that they imported into the country 105.8
pounds of marijuana and conspired for the purpose of trafficking in it. They
are also accused of illegal possession for the same purpose of 0.5 grd,~,s of
cocaine, 62 grams of resinous hashish and another 15 grams of liquid hashish.
According to police t}-~e marketing of these drugs could have brought the ac-
cused at least $125,000. The offences with which they are charged were com-
mitted in LaSalle and Mirabel between 17 January and 4 February of this year.
Judge Bernier refused to release them and set the 17th of this month as the
date for hearing their request for bail. Meanwhile a third individual sus-
pected of the same offences, Johnny Difrancesco, is being actively sought by
the police of the Montreal Urban Community. [Tex~J [Montreal LE DEVOIR in
French 7 Feb 80 p 9] 8946
BA71. REFUSED--Judge Raymond Bernier of the Cour~ of Sessions yesterday refused
bail for the Montreal jeweler, Donald Cote, who is to answer the charge of
conspiring to possess one pound of cocaine and possession of the same quantity
of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking in it. The preliminary investiga-
tion on this double charge was set for ~he 15th of this month, and the same
date for the alleged accomplice, Marie-Louise Nolan, who is to answer the same
charges but is enjoying temporary freedom on $25,000 bail paid by a third
party. All were apprehended last 29 January by the Quebec Security Police in
the basement of the Place Bonaventure, where they had taken possession of the
- drug in question. [Text] [Montreal LE DEVOIR in French 7 Feb 80 p 9] 8946 `
DRUG TRAFFICKER JAILED--Victoria (CP)--Michael John Skitt, 34, of
Vancouver was sentenced Wednesday in county court to two years less a
day for possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking. Skitt was
arrested Sept. 4 in Campbell River with 39 capsules of heroin. [Text]
[Varcouver THE WEEKEND SUN in English 19 Jan 80 p A7]
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BNA ACT CITED IN DRUG CASE--Brockville--The authority of the federal
government to prosecute a city youth for trafficking in LSD under the
Food and Drug Act was challenged in provincial court here Wednesday.
Lawyer Duncan Fraser argued the act is unconstitutional because it
doesn't fall within the powers given Parliament under the British North
America Act. As a result, Fraser contended the govPrnment couldn't
prosecute his client, William ~ordingley. Cordingley and another youth, _
Gregory Lester Russell, were charged with trafficking in a restricted
drug by the RC1~ last September. Russell's lawyer, Peter Adams, sup- o
ported Fraser's motion. The case is believed to be the first time the
~ constitution has been used to challenge the validity of the statute
which law enforcement agencies have been using to control hallucingenic
drugs. Judge John Deacon reserved judgment until Feb. 6. [Text]
[Ottawa THE CITIZEN in English 24 Jan 80 p 13]
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ARGENTINA
BRIEFS
DRUGS SEIZED--Buenos Aires, 6 Mar (TELAM)--The national gendarmerie today
released a report on rhe operations carried out during the month of February
by the 20 Oran and 21 La Quiaca squadrons in the security area near the
Bolivian border. The report indicates that 1,087 kg of coca leaves were _
seized and that the following people were arrested: 23-year-old Argentine -
Guillermo H. Skamboni and 26-year-old Argentine Emilio 0. Jonea, who was
found to be carrying 340 gr of cocaine hydrochloride. [PY062212 Buenos
Aires TELAM in Spanish 2122 Gt~Pr 6 Mar 80 PY]
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BOT.IVIA
BRIEFS
COCAINE LABORATORY--A mobile cocaine laboratory mounted on a truck was
discovered by customs officials in Oruro last Sunday. The well-known drug
trafficker (Luis Colque Tija) was detained. [PY221119 La Paz Radio Panameri-
cana Network in Spanish 1700 GMT 21 Feb 80 PYJ
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BRAZIL
FORMER POLICEMEN SENTENCED FOR PROTECTING TRAFFICKERS
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 1 Feb 80 p 15
[Text] Former detectives Lincoln Monteiro da Silva and Elias Sidral
Carvalho, accused of protecting the drug trafficking being car=ied on by
the Milton Goncalves Tiago gang, the Cabecao, were sentenced yesterday to
2 years in prison and a fine 50 times the country's highes~ minimum wagA. _
The sentence was handed down by Simoes Costa, judge of the 23d Criminal
Court.
The judge, drawing up the sentence when there was still no knowledge of the
state governor's action discharging the two detectives for the good of the
public we~fare, sentenced Lincoln and Elias to the additional penalty of
lass of public employment. (The governor's decree was published day before
- yesterday.)
The trial, instituted against 41 individuals, was broken down to 2, for
some of the accused were arrested and others escaped. Yesterday's sentence
involves only these 13 accused: Cabecao and his brother, Aracilio Goncalves
Tiago; Euci Pires de Aragao; Jose Henrique Mattioli; court official Agostinho
Alberto de Souza; former detectives Ivonio Andrade Viana Ferraz, caYled
Vianinha, Otto Correa de Melo, Orlando Montalvani, Lincoln Monteiro, Claudir
Monteiro and Elias Sidral Carvalho; reformed fire-department sergeant Jaime
Martins Pereira; and police informant I,eonis Fonseca.
Involvement
The involvement of the detectives with the drug traffickers was made public
at the time of the arrest of trafficker Aldo de Almeida Santos, linked with
Cabecao, and who allegedly died later at the penitentiary. He was counting
on the gang's having the protection of Vianinha and other police officers.
In another sentence, Judge Mario Guaraci Rangel had condemned Cabecao;
Aracilio and Aldo to 12 years in prison and made the decision to send the
proper papers to the office of the Attorney General of Justice requesting
an investigation to prove the involvement of police officers with drug
. traffickers.
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Judge Simoes Costa said it was not within his jurisdicti~n to try Vianinha,
Otto Correa de Melo, Orlandino Montalvani, Claudir Monteiro, Agostinho
Alberto de Sena, Leonis Fonseca and Jaime Martins Pere�ira. This responsi-
" bility was transferred to the ~udge of the First Jury Court, where the -
Aroup is ~zlready betn~ tried not only for drug trafficking but alsa �or
homicide.
Cabecao and his brother, Aracilio, were absolv~d because Judge Simoes Costa
found out that they had already been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for -
the same crime in a previous trial. Jose Henrique Piattioli, who kept watch
at the top of the hill, Faz Quem Quer, to facilitate the operations of
Cabecao's gang, and Euci Pires de Aragao, the gang's driver, were sentenced
to 2 years ir. prison and a fine of 50 times the country's highest minimum
wage.
Lincoln rtonteiro
In handing down the sentence, the judge accused Lincoln Monteiro of "using
his position as a police officer, collaborating with the trafficking gang,
giving it protection and interceding on behalf of its members in return for
money and drugs when one of them had problems with the police."
"He also visited the residence of a~her traffickers on Tres Rios Highway
to receive drugs. In September 1974, he was at the Second Vigilance North
Headquarters Se~ctor where he interceded an behalf of trafficker Antonio
Carlos Garcez, ca.lled Toninho, who was arrested," the judge added.
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BRAZIL
BRIEFS
LSN WOULD INCLUDE TRAFFICKING--Brasilia--The inclusion of drug trafficking
and pollution in the National Security Law (LSN) is viewed favorably be
certain ministers of the Superior Military Court (STM). In their opinion,
the Piilitary Court (JM] would act more effectively in those cases, since -
it is quite flexible. Accarding to an STM minister, the transfer of the
judgment of those crimes to the JM would be a way to increase the work of
the court's members, diminished af ter the Amnesty Law. Although the govern-
ment thinks that crimes of that nature are a matter of national security
and should be resolved over the short term, they can be judged by the JM
. through a proposal by the minister of justice or the legislature. The pro-
posal to include the drug-trafficking crime in the LSN was rejected in
drawing up the new law. Meanwhile, on that occasion, some STM members -
believed that this subject was one of national security. They could resume
that defense now with the aim of changing the position of the committee in
- charge of studying the new law. In view of the increase in cases of
violence in the country, they could further argue that tl:is question will
affect national security. With regard to pollution, the JM would serve as
a neutral element being impartial in judging cases involving multinational
firms which act contrary to the environmental protection regulations. Some
STM ministars believe that the JM would not be intimidated by the fact that
those firms are economically powerful in the areas in which they are operat-
ing. [Text] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 29 Jan 80 p 7] 8568
COCAINE, MARIHUANA ARRESTS--Plastic artist Antonio Peticov and businesswoman
Maria Lidia Pires Albuquerque were arrested yesterday afternoon at 1157
Sampaio Vidal Street by detectives of the Drug Division of the DEIC [Crimi-
nal Investigation Department]; they had been caught red-handed in the use of
cocain and marihuana. The police had been observing Peticov for more than a
week; exactly 10 years ago he had been booked by the same division for traf-
ficking and usinb LSD. Born in Assis, Sao Paulo, Peticov has been residing
in Milan, Italy, since 1970 and returned to Brazil at the end of last year
to give a number of exhibitions, the first being last Friday at the Happy
Days nightclub at 613 Faria Lima Av~enue, the property of Maria Lidia Pires
- Albuquerque. Early yesterday afternoon, three detectives and deputy ~oberto
Joao Juliao arrested Antonio Peticov and Maria Lidia at the woman's resi-
dence in Sampafo Vidal Street. The cocaine was in one of the artist's poc-
kets and the.marihuana in a drawer in the house. [TextJ [Sao Paulo
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 29 Jan 80 16] 8568
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CHII.r
BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFICKER ARRESTED--Vina Del Mar, Chile, 4 Mar (AFP)--Former Chilean
swimming champion Marco Antonio Pollier was arrested for being the head of
an organization of drug traffickers. Pollier Was wanted by U.S. police for
trying to introduce 5 kg of cocaine into that country. [PY052339 Paris AFP
in Spanish 0205 GMT 5 Mar 80 PYJ
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ECUADOR
BRIEFS
; COCAINE TRAFFICKER ARRESTEI~-Interpol agents arrested Dolores Esther Mari- -
duena Shoveniz, accused of using minors to sell "base" [cocaine] envelopes
according to a report from the Office of Allotments of the Guayaquil
Superior Court of Justice. It was learned that in her "business," she
drove a car and parked it on Luis Urdaneta and Ximena streets and, with
the "help" of minors, distributed the envelopes to her "clients." Dolores
Mariduena, in her testimony to Interpol, said that her husband Enrique
Suarez Villalobos, from whom she had learned the business, had died
- several months ago. She continued in the business because her husband
left her several debts. She revealed that two subjects known as the "E1
Paracaidista" and "Tuerto Chicho" supplied her with the drugs and used
the Centenario and Chile parks as their distributing centers. [Text] -
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I~XICO
HISTORY, RESULTS OF 'OPERATION CONDOR' DESCRIBED
Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 10 Feb 80 Supplement p 9
[Text] As a result of the proliferation of vast plantations of poppies and
marihuana which were considered of excellent quality, the Office of the At-
torney General of the Republic found it urgently neeessary to begin a gene-
ral search and destruction in the producing states, which were Chihuahua,
Sonora and Durango. For this purpose, it was decided to pool efforts with
the Army and the Federal Judicial Police; and this action was called "Ope-
ration Condor."
As a result of this government strategy, raids were started in the most in-

- accessible locations, where the groups of poisoners had their crops camou-
flaged with cultivated fields which appeared to be cornfields, but which
were really plots of land producing crops ranging from marihuana to poppies
of the best quality.
When these crops bore their fruit, they were removed by their growers to
- places wh~ere it was possible to load them on vehicles and carry them to the
United States borders, to be turned over to the purchasers who were respon-
sible for taking the drugs to the various consumption centers.
There was also air transportation, which facilitated the drug traffickers'
work further still; because they had clandestine"landing strips and, thus,
were able to meet the demand of the purch.~sers of these toxic products with-
in a shorter period of time.
This is the way in which the organized group of traffickers had been ex-
ploiting the farmers in those states of the country, whom they paid dreadful
amounts of money for making th~ir arable land available to them, to be con-
verted into artificial paradis.es instead of using it to produce grain.
- "Operation Condor," which is still in effect, disbanded groups which had
been interfering with farming for some time, and which gave the names of the
"fat fish" who were receiving millions of dollars from the sale of drugs.
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In this way, complete rings of traffickers who had become international sup-
pliers were apprehended in the country. They had also had in their service
professional people, such as chemists, who were responsible for preparing
products such as heroin and cocaine,
There was regret over the death of some members of both the federal police
and the military, when they were caught penetrating the planting centers
by the lookouts guarding these fields planted with injurious plants.
There were also seizures of high-caliber weapons which the Mafia members had
and used indiscriminately when they were caught by the military or federal
forces.
It was in Sonora, specifically, where the action of the "Condor" campaign
was most keenly felt, because, as we learned, this state located on the Pa-
_ cific coast was the ':Mexican Chicago," where the law of the underword had
set up camp, and no a~ithority could restrain the criminals.
For months at a time the federal forces were detail~d to this location,
where hard-fought battles were staged so as to restore calmness to this
state, where ~very day brought murders and the extensive movement of drugs.
The action took place in Durango and Chihuahua as well, whieh had been se- ~
lected by the Mafia groups to establish their centers of operation, in the
belief that ~ustice could never catch up with them.
Some individuals had a bad opinion of the "Condor" campaign, complaining of
the brutality with which certain prisoners had been treated; but without
considering the fact that, when anyone disturbed them, whether officers of
the law or civilians, they were brutally murdered without regard or mercy.
This is why the decision made by the Attorney General's Office to declare
war on the members of the drug traffie has been approved; because this will
result in the benefit ~f using the fields in those states to supply the
country with the necessary grain, rather than poison for destroying the
youth.
- As a result of "Operation Condor" there has been a 90 percent reduction in
drugs in the country; and, in this way, the majority of the international -
rings which had been operating on all the borders have been virtually eli-
minated.
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MEXICO
LAS NORIAS INSPECTION POST CLAIPIED NECESSARY
H. Matamoros EL BRAVO in Spanish 31 Jan 80 p 12
[Text] Last night, Victor Manuel Martinez Guerra, the local commander of the
Federal Judicial Police, in commenting on recent statements made by tourist
officials, declared: "The inspection post which the Federal Judicial Police
have established at the site known as Las Norias will not be closed for any
reason until instructions have been received from the Office of the Attor-
ney General of the Republic." He said that the battle against the drug
traffic and smuggling would be continued.
_ The Federal Judicial Police commander pointed out that an effort is made at
all times not to annoy native or foreign tourists in the slightest degree;
and that, so that nothing of the kind will occur, improvements have been
made in speeding up the searches, so that the traveler may continue promptly
on his way.
However, the police chief remarked: "If any officials describe drug traffick-
ers, traffickers in arms and ammunition and other criminals as tourists,
there is no doubt that we shall have to interfere in that type of tourist; -
because it is our duty to curb the drug traffic to the United States border,
~ and the smuggling of arms and ammunition from that country to ours."
He stressed the fact that, to date. no tourist or any other individual, much
less tourist officidis, have ma.de any complaint to the command under his
orders, or to the agency of the Federal Public M~nistry, much less his su-
periors in the Office of the Attorney General of tiie Republic.
Commander Martinez Guerra said that it is the desire of the Attorney Gene-
ral's Office thar the vigilance at the inspection posts be strict and at
the same time speedy, without troubling any traveler in the slightest de-
- gree; although there is also the order that a close search be made of any
suspicious person. -
He also pointed out that they are using the rule that, if it is quite evi-
dent that the travelers show no signs of carrying anything illegal, they -
are not even to be searched, and are to be allowed to continue immediately.
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The Federal Judicial Police comcnander added that, nevertheless, if any of
his agents commits an arbitrary act, the individual affected has every right
to report the incident to the pertinent authorities.
This informant gave assurance that, unfortunately, those who complain of the
searches at the customs stations or at the inspection post of the Federal
Judicial Police are individuals who have been bothered because they do not
have the liberty that tney would like to get by with smuggled articles.
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MEXICO
BRIEFS
JAIL BREAK THWARTED--Ciudad Juarez, 11 February--A tunnel 9 meters long _
through which convicted drug traffickers intended to escape from the old
prison on 16 de Septiembre Avenue was discovered in time. The escape plan
which the inmates had been working on for several weeks was thwarted last _
Saturday by police inspection forces, in collaboration with personnel from
the municipal prison itself. The fact that the pipes in the prison had
been clogged with dirt recently and the dust that appeared everywhere caus-
ed the authorities to suspect that they were plotting something. There is -
the precedent that, in other attempts at escape or flight made with the use
of tunnels, the pipes have always been covered with the dirt left by the
inmates. Police Inspector Jose Refugio Ruvalcaba Munoz announced that, at
the instruction of the municipal secretary of public services, Jose Luis
Olguin Herrera, the surveillance both inside and outside of the prison has
been intensified during the past 10 days. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO
DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 12 Feb 80 Sec A p 2J 2909 -
COLOMBIAN COCAINE TRAFFICI:ERS CAUGHT--Mexico City, 14 February--A ring of
Colombiait drug traffickers who were carrying 50 million pesos worth of co-
caine was captured this morning at the international airport in Mexico City.
The drugs were to be distributed in New York and Miami. Amparo de Jesus
Castano Roldan, Lucia Cardona Velazquez, Flavio Antonio Gonzalez Restrepo
and Jose Ivan Diaz Vela were arrested a few minutes after their arrival in
the Federal District, on Aeromexico flight 489 from Bogota. The two women
- were carrying the drugs concealed b~tween their legs and fastened with plas-
tic bands, while their accomplices guarded them. Upon being questioned by
the Federal Judicial Police, the drug traffickers confessed that they had
purchased the drugs in Medellin, Colombia, to be taken subsequently to Mi-
ami and turned over to a woman named Maria N. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA
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- PANAMA
BRIEFS
- NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER ARRESTED--Colombian citizen Gloria (Morris) dz Pelaez
was arrested by narcotics officials at Tocumen International Airport when
she tried to smuggle in 1 kg cf cocaine valued at $500,000. [Panama City
RPC Television in Spanish 1730 GMT 22 Feb 80 PA]
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
BRIEFS
GRAND TURK MARIHUANA--Two men in the Turks and Caicos islanda have each been
fined $5,000 for smuggling marijuana into the country. And their small
executive aircraft, valued at $20,000 has been confiscated by the courts.
Colombian James Nornrylc and American Stuart Cook were caught at South Caicos
airport with one point six million pounds of the drug, the street value of
which was not immediately known. [Text] [Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English
13 Feb 80 p 4 FL]
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VENEZUELA
ZWO ARRESTED WITH MORE THAN 200 GRAMS OF COCAINE
Caracas EL UNIVERSAL in Spanish 27 Jan 80 p 4-40
[Text] In a raid in Bella Monte, agents of the Judicial Technical Police
seized cocaine bottles worth nearly 1 million bolivares.
Tfao persons supposedly tied to international drug traffic were arrested.
- The announcement was made to journalists by police inspector general Carlos
Jimenez Lopez, who said the raid took place in an apartment of E1 Turpial,
on Anauco Avenue, Bello Monte.
"Tt,~o persons who presumably were in charge of drug distribution throughout
the metropolitan area were arrested in this operation," he said.
They are a man and a woman identified as Pedro Perez Contreras, 23 years
old, and Lourdes Mancini Almea, 28.
The chief of police said that a huge drug contraband wtas confiscated fro~ _
the couple: 200 grams of highly pure cocaine, valued at 300 bolivares
per gram, as well as a scales and an LSD tablet. It seems these persons
are part of an organization trafficking drugs by means of air transportation
between Cucuta (Colombia), San Antonio de Tachira and the Maiquetia Airport.
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VENEZUELA
TRAFFICKER ARRESTED IN 23 JANUARY DISTRICT
Caracas EL UNIVERSAL in Spanish 28 Jan 80 p 4-30
[Text] Metropolitan Police agents succeeded in arresting public enemy
number 1, Henry Ramon Martinez Diaz, better known as "Cara de Guante"
[Glove Face), who was sought by several police departments for allegedly
committing many robberies, fostering disturbances of the peace in the
23 January district and also for trafficking ar.d consuming psychotropic
drugs.
Martinez Diaz, 33 years old, was found by the Metropolitan Police between
blocks 29 and 30 of the 23 January district last Saturday at about 1900
hours.
"Cara de Guante" tried to escape and, jumping over a ditch, suffered lace~
rations. However, the agents, who were determined to capture him to free
the 23 January district from this human scourge who had become the feudal
lord of lives and pro~erties,, surrounded and captur.ed him.
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EGYPT
ILLEGAL NARCOTICS ACTIVITY, EFFORTS TO CHECK IT ON INCREASE
Al-Sharqiyah Plants Seized
Cairo AKHBAR AL-YAWM in Arabic 2 Feb 80 p 14
[Text] The Anti-Narcotics Investigation [Unit] in al-Sharqiyah Governorate _
has seized 35,000 hashish (Indian hemp) plants and 49 kilograms of dry
hashish. The plants were cultivated by a health aide on land he had re-
claimed with his brother, a civil servant in the Ministry of Education.
A machine gun was found with the health aide. The value of the items
seized was estimated to be 200,000 pounds.
Ma3 Gen Hasan Khaki, chief of police in al-Sharqiyah Governorate, received
information that hashish was being cultivated. He held a meeting that was
attended by Maj Gen Muhamanad 'Abd-al-Hamid Hindi, the deputy chief; Brig
- Gen al-Sayyid Husayn, the chief of investigation; Col Husayn Sulayman,
chief of investigation; and Col 'Isam Abu al-Layl, anti-narcotics chief
in al-Sharqiyah Governorate. They met to draw up a plan to curb the cul-
tivation of hashish and to apprehend the one cultivating it.
The chief of the Narcotics Division led his forces fn which Lt Col Ahmad
Salim, Ma~ Ahmad Mamduh and Maj Yunis Mi3alli participated. The police
and the investigatir~ forces surrounded the area, and the health aide was
apprehended while he was irrigating his plants. He had a machine gun with
him. Thirty-five thousand hashish plants in the area were seized, and 49
kilograms of dry hashish were also seized in his house.
The prosecutor's office is investigating the matter. A decision was made
- by the prosecutor's office to keep the defendants in provisional custody
for 4 days and to confiscate th~ items seized.
Use of Airplanes
Cairo AL-AKHBAR in Arabic 12 Feb 80 p 3
[Text] For the first time remote detection airplanes have begun flying
over Egyptian skies to curb and to contain the cultivation of narcotics.
This is the most modern method for identifying the narcotics cultiv~tion
gangs in our country.
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These airplanes provide the anti-narcotics agencies with all the informa-
tion [required] for the quick apprehension of these gangs. These air-
planes transmit light and heat signals indicating the locations where nar-
cotics are cultivated so that they can be seized quickly and destroyed.
In order for us to recognize the magnitude of the problem, the preliminary
sCatistics for 1979 indicate that over 8 million opium plants and 150,000
Indian Hemp (hashish) plants were seized. In 1978, 6,045,000 opium plants
and 200,000 hashish plants were seized. In 1974, 160,000 opium plants and
140,000 hashish plants were seized.
Statistics confirm a rise in the rate of narcotics cultivation and espe-
cially in that of opium cultivation. The cultivation of hashish has de-
clined from one year to another due to the fact that hashish growers are
turning to the cultivation of opium because of its high prices. The ac-
tivities of the anti-narcotics agencies in discavering and seizing these
large quantities of poisonous plants have also been manifested.
But how did the cultivation of narcotics plants come into Egypt? What
have the anti-narcotics agencies done with this activity ever since they
were established as a small office where three officers worked until they
began using modern technology to eliminate it?
Col Muhammad Fathi 'Id, director of International Affairs and Technical
Research at the Anti-Narcotics Department says, "In the past the cultiva-
_ tion of narcotics did not constitute a serious [problem] since they were
only grown in small areas of Egyptian territory and were confined to
personal use. But in the years that followed the June 1967 war some ad-
venturers planted opium in remote areas and in the islands that are lo--
cated in the middle of the Nile. The cultivation of opium realized enor- -
mous profits that forced others to emulate the practice. Areas cultivated
with opium increased in the southern governorates and especially in Asyut
and in some northern governorates. The illegal cultivation of opium has
not yet reached the dense levels of its cultivation in the countries that
produce the narcotic, but if growers continue to grow it, and if they were
to use part of *_heir profits in caring for it and looking for the best
ways to cultivate it and to improve its production, opium can reign over -
the world market. This is something that Egypt can never permit." -
Cultivation of Opium Doubling
Inspite of the intense inspection campaigns that are carried out by the
anti-narcotics agencies at locations where narcotics plants are grown in
the governorates, the rates of their cultivation are growing in a frighten-
- ing manner. In 1979, over 8 million opium plants and 150,000 Indian Hemp
(hashish) plants were seized. In 1978, 6,045,000 opium plants and 209,000
- hashish shrubs were seized. In 1977, 3 million opium shrubs and 290,000
hashish shrubs were seized. In 1976, 865,000 opium shrubs and 253,000
hashish shrubs were seized, compared with 103,000 opium shrubs and 639,000
hashish shrubs seized in 1974.
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When one examines these figures closely, one finds that they clearly indi-
cate that the areas that are cultivated with narcotics plants are increas-
ing dangerously. We also find that the areas cultivated with opium are
increasing and tnose cultivated with hashish are decreasing. This is due
to the enormous profits that are realized by narcotics growers from the
cultlvation of oplum. Hashiyh prices have been declining in recent ycure.
With regard to the concentration status of the cultivation of narcotics,
the southern governorates, and especially Asyut Governorate, are in f irst
place. In 1978, 2,327,00~ opium shrubs were seized; they represented 88
percent of the total quantities seized. [In the same year] 153,000 hash-
ish shrubs, representing 73 percent of the total hashish crop, were seized. _
Maj Gen Mamduh Salim Zaki, authorized representative of the Anti-Narcotics
Department says, "It is curious that organized anti-narcotics operations
in Egypt began with only one officer. In 1929 after the cultivation of
narcotics increased and the danger of smuggling narcotics from abroad be-
came evident, a small agency was established. It was called the Public
Narcotics Bureau for Narcotics Materials. It was headed by Egypt's chief
of police. It was the real nucleus for the Anti-Narcotics Administrative
Agency which is considered the oldest anti-narcotics agency in the world.
In 1935 a decision was made to establish two branches for the bureau:
- [one] in Tanta, for the northern governorates, and [anotherj in Asyut,
for the southern governorates. Afterwards, the establisht~ent of scores
of branches in the governorates followed.
"As far as legislation is concerned, the first law that was issued to com- .
bat the cultivation of narcotics in Egypt was the royal decree that was _
issued in 1879 prohibiting the cultivation and importation of hashish. The
law stipulated a monetary fine of two pounds for violators. Provisions and
laws gradually became more serious, and the penalties became more severe.
Law No 182 for 1960, which was amended by Law No 40 for 1966 stipulated
the death sentence as punishment for exporting, importing and also for
~ producing and manufacturing [narcotics] if this is done for trade. The
law stipulated the death sentence and life imprisonment at hard labor as
punishment for dealing in and growing narcotics plants. But in spite of
the fact that the death sentence is stipulated in Egyptian laws, the courts
have not put this law into practice. The courts often issue a lower grade
punishment."
Arduous Operations
Maj Gen Sami As'ad, director of the Anti-Narcotics Department goes on to
add, "Before we go further into the methods of fighting the cultivation
of narcotics, we must point out an important matter. Operations to combat
the cultivation of narcotics are considered arduous; they are tied with _
numerous other aspects. The narcotics problem is primarily a social prob-
lem that cannot be solved by control and seizure measures only. It is a
problem of supply and demand. If we were to monitor supply in the market
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and increase our efforts to check the cultivation of narcotics and nar-
~ cotics traffic and smuggling, narcotics prices calll rise in the market and
demand for them will grow. This is considered an unhealthy social phenom-
enon. If the efforts of the media, the family, social affa~rs etc are
not united, tfie situation would be as though the police were working by
~ themselves."
Maj Gen Sami As'ad adds, "Operations to combat the cultivation of narcotics -
are not easy because of the inaccessibility of the locations where such
- cultivation is concentrated. [Opium is grown] in the southern governorates,
inside the hills and in the midst of remote islands and agricultural lands.
Seizure operations are carried out not merely because information or letters
from individuals concernir.g the existence of narcotics planta at some loca-
tion were received, but also because there are hundreds of undercover offi-
cers working. We may see them working in stores, selling [goods] in the
markets or farm~'_ng in the fields. They carry out suicidal missions in
monitoring merchants and farmers: they record their voices with accurate
devices, and they photograph those farming adventurers on film and on video
tapes. These provide the best evic:ence for seizure after permission is
obtained from the prosecutor's office. Because the functions of the anti-
narcotics agencies are difficult, and because of the extraordinary effort
they make in reaching the locations where narcotics are grown, reliance on
modern technological methods was inevitable to increase seizure operationa -
and [to maintain] their rigor and their speed, especially after many ad-
venturers cultivated narcotics plants after narcotics ;~~�.~ces increased and _
enormous profits were realized."
Comprehensive Airplane Survey
An agreement has been reached with the Remote Detection Center to carry
out a comprehensive airplane survey of all the suspect areas where nar-
cotics are being grown. [This will be done] after the necessary research
and studies are completed. Airplanes will be provided with adequate in-
formation about these locations so that the location of the plants can be
determined and seizure operations facilitated. Work [in this area] will -
begin in 6 months after the research is completed.
An agreement was also reached with the United Nations Organization and
with the chairman of the Narcotics Division to cooperate with Egyptian
anti-narcotics agencies to bring an end to the cultivation of narcotics
in Egypt. The Swedish expert, Mr (Lindburgh) was actually sent [to Egypt].
Ne had participated in operations to fight the cultivation of narcotics '
in some Asian countries, such as A.fghanistan and India. The expert will
set up a plan to determine the modern equipment we need to combat the cul-
tivation of narcotics. Our needs consist of advanced methods of trans-
portation to transport arresting forces and troops in the Nile; special
~ahicles for rugged and mountainous areas; air reconnaissance devices; _
and numerous other anti-narcotics devices.
Maj Gen Sami As'ad, member of the 13-member Narcotics Control Board, won-
ders, "If the law stipulates that the means used in smuggling and dealing
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in narcotics, such as automobiles, are to be confiscated, why does it not
stipulate that the land which is used to grow narcotics plants be confis-
cated7 (Why does it not stipulate that this land] be used in growing food
for the people ir.stead of poisons? -
Detection Planes Are Coming
Dr Muhammad 'Abd-al-Hadi director of the Remote Detection Center says,
"Before the remote detection airplanes reveal to us the area where nar-
cotics are grown, it is necessary to obtain adequate and specific informa-
tion about these areas and especially during the early stages of growth
of these narcotics plants, before they become fully mature and are har-
vested. We must also obtain this inFormation regularly, continuously,
effectively and rapidly because these plants can be cultivated in various
kinds of soil and under the prevailing meteor.ological conditions in Egypt.
These plants are not tied to a specific agricultural season, to a specific
kind of soil, to specific kinds of agricultural tertilizers or to meteoro-
logical factors."
Dr Muha~iad 'Abd-al-Hadi adds, "nro of the numerous ways for conducting
remote detection cr~:.i be utilized with high efficiency to reveal the areas
where narcotics an.i narcotic plants are grown. One of them relies on tak-
ing pictures of the rays reflected in different visible and non-visible
light fields from the kinds of plants in the agricultural 1.and. This can
be done by using a multi-lens air camera. The other method relies on re-
cording the h~~at emitted from different plants as a result of their own
radiation of lung-wave infrared rays. This can be done by using a special
. electronic device for heat su*-veying. This device does not depend on out-
side light, and, consequently, can be ope,-ated in the darkness of night.
"From the results of this radiation one can determine [the identity] of
the plant by means of special devices in the airplane c~here the charac-
teristics of the different narcotics plants would be stored."
I asked him, ''Can camouflage operations be used to mislead the airplanes

_ and the devices away �rom the narcotics plants?"
He said, "It is difficult to utilize camoufla~e and deception operations
the way they are utilized in military operati~~ls. This is ber_ause detec-
tion utilizes numerous and various waves to :.eveal these plants, If camou-
flage succeeded with one of the waves, ~t will not succeed with the others."
I asked about the progress of the plan to reveal narcotics plants and to
identify the areas where they are grown.
Dr Ibrahim al-Qassas and Dr Ahmad Usamah Sa'd, two researchers at the Re-
mote Detection Center said, "The plan to bring these locations to light
depends on three stages:
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"The First Stage: Laboratory experiments Iare accompli.shed by taking some
measurements and conducting detailed laboratory tests and physiological
~ studies on sampl.es of the leaves and parts of the narcotics plants in dif-
ferent stages of their growth.
"The Second Stage: Field studies [are carried out] to derive benefita
from the results of the laboratory studiea and to put them into practice
in the field. At the same time we do take into consideration the multi-
- plicity of environmental factors that control the light characteristics
of these plants which cannot be available collectively in the lab. -
"The Third Stage: Air reconnaissance and remote detec.tion.by airplane.
This stage begins with flights over an experimental field of narcotics
plants located in the midst of conventional crops which had previously
' been field tested for the purpose of obta~ning measurement models that
explain their distinguishing characteristics on the different figures
and recorders of the remote detection equipment and airplane reconnais-
sance. By utilizing the results of these three stages, the locations
where narcotics are cultivated may be brought to light in any other area
under similar territorial, agricultural and meteorological circumstances."
Asyub Operation Checked
Cairo AL-AKHBAR in Arabic 31 Jan 80 p 4
[Te::t] The Anti-Narcotics Department has seized 810,000 opium plants in
three villages in Asyut Governorate. Their value is estimated to be 1.5
' million pounds. A UN expert in fighting the cultivation of narcotics was -
a witness to the seizure operations. The prosecutor's offices of Dayrut
and Abnub are questioning 52 defendants who own the~land where the opium
plants were seized.
Ma~ Gen Sami As'ad, the chief of the Anti-Narcotics Department received
information indicating that the cultivation of opium in some villages of -
Asyut Governorate had become widespread. He charged Ma~ Gen Mamduh Salim
Zaki with overseeing an investigation team in which Col Muhammad 'Abbas,
director of operations; Col Tariq Salj:,n, director of the internal activ-
ities division; Lt Col 'Abd-al-Khali:~ al-Tahhawi; and Ma~ Ahmad Samak,
chief of the Anti-Narcotics Branch in Asyut participated. The investiga-
tion confirmed the accuracy ~f the information and documented that nar-
cotics were being grown in scattered areas owned by scores of farmers in
the villages of al-Hawtah al-Sharqiyah, in the administrative district of -
Dayrut, and in al-'Atiyyat al-Bahariyah and al-Ma'abidah, in the adminis-
trative district of Abnub.
- Maj Gen Ahmad Hasan 'Abd-al-Rahman, the chief of police in Asyut oversaw
the plan for surrounding the three villages with police and investigative
- forces. These forces were led by a group of narcotics officers; by Col
Imam Hasabu, the director of investigation; and by Col 'Abd-al-Hamid Jalal,
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chief of criminal investi,gati,on. Six hundred oPficers and soldi,ers took
part in surrounding the villages before dawn. The forces were able to
seize a total of four feddans in the village of al-Hawtah. They had
- 108,000 opium plants. The total area that was seized in the villagea
of al-'Atiyyat al-Bahariyyah and al-Ma'abidah in tlie administrative dis-
trict of Abnub was 26 feddans; 702,000 opium plants were seized there.
[Police] investigation apprehended 52 defendants who own the seized plants.
The capture operations were witnessed by Lindbergh, the UN expert in fight-
ing the cultivation of narcotics.
The Dayrut and Abnub prosecutor's offices are questioning the defendants.
The opium plants that were seized were estimated to be worth 1.5 million
pounds.
Heroin Smuggling Attempt -
Cairo AL-AHRAri in Arabic 8 Feb 80 p 10
[Text] Egyptian security authorities have foiled the first operation to
smuggle into Egypt a large quanr_ity of the narcotic powder heroin valued
at 1 million pounds. A citizen of Yemen and a citizen of D~ibouti, who
are leaders of an international gang, have been arrested in an ambush
that was set for them on the Corniche in Ma'adi and in a furnished apart-
ment in al-Za:aalik. They had ren~ed this apartment for 15 days for that
purpose after they were able to conceal the drugs inside some imported
underwear. They went through airport customs [undetected] with these
- drugs when they arrived from San'a' on board a Yemeni airplane.
Lnformation received by the agencies of the Anti-Smuggling Public Adminis- _
tration indicated that some international gangs known for their narcotics
smuggling activity in Asia and in Europe were currently expanding the
circle of their activities so as to flood some countries with narcotics.
Egypt was among these countries. A state of emergency was declared at the
Narcotics Agency to await thP arrival of some of the persons that were
identified by the information to be aides to these international gangs.
At the same time some reports that were prepared by Col Muhammad 'Abbas,
director of operations at the Narcotics Department and by Col Sayyid
Ghayth, director of foreign activity documented that one of the leaders
of this international gang had been able to enter the country last June
with a large quantity of heroin powder.
When the matter was presented to Maj Gen Sami As'ad, director of the Anti-
Narcotics Administrative Agency, he asked Maj Gen Mamduh Salim, the deputy _
chief of the administrative agency to draw up a plan to thwart attempts to
~ smuggle this kind of narcotic.
Maj Gen Hasar. Abu Basha, first assistant to the minister o� interior af-
fairs for public security was notified of the matter. He gave instructions
that suspect persons coming from abroad be placed under surveillance.
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The intense investigation that was carri.ed out by a group from the Nar-
cotics Agency led by Lt Col Mustafa al-Kashif, by Lt Col Ahmad Nada, Maj
Mahmud 'Abd-al-Rashid, Maj Shafiq al-'Ashari, Maj Majdi Husayn and Maj
'Imad Rashid confirmed that two Arab young men had arrived in Cairo last
26 January from San'a' on a Yemeni airplane. They were placed under.
close surveillance, and their meetings and their comings and goings were
recorded. It turned out that they had reserved two ad~acent rooms in one
of the luxury hotels in [the district of] al-Haram and also in another
hotel in al-Duqqi. In addition, the,~ had rented a furnished apartment
overlooking the Nile on Abu al-Fida Street in al-Zamalik, and that they
had paid 800 pounds for rent.
Col Muhammad 'Abbas, director of operations and Col Sayyid Ghayth, director.
of foreign activity supervised the drawing up of a plan. It was agr~.ed
that Lt Col Ahmad Nada and Maj Shafiq al-'Ashari would pose as aides to
some major narcotics dealers in Egypt. Thc~ were able in fact to strength-
en their friendship [with the young suspects]. Their meetings continued
until the two officers in disguise were able to uncover the truth behind
[the suspects]. It became evident that the name of the first one was Amir
'Umar Hasan (26 years old), a citizen of Djibouti, and that the name of
the second was Muhammad Salim Muhammad al-'Alafi (38 years old), from
North Yemen. It also turned out that the second one was the one who had
come to Cairo last June and sold a quantity of the narcotic powder, heroin.
He had also probed the market [in EgyptJ. The two officers indicated to
[the two suspects] that they were willing to purchase quantities of drugs
. and to smuggle them. The officers gained the confidence of the two smug-
gl.ers, and the smugglers informed the officers that they had a large quan- _
tity of heroin. An agreement was reached to purch~~se 300 grams at first
for 40,000 pounds provided that the heroin be delivered bn the Nile Corniche
in front of al-Ma'adi Hospital.
At the appointed time the first one came. His name is Amin 'Umar Hasan,
a citizen of Djibouti. He had the required quantity of heroin with him.
The two officers revealed their identity and placed him under arrest.
He broke down i~ediately and confessed in front of Ma~ Gen Sami As'ad,
the chief of the Narcotics Administrative Agency that he was the leader
of an international gang along with the second man and that they had come
to Cairo with large quantities of heroin which they had brought from Bom-
bay, India. They were able to go through Cairo Airport with the drugs
after hiding them inside the folds of new imported shirts. [He said] that
the rest of the quantity was with his other colleague. A force led by
Lt Col Mustafa al-Kashif, Lt Col Ahmad Nada, Ma~ Mahmud 'Abd-al-Rashid
and Maj Shafiq al-'Ashari rushed to raid the furnished apartment in al-
Zamalik on Abu al-Fida Street. There they apprehended the defendant, and
they found with him another quantity of the same kind of drug that had
- been seized. Another quantity of drugs was also seized in their hotel
rooms in one of the hotels and in another hotel in [the district of] al-
Haram. The value of the drugs was estimated to be 1 million pounds.
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_ Narcotics prosecutors Sami Bashar and 'Isam Ahmad are i.n charge of the
investigation under the supervision of Chief Prosecutor Samir Sulayman.
_ They ordered that the defendants be held in custody and that the seized
goods be confiscated.
Concealed Hashish Seized �
Cairo AL-AHRAM in Arabic 9 Feb 80 p 11
[Text] Egyptian security authorities were able to seize drugs worth half
a million pounds. They were concealed for narcotics smugglers and dealers
in al-Batiniyah by a wealthy man inside two storage houses at the orchards
of the Sa'adah Farm in Sharbin, al-Daqahliyah Governorate. The wealthy
man was arrested, and the prosecutor's office ordered that he be taken
into custody.
The operation was brought to light in the course of the efforts that were
. being made by the Anti-Narcotics Public Administrative Agency to follow
up on the activities of narcotics smugglers and dealers everywhere in the
republic. Information had indicated that some known smugglers and dealers _
in the district of al-Batiniyah had moved their activity, after having
vowed to repent, to some areas outside Cairo. [To ensure] the succeas of
- the smuggling operations, they were depending on some aides who had had no
previous narcotics activity and who were unknown to the sECUrity ageiicies.
The information and the broad investigation confirmed that numerous con- -
tacts had been made between those smugglers and others to ensure the safe
arrival of the shipments of drugs that they agree to smuggle acroes some
unfrequented desert areas.
In the face of this activity Ma~ Gen Sami As'ad, chief of the Anti-Narcotica
Public Administrative Agency prepared a plan to keep tabs on all those who
are suspect, to place them under close surveillance and to record their com-
ings and goings. Ma~ Gen Mamduh Salim Zaki, deputy chief of the agency;
Col Muhammad 'Abbas, director of operations; and Col Sayyid Ghayth, direct~r
of foreign activity supervised the recording [on tape] of some meetings that
took place between some smugglers and dealers and their aides in several
locations outside Cairo. Intense efforts were made while this was taking
place until the investigation concluded that a new shipment of narcotics
had been smuggled and was being stored in al-Daqahliyah Governorate at the
Sa'adah Farm, in the administrative district of Sharbin. The investigation
of Col Sami 'Abd-al-Jawwad, Narcotics Branch chief and of Lt Col Ahmad al- ~
Jawhari affirmed that the narcotics shipments had been stored in the or-
chards that are owned by al-Shahhat al-Sayyid 'Atiyyah, who is a wealthy
man. Lsrge forces led by Isma'il 'Atwah, police chief of the administrative
district of Sharbin; Lt Col Sayyid Mutwalli, chief of al-Daqahliyah Nar-
cotics Division; Maj Ahmad al-Qasabi; and Maj Sa~d 'Abd-al-Muhsin surround-
ed the area and raided the wealthy man's home and the orchards that he owns.
Two storage houses were seized, and 2,160 packages of hashish were found.
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The brands that were found were al-Hilb jthe Anch~r], Zahrah Lubnan jthe _
Flower of Lebanon], and al-Hubb Kidah jSuch Is Love]. The hashish was
estimated to be worth half a million pounds. -
- The investigation was carried out by 'Abd-al-~Alim al-Jindi, the diatrict
attorney of Sharbin, under the supervision of Justice Muhammad Abu Zayd,
the public defender. He ordered that the defendant be taken into custody.
- Heroin Seized at Airport
Cairo AL-JUMHURIYAH in Arabic 1 Feb 80 p 9
[Text] Customs officials at Cairo International Airport were able to foil
the largest operation to smuggle the drug heroin inside the country.
Customs Assistant Ahmad al-Zuhayri and Customs Po~ice Chief Mahmud Qasim
suspected one of the passengers from Beirut while one of the passengers
coming from Beirut was going through the green area at airport customs. -
While the passenger was being searched, a huge amount of heroin was found
hidden in plastic bags in his suitcases and scattered amidst his personal
belongings. The passenger was trying to smuggle into Egypt about 250
grams [of heroin]. It is estimated that this quantity is worth approxi-
mately 80,000 pounds.
Sadafah 'Abd-al-Khaliq chief officer of the shift ordered that tY~e pas-
senger be turned over to Narcotics Prosecution for questioning.
Syrian Smuggling in Cairo
: Cairo AL-JUNII-IURIYAH in Arabic 12 Feb 80 p 9
- [Text] A Syrian passenger arriving from Amman was apprehended trying to
smuggle 2 kilograms of raw opium. Customs Commissioner Sayyid 'Abd-al-
Nabi suspected Che passenger. He searched him and found the opium hidden
in a secret compartment inside the bag.
Customs Director Sayyid Durrah ordered that the passenger be turned over
to Narcotics Prosecution.
_ Pakistani Arrested in Cairo
Cairo AL-JUI~iURIYAH in Arabic 13 Feb 80 p 9
[Text] First Customs Police Chief Taha al-Batal was also able to appre-
hend a Pakistani passenger trying to smuggle 6 kilograms of raw opium into
the country.
Customs Police Chief Sayyid Durrah ordered that the Egyptian and the
- Pakistani passengers be turned over to Narcotics Prosecution.
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- SOUTH AFRICA
DACGA llGSTRUCTIUN PROCGEUIIVG IN NORTHERN NATAL
,;otiannesburg TFIE CITIZEN in English 16 Feb 80 p 9
~Article by 1'im Clarke]
('1'extJ NORTHERN NATAL police
_ headquarters have an-
nounced that 16 tons of
dagga was destroyed by
police in the Helpmekaar
district in the Natal mid-
lands, on Thursd~y:
This brings the total of
dagga destroyed in the past
week up to 35 tons.
A senior police officer said
that Thursdays was the _
largest one-day haul he had
seen.
Police started burning a
dagga plantation oa Wednes-
day but there was so much
that they could not finish the
job.
When they resumed the
operation the aext day they
found that the dagga left
over had been harvested
during the night.
They followed footprints
into the thick bush nearbp
and found six grain bags of
dagga.
The police officer ex-
plained that the local popula-
tion are concentrating more
on dagga than on mielies
because of the big money
that can be made in dagga.
He said the cut-down in
mielie fields could have a
- serious effect on their food
stores in the long run.
Eighty-five police~en and
a helicopter a~re being used in
the raids which started in
the Pomeroy district, Tugela
Valley, last month.
The raids are expected to
continue until all the dagga
plantations have been de-
stroyed. .
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRIEFS
CONVICTIONS FOR DRUG OFFENSES--The Assembly--More than 20 000 people were
convicted of offences connected with drugs and dependence-producing sub-
stances from January to June 30, 1978. Howev~r, only 26--15 whites, seven
coloureds and four blacks--were sent to rehabilitation centres during that
period. Nearly half the people--9 896--were given suspended sentences,
but 6 823 were sent to prison without the option of a fine. A further 12
were given a fine and jail, another eight received corporal punishment and
imprisonment while 2 169 were given cuts only. Revealing details in reply
to a question by Mrs Helen Suzman, the Minister of Statistics, Dr Andries
Treurnicht said that of the 20 386 convictions, 1 991 were white, 4 232
coloured, 629 Asians and 13 534 were black. [Text~ ~Johannesburg RAND
DAILY MAIL in English 27 Feb 80 p 1~
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FRANCE
ANTIDRUG CRUSADE EFFECTS REVIEFIED
Paris LE MONDE in French 6 Feb 80 p 12
[Article by A. R. [probably Anita Rind]: "Antidrug Crusade"]
[Text] Drugs! Commonplace for some, taboo for others, this topic has also
become a factor of political. polemies ever since the controversy which has
pitted the communist party against some teachers, specifically the members
of the SGEN-CFDT [SGEN-French Democratic Confederation of Labor] and the
' SNES [National Higher Education Association] on the sub~ect of the distri-
bution of leaflets, on both parts, at the gates of several secondary _
schools in Val-de-Marne. "Struggle, Not Drugs," was praclaimed by the PCF,
calling upon the young to join its ranks by re~ecting all druga without
exception. "Struggle, Not Morality," the teachers answered.
On behalf of the National Teachers' Union, which he heads. Guy Georges,
insists on clarifying things: "No educator worthy of the name could con- .
sider that the solution is the free sale of a drug, as some have dared to
write," he says. "It was by fighting absinthe that this type of alcoholism
was eliminated, rather than by assigning a medical controller to each bar.
Drugs must be pursued, rather than the young who let themselves be trapped.
A violent attack must be mounted against the production and distribution of
drugs .
"Yes, we must explain to the young that there are ways of life other than -
~ quitting or resigning oneself; that life is a struggle, frequently against
oneself, and always for something better. We must arm them so that they
may avoid running away from their responsibilities. Embarrassing? True.
We are not always helped.
"Yet, checkmate surrender is the meaning of our job."
Recalling the position of the PCF, L'HUMANITE DIMANCHE pu~lished a report -
on the Amsterdam drug market. Its special correspondent Claude Picant
describes how and where one could freely purchase drugs in the city, such
as LSD, mari~uana, cocaine, heroin, etc. "Fro~i laxity to tolerance, in a
sort of anticipation, we have reac:~ed the point that the traffickers would
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love to reach," lie writes: "The fact that heroin be recognized by the
authorities in order better to manage the hopelessness of a segment of the
youth The experiment is quite conclusive: the supermarket of the
stuff is doing very good business." L'HUMANITE DIMANCHE emphasizes that
the same danger threatens France and reasserts that the PCF will fight
"against this ra*_her profitable market."
In L'EXPRESS, Olivier [probably Todd; a line or more omitted.
regret that political polemics has "turned a substantive debate into a _
witch-hunt."
"The moment the teachers had disseminated their counter leaflets the
communists, suddenly abandoning the intellectual confrontation, triggered a
real witch-hunt in a pure McCarthyist style (or Stalinist style, which
_ generally speaking is one and the same), simply accusing their opponents of
being 'defenders of drugs' and mobilizing the families against such 'poor
teachers, unworthy of their work, who engage in a real aggression against
the youth,' emphasizes Jean-Christian Harvet. "We had come to fear that
such 'poor teachers' may be sent, for a change of ideas, to Gor'kiy-on-the-
Correze, under the joint applause of Georges Marchais and 14ichel Droit.
- Luckily, Marchais has since somewhat diluted with water his wine."
In L'EXPRESS Olivier Todd emphasizes the need for a"campaign of informa-
' tion addressed to the young." However, he as well raises questions as to
- what motivates the communists:
"Why would the PCF suddenly plunge into a hoisterous and confusing antidrug
crusade? Drugs being a structural problem, why is it that the PCF
= collapses on the subject of the 'H' as in heroin?" "It.is looking for a
credible program, it answers: Moralizing has been a classical part of the
panoply of parties running short of breath. The most recent incident
occurred in a communist-run department. Like elsewhere, generations of
socialist-leaning, freedom-loving, leftist professors are being hired in
that same Val-de-Marne. Parents and voters are communists. Whom will the
young follow?"
In LF NOWEL OBSERVATEUR, Jean Daniel clearly shows his anger: ,
"This is too much. Supporting the myopia of totalitarian socialisms which _
are failing everywhere, and above all in the Third World, which is the most
revolutionary, and recruiting members by substituting the rites of faith
and illusions for the courage of lucidity does not make anyone capable of
detoxitying the youth. It even means in~ecting them with a drug as noxious
as the others.
"We firmly oppose all kinds of drugs. All kinds, not excluding the opium
which the PCF offers today to its youth."
Andre Frossard uses a very different tore of voice to denounce in LE POINT
. the "unreasonable initiative of some young teachers, who unquestionably are
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themselves bothered by the fumes of their own poison." He expresses his
concern as follows: "It would be impossible to know whether the contami-
nated child will stick to the euphoria provided by some plants, or will go
vainly seeking through some powders the increase of his faculties. Yes, in
vain, for the fraud is the following: Drugs do not sharpen the senses.
They dull them, and that is precisely what encourages their use in some
medical cases. The brilliance expected by the naive user never comes. 'A
butcher who takes opium,' Baudelaire used to say, 'has the dreams of a
butcher.' The educators in Val-de-Marne have the dreams of educators:
they want students. Yet all they have to do is read ttieir own writings to
realize that the drug does not have the happy results they expected."
In TEMOIGNAGE CHRETIEN Roger Trefeu tries to dedramatize the controversy:
"Let us be serious, such a trite matter should never have resulted in such
exaggerations and dramatizations," he writes. "The drug problem is
sufficiently grave and complex not to be treated in this way.
If drugs are an excape or a rejection, their advance will not be stopped
either through liberalization or, above all, through repression. This
could be achieved rather through proper information and understanding--
~ which does not mean justification--and the promotion of some human values
which could provide the young with an ideal."
To each his own crusade. The topic, alas, is not to be exh3usted.
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ITALY
BRIEFS
HEROIN IN AUTO TRANSMISSION--Mi1an (Italy), Feb. 17: Police founded
15 and a half pounds of pure heroin worth $8.6 million, hidden inside the
transmission of a Turkish automobile yesterday and arrested its driver
Cima Gumer [Cuma Guner], 25, of Gaziantep, Turkey, on drug smuggling
charges.--UPI [Text] [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 18 Feb 80
P4l
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UNITED KINGDOM '
BRIEFS
CANNABIS HAUL--About 2 million pounds worth of cannabis has been eeized
by Scottiah customs and exci;,r officere, it was disclosed today. The con-
aignment of drugs--weighing about a totr--is the largest can~nabis haul in
Scotland. A cuatoms spokesman said the cannabia came from a cargo ship,
the Cariba Express, which:arrived at Greenock towards the en~ of February
from Kingston, Jamaica. [Excerpt] [LD080344:London Preas Aesociation in
English 1357 GMT 7 Mar 80 LD]
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