JPRS ID: 9226 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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- 30 July 1980
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NARCOTIC;S AND t7ANG~ROUS DRUGS
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30 July 1980
~ WORLDWIDE REPORT ~
, NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 32/80)
CONTENTS .
ASIA
AUS'i'RALIA �
Briefs
lleatli in Drug Raid 1
Aid to '1'hais 1 -
(3 URAtF.
Woman Convicted for Heroin Possession
(TNE 4JORiCINC; PEOPLE'S DAILY, 1 Jul 80) 2
}3.Lg lleroin Hau]. in Taunggyi
(THE WORKINC PI:~PL~'S DAILY, 7.Tul 80) 3
BrieCs
Heroi.n Seized 4
INUTA
~ir.iefs
I)elhi llrng Arre:;t 5
I'~1K l 5'l'I1N -
' hIORN CNC NLWS' Laucls Ef fort To Stop Narcotic Smuggling
(Lditor:ial; MORNING NEWS, 2 Jul 80)............ 6
13rief:g
Smuggled Drugs Confiscated 8
~~}{1I,IP1'INI;S ~
M:iril~ uan.t Plants Uprooted
(PFIILT.PPINES DAILY ~XPRESS, 22 Jun 80) 9
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'I'lia i ~ddicts Said 'fo F':ivor Thinner Over Iieroi~i
(SIAM RAT, 13 Jun 80) 10 ~
Phattaya Heroin Raid Nets Suspects
(DAO SIAM, 15 Jun 80) 12
Opium Crop Said To Drop Due to Drought, Suppression
(SIAM R.AT, 23 Jun 80) 14
Ileroin Traffickers Seized in Bangkok Hotel
(DAO SIAM, 7 Jun 80) 16
Foreigners Arrested With Heroin in Chieng Mai
(TAWAN SIAM, 18 May 80) 18
CANADA
Easing of Marihuana Laws Considered Imminent
(Various sources, various dates) 20
Government To Introduce Legislation
= Gditorial Backs Law Revisior
Drug Sale Size Considered, by Linda Drouin
" Mariliuana Seizure Made Off Last Coast
- (THE CITIZEN, 2, 3 Jun 80) 23 -
Ship's Crew Arrested
Ship Outside '1'erritorial Waters
Rare Defense Brings Drug Case Acquittal
(rHF VAN~OUVER SUN, 11 Jun 80) 25
~ditorial Praises Judge in Drug Sentencing
(Editorial; THI; SATURDAY WINDSOR STAR, 28 Jun 80)...... 27
Iiri.eEs
B.C. Drug Law Upheld 28
I,ATIN APITRICA
ARCrNTINA
Br3.efs
Drug Traf:fickers Arrested 29
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BOLIVIA
Siles Zuazo Blames Coup on Narcotics Racket
~AFP, 'll Jul 80) 30
Zuazo's Statement
Further Remarks
COLOMBIA
Bogota Newspaper Reprints Interesting Ad
(EL ESPECTADOR, 6 Jul 80) 32
HONDURAS
Briefs ~
Marihuana Plants, Fields Aestroyed 33
PANAMA
Briefe�
Drug Confiscation Statistics 34
VENEZUELA
Four LSD Traffickers Arrested in Valencia
(EL UNIVERSAL, 1 Jul 80) 35
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
ISRAEL
Briefs
Hashish on Beach 36
Gaza Hashish Seized 36
KUWAIT
Two Sri Lanka Citizens Caught With Hashish
(AL-QABAS, 28 May 80) 37
WEST EUROPE
AUSTRIA
_ Briefs
Narcotics Statistics 38
Heroin Smugglers Arrested 38
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CYPRUS
Briefs
Narcotics, Unidentified Material Seized 39
GREECE
Narcotics Trafficking Across Evros River Hampered _
(V. Kawathas; TA NEA, 19 Jun 80) 40
- TURKEY
Briefs
Narcotics Conduit 45
UNITED KINGDOM
Briefs
Liverpool Cannabis Haul 46
Drugs Seized in Guernsey 46
Tunneling Gang Snatches Cannabis 46
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEE'a
DEATH 7N DRUG RAID--Queensland police yesterday named the man who wa,s shot dead
by a young undercover de~tective during a drug raid at Cairns on M6nday, and re-
vealed tha,t the man was unaxmed when he was shot. He was Melbourne-born Phil-
_ lip Jason, 28. A police spokesman said Mr Jason hacZ a crimina,l record which
ran from 1968 to his last conviction in Western Australia this year for as-
sault. He wa,s chaxged with ma,nslaughter after inje cting heroin into another
person in Syd~ey in 1977, but escaped f`rom custod.y. ~Excerpt] [Canbex~ra TI~ ,
AU5TRALIAN in English 2 Jul 80 p 3]
AID TO THAIS--Australia is to provide training and equipment worth $250,000 to
Thailand this yeax as paxt of an intern~~,tional effort to ha.lt the flow of ille-
galcl narcotics from the Goiden ~ianglE region of South-East Asia. The Office
of -~he Naxcotics Control Board in Tha,iland will rece ive motor vehicles, video
and camera equipment and night-time surveillance aids. Officers of the board
will be brought to Australia for intensive training by the drug unit of the
Australian Federal Police and 5tate police drug squads. The present Federal
Police two-man squad in Thailand is likely to be increased as paxt of the -
program, announced yesterday by the Minister for Administrative Services, Mr
, McLeay. The experience and knowledge of inembers of the former Naxcotics Bu-
reau, disbanded last Nover~ber and absorbed into the Federal Police~ will be
drar~rn on. Although Australia has provided some aid to the Thais before, the
planned program is by far the biggest effort by the Fed.eral Government. Other
South-East Asian countries ha,ve also been pressing Ca,nberra to take a more
active role in the region's effort to curb the flow of illegal drugs. -
[Excerpts] ~Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 30 Jun 80'p 3]
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BURMA
WOMAN CONVICTED FOR HEROIN POSSESSION
Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE�S DAILY in Eng].ish 1 Jul 80 p 4
. [ Text ] R+=~coo~r, 3o Jun-The K go each hidden in a
Ahlone Township Court match box. The police
chaired by U Nyunt also found a packet of
_ Hlaing today sentenced heroin worth ~bout K 80
oae '.VIa Khin PyoneYi(Zq) reportedly thrown away
of Strand Road, Ahlone by 1~1a Khin Pyone Yi's
Township, to five years' mother in front of the
imprisonment under Sec- tca-sh~p.-(o~o)
tion 6(b) (possession) of
the Narcotic Drugs Law
and ten years' imprison-
ment under Secrion to(b)
-I (sale) of the same law.
- Seatences are to be served
concurrently. The town-
ship court ordered the
acquittal of Daw Tin
- Kyi (~6), mother of Ma
Kliin Pyone Yi,
It was mentioned that
the offender was entitled
to enjoy benefits
under the Amnesty drder
of the Council of State
of z8 l~Iay iq8o.
On 6 ~tovember iq~q,
a police party hraded
by Police 5tation Offi-
_ cer U Kan :~~Iyint of the
Ahlone Township together
with the tiVard People's
Councillors searched the
- tea-shop run by :~ia
Khin Pyone Yi on Ahlone
Strand Road and found
four packets of ~ heroin
with a street value of
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BURMA
BIG HEROIN HAUL IN TAUNGGYI
Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 7 Jul 80 p 4
[Text] R~t~tcoox, 5 July- trial before the Township
Taunggyi police seized Court on io Aprl iq8o .
thrce pounds and two ~der Section 6(b) (p:~s-
ounas of heroin worth ~aian) and zo (b) (s:~ie)
about K iso,oc.:, in one of the NarcoticDrugs Law.
raid and i i packeb in 'I'h~ Township CouR
another in ':'~unggyi ia ~0 2;; examicung the
1Vjarch io$o. case under the Galon
Actir.g on a tip-off, ~ proj~ct Phase-3.-NAB
police party headed by
Sub-Inspector U Than
Aun~, togzther with the
WarEi People's Councillora
searched the house of U
Soe i~lyiat of No 88,
Pyidawaye Lane, Kantha
Ward, Taunggyi and
_ seiud i i small packets of
heroin from Maung My~nt
Thein, son-in-law of U
Soe 1Vlyint, hidden ?n
his jerkin on t; ~iat~;~
iq8o.
Acconiing to the con�
fession made by Maung
Nlyint Thein, the police
part} also seized K i So,ooo
worth of heroin weighing
three pounds and two
ounces hidden in fouc
plastic containers in the
house of Aik San alios
Chit Swe at No �z6,
Thida Street~ Ye-ayr
� kwin War~ and opium
smoking paraphernalia. _
Taunggyi Myoma police '
sent up the accused for �
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BRI~FS
HEROIN SEIZED--Rangoon, 8 July--Police seized 15 grams of heroin with a
street value of K 1,500 and two cigarettes containing heroin on the fourth
floor of' No 136, 36 Street, Rangoon recently and arrested the occupant of.
the r~om, The occupant of the room Win ~Qaung alias Maung Pwa alias Maung
Htwe (26) as well as his two companions Maung Maung Gyi alias Ahmed (24)
of No 220, Anawrahta Street and Maung Swe alias Zaw ~~we (25) of No 40
(second floor), Shwebontha Street were booked under Sections 14 (b) (pos-
session), 10(t) (sale), II (abetment) and I1(d) (failure to register for
treatment) of the Narcotic Drugs Law.--(H) [Text] [Rangoon THE WORKING
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INDIA
BRIEFS
DELHI DRUG ARREST--~ao foreign nationals and an Indian were arrested in New
Delhi on Sunday for possessing narcotics, report~ UNI quoting the police.
Fabrizio Cassano of Italy, who was found to have some cocaine and charas,
was arrested under the Dangerous Drugs Act and Excise Act, while a Spanish
tourist, Manuel Bernard was arrested for possessing 375 grams of charas.
Fazal of North Delhi was nabbed under the ~xcise Act as he was carrying
1,500 grams of charas. [New Delhi PATRIOT in English 27 May 80 p~7]
CSO: 5300
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PAKISTAN
'MORNING NEWS' LAUDS EFFORT TO STOP NARCOTIC SMUGGLING
Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 2 Jul 80 p 4 _
- [Editorial: "Narcoti~ Smuggling"]
jText] Reports of successful drug hauls by various law~-enforcing agencies
from time to time have a dual implication.. While the vigilance of these
agencies is reassuring, the increasing frequency of the attempts at narcotic
smuggling on a scale approaching the organized rather than the less alarm--
ing individ~sal level, is an unpleasant indication of a trend that should
not be disregarded. Smuggling and dealing in contraband is heinous in
any form, but narcotic smuggling, where the stakes are particularly high
and dangerous, is the r~ost invidious kind in terms of consequences to
society and the ~o~unity. Some record level hauls have been made over the
past year or so, and it would appear that our routes have become part of
_ the international route in the illicit drug trade. This calls for
incredsing expertise an3 material resources being made available to the
agencies responsible for curbing such traffic. Authorities her~ seem well
aware of this, and the Pakistan Narcotics Control Board is planning to
conduct a six-month training programme in Karachi lat~r this year for
various local agencies responsible for the control of trade in narcotics.
This training programme wi11 be held in association with the United States
Drug Enforcement Agency. It should provide those attending the course
with an improved knowledge of techniques ot apprehension, for drug smugglers
make use of both highly ingenious as well as extremely sophisticated
methods to dodge official b arriers. The mofia of this trade command enormous
resources in terms of finance, organization and a technological slcill.
The routes of the drug trade ~re often through sections of the world where
- technical resources and finxr:ces are limited, and it is the skill and dedi-
cation of what can be termed the hnman element in these countries that is
responsible for detecting ma.ny an attempt at a getaway, and keeps drugs
away from an eventual destination in developed countries where there is
the highest reward for those involved in this let.hal trade.
This dedication and vigilance needs both to be recognized and supplemented
by improved facilities. Imparting improved techniques is not enough, the
means to implement them--in terms af finance and material equipment--must
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also be implicit if the trainini~ progra~e is to be truly rewarding and
wortl?while. Many agencies are involved in a camprehensive pr~gramme of
controlling the illegal drug trade. The Police, Aviation personnel, Cus~oms .
authorities on land, sea and air routes, Excise autho.rities, the Coast -
Guards, are some~of the departments and agencies that are actively involved
� in procedures to curb and detect ill:tcit traffic in narcotics. Obviously,
_ a wide degree of cooperation and team work is called for if loopholes _
. and lacunae are to be eliminated. The Agencies here have a remarkably good
overall record in maintaining controls, and the quality of their service
, to the community should be lauded. Drug addiction, which the illegal t~ade
in narcotics feeds and lives by, is an affliction that can eat into the
vitals of the most advanced and affluent suci~tie~. Forces that keep it
- at bay in our own render a signal service.
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
SMUGGLED DRUGS CONFISCATED--Lahore, 20 May--Last night Mianwali police re-
covered 2515 kilogram of charas and 220 kilogram of opium worth about 900 mil-
lion rupees. This is the largest amount of opium seized to-date in Punjab.
The driver, Bala Khan, and the cleaner, Ahsan Allah, were taken int~ custody
by the police. However, the owner of the truck, Muhashar Khan, escaped. The
superintendent of Mianwali police station, Chaudhry Ali Asghan Khan, told
our correspondent that on the instruction of I.G. of Punjab Police,the Mianwali
police, in its efforts to curb anti-social elements, blockaded the railway gate
near Kala ~agh and Tolisar Road, During this operation a truck with licence
plate number M.R. 6539 was stopped and a man riding it ran away. The police
became suspicious and confiscated the truck. The truck looked empty but smelled
= of opium and charas. Opium and charas in large quantities were found in hid-
den compartments of the truck. Both men were caught. Bala Khan the driver
belongs to Jamrood Agency and the cleaner Ahsan Allah lives in Mardan. The
- owner Muhashar Khan Kundi is from Peshawar district. The S.P. has registered
cases against the two persons and has sent teams to Peshawar to look for the
third and the real criminal. Further investigations are taking place. [Text] -
[Lahore NAWA-I-WAQT in Urdu 20 May 80 p 1] 7997
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PHILIPPINES
MARIHUANA PLANTS UPROOTED
Manila PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS in English 22 Jun 80 p 2
[Text] LA TRINIDAD, Aguana also said hc
, Benguet - Some 11,600 has asked the provincial
marijuana plants valued and municipal policc
at YS million were advisory oouncil to
uprooted. by PC and support lus earlier
police operadves iu proposal to courts of
Benguet ttie past three justice for, a 94day
weeks. prosecution of persons
Lt~ Col. Rogelio C, involved in illegal drug
.4guana, Benguet r~ traffic, (PNA)
commander, said the
marijuana plants were
seized in r~ids conducted
by operatives in Benguet.
Aguana met with
Sengnet Sangguniang
F'anlalawigan members
}ast Monday to map out
plans un how to
effectively prevent the
planting of marijuana
plants.
[n his taiks witli tlie _
Sl' members, Aguana said
the proliferation of
marijuana plantations in
that province has posed a
major proolem to law
enforcement agencies.
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AGUANA said that
Benguet has vutually
_ earned notoriety as thc
"seed producer" of
marijuana.
CSO: 5300
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THAIL~IND
THAI ADDICTS S11Ill TO FAVOR THINNER OVER HEROIN
Bangkok SIAM RAT in Thai 13 Jun 80 pp 12
[PrticlE; ~~The New Fashion: 'Drug Addicts~ Prefer Thinner
Uver Heroin"]
[Te~ct;] The director-general of the ONCB is worried that
peopl.e are becoming addicted to thinner as a substitute for
heroin, which is becoming very expensive, b~cause it is a
material that is in common use. He has complained that the
budget alloted for drug suppression has been cut back 10
percent even though the present budget is not adequate.
Police Ma jor General Phao Sansin, the director-general of the
Offzce of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), told the
newspaper SIAM RAT that,~concerning the drug control and
suppression plans, at present, he is distressed by the fact
that th~ budget will have to be cut by 10 percent even though
little money is being spent on this now. Cutting the budget
will ruin the plans that have been made but if money is
provided, it will be possible to solve the problems.
The director-general of the ONCB further stated that it is
difficult to say whether the drug problem will improve or get
worse because the statistics on the number of addicts are
questionable.Howeves, one thing that gives an indication -
is that the number of addicts has decreased because the price
of drugs is higher than last year.
The reporter asked about youths turning to other intoxicating
substances such as thinner or benzene as a substitute for
heroin and what control standards would be impl emented. The
director-general of the ONCB stated that this becomes a
problem when heroin becomes expensive. P.~ople have to find
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~ther intoxicants , such as thinner or benzene, that ar e
cheaper. And in the opinion of inedical doctors, sniffing
thinner is dangerous to the hearte It may cause anemia and
put the person into a stupor.
~~~s for contralling this and not allowing p~ople to sniff
thinner or benzene, this is difficult because i:hese typ~s of
goods are commonly used and are sold in the stores. I think
that we must make them see the danger involved in using such
suk~stances," stated the director-general of the ONCEi.
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THA IT~ ~Nf~
PHATTAYII HERUIN RAID NETS SUSP~CTS
Bangkok I)AO S IAM in Thai 15 Jun 80 pp 1, 2 ~
[Article: "Drugs Sold to Foreiqners At Phattaya"]
_ [Text] Three men who desired instant wealth by sel? ing heroin
to foreigners were arrested in front of a large hotel in
Phattaya. Two kilograms of high-grade heroin hidden in
su.itcases were seized. The three suspects were waiting for
the pick-up man but this person found out [about the raid]
and fled. The police feared a slip-up and so they immediately
arrested the group without incident.
~1t 1400 hours yesterday afternoon (19 June) , Police Colonel
Toem Sanitwong Na Ayuthaya, the commander of police precinct
7, Suppression Division, ordered Police Captain Kannimit .
Kannarakun, the deputy head of Section 3, police precinct 7,
Police Lieutenant Seri Khairatsami and three oth~r policemen
to go to the Phattaya Palace Hotel in Chonburi Province
because he had learned that drug dealers would be bringing in -
drugs to sell them to foreign~s at the hotel. At the same
time, evidence on and descriptions of all the dealers were
given to them and they immediately rushed to the hotel. Ythen
they reached the hotel, they did not see anyone and,
therefore, they parkr~d and waited until they saw three
well-dressed men walk up to the hotel. The men d9.d not enter
= the hotel but stood about in front of the hotel acting in a
suspicious manner. They could then be seen clearly and thei~c
appearances matched the descriptions given. The police waited
almost 1 hour until the three men started to get nervous and
looked as if they were getting ready to leave the hote7.. The
police were afraid that if they allowed them to leave, they
would miss their chance and so they imm~diately arrested all
three without incident. As for the persvn who was to come pick,
up the drugs, the officials think that he was informed of the -
rai~~ befor~hand and so did no~ show up.
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From the investigation it was learned that the names of the
three men were Mr Chot Thaikun, age 45, who livej at 155
Samutkhongkha Road in Thapradu commune, muang district, Rayong
Yrovince,Mr Suchat Netnimit, age 28, who lives at 21 Village
6, Thatheowong commune, Dosisang district, Chonburi Province,
and hir Bunyong Khomkrachang, age 36, who lives at 425
Tungwatdon subdistrict, Yannawa district, Bangkok. All three
conf essed that they had wanted to become rich and that they -
had been h~red by another person and had agreed to meet the
pick-up man in front of the hotel. They did not know who he
was. He was to pay them but he never showed up. They were
thinking about fleeing when they were arrested. However, the
police are not sure that the thr ee susp ects are telling the
_ truth.They have turned them over to Police First Lieutenant.
Chan Zaohachot, the investigative officer on duty for further
handling of the case. At the same time, it was presumed that
the three might have purchased the drugs themselves in order
to sell them to foreigners staying at the hotel. As for the
heroin that was seized this time, it was No 3 heroin valued -
at 2 million baht in Thailand and at 40 milliun baht if sold
ar,rnar~ .
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THAILAND
OPIUM CROY SAID TO DR~P DUE 'PO DROUGHT, SUPPRF; SION
Bangkok SIAM RAT in Thai 23 Jun 80 pp 1, 12
[Article: "ONCB Discloses That Thai Opium Crops Have Dropped
Due to the Drought and Vigorous Suppressiori Activities"]
[Text] ~'he director-general of the ONCB has disclosed that
Thai opium yields have dropped this year because of the
drought, which has reduced the amount of drugs available, and
because of the constant suppression activities.
Police Ma jor General Phao Sarasin, the director-general ~f
the UNCB, told the newspaper SIAM RAT that, concerning drug ~
suppression, the amount of heroin produced in Thailand this
year has declined gr eatly because little opium was produced
this year due to the 2 consecutive years of drought. However,
the amount of heroin and morphine abroad has increased.
The director-general of the ONCB stated that, in general,
the international drug situation is very disturbing because
opium poppy i~ again starting to be grown in several
countries such as Pakistan, Afganistan, Turkey and Iran.
These countries, Afganistan and Pakistan for example, have
poli.tical problems and this makes it difficult for drug
control and suppression commissions to enter the countries
to control and suppress opit~.m production. This is why large
amounts of drugs have been brought in and it is easier to
contact European and Asian [markets] than from Thailand.
The director-general of the ONCB stated that, as for Thailand,
the amount of narcotics used ille~~.lly this year is less than
in any pr evious year because of the suppression activities
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of officials in various sectors who have cooperated with each
. other . Even though there is some opitun here, we have been -
able to inter cept the chemicals neede~l to produce narcotics `
and keep them f.rom being sold and, therefore, this has
caused the amount of narr_otics available to drop and prices
have increased.
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THAILAND
- HEROIN TRAFFICKERS SEIZED IN BANGKOY HOT EG
Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 7 Jun 80 pp 1, 16
[Ar.ticle: '~During a 5ale In a Downtown Hotel~~]
[Text] Police seized heroin at a hotel in the middle of =
Bangkok while the sale was being made. Two suspects were
arrested and 400 grams of. heroin valued at more than 10
- million baht were seized. A former sailor who had been
dishonorably discharged from the navy and who had no way to
earn a living started earning a.living by selling heroin and
so now he is in prison,
rrom an investigation conducted by Police Major General
Thaloengsak Sangkhatawat~ the commander of the Northern
Bangkok Metropolitan Police, it was learned that heroin would
be sold at Hotel 39 on Soi Phaeng Thammasat, Bunsiri Road,
Sanchaophosua subdistrict, Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok. He
therefore ordered Police Colonel Chamlong Tiemchaengphan, the
commander of Bangkok Metropolitan Police Pr ecinct 1 and
police from the Samranrat police station, which included
Police Lieutenant Colonel Boribun Wutiphakdi, a chief
inspector, and 10 other policemen, to hurry and surround the
hotel mentioned abov~~.
Finally, at almost 1430 hours, the officials saw a Thai
man carrying a suitcase go into the hotel and go straight to
Room 234 on the second floor of the hotel. At that time, the
police officials rushed into the room and found the man
mentioned above and a woman in the room. It was later learned
that their names were Mrs Arirat Chirat, age 32, who lives at
212 Latmuang Road in Muang district, Suphanburi Province, and
Mr Chakchai Unchai, age 28, a former sailor who was
dishonorably discharged from the navy and who lives at
55 Village 1, Chimphli subdistrict, Taling district, Bangkok~
On searching the suitcase, the police �ound 400 grams of
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heroin ~�rith an overseas value of appraximately 10 million
baht and a~~alue of almost 100,000 baht in Thailand. From the
investigation it 1~ras learned that Mr Chakchai had contacted ~
Mrs :~rirat in order to sell the heroin through her to Mr
Chan, who is a friend of the younger brother of Mrs Arirat.
Ho~~rever, before this could be carried out, they were arrested.
At present, the authorities have both suspects in custody and _
they have the evidence in safe-keeping for further handling of
the case.
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T~~I~~ ILr1I`11)
rOREIGN~R~ r1RRESTED SJITH HEROIN IN CHIEIVG M11S
I3anc~kok TA'rJAIv SIANI in Thai 18 May 80 pp I, ~
[:lrticle: ~~Two Foreigners Arrested bJith ~5 A1a.llior~ Baht
~~Jorth of H -c~roin"~
~`r~t) :~s they were about to board an airp].ane, two
int~r.national-level Italian h~soin dealers w~re arrested
~rhile carrying heroin valued at 15 million baht. The
r.orrunissioner of the Commissioner's Office ot the Provincial 7
J.~~arned of their activities and ordered po].ice to arrest them
a~ the airPort. Seized as evidence were 1.5 kilograms of
good-quality heroin hidden in su3.tcases. Taken for interro-
gation, they conf_essed to having purchased the her.o.in i.n the
mountains and that they had been taken there by a Thai guide.
Th~ police have them in custody and are con~inuin_q the case.
news report from Chienq Aiai Frovince stated that based on
an inv~stigation conducted by Police Ma jor General Chumphon
- :~aengchot, the commissioner of the Commissioneres Office of
the Provincial 7, it was learned that two foreigners wer~
planning to tak~ heroin and fly from the provincP to F3angkok
on a Thai .~irways flight.
Thus, Police Ma jor Ceneral Chumphon ordered Polir_e Coloncl
Satcha Chukrasaewet, the commander of the police ~recinct, to
take a force of. policemen, including Po].ic~ �~.zst Lieutenant
Phatung China, the head of the Muang district drug
suppression unit, and several other policemen, and go observe
things at th~ exit gates at Chieng Mai airport.
~'~t 2000 hoiars, the police authorities saw two foreigners, who
werE each carrying two suitcases, get out of a ca.r and giv~
airport their tickets for inspection. Thus, the palice
officials who were waiting for them came out of hiding and
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and asked to in~pect all four suitcases . They found 1.5
ltilograms of good-quality No 4 heroin valued at 15 million
baht hidden in the suitcases in a well-made second compartment.
L rom checkinc~ their passports, it was learned that both were
Italians. Their names w~re Mr Asoer Towani, age 24, and r4r
:3assinomar Y.ophelsini, age 30. They ~~tere taken and turned over
to ~~olice First Lieutenant Sitthiphon Sichan, the officer on
dvty at the Muang district police station in Chieng riai
F'rovince for further handling of the case.
From lat~r investic~ations conducted by the police, it was
]~earn~d that these two Italians were international druc~
d~~lers tahose names wese on the wanted lists of the Drug
::uppression L'nit of Interpol. Both had previously taken
~Zeroin from Chienc~ riai and sold it in Italy many times. Both
stayed at the Rin I:ham Hotel.
In making ~ontact to purchase heroin, seven T?~ais acteci as
guides and took them to b~uy the heroin from Maeo tribesmen
on 3ui mountain. During later in~errogations of both men, ttiey
r_oni'e5sed to all the charges. The police thus have them
in custody .~or fwrtYier handling of the case.
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CANADA
EAS~NG OF MARIHUANA LAWS CONSIDERED IMMINENT
Government To Introduce Legislation
Toronto THE GLOBE AND MAIL in English 12 Jun 80 p 1
[Text]
OTTAWA (CP) - Justice Minister past eight years to lighten penalties
Jean Q.~etien said yesterday the for so~t-drug offences. But all initia-
Gove t will introduce legislation tives have stalled, otten b~eesuse of
withirt.~ weeks to change penal- tti~e.� Ciovernment's unwillingness to
ties fos:~ posseseion oi marl
juana. ap t4oeeoppe~eed tu such ct~anges.
]1~'. Ql~etieR 01~o said Itt the Houee '�.~i :b~ll introduced by the T~il~erals in
ot Commasq~: that the (iovemment 1974 but not passed � would have re-
- may. change the law thui reqidres that moved cannabls mar[juana ~and
those convicted of impo~ting marijua- ti8�hish - oif~nces ttom' ti~e Narcot-
na ~jet a ininimum seven.years in pris- ics Contml ~Act and plaCed it, along
on.1~ is ona~~,th~ atlitiinal~ws t~.qder witb halluc~t+~. drug~' Aihe I.SD
whtch a minimum set~n~ce~,r~q~~b!? and speed~ un , r ttle~Fo~Dd`and Drug
imposed. ~ Act.
Hb aas reepondiilg ~to Bud Cullen, Simple posseasion fer parsonal use -
Liberal MF tor 3arnia, who seb aen- would no longer b~ acrlminal oNence.
tenci~tg~ i~i wch ~aees shoult! ~e lett to but possession for, tc~-~e of traf-
the discretion ot the courts: Hcking and lmportit~ would still be a
The Justice ll~i~lister said the (iow crime.
ernment had promised in the Speech~ In recent yeare~ sbout~90per cent of
, trom the Throne opening Parliament convictions under ~urrent laws were
in April to re~nove criminal penalties for simpte possession. . That '~usually
br sHnple possession ot marliuana. brings first otten~~ a c~ditional
~ "I hope to do so a few weeke trom discharge or small tine, along with a
now." he said, adding that legislation criminal record. However, the law
is being studied by the Cabinet. provides for a: fine ot up W~,000~ or
The 'Throne Speech pledge was ttle seven years in prlson. -
latest in.. a series of pmmises in the
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~di.torial Backs Law Revision
l;iucl~,or THE ld1~IllSOR S'CAR in Eng.lish 18 Jun 80 p 12
~[.:d.i t~~ri~il: "I'c~l I,;iws: OM11 Mi.ssiiig tlie PUll1C )
~ "I'e::t ]
The Ontario M~dical Association least less harmful than some other
- (OMA) may be clinicaUy and psy- commonly used substances - alco- _
~ chologically right in its latest adv~ce hol for one.
on marijuana. Most Canadiana know that there is
But as far as logic goes, it's way off. a difference between marijuana and
At its Toronto meeting last week, "hard" drugs, tho qarcotics which -
the OMA's general council approved destroy the human will.
a:esolution opposing any law revi- Yet not all Can~adians know that
sions that would encourage the use di the present law, w~ich covers m~ri-
- marijuana in Canada, Only a very juana possession, the Narcotics
few delegates spoke against the reso- Control Act, lumps marijuana to-
lution, gether with the narcoticc, ~nd pro-
T'he action was an obvious re- vides the same penaities.
- spons~ to a statement by Justice In practice, the courts for years _
Minister Jean Chretien a few days have been using much less severe
earlier that the government will in- penalties for simple possession of
troduce legislation within a few marijuana. The usual penalty for a
weeks to change penalties for the ~irst offender is a conditional dis-
possession of marijuana, charge or a small ~'ine, plus a criminal
The OMA resolution `is well inten- record. But the law provides for a
tioned, and makes good sense from fine of up to S2,D00 or~seven years in
an idealistic point of view. prison - the same as for possession
Qoctors know from their work the of heroin.
~ terrible results of drug addiction. The proposed change will make
Research has tately indicated that simple 'possession of marijuana for
occasional marijuana use is not the personal use no longer a crime, .al-
totally harmless pursuit that it was though importing and possession for
unce widely believed to be, trafficking will reinain as crimes.
One doctor at the OMA meeting, If the amendments pass, Parlia-
in fact, estimated that one marijuana ment will simply be facing reality,
- cigarette has the long-term cancer- removing ~rom the books a law
- causing potential of 50 reguiar ciga- whose provisions were long , ago
rettes. outdated, and whose strict enforce-
What the resolution ignores, how- ment would take up police time to
ever, is the probable nature of the the exclusion of ~everythi~pg else and
- proposed law change. It is' not de- fill the prisons far beyond their cur- _
signed to encourage .the use of mari- rent overcrowded state,
juana, but only to correct a law The OMA would be using its time
which has long ignored facts and and resburces much ~more wisely by
- made both law and law enforcemenc pushing research into the exact ef-
Iook ridiculous. fects of marijuana, or using its influ-
Everyone knows that a great ence to discourage mari~uana use,
r~umber af Canadians use marijuana, rather than telling the gover~ment
and many think it harmless, or at ho~v to ~apciate its own laws.
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llrug Sale Size Considered
Ot.~a~;;~ THF. CI.'CI'I.EN iil English 19 Jun 80 p 8
~.lrticle by Linda Drouin]
~ r.xcerpt ]
Thcre is a big difference between
scliing small amount,r of marijuana
to a friend and setting up a com-
mercial operation for trafficking
and that difference should be re- -
}lected in the law, Solicitor-General
Robert Kaplan told a House of
Commons committee Wednesday. .
Kaplan was responding to a ques-
tion from Svend Robinson (NDP-
Burnaby) a~bout the government's
intentions to change the seven-year
legal minimum sentence for traf~ck-
ing which now applies to major
drug dealers and small-scale
exchanges betwcen friends.
Large scale trafficking shoUld still
be harshly treated, Kaplan told the
committee.
But he said he had misgivings
about people he had met serving
- penitentiary terms for minor traf-
ficking offences.
However, he added recent govern-
ment initiatives to decriminalize
marijuana should not be confused
with legalizing the drug.
Posscssion wouid still be an
offence, punishablc with fines, but
~~~ould not leave the offender with a
criminal record.
- The yuestion i5 now before cabi-
nct, he said.
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CANADA
MARIHUANA SEIZURE MADE OFF EAST COAST
Ship's Crew Arrested
Ottawa THE CITIZEN in English 2 Jun 80 p 9
[Text]
SHELBURNE, N.S. Belize, was steaming about
(CP) - Nine men, eight 60 nautica~ miles off this
from Colombia and one south shore port.
believed to be from the U.S. and Canadian
U.S., were schedulea to coast guards had the vessel
appear in court today on under surveillance for sev-
charges connected with the eral ~ days as it made its
biggest haul of marijuana Way from southern waters
ever made on Canada's into Canadian territory. It
East Coast. entered Canadian waters
Five R C M P nfficers early Saturday.
from the Canadian fishe- More than 600 bales of
ries patrol vessel Louis- marijuana, believed grown
bourg seized 22 tonnes of ~n Colombia, were found
marijuana and arrested the in holds on the Patricia,
crew of the Patricia, a 30- described as a former tour
metre motor vessel, after boat.
buarding the vessel Satur= The largest haul of mar-
day. ijuana on record in Cana-
Police estimated the da was 33.5 tonnes seized
street value of the drag at by RCMP May, 1979, in
more than $50 million. Sydney Inlet near To~no, _
The Patricia, which po- B.C. It had an estimated
lice said was registered in street value of $100 mil-
lion.
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Ship Outside Territorial Waters
Ottawa THF CITIZEN in English 3 Jun 80 p 13
[TextJ
HALIFAX, N.S: (UPC) A spokesman said, how- whether the nine wish to
- Nine men arrested off ever, charges likely woutd remain in Canada or re-
the Nova Scotia coast be laid by U.S. drug turn to their homes. No -
wfien 22 tonnes of mari- enforcement officials, who application had been re-
juana and ~ hashish were had been following the ceived from U.S. authori-
foued aboard a boat will Pa~r~cia for several days. ties for extradition of the
not face charges because The arrested men were men. .
authorities seized them taken to Halifax for jnter- The contraband was
- and their ship outside views by federal immigra- wrapped in large bales in
Canada's territorial waters, tion authoritiea. the hold of the Belize-re- ~
police said Monday. William �i1~Iarx, regional 8~stered, former tour boat.
RCMP officials in Shel- investigations director with The drugs had an esti-
burne, where the motor the employment and immi- mated street value of S50
vessel Patricia was taken gration department, said million to S80 million
after being seized Satur- the nine men---eight Co- according to the RCMP,
day, said the arrests took lumbians and one Ameri- making it the largest drug
place outside the 12-mile can-would be interviewed seizur.e rn eastern Canada
- territorial limit imposed "to determiAe what action and the second largest ever
for immigration, customs can be taken under the in the oountry.
and drug regulations. Immigretion Aet." An RCMP officer in
Marx said his depart- Halifax said the drugs
ment wanted to know would be burned but de-
clined to say when or
where.
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CANADA
E;:'t.P,}?, llEFENSE f.;RIVG5 DRUG-CASE ACQUITTAL
~',in~~ouver THE VANCOUVI;K SUN in English 11 Jun 80 pp 1, 2
1Tcxt ~
VICTOAIA (CP) - Eight men accused in to allow prnaecution rebuttal evidence on
the targeat drug-importing case in Caaa- the defence of ueceasity, and that the jury's
diaa history were found not guiltq on the verdict waa unreasonable and contrary to
rarely-used defence of "neceesity" Tues- the evidence. �
day by a Victoria county court ~ury. Five of the eight - Williams Francia
It waa the grat time auc6 a deience had Perka, S6, of Port Townsend, Paul Oscar
succeefl~d in a Canadian court. Neleon, oi Seattle and Marlna Del Rey,
The accuaed h~d testlfied they aere tak Calii., Michael Walter Butler, 29, Weet-
ing the marljuana irom Colombia to Alas- port, Waeh., Jaime Marla~ 98, Marina Del
ka through interaetional watere and had Bey, Calii., and Albergipson Fraaaer-
put into Canada oNy beceuee ot mechani- Aianador, 38, of Ias Angdes - alao face
cai diiBicultiea wlth the veaeeL another triel on s charge of conb~pracy to
JudQe Mo~Que Drake told the iury importmari~uana.
they could accept t6at as a valid defence lf They werE releaeed on their own recog- -
they believed the veeeel and the accused nizaace on =100 bonde to Aug. 6; when a
were ia immmiaent danger - a life or Mel date wlll be eet. All eiaht had been
death eituetion. held in custody eince their arreata.
For tlu~ee men - Willlam Terry Ainea, T6e ~ight were charged wlth importing
39, of San xafael, Calli., Stephen Earl SS.6 tone of Colombian marijuana into
Johnsoa, 94, of Port Towneend~ Waah., and Canada between Aprll 1 and May Z3,1978,
Marco Mtonio Lopera Penagoa, 80, ot Mel- Aud poeees~ion of mari~uana for the pur-
lin, Colombi~ - the jury's acceptance of poae of traHicki~tg.
the argument meaat the end, at leaet for Frieods and relativea oi the detendants
now, of a legal aaga that began 13 months hugged the accased when the verdict was
ago whea 1iCl~P and members of the announced aiter more than nine hours
Canadlan Fore~e e~vvaoped on a Paaama- deliberation. -
nian; ireight~r aQround in Sidney Inlet, 50 Witneasea clalmed durin~ the 28-day
kilometres northweat of Toflno. trlal, longeat in Victoria biatory, that t6e
But the Cmwn eerved notice of appeal ~6-metre veseel Samarkanda put into the
after the verdlct wae announced, claiming i~olated fnlet to make repaira to its geaera-
the ~dge en~ed ia allowing the defence of tor, the diesel~lectric prnpuUion system
necesaity to go to t~e jury, that 6e niused
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and tu settle bnd transter dirty fuel W other
tanks.
Defence counsel said the Samarkanda's
intended deatination was a rendeavoua
mor~ Wan 300 tilometres weat of Juneau,
~Uaska, with a deep~ses aeiner code-named
Julia B.
Telling the jury it could accept the de-
fence of necesaity if satiafied the Samar-
kanda waa in imminent danger, Judge
Drake said common law holde Wat in high-
ly exceptional circumetaucea, a criminal
act may be ezcused. But the law of necessl-
zy can only apply in e life-0r-death situa-
tion snd he cautioned that the defence of
neceaslty had never succeeded in a Cana-
diaa court.
While the ehip waa inchored, RCMP and
Canadian Forces moved ia, arreettng 23
men and seizinQ a cergo of 825 belea of
Colombian marljuana with a etreet value
of:1S mnilllllon to;lb million. Police e~id it
was the largest ~ot seisure in Canadian
hiatory.
Four of the eight men ~cqultted Tueaday
were aboard the Samarlcanda and four
were aboard t6e Seattle pleseure boet
Whitecap wWch led the a6ip into Sidney
Inlet.
The jury acquitted lb Colombian crew
membera last month after Judge Drake aa
cepted a defence motion there was not _
enough evidence for coavict~on. The lb re-
turned to homea ln Colombia aad Ntcara-
Na~ ~
Judge Drake also diamieeed argument
from the five detence couneel that the
Samarkanda's cargo couldn't be positively
identified as marl,juana.
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CANADA
~~DITORIAL PRAISES JUDGE IN DRUG SENTENCING _
t~indsor THE SATURDAY WINDSOi. STAR in English 28 Jun 80 p C6
(Gditorial: "Drug llealing: On the 5ofter Side"]
~Text]
Accuscomed as we are to the inci- ket," but it was the woman's own
dence of drug-related murders and story that charmed the court.
accounts of the all-too-seamy side of Attracted by reggae music heard in
drug dealing, it is indeed refreshing . Japan she travelled ~o Jamaica w; ere
to hear of Kiyoko Nagasawa. she met with the ~Rastafarian sect
A 30-year Japanese, Miss Nagasa- Who introduced her to marijuana.
- wa was sentenced to three months in On her way back to Japan Miss
jail by a Toronto court this week Nagasawa ~flew into Torot~to in the
after be~ng arrested at Toronto air- sPr~ng and was immcdiately picked
port with six pounds of marijuana. out by a customs inspector who no-
Under normal circumstances she ~ ticed a Iargc,:~uspicious bulge on the
could well have facrrd a minimum side of�her suitcase.
- seven-year aentence for importing a However, before the suitcase could
narcotic into Canada, but apparently be opened, th~ woman stated forth-
her air of innocence dis~rmed both r~8htly that it contained "the herb
the crown and the provincial court m~'l~uana" and suggested the cus-
toms officer should try it because "it
judge. is ve~y nice:"
Despite the large amount, Miss In sentencing Miss Nagasawa,
Nagasawa was charged with simple provincial Judge Kenneth Langdon
possession only. instructed her to thank the prosecu-
Her lawyer argued that '`an indi- tor for reducing the eharge and ad-
vidual who buys a side of beef isn't ded, "only the Almighty will know
necesarily opening up a meat mar- whether 1 was taken in."
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CANADA
BRIEFS
B.C. DRUG LAW UPHELD--Vancouver (CP)--British Columbia's controversial
Heroin Treatment Act is valid, the B.C. Court of Appeal`s five judges
unanimously ruled Friday. In so doing, they overturned a ruling by
Chief Justice Allan McEachern of the B.C. Supreme Coure who found Last
October Che legislation was in effect the same as the federal Narcotics
Control Act and the Social Credit government had overstepped its bounds
in passing the law in 1978. Mr. Justice M. M. McFarlane, who wrote the
judgment, said provisiona in the act for examination, apprehension and
detention of dependent persons or patients are in no way intended to be
punitive. "Although there may be occasions when a person will be
detained or treated contrary to that person's desire, the object is
nevertheless to treat and assist not to punish." [Text] [Windsor THE
SATURDAY WINDSOR STAR in English 27 Jun 80 p A10]
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_ ARGENTINA
BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--The Federal Police have arrested Hugo Daniel
Florrieto, Argentine, 24 years of age and Carlos Nelson Rodriguez Icaza,
Ecuadorean, 33 years of age for drug trafficking and seized 2.5 kilograms
of cocaine hydrochloride and 150 grame of cocaine base. The two drug
traffickers are residents of La Paz, Bolivia, and carried the cocaine into
Argentina inside special vests. They said that after selling part of the
cocaine in Buenos Aires, they were planning to go to Spain to sell the
rest, and that they have already made. a profit of about $1.5 million in
cocaine sales in Madrid. The police are investigating if they are acting
individually or if they belong to a drug ring. [PY072310 Buenos Aires
LA RAZON in Spanish 6 Jul 80 p 5]
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, SILES ZUAZO BLAMES COUP ON NARCOTTCS RACKET
Zuazo's Statement
PY211716 Paris AFP in Spanish 1630 GMT 21 Jul 80
[Text] La Paz, 21 Jul (AFP)--Hernan Siles Zuazo, Ieader of ths People's
Democratic Union [UDP), asserted in a new message, released last night from
his place of hiding and widely disseminated here, that the Mafia of the
monstrous cocaine smuggling, which has made Bolivia sadly notorious, is
behind the coup d'etat which took place in Bolivia last Thursday.
Siles Zuazo pointed out how Bolivia had drawn international attention by
overcoming the frustrations produced by the elections of 1978 and 1979 and
by the bloody coup of 1 November Iast year, and he praised the discipline
with which the people went to the ballot boxes in the hope of establishing
democracy in the coimtry.
Siles Zuazo described the events characterizing the coup and called atten-
tion to the presence of paramilitary elements trained by an Argentine mis-
sion incorporated in the armed forces; he also made charges of selective _
repression.
Siles Zuazo said that the clumsy proclamations that wish to legalize the
abominable fascist attack base themselves on alleged frauds in the last
elections, the existence of an economic and moral crisis, political and
labor anarchy and the alleged introduction of foreign doctrines. To make
the legal farce complete, the so-called junta of commanders has put the
1967 constitution back in force, as far as it does not oppose the national
reconstruction project, the name which has been given to this crime against
the fatherland, he added. In other words, he continued, those who submerge3
the country in that crisis which they are now crit3cizing as a cover for
their corruption, smu~gling and illegal enrichment are cynical enough to
attribute their own misdAeds and weaknesses to the democratic process.
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k'urther Remarks
PY211015 Paris AFP in Spanish 1738 GMT 21 Jul 80
[Text] The UDP leader added that the true objectives of the government is
to continue looting the cotmtry without any kind of restraint, preserving
the interests linked with the drug traffic which have converted Bolivia
into an international threat.
He added that this regime, which is not even unanimously supported by the
armed forces in whose name the people are being oppressed, should be stead-
ily and systematically repudiated by the nation because the struggle of the
Bolivian people for democracy has gained international solidarity and that
struggle will not be isolated through terror or crime.
The message con~~udes with a call for freedom: "Let us struggle with
intelligence and determination; fascism will not be able to outwit the
people. Bolivia w311 never be conquered."
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_ COLOMBIA
BOGOTA NEWSPAPER REPRINTS INTERESTING AD
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 6 Jul 80 p 5-A
[Ad appearing in DIARTO DE LA COSTA, Wednesday, 2 July 1980]
PRIVATE PILOT
[Text] With broad experience in eluding radar and landing on little known
airfields wishes to connect with serious firm that will guarantee at least
one trip abroad per month. For more information, [write] Apartado Aereo
No. 56565, Bogota.
CSO: 5300
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HONDURAS ~
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA PLANTS, FIELDS DESTROYED--Tegucigalpa--At least 2,184 marihuana
plants with a black market value of 1 million lempiras were burned
ye~terday at E1 Picacho, a few kilometers from the capital, after they were
seized at a clandestine plantation in Dulce Nombre de Culmi, Olancho. The
hallucinogenic grass was identified by Br Marcio Gomez Robelo when narcotics
agents took the plants to the Criminal Court of First Instance which is
under attorney Alba Nieto de Banegas, who has brought criminal charges
against those involved in their cultivation. The Chree persons implicated
are being held in custody at the central prison on bail until such time as
- they are sentenced in accordance with the law. On another sub3ect, it is
reported that several narcotics agents have destroyed anuther marihuana
crop of more than 17,000 plants in the area k.nown as Cofradia in Los
Palmitos. Investigations have been stepped up to locate the brains bQhind
these plantings since apparently it was several "city people" who recruited
peasants to ;~lant the crops, telling them that it was something else and
paying them large sums of money. [Text] [San Pedro Sula LA PRENSA in
Spanish 26 Jun 80 p 2] 9204
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_ PANI~MA
BRTEFS
DRUG CONFISCATION STATISTICS--The narcotics off ~ce has succeeded i,n seizing
an estimated 9 million balboas in drugs during the first 5~months of 1980.
Most arrests of drug traff3ckers were made at the Tocumen International _
Airport. Similarly, most of the persons involved were U.S. citizens in
transit through Panama. Most drugs came from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with
Nassau as their destination. jPanama City Domestic Service in Spanish
1700 GMT 8 Jul 80 ]
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VENEZUELA
FOUR LSD TRAFFICKERS ARRE~TED IN VALENCIA
Caracas EL UNIVERSAL in 9panish 1 Jul 80 Sec 4 p 30
/Text/ A young U.S. citizen and three women (two Argentines and a Honduran)
were arrested by members of the PTJ /Technical Judicial Police/ Drug
Contrel Division with varying amounts of ISD worth an estimated 300,000
bolivars.
The report was released yesterday by the head of the PTJ Drug Control
Division, Maximiliano Lopez, who identified the individuals as Mark
James Affhalter, 24, ~f Michigan, who works for the merchant marine; Maria
Ines Morales Perez, 23; Maria Graciela Gonzalez, 28, both Argentines, and
Alba Maria Reyes Rodriguez, 29, of Honduras.
_ Maxi.miliano Lopez explained that the three women were ar~ested by drug
agents who raided Apartment 23 on the 8th Floor of the Pasaje Bolivar
Building located on Francisco Solano Lopez Avenue, S abana Grande.
"The agents found 200 doses of ISD, 100 grams of marihuana and a
revolver," he adds. "But the most important aspect was that we broke
the connection used by U.S. citizen Mark James Affhalter. Affl:alter
attempted to reestablish his busxness ia Valencia, Carabobo State,
and that is where we arrested him."
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(Rep. Correale). (Rep, CoReale). (Rep. Corrcalce).
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ISRAEL
BRIEFS
HASHISH ON BEACH--Today 12 kg of hashish was washed up from the sea at
' Hof Yavne and its value was estimated as 6 million Israeli pounds. Our
correspondent Mikha'el Huller reports that large quantities of hashish
are sometimes washed up from the sea on the southern coast and the police
think that this is linked with smuggling. It appears that ships sailing
from Lebanon to Egypt drag the drug on a rope and when a police boat
approaches, the smugglers cut the rope. [TA092042 Jerusalem Domestic
Service in Hebrew 1800 GMT 8 Ju1 80 TA]
- GAZA HASHISH SEIZED--Two Bedouin drug dealers were caught in the Gaza -
Strip this morning. They had 140 kg of hashish, worth about 6 million
Israeli pounds, in their possession. [TA041824 Jerusalem Domestic Service
in Hebrew 1400 GMT 4 Jul 80 TA]
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KUWAIT
TWO SRI LANKA CITIZENS CAUGHT WITH HASHISH
Kuwait AL-QABAS in Arabic 28 May 8~ p 4
[Article: "Arrestof Ttao Sri Lanka Citizens Working on a 5hip in the Port for
Procuring Hashish From Pakistan"]
[Tex.:] Investigation department agents of al-Jahra' governorate have arrested
two Sri Lanka citizens named (Masi) and (Tay An) for drug trafficking. The
two men we?-e in possession of a quantity of hashish estimated at 4 kg.
The suspects were arrested as a result of a plan which al-Jahra` investigation
department inspector Maj Muhammad Dahi al-Hawwas drew up to catch the two men.
The suspects were woricing on a ship at anchor in regional waters, and had been
able to sell a quantity of hashish inside the country.
The f acts surrounding this case were uncovered whe~a an individual by the name
of Sami was arrested on the charge of drug traffici;ing. Under interrogation,
Sami gave information which indicated that he had o~~tained the drugs from the
two suspects working on one of the ships in the por;:. -
After obtaining an arrest and search warrant from the public prosecutor, in-
vestigation department personnel proceeded to al-Shuwaykh port to arrest the
second suspect and search his quarters on board the ship. However, the sus-
pect had already made his way to the city of Kuwait, so the investigators
" prepared a well-contrived trap to~apprehend him. He was arrested upon his
return, and admitted to having procured an estimated 4 kg of hashish from
Karachi. He had been able to sell three portions of the hashish to the sus-
pect named Sami for 200 dinars. When asked about the rest of the hashish, the
suspect said that he had sold it to other individuals. -
Asked if anyone else participated with him in this activity, he admitted to
having a partner from Sri Lanka named (Masi) who worked on the same ship.
This individual was arrested and admitted to the same things mentioned in his _
accomplice's statements. In addition, he confessed to having bought approx-
imately 1 kg of hashish in Karachi, Pakistan, at the same time that h~s ac-
complice had purchased the 3 kg with the intention of selling it in Kuwait.
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AUSTRIA
BRIEFS
NARCOTICS STATISTICS--This year, 246 persons have already been arrested
or sentenced under the provisions of the drug abuse 1aw. Since January,
about 3 kilos of heroin has been seized by police. On 28 June, Vienna
pollce arrested for the first time an Austrian heroin wholesaler, 35-year
old Morst Hecht. Some 700 grams of heroin, worth 2.2 million schillings,
were confiscated in his apartment. jText] jVienna DIE PRESSE in German
3 Jul 80 pp 1, 10 AU]
HEROIN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED--on 29 June Vienna police arrested 34-year old
Pakistani citizen Ali Mohamanad Yasim Asghar at Vienna's southern railroad
terminus, who had 220 grams of heroin hidden in his shoes. In the apart-
ment of a second Pakistani, who had met Asghar at the statian police found
another 600 grams of heroin. [Text] [Vienna KURIER in Gern.an 4 Jul 80
p 18 AU]
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CYPRUS
BRIEFS
N~RC~'I'ICS, UNLDFNTIFTED M~1'I'GRI~1L SEIZED--As the result of a search conducted
by ~ul.i.cc ai a housr in Tatlisu on 7 July some 25 drams (1 dram = 3.21 gr.)
of iiarcotics were Found covered in nylon inside a sack. Also, in the same
t~ouse a still unidentiEied iliquid found in a receptacle was seized. [~xcerpt]
[ N( co~,.ia fi0%KUR'1' i.n 'I'ur. kish LO Jul 80 p 1]
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GREECE
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING ACROSS EVROS RIVER HAMPERED
Athens TA NEA in Greek 19 Jun 80 p 5 _
[Article by V. Kawathas]
[Text] Kipoi Bridge, Evros--A few days ago, the Komotini Assize Court
imposed a sentence of imprisonment for 16 years and a fine of 1 million
drachmas on the 25-year-old Netherlander (Michel Bertolemi). In
collaboration with his friend of the same nationality, (Richard Van Dyk),
31 years old--who was sentenced to 5 years in prison--he tried to bring
into our country 473 kilograms of hashish and 900 grams of heroin valued
at 200 million drachmas.
The two Netherlanders--who were arrested last October at the customs
post at Kipoi Bridge on the Evros River--maintained to the court that
the narcotics were placed in their automobile by Turkish smugglersl
The customs prosecution witnesses testified that "this defense is
pleade~d often by smugglers when they are caught carrying narcotics
- from one country to the other...."
"What we have here is a'sweet "'--they stated to TA NEA--"which they~
suc?c on from the moment of the disclosure up to the time of sentencing."
T.hey go on to say that the people they catch are the "small-time
operators"--the "carriers" of the narcotics. And this is because the
brains of this business do not takb,.~he risk of mak3ng trips. Thus
the customs officials nab individuals who "work" for another boss.
The Evros an "Open" Channel for Narcotics
The revelation follows that:
The repeated successes which in any case are being seen there at the
, Kipoi Bridge of the Evros--successes which just recently have compelled ~
the smugglers to change their routes--cannot be r,onsidered to have had
a suppressive effect, since they affect only 10 ;.~araent of the total
"shipments" which "cross" over the Evros.
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The remaining 90 percent, which is destined for our own and foreign
market-places, slips by through various points on the river. Really,
this is the truth, unfortunately. The Evros has been the open "channel"
for narcotics for many years.
The smugg~ers "prefer" it because it is 230-250 kilometers long, it is
"fordable" at many spots, and it is largely unguarded. This does not
mean that the would-be smugglers do not face the possi.bility of coming
upon a patrol. But let us be honest: Such possibilities are realized
"once in a blue moon."
For its par�, the group of customs officials which "trips up" the -
narcotics smugglers--here on the Kipoi Bridge of the Evros, the main
"gateway to Europe" from the East--keeps a certain "secret'� which is ~he
basis for its repeated successes.
In the discussion which I had with various officers of this group, they
assured me--with enigmatic smiles--that the "secret" is the psychology
of the smuggler at the time when his car is being checked, and in
addition to this their powers of observation in cor~junction h~i~h their
know-how about the construction of a particular vehicle.
- They say that "when we see that something is amiss with the person being
checked out, we continue our work until we are absolutely confident
that he is not carrying any 'stuff.' Of course, we do not let a single
screw go unchecked, because in many cases the discovery has been made
from a single detail. For example, one d~y a BMV arrived at the -
'junction' in front of the post. Its driver seemed sure that we would
not find anything, and he stood rather quietly in a corner. He became -
. impatient only when he saw that we five persons had been searching his
vehicle for 8 whole hours without finding an~rthing. Finally, a colleague
noticed that there was something unusual about a sc~w (the head of
which was 'chewed up'). 'Here it is,' he said....We unscrewed it and
found a'funnel' and 15 other 'holes' filled with narcotics." _
They are Not "Tip-offs"
At this point we cleared up something which is rumored about very widely-- r
~ and which is connected with the successes which are enjoyed at any rate
by the customs officials of Kipoi Bridge.
"It is said that most cases of smugglers which you nab are 'tip-offs.'
That is, your informants acquaint you with what is arriving at the
customs post. What is the truth about this conjecture?"
"Anything of this sort is practically impossible--and we cannot consider
it a reliable tool for doing our work properly. In other words, we do
not rely on the information which may come our way, k~ecause in the,
meantime a queue is created of 'suspect' automobiles at the post. Thus,
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we are left with nothing but our personal diligence (our awareness of
what we are doing, and what we are contributing to society as a whole),
our experience, and our powers of observation, in conjunction with a
resolve to not let pass any of these 'evil-doers.' Finally, we do not
manage to catch the entire 'army' of smugglers, but we nab quite a few
important carriers. This is spread about quite widely among their circles,
and this restrains the would-be 'importers,' who choose other routes
for carrying across their 'shipments.' Because nothing stops these
people: Neither the punishments, nor the fines, nor the confiscations
of their expensive automobiles, nor possible misfortune. They stick
at nothing!"
Another thing which emerges from the discussion: "Some of them also have
loaded guns on them--ready to use if they consider it expedient to do so.
These are soldiers of fortune--we repeat--who 'stick at nothing,' who
do their work by themselves."
The "5ma11-time Operators"
Nevertheless, most of the carriers are not businessmen. They have no
idea of who is behind the consignment which they take over. They know
only that they will have at their disposal an expensive car, will go
somewhere in the East (for example, Lebanon, or Turkey), will be given '
the "shipment" somewhere, will spend their vacation, and at some point
in time they will carry their shipment over to Europe in order to
collect their travel expenses~ However, some of them get "tripped up"
by the Evros customs officials, and these end up in the Kassandra
prisons (which "hosts" about 100 of such crooks), and their cars end up
at the customs yard at Alexandroupolis, until they are "released" and
are sold off.
For a small amount of heroin, they can "pay" millions of drachmas and
also remain in prison for a number of years!
There is another category of "small-time operators" who have the simple
thought: I will do some traveling, I will get a little "stuff," which
I will then sell somewhere, and I will thus be able to cover my expenses."
The "Hiciing Places" and the "Tricks"
Certain smugglers study their operations for a very long time--operations
which end ingloriously at the Evros customs-house.
_ The customs officials say that "they create incredible 'hiding places'
in their cars before setting off on:~the~r job. Some veterans create
the impression that there is a hiding place in one area, whereas they
have hidden the narcotics in another spot. In this way they try to lead
us astray, and they would succeed if we did not have the stubborness
which we are noted for.
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"These niding pla~es can be in tne gas tan'.�: cf the car--where usuGlly
a'sandwich' is made: Thel -orm an enipcy space ir. the middle of the gas
tank, put the heroiil in, ar.d 'surround' it with gasoli.ne. Often they
are be~.rayed by the 'echo' of such ~ hiding place, which differs from
the cor responding sound of the r~~~t of the gas tank.
- "In other c:ases they fill the seats or thn trunk with a la-rge amount of
nazcotic s. Of caurse, they also create c~~oezflagcl conditionsY so thdt
noLod~l suspects their existence.
"A comman hiding place is the spare tire of th~a car, which is easy to
fill and which is revealed equally easily: We 1Gt a li~tle air out of
the spare and 'detect' the hid~ng p1acP from ~he sme11."
At one t ime, there had been discussions ai~out "stiengL-hening" the
custams houses--which are engaged a.n cztching narco~ics ~mugglers--by means
of trained dogs to do this work. The customs af.ii~ials belie'Vc th4t
no matte r how "trained" these beasts might be, they could never replace
human b eings. And this is because if zt is assum~d that the smuggler
has taksn care to obliterate ~he sineil c~f `che narc~tic which he is
carrying through the agency of something else, the bloodhound will.
not "catch on" to it.
~r. the other hand, if the customs official does not detect it with his
nose he will loca~.e it with something e1se--'the experience and tY?e
human c apabilities in genezal which he has. Besides, there is the
problem of heroin--which has no sme11 and thus will not be noticeable ~
to the nose of the dog, no matter how "powerful" it is and no matter
how much relevant training he may have had. In o~her words, there can
be no talk of dogs at a ti.me when, for exampl~, the Italians are
beginning to leave us clumbfounded with -their ingenuity.
And since we are on the subjECt of the Italians, let us say a few words
~ about the methods which they use in their operations: Usually they
put heroin and morphine in "hiding places" which are al~ove suspicion,
and then they play-act: They protest because supposedly we are damaging
their automobiles, and they malce "represent4tions," certain that wE
are not going to find where they have hicl tneir drugs.
By way of example, I cite certain facts pertaining to the tricks and
the hid ing places of narcotics smugglers (Note: Many of these are
from the archives of the customs officials and from the publications
of the local newspaper, ELEVTHERI THRP.KI),
Fa.ve kilograms of top-quality heroin were :Eound in the ca.r of the
Iranian (Mansour Sandi). He had put the clrugs in special hiding places
in the "chassis" of ~the vehicle.
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A few days later: An Italian couple were caught because 348 grams of
heroin were found in the axles of the rear tires of their car. The
people in question are (Chiodo Romberto) and (Mattidi Editi), who passed
through the Evros customs station to Turkey at the same time that the
"bloodhounds" of this post were catching the Iranian with his 5 kilograms!
(Note: Very often the news is published in the Turkish press that "the
security authorities have discovered a secret laboratory for preparing
heroin. Such a place was found recently in the city of Gaziantep in
south-east Turkey").
An epilogue, in the words at all times of the custott~s officials tgemselves:
The "Nightmare"
"When you read in the 'fillers' of a newspaper that at the Kipoi customs-
house on the Evros an English smuggler was caught because he tried to
secretly carry into Greece 66 kilograms of hashish (concealed in hiding
places on an expensive 6-cylinder ,7aguar),perhaps it does not make a
great impression or. you. Even less so when the case does not concern
you personally ("What does it matter to me--that is, seeing that I am
not in that circle, nor do I know the man, nor am I endangered by this
affair. Besides, he (the Englishman)~$s the first one, or the last one,
who has engaged in such business.
And when all is said and done, what is 66 kilograms compared to the tons
which the "Gloria" was carr~�ing when it was caught at ~he Isthmus of
Korinthos some time ago...?")
"The next day you forget it, and if it happens that you again read about
something related ta this, you throw it into the ossuary of routine
matters. But the events follow their course and write a story which
should not slip by "unnoticed," but should keep all of us--citizens
and authorities alike--on the alert. Because what we have to deal with
here is a nightmare wh.ich is stepping over our thresholds, and entering
into our homes from a direction we do not expect--into the veins, into
the blood of our children--and is destroying us as individuals, as
families, and as a people more generally."
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TURKEY
BRIEFS
NARCOTICS CONDUIT--Teams affiliated with the Ankara Central Narcotice Bureau
seized 3.5 billion lira worth of heroin in operations undertaken during
the first 5 months of 1980. It has been learned that 507 kilos of hashish
and 23.5 kilos of morphine base were seized in operations mounted during the
~ s~me period. T'he operations undertaken by Narcotics Bureau teams at the
same time have revealed an interesting fact. Only 10 grams of opium on one
person were seized during the first 5 months of this year in our country
which is the land of opium. Authorities stated that this was achieved as
the result of stringent controls by opium teams, Narcotics Bureau personnel
have noted that narcotic substances come to Turkey through the Middle East,
that Turkey in this regard is used only as a conduit, and that the real
markets are in Europe. According to experts, smugglers in Turkey are tasked
only with transporting the substances. They take the heroin and morphine
base ~ut of the country for an average 200,000 lira per kilo. The heroin
transported to Europe through Turkey can be sold for as much as $1,200,000
a kilo. According to the reports of narcotics experts, same groups, by
converting the narcotics passing through Turkey into cash, send armR back
to Turkey. In Turkey much more can be made off these weapons than from the
sale of narcotics. The same reports state that a major portion of the wea-
pons introduced into Turkey and distributed to illegal groups were brought
into the country by highway and transported by TIR's. IC is also stated in
the same reports that part of the arms smuggling is done through the Black
Sea. [TextJ [Istanbul DUNYA in Turkish 16 Ju1 80 p 3]
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UNITED KINGDOM
BRIEFS
LIVERPOOL CANNpBIS HAUL--Half a ton of cannabis worth more than 500,000
' poun~s was found in four empty cratea on the Nigerian freighter River Oli
~ which docked in Liverpool yesterday. Cuatoms men made a routine examina-
tion of the cargo ship from Lagoa and found the herbal cannabis. Recently
drugs worth more than 5 milli~n pounds have been seized in Liverpool and
Anglesey. [Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 19 Jun 80 p 36]
DRUGS SEIZED IN GUERNSEY--Customs officers and police in Guernsey have
seized more than one ton of cannabis resin, with a street value of over
2 million pounds, during a search of the 43 ft yacht Anntoo in St Peter-
port harbour. In the magistrates' court yesterday William Loots, 32, of
Amsterdam, and Mario Clerici, 32, of Turin, were remanded in custody for
a week charged with possessing cannabis. [Text] [London Ti~ DAILY
TELEGRAPH in English 26 Jun 80 p 1]
TUNNELING GANG SNATCHES CANNABIS--Drug smugglers are believed to have
staged a"hole in the wall" raid yesterday to snatch a cannabia haul from
a Merseyside dock's security pound. The haul is thought to have been left
in the pound, in an ~ttempt to trap the drug dealera collecting it. But
the raiders tunnelled through a wall of the shed at the Royal Seaforth
Dock, Crosby, to foil the burglar alarm. The drug waa in two large wooden
packing cases labelled "household effects." Customs men, who have seized
millions of pounds worth of the drug aC Merseyside this year, became
suspicious when the two wooden packing cases arrived in Liverpool from
the Caribbean without papers about a fortnight agn. The cases were marked
for Liverpool, but were in a container landed at Greenock in Scotland.
All Customs and Excise officials would say yesterday was "we have been
informed that there was a burglary in a transit shed at Liverpool docks.
_ The contents of some packages awaiting Customs clearance might have been
removed." But a spokesman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said:
"A small amount of cannabis was f.ound near the cases and an investigation
started." [Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in Fnglish 27 Jun 80 p 17]
CSO: 5320
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