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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFOUO 41/80)
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_ JPRS L/9321
2 October 1980
~ W~RLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
~FOUO 41/80)
CONTENTS
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ASIA -
AUSTRALIA
Banking Group Linked to Drug Syndi.cate
(BUSINESS TIMES, 25 Aug 80) 1
BURkJA
Brief s
Opium-Substitute Crop Cultivation 2
HONG KONG
Cannabis Resi.n Haul by Police Zargestin 6 Years
(SOUT1~ CHINA MORNING POST, 27~ 29 Jul 80) 3
Canaclian Woman Arrested, by Patrick Chan
- Three Men Jaa.led
Thai Businessman Gets 8 Years for Heroin Trafficking
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING PO~T, 30 Jul 80) ~ 6
Smuggler of Heroin ~om Bangkok Jailed for 9 Yeaxs -
(SOU'.~H CHINA MORNING POST, 31 Jul 80) 7
Heroin Ring Smashed, Haul Largest in 18 Months
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 8 Aug 80) 8
Bri ef s
Airport Heroin Seizure 10
Cocaine Possessi~n Fine 10
Street Heroin Seizure 10
Heroin Possession Arrests 10
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MALAYSIA
Penang Seen as Alternative Drug Transit Point
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 20 Aug 80) 11
Drug Smuggling Route Found at Thai Border
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 2~lug 80) 12
Antinarcotics Drive Planned for Capital Area
,NEW SUNDAY TIME~, 3 Aug 80) 13 -
- Narcotics Arrests, T~ials, Sentences Reported
(Various sources, ~Jarious dates) 14
Morphine in Gas Tank
Heroin Sentences
~l'rafficking Charge
Heroin Seized _
Heroin Chaxges
Heroin Possession
Life Sentence
Family Members Charged
NFPAI,
Bogus Official Unmasked as Drug Courier
(Editorial; THE MOTHERLAND, 8 Sep $0) 18
Briefs
Seizure of Liquid Hashish 19
PAKISTAPd
Briefs
Smuggling Attempt Foiled 20
- Big Charas, Opium Haul 20
Charas Seized 20
- PHILIPPINFS
Proliferation of Marihuana in Schools Scored
- (Bob Garon; PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS, 10 Sep ~30).... 21
~ SINGAPORE
Brief s
Pakistani Held for Smuggling Opium 23
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CANADA
Nine Face Drug Trafficking Charges After Ra,ids
- (Bob Maxleau; THE CITIZEN~ 6 Aug 80) 21~
Brief s
� Trafficker Gets Second Sentence 25
Heroin Seized at Mirabel 25
Arrests for Cultivating Mari.huana 25
~ LATIN AMERIG~
COT,OMBIA
Financial Institu~Lions Association Discusses D~ug
- Profits
(Fernando Ba~^ero; EL TIII~O, 14 Aug 80) 26 -
_ Congress To Debate ImTolver~ent of Politi^ians in Drug `
Trade
(EI, DIA, 14 Aug 8~) ........e.....�, 30
. Brief s
~.NIF Advocates Marihuana Legalization 32
Cocaine Mule Arrested 32
GUATFMAZA =
Brief s ~
_ Cocaine Seized 33
riEXICO -
Police Officer Implicated With Marihuana Traffickers
(EZ MANAN~1, 2fs Aag 80) 3L~ -
Elusive Trafficker Given 12-Year Prison Sentence
- (EZ MANANA, 29 Aug 80) 36 -
F~igitives Captured With Marihuana Trafficking Ring
(EI, MANANA, 20 Aug 80) 38
, Marihuana Plantations 1}isc:overaa, Traffickers Caught
(EL MANANA, 28 Au~ 80) 41
~ Briefs
Maxihuana Growers Amnestied I~2
� Majar Trafficker Sentenced !~2
Traffickerst Sentences Confirmed 43
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Maxihuana Traffickers Arrested 1~3
Four Marihuana Plantations Found 43
Traffickers Captured With Uynamite l~1t
~ Convicted Traffickers Given Prerelease l~L~
Marihuan~ Traffickers Officially Jailed 1~Lt
PANAMA
Bri ef s
Airport Drug Arrest 1~6
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
IRAN
Health Minis~ry Plans To Treat All Addicts This Yeax
(Fakhr Interview; JAVANAN-E EMRUZ, 11 Aug 80)...... 1t7
Best Methods of Curing Addiction Discussed
- (JAVANAN-E EMRUZ, 18 Aug 80) 52
Kh;alkhali Campaign Yields Tons of Narcotics
(KEYHAN, 30 Aug 80) 57
Brief s
Khalkhali Announces I1rug Seizures 59
~ Drug Seized 59
Drug Seizures _ 59
SUB-SAHAR,AN AFRICA
GHANA
Briefs
Nlarihuana Dealers Killed 60
WEST EUROPE
CYPRUS -
Police Arrest Foreigners After Hashish Find
(CYPRUS MAIZ, 17 Sep 80) a 61
DENMARK
Aalborg Drug Center Study Surveys Addiction Situation
(AKTUEZT, 9 Aug 80) 62
. Brief s
Tougher I7rug Sentencing 6L~ _
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FRANCE
F~rther Details on 'Sicilian Connection'
(Lr; MONDE, 29 Aug 80) 65
UNITED KINGDOM
Bri ef s
Cannabis Ring Smashed 66
Drugs Seizure by Customs 66
Drugs Washed Ashore 66
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AUSTRALI~
BANKING GROUP LIi~IKED TO DRUG SYNDICATE
Kuala Lumpur BUSINESS TIMES in English 25 Aug 80 p 2
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� MELBOURNE, Aug. 24 ~
A FiIGH-ranJci~g pollce Inveatige,tora Lrom the veatfgatlong the Wilaons' hes been murdered be-
official claimed in court New 3outh Walea (N3W) allegatione, said the cou- cause of hts anti-drug
last Friday the collapaed Corporate Atfaira Com- pie's murder was or� campaigns.
Nugan Hand merchant miseion, who have been ganieed by the drug ACP Hall eaid a law
bankiag groLp waa probtng the bank'a af- ring's chief, Terrance clerk, Brian Alexander,
linked to an internatioaal talrs, believe he has left Clarke, who has since lett employed by Sydney so- -
= eyndicate importing the country. the country. licitor John. Aaton, wa~
drugs into Auetralia. The banking group, � the link between the drug
. which operated through- ~~'ke ia believed to a ndicate and corru
Victoria ~ Aaaistant out South-Eaat Asia, have been responaible for ~8W entorcement otficer~t
Commisaioner of Police, ~,~,ound up ln the NSW au- ~t leaat three murdera in ~~Dxumenta aelzed at
Tod Hall, also aafd the pnme court on Jul 2 Australia, lncluding
syndicate had imported �yth at leaat U3i20 mil� thoee of Douglaa and ~epa
oneahowed~aJcon
heroin with a street value iton (M~I miliion) miaa� ~g~~ wilaon, and was nection between Aaton,
ot U3=130 milllon (M=2l2 able to corru t law en-
~ million) about twa years ing torcement officere;' ACP B~~ Alexander and the
8go ACP Hall was appear- Ha~~ s~~ N u g a n H a n d o r-
ing.in the Melbourae Cor- gaNaation whlch la be-
Myatery has sur- oners'Courtduringanin� ~~His organisation hee lleved was involved in
rounded the key figurea quest on the deaths of a beea linked to the GriKith the importation oi drugs
of the bank, 1Kr Franlc New Zealand couple, mariiuana growers and , into Australlan and the
Nugan and American found murdend at the to the Nugan Hand or- laundering of money ob�
Michael John Hand, Victorlancountrytownof gaalaation." tained by illegal means," -
aince Mr Nugan waa Aye ln~ l4tay 1979. GrlHithisatowninthe ACP Hall said.
found ahot dead in Janu� He said the couple, cltrus fruit-growing area He said during a nine-
ary: M lnquest found Mr p o u g i a e a n d I s a b e 1 of NSW about Z50 zrailea month perlod in 1978-79,
Nugan. whose body waa Wllson~ were couriera for south�weat of Sydney 30b.6poundaotpure hero-
_ discovered in his car in adrugsyndicate and had Where aeveral farm 1n with a aireet value ex-
Lithgow, 100 milea weat nvesled details ot the o w n e r a h a v e b e e n timated at U3i110 mil-
ot 3ydney, had com� ayndlcate's operatione to charged with growing 11on wae smuggled into
mltted ~uicide. , the Federal 1V~rootic~ marijuana and other the country by the drug
Mr Hand, a 38-year-otd B~a~ drug-relatnd otfencea. ~Yndicate. �
New Yorker and former ACP Fiall, who is head A promtnent citizen, Z'he tnqueat into the
Green Beret during the at a~oint N3W, Vietoria. ~r ~nald Mackay, has Wilaona' death was ad-
Vietnam war, haa been Queensland and tederal ~en misaing nince Jul~ journed untll Friday. -
misstng ~inct� June e. pollce force group in� 1978 and police believe he UPI
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- BURMA
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~ OPIUM-SUBSTITUTE CROP CULTIVATION--More opium-substitute crops are being
= planted in Hwensi Township, northern Shan State, On 29 August, over 150
_ farmers contributed labor to plant 5 acres of coffee in (Peinsat) Village
tract, Hsenwi Township, under the leadership of the local party and People's
Council organizations. As of 10 September, 40 acres o~ highland paddy,
80 acres of corn, 5 acres of sesame and 11 acres of coffee have been planted
to substitute opium. [BK120635 Rangoon Domestic Service in Burmese 0130 GMT
11 Sep 80 ]
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HONG KONG
CA1~Pi1ABIS RESIN HAUL BY POLICE LARGEST IN 6 Y~r1RS
Canadian Woman Arrested
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA rIOR~ING POST in English 27 Jul f30 p 1
/Report by Patrick Chan/
/Text7 Narcotics Bureau officers early yesterday seized four. kilograms of
cannabis resin worth $1 million in a Mei Foo Sun Chuen flat--the largest
cannabis haul by Hongkong Police in the last six years.
Six pe ople--three men and three women--including one Canadian. woman, be-
lieved to be connected with the case, were late yeaterday still being de-
tained by the police.
They will appear in court tomorrow charged with trafficking in dangerous
drugs.
Meanwhile, narcotics officials are still investigating whe~her the drugs
were f or local consumption or were in transit through Hongkong.
A nd Police raids are continuing in a bid to track down any other accom-
plices who may be still at large.
The operation, headed by Chief Insp 3ohn Thomson, involved some 60 narcot-
ics officers. It was mounted after a month's intensive investigation.
The four kilogramme haul police sources said a The two suitczses were
of cannabis rain was found in group, suppased to meet her picked up by one of the men
false compartmeats in two at the airport, missed the who was Iater arrested in the
suitcases belonging to a 27- woman. Mei Foo Sun Chuen flat.
year-old Canadian woman �
who arrived in Hongkong at andCotb
n hand ju su~~~sa '~'~e other man accompa-
8.40 e~ Friday night on BA ggage she nied the woman to the nearby
p03, headed for the Fortuna Hotel Empress Hotel.
in Kowloon.
The tlight, en route from The whole police opera-
London to Hongkong, stop~ There, she paged some tion, which swung into act~on
ped over in Bom4~ay where P~P~~ and was later met by after the womads arrival,
the womsn boarded. . two mea, was mountcd after police re-
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aivod a tip from "informed raulted in the arrest oi tour
sources." other }~eopie who are believed
According to Chief Insp to be connected wich this
Thomson, the fint arrest was
made at the Mei Foo flat All the siz arrested are
followed by the arrest of the aged betwan 20 and 30 years
Canadian woman in the Em- exce~t one Chinese woman
press Hotel. who ~s 57 years oid.
A small quantitv of canna- On May 12 this year, Cus-
bis resin wrapped in a plastic toms officers seized an even _
bag was also allegedly found larger c~uantity of cannabis
on the woman. - 25 lulograms - on board
Othet raids based on a Pakistan-registered vessel.
confidential polict addresses No charges were laid.
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Chlef Insp John Thomson of the Narcotics
Bureau shows members of, the Press a section of
the suitcase in which the drugs were hidden. Chief
Insp Eric Leung is on the left.
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Three yen Jailed
_ Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 24 Jul 80 p 12
- /Text7 Three mrn appeared in
W~t~ court yate~y Op
charga conaected with the `
seizura of S1 million of canni-
bis.
j No pleas were ta{cen and
, Mr Harold Gine remande~ �
~ the three in jail custody until
~ aezt Tuesday.'
The thra aze:
Towist guide C6an Yung-
. hoi (32), who is aceused of
~ ing dangerous drugs
or the purpose af unlawful
traffickiag at a flat at Mei
Foo Sun Chuea on Friday.
Painter Leuag Kit-ming
- (26), who is accused of pos-
sessing dangerow drugs at a
E~at at King's Roed, North
Point, oa Friday.
Inspector of prisons Ho
Pui-lam (27), who is charged
with the ot6er ?wa and a
Canadian womaa with traf-
- ficking in a. dangerous drug
between July 19 ond Friday. _
The Canadian, Mary
Homewood (27), waa ra
manded in a hospitel custodi-
al aard. -
She is accused of possess- �
ing dangerous drugs at the
Empress Hote! on Saturday.
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TH.4I BliSI`+~SS~lrl~ GETS 8 YEARS FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
Hc~r.g Kong SOUTH CHI;1A 1~IORivItiG POST in English 30 Jul 80 p 11 . _
- j Text / A 33-year�old Thai busi-
nessman, Thamanoon Chava-
naviraj, pleaded guilty in thc
High Court y~terday to pos- '
sessing heroin worth over S1 _
million for trafficking.
_ Fbe was sentenced to e~ght ~
years' imprisonment.
Mr Justice MacDougall
was told thatthe accused ar-
rived ai Kai Tak airport on _
January 31 frotn Bangkok
and told customs he had noth-
ing to dalare.
- A customs oFficer lxcame
suspicious when he found that
~ the weight of the suitcase was
much heavier than its con-
tents would saggest.
The customs offinr care-
fully 'searc6ed the su~tcase
and found a secret compart-
ment inside the lid.
When 6e slit open the
_ compartment he tound 12
polrthene bags containing a
white powder.
A laboratory analysis
s6owed that the powder was ~y
2,161.95 grams of a mixture
containing 514,75 grams of
heroin. -
The Narcotics Bureau
placed a street value of 51.08
million on the drugs.
T'he accused told the court _
that he had been ask~d ta
.deliver the suitca.u to some-
~ne in Hongkong but had not
ban told what it contained.
- Mr Ronald Mayne ap-
peared for the Crown.
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HONG KOIvG
S~SU~GGLER OF HEROIN FROri BANGKOK JAILED FOR 9 YEARS
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA r10RNING POST in English 31 Jul 80 p 9 -
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/Text7 A 23-year=old lorry driver who brought in The Friend asked him to bring the suitcase
_ 5800,000 worth of heroin from Bangkok was to Hongkong when 6e left Thailand.
sentenad to nine years' imprisonment in the Defence counsel, Mr Mohan Bharwaney,
- High Court yesterday. submitted in mitigation that Tse was obvious-
Tse Hung�wai had pleaded ~ot guilt~ to a ly tempted into committing the ofFence and
charge of pc~ssessing 4.26 kilos of herom for that ho was only a courier.
- unlawful trafficking. But Mr Commissioner Mayo said though
But a uven-member jurX, after five hours' it might be the case that he was a small cog in
deliberation, found him guilty by a~majority a large organisation, the coart had to take a
vote of 6-I. very eerious view and impose a~.cterrent
Tse was errested at Kai Tak airport on sentence.
December 12 when he returncd from a trip to ~ Tse had previous convictions for loitering
Bangkok, after customs offiars found three and profasing to be a triad member.
polythene bags of heroin in his luggage. Crown caunsel Stephen Tisdall prose- _
Tse claimed in, bis defence that the suit- cuted.
case belonged to a friend who had invited him Mr Bhacwaney was instructecf by the
to Thailand for a holiday. Director of Legal Aid.
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HONG KONG _
HEROIN RI~iG Sr1~1SHED, HAUL LARGEST IN 18 MONTHS
E~ong Kong SOUTI~ CHINA ~IORNING POST in English 8 Aug 80 p 1
/Text7 Policx yestecday smashed a narcotics ring and seized `
- - heroin wotth SS million on the retail market - the biggest
haui in 18 months.
The syndicate had onty recently started operating from a
newi~ built residential complez in Tsun Wan.
Frve men were detained in a series of raids after a. heroin
manufacturing and distribution centre was uncovered on the
22nd floor of the 32-storey Tsun Wan Centre whcre 12
ldlograms of No 3 heroin had bun seized.
Narcutics Burcau officers aro looldng for about l2 other
pwpl~e beGeved to be connxted with the dngs centre.
The well-equippcd centre was manned by saperienced
hands 'sn the illic~t drugs manufacturing business, a police
officer said. _ . -
He said the uso of activat-
ed charcoal and quinine in
the manvfacturing process,
the traditional method' of
maldng heroin which has not
been used for the past two ro
three years because of their
pungent smell, has been re-
v~ved raxntly.
The reason: ~the currenc
building boom.
He sa~d illicit drug syndi-
cates are setting up their
busine~ses in newly built sky-
scrapers, usualliy occupymg ,
the top floon, because the
smell during the maaufactur-
ing process cannot readily be
detected and is eas9ly dispers-
ed by winds.
And the traffickers aro not
easily noticed because of the
heavy traffic of decorators
going in and oc: of these
buil~lmgs.
Yesterday's raids were
conducted by 20 officers led
by Chief Inspector Eric
Leung and Inspector Gordon -
Lamb.
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Chief Insp Leung s.aid po-
lica started investigaung the
syndicate about 1'~ 'months
ag Eie cTacribed the ring as
mediuai sized and made up of -
_ C6iu Cbows with guod con-
nectioas in Thailand. '
Narcotics Bureau officers
made their first move against
the ~yndicate three days ago
when a man was arrested in
- Kun Tong and heroin worth
- about S1 million was seized.
Then at 7 am yesterday
_ they waited in ambush aa the
22nd floor of Tsun Wan
Cenue.
Nine hours later t6ey
. pounced as a 35�ycar-old man
= was opening the door of the
_ llat,~ey were watching. `
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HON~ KONG -
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AIRPORT HEROIN SEIZURE--Customs officers at Kai Tak airport seized heroin ~
worth about $1 million when they conducted a routine baggage inspection on
a Thai man arriving from Bangkok. About 680 grams of heroin base were -
found in the man's leather belt and i n the hollow compartment of his trav-
elling bag. He arrived at Kai Tak on Saturday afternoon on an internation- -
al flight. A Customs and Excise spoke sman said if the drug was converted
into No 3 heroin it would have a reta i 1 value of around $1 million. The
man is being held in custody and will be charged with trafficking in dan-
gerous drugs when he appears at San P o Kong Court today_ /Text/ /Hong
Kong SOUTH CHINA MO~NING POST in Eng~i sh 28 Jul 80 p 19/
COCAINE POSSESSION FINE--The managing director of a finance company yester- ,
day pleaded guilty at Causeway Bay C ourt to two counts of possessing dan-
gerous drugs. Lo Wah-biu, alias William Lo (29), was fined total of
$7,500--$4,500 for nossessing one bag of cocaine and $3i000 for p~ssessing
four sticks of cannabis--by Mr James Wilson. /Text7 /Hong Kong SOUTH
CHIHA MORrIING POST in English 31 Jul 80 p 9/
STREET HEROIN SEI2URE--Police last ni ght seized 9.5 kilograms of No 3
- heroin worth about $4 million from a man in Hunghom. The drugs were in
two travelling bags the man was carryi ng when he wa~ stopped in Baker
Street at 6.30 pm by four constables. /Text7 /Hong Kong SOiITH CHINA
MORIVING POST in English 9 Aug 80 p 1/
HEROIN POSSESSION ARRESTS--Two men we re yesterday arres~ed in a Mongkok .
Clat for allegedly possessing one pound of heroin worth about $40,000 and
some tablets classified as Part 1 pois on. The pair will appear in North
Kowloon Court jointly charged with pos sessing dangerous drugs and of -
Part 1 poison for unlawful trafficking. ihe arrest was made by vice squad
oFficers of Mongkok police station about 2 m. /Text7 /Hong Kong SOUTH
CHINA MORNING POST in English S Aug 80 p 20~ `
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- PE:IANG SEEN AS ALTERNATIVE DRUG TRANSIT POIPZT ~
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 20 Aug 80 p 9
- [Text]
MALACCA: Tuea. _ tions divislon o[ Narcotic
Internatlonal dru ~g� at the Royal Cus-
trafiickers are e eing toma Traning Coltege
Penan as a new tran here.
g Thirtythree partlci-
ait haven for their op- gante t~om the ~stoms,
eratfone, 8 narcotics pollce and drug entorce-
eapert said here to- m e n i a g e n c i e a o t
day ~ ~alaqaia, Brunei, Fi~i,
Mr Harry Kamphuis, ~~8� Hong Kong, Indo-
the asaiatant narcotica nesta, the Philippinea,
at2acLe of the Dutch Em- ~BaPo~ aud Thailand
baaay ia Bangkok who ie ~'e atteading the semi-
also tnvolved in narcotics nar.
liason between the pollce Mr Kamphuis said
fc?rces 4t the Far Eaat ~8 u'~cking waa too
asd ~urope, aafd the tn- lucrative for the opera- ~
- creasing importaace of tors to cease thelr ac-
= PenanB as~ a traailt cen- ~~tiea ~uat becauee the ~
' tre arose becauee otrres- authoritle~ are putting .
aure by the authoritles P~~ on them.
agalnst trattlckers in oth- "I t S s t h e trend -
er traditional transit cen- ~ughout the world in-
tres such as Hong Kong cluding Europe and
and Singapore. Southeast /~sia for the
Ha said Penaa aras ~~ckers to ahift their
also viewed aa a coavr ~s ~~ey are preeau ~
dent traneit alternative i��d by thc authorities,
becaure of the facllities be sald
~ o! the intecnational air- He eald Penang was
= port viittrh Wiks it to the ~O CODSldered a good ,
o~u, ~?arts ot the ~rl~, tranait alternative be-
yir Kam huls ha~i of ita relative prox-
p imity to the Goldea Tri-
earller gtven a talk on ~gle.
"Traasit ~afiic in South Hc+wever, he wae~ confi-
Eest Aeia" at 2he closed dent that with the consls-
duoz' seasion of the re- teat eSort of the author-
�a ~+S ities including the con-
1aw enforcement tinued International
The two-week course narcotica co-operatioa,
i s h o s t e d b y t h e the suthorities would be
Malayefan Cuatoma De- able to check drug traf-
partment under the sus- ficking wherever their
pices ot the Unlted Na� ~s of operation
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' MALAYS'LA
DRUG SiyfUG~LING ROUTE FOUi . r~T THAI BORDEF
Ku31a L~,r.~ ur DTEw STRAIT: TT~I~;' in English 2 Aug 80 ~ 14 _
[TextJ
ALOR STAR, Fri. - July 4 when members of
Anti�sinugg ling au- the Changloon antl-
tharitles have un� amuggling unlt aeized
- covered another route b5.5 kg. ot raw opium
used b smu lers to 8bandoned by a cycliat at
Y 8g a~ungle track at Kam-
~ bring dadah acros9 pung Titi Kerbau about
the Kedah/Perlis� g,go pm.
Thai border into the Thla waa the biggest
country. amount ot raw opium
They have also dis- eeized by anti-smuggling
covered a new tactic used authoritiea !n Kedah and
by the amugglers - that perlia thie year. The drug.
of uaing bicyclea instead had a black market value
of faet cars and motor- of x75,000. ~
cyclea.
All known routea used ~grn~g SIlOtS
by the amugglers at Pa-
d a n g B e~ a r, W a n g The cyclist managed
Kelian, Kuala Perlts, to eacape on foot into sec-
Chupingandalongthese- ondary juagle deapite
curity tence at the border warnl,ng aMots fired by
' have been.sealed otf fol- membern of the unit. It
lowing fntensified patrols waa drizzifng at the time.
_ by the Cuetoma, anti� Another aucceaa came
amuggling unit and area in the early hours ye~ter�
security unit. day when Cuatoma of-
The amugglers had to ticera aeized 22.3 kg. ot
- look for a new rnute and raw opium and 5 kg. of
they tound lt in a jungle ganja at almost the same
track at Kampung Titi apo t at Kampung Titi
Kerbau near Changloon, Kerbau.
25 milea north of here ~ They recovered the
near the bord~r. drug, vslued at =5b,000 in
The antl-amuggling the black market, hom
authoritlea already knew the bicycle.
that the ~mugglera would The apokeaman aaid
be torced to do thts. the amugglers were us-
The authoritles kept ing 6lcycle~ to poae a9
surveillance over a wider villagers aad avoid aus-
area and this pald otf on picion. - Bernama.
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ANTINAR.COTICS DRIVE PLANNED FOR CAPITAL AREA
Kuala Lumpur NE~J SUNDAY TIMES in English 3 Aug 80 p 6
[Text]
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - A two-pronged was both alarming ana
antt-dadah Campalgn will be launched ifl could poaaibly endanger
Kuala Lumpur beginning on Aug 21 to help mYe, aecurlty and econ-
addicte and to convey to the public, espe- He aald Pemadam es-
cially the young, the need to be aware a~
the d8t~ er of dad8h. ttmat~.: there were about
~ J 400,000 addicta in the
Chalrman of the Fed- country and feared thls
e r a 1 T e r r i t o r y ligure would increaee 1f
Pemadam, Haji Idria eradfcation measurea
Hail Ibrahim aald cna were not taken.
campafgn would be "Thls ia the fir~t time
launched in the five par- the Federal Territory
liamentary conatituen- Pemadam haa organieed
clea of the Federal Terri� auch a large eradicatlon
tory under a wide-scale campaign;' he ~aid.
and comprehensive pro- Ha jl Idrts eaid anti-da-
gramme. dah committeea would
Haji Idri~, who ie also also be aet up in the dif-
the MP for Setapak, said fer~. t areas, and theae
previoua anti-dadah wouiu aubmit monthly
campaigna had been re� reporta to the Federal
atricted to a smail group Territory Pemadarri.
only, Involving the dfs- He aaid lt was aug-
eemination of tnforma� gested that aresa cleared
- tlon about druga, about ot dadah ahould be given
Pemadam and about its awerds.
role. During the Presa con-
ference, chequea tor 5250
were presented to repre-
- Seeurity aerdatlves from the ttve
parliamentary conati-
He told a Preea con� t u e n c f e a t o r t h e
. ference today that the es- launching of the cam-
timated 40,000 addlcta in p~~,
~ the Federal Terrltory
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MALAXSIA
NARCOTICS ARftESTS, TRIALS, SEVTENCES REPORTED
~Iorphine in Gas Tank
' Kuala Lumpur ~iEW STRAITS TIMES in English 9 Aug 80 p 1
pnnaxa a~s~x, r~~. - a-
[Text J flcera ot the dog unlt and~ _
, Alor Star Cuntoma today de�
talncd four people including -
three women and eeized
~ o h~ab~u ~O,OOO~t~nhthe
ixal hlack market from a
car near the Malayeian�Thai
border here.
The dadah wae cecovered
try two doga, ()ravy nnd Loco,
' trom a ~pecfal compartrnent
In the petrol tank underneath
the car. The car was al~o
seized.
The dadah could De con-
~ verted lnto more than one
mllllon ~hob and cou:u tCtcb
i13 m1111on !n the inte,-s..�
tlonal blsck market, Dtrector
ot Kedah/Perlls Cuatoms,
Enelk Ahmad Kamily bin
Dstuk 8uislmnn, ~atd
- Heroin Sentences
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TI:~fES in English 11 Aug 80 p 14
[Text ] JOHORE BARU, Sun. - in his pockets.
A Singaporean labourer Magistrate Azhar
was today sentenced to 27 Mohamed sentenced Ng
montha' jati tor the il- to two years and three
legal possession of 24 months' jail ~vith e[fect -
straws of heroin. from the date ot his ar�
Ng Chun Hock, 25, res~
pleaded guilty to having In another case. Low
the heroin weigh[ng 0.75 Kim Chu, 21, wsis jailed Sd
- gm at Jalan Kassi, Ta� monihs [or illegally hav-
_ man Sentosa here at 12.10 Ing two tubes of heroin.
am. on Nov. 10 last year. L o w a d m i t t e d t o
Frosecuting ofticer, possessing the two tubes
y Iasp. Ali Mohamed said of heroin weighing 0.04
Ng was detained with an- 6''in at the 16th milestone,
other man at Jalnn KFtsa Jalan Sungei Tiram at
by a police party. 3.40 p.m. on 3uly 6.
They found 24 straws He was detained by a
of a substance which was constable who tound the
later confirmed us heroin drug in his pockei. -
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_ Trafficking Charge
Kuala Lumpur vEW STR~,ITS TIMES in ~nglish 12 Aug 80 p 14
[ T ex t] IPOH. xoa -'ltivo men ~om
Slmpang, Talping, Teh Ah
Kov and i.au Fiing alias Low
8en6 Hwg. were charged in
a 8esaioos Court here with
~ dadah traftlcking.
They are alleged W hgve,
on Jul~ ~9, at about l.ls p.m�
b~en tratHckiog four packets
camlalaing 1.880gr
ammes ot
6e[oln oppwite 3in Alk rea-
taurant, Jalan F{uala
Tbey ~
ere
o~rdered to be
remanded ln pollce ~cuatody
pending meatioa ot the
c6ae;e oa Aug 15.
Heroin Seized
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 12 Aug 80 p 17
[ Text ] dOHOBE BAItU, Mon. - Police here detalned _
- a suspect and seized 557,240 worth of heroir, in
a raid on a fiouse at Tama~ Seri Tebrau here
fast nigh~ ~
The heroin, about 45 grams~ is belleved to
have come trom the north tor distribution
here. The suspect "who was arrested [s irom
Penang.
Heroin Charges
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in Englis?i 23 Aug 80 p 10
[Text ] IPOH. Fri. - Lorry at-
tendant Lee Yoon Nyin,
28, of fhe regrouping area
tn Menglembu, was sen-
tenced today to 18
r.~onths' jail for two da-
dah otiences.
Lee admitted having
1.1 gm. ot heroin at Jalan
Lahat about 30.15 a.m. on
July 28 and wae sen-
tenced to a year's jail.
On the aecond charge
ot poasesaing 0.25 gm. ot
~ morphlne at the same
time and ,place, magia�
trate Chriatopher
Fernando sentenced him
to ~ix months' jail. The -
sentence~ are to run con-
secutively.
In the aame court, Lee
Kee Zee, 20, also of Meng-
lembu, waa aentenced to `
a year's jail when he
pleaded guilty to having
0.04 gm. of heroin at Ja-
lan Tranchell in Meng-
lembu about 8.20 p.m. on
July 17.
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Kuala Lumpur NE47 STRAITS TI~1ES in Enolish 23 Aug 80 p 13 _
[TeXC ] IPOH, Fri. - A massage
pazlour girl, Noorri~ah
binti Nip, 25, was today
Iined t1.000 or a year's
� jaii after she pleaded
guilty to possession of
0.06 grams of heroin.
Noorrizah, of Jnlan
Sungei, off Merdeka
Garden, admitted in a
magistrate's court here
to having the narcottc in
a car parked at Douglas
Roundabout at 12.30 a.m.
on June 26.
Lee Ee Guan, 22, who
was jointly ~harged with
her, was acquitted when
_ prosecuting otficer In-
spector R.oslan bin Haji
Ahmad withdrew the �
charge against him.Lee
had pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Mr Christ-
opher Fernando also or-
dered an inquiry to be
held on Sept. 30 to look
into the disposal ot;2,if33
tound In the dashboard of
the cat on that day. _
Life Sentence
Kuala Lumpur NEtJ STRAITS TIMES in English 29 ~ug 80 p 14
[ TEXt ] 2{,r?NGAA, Thurs. - An. 22. 1977.
Auatraltan cook was Enolic Saa~ sald he
sentenced today to tlte wauld deliver a writte�
Imprisonment and or- Judgment at a later
dered to be given three date
stro4ee of the rolan at� Barret dld no! show
ter he was tound gullty any emoElon when sen-
ot tratflcking In ganJa. tence was passed. How�
Mlchael Wllllam ever, hls mother, who
Barret, Sl. o! 9ydney, was present In court,
was tound gulity 6y !he bro~e Into tears on
Seeslona Court ut trat� heartng the sentence.
i f c t I n g 1 n 1, S 8! .6 Barret, who was rep�
6rammes ot ganJa ln a reaented by Mr dames
Banglcoi~ eapre~s traln Ponnlah, later hugged
at Padang Besar on and conaoled hia moth-
Dec 2t, 1977, at 4.30 pm. er from the dock,
5eselons Court Pres� betoce being ta~en
ident Encfk Mohamed away to prison.
9sari bin Yusof or� :Vir Ponnla6 sald he
dered the ~entence to would ttle an appeal
~ commence Irom the agalnat the sentence
date ot arrest on Dec soon.
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Family Members Charged
I~uala Lumpur NEW SUNDAY TIMES in English 10 Aug 80 p 8
[ TeXt ] ~1`1GAR, Sat. - Four Marbeck ad~ourned che
membera of a famlly case to 3epG 11 tor men-
from Alor Star were tk?n No bail was allowed.
jointly c~acged in the He ordered all four to
Sessions Court here to- be remanded in the Alor
day with tratficking in s~ p~�- -~~�a~
three kilograms of
morphine, in a car at
Padang Besar.
They are L.ee Coo 3ing,
S3, his wite, Oh Siong
Chin allas Oh 3eong Ch[n.
2T, h18 alster-tn-law, Toh
;i Foo Chan, 22 and mother-
la-law, Then Saw Hoon,
82.
The [our were alleged
to have committed the ot-
tence at the Jalan Sadao
Custowa check point.
n~~ar the Perlis-Thai
border at 3.20 pm yester� '
day.
No plea was recorded.
Court Preaident, Mr T.3.
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NEPAL
BOGUS OFFICIAL UNMASKED AS DRUG COURIER
Kathmandu THE MOTHERLAND in English 8 Sep 80 p 3
~ [Editorial: "Who Is The Man?"]
[Text] We feel a bit intrigued by the news item given by RSS about the
arrest of one Austrian gentleman who was trying to smuggle out about
8 kilos of liquid hashish. The name of the person Dr ~idalhart Kopeztko
~ is a familiar one and we should not be surprised if he happens to be the
President of Austrian Academic Union for Foreign Policy and International
Relations. An intervtew of the man was recently published by RSS in
which he was reported to have praised the pace of development with which
Nepal is marching and also about the maximum freedom of expression exer-
cised by Nepali press. RSS which made it a point to ~ublicise Nepal's
achievements through him every tin~e he visited this country seems to -
have been discreet en~ugh not to reveal the full identity of the man if
he is the same person who has visited Kathmandu frequently in the capacity -
of aforesaid Austrian Uninn for Foreign Policy and International Relations.
If this is what RSS is really doing, it is withholding an information and
by so doing has failed in its one important duty, that of informing the
people about things which they should know.
Such psuedo dignitaries are getting a lot of publicity only to serve the
interests of those people in the country who think that a few words of
praise from such persons can help boost the image of the country and that
of their own. If the off icials concerned think that they would be expos-
ing their weakness and their greed for publicity of things which they
have not done by revealing the full identity of such persons who have
befooled them, they are committing one more mistake of hiding the truth and
thus lowering their credibility in the eyes of the people. After all what
good purpose they think they are serving by hiding part of the truth, if
the man in question is the same to whom they had attached so much impor-
tance. People who are guiding the only news agency of the country should
do so with some sense so tha~ the credibility of the news agency is not
f ur ther eroded .
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NEPAL
BRIEFS
SEIZURE Or^ LIQUID HASHISH--Kathmandu, Sept 6--The Tribhuvan Airport cus-
toms authorities have seized seven and a half kilograms of liquid hashish _
from an Austrian Dr Adalhart Kopeztko flying to Bangkok yesterday, reports
RSS. The liquid hashish were found in 23 plastic bags kept ins~de the
, smugglers suiccase. Likewise, Tsring Gurung of Manang district was
. arrested yesterday on the charge of trying to smuggle about 662.815
grams of gold worth Rs 1,37,000/-to Bangkok. The alleged Gurung had
concealed the gold in his briefcase, it is learnt. [Text] [Kathmandu
THE RISING NEPAL in English 7 Sep 80 p 3]
CSO: 5300
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= PAKISTAN ~
~
BRIEFS
SMUGGLING ATTEMPT FOILED--Rawalpindi, Sept 7--Three persons were arrested
yesterday near Tala Gang, some 96 kilometres from here for trafficking
contraband charas from Khyber Agency to Karachi tosmuggle it abroad.
Customs intelligence have arreated Sattar Mohammad, Shabbir Hussain and
Sarwar of Swabi, District Mardan, and Tala Gang Police has registered a
case against them under Customs Act and Hadood Ordinance. A total of
96 kilogram~ of charas worth Rs 50,000 was recovered from the accused
' who had concealed it in the car. The charas had been kept in a small
cabin fitted inside the seats of a car.--APP. [Text] [Islamabad THE MUSLIM
in English 8 Sep 80 p 6~ -
BIG CHARAS, OPIUM HAUL--Attock, Sep 12--The Attock-Khurd police has seized
600 kilograms of contraband charas and 85 kilos of opium worth more than
Rs. 800,000 in local ma.rket. Two persons Amir Nawas of Batkhela and
Iftikhar Ahmad of Mohni Road, Lahore, were arrested with Che narcotics.
Police said both the accused are membera of an international gang of
narcotics' smugglers . The police has also seized their car (LEG-7677)
being used in the smuggling attempt. It is stated that when the police
~ waved the car to stop for checking, the accused did not stop and tried to
flee. They were got h~ld of after a long chase. ~Text~ rlslamabad
TIiE MUSLIM in English 13 Sep 80 p 6~
CHARAS SEIZED--The Customs Intelligence staff seized 102 kilogram charas
worth Rs. 60,000 from a motQrcar near Talagang according to information
received at Lahore Customs of~ice on Sunday. A Toyota Corolla (ST 1968)
was intercepted on a credible i:~formation by the Customs staff. 7L'he
charas was concealed in the secret cavities specially made in the motor-
car. Three persons, Sattar Mptiammad, Sarwa.r and Bashir were arrested,
~Text~ rPeshawar KHYBER MAiL in Eng.lish 8 Sep 80 p 3~
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PHILIPPINES
PROLIFERATION OF I~.ARIHUANA IN SCHOOLS SCORED
Manila PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS in English 10 Sep 80 p 4
~Article by Bob Garon~
~Text~
FOR THOSE of you who are out of circulation,
who never read the newspapers, who know -
- nothing about what is happening in our high
schools and colleges here in the city, l have news
for you. ~THERE IS MORE MARIJUANA
AROUND THAN EVERYBODY SUSPECTS.
Although it is impossible to get accurate
statistics since kids don't feel like going around
admitting to committing a crime, those of us who _
have been involved in ihe solution of the drug
_ abuse problem can tell you that marijuana usage is
_ on the upswing. And what is very disturbing is the
fact that ~h~~ wha are abusing drugs (especially
marijuana) are becomuig younger and younger.
What scares me is the way the problem is _
spreading in the schools. It is no longer unusual to
find a number of youngsters smuking grass in
grades five and six. A few years ago, they were the
exception. Today; they are growing in
ever-increasing numbers.
There are a number of reasons for the
prolifcration of marijuana usage. One is money.
The sale of "grass"is 'profitable. And now that
there are many areas in our country where
marijuana is grown, it has become increasinglv .
available. Remember that '`availability" is a key
factor. No matter how badly the young people
want marijuana, if there isn't any around, they �
can't very well smoke it. However, here is where
the law of supply and demand is at work. Because
ihere is such a strong demand for gra~s, there are
always persons more than ready to tun the risks
of getting caught in order to supply the needs of a
growing number of persons willing to pay.
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Another msj;;, factor is the tl:inking that has
evolved over the past few year~. I,ess and less
people fear the harmful effects of marijuana. Mcre
and more youngsters will tell you that grass is
harmless, that it's "okay" because "anyway it isn't .
addicting."
That's right, marijuana is NOT addicting. There
is no such thir;g as marijuana addict. But marijuana
n~ed not be addicting to be harmful. LSD is also
~ nuo-addicting and nobody in his right mind (even
hard�core addicts) will tell yuu tl�t it's harntful.
- !t is this sir.istsr evulutiun in thc thinking of
persons that has made it easier for kids to get intu
it. "After all," they say, "it's legal to carry an
ounce in California." California decriminalized the ~
pussession of marijuana nut becuusr it is harmless,
but becduse a great number of their citizens wete
s~noking pot.'fhe jails were not enough to contaln _
all the pot�smokers, so instead of arresting masses =
of people, the state decided to decriminalize
However, it IS against the law to carry more th n
one ounce. If it were so harmless, wtty make;a
!aw against ;arrying more than an ouncc. ~
Anyway, the problem became sa widespread
that state governments simply buckled undeY the
pressure and gave in. 'fhank God we'rt not yet
there. Nobody has ever proven that marijuana is _
harmless. And I doubt if they ever wU. I am on
the side of those who say it is harmful. Anyot~e
who will try to prove to me that it isn't is going 10 ~
go against a mounting volume of evidence th~t
clearly shows that grass is not as great as sor~e �
make it out to be. ~
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SINGAPORE
BRIEFS
PAKIST.ANI HELD FOR SMUGGLING OPIUM--Singapore, Sep 7--Narcotics officers
today seized 44 kilograms of opium from an ocean liner worth 476,000 U.S.
dollars, and arrested a Pakistani and two Sri La.nkans, it was announced.
The raid followed a tipoff about two~mon~hs ago that an alleged foreign
dr.ug-trafficking syndicate based in Karachi was smuggling opium to
Singapore, they added. There had been a recent increase in na.rcotics
smuggling from East Asian countries, the officials said. No drugs had
_ come from that area in the past 13 years. The three foreigners will be _
charged in court here tamnrrow with drug-trafficking.--A.F.P. [Text~
~Peshawar KHYBER MAIL in English 8 Sep 80 p 5~
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- CANADA -
NINE FACE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES AFTER RAIDS
Ottawa THE C?TIZEN in English 6 Aug 80 p 69
[Article by Bob Marleau]
[Text] Nine Ottawa persons will appear in court later this month on
23 trafficicin~ charges following the seizure last weekend of more than
- $65,000 worth of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and hashish.
A dozen members of the RCMP Ottawa drug squad began the round up in
raids Thursday, Friday and Saturday. -
"The raids followed several weeks of investigation," said Staff Sgt Jack -
Bradley, in charge of the drug squad.
Bradley said Tuesday 3.2 kilograms of hashish, valued at $6,600 per
kilogram, plus quantities of PCP (Ange1 Dust), IrIDA, cocaine and heroin ~
were confiacated in the raids.
Four of the nine persons who appeared in provincial court Tuesday were -
remanded out of cuatody and will return to court at a later date for
plea. The other five are scheduled to appear in court Aug. 11.
Charged are: Jamie Damiano, 19, of Lawrey Street, one court of traf-
ficking in hashish and three counts af trafficking in PCP; Rick Villeneuve,
32, Dumaurier Street, one count of trafficking in PCP; Greg 0'De~l, 28,
Cooper Street, four counts of trafficking in heroin; Peter Nevil, 23,
Lees Avenue, three counts of trafficking in heroin and two counts traf-
ficking in hashish; Ray Gerard, 30, Carling Avenue, two counts trafficking
in heroin and two counts trafficking in hashish; Sherry Lee Cota, 18,
Carling Avenue, one count trafficking in hashish and one count of pos-
_ session for the purpose of trafficking; John Gell, 32, Westdale Avenue,
_ Nepean, one charge of possession; Lucy Seguin, Cooper Street, one count
of possession; Richard Phillipe, 27, Jean Baptiste Street, Gatineau, one
_ court possession for the purpose of trafficking hashish and one count for
IrIDA; David Heffernan, 30, Lyon Street, three counts of traf�icking cocaine.
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BRIEFS
TRAFFICKER GETS SECOND SENTENCE--A 33-year-old U.S. citizen, already
serving a five-year jail term for trafficking in LSD, was sentenced -
Thursday in Vancouver provincial court to a con.current term of four
years for conspiracy to traffic in the drug. Last September, Judge Erik
Bendrodt had sentenced Ronald Gregory Wiggins to a five-year term after
Wiggins pleaded guilty to possession of LSD valued at $80,000 found in
a brief case during a police raid of a Vancouver home in October. The
conspiracy charge, to whic~n Wiggins al.so pleaded guilty, related to the
same circumstances as the first offence. He was one of six men charged _
after poli.ce broke up what thay alleged was a major drug ring Chat
brovght LSD into Canada from California. Judge Bendrodt was told
Thursday that Wiggins obtained LSD from laboratories in California to
distribute it to lower-level dealers in Vancouver and other areas. Also
charged with conspiracy to traffic in LSD are: William Peter Fleischmann, _
27, Terry Roderick Smith, 26, and Gilbert Scott Martin, 34, all of
Vancouv~r; Frank Dreniak, 25, and Norman James Johnston, 25, both of
EdmonCo~. They are to appear in provincial court today for a preliminary
_ hearing. [Text] [Vancouver THE VANCOUVER SUN in English 8 Aug 80 p A3]
HEROIN SEIZED AT MIRABEL--Montreal (CP)--Police seized 1,250 grams of
heroin worth about $5 million at Mirabel International Airport ~'riday .
night. The drugs were hidden in the heels of shoes of three passengers
arriving from Istanbul, Turkey. [Text] [Ottawa THE CITIZEN in Fnglish
2 Sep 80 p 11]
AR~tESTS FOR CULTIVATING MARIHUANA--Manafield, Ont. (Special)--RCMP have
arrested four people on charges of cultivating marijuana and possession
of the drug for trafficking after finding 2 1/2 acres of the cannabis
plant being harvested on a farm near this community 40 kilometres (25
miles) southwest of Barrie. Sgt. Adrian Moores of the RCMP at Barrie
said 2 1/2 tons of green mari~uana, enough for 500 pounds of dry pot,
was seized and burned. Police said the marijuana was growing in a field
shielded by corn on all sides. Four Toronto men are to appear in
Provincial Court at Orangeville on t4onday. [Text] [Toronto THE GLOBE AND
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COLOMBSA
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ASSOCIATION DISCUSSES DRUG PROFITS -
Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 14 Aug 80 p 6-A
[Article by Fernando Sarrero; "'Itaelve Colombians Make 140 Million Pesos
a Month"]
[Text] The National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) pointed
out yesterday that 12 of 184 Colombians profiting from marihuana traffic
make an average of 140 million pesos a month each.
Twelve exporters using ships are involved. The business is "less profit-
able" for the 70 exporters who ship by air, because each has "only" 33.-mil-
lion pesos.~left each month.
Twelve more shipowners a~e located on a lower income scale, because they
each have monthly profits of 7.1 million pesos. Seventy landing strip
owners complete the pyramid of this social class and a~r~~ at the lowest
point, because their profits amount only to 1.4 mill'_~n pesos a month.
Altogether, according to ANIF there are 184 Colombians profiting from the
entire marihuana traffic and they make a total of 36,576,000,000 pesos a
year, almost 25 percent of the national budget, which will amount to 196.6
billion pesos in 1981.
The figures were revealed by the president of the association, Ernesto
Samper Pizano, du:ing a meeting that he had yesterday with about 30 mem-
bers of Parlitunent from the Atlantic Coast to whom he presented the social,
economic and political problems and whose support he requested For his ini-
tiative, which seeks to legalize production, dealing and use.
The members of parliament were headed by the president of the Senate,
Jose Ignacio Diaz-Granados, and the vice president of the Chamber of Re-
presentatives, Juan C. Arango.
~ The members of Parliament agreed that a broad, national debate on marihuana -
traffic is needed and the seven who spoke expressed their support, with
some modifications, of the initiative of Samper Pizano.
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1'iie associac.i-~ii l~e~~d started his liour-long presenLatian Ly J~o.i i~l..ing ou~
tlldt~ y@:iZ'S ~c.(O, .i.ntake from ~he ~~Z.P_ft W1I1r104J~~~ Wr1PY'f' z~l.l iC)i.-~ 1.~JJ1 CtIrY~'11Cj7
~.r~ ~:~~_,~aric~c~c3, r.~~~res~rited 10 percent of the ser.v:i.c�s, anci a~ ,~r~.-ent the
�-igure has gone up by 48 percent.
"`['his has ~ti.v?r~ ~-i~~~ to what is kno~-~n as a'black b~lance,' c;~-~~~.r.a~ing j~~st
l.ike tlle COi]Il ~T: j~ ~ s l-rade }~Z~ ~]riCP. OY b~~lanc~ c~f P:! j~T`~^_ri~S nT~�Z pl'LZqriG
Stdf:.t~C~.
[',c~ szi.d tii,~t, ,a ~ording t.c~ :NtL' estimates, m8riiiuari~ tt~~il~f.i.~, r~.u~~~es $2,4 l~ii.-
liori a ye,~r, t_;~,xt is to s~.;~ $60U million more than cof`fet~ ex~ ~rts and two
and a haJ_.E t.iin~:~s the total Eor minor exports. .
And while 184 per8ons profit directly from the traffic, the nation's pro-
c~ucers (around 40,000 fami.lies) re.r.ei.ve only 1 percent in Pro:Eit. Samper
~>stimated th~z~, ~Hhile a producer in La Guajira is paid ?,800 pesos a year
t=or A ton of corn, 100,OOU pesos are paid twice a year for a ton of mari-
huana.
He stated that it is necessary to add to the $2,4 billion for marihuana
$500 milli.on for cocaine, in which the country seems to have a Vallejo
Ylan, because the raw mate.r.ial arrives here and then is reexported after
processinq. In additi~n, $400 million come in for illegal exports, like
coffee, cement, produce, and so on, and $600 mi.llion that enter for spe-
~ulation.
"Speculation is good business because, although there is 12 percent in-
terest in the United States to which devaluation is added making 22 percer.t,
if money is brought to Colombia it is placec~ at 40 percent and higher," he
stated.
He est'~mated that, altog~ther, annually, over $4 billion are moved in what
is now known as the underground economy, with which "we shall have to put
up willingly or unwillingly. I am proposing that we do it willingly," he
said.
IIe stated that, in a year and a half, suppression has been useless and that,
rather, cultivated areas have spread out from La Guajira and are now ex-
tending into the Plains, the middle Magdalena River valley, the Uraba' River
valley and Darien.
"It is possible to raze the country and marihuana growing will not dis-
appear. It will go to Venezuela, Panama or Ecuador, but it will not end,"
he assured.
He pointed out that this traffic is inflicting serious political costs on
Colombia, because "we are being left with a 100-percent bad image and we
are being accused of corrupting the youth of the United States, when that
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"We are marked by an evil star and our passport is a document of shame,"
Samper Pizano noted. He stated that there already is marihuana traffic
in exchange for weapons and in Sierra Nevada de 5anta Maria there are the be-
ginnings of guerrilla~novements with more sophisticated and modern weapons
than the ones that the Army has.
Moreover, 6 billion pesos a year are being spent on repression. This is
equal to the budget of the Ministry of Justice and "our associate, the
United States, the one most interested in suppression, contributes only
80 million pesos, less than 2 percent," the president of ANIF stated.
Eie specified that, in the United States, marihuana use is increasing and
there are 42 million Americans who admit having smoked it once and 20 mil-
lion who use it normally.
In addition, there are annual gatherings, like in Ohio, where 500,000 per-
' sons assemble to analyze marihuana varieties and their quality with regard
to firmness and fragrance. "The Uni~ed States is one large drugstore at
present. Ten million use cocaine. Eight million take sedatives. Concern-
ing marihuana, in Colombia we ar~a making the effort and that country is
making the gestures," Samper sta_ted.
He said that marihuana is being ~rown already in California and a multi-
national cigarette company already has permission to produce marihuana
cigarettes. In 17 states, mari.huana can be used for medical purposes and
~ in 13 others minimum amounts have been authorized for use.
"At present, marihuana is the third-ranking industry in the United States
a.fter EXXON and ITT. Those who sell cigarette paper for wrapping the
grass and the cigarette have rec~~ipts of $300 million a year," Samper
reported.
When he entered on a discussion c~f his proposed law, he said that it would
improve jurisdiction conditions, vaould produce social benefits and would
even reduce inflation. He propose~d limitinq cultivation to areas no larger
= than 5 hectares; obliging the Agrarian Fund to substitute crops; conduct-
ing research on industrial and meciical uses of marihuana; reducing some
penalties; establishing personal use; creating a surtax on cigarette and
liquor advertising to promote prevention campaigns and creating a bond to
channel dollars to be used in paying for i.mported products.
Former Mayor Bernado Gaitan Mahecha supported Samper's initiative and
pointed out how year~'ago there was opposition to alcohol and tobacco
traffic and we ended up by hAVing them.
A member of Parliament, Rafael Escallon Villa, also expressed support of =
the initiative, as did Luis Lorduy who stated that the problem has to be
tackled right now, because "we are going to be left with the evi7; and with nobe-
nefit from it." He pointed out that exp.eriments are already being
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conducted on fruit-flavored marihuana cigarettes and he iiot~ed that legali--
zation of grass may even serve to control inflation.
Senator Jose Ignacio Diaz-Granados supported the initiative and ~ointed
out that, during the Vietnam War, the n~illion Americans who fought did so
doped. The ones who returned promoted the use of marihuana. "I am aware
of the moral problem, whic:~ is very grave, just as the econcmic problem
also is gr~ve;'the president of the Senate concluded.
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COLOMBIA
CONGRESS TO DEBATE INVOLVEMENT OF POLITICIANS IN DRUG TRADE
- Mexico City EL DIA in Spanish 14 Aug 80 p 12
. [Text] Bogota, 13 Aug (AP and EFE)--The minister of Government, German Zea
Hernandez, will go this evening to the Chamber of Representativ~s for an
unprecedented debate on the infiltration of organized crime in Colombian
politics.
The debate will take place on the accusations expressed in the press by
the governor of Cesar Department, Jose Guillermo C~stro, to the effect that
a narcotics ring leader financed the election campaigns of Felipe Numen
Rapalino and Milciades Cantillo, Liberal members of p~rliament. ~
Castro, who governs a region that is one of the marihuana distribution and
growing centers, has imposed fines amounting to almost $1 mi.llian on nar-
cotic smugg~.ers and has sent many to prison. He is constantly surrounded
by bodyguards, armed with submachine guns, owing to threats against his
life and his accusations of infiltratior. of traffickers in politics.
The two members of parliament accused by Governor Castro are promoters of
the debate, which has the ba~:king of the Liberal Party parliamentary group,
interested in clearing up the situation of the accused political leaders.
Narcotics traffic is constantly discrediting important persons in this
- country. Mi].itary men, attorneys, politicians nnd judges of the Republic
are being involved.
The scandal attained i.mportance this week after a judge of the workingmen's
district of the city of Cali, Alfredo Miller, was arrested in possession of
200 kilograms of cocaine, valued at over $21 million.
Not 8 weeks ago, another judge, a Bogota district judge, Ines Izqquierdo
de la Pava, was removed from office after decreeing the release of an ac-
knowleged drug trafficker.
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According to the investigators, the judge received a million-dollar br~.be
to release Marlene Orejuela Sanchez, kr~own in the drug world as "the Co-
cnine Queen."
At the beginning of this week, an attorney, Leonel Montanez, "Doctor Marim-
ba," was arrested near the capital while he c~as transporting 7 metric tons
of marihuana in a tank truck.
Even the Defense Minister
The brother of Lhe minister of defense, Alfonso Camacho Leyva, became
involved, 4 weeks ago, in a scandalous narcotics traffic. He was dis-
covered in possession of several kilograms of cocaine.
According to the investigators, Camacho Leyva used his brother's influence
to transport narcotics with the greatest ease in military aircraft from the
south to the center of the country.
At that same time, a former Colombian Air Force officer, member of an in-
ternational ring of narcotics traffickers with connections in the United
States, was also arrested in a southern region of the country.
Narcotics scandals in this country achieved importance with the discovery
of a million-dollar 14ad of cocaine on board the training ship "Gloria,"
flagship of the Colombian Navy, berthed in a United States port.
C:olombian diplomatic personnel abroad have also been caught trafficking
with narcotics.
On Tuesday, the governor of Antioquia Province, Rodrigo Echavarria, was
accused in ~arliament of maintaining connections with members of rings of
narcotics traffickers.
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COLOMBIA
BRIEFS
ANIF ADVOCATES MARIHUANA LEGALIZATION--The 65 members o~ parliament from
the Atlantic Coast will be informed officially, today, on the draft bill
by which marketing of marihuana would be legalized. That initiative was
drawn up by the president of the National Association of Financial Insti-
tutions (ANIF), Ernesto Samper Pizano, and a group of experts in that or-
ganization. In this connection, Samper Pizano will make an extensive
presentation to the group of inembers of parliament from the coast be-
longing to both parties during a working luncheon to be held in the
Dankers Club, in Bogota. 7~he president of ANIF has set himself up in
the last 2 years as the standard bearer of legitimization of marihuana
raarketing because he believes that, in this way, the country could have
a sizable inflow of foreign currency, which now only benefits rings of
narcotics tra�cfickers, both outside and within Colombia. The camptroller
general of tne republic, Anibal Martinez Zuleta, and Representative Jorge
Mario Eastman were also invited to the luncheon. The members of p arlia-
ment from the coast will be headed by the president of the Senate, Jose
Ignacio Diaz-Granados. It is expected tha~~.a~ .~dundtalale w~ll be .held on
the topic after the speech by Samper Pizano. [Text] [Bogota EL TIE1~0
in Spanish 13 Aug 80 p 2-A] 10042
COCAINE MULE ARRESTED--~he judiciary police in the Eldorado Airport ar-
rested a 52-year-old woman yesterday when she was trying to bring into the
capital of the country a kilogram of cocaine held on her z~bdomen by a
girdle. The narcotics trr~fficker was identifed as Rosalba Murillo de Pi-
neda. She came on a flight coming from Leticia and with firial destination
at Medellin. 7'he womnn was turned over to the DA~ [Administrative De-
~ partment of Security] and today she will be brought before a criminal pre-
trial court. [Text] [Bogota EL TIEI~O in Spanish 19 Aug 80 p 13-A] 10042
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GUATEMALA
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COCAINE SEIZED--Narcotics authorities seized approximately 1 million ba~boas
worth of cocaine in less than 48 hours at Tocumen Airport. Olver de Jesus
Areiza, a Colombian citizen, was arrested yesterday on his arrival from
Medellin. He was carrying packages containing 6a5 grams of cocaine. The
other case involves two Mexicans who arrived from Lima on their way to _
Guatemala and Mexico. They are Jaime Castro Chavez and Ramon Pena Hernan-
dez, who were carrying approximately 1 kg of pure cocaine in their hand
baggage. [PA091346 Panama City Televisora Nacional in Spanish 2315 GMT
2 Sep 80 PA] _
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MEXICO
POLICE OFFICER IMPLICATED WITH MARIHUANA TRAFFICKERS
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 28 Aug 80 Sec B p 8
[Text] The first commander of the police of Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, was
- captured by the Federal Judicial Police when he was identified as a middleman
be tween two marihuana smugglers who were caught with a grass shipment in their ~
pos~~ession anfl a drug trafficking ring operating .in that town of San Luis Poto-
si.
Three individuals undex arrest have made full confessions of thetr illegal
activities. They are the brothers Juan Jose and Sixto Ibarra Reyes, resi-
- dents of Mission, Texas, aged . 34 and 27 years, respectively; as well as Vic-
toriano Salinas Pena, aged 48, and a resident of 1016 Mendez Street, in Mate-
huala, San Luis Potosi. The latter was serving as commander of the municipal
police in that town.
The productive investigation was started by federal agents who, on Tuesday,
~ s[opped a 1~75 Pontiac car, with license plates FSZ-501, driven by Juan Jose
, Ibarra, accompanied by his brother, Sixto, on the China-MontemoreZos highway
in Nuevo Leon.
_ The nervous conduct of the two individuals aroused the suspicion of the agents
who, upon carefu~ly searching the vehicle, found in. back of the rear seat a
concealed compartment in which they had hidden seven enornwus "bricks" of
marihuana weighing 18.5 l:ilograms.
Upon being questioned, they said that they had obtained the grass in Matehuela ~
through the police chief, Victoriano Salinas Pena, who put them in touch with
. some drug traffickers.
Estudillo Cerezo immediately assignad several agents to locate and arre~t
Salinas Pena, who used the name Luis Pena to carry out his drug trafficking
transactiona .
He was questioned and admitted his guilt of these charges.
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~tr~ M-~. ,~~r#~ ' ~ {t}':~ ~ s~
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~ r ~f�.. t~:
~:i.' g�`, <
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r-` ~k;tics, and many other accomplishments which are not neces-
sary to na.me.
Reporter: Wha~ is your budget for combatting narcotics? Do you use this
budget to equip hospitals or establish new treatment centers?
Dr Fakhr: In our country, before forming the staff, we had ways to treat
people, and ways to combat na.rcotics were also at the disposal of the
sherif� and the Gendarmerie. These means are in working order arid are now
available for use. Tn order to treat the affliction of addic*_s, who are
very numerous, the .7oint Staff proposed a budget of around 500 mi.llion
tumans. It was approved and is now going through fina.l processing. It
- wi11 be available to us soon. This budget will be used only to cure
addicts, and if necessary a small amount of it will go towards setting up
and equipping facilf ties .
Reporter: Will part of this budget be used to support the treatment
centers set up b;~ a group of young people in sorne parts of Tehran, or
will ~11 of it be spent by the Ministry of Health?
Dr Fakhr: This budget was set up in such a way that its provisions for
use are not sub ject to the regulations of public funds . It has its own =
regulations to ena.ble it to be put to use quickly. It is even possible
that non-government institutions combatting narcotics, sucr as those very
treatment centers to which you refer, under certain conditions, may use
these funds, although this is not a possibility for any go~rer;unent organi-
zation or administration.
Reporter: W'hat are these conditions? Explain a little about them. .
Dr Fakhr: The conditions have not been precisely set. They will be
announced later.
Reporter: Previously there were only two hospitals that admitted addicts
and of course according to what we and all the people have heard, they did
' nothing for addicts, although some people in these hospitals distributed -
narcotics. What steps have been taken to prevent a repetition of the
previous situation?
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Dr Fakhr: At that time social conditions were not right even if steps
- had been taken. The situation ai�ose because of the availability of -
narcotics in society. As long as narcotics are available and are easy
to obtain, there will be addiction and illicit activities and behav;~.~
wi11 continue.
, To stop these things narcotics peddling must be �ought vigox ~usly. At
the present time this is being done on a large scale through the activities -
of Mr. Khalkha li. We hope, with the continuation of these activities,
that our society will be purged of narcotics and that the laws pertaining -
to narcotics will be stricly enforced in order to create a suitable
' enrivonment for quitting drugs . -
- k'e are hoping that the Ministry of Health will also Pulfill its responsi-
bilities in this area simultaneous with the;e ac~ivities.
Reporter: Most addicts worry about their families when hosnitalized,
because they have no income. Do you have a financial plar, for helping
the fatnilies of this type of addict, and for helping the families of con-
de~ed or imprisoned sm~~gglers, most of whom are addicts?
Dr Fakhr: 'I'hese tasks must be kept separate. The issue of punishing
' smugglers is something everyone agrees on.
Reporter: I have no objection either. My point is that people supported
by addicts and smugglers are addicts.
Dr Fakhr: Yes; If problems arise for dependents of smugglers the
responsibility of taking care of them is a social service of the courts.
This doesn't apply only to smugglers. It is true for everyone. If you
had observed closely, a great many verdicts of the revolutiona.ry courts
~ concerning smugglers have stipulated that provisions be made for the
families of condemned smugglers and/or that part of his wealth be confis- - -
_ cated and the rest be left for his family. The Islamic courts in parti- -
cular give a lot of consideration to this, but issues like this are
matters quite apart from punishment and decisiveness in the law. In
the case of addicts, first we try to treat ambulatory addicts so that the
_ type of problem we referred to will occur less frequently. With reference
to hospitalization, however, young addicts will receive priority treatment. _
Of course it is better that social services and help in this reapect
' extend the necessary aids, and in the plan for helping to treat addicts ~
this kind of subject has been taken into account.
~ Reparter: What was the situation for treating addicts in the past, and
what is it like now?
, Dr Fr~khr: The situation for treating addicts in the past was such that
there were few services for treating addicts and a huge budget was
expended for it, and of course the treatment was ineffect-ive. After
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the revolu~�ion, however, because of the increased dema.nd for treatn.~nt,
treatment possibilities have increased sometvhat~ Furthe~u.~r.e, non-
government treatment services ha.ve appeared in some places, which neces-
sarily must, in this special period, lead to a sufficient expansion in
addict treatment, s~ that by ma.king use of the current circt:mstances and
reducing drug peddling in society, treatment can rise to d satisfactory
level as soon as possible.
Reporter: A short time ago the Joint Anti-Narcotics Staff, in a news
article printe:. by the newspapers, called on officials of the local
treatmert c:~nr~rs which were set up by young people, aild which set out -
to treat addicts in order to uproot addiction, to get in touch with the
Joint Staff. How did it happen that you got the idea of getting in touch
with them a year and a half after the revolution and a year after these
treatment centers began their work? _
Dr Fakhr: Because we have not had funds befora now. On the one hand,
- th~se centers were in touch with us, They.got medicine from us and
guidance on treatment procedures. Now, however, with the availability
- of funds, there is a plan fcr treatment and ~ampaigning in sensitive and ~
afflicted districts which needs precise and complete coordination. In
- order to establish this coordination we have asked the treatment centers
to get in toucti with us in order to set up a consistent and effective
plan.
Repor:.er: In reports we have printed in the magazine we have suggested -
to the Ministry of Health that ~nethodone syrup and pi11s bc made avail-
able at treatment centers to be sold without prescription ~o ad3ict~,
enabling them to quit their habits as outpatients. What is your view
concerning this?
Dr Fakhr: There is a problem with ~his, and that is that it will start a
new kind of addiction, meaning the addiction of addicts, and actually -
medicines for quitting drugs to be put in the hands of addicts must crnr.e -
with solid assurances that they are not subject to abuse, or be reduced -
to the sma.llest quantities.
Reporter: But an addict who truly wants to kick the habit will try
after qsitting not to create new headaches for himself and his family.
Dr Fakhr: I cannot look at addicts with this simplicity. Most addicts
- accept treatment with di.fficulty, and if they find something that has
narcotic derivatives wnich can be used as before, they turn to it. Our
task is then greater. First we must get addicts ofi heroin and opium.
'Chen we can treat their addiction with methadone, and it will continue
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Reporter: What problems have you had concerning the cutoff of opium
coupons for old people'?
Dr Fakhr: There have been many criticisms and suggestions concerning
this, especially during the past few weeks. Ma.ny people have criticized _
us for stopping the ration for older addicts and asked that this ration
be renewed, but this is absolutely impossible. The govertunent is deter-
mined to completely cut off the consumption of opium and heroin.
The exception is that a plan has been set up for older people, especially
those who had coupons, to enable them to quit their addiction with the
utmQSt ease in a period of 2 and 1/2 months. For people older than 60
years of age, at the conclusion of treatment an appropriate ration has
been provided which will be made available to them as medicine.
In any case, however, the consumption of narcotics, opium, opium dross or
heroin is absulutely forbidden.
- Reporter; Most addicts living around the Qal'eh district say they have
gone to the Ministry of Health's hospitals ma.ny times in order to kick
the habit, but they were not ad~itted because they did not have identifi-
cation. They say their identification was either lost or stolen. What
do you say about this?
Dr Fakhr: Actua~ly, the plans we are making are for the public and the
majority. We cannot accept people with no identification. The reason -
we want identification is that we stamp identification papers to prevent
the repeated ret�:rn of addicts for the purpose of kicking the habit.
Those who claim not to have identification are tryin~ to get around this
- regulati.on and be accepted for treatment over and over again and this is
not possible, because the plan for combatting addiction and treating
addicts ai~ows for only one treatment per addict.
Reporter: With the coordination of government and non-government treatment
centers, how long do you think it will take you to fully treat every addict?
Dr Fakhr: We hope to treat every addict by the end of this year. Of
course our plan has been set up in this way. We will see how it will
work out.
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IRAN
BEST METHODS OF CURING ADDICTION DTSCUSSED
Tehran JAVANAN-L EMRUZ in Persian 18 Aug 80 pp 22-23
[Article: "In the Banuvan-e Shahid-e Motahhari Drug Treatment Center,
81 Addicted Women Have Been Saveci"]
~Text] The best way to cure addicts with the most
results:
Treatment center officials: During treatment we take
the addicts on field and recreation trips, and even to
visit their families. We stay in regular contact with
them after they are off drugs so that they will never
return again to their addiction and they will be for- -
ever saved from the clutches of addiction.
The Ministry of Health has never helped us at all.
Moreover, they send incurable addicts to this treat-
ment center and create many problems for us;
In several previous issues we have reported on the Banuvan-e Shahid-e
Motahhari treatment center wh.ich is at the same time the first treatment
center especially for getting women off drugs. We also wrote that this
treatment ~eater is managed by a number of young brothers and sisters.
We went to this treatment center again this week to see what kind of
results their activities have yielded during the approxima.tely two
month interim.
Eighty-one Women Saved
The treatment center is in better shape than it was two months ago, and,
as the saying goes, work has fallen upon it. Mr Bahrami, supervisor of
the treatment center, was extremely happy. After touring the treatment
center we went into Nii� Bahrami's office. There he showed us a great many
lab reports and said:
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These are the fruits of a month and half's ~abor on the part of treatment
center workers. Iluring this time 81 addicted women have regained health
and returned to their families. He said;
You were here personally when the treatment center began--its operations,
and you saw it. We did not have ma.ny facilities. We had only Che faith
and interest of several young men and women who supported our work.
Despite the many problems we have had along the way we have succeeded to
a great extent. Contrary to the claims of Dr Fakhr, supervisor of the
Ministry of Health and Welfare's Anti-Narcotics Staff, who said in an
inte~�view with your magazine that the Ministry of Health helps treatment
centers like ours, no help has been given to us. They charge us for the
methodone they give us. Of course, for our part we are thankful to the
Ministry of Health on this account, but we say again that this ministry has
not helped us.
Alleviating the troblems of the Cured
During this period 81 addicts have recovered their health with the help
of the sisters and have returned to their homes. Before these addicts
were released we sent their blood and urine to the lab in order to be
absolutely certain of their health. We also visit the homes of these
ladies once every two weeks and send reports to their files. On these
return visits we tell these women that if problems arise concerning their
addition they are to refer to us again and not to go anywhere else. Of
the women who have been released from this treatment center, only three
people who had bad reputations before in the neighborhood, have become
addicted again. These three people have come back again to be hospital-
ized, but we did not accept them because they ha.ve not made up their minds
to quit once and for all. Some of the women also had problems which were
resolved with the help of the Revolutionary Guard brothers of St~ff Six
of the Area Nine Committee.
The Ministry of Health is an Annoyance:
One of our problems related to the issue of abandoning drugs is the sending
of addicted women formerly living in notorious districts from the Minis-
- try of Health's hospitals to this treatment center, because admitting most
of them is fruitless and they behave badly towards our volunteer sisters.
They don't really want to quit drugs. They wander aimlessly from this
center to that center, and the Ministry of Health sends them to us. The
behavior of some such women even has a bad effect on the other patients.
About a week ago a woman who had been hospitalized in the Yaft Abad
hospital came and was admitted here. She was so surprised at the condi-
tion of ~he treatment center that when one of the patients complained to
a treatment center aide, this woman told the woman who was complaining:
You have to see Yaft Abad in order to appreciate this place. They've
" never seen facilities like this. What are you complaining about?
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The probleui in Yaft Abad, as I understand it from what she ha.d to say, is
that in this hospital if a patient wants out beiore abandoninK drugs, they
release her without informing her family, whereas here if a patient is to
leave we info nn her family.
The reason is that releasing an addicted patient to God's protection will -
only result in a worsening of her psychological condition and her becoming
- brokena T'his is the greatest mistak~ of government addiction treatment
centers.
Outings and Recreation
~
So far as we r_an, we try to arrange for their fun and recreation. For
example, every other night we take all the addicted women for an outing
in treatment center automobiles. They go for walks and eat ice cream
for one or two hours in the various parks and then return to the treatment
- center.
Sometimes we even take the women to visit their families, since every
family cannot come to visit the patients.
Several days ago I saw that one of the ladies was very upseto When I
asked why, she said: ~
I haven't seen ury baby for several days, and I miss him. We took her to
her home. When she saw her child she was so happy and so much improved
that one would never have known she was sick. She in�nediately ma.de tea
for us, and after she had been with her ~amily for two hours we took her
back to the treatment center. Things like this have a great effect on
patient morale. At the present time 15 addicts are hospitalized in the
treatment center, one of whom is a sheriff. We have 10 empty beds now
_ and we hope to be able to destroy the roots of addiction as soon as
possible.
Social Treatment Is Most Impor�tarlt
Dr Siavosh, the young doctor af the treatment center for curing addicted
ladies said:
The curing of addicts, especially addicted Iadies, is divided into three
parts:
- 1. Medical treatment
2. Psychological treatment _
3. Social treatment
Each of these is allocated a percentage, but the major part is the social
cure, upon which 50 percent of an addict's treatment depends. Medical
treatment is 25 percent and psychological treatment is also 25 percent.
Both medical and psycholog?cal treatment take place in treatment centers
and hospitals.
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Just as I said, however, the major part of tr.ating addicts, and especially
female addicts, is this very social treatment. This includes following a
paCient after release from the treatment center, w[:ich means fighting the
corruption of the social environment, and problems in the family environ-
ment. If we send a patient back to the same society after medical and
psychological trea.tment in the hospital and abandon her without help or
follow-up treatment, it is as if we did not help the addict at all, but
merely kept her away f rom the atmosphere of anomie in society and the ~
family for a few days. We must follow up medical and psychological treat-
ment with social treatment. We must ask the patient to check in with us
every 15 days and we will also go to th~ patient's home every so often.
We have begun i:nis policy through the efforts of the responsible brothers
_ in the treatment center, meaning Mr Bahram, Mr 'Abbas and Mr Heydarzadeh.
Every day and night we go to the home of a patient who has regained her
health in the treatment center. We try to helr them as much as possible
and to take action to alleviate the difficulties ~.nd anomies of the social
and family environment.
_ The Views of Two of the Cured
At this point we had an opportunity to talk with two women who had been
released that same day.
Aqdas Mobraz, 32 yea.rs o1d, said:
I used a gram of heroin every dav ~or 8 years. My addiction began because
of female problems and conrinued. When narcotics became expensive I came
here and was admitted. Today after two weeks I am recovered and am going
home .
Monir, a 21 year old girl, is another addict who had recoyered her health
and was going home. She said:
The son of my materna.l aunt got me ad,iicted to heroin. I used two grams
every day. He bought my fixes and gave them to me. I was hospitalized
once before in the Father Taleqani hospital but after I was released my
, cousin got me addicted again and my addiction continued for several
months until 16 days ago when I came here and was hospitalized. I am
better now and am being released today.
The View of a New Addict
Ms. Hosseyni, who is 25, married, and was once hospitalized in the Yaft
- Abad hospital, and who had just come there, said: -
_ My father, brother, and sister were addicts and they got me addicted, too.
I have been addicted for three years. Four months ago I was hospitalized
for 6 days at Yaft Abad. The personnel there behaved very badly towa.rds
addicts. If they had a grudge towards a patient, they would falsify her
lab test results in order to be able to release her from the hospital:
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Some of thc~ male aides paid more attention to the good looking women than
to those were ugly and old: It was pointless to complain because that
meant certain expulsion. If someone wanted to leave without them telling
her tamily, they released her. Here, however, it is not l,ike that.
- They are very kin.d to the patients, and for an addict this kindness on
the part of nurses is important. It is more effec:~ive than medicine.
Establishing a Hospital for Addicted Men
~ After we talketi. with the women, 'Abbas 'Abbasi, an official in the treat-
m2nt center sG~d:
Shahid-e Motalihari Hospital No 2, which is especially for men, will begin
operations this week. We are trying to move the treatment centex for ~
' women there so all our work will be in the same place.
Z'his hosr~ital, located in the former hiiilding of the na.tienal movement of
Mojaheddin on Father Taleqani street (formerly Takht-e Jamshid) has been
cleaned up and we have brought beds th.ere. It can accomodate around 100
patients.
The conditions for accepting patients are like those at the treatment
center for women. The number of beds aL treatment center No 2 can be
increased, and if the Health and Welfare Administration helps us it will
increase the possibility of ma.king profitable use of this treatment center.
Now we must see whether the Ministry of Health will help us or not.
'This trearment center has spacious grounds and a pool where addicts can
exercise.
In conclusion 'Abbas added:
We have a very small budget and cae will accept any help we receive. We
hope to destroy the roots of addiction in the country as soon as possible.
A Depiction of the Ha.rmful Effects of Addiction
At the conclusion of the visi.t at the treatment center two interesting
posters concerning addiction and its harmful effects attracted my [the
reporter's~ attention. I asked Bahrami about the posters and he said:
T'hese two posters were painted by the father of one of the Revolutionary
_ Cuard brothers. The painter is Mr Mahmud Purshafi'i. He painted these
two posters using motifs that wn provided and he presented them to the
treatment center.
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I RAN
KHALKHALI CAMPAIGN YIELDS TONS OF NARCOTICS
Tehran KEYHAN in Persian 30 Aug 80 p 1
[Article: "Ayatollah Khalkhali: During 4 Months of the Antismuggling
Campaign 30 Tons of Opium, 6 Tor,s of Hashish and 500 Kilos of Heroin
Have Been Found"]
[Text] A statement was issued by Ayatollah Sheykh Sadeq Khalkhali,
supervisor of the special antinarcotics courts located in Qasr prison,
concerning 4 months' results of the Antinarcotics Staff's work. The
text of the statement, which was given to the newspaper KEYHAN, appears
below.
The net results of the activities of the gang of smugglers of heroin,
opium, hashish and their derivatives has not only caused the destruction
oi 2 million of the young men and women of this land, but they have also
destroyed families. They have brought about the separation of thousands
of young husbands and wives, the evil fruits of which was "the homeless-
ness o~ small children who cried and yearned for their mother's skirts,
but there was no longer any mother and they must count the days of a
miserable life in orphanages with an inauspicious future. Never again
will they see the kind and laughing face and warm embrace of their
mother. The destruction of 2 million people means the destruction of
- ~>>erything in a country. The results of the work of the antinarcotics
campaign staff and the strike force during 4 months was numerous arrests
' and the rendering of smuggler and mafia gangs throughout Iran to corpses.
Perhaps as a result there will be a return bf the happiness and confidence
of the scattere.d families in this area, and finally the salvation ~f the
young generatiun that was drawn into vileness by these events. You can
see the prayers of mothers, the prayers of young girls, the encouragement
of the people, the praise of every group, and even midnight prayers for
the w~ll being of this group, which are manifested in the form of letters,
telegramg, telephone calls, and 300 meter petitions. Perhaps there are
many who are unaware of the extent and style of the antinarcotics campaign,
or some known enemies of this nation may completely deny it, saying such
a thing does not exist, or the American affiliatea radio of Baghdad may
say that the condemned in Khalkhali's courts are top ranking political
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_ opponents ti~ho are being destroyed for this reason. The most shameless
so-called human beings are these smuggler and mafia gangs, *aho r_an turn
anything to a profit, and who are able to show themselves and carry on
their activities in the presence of puppet governments and the great
Western powers through false accusation, fraud, bribery, politics, lying
and rumor circulation. Fortunately, however, countless groups of people
from Iran, Tehran, the respected representatives of the I~1.^r~~c Consulta-
tive Assembly, the presidency of the republic, a great many foreign ar.d _
domestic reporters and radio and television representatives have seen and
are seeing abo~:t 30 tons of opium, 500 kilograms of heroin, more than
6 tons of hashish, and sacks full of opium dross. If this frightening
quantity of n:ircotics was collected from all over Iran, from Malayer,
Khorramabad, Sabzevar, Bir~and, Gonbad and Quchan, what a great -
catastrophe was facing this huge nation. We saw the misfartune, the
vagrancy, the abandoned production, the abandoned work and the parasitic
and aimless ways adopted by thousands of striplings and adolescents of
this country. As a result of the day and night pereistence of the special
antinarcotics campaign group, and the decisive support of the nation of
Iran, it may be said that this is the greatest firm step that has been
taken by this nation since the triumph of the revolution. Jamshid,
Gomrok, Qavam Daftar, and Parke t4ellat streets had more than 5,000 young
heroin addicts gathered around them like filthy flies, but now you will
not find even one addict on those streets, and the strike force of the
special revolutionary courts congratulates the Iranian nation for this
victory. At the same time it sternly warns all possessors, sellers, and
distributors of narcotics that the great Iranian nation has decided that
it will no l~nger have a narcotics prob lem. [aith all our resources, we
will strive with all our being to realize this humanitarian hope.
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IitAN
~ BRIEFS
'.CHALKHALI ANNOUNCES DRUG SEIZURES--Ho~jat ol-Eslam Shaykh Sadeq Khalkhali,
the president of special revolution courts and the supervisor of the anti-
narcotics campaign, in an interview with a PARS correspondent, announced
that the personnel of antinarcotics camgaign strike squad discovered 1,084
kg of opium, 10,776 kg of opium from the cities of Gonbad, Tehran and Ker-
man. They have handed it over to the special antinarcotics courts at Qasr
Prison. Ho,j~at ol-Eslam Khalkhali added: We hope that our Muslim compat-
riots who believe that our dear country should be cleaned of home-destroy-
ing narcotics sh~ uld provide the necessary cooperation with the strike
squad and inform the court of all wandering addicts and smugglers in what-
ever way possible. [Text] [LD140708 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 0330
GMT 14 Sep 80]
DRUG SEIZED--Darab Revolutionary Guards have seized 500 grams of opiwn,
2.5 kg of burned opium and a gun from one individual. [GF151634 Shiraz
Domestic Service in Persian 1400 GMT 15 Sep 80]
DRUG SEIZURES--Ho~3at o1-Eslam Khalkhali has announced that durfng the past three
days, 971 kg of opium, 9.45 kg of opium ~uice, 1 kg of heroin and 4.5 kg
of hashish have been seized. The drugs have been delivered to Qasr Prison.
[GF101932 Tehran Domestic Television Service in Persian 1245 GMT 10 Sep 80]
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GHANA
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA DEALERS KILLED--One man died and a woman seriously injured in a
gunfire exchange between the Police Striking Squad and a group of alleged
Indian hemp pushers during a police raid on their hide-out at Oforikrom,
near Kumasi yesterday. Five others were rounded up and placed in police
custody. Their names were not disclosed. The dead was identified as
Mahama Iddrisu, and the injured woman who was said to be in a critical
condition at the Komfo Anokye Hospital here, was na.med as Akua Adoma.
~Excerpt~ ~Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 9 Sep 80 p 8~
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CYPRUS
POLICE ARREST FOREIGNERS AFTER HASHISH FIND
NC170927 Nicosia CYPRUS MAIL in English 17 Sep 80 p 1
[Text] Three Americans, one Lebanese and a British woman were remanded in
custody for eight days and a sixth, a Syrian for two days by rhe Larnaca `
District Court yesterday in connection with the discovery of a huge quant-
ity of hashish on the shore at Kiti, Lamaca. -
Requesting the remand order, the police told the court that they had al-
ready found one ton of hashish but much more was suspected to have been
dumped in the sea or on the shore and the search was continuing.
The discove.ry was made when a villager from Kiti on passing near the
_ Kiti lighthouse early on Monday morning noticed six bags and eight plastic
containers whi ~~emed to him suspicioug and he informed the Kiti police
station.
A police detachment found some 300 hashish cakes and one of the Arabs was
found nearby and arrested.
The arrest of the British wom~n and another Arah was made at Paphos and the
arrest of two Americans was made on a yacht off Limassol. A third American
was arrested later at Limassol.
The police are in touch with the anti-narcotics section of INTERPOL to see
whether there is any connectiion~between those detaiaed in Cyprus and any _
internatiosal network while an intensive search is being made for more
narcotics.
The search is extending all along the coast from Lamaca to Limassol and
Paphos and taking part are all police services, the CID [Criminal Investi-
gation Department], the commando unit and!police dogs.
Police told the court yesterday that three of the men detained have made
statements admitting guilt but the others have not given any statement.
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DENMARK
AAL~vRG DRUG CENTER STUDY SURVEYS ADDICTION SITUATION
Copeahagen AKTUELT in Danish 9 Aug 80 p 32 -
[Article: "Three Times as Many Addicts as Es t imated by the Police"]
[Text] A study by the Day Center in Aalborg shows that the number of severe-
1y affected addicts in the city is above 150. The figsre is three times as
high as that the police opera;e wi.th, accordtng to Jens Ole Johansen, head
_ uf the Day Center for drug andicts and crimina 1 youth.
"`Today, the social deterioration among yound d rug addicts takes place much
more rapidly and more violently than it did 5 year~ ago," says Jens Ole
Johansen.
, "Formerly, the young addicts stayed with hashi sh longer and did not become
dependent upor. hard drugs until they had exper imented with them for some
time. Today, they ~ump directly into the hard drug milieu, lose touch with
_ ~1~eir original environment very rapidly, and b ecome totally dependent upon
heroin or the like," says Johansen.
Older Addicts in Particular
= D evelopments in Aalborg parallels that in other large cities in the provinces.
The older addicts, who have been addicts for over 10 years, constitute in -
particular a very diff icult treatment problem.
The Arhus Youth Center has about 100 deeply af f ected older addicts who seem
to be bey~,nd treatment, but the number of young drug abusers has also risen
greatly in recert years.
The Arhus social administration has therefore decided that the Youth Center -
is to make greater eff~rts in treatment work among addicts. -
~ Prerenti.ve Work
This reduces the opportunity for preventi.ve and investigative work among
children and youth in the petty criminal milieu s. A prevention group of the
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social admintstration no longer has the task of doing preventive work among
children and young peop:le, but must instead take charge of already deeply
involved addicts.
In Odense, Christian Rasmussen, Y~ead the Youth Council, asserts that
there is a very large number of persons whom the Council knows nothing
about as concerns the stage of their addiction, but that the Cou~cil is in
- contact with about 125 addicts of hard drugs.
Gradually, as coc~peration with practicing physicians has been systemized, the ~
Odense Youth Coucicil is receiving many more referrals. The typical Odense
addict is in his midcile twenties, and many of them have children, according
to Christian Rasmussen.
Tliere have been few opportunities for treatment in Odense, but the head of
the youth center looksforward to the opening soon of the provincial youth
center, which will provide increased treatment opportunities.
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- DENMAR~
BRIEFS
~ TOUGHER DRUG SENTENCING--The court in Braedstrup i:? continuing on the tough
course tt set recently when a 36-year a1d bank robber was sentenced to 6 years
in prison. The court regarded it as an aggravating cir~umstance that the
object of the robberies was that of oUtaining money for heroin. 1~ao accom- -
~ plices have received similar sentences. Conny Sorensen, 25, was sentenced
- to 6 years and 6 months in prison, and Jan Norgaard, 25, to 5 years and 6
months in prison. Conny Sorensen had co~nitted three robberies in financial
; institutions in Olholm, Klovborg, and Hejnsvig. Conny Anderson, recently
_ sentenced, had participated in two o:F the robberies--in Olholm and Hejnsvig--
and Jan Norgaard was an accomplice in Klovborg. The latter stated that he
' and Conny Sorensen had taken "a shot of heroin" before entering the bank, to _
quiet their nerves, he ~aid. They had held up the bank personnel, with pis-
tols unloaded. [Text] [Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 16 Jul 80
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FRANCE
FURTHER DETAILS ON 'SICILIAN CONNECTION'
~ Paris LE MONDE in French 29 Aug 80 p 24
[Article; "The Sicilian Drug Connection: 14 Individuals Questioned in Paris
and Marseilles")
- [Text] Fourteen individuals in drug trafficking circles were questioned in
Paris and Marseilles on Z~esday, 26 August, following the arrest during the
- night of Monday to Tuesday in the region of Palermo, Sicily, of nine members
- of a drug traffic ring that included three Frenchmen: Jean-Marc Bozzi, 34
years old (carrying a passport in the name of Jean-Francois Champion);
Jean-Claude Renem; and Andre Bousquet, 32 years old (and not Andre Bousjet
_ as was erroneously reported in LE MONDE of 28 August).
Among the individuals questioned in France eight are now being interrogated
at the drug section of the SRPJ [Intelligence Unit of the Criminal Police]
- ~of Marseilles headed by Alain Boide. Involved are notably a bar~owner aged '
30, Spephane Guiragossian, who reportedly played an important role in the
"French Connection;" Pietro Dore, 40, an Italian citizen; and Jean-Marc Pache,
38, an automobile body mechanic, who, according to the police, built caches -
- in cars. Six other individuals are now being questioned in Paris in the
- offices of the OCRTIS [Central Office for Fighting Illicit Drug Traffic],
including Gerard Gurbaille, aged 33.
For the time being the police refuse to provide further details. It will
have taken them 2 years to trace this network headed by Gerlando Alberti to
its service and dismantle it. .Alberti worked with a former pediatrician,
Andre Bousquet, suspected of having become a chemist. The investigators are
convinced that the laboratory discovered in San Onofrio di Trabia, 30 km from
Palermo, Sicily, was one of the key elements in the gigantic traffic between
_ the Middle East and North America.
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CSO: 5300
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UNITED KINGDOM
BRIEFS
CANN~BIS RING SMASHED--Drug squad officers in the Cirencester area have
smashed what is described as a ma~or drugs ring following a series of
dawn raids yesterday. Forty officera from Gloucester and Bristol
detained 21 people and seized about 10,000 pounds' wc,rth of cannabis.
Some people will be appearing before magistrates in Ci~encester today.
[Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in Engliah 21 Aug 80 n 28]
DRUGS SEIZURE BY CUSTOMS--Heroin with a street value of ab~ut 1,500,000
pounds, and cocaine worth about 600,000 pounds have been seized by
Customs investigators in two separate operations. A total of 11 people,
- including an Englishman and a Brazilian woman, were detained. The
heroin inquiry, code-named "Can Opener," started at Dover when a Rover
car arrived from Ostend. Customs had been waiting for it and a aearch
revealed about 14.5 lb of heroin. This led to inquiries in the London
area and after investigators visited houses in Peckham, Lewisham, Nunhead
and Thamesmead, the Englishman and four Turks were detained. Another man
had been held at Dover. The second operation was at Heathrow when Customs
officers stopped the 26-year-old Brazilian woman and a 37-year-old
_ Colombian man and found each was carrying about 4.5 lb of cocaine. As a
result three men were arrested in a West London hotel where more than four -
pounds of cocaine were also seized. The three were a Brazilian aged 28, -
a Spaniard aged 50, and a German aged 26. One of the Turks, a 21-year-
old cook, appeared in caurt on Saturday, and was remanded for one week.
[T. A. Sandrock] [Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 2 Sep 80
p 3]
DRUGS WASHED ASHORE--Cannabis resin valued at about 2 million pounds has
been found washed up on the shore at Studland near Swanage, Dorset,
Customs investigators said yesterday. It is believed to be linked with
another package of cannabis reain valued at 1 million pounds found in a
rubber dinghy off the Isle of Wight at the weekend. The two packages
are believed to r?ave been left "anchored" at sea ready for picking up by
English couriers and distributors and were pro~ably brought across the
Channel from Holland. Disclosure of the new find was delayed while
" Customs and police were making inquiries and keeping watch in the hope
of trapping the smugglers. A number of bags containing the cannabis
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resin with a total weight of almost one ton, were found on the beach last
Wednesday by a local man. The black and yellow inflated rubber dinghy
was reported seen moored but later was found drifting before it was
picked up and towed in and the cannabis discovered. The movements of
all ships round the Isle of Wight were being checked and crews are
being questioned. There have been several cases in recent months of
loads of cannabis being washed up on British shore5. I*_ is believed
these loads had been "anchored" at sea for pick-up boats but had broken
free in rough weather. [T. A. Sandrock] [Text] [London THE DAILY ~
TELEGRAPH in En~;lish 10 Sep 80 p 3]
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