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JPRS L/9529
5 February 1981
\l1/orldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DAN~EROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 6/8 ? )
FBIS FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
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5 February 1981
. WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 6/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
BURMA
Heroin Dealers Arrested in Maymyo
(LOKTHA PYEITHU NE7.IN, 24 Dec 80) 1
Briefs ~
Gang Arrested in Kengtung 2
Rangoon Heroin Seizure 2
Heroin Users Arrested 2 ~
Moulmein Narcotics Suppression 2
Opium Seizure in Pantanaw 3
Heroin Possessor Jailed 3
HONG KONG
Heroin Base Cache Found After Tip From Thai Customs
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING FOST, 13, 14 Jan 81) 4
Five Kg Hidden
One Man Charged -
Heroin Haul in 1980 More Than Double That in 1979
_ (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 28 Dec 80) 5
Briefs
Drug Raid Statistics 6
Morphine Carriers Sentenced 6
!~eroin Gang Convicted 6
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Cooperation With New Australian Police Unit Weighed
(Various sources, various dates) 7
Ofzicer to Canberra
~ Australian Liaison Officer
Second Member of LSD-Importing Syndicate Sentenced
(Various sources, 18, 24 Dec 80) 8
Drug Brought From Australia
Auckland Man Extradited
_ Golden Triangle Heroin Again Appearing in Country
(THE EVENING POST, 13 Jan 81) 10
Cannabis Crops Keep North Island Drug Squads Busy
(TfiE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 2 Jan 81) 11
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Drug Suppliers Arrested 12
Opium, Charas Seized 12
SOUTH KOREA
Briefs
Drug Ring Break-up 13
SRI LANKA
Government Prepares New Laws for Foreign Drug Smugglers
(Arjuna Ranawana; SUN, S Jan 81) 14
THAILAND
Samut Sakhon Heroin Traffickers Arrested
(DAO SIAM, 9 Dec 80) 16
Drug Education Program Planned
(SIAM RAT, 9 Dec 80) 18
Hong Kong Heroin Traffickers Seized
(DAO SIAM, 1 Dec 80) 19
� Four Alleged FPL Members Arrested With Heroin
(NATION REVIEW, 24 Dec 80) 21
Drug Arrests Net 3.5 Kg of Heroin
(NATION REVIEW, 24 Dec 80) 22
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Briefs
Galden Triangle Opium 23
LATIN AMERICA
COSTA RICA
Briefs
Rural Guards Hinder Agen.ts 24 ~
MEXICO
Trafficker's Suspicious Jail Escape Reported
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LARIDO, 8, 13 Dec 80) 25
Prison Guards Implicated
Prison Head Bailed
Trafficker Aided by Guard Makes Third Escape
. (EL FRONTERIZO, 10 Dec 80) 28
Results of Antidrug Campaign in Zone 006 Reported
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 8 Dec 80) 29
Army Antidrug Operations in Ninth Zone Described
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 11 Dec 80) 30
Briefs
Heroin Trafficker Released 31
Thai Heroin Seized 31
PERU
Briefs
Cocaine Trade Distorts Exchange Rate 32
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
IRAN
- Smugglers Apprehended, Drugs Seized
(TEHRAN TIMES, 11 Jan 81) 33
Treatment of Addicted Children Described
(TEHRAN TIMES, 31 Dec 80) 34
Briefs
Cultivation of Opium Poppy Banned 35
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ISRAEL
Brieis
Her.oin Seized 36
Heroin, Hashish in Gaza 36
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Narcotics Traffic, Drug Control in UAE
(SHARJAH AL-KHALIJ, 14 De c 80) 37
WEST EUROPE
AUSTRIA
Briefs
Heroin Smugglers 40
ICELAI~D
Briefs
. PCP-Trafficking Case 41
NORWAY
- Police Commissioner: Country Becoming Drugs Transit Center
(ARBEIDERBLADET, 11 Dec 80) 42
Police Arrest Turks, Norwegians; Heroin Seizure
(AFTENPOSTEPl, 20 Dec 80)........... 44
Police Get Extension in Law A1Z owing Drugs Case Phone Taps .
(AFTENPOSTEN, 9 Dec 80).......... 46
UNITED KINGDOM
Customs Investigators Expect Increase in Heroin Traffic
(T.A. Sandrock; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 31 Dec 80) 47
Briefs
Cocaine Importing Charge 48
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HEROIN DEALERS ARRESTED IN MAYMYO
Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese 24 Dec 80 p 5 BK
[Summary] Mayuryo, 18 Dec--In accordance with the directive of the Mandalay
division people's council and divisional people's police force to carry out a
campaign to eliminate drug dealers and users, Maymyo people's council security
officials and police personnel on 17 December arrested Ma Haw Tae Chun and Sai Lu,
alias Tin Sein, together with the heroin they had sold. -
"The arrest was made following a tipoff from a dutiful person. People's council
and police force members used over 25,000 kyat of marked notes to buy heroin from
Ma Haw Tae Chun and Sai Lu, alias Tin Sein. While the heroin sale was in progress,
people's councillors and policemen jointly arrested the heroin dealers.
"Maymyo police station has filed charges under Sections 6.B, 7.B and 10.B of the
Narcotic Drugs Law."
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BURMA
BRIEFS
GANG ARRESTED IN KENGTUNG--Kengtung, 12 Dec--While the crops substitution scheme
for opium is being implemented in Kengtung township in the northern Shan State,
two members of a gang, which distributes raw opium secretly, have b een arrested
under the direction of the Kengtung township people's council and the state
people's police force commander. Acting upon information received f rom informers,
a narcotic drug suppression team led by township people's police for ce commander
U Ngwe Maung and police station officer U Hla Tun made the arrest on 10 December
along with the goods. Aik Maung and Aik Mun of Tanaingshun village, Kapha village
tract, Kengtung township, were arrested along with 11.65 viss [1 vis s equals 3.6
pounds] of raw ogium worth over 50,000 kyats. The Kengtung police have filed
charges under sections 6.B and 10.B of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Text] [Rangoon
LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese 21 Dec 80 p 5]
RANGOON HEROIN SEIZURE--Acting on information, police station office r U Kan Myint
and his squad searched Soe Soe in front of Pabedan township workers organization
on Shwebontha Road, Rangoon, on 17 December and found two packets of heroin, each
worth 25 kyat. Acting on information supplied by Soe Soe, a search conducted at
U Tin Maung's house at No 117, Shwebontha Road, uncovered 20 packets of heroin,
each valued at 25 kyat. The dealer, San Thein, at U Tin Maung's house was charged
under Sections 6.B, 10.B and 14.D of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rango on BOTATAUNG
in Burmese 19 Dec 80 p 7 BK]
HEROIN USERS ARRESTED--Acting on a tip~ff that a group of youths were using heroin
in Mandalay compound of Mergui's Kangaung ward, police personnel and ward council-
lors searched the compound and found four youths--Myint U, Than Tun, Aye Yu and
Win Ngwe--together with five small packets of heroin wrapped in a p lasCic sheet
and a hypodermic syringe and two hypodermic needles. The youths were charged
under Sections 6.B, 10.B and 14.D of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rango on MYANMA ALIN
in Burmese 27 Dec 80 p 6 BK]
MOULMEIN NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION--Under the arrangement of the Moulmein township
people's council, ward and village people's councils and police pers onnel carried
out a narcotic drugs suppression campaign. In the first 6 months of the 1980-81
fiscal year a total of 60 drug-connected cases were filed. Drugs s exzed in this
period were 4.2 viss [1 viss equals 3.6 pounds] of marihuana and small amounts of
cooked opium and heroin. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 25 Dec 80 p 6 BK]
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OPIUM SEIZURE IN PANTANAW--Acting on information, a crime suppression squad from
the Pantanaw township people's police force on 4 December searched the house of
U Pe Sein in Tawtaya village. A home-made pistol, 3 carbine shells and 7 ticals
[1 tical equals .036 pounds] of black opium were found in the house. U Pe Sein
_ was arrested by the police. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 9 Dec 80 p 6 BK]
HE ROIN POSSESSOR JAILED--Moulmein township court on 9 December sentenced Tun Yin
of No 9 Ka, Thaton Tada Street, Moulmein, to 5 years` imprisonment with hard
labor under Section 6.B of the Narcotic Drugs Law and to l year imprisonment
under Section 14.D, both sentences to be served concurrently. Tun Yin was tried
af ter a small amount of heroin was seized from him on 28 May 1979. [Rangoon
MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 17 Dec 80 p 6 BK]
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HONG KONG
HEROIN BASE CACHE FOUND ~FTER TIP FROM ~i~t~.i ~USTOMS
Five Kg Hidden
H ong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 13 Jan 81 p 1
/Text7 ~~toens officers ester-
y been placta in-~root of the ' tra~cker had left Bangkok
day found five kilograms of lower opening. for Hongk~n3.
heroin base hidden in a Customs Assistant Super- After recei~ing ihe inFur-
hollowed-out piliar in a intendent K. L. ~lak, �'ho , mation, ~he Cu.i[ums Investi-
Hunghom flat. dirccted the search of the flat, j
Ofticers said the base said: �'1t-was a very sophisti- i ations Bureau chief, Seniur
could have been converted cated and well uonstructed ~ ~uperintendent K. S. Tong,
into more than 33 Ibs of No 3 secret compartmept." ~ directed h i s officers to
heroin - wortb 56.8 miUion He said a 48-year-old man j shadow the man ruund the
- on the rctail markec. W~ ar~~, i clock.
The cache was so well con- "We are looking for ocher ' The Thai cfiecked into a
cealed that even a sp~cially high�ranking o(fic~als of the ~ Tsimshatsui hotel after arriv-
trained dog failed to Pnd the syndicate who~are still at 1 ing on Thursday and was con-
hidin lace. lu ' Su t Mak said. i tected by two Chinese men.
g p p ~ He returned ~o Bangkok
It took Customs officers fnymms o~an also raid- on Saturdav.
more than four hours before ed four other premisa in �
it was uncovered. Ysumati and Wah Fu atatc. The twu men he met were
There were two opcnings but no further drug seizura p~t under surveillance.
to the hiding place - one on ae:e made. Sourca said they were seen
the floor and the other on thc The ~tizurc and arrest going into fivc different
ceiling - which was seaied were made following a up-off premises - three in Yaumati
with steel places and bricfcs. from Tha~ customs officers aad Whampoe Sun Chuen in
A washing machine had that a.wspocted Thsi drug Kowloon and a flat in the
Wah Fu estate in Pokfulam.
One Man Charged
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING PO5T in English 14 Jan 81 p 15
/Text7
- A 48-year-uld man ap- M. W.~Fung remandcd ~fan
peared in San Po Kong Caurt Lok in jail custody for one
yesterday charged w~th pos- week.
sasing about five kilos of her- Man is accused ot posscss-
oin base for unlaaful trafFick- ing the dangerous drugs m a
ing. flat in Whampoa Sun Chuen,
No ple$ was taken and Mr Hunghom, on Monday.
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HONG KONG
HEROIN HAUL IN 1980 MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT IN 1979
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIJI"NG POST in English 28 Dec 80 p 7
IText7 Smu od. he~oin base oftenpun
681 gent ona, to be con-
seized so far this year is more verted into popular and
than double that oE last year's lucrative No 3 6eroin, he seid.
haul. . ~ � ' ` ~For e~cample, the coaver-
With the six ~ilograms of sion from morp6inrw No 3
herointiax seized on board a heroin requira smeU~ ether
Panamaaien-rcgistered vessel and aatic anhydride and the
on We~dnaday, a totai of~42.8 � p~~kes severrl days.��
' . kg o[ heran base has been . he said. .
seiud both fiy custams ofti- ~ K~~ ~de
an and thr police. followinQ the rxent seizure of
� This i 24.2 kg morc. than six Itilograma of heroin bese
that of last year's 18.6 kg. ~ from a Panamanian-rcgister-
According ta Government ed vaeel~ Singepore Island.
statisda, the quaniity of t6is Su nntendent Anthon
year's total seizura is only ~ ~~ers of the Harbour Div~
five kilograms short of 19'l8'r sion of the Customs said the
figure. drugs, if comMed to No 3
A senior customs off?cer heran, woald fetch about
said the trafficking� of heroin 0 8~~~~
; base is IuCrative and it was (nvatigatas believed that
easy to wnvert the base into drugs were intended' for
No 3 heran. Hongkong.
' It takes osily one hour to The iatest seix:.~re followed
comert heroin base into No 3
heroin and only a small quan- ~rd heroin base haul of
tity af chemicals is involved; ' S38 mjllion on December l4. .
he said ' were fo nd on board a~Poli~sh�
Other drugs require a long
time and a lot of chemieals, registered vessel.
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
DRUG RAID STATISTICS--Nearly 1,900 people were arrested in 2,835 raids on illegal
gambling establishments, vice and drug dens in H ongkong last month, police reported
yesterday. In the drugs crackdoWn, 459 people were arrested in 982 raids carried
out on premises and search operations i n the streets. Drugs seized included 173
grams of opium, 608.8 grams of heroin and small quantities of morphine and cannabis.
/Excerpts7 /Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 29 Dec 80 p 12/
MORPHINE CARRIERS SENT'ENCED--Three men who took part in the delivery of $750,000
worth of dangerous drugs in Kowloon we re each sentenced to eight years' imprison- ~
ment yesterday. A High Court jury of f our men and three women, after deliberating
f or 1z hours, found Ma Ching-lung (42), hawker, Cheng Yee (38), unemployed, and i
Tse Chui-yan (34), mini-bus driver, guilty of possessing 1,308.81 gms of a mixture -
of salt of esters of morphine for unlawful trafficking. They had pleaded not
guilty. /Excerpt7 /Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORrIIIVG POST in English 20 Dec 80 p 19/
HEROIN GANG CONVICTED--Two Thai nationals and three Hongkong men were yesterday
convicted of conspiracy to traffic in heroin worth $5 million. Deera Dugkoonvotti-
obas (36), Vichien Suwanalitret (37), Ying Chai-on (19), Lam Che-keung (32) and
Yip Kam-wing (31) were f ound guilty by a High C ourt jury who deliberated for f our
hours. Four of the men together with another Thai national, Lert Hewphong (36),
who pleaded guilty, were remanded for sentenci ng today. Ying Chai-on will be sen-
tenced in two weeks after Mr Commissioner Hooper has received probation reports.
During the trial the court was told that over 1, 000 grams of heroin were found in
a suitcase in the possession of the first two accused when r:~ey were arrested in a =
Kowloon hotel. They had been f ollowed from the airport by customs and excise men.
The other f our accused were connected to the drug haul by a chain of circumstantial
evidence. /Excerpts/ /Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 30 Dec 80
p 12~ _
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' COOPERrlTION WITH NEW AUSTRALIAN POLICE LINIT WEIGHED
Officer to Canberra
- Wellington TF~ EVEI~II3G POST in English 9 Jan 81 p 4
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lQLW ~laa~ latkx are fanemeat and inteIli~ce a good ide~ to ~ead ooe at '"TFse bureau ia atill in the
U~ at ~dt~i o[' at Poiice geed9~~ ~ onr membera," said Mr aisc+:~ion sc~. we~ve na
� ficer b C`a~berra to port Wellington, D~etei.~tf~e Chfef Galbraith. seea the final draft tl~e
wftb t~e propa~e~ Aatrallaa I~ne tor Alae Galbcaith, already have e E~nal fotm cmy differ from
B~rea~ ol Crimiool l~- ' it was Wr,ely th~e pollce ~ p~ ~ what 1s planned at thia
~ould woric in clate2y witb tralia workit~ with tedernl stage~� he taid
~rreea law eafarce:r~eat tbe ne~v body. and ~ate ~
nnit in A~, to b~ aet up Eie said New Zealaadpo- Dd~ torc~es. ~ It has beeo reported In
ie~ the next tew months, ia lice h~d beea f the Bat b(r Galbcaitb aaid the Auatralia t6at t6e new bu-
i~~.~ ~ eew appojntee would be rean plll uae electrooic
orgaa6aed crime. Reporta bope~d to sead aa eEi"ioer ~ "~BB~K'~ as a major aeap~
iran scroes the Ta~man al9o acrose the Taanan ~wtien tbe "~PP~d to llabO4 a' io- oe ia theiIght again~t crime.
iadic~te tbe oew bodq will .~nit atatted 'ope~atiag. ~~~~ve aa~ttert. How~ever, Iidr Galbraith said
p ~a~tp " He aaid tbe nea burean Ne~v Zeal~ad polke already
Zealaad Connecti~oa,' by ~ ' ~ would ap tbe eichaoge had tbe power W u~e elec-
GOO~ 1~~ of inte informatioo troaic surv~illar,c~ under
by No formal req~si haa, ot gatbered tbe two atriMly cootrolled circum-
tvveen the t~vo countries. Y'~ beeQ madE to tbe Gov- oountrles and otfer a~eata stancea aud he did4~?ot see
p{ ernmeat, but "we tbiaic it )s depth oE inWli~ence. the need fa any~futther
' po~ver in fhls atea.
Australian Liaison Officer
Auckland TE-iE NEW ZEALAND E~RALD in English 3 Dec 80 p 4
/Text / ' T6e fiist Australiaa fede~al tmavemeats acenss ths T~~
poHce lisison atflcxr in New ~ atan. -
Zealand, Detective Inspecta ~ He was focmerly witb the
M. G. Williamson, hes takea ; New South Wa1e~ puiice, ia
up his a{~p~iniment ia Welb , -
. , ` ~I'~New Zealand :ialaon
Le~ecaee [a~pxtoe W31. offioer ia Australia, Deteo-
i liamaon, aged 52~ ovill monl- tive In~ L. D. Sinta?,.
- t~ ibe movemeafs d edmi� ~ook ap his ~post in March.
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SECOND MEMBER OF LSD-IMPORTING SYNDICATE SENTENCED
Drug Brought From dustralia
Auckland THE I~W ZEALAND I~RALD in English 18 Dec SQ p 4
/Excerpts7 A second person connected with an LSD-importing syndicate was sentenced
in the High Court at Auckland yesterday to eight years� imprisonment.
~ The court wa4 told that ane ed for t~e C'rovim and Mr A� ` Cw~peerated
wp
?person had been sente~ced Deo~rhakta ~ a~peared foc ~~e sp~ndicate had clearly
, on the same matter last ~ Richards. . ; s~~ ~ pu,stralia, the
_ ; w~eek. another per~on trad not Before sentence was pass- i counsel said, and there was
; yet pleaded and a~fourth per- ed, .14r Halnes said the. ac- ;~$uggestion tbat Richardg
;~on, who was apc~nc~pal m cused was more deep! in- ~the ~nitiator or "the big
~ t6e syndicate, had "yet to be volved in smu88~8 ~ m~aa" ~
arrested." Othets had been then tbe person who kad ap- ~ p8ym ent the accused had
arrested on char$es relating peared before the judge last received for talsin~ money to
to tbe distrib~on ot I.SD , Australia and brmging the
withia Dieav 7.ealand, The accused was a person i~gs back was smaU in
Appearing before Mr Jus- of some assets~, said Dir , relauon to the size of the
tice Holland yesterday was Haines, but he said the ~operation. '
Michael Cedric Richards, a, GYown t~ad not applied for an ~ y~.' Justice Holland said j
38-year-olt~i seaman from~ ~ah~ ~e more than 21,000 tablets of~
; ~ail~eke Island. ~ ,of the assets.
~ ~ 14ia . Ueobhakia disputed lysergide were fouad in Rich-;
He had pleaded guilty in; ards' possession, with a
~ the Auckland D~strict Court: ~~Y ~SSestion that the ac-
'to importing 1Y~,6~de ~.~b ~ street value of 5147,000. ~
, PTew Zesland at . Mt Mau- ;~~ulated as a result of I Deterren! Needed '
nganui between . January 1 ~criminal activity. The as.sets Ha oommended RichaMs'
+~nd OMober i this year, and ~had bee~ :.leglt@nately aa ~far admitting his part ia the
_ he had beea� caanm~tted to ~9~~ 8 1~8 P~'i�1 bY ~ime and admitting that he
the High Courtfac senterme. ~ sheer 4~ard wark and in-
I d~y.,, had been associated with the
3ome Asaeta I ~ im~ortation oi drugs on
Mr R P. G_Haines ap~~r- many occssions. The drugs
~ were worth about =4W,000.
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- Auckland Man Extradited
. Christchurch THE ~RESS in English 24 Dec 80 p 2
/Text7 NZPA ~tatt correspond~nt
Sy~lney
An Auckland man � was
extradited to New Zealand `
yesterday to face charges ot
having imported I-SD into
New Zealand.
Mfchael John Griftin. aged
37. who was described as a
building workqr, is charged
with havin~t imported the
LSD tbrough Mount Mau-
t~anui on September 30.
- He was arrested in Sydney
~ast week. Detective Con�~
stable R Gibson, o! thel
Auckland drug squad, flew,
_ to Sydney for the extra�:
dition proceedings. Griffin~
~greed to be eatradited.
.
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GOLDEN TRIANGLE ~ROIN AGAIi3 APPEARIi3G IN COUNTRY
Wellington TE~ EVErTING POST in English 13 Jan 81 p 24
/Text7 Hamilton, Jan 12 (PA)--Heroin trails from the Golden Triangle in South-east
- Asia are leading to the Waikato as a record crop of opitun in Thailand starts to fil-
ter into New Zealand.
'Phe dru~ hyy been snrfac- The Hamilton drug squad~ Heroin h~ come back on
ing in Hamaton and surroun- will De sharpening ~ts sur� tl~e market at a time w6en
ding areas in recent weeks, veillance~ of knoWn drus' Hamilton drug sguad ot-
policesaid. users who, accordin8 W tbe ficers are already com-
"It's not verq good quali- director o[ tlte Anchorage mitted to tracking down
ty, but it's there," said the Hostel in Hamiltoo. Mr Tony p~$p~~~~cannabis ~wh,ch~~is
man in charge of Hamilton's Clarke, hace abaqdoned re- P g k ot its
drug sguad. Detective Ser- habilitatio~aad snpPort cen- reachin the pea
geant Maurice Malone. tres in tbe pty as herow b~ growing season.
One man was charged in comes a~ce pientifuL _ p drug intelllgence of- ,
Hamilton last week, the tirst ~nunber of addicts ficer with the aaUOnal bu-
for several moaths. coming to us has dried np;' reau in Well'wgton, Scnior
"We're just starting to ~~d [Kr Clarke. Sergeant Tony ~.etica, said
see the beginnieg of hemia ge s~ggested the heroin ~~y ~,ye probiem could get
imports which caild ~ow to problem had got worse w. Worse.
alarming proportion~ v?ithin the last two moaths. ~Reports suggest that
the nezt few moaths," said ~~'~ere has beea a deEi- about 700 tonnes of heroin is
Mr Malone today. " nite increase in the amount expected to come on the in-
Auckland is the main ot stuft around." ternational market from
point ot entry for heroin South-east Asia," he said.
being osed fe ~the Waikato. Kept bUSy "We've been alerted to
Other soutces include look out for the importation
- Tauranga aad smaller south- Addictr have faced lean ~ heroin into New Zealand.
~ ern ports. . times since increased pol~c- ~e ot it has started to
The drug is 9elling on tbe ing tolIowin~ the i~illing ot filter through already."
Hamiltoa mazket for around "Mc �Asia C6ristopher. The Golden Triangle
i143 to =170 a gram. Mar4yn Johnstoee, and a ~k~ in Thailand. ' Burma
crop of opium in Thai- and Laos. and 'u the maia
Erratic ~ Y~r' source of heroin in this coun-
"A flood of heroin into "Our hostel Was kept ~y,.
New Zealand could pose big PT~~tY ~ uP ull recenUy;'
problems here in the ~~d ~~rke. ' Now we
WaikaW, where availability have only one pe~son going
- is generally erratic; ' said chrough heroin witddrawal
Mr Malone. "Addicts tead to and two other users on sup-
drift in here from ott!er cen- p�rt F~~m~~
tres where they 6ave be-
come too well known."
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CANNA BI S CROPS KEE P NORTH ISLAND DRUG SQUADS BUSY
Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 2 Jan 81 p 1
/Text7 StaH Reporter Ramilton ;Hamiltan CIB,~ Detective ~stakittg-art" crop~s found mI
Caneabis crops are , Chief In~ector L. bi. Stevw~ remote areas.
blooming as never before Po~Oe are aware that g~ u�~p
~ of the escaIat-
throaglnout t6e waikato i much oE tbe drug grown p~ylem, Mr Steve.as
and Coromaadel Pen~sala. ~~DS us way to ~~~,y~~~$ ~g
Dru~ squad ~ detectives ' Wellington aad Auckland.. squad ia "coping adequatt~
based in Hamilton aze coming ~~~~y t'O~~ 13'�"
across more and more of the ~t t6e Waikato crops p~ $~Wt of the Coro-
prohibited weed, both circu- , I of caoaabis ere being fouud mandcl raids, some of thase'
lating in the community and ,or i+eported to the local ~.ged with possessuig tbe'
in its ra~w state m carefully ~ p�~' drug for suppty were flned
concealed plantations. ~ MaaY oE these crops are ~re than ~'m00. In one case;
With tiie normal harvestin small, well-tended opera-
g ' a man waa seatmced to six~
period for the illiat crop just tione, obviousiy inteaded for montbs in paisaa. � 1
beginnin8, the squad is work� ~ tl~e gravver's owa supQly.. Tbe Penaltiea rcilect a
- ing hard to keep psce with a pver pa~t ~veeks, twweverr toughening in attitude by the
steady flow ot reported can-; crops of 60 to 1Z0 ptants have courts in Hamilton afer a
nabis offences. ~ seized near Te Aroha. Y~. ~ W~ch a seemingly
Ttvo particular raids on the Whik the ~Y~B-~P �f endless string of mostly
peninsula, described by CIB hard narcotics s~u~maY
of~icers as "verY success-; have had some ' minor drugs offenders ap-
full,,~ employed dru8-~~~ a there is ~tUe rea~ ~~Staqstics plac:e the Wai-
ing dogs from Tauranga and~ re~ for the camnabis k~ ~on among the~
Auckland. As a result, l0 boom apart from the ~ in the country for r~j
P~P1e faced charges in tf~ increas~d popularitq at the ! ported dru~, offemces.
Hamilton courts. ; drug. ` Until thc~ end of October ~
i The Caromandel peninsula,� Qften the police are having over offences involv-
with its isolated aad rug~ed ~to deshoy cannabis gla�~t- in s~iad been reported.~
I~'~~ ~~~Y atioas withouE locatia the ~~e was e to~
~to the illicit pla~ations. Ac-: offender because of the pra ihave reached be~ 7501
I cording to the head of the: hibitive time invoh?ed fn ~ and B00 by the e~l of 1980.
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
DRUG SUPPLIERS ARRESTED--A North Nazimabad police patrol yesterday busted a gang
~ of smugglers and recovered over 50 maunds of contraband charas from their
possession. A police party, headed by Inspector Safdar Ali Khan Bhatti, was on
a routine patrol in North Nazimabad area yesterday. On Allama Rashid Turabi Road
in Block "H," the police patrol found a man, Sakhi Dad, carrying something in a
basket. On his search, the police recovered 10 kilograms of charas. The man
was taken to the police station where he was interrogated. And on his pointation,
the police raided a house in Shanti Nagar near Dalm~a Cement Factory and recovered
50 maunds of contraband "charas." The charas was kept in specially built tunnels '
inside the house. The police arrested two more persons Shal Badshah and Zahir
Shah, from the house. The gang used to bring con traband charas from Bara Market
in NWFP to smuggle it out of the country with the help of some international gang
of smugglers. The Orangi Town police also rounded up one Abdul Baqi and recovered
34 kilo~rams of charas from him. [Text] [Karachi DAWN in English 10 Jan 81 p 8]
Y.,p� � '
OPIUM, CHARAS SEIZED--CIA police seized 9500 gram opium and 262 gram charas worth
Rso 40,000 from Habib Ganj Misri Siah on Saturday. The accused Khursheed Zaman,
a medical representative of a local pharmaceutica.l firm was arrested on charge of
smuggling while his brother Moha~a.d Zaman alias Baggo was absconding, The Excise
and New Anarkali Police also seized 1000 gram cha.ras from one M~ohammad Ismail from
Paisa Akhbar. [Text~ [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 18 Jan 81 p 8~
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~ SOUTH KOREA
BRIEFS
DRUG RING BREAK-UP--Seoul Jan. 27 (YONHAP)--Seoul metropolitan police Tuesday
announced the break-up of two separate philopon manufacturing rings, one of
which last May allegedly smuggled 20 kg of the drug, valued at 600 million
- won (910,000 U,S. dollars) on the black market, to Japan. Police said they
have arrested 10 Koreans belonging to the two underworld networks. An llth man,
named Kim Pong-suk, 45, of Pusan, was also being sought by police for his
suspected leading role in smug~ling the philopon to Japan in May. Police
have identified the Japanese consignee involved in the May smuggling as a
certain Nakajima, 46, of Koiichi Prefecture, to whom the stimulant drugs
were allegedly sent in four separate shipments. The second philopon manu-
facturing ring was led by Kang Hak-sung, 58, of Seoul, police said, He and
four others were arrested last week while contacting a drug courier at a
Seoul inn in an attempt to sell six kg of fully processed philopon, the
police announcement said. [Text] [SK270312 Seoul YONHAP in English 0306 GMT
27 Jan 81]
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SRI LADiKA _
G09ERNMENT PREPARES NEW IA,WS FOR FOREIGN DRUG SMUGGI,~;RS
'Sri Ianka. SUN in English 5 Jan 81 p 1
~Article by Arjuna Ranawana~
~Text~ Foreign nationals involved in drug offences will soon be compelled to stand
trial in courts and serve ~ail sentences if found guilty.
The move has been initiated by the National Narcotics Advisory Board in the wake
of large numbers of foreign nationals getting involved in drug offences.
At present Customs detections of foreign nationals lead to their being fined and
later deported. Police detections lead to the visas of the na,tionals concerned
being terminated.
The new move, according to an official of the Narcotics Advisory Board, means a
foreigner found guilty (like in the case of Sri Iankans) will be required to `
serve his sentence before he is deported. T'his practice, it is pointed out, is
being followed in Singapore, Ma,laysia, the Philippines and Thailand. This will
certainly minimise the number of foreign nationals getting involved in drug
offences. At present they know they get away very easily. Hence there is no
fear, the official explained.
Meanwhile the Government is also preparing new laws which will contain hea.vier
fines and longer jail sentences for drug offenders. The dra~ft law is being put
into shape by an official co~anittee headed by D.C. Jayasuriya, Senior State Counsel.
The laws, ehnancing punishments for dangerous drugs offenders, propose to increase
the fines for the manufacture, sale, retention, trafficking and use of dangerous
drugs more than ten times the present amount.
The law, tentatively named the new Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, proposes to enforce
prison terms of up to ten years and fines up to Rs. 50,000 for narcotic offences,
At present the fines in respect for ganja offences are a paltry Rs. 50 or Rs, 100,
The tougher laws were proposed by the National Narcotics Advisory Board, headed by
Internal Security Minister T~B. Werapitiya after a survey was conducted on the drug
abuse problem in the country, in the last quarter of 1980.
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The survey conducted under the auspices of the Colombo Plan pointed out that if
the problem, now in its infancy is not nipped in the bud, it could spread and
assume more serious proportions later.
The crack�down on foreigners comes on the reco~mmendation of the survey which
pointed out that the "hard drugs" habit now not widespread among locals wDUld
catch on because foreigners, especially young tourists, were using themo
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THAILAND
SAMUT SAKHON HEROIN TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED
Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 9 Dec 80 pp I, 2
[Article: "Heroin Seized; Pmiiceman Receives Severe Blow on Arm~~]
_ [Text~ The suppression division arrested a narcotics gang in the
middle of the city while they were packing the drugs in a sedan to
transport them to a trafficker. Before the police could arrest the
_ drug traffickers, the arm of one policeman was hit and almost broken.
Policemen cornered the IO traffickers with almost 1 kilogram
of heroin worth 2 million baht. All the suspects confessed that they
_ bel onged to a gang in Mahachai.
This resulted from an investigation by Police Major General Sanguan
- Khlongchai, the commander of the Crime Suppression Division. He had
learned that at 1500 hours on 8 December, a major heroin gang from
Samut Sakhon was going to transport heroin in a brown Toyota Crown
sedan, license No 3K9709 and turn it over to a subordinate who was
waiting to receive the drugs in the parking lot of the Central
Department 5tore at Chitlom. He therefore ordered Police Lieutenant
Colonel Nitiphan Singhonlaka, the cleputy commander of Police
Precinct 7P, to take a force of 15 undercover policemen and arrest -
this major heroin gang.
At the time mentioned above, a brown Toyota Crown sedan, license
No 3K9709 arrived and parked in the parking lot of the Central
Department Store. At the same time, a Chinese ~n around 30 years old
arrived on a red bicycle and st~pped near the car and reached out to
take the goods from the men in the car. Police Lieutenant Colonel
Nit iphan Singhonlaka, the deputy commander of Police Precinct 7P,
ordered the policemen to go surround and arrest them. There were a
total of 10 people in the gang and one of these took a stick about
2 feet long and began hitting the police in order to resist arrest.
This gave rise to a melee between the police and the heroin gang that
lasted 1 hour before the 10 members of the gang were arrested.
Atter arresting the heroin traffickers, the police had to assist
Police Lieutenant Colonel Nitiphan Singhonlaka, the deputy commander
of Police Pre~inct 7P, who had been struck with the stick on the
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riqht arm and whose arm was almost broken. After that, the police
searched the car and found two bags of No 4 heroin, without a seal,
weighing 700 g rams and hav~ng a value of approximately 200,000 baht
in Thailand. It was confiscated as evidence and the 10 suspects were
arrested. The 10 included Mr Sommai Ankham, Mrs Tam S ichait~n, Mr.
Pray~.in Khanthanankham, Mrs Amphorn Inchan, Mr Chamnong Saengphithak,
Mr Chu Saekui, Mr Sing Kongphoem, Mr Somphong Saeung, Mr Chaiyut -
Siricharanyakun and Mr Kaeo Sirithong. They were turned over to
Police Lieutenant Rachen Rungkamong, the officer on duty at Section
2, Police Precinct 7P, for further handling of the case. All the
suspects confessed that the heroin gang had been formed a long time ~
ago at the Chalom Port in Muang District, Samut Sakhon Province. The
heroin seized belonged to Mr Prayun and Mrs Amphorn. As for the
person who attacked the policemen with the stick, the person
responsibl e was Mr Prayun. At present, the police have the suspects
under arrest for further handling of the case.
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THAILAND
DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM PLANNED
Bangkok SIAM RAT in Thai 9 Dec 80 p 3
[Article: ~~Drug Education Has Been Increased and Plans to Inform
Everyone Have Been Made"]
[Text] The Ministry of Education has formulated a plan to inform the
various groups of people about the drug problem.
Dr Bunsom Martin, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, has -
revealed that at a conference of the subcommittee on suppressing and
publicizing narcotics addiction among the students that was held last
week, the subcommittee formulated a plan to inform all people about
the drug problem. The Ministry of Education will make plans anc~
formulate measure~ to reach the various groups.
These groups include the teachers,instructors, parents, various
1 eaders such as 1 abor leaders and the leaders o f those 1 iving in the
slums and other groups.
The undersecretary of the Ministry of Education stated that, at
presen~, this plan has been completed and it has been submitted to
the Narcotics Suppressioti Board.
Dr Bunsom stat ed that concerning the problem of youth addiction, it
is not the policy of the Ministry of Education to expell such
students from school. Instead, they are suspended so that they can
receive treatment and then return to school.
The undersecretary of the Ministry of Education also stated that, at
present, the ministry has arranged teacher seminars at various
schools in order to generate understanding about the problem of young
addicts so that the teachers can use what they learn to solv~ the
problem at their own schools. Last year, more than 500 such seminars
were held.
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THAILAND
HONG KONG HEROIN TRAFFICKERS SEIZED
- Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 1 Dec 80 pp 1, 2
[Article: "Three Hong Kong Women Have Been Arrested. One Pretended .
to Be Pregnant and Strapped Heroin Around Her Waist. They Were
Members of an International Gang"]
[Text] Three young women who were members of an internatic~nal heroin
_ gang were arrested at Don Muang Airport wh.ile carrying heroin
valued at 120 million baht. They were about to board an airplane
. for Amsterdam. Their clever plan was to have two of them carry the
heroin stuffed inside some salty fish. The third woman was to pretend
that she was pregnant and carry the heroin in a stocking strapped
around her waist. They were unwilling to name their leader and
admitted only that they wer e taking the heroin to sell it. They
revealed that they wrapped the heroin in tin foil, placed it in
women's stockings and then placed these inside the fish in order to
conceal the smell. They had made many trips.
The clever actions of this international heroin gang were learned of
through the investigations by officials who had received cooperation
from a Hong Kong narcotics suppression unit of the International
Police. They told [our officials] that an international heroin gang
had sent female carri~rs to transport heroin out of the country to
_ Europe by air. They requested that our officials be on the lookout
and make searches. Thus, the Don Muang customs officials at the exit
gates carefully searched all outward bound Thai and foreign pass-
- engers. At 2115 hours on 29 November, off icials encountered three
Hong Kong women, who were later leanred to be Mrs Wendy Swee Dit Wee,
age 21, Mrs Laol i Dikkam, age 31, and Mrs Wee See Tang, age 43 ,
caxrying suitcases. The women acted suspicious when they gave their
suitcases to the officials for inspection. In particular, Mrs Wendy,
who pretended to be prectnant, Was wearing a dress that was much too
large. The off iciais asked to inspect their documents and baggage.
They found f ive large salty fish in the handbags of Mrs Laoli and
_ Mrs Wee See Tang. Cleverly hidden inside the stomach of the f ish was
gray No 3 heroin packed in tin foil and wrapped in a gray woman�s
stocking. The fish were sewn up neatly. As for Mrs Wendy, the
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officials removed her clothing and discovered that she was not
pregnant but had tried to use a clever trick. She had two bags of
heroin strapped carefully to her stomach. The women were taken for
investigation and the heroin was weighed. The heroin weighed almost -
6 kilograms and had a value of 1.2 million baht in Thailand. 'rhe
value abroad, in Europe in particular, was 120 million baht.
From the investigation, it was learned that the three women were =
going to travel to Amsterdam in the Netherlands on Thai Airways
Flight T.G. 940 in order to transport the heroin and sell it. They
had made contact and purchased the heroin from a ma jor dealer in
Bangkok approximately 1 week before. They had stayed at the Narai
and Troccadero hntels, posing as tourists. After obtaining the
heroin, they bought the salty fish, cut open the f ish, stuffed the
heroin inside the fish and then neatly sewed up the fish. They did
- this because salty figh can satisfactorily cover the smell of ~
heroin. All three heroin traffickers confessed that they were taking
the heroin to sell it because of its high price. But they did not
reveal the names of the major dealers or leaders of the gang. The
officials turned them over to police officials at Section 2, Police
Precinct 7P, Crime Suppression Division, for further handling of the -
case. As for this gang, officials arrested other members who had
acted s imilarly around the middle of November.
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THAILAND
FOUR ALLEGED FPL MEMBERS ARRESTED WITH HEROIN
_ Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 24 Dec 80 p 1
[Text]
FOUR men claim� Two of the four sold for SOOA(~ 6ahc -
~ing to be members of staged ~r? aborted in the local black mar-
the Free People's I.ea� escape attempt when ket. ,
e of Thailand were olice searched the ThaY said theY !
a~rrested yestecday P~ ~ey were checking into i
with 2,105 grammes wever recaptured soon the ~spects' claim ~
of No 4 heroin, police afterwards. that they aze mambers
said. Police said the drug of the anti~Commu-
haul could have been nist Free People's Lea-
- 'I'}~e drugs were gue.
found in six paper
= bags in a Datsun sedan
in which the four
were riding in. ~
They wece Tham� ~ r �
~ ;''x~~n~'~:: ;;s:.,'
marat Kaewmanorom, As;~~,
31, Apichart ;Naha~
won , 28, Somnuek ~
L,eetang, 29, who all t~ '
claimed to carry the ,vc~ ~`k p~
sub-lieutenant's rank, _--'-i~ ,
,r.. :i r ~
and Somwang Sra� ~ ~M j
kro::;, 31, who said - _
he was a police'sub� ~ j ;
lieutenant. ~ , ,
_ .s~ ~1Y `'~r~+ ~~y r~
-
- ~ -
,
x .
.The four. suspects, from left, Somwang, Somnuek,
- Apichart and Thammarat with rhe six bags of
heroin
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THAILAND
DRUG A.RRESTS NET 3.5 KG OF' HEROIN
Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 24 Dec 80 p 1
~Text~
NARCOTICS suppression The two men, iden� Durin~ interrogtlon,
policemen yesterday u� tifled aa Praphan Suk- Praphan reportedly sald
- reated five men, in� aram, SA, a tormer he teceived the heroin
c 1 u d i n Q a f o r m e r kamnan ot Ban Don Cha�
kampan, and confi~cated aem in Kanchanaburi's ~m a Cfilnese Haw and
. 3.5 kilo~rammes ot hl~h� Tha Maka District and aaother two men from
Qrade heroin at a car purk ChlaaB Ral at a house in
a n d i n a h o u s e i n ~~n� p~d~' �t Thanin housing estate otf
Tha htska District, were V 1 b h a v a d i R a n g s t t
Bangkok M'etropolis. takenintopoUcecustody. HiQhwB~;' Bangk'Nen
The drugs seizure - Dlatrlct.
the ftrst this year - was
the effort of over two -
months of investigatlon
by the Narcotics Supprer
aion Centre police.
A police detail was ~A~
~ yeaterday posted to a
Pa6olyothin parking lot ~
where, according to an in- :e~
vestigation report, a , ~ ,
group of narcotic trat- '
fickers was supposed to E~~ .~Y� ~
deliver a drug consign- ` .
~
ntent to a potential : "l =
, ,
buyer. ~s , ' , ~ j, i
Aiter about four hours , F ' ' . ~
. k,~� , .
of waiUng. a Mitsubishl ~ t:~ ''-F ,r,,Qi .
a, ~ x~,.-~
plck�up trvck with two a , , . ~ . : ~ ,M:~;
men aboard rolled lnto a~ _
the parkinQ lot at a6out , ~ r~~, t~,r;-:
3.46 p.m. A ,y~ brown ~~"f;
paper box was seen on
the vehtcle. "
The policemen then * '
swooped in on the pick�up ~':t
truck aad demanded a ~ , ; r
� S. Y'~ ~ ~
aearch. Ten packages of .
heroin, each welghing - �
350 grammea, were 'x.~;~ . . ?
found in the paper boz. � ~ '
Police Maj-Gen Pao Sarasin talks to the five
suspects who were arrested on Thursday on
charges of heroin possession with intent to
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THAILAND
BRIEFS
GOLDEN TRIANGLE OPILJri--The heads of the narcotics suppression units
in Asia and Europe expressed concern over the fact that the Golden
Triangle area will produce up to 600 tons of opium next year. This was
- revealed by the Off ice of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) in
discussing the results of a conference of the heads of the narcotics
suppression units in Asia and Europe. The conference was held at the
end of last month in~.Chiang Mai Province and in attendance were
representatives from 21 countries, the United Nations and the
International Pol ice Organization. As for the conference, things can
be summarized as follows: Because of the drought for the past 2-3
years, less poppy has been grown and the serious suppression efforts
- have reduced the amount of opium coming out of the~Golden Triangle
area. The heroin that has been distributed in Europe comes mostly from
countries in the Middle East rather than from Asian countries,
particularly No 3 and No 4 heroin. However, concerning next year's
harvest season, the conference stated that opium yields in the Golden
Triangle are expected to reach as high as 600 tons of opium and this
is very worrisom e.Therefore, there has been a call for closer and more
genuine cooperation in order to reduce narcotic requirements, from
the standpoint of both suppression and treatment. [Text] [Bangkok DAO
5IAM in Thai 9 IYec 80 pp 3, 14] 11943
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BKIEFS
RURAL GUARDS HINDER AGENTS--Officials of the Crime Prevention Unit [Unidad
Preventiva del Delito--UPD] and of the Public Security Ministry's narcotic~
department are very angry over the rural guards' actions in San Ramon, Naranjo
anG Palmares. It is impossible to work in any of these three cities or to clean
up the antisocials there because the rural guards hinder the activities of the
UPD and narcotics officials. This past weekend, under orders of Public Security
Minister Carlos Arguedas le Franc, UPD and narcotics officials headed for Naranjo
to arrest several antisocials. The rural policemen, however, did not let them
carry out their activities and even tipped off the hoodlums. As a ~esult, none
of them could be arrested. jText] [PA261958 San Jose Radio Reloj in Spanish
1730 GMT 26 Jan 81]
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MEXICO
TRAFFICKER'S SUSPICIOUS JAIL ESCAPE REPORTED
Prison Guards Implicated
Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 8 Dec 80 Sec B p 3
[Text] A"mysterious escape" through the main door of the La Loma prison was made
at dawn today by the federal prisoner, Guillermo Gonzalez Velarde, aged 30, who was
serving a s~ntence for crimes against health.
In addition to the suspicious nature of this individual's escape, the extremely ehild-
ish account given by the two guards, Arturo Garza Vargas, alias "E1 Mariachi," acid
Guadalupe Arteaga Lopez, is bq no neans believable; because this incident took place
at 0000 hours and, according to regulations, no one could pass the threshold of that
prison except an inmate accompanied by guards at that time.
According to the account and the official report of this escape made by the deputy
warden of the prison, Raul Luna Almanza, the person responsible for the entrance to
the prison is Guadalupe Ortega Lopez, who opened that door allowing the trafficker
to flee.
How the Incident Occurred
The report that was prepared states that, about 1700 hours on Saturday, Guillermo
Gonzalez Velarde received a visit from his brother, Cuauhtemoc, who was to be denied
entry, but he identified himself as a security police agent, and was allowed to
remain in the prison.
Oddly enough, this individual remained with his brother until 2400 hours, when he
asked the guard ~n the corridor, Arturo Garza Vargas, to be let out, because the
"visit" was over.
Guadalupe said that since the prisoner, referring to Guillermo, had a beard 10 minutes
before 2400 hours, and when the two brothe~s departed neither one of them had a beard,
he opened the prison door and allowed them to leave.
The individual in charge of the door said that he was not surprised and, in 10 minutes,
went to Guillermo's cell and noticed that t:~e latter was not there, whereupon he imme-
diately notified the deputy warden, Raul Luna Almanza; but both individuals had escaped.
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The Municipal Poli.ce, Federal Judicial Police and other forces were advised to
block highways and exits, but it proved use7.ess. The sub~ects used a tan-colored
wooden station wagon to make their escape.
- Guillermo Gonzalez, aged 27 [sic], has a residence in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, as well
~ as in MazaClan and Culiacan, and has a trial pending in the second district couit.
He entered prison on 13 June 1979, and was released on 18 July of the sar~e year.
He was later captured, when he was wanted by the second district judge in this town,
, in connection with trial 93-979, for crimes agaiftst health; and was also involved
in trial 52-978, ~n Mazatlan, and trial 150-974, in Monterrey.
This information will be turned over to the agency of the Federal Public Ministry,
according to warden Tamas Pinones, and J. Guadalupe Ortega and Arturo Garza will be
placed at the disposal of the authorities.
Prison Head Bailed
Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 13 Dec 80 Sec B p 1
[Text] Yesterday afternoon, the former director of the Social Rehabilitation Center,
Tomas Pinones Mancillas, was about to be released on bail, for which bail of 100,000
pesos was set. ~
Shortly before noon yesterday, Pinones Mancillas and the four guards implicated in
the escape of the dangerous drug trafficker Guillermo Gonzalez Velarde (alias "Memo")
were taken to the third district court to make their statements and respond to the
~harbe~ b!'^`sght agair_st t}t?*~ `cderal nrosecutor' ~^ff~ce.
The former director of the municipal prison, as well as Guadalupe Ortega, Arturo Garza,
Juan Raul Luna Almanza and Feliciano Rodriguez, confirmed the statements that they had
made to the agency of the Federal Public Ministry.
Their negligence caused the escape of Gonzalez Velarde, which took place on Sunday
night.
While bail for Pinones Mancillas was set at 100,000 pesos, the amount for each of
the others to be granted conditional release was 50,000 pesos.
~ As of yesterday, ~.t was reported that Pinones Mancillas was the only one in a position
to leave, for which purpose he paid the bail set for him.
The Federal Judicial Police conducted a detailed invest~.gation of the incidents sur-
rounding the escape of Gu~llermo Gonzalez Velarde, who was sub~ect to trial in the
second district court for crimes against health.
As a result of the probe, both the then director of the prison and the four guards
were found to have been seriously negligent, and were arrested and subsequently the
pertinent pre13:7utnary penal ~nvestigation was made of them for the crime of prisoner
escape.
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prison through the main door at dawn today.
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TRAFFICKER ATDED BY GUARD MAKES 'THIRD ESCAPE
Ciudad Juarez EL TRONTERIZO in Spanish 1Q Dec 80 p 13 _
[Text] Up until today, the police have had no clue that waul.d enable them to recapture
the trafficker Pelipe Jorquera Lugo and the guard who helped him to escape from the
Social RehabiliCation Center. -
This is the third time that Jorquera Lugo has succeeded in escaping, because his
first escape took place when he was receiving treatment for an ailment at the
General Hospital.
On the second occasion, with the complicity of several employees of the municipal
prison, he managed to escape from the prison in a surprising manner; because two
individuals dressed as patrols and with a forged official note from the second dis-
trict court took him out in a car which had been deliberately painted with the colors
and ~nsignia of a police patrol car.
In the escape the day before yesterday, Jorquera Lugo was aided by the guard Rosario
Lopez Valles, aged 37, and with 6 years of service. The aforementioned guard took
his 1970 Ford car to have ~ mechanical defect fixed in the CERESO [Social Rehabili-
tation Center] shops last Saturday.
And it was at 2000 hours the day before yesterday that Jorquera Lugo, in complicity
with the guard, escaped from the prison, hiding in the trunk of Lopez Valles' vehicle.
At the aforementioned time, the guard asked his wortcing companion to open the door
leading to the y~ard where the CERESO employees park their vehicles, telling him to
search the front part of the car, since he would search the trunk.
It was precisely in that part of the car that Jorquera Lugo was hiding. Before 2000
hours he had been seen wallockedrhimselfeinhthe trunk,asonthatVhis accomplicecmightss-
ness of the ewployees, he
later take h~m out of the prison.
At 2300 hours tiie day b~efbecausetthatywashwhenithe finalrrollcal.laofeinmates as
escape o~ ,7orquera Lug ,
taken.
Jorquera Lugo entered prison for the ~irst time on ZO July 1976, accused of crimes
against health, and he escaped for the first time in 1977, when he was taken to the
general hospital to be treated for a physical ailment. He was recaptured the fol-
lowing year in the city~of Guadalajara and, 15 days later, was admitted again to
the prison from which he made his escape the day before yesterday. Thus far, there
has been no information forthcoming as to his whereabouts.
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MEXICO _
RESULTS OF ANTIDRUG CAMPAIGN IA' ZONE 006 REPORTED
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 8 Dec 80 p 7
[Text] Excellent results were accrued by the activities carried out by members of
the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic who, baeked by the Mexican Army,
succeeded during November in capturing 76 persons engaged in activities associated
with drug trafficking in Zone 006 of the permanent campaign against drug trafficking.
This comment was made by the coordinator, Hector Aviles Castillo, who told EL SOL DE
SINALOA that, last month, seizures were made of ~78 kilograms of marihuana, 5 kilo- ~
grams and 931 grams of seed c�f the sa.me grass, and 905 grams of poppy seed.
The coordinator noted that 112 grams of opium gum were seized, as well as 1 kilogram
of heroin; adding Chat the captives had in their possession 11 long-barreled weapons
and the same nuatber of short-barreled ones, with a total of 1,188 useful rounds of
ammunition o.~ various calibers, all of which was sent to the agency of the Federal
Public Ministry as evidence against the presumably guilty individuals.
On this occasion four laboratories for processing opium gum were discovered, and
all their implements were seized, along with 12 vehicles that the accused had used
in crimes against health, in the various degrees, according to Aviles Castillo.
The coordinator of Zone 006 said that, insofar as the activities to destroy the plan-
tations were concerned, 1,017 poppy plantations covering an area of 267,387 square
metErs were destroyed mechanically, as were nine marihuana plantations covering
1,380 square meters, and two mixed ones, covering ~,300 square meters.
Destroyed manually were 1,600 poppy plantations covering 120,.155 square meters, and
31 marihuana plantations covering a total of 8,459 square meters; activities which _
were carried out ~ointly by forces from the Office of the Attorney General of the
Republic and the T~lexican Army.
He told this morning newspaper that the activities are being intensified, owing to
the diversification being made by those who plant drugs, attempting in this way to
confuse those of us who are s~riving to prevent their cultivation and harvesting.
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ARMY ANTIDRUG OPERATIONS IN NINTH ZONE DESCRIBED
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 11 Dec 80 pp 1, 2
[Text] Taking advantage of the fact that winter maneuvers must be held to test the
training of all the troops attached to the territorial command of the Hinth Military -
Zone, action is being taken against the planting, cultivation and harvesting of
drugs and also in compliance with the Federal Law on Arms and Explosives.
These drills are taking place in the municipality of San Ignacio with the members of
the Fourth, Eighth and 31st Battalions of the 18th Cavalry Regiment, who are parti-
cipating directly in the program known as "Plan Canador" (cannabis aad poppies) -
established by the National Defense Secretariat thoughout the entire country, the
main purpose of which is to destroy all the plantations that exist on national ter-
ritory containing plants which produce drugs or substances used as stimulants.
This information was supplied to EL SOL DE SINALOA by the commander of the Ninth
Military Zone, Brig Gen Javier Vezquez Felix, upon being interviewed it~ his off ices.
He remarked that, according to regulations, there must be an inspection of the train-
ing of the troops assigned to the military zone and, in addition to meeting the objec-
tives and specifications, they are also receiving other benefits, such as the destruc- _
tion of plantations, the capture of criminal gangs and the territorial inspection of
the zone (in this instance, San Ignacio), which aill allow for keeping it under pro-
per surveillance.
In commenting on the winter exercises, General Vazquez Felix said that they had proven
extremely beneficial, because it has been noted to date (they hegan on 1 December and
will end next Saturday, 13 December) that all the training given to the troops has
been excellent, and their assimilation has also been observed, since all the troops
have shown this in these mock battles that are taking place.
Finally, he expla~ned that engaging in this activity enables a11 members of the Army
to be in optim~l condition, in the event that their services are required for inter-
vention.
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BRIEFS
HEROIN TRAFFICKER RELEASED--On Tuesday morning, the drug trafficker Lorenzo Torres
Solis, alias "El Canario," Who had been incareerated since 13 October 1976, obtained
his freedom and left the La Loma prison. Torres Solis was captured by the Federal
Judicial Police early in October of that year, after the arrest of several indivi-
duals from whom several kilograms of heroin were seized. Upon being interrogated,
those individuals said that the owner of the "powder" was "E1 Pa3aro," who was paying
them to guard the drugs. Subsequently, he was found guilty in trial 229-976, owing
to the fact that another moderate amount of heroin was confiscated from the cell
that he occupied at La Loma. Trials 22 and 229 of 1976 were added, and in them the
third district ~udge imposed on "E1 Pajaro" a jail sentenc2 of 6 years for his guilt
in committing cri.mes against health. The accused filed an appeal for direcC protec-
tion with the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, which gave him protection in
one of the degrees, ordering the judge in the case to restore the proceedings and
issue a new ve?_-dict. Finally, he was sentenced to 6 years in jail and required to
pay a fine of 10,000 pesos. [Tex~] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 11 Dec 80 Sec
B p 7] 2909
i
THAI HEROIN SEIZED--Mexico City, 8 December (EXCELSIOR)--The Off iee of the Attorney
General of the Republic confiscated over 92 million pesos' worth of pure heroin _
from Thailand in this city, and two Thai nationals who adtnitted that they were
takir~g the drugs to Las Vegas were captur~ed. The Thai were caught in a luxury
hotel on Paseo de la Reforma, where they had concealed the heroin in suitcases.
Comdr Florentino Ventura Gutierrez' special group opened the investigation when it
was learned that the two drug traffickers had arrived. They began the probe at the
Mexico City international airport, and found from the passenger lists that two Thai
had arrived in Mexico from Paris. With that information, they started the search,
and caught them with the drgus in a luxury hotel. ~he captives revealed that they
had procured the drugs in Thailand, flying from there to Paris, and subsequently to
~ Mexico. They were later to go to Las Vegas, where they had previously sold large
shipments of heroin. The two Thai, whose names were not disclosed, were attempting
to open a new route for the drug traffic leading to the United ~tates. According
to the report from the Attorney General's Office, the heroin was 97 percent pure,
and its weight could have been multiplied as many as six times. The drug traffick-
ers were caught w2th 1.5 kilogra~s of the drug which, when processed, could be
converted into as many as 1 kilograms. It was expected that the two Thai would be
turned over to a federal judge within the next few hours. [Text] [H. Matamoros iL ,
BRAVO in Spanisfi 9 Dec 80 p 12] 2909
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PE~U
BRIEFS
COCAINE TRADE DISTORTS EXCHANGE RATE--According to a report recently re~eased
by the Bartolome de las Casas Center of Andean Rural Studies of Cusco, Peruvian
cocaine trade represents 25 percent of the country's overall exports. In 1980
alone this trade amounted to $5 billion. The report pointed ouC that the influx
of foreign currency from the illegal sale of the drug, coming into the country -
without any control by financial organizations or the Central Reserve Bank, dis-
torts the exchange rate of the Peruvian sol by sharply increasing the amount of
foreign currency on the Peruvian market. [Text] [PY231544 Lima Radio America
~ in Spanish 1130 GMT 23 Jan 81]
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zxA~
SMUGGLERS APPREHENDED, DRUGS SEIZED
Tehran TEHRAN TIMES in English 11 Jan 81 p 2
- ~Text~ Tehran, Jan. 10 (Parsz)--The Strike Group of the Mashad Islamic Revolu-
tionary Committee has seized in the past month the following smuggled contraloand:
Opium: 123 Kilograms
Heroin: 28 KiloSraas
~.rms: 18 pieces and 1,227 bullets, three grenades,
~ as well as one anti-bullet vest and two binoculars.
Meanwhile, 3,206,600 riaZs in cash were offered to the Revolutionary Guards by
the smugglers as intended bribes, however the amour.t wa.s attached to the file as
- evidence and has been handed over to the Revolutionary Guards together with the
smugglers.
Meanwhile, 75 Kilograms of heroin were seized from 10 drug peddlers in the Tayebad
- border area, near Mashad (Iran-Afghanistan border) after a 45-day search and
patrol operation of the officers of the Anti-Narcotics Ca.mpaign forces in which
the bandits were arrested, it was reported yesterda.y.
In the course of an armed clash between the Revolutionary Guards of the Mashad
Islamic Revolutionary Committee Strike Group and a group of professional Iranian
and Afghani smugglers at Tayebad border, 20 kilograms of pure heroin were seized
from tne smugglers, who was the main owner of the heroin haul, was killed and
another one uras wounded. The other members of the gr~up who were armed with
Klashinkov 24-1 and Berno guns escaped in the da.rkness.
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IRAN
TREP.TMENT OF ADDICTED QiILDREN DESCRIBED
Tehran TEHRAN TIMES in English 31 Dec $0 p 1
Cz~t]
TEHRAN - A tocal of 3,155 He pomud out two pre-
ventive factota to addicrioa -
children under the ~age of sx ~ n~n - which
were ho:pitalized last yr+r lucl~ly exiat in Iran. -
for treatment of narcotics ' Dr. Farcad conciuded by ~
addiction, disclosed Dr. Kiu- descr~bing addiciion as a ~
mars Naaxri yesserday. diswe and said that c6e cure i
Pars reported that at a ~ found m.the destrua ~
~ Drug Addiction Seminar which ~n of its causes.
opened yesterdsy ai the imam After a short break Dr. Da-
Khameini Medical Complex. vroodian spoke about the pry.
Dr. Naneri spoke about the ~h~y~ effctts of addiction.
sute of dsug addiction in lraa. fdlow~ed by Dr. Yaghabe
� He staud that, at pretrnt,- pyn~~ and Dr. Mohxn
dosage coupons for I60,067. p~pb~~ s~g about
narcotics addicts have been o~~ the
isst:ed, 73,344 df which. w�re pharmacological effects of
for pQaons over 60 yeara of age. - .
Dr. Mohammad Hosaau? In the opening session Dr.
Farjad disciwed che social M~~ pZU explaiaed the aims
cauaes of addiction, among of the ~eminar wfiich w~1 last
- v~hich he named fatniiy pcob- t~ dyys and 'u sponsored by.
le~a, P'u~erty~ e~Y uces~ to ~t ~y~~ md Pharmacol-
~S~ 4~~Ployment or over- ~y, Coam~ittees with th~ ~1P
v~rork. war.
of the Psycholagy Committee�.
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BRIEFS
CULTIVATION OF OP1Urt POPPY BANNED--The revolucion ~rosecutors of Firuzabad
announced today that the cultivation of opium poppy has been banned in Firuz-
abad. Cultivators wil 1 be considered counterrevo.lutionaries and will be
. punished according to t he law. According to the announcement, cultiva~ors
~ have been given a 1-mon th ultimatum, beginning today, to destroy, either per-
sonally or through info rmin~ the village council or gendarmerie statior., all _
opium poppy f ields. The announcement stressed if anyone is in the possession
_ of opium poppy after one month he will be severely punished. According to the
- annottncement the leader of the village council and gendarmerie station will
undertake the necessary actions to insure compliance with this order, since
he will be liable for p rosecution at the end of the period shuuld opium poppy ~
fields be discovered o r should his neglect of said cultivation be proved. Peo-
ple and tribes are req uested to make every effort in uprooting this destructive
bringer of misfortune. [Text] [GF212010 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian
1500 GMT 21 Jan 81]
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ISRAEL
BRIEFS
HEROIN SEIZED--The police have seized 44 doses of heroin worth thousands of
israeli shekels in the Hatiqva neighborhood in Tel Aviv. A man and two girls -
were picked up for interrogation. The man was caught in the possession of the
- heroin doses as well as Israeli and foreign currency believed to be his drug
dealing profits. [Tel Aviv ITIM in Hebrew 1710 GMT 27 Jan 81 TA)
HEROIN, HASHiSH IN GAZA--Sixteen inhabitants of Gaza have been arrested on
charges of possessing and trading in drugs. Police and IDF soldiers, in a
joint operation, raided the houses of the suspects and discovered about
400 grams of heroin as well as small quantities of hashish. The suspects
have been apprehended. [Text] [NC250846 Jerusalem Domestic Service
in Hebrew 0800 GMT 25 Jan 81]
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
NA1tCOTICS TRAFFIC, DRUG CONTROL IN UAE
Sharjah AL-KHALIJ in Arabic 14 Dec 80 p 5
(Interview with Narcotics Bureau Chief conducted by Rafif al-Ghadir~''~
[Text] On my God: Why are those people doi.ng this to themselves? This was the
comment of a charitable lady who i.ad come to one of the drug addict clinics in New
- Jersey to make a donation. In fact, one is puzzled and wonders about those people
who choase torture and death voluntarily. They had chosen this path, not because
_ of a sacred issue or a high principal which they wish to follow, but merely for
the sake of torturing and destroying their own bodies and humanity.
This is the tragedy of millions of addicts and is considered the fourth catastrophy
of the human race--following poverty, epedemics and r.;ar.
Many have been. astounded by the number of drug-re.lated incidents in the Emirates,
70 percent of which can be attributed to pushers and users who come from West and
South Asia.
Yet this is no surprise to narcotics officers in Dubai where not a single day
_ passes without the apprehension of a pusher or addict.
First lieu*enant Khalid al-'Ali, Bureau Chief commented, "This situation is due to
the presence of great numbers of foreigners, who have come from countries where
narcotics trade is spread in spite of the efforts of their governments to fight
it." He added, "The exposure of so many drug-related incidents in Dubai can be
attributed to the activity of the narcotics office which works day and night to -
eradicate this sick and dangerous phenomenon. We make every effort to publish
all narcotic cases with the goal of warning the public and frightening the
criminals. We have succeeded in ridding the city of drugs to a great extent."
Bleeding Results From Lack of Opium
What about the stories of pushers and addicts who were arrested? Lt Khalid tells
the story of the Bahranini youth (G.M.A) who was arrested sometime ago while he was
trying to sell 25 grams of hashish. Khalid said, "We found in his home 360 gm of
- hashish, 15 gm of opium and 8 tablets of "Mendrax." Khalid continued, "G.M. has
been an addict for S years during which time he used most types of drugs. Forty-
eight hours after his arrest we found him to be in very bad condition, and we could
not continue the investigation. He displayed a nervous disorder and began bleeding
as a result of not having drugs during the detention period. We were forced to take -
him to the hospital for treatment."
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Statistical Findings
`Phe statistics compiled between January and September this year by the Nar~otics
Bureau of the IJubai police indicate that Pakistanis had the highest number of
arr.ests Eor peddling or possession of drugs. These included 22 for peddling and 18
for possession of drugs. The Indians had the second highest number with seven
arrested for peddling and four for possession. Sri Lankans, Omani, Bahrainis and
citizens of the UAE followed in that order. First lieutenant Khalid explained the
statistics. He said, "We arrested 96 people on drug charges between the first of
January and the end of October last year. The total weight of the drugs seized
during that period was nearly 209 kg."
"About 139 kg hashish, 9~kg opium, 30 gm morphone, 64 kg Qat, 450 mg marijuana and
52 gm Cannabis plant were seized," Lt Khalid added.
He continued saying, "The chemical drugs confisicated totaled 358 tablets of strong
Valium and Mendrax." "Of the 69 cases recorded during the period, 31 were for
peddling and 38 for possession an~ abuse," Lt Khalid concluded.
[Question] What about the biggest drug case for this year?
Lt Khalid answered, "It is the case which is still pending judgment in Sharjah
court before it is referred to us to complete the investigation and submit it to
the D~:bai court. The case invol.ves 252 kg of narcotics which were seized in the
possession of Muhammad Yamini, a Pakistani, and Haji Muhammad 'Ali Saddiqi, an
Iranian, last March when they were caught with 52 kg in Shandagah, Dubai, and 200
kg in Sharjah." Khalid added, "Last year we were able on December 2, 1979 to seize
94 kg of hashish which was in the possession of Imam Bakhish Bin Bakhish Musa
al-Balushi, a Pakistani national who carries Omani citizenship. In addition, there
is the case of the Indian Krishna Jinaba Jujudi and Francis Jesse Kruzer
- who were seized on the third of last June with 3 kg hashish in their possession."
' Khalid continued saying, "In fact, we are awaiting the enactment of the new
narcotics law known as the dangerous drugs law since the old law which was issued
by the Supreme Council of Rulers iti 1971, is no longer adequate to meet the present
- situation of narcotic cases." Khalid exc2aimed, "Could you imagine that in the
case of the drug pushers Krishna and Francis the convicted men were sentenced to
only 3 years in prison:''
"We need to be more stern and firm in dealing with drug pushers. They are more
damaging to the society than an epedimic and more dangerous than a disaster since
they destroy the spirit of a man," Khalid added.
The head of Narcotic Bureau said, "t have recently read an article in a newspaper
which stated that a number of hippies in Britain, who are known as the most addicted
group in the European society have requested that they be allowed to establish and
license a society of their own so that they may practice their rituals without
any interference from the authorities." He added, "It is surprising that the
kingdom of Nepal is the only country in the world which permits drug use free
from controls and restrictions. It is a place considered by addicts as their
peaceful paradise. They travel to Nepal on long "trips" through "hits" of hashish
and "snuffs" of opium.
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Interpol Warning
A recent report of the narcotics bureau of Interpol in Paris expressed deep concern
about the increase of the activities of drug pushers and the rise in the number of
add icts in the world. A statistical report of the Bureau indicated that the
percentage of addicts in Britain has doubled three times in less than 5 years. The
number of addicts registered with the rehabilitation centers in London alone has
_ reached 37,000 men and women in 1979. The report also referred to the increase of
deaths among addicts due to the excessive use of strong drugs such as opium deriva-
tives, heroin and other substances. The report described drug addiction as one of
the worst byproducts of western civilization which has spread in a dreadful way
throughout the western nations as a result of family disunity, loss and sexual
permissiveness.
Four Categories for Four Types:
Since there are numerous types of substances which may be l.isted under the category
of drugs, the world's narcotic bureaus classify drugs into four groups based on
the effects each group has on the addict. These groups include the tranquilizers
which slow down the mental alertness, the stimulants which arouse the nervous
system and the hallucinagenic drugs which have a negative effect on the senses.
There is another independent group, hashish. The use of small quantities of it _
leads to passivity of the nervous system. The use of large quantities of hashish
by the addict leads to hallucinations.
The tranquilizers are: opium and its derivatives such as morphine, heroin and
codeine. These aredervied from plants while barbiturates are chemically processed
from plants.
The stimulants are: cocoa, and amphetamines and their derivatives which are made
chemicallv.
Also there are drugs which caL~se hallucinations and the destruction of the senses
which are found in some plants such as "Ish E1 Ghourab" (crows nest) and "Majd
al-Sabbah" (morning glory) seeds. Synthetic forms may also be prepared in the
laboratory such as "Mythel terbetamine" (phonetic) DMT and others. Hashish is the
product of a plant called Cannabis Sativa and is found in the flowers of the plant
or in the resinous exudation of the flowers.
Also included in the category of narcotics are medicinal tranquilizers, sedatives
and the vapours of chemicals such as petroleum, glue, ether and others.
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AUSTRIA
BRIEFS
HEROIN SMUGGLERS--Vienna police have arrested two Yugoslav citizens--45-year-old
Sefki Alili and 27-year-old Mitat Sabedini--and Alili's wife, 25-year-old CSSR
citizen Renata Aliliova, after discovering 16 kilos of pure heroin hidden in their
BMW car. The heroin, wotth 80 million schillings, had been smuggled into Austria -
from Turkey. Police believe that the shipment was to be delivered to buyers in the
FRG and northwest Europe. The passports of the two arrested men show that they had
made frequent trips between Turkey and the Benelux countries. [AU212112 Vienna
WIENER ZEITUNG in German 17 Jan 80 p 5] I
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ICELAND
BRIEFS
PCP-TRAFFICKING CASE--An investigation of an extensive narcotics case that began in
September and conducted by the Narcotics Squad in Reykjavik, is almost finished.
The investigation disclosed the import and distribution of a new and extremely dan-
gerous type of drug, PCP or [Angel Dust] "englaryk" as it has been called in Icelandic.
This is a hallucinating drug which has been compared with LSD and had become poFular
among drug users in the United States recently. According to information received
from Gudmundur Gigja, representative of the narcotics squad, about 160 people were
suspected in this case. Most of those have been questioned and about 10 people were
in custody for s4me time during the investigation. The import of 10 kilos of i
hashish;was disclosed, as well as about 100 grams of PCP and some lesser quantity I
of cocaine and LSD. Not enough quantity of PCP was confiscated to confirm through _
chemical analysis that it was PCP. Money and narcotics worth about 20 million kroner
were confiscated. As mentioned before, angel dust is a hallucinating drug. If it
is taken in certain doses, its effects are similar as the effects of LSD. The user
hallucinates; has fits of rage and often has no idea of what he is doing. Recently
the use of this drug has increased greatly among users in the United States and in
other countries, for example in Sweden, which has been of great concern. [TextJ
[Reykjavik MORGUNBLADID in Icelandic 20 Dec 80 p 48] 9583
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NORWAY
POLICE COMMISSIONER: COUNTRY BECOMING DRUGS TRANSIT CENT~R
Oslo ARBEIDERBLADET in Norwegian 11 Dec 80 p 1J
[Article: "Via Norway To Sweden: Increased Narcotics Smugg7.ing"]
[Text) "Everything indicates that Norway is becoming an increasingly important
transit country for narcotics smuggling to Sweden. So says Criminal Commissioner
Nyberg of the narcotics section of the Stockholm police to ARBEIDERBLA,DET.
Recently, Norwegian and Swedish police seized 300 grams of heroin that was to be
smuggled to Sweden via Kongsvinger. This is one of the largest amounts of heroin
ever seized in Norway.
Neither the Norwegian nor the Swedish police have any illusions about this being
a one-time affair. Everything indicates that the record seizure, 1.2 kilograms,
made in Oslo about a month ago, was "addressed" to SWP.C~f�il.
"Tips fram the drug underworld in Stockholm indicate the same: The narcotics
routes from the continent to Sweden go more and more often via Norway. Here
the risk of arrest is smaller," says the criminal commissioner.
Greek Courier
The 200 gram seizure was made on 26 November, but was anncunced only yesterday
because of the investigation. A Greek courier carried the drug from Brussels
to Oslo. From here he took a train to Kongsvinger to turn it over to a Swedish
woman, 41 years of age. She, however, had for a long time been under investigation
by the Swedish narcotics police. She was shadowed to the meeting place in Kongsvinger
and arrested with 85,000 kroner in her baggage before the Greek turned up.
When the Greek courier returned to Oslo with his task unaccomplished he was shadowed
by police from both countries. He was caught with the heroin sewed into a toilet
case.
Investigation on the Swedish side has led to the arrest of several other persons
last week.
Headquarters
Much indicates that drug dealing in Norway is directed by several large dr.ug
league headquarters in Stockholm. A large drug case now being dealt with by
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the Oslo court of assizes wa~ operated by Americans in tt~e S~aedish capital. Some
of the drugs are probably smuggled into Norway, then to Sweden, and later back to
Norway, the risk being minimal.
"The long border makes reasonable control impossible," says Criminal
. Commissioner Nyberg, who criticizes neither customs authorities nor the police
of Norway.
The size of the amounts of drugs conf iscated gives some indication of the narcotics
league's interest in Norway. Thus for th~,s year the Swedish police has seized
_ 650 grams of heroin. In Norway the f igure is 1,907 kilograms this year, as
against 271 grams for al1 of 1979.
Kongsvinger
Many things indicate that Kongsvinger is an important center in the narcotics traf-
fic between Norway and Sweden. The Kongsvinger poliee district has now increased
its interest in drug crimes. Three weeks ago one one was assigned the duty of
dealing with narcotics on a full time basis.
I
"Among other things, he is to watch suspici.ous-looking foreigners who come to :I
town," says Chief of Police Ivar Gronland. ,
For many years the Kongsvinger police has cooperated closely with their colleagues
across the border. This contributed greatly to the Greek and his S~aedish contact
- being trapped at the end of November. .
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NORW~X
POLICE ARREST TURKS, NORWEGIANS; HEROTN SEIZURE
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 20 Dec 80 p 10
[Article: "Large Heroin Seizure--15 Arrested"]
[Text] 'It,relve Turkish and thre~ Norwegian citizens were arrested Thursday in
connection with a seizure of 1.5 kilograms of heroin. The police of Tonsberg and
Oslo struck at the heroin band following several weeks of investigation and an
exactly planned action. The heroin is the largest amount ever seized in Norway.
Its streetvalue is estimated at between 5 and 10 million kroner.
The rolling back of the heroin league started in Tonsberg at 1400 hours
on Thursday when two Norwegians receiv~d 39 grams of heroin from two Turkish citizens.
These four have been jailed with no mail or visitors permitted. The Norwegians .
w~re jailed for 6 weeks and the Turks for 12 weeks. Shortly after the arrests
in Tonsberg, investigators of the Oslo narcotics police detained a young Norwegian
woman on a street in central Oslo. She was carrying 500 grams of heroin. Later,
- a little over 1 kilogram of heroin was seized in an apartment in the outskirts of
Oslo. Several of the Turks were arrested in the apartment, while others were
- apprehended elsewhere in Oslo.
Police Inspector Arne Huuse of the Oslo narcotics section says to AFTENPOSTEN
that the rolling up of the narcotics league can be seen as connected with the
unmasking of a Yugoslav who was arrested about a month ago with 1 kilogram of
heroin hidden in the ventilating duct of his automobile. At this time, however,
Huuse does not wish to give further details of the case bPCause of the i.nvestigation
undezway, but points out that the unmasking of the heroin league was the -
result of careful preparation, including long investigation, and with important
efforts by the policemen who took part in the investigation. Police Inspector
Huuse further states that the seized heroin originated in the Middle East, from where
comes most of the heroin found today in the European market, and that it was
probably intended for sale in the Oslo area. "Heroin smuggling is today carried
on on a high, professional level, and this seizure underscores the worrisome
development of a constantly increasing availability of drugs in the illegal
narcotics market.
The problem i~ particularly grave in Oslo. In 1979, 270 grams were seized
nationwide. In Oslo alone, more than 3.5 kilograms have been seized thus far
this year, clearly showing how extensive narcotics sales are today," says Huuse.
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_ It is difficult to give an exact estitnate of the value, of the hero~,n, but the
price per gram varies from 3,000 to 10,000 kroner per gram depend3,ng upon
supply and demand. This quantity suffices to give approxinatei.y 15,000 hervin
addicts a daily dose, said Huuse to the NTB [Norwegian Telegram Bureau.]
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NORWAY
POLICE GET EXTENSION IN LAW ALLOWING DRIIGS CASE PSONE TAPS
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 9~~ ~ P 5
[Text] The provisional law allowing phone taps in connection with investigations
of narcotics offences has been extended to apply until the end of 1985. This
_ took place in the Odelsting (I.ower HouBe) yesterday, and only Stein ~rnh0i of the ~
Socialist-Left Party voted against the extension. ~
Stein 0rnh0i said that a 5-year period is far too long and proposed instead that '
the law be extended until the end of 1981 only. The Socialiet-Left Party opposes
every attempt at making the arrangement permanent, and Stein ~drnh0i said that the
reason was the fear that the use of phone taps miglnt become extended to apply to
other areas.
Stein 0rnhoi, moreover, said that the costs of phone taps m~y become too big.
Minister of Justice Oddvar Berrefjord answered that, considering this form of
crime and the harm it does, especially to young people who become victims of
narcotics, the costs of phone taps used in the arrest of the criminals ~re modest.
Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party),who is the spokesman for the group proposing the
extension and who is also chairman of the judicial committee of the Storting, said
that phone checks and phone taps have proved effective in fighting narcotics
crimes. Jan P. Syse said that, although phone tapping constitutes a serious
encroachment on the rights of the individual person, one has got to weigh this
against tb~ extremely serious types of crime with which one is here faced. In
the survey of the number of cases in which the law has been applied, it is pointed
out that, in all cases, the approval of the court was obtained before phone taps
were st~rted.
In 1978, phones were tapped in 15 recorded cases, and the duration of the phone
tapping varied from 1 week to 6 months. In 1979, phone tapping was used in 29
recorded cases, 15 cases of which belonged under the Oslo police station. Here,
the duration of the wire tapping varied from 1 week up to 3 months.
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UNITED KINGDOM
CUSTOMS INVESTIGATORS EXPECT INCREASE IN HEROIN TRAFFIC
London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English 31 Dec 80 p 2
[Article by T. A. Sandrock]
[Text] The illicit importing of heroin into Britain is expected to increase in
1981 because of a bumper crop of opium poppies in South-East Asia, Customs
investigators said yesterday.
Although cocaine has taken over from heroin in London as a"more acceptable"
drug this situation could drastically cha;~ge in the next 12 months, they say.
Pir Peter Cutting, Customs Chief Investigation Officer, passed on the warning
after announcing that drug seizures thts year had reached a record value of more
- than 52 million pounds.
Heroin seizures were slightly down on last year when 10,726,000 pounds' worth was
intercepted. Cocaine seizures increased by 61 per cent; increased to almost 6
, million pounds' worth. "Sniffing cocaine is not as socially unacceptable as
in~ecting heroin," Mr Cutting said.
; Abundant New Crop
But int~lligence reports indicated that after two years of poor opium poppy crops
in the "golden triangle" of South-East Asia--previously the main supply source of
heroin--the current crop was abundant.
In this period the Middle Eastern countries had taken over the supplying of
heroin and seizures from this source had increased markedly, with the exception
of Iran.
A record number of 2,474 seizures of all types of drugs had been made and arrests
rose to 1,350 this year from 1,162 in 1979. Three times as much cannabis was
seized this year compared with last in h~rbal, resin and liquid forms and the
estimated street value was 40,625,G00 pounds.
There was also a disturbing increase in seizures of morphine, indicating "a new
source of supply we have not yet traced."
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UNITED KINGDOM
BRIEFS
COCAINE IMPORTING CHARGE--Three men will appear at Crawley, Sussex, today,
charged with illegally importing more than 6 1/2 lb of fresh cocaine, valued at
over 500,000 pounds. Customs officers seized quantities of the drug at Gatwick
airport on Monday when they stopped thr.ee Bolivians on their way to Amsterdam
from La Paz. [Text] [London THE DAILY .T.ELEGRAPH in English 31 Dec 80 p 1]
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