JPRS ID: 9635 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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3~J March 1981
Wo~ldwide Re ort ~
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS ~
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_ 30 March 1981
WORLDWIDE ftEPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGERaUS DRUGS
(FOUO 14/81)
CONTENTS
~ ASIA
AUSTRALIA
. Que~nsland Pushes for rlew Anti-Drug Intelligence Body
_ ('~HE COURIER-MAIL, 31 Jan 81; TtIE WEST AUSTkALIl~N,
6 Feb 81) 1
~ Federal Role
~ Police Go-Ahead
Governm~nt To Beef Up Customs in War on Drug Smuggling
fTHE AGE, 10 Feb 81) 3
Plans Outlined for Incr~ased Air Surveil~ance of Coast
_ (THE ALSTRALIAIv, 11 Feb 81; T:IE WEST AUSTRALIAN,
- 11, 14 Feb 81) 4
~ Nomad Flights
_ Aircraft Details
- Electronic Detection Devices
WA Judges Urged To Give Stiffer Drug Sentences
_ (THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 14 Feb �?1) 7
riiddle East Bureau Considered To Stop New Heroin Source
(THE AGE, 11 F2b r;l) 8
_ r4ari.hLana Legalization Backed by Young Labor Group
(THE COL'RIER-MAIL, 27 3an 81) 9
System Proposed To Stop Drug Pr.escription Ai~uses
(THE AUSTRALIAN, 29 Jan 81) 10
Inve~tiga*ioa Opened Into Police Drug Buy Overseas
(TIiE COURIER-~fAIL, 29 Jan, 3 Feb 81) 11
- Customs' Charges
Police Defence
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Heroin, Marihuana Drought Hits Sydney After Raids
(Pau1 Molloy; THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 21 x'eb 81,)............ 12
Weaker Heroin
Ma~ihuana Crackdown
Raid on North Victoria Farms Yields Huge Marihuana Hau?.
;~larious sources, various dates) ......................o........ 15
' Red Cliffs, Katunga Targets :
- $25 Million Valuation
10 Arres ts
y Court Appearances
Threat to Grower
Marihuana Grower Gets 5 Years; Cohorts Absccmd
" (~iE COURIER-MAIL, 14 Feb $1)...0.~...������������������������� 18
- Briefs
Heroin in ~roat 19
Rehabilitation Program lq
Heroin Trial 19 ,
Gold Coast Drugs 2~ ~
~ Heroin Importation Zp I
B URMA
Des truction of Poppy F`ields
- ( ~iE WORKING PEOPLE~ S D~.ILY, 19 FeU 81) o . . . . . . . o . . o . . . . 21
- B riefs
Imprisonment for Heroin Users 22
Heroin Seizure in Lashio 22
' Rewards for Seizures of Narco tic Drugs 23
_ HONG KONG
Briefs 24
'lhai Touris t Faces Drug Cnar ges
' IN DIA
Briefs
Swedish National Arrested 25
- NEW ZEALAND
Ne~r Zealand Drug Traffickers in Sangkok Warned of Risks
(Karen Brown; THE EVENING POST, 25 Feb 81).0..~..�������������� 26
RPport of Bugging of Police by Drug Syndicate Di~missed
(~IE EVENING POST, 11 Feb 81)......o...o 28
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PAKISTAN
Nation Becoming Largest Heroin Source
(Sikander ~iayat; THE MUSLIM, 23 Feb 81) 29
S II~IGt1P0~E
B r:ie fs
, Convicted Drug Trafficker Hanged 30
S RI LANKA
F
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Ganja Seized in Van 31 `
Recruitment of Girls in llrug Rircg 31 -
Ser_tenced for Heroin Possession 31 -
7HAI ?,A1~1D `
War Between Crops, ~pium Poppy in N, ~?ailand
- (7HE CHINA POST, 23 Feb 81)............ -
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LATIN AMERI(;A
� BAxarr~s
B rie fs
5?-Ton Marihuana Haul 34
- B OLI VIA
= New Council To Combat Drug Trafficking -
(Radio Illimani Network, 12 Mar 81)........a 35
_ B RAZI L
Rio Palic:e Unable To Curb W~ve of Drug-Rei~ted Crime ,
- (VISAO, 2 Feb 81) .................~..,.................,.....~o. 37
Ric.~ Drug Ring Believed Respons~.ble for 20 Area Killings
~ {0 GLOBO, 6 Feb 8.l).~ ..................................o......~. 44 ~
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_ Cocair.e Traffickers, Refiner Seized in Sa~ Paulo
(JORNAL TJO BRASIL, 24 Feb 81)......,...~....o..... 45 '
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Cocaine Arrest in Sao Paulo 47
Cocaine Seized in Campo Grande 47 ~
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Briefs
~ Drug '~raf f i~k~rs Ar~~ested 48
, DOMINICA
Brief s
Marihuana ior ~uns 49
~ FRr.NCH CUTANA
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~ Brief s
Cocaine Smugglers 50
SURINAME
Fired Justice Minister Said To Ha~e Imp~ded Heroin Investigation
(DE WARE TIJD, 7 Jan 81) 51
- VENEZLTELA
LSD, Cocaine Trafficker Arrested
(EL DIARIO DE CA^.ACAS, l9 Jan 81) 53
- Brief s
- CoLaine, Marihuana Confiscated 54
NE?~R EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
IRAN
Briefs
Hashish Seized 55
~ Hashish Seized in Khorasan 55
. ~Jpiun~ Discovered in iorbat-E Ja*n 55
_ Opium Seized in Torbat-E xeqdsrlyeh 55
Opiu~n Discovered in Khorasan 55
Heroin Discovered in Shiraz 55
Cpium Seized in 1Chorasan 55
Narcotics Seized 56
Op~um Confiscated in Mashhad 56
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' Briefs
_ Ha~hish Seize3 5~
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KENYA
Nairobi-Europe Traffickers Arrested
- (DAILY NATION, 5 Mar 8I) 58
LIBEP, IA
J Brief s
$100,000 Marihuana Seizure 59
WEST EUROPE
- ~YPRUS
5eaman Gives Evidence ~n Narcotics Case
� (CYPRUS MAIL, 5 Mar 81) 60
C1ver~ ThrQe Tons Hashish Seized
- (I SIMERINI, 4 Feb 81) 62
_ ~'EDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
- Briefs
- Drug Seizure 64
ITALY
Briefs ~
Ton of Hashisr~ Seized 65
SWEDEN
Stockholm City, Province Vow Closer Drub ireatment Ties
- (Lotta Welinder; SVENSKA DAG~LP.DET, 16 ~~eb 81) 66
~ Justice Minister, Police Officer IIescribe Stor'~cnol~r Drug Scene
(Ann Rehnberg; SVENSICA DAGBLADET, 29 Jan 81) 68
- Norrkoping Police ~hief: ~ocaine, Heroin Ar~-~ Youth
(Sture Ryman; DAGENS NYHFT~.R, 14 Feb 81) 70
Swedish Prosecutor Wants Denmark To Stiffen Drug Sentences
(Claes von Hofsten; SVENSKA DACBLAD~T, 13 Feb 81.)...:........... 72
Paper Lauds Greater Coi~cex:z About Narcotics Abuse
(Edito:.ial, Ture Winqvist; DAGI:NS NYHETER, 28 ,;an 81).......... 73
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~ Prosecutor: Drug Offender Prisons Overcrowded
(Hakan Bergstrom, Margit Silberstein; SVENSKA DAGBLADET,
~ 13 Feb 81) 74
y Police Report Number of Drug Seizures Doubled in 1980
(Leif Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 3 Feb 81) 76
Welfare Official Tells UN Sweden Against Drug Decriminalization
- (DAGENS NYHETER, 7 Feb 81) 77
Stockholm Court Hands G'hilean Lifetime Ban From Sweden
(Claes von Hofsten; SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 13 Feb 81j 78
Police Seize 225,00~ Mandrax Pi11s
(Hakan Bergstrom; SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 30 Jan 81) 79
Stocktiolm Province Police Arrest Gangs Selling Gocaine
- (Sune Qlsson; SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 11 Feb 81) 80
~ Stockholm Police Make Country's Largest Cocaine Seizure
(Claes von Hofsten; Si~ENSKA DAGBLADET, 16 Feb 81) 82
Provi~cial Prosecutors: Not Possible To Jail Small Users
(Hakar Bergstrom, Margit Silberstein; ~VENSKA DAGB~A.DET, ;
13 Feb 81) 84 i
Briefs
Helsingborg Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced 86
- TURKEY
~ Coup Results in Heroin Traff ic Change
- (HURRIYET, 8 Feb 81) 87
- Brief s
Ilrug Cache Discovered 89
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. AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND PUSHES FOR NEW ANTI-i~RUG INTELLIGENCE BODY
Federal Role
- Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 31 Jan 81 p 3
- [Text] ~UEENSLAND wotild~ ush ~for' the ~immediate~ establishment of the
~ustralian Ci-iminal Inte~Tigence Bureau to fight illicit drug traffickzng, s
~he ;Police NIinister, Mr Hinze, ~aid ~este~day. ~ ~ -
Y.e said .he wouid ask other ~itial ~pro~eals were that
s t a t e s to co-operate wit:~ computer infrnmation on crime. -
Queensland to es[ablish the wovld become freely available
bureau at a con[erence in y~tiween ~tates an r"quest, he
Perth next a~eek of Federal and said.
StatrPolice ministers. The Vlctorian, Police Min-
'~The bureau� primarily a�ill
concentrate on il:icit drug traf- ister. Mr Thompson, said the
- ficking." Mr Hinze said, "IL aill F e d er a 1`~Government would .
~ allow police at Commonaealth tund the.' proposed bureau
and State levels to combine to ' a;hich woald take key staff
i'ight the big boys o1 the drug from Com~onweslth. ~lorthern
trade." Territory ` and state police
He said Queens;and for many Yorces. _
- yenrs had supported estab- The bureau would focus aLso
lishment o! the buresu. on illeasl gambling~ the infil-
"It is par*,icularly relevant to tration of legttimau busfness
thls state because suspected ~d the internstional mo~�e-
large qusntities of illegal drugs ffient of prnfits from organLged r
are finding their way into Aus- crime.
tralla through our :nadequately Queensland Cabinet thls
patrolled cosstllne:' he said. week appoinced the Juatice
The bunsu was in llne with Minister Mr poumanp, as
the major recommendations of @ueensland'srepteseatative on -
the Williams Royal Commis-. L h e Commonwealth-State.
steerin8 committee on drugs.
sion of Inquiry into DruQs, he� Establishment ~o! the com-
said. mlttee was agreed on at the
:~Ir Hinze said the staces premiers' Cohf~nnce last June, -
- would reta~n esirting field and totlowing release o! the Drugs
sur�~eillance operations relatir,e Commission report. -
to druR trafficking and organ-
ised crime. The committee is expected to
HP said the Auscrallan Crlm- be headed by the Feder~l
inal Intelligence Bureau would Health Mlnister, Mr� MacKel-
providc [acilitics to coi]ate, 1ar.
analqse and disseminate infoi- It is to determine where the
mation on cri�ainal actlvity. Commonweslth and States can
The Potice Jommissioner, Mr assiat each other in the battie _
Lewis and ~eniar pollce afficers a g a i n s t druQs and drua
a�~It attend' the conference on amuggiing. . -
February 5-8.
- Mr Hinze said the conference _
also would look at proposals tor
a natiodal exchange o( police
information.
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Police Go-Ahead -
Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 6 Feb 81 p 4
[Text] C~B~'R'A' A nation- and State police commis- llnks with intertststibnsiI, _
ai porice iniormation ;~oners.. crSme syndicates.
gathering unit, the Aus- . ~ye bureau is ~xpec.'ted '
tralian Buresu oi Crimi- to have a wide manclate It is underst~ that~ _
nal Intelltgence, was giv- ~d will mainly iaves2i- ~e bureau ,which will be
e~x the go-ahead yester.- gate organised crime in ~~d in Canberra, will
- day. Australia, with particu. -~~mputer-linked with
poHce Ministers and lar attentlon to the drug international police such
trade. as Irrterpol.
commLssioners meetmg '
in Perth have agreed on It avill also tac~le ~ al The bureau is alsd ex-
a format for the bureau gaQrsbling, white~co pected to be empowered
whidi is e~cted to be crune-uiciud~ share to.use bugging devices to.
operating by July. ' irauds-arxi ustralian . qather information . -
A formal agreement ra-
~ ~U.iying the bureau will
be signed today and iull
details �oi its operations "
wiii be released then
However, its main role
wi11 ~ be to gather aad.
store crimirsal intelli-
gence to be made avail- -
able to the federal police
and the State poii~
lorces.
It will have no poweis ~ ;
to arre~t or prosecute ~
and will be ointly re- '
sponsibZe to t~e federal
_ CSO: 5300
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AUSTRALIA
GOVERNMENT TO BEEF UP CUSTOr1S IN WAR ON DRUG SMUGGLING
Melbourne THE AGE in English 10 Feb 81 p 5
[Text ] SYDNEY. - Customs officers yesterday attacked Federal
- Government p1a~Ls to spend between $5 and S10 miIlion
on improving thz Customs Bureau's efforts against drug
_ smuggTing. ~u~toms of9cers would have
The plan includes hiring 1W the benefit of national and inter-
more officers, improvinR training natfonal computetised informa-
and buying more sophisticated tion, electronic detection equip-
ment and an extensive training
detection equipment. The Minis- programme which would malce
ter for Business and Consumer ~�multi~role customs of6-
- Affairs, Mr Moore, announced cers" wiio could fill any role st
the Government's scheme yestet- ~on
day Mr Bennett said this meaM
Customs officers claim they aro ~t clerks would be retrained as
- 7A per cent understaffed already 1aw eafvrctment officers and vice
and are concerned about their versa. The stafi associadon had
loss of importance compared with ~n kept out ot talks on these
� clerical grades in the Customs changes foc two years and the
Bureau. move was "an underhand bureau-
_ The New South Wales prest- cratic reallocation of offlces". Pre-
sent sta~ should be given the
- dent of the Customs Officers' As- beneflt of the training proBramme
sociation, Mr Peter Benneu. said fiy5t and additionai sta8 c'ecruited
the extra siaff would increase to All the gaps.
customs strength by only about ~r said his department's
three offi~ers per shift ~n each ev~dence pointed to most dru&s
capitai city, and said that ~Sr 0e1ng smuggled into Australia
_ t~ioore ~vas wrong to present the ~rough Sydney and Melbourne,
moves as a faic accompli. especially chrough the airporGs
"In the aast ihree or four and both by individuals and m
tnonths 1v1r ~i~.ore has been try- cargo. Increased staRSng was
ing ro flll the gaps left by bad probably overdue and the moves
management ln the buteaa He ts reflected the Government's in-
the first Minister to get interest- tencion to comtsat druq~ in parti-
ed, but che bureau needs restruo- cular among i1kQa1 imports.
turing in a much more e8lcient The Customs marine section
= way chan IncreasinQ stafP," he will get seven new vessels for
- raid. coasral and harbor patrols by the
Mr Moore said the anti- end of this flnanciai year. Three
smuggi.ing moves followed recom- roo~ aircraft will be used and
- mendations of the Federal Royal the first pieces of ekctronic
equipment for surveillance of
_ Comrnission on drug:,. H�: said smuggiers in northern Australia
much more professionalism was would be instaHed soon.
required fram scaff to combat the ~
increasing protessionalism at
smugglers, pa*ticularly diose im-
porting drugs.
CSO: 5300
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AUSTR.ALIA ~ .
PLANS OUTLIN~D F~R INCRF.~ISED AIR SURVEILLANCE OF COAST
Nomad Flights
Canberra THE AUSTRAi.IAN in English 11 Feb 81 p 23
[Text ~ T}IE oil and trading group, H.C. Sleigh, has cornered the
market in Federal Government contracts to operate aerial
surveillance flights. along Australia's remote coastiines.
The last of three major contracts has just been awazded -
to the Sleigh suUsidaary, Executive :~u~ Lines, to fly a
y reconnaissance Nomad aircraft along the north-we�t coast of .
Western Australia. j
Executive Air already holds the two oi.her contracts to
- operate similar aircraft from Townsvitle and Darwin. -
The planes are owned b~ Tl'le aircraft will be flown by
the Bureau of Customs and ~he contractor. H.C. Sleigh.
Executive Air I,ines, a subsidi-
are to be used as part of a~y of the Australian agencs _
- major clampdown of drug tor the Nomad, and wi11 be _
crewed by Customs personnel.
- ~~g� The primary role :vill be to
- The specially-fitted Nomad. support tand and sea opera-
aircraft will fly into Perth c*n' Lions against offenders a,~d to
~ Thursday to st?pplement the carry out covert survelllance. -
Bureau of Custo:ns' increasing. Its search radar is caPable of
drug detection capabilities in detectin~ launches at 35 nauti-
the remote nor2h-west of WA. ~al miles. Lrawlers at 55nm and
Concern abouc drug-running larger ships at 100nm.
~perations from South-Easf On a typical mission, the
Asia and the belief that a Ilomad could cover 800nm and _
~ majo* bird smuggiing opera- ctay airborne for about six
- tion is based in the area has hours. _
increased the Bureau's The bureau will also soon
~ surveillan �.e needs. introduce suphisticated detec- -
The Nomad will be based at Won equipment to remote
?ort Hedland and w~ill be northern airstrips in a further
maintained on one-hour move to ~ombat drug and bird _
~ atandby. smugglin~ operations.
The aircraft uaed. che Cus-
toms Searchmaster. is a devel-
opment of the basic Nomad.
It has been fitted with
sophisticated Litton search
~ radar and modern navigatio!i
- equipment.
It witl jo?n two Customs
1au7ches at Port Hedland and
Brocme to give the Bureau ex-
tensi~'e reconnaissar.ce capa-
bilities along the north-west
coast.
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Aircraft Details
Perth THE WEST AUSTRr1LIA~~1 in English 14 Feb 81 p 7
[ Text ] The pod under the nose of the Noma@
- searchmaster aircraft is the key to the
Customs Bureau's upgraded anti-smug-
_ glizg effort In the north of WA,
� Housed in the bulbous d e f e n c e surveillance
nose is sensitive so- and the coast watch,
_ p h i s t i c a t e d radar The Customs Bureau
equipment which can ~nior ln.a ctor o1 air
detect shtpping and Pe
aircraft up to about s e r v i c e s, Mr Ken
= qgpkm aK,~Y. Mitchell, said #hat the
= The aircralt will De ~overnment had decid� ~
based at Port Hedland. ed ~ 1978 to base Na -
~ T'he WA Collector ot m8d searchmaster air-
- Customs, Mr P. Mur- crafts at Townsville, =
phy, said at Perth air DB~~n a~ ~'O~ Hed-
tand� A Federal royal
port yesterday that commisston Into drugs ~
~ policing illegal and had supporte~ this ac�
~ unauthorised m o v e- tion.
ments al~ng the vast _
_ ungopulated northerr, The Darwln airct~aft -
Australian coastline has been nsed in, a suc-
was a di_flicult task, cessful surveillance op- -
The isolation encour� eration at Port Hed-
aged smuggline. in� land which had result�
cluding drugs, by air- ed in a crourt convic� _
crait thsaugh remote tion, ,lir Mitchell said,
airstrips or by boat. The Nomad is on con.
In addition, Asian tract to the Customs ~
boats had t~een landin~ BPNais oThe normal
and replerishin~ sup� pilot and
plies for hundreds of ~"'o custom~ oiticers
ypa~, who act as observers.
Th~ extenf oi thefr All except lour seats -
activities and potential h8�e ~en removed to -
= to import exotic and make room ior radar -
~ d a n g e r o u s diseases "quipment which dur-
w~as just becomin.g 1�g a demonstrarion
known. ~light yesterday picked
$EPORTS �p a ship about 90}un
south oi Perth a~.y yvell
R~ports ot these as the U.S. Navy 'I'~~ _
movements were being Force anchored o1! the
received regulariy but coast.
_ the bureau response The atrcrafE has a -
had been hampered by ~uising speed o! abotat
_ the difHculty to muunt ~,50kmh a ran$e o2 -
_ co~ordinabe land and 1480km and can stay
olfender~s.~ons ag~inst airborne Sor up to 7~
hours.
\ W1th the Nomad sta� At Port Hedland, a
tioned at Port Hedland, stafi o1 iour customs
the three activitles oilicers and three
could act ~otntly on p?lots will keep the a.ir-
S~sDj~jous sightings re� cra.ft on one hour's na
Parted by coastal and tice 24 hours a day.
- Electronic Det2ction Devices
_ Perth THE W~.'ST AUSTRALIAN in English I1 Feb 81 p 1
[ Text J S~cial electronic detec~ion equlpinent -
will be ~installed in northern WA soon as
part of the fight against drug-n;nners oper-,
_ ating througb [solated aIrstri~s, ~ , ,
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- The portable w 3ts w111
link into the ~,~toms
Bureau's, Austral~a�n
~
communications
'work.
- ~ T h e remote~contr~l
equipment will warn cus�
to,ms oilicers
planes larc3 at unuse~
airfiel9s.
~ b~zSU .sgokesman
said yester~'aY that the
equipment cou~~ be gh~t'
ed easily aa t~he nearesi
an alarm oCfice when a
customs
glane landed at a moni-
, tore,d atrstriP�
The new eQuipment ts
part oi maior changes to
the burean's oPe Ft~T .
announced by the
al Mlniater !or Business
and Consumer A11a~rs,
Mr Moore, !n 5ydney on
Monday. ~
Launch~s
wa w~ ~so ~aun
hes
more customs,
next year to fight drug-
smuggllng� Eleven. new
launches vvill be suPPl~ed
- ?Australia-wide.
p~e 2p.mgae launch
vvill be stationed at Ger�
' ald4on. Twelve-metre and
- seven-metre 1 a u n c h e s
_ ! will operate from ~'e'
I mantle for use in har-
bours, estua.ries and port
' aPProac~es.
Under the new gcheme
100 new customa oificers
W~11 be recruited at a
lion and $10 milliar~ ~
- I The bureau spokesman
said that it had not yet
would belbased in WA. y
Drugs with a Qtreet
value oi more than $15
million were seized ln
Australia last year , bY
~ Federal and State au'-
thrnities.
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- WA JUBGES URGED TO GIVE STIFFER DRUG SENTENCES =
- Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 14 Feb 8i p 4
[ Text J Tbe WA cro~a counsel yesterday urged
judges to impose harsher sentences oa dru~
- offenders in an ePfort to control drug abuse:
Mr M. J. Murray, till re- what ~ can be done Y~y' _
cently the chief crown the courts," he said. '
pmsecutor, said that the ~~It is oertainly true
level oi sentences im- that harsh� penalries will
posed for cannabis o2� not cure dnag addictlOn.
Ien~:.~s in WA was signi- �
iicantly ~ lower ~ thaa in " Bnt i! we make the
other States and Britain. ~n,sequences o1� con-
- The ayerage cannabis enou h athls can
trafticker In WA could ~ve rise tog a motSva-
- expect a maximum sen- tion to , dL'op _the . addf~c� -
tence ot between one �and . tion�
two years, with a mini- '
mum o1 abou4 half tha~ Ms Murray ~ia _that `
In Britain and_ elsewhere ~~ug~ gmblem would.
- in Australia the going only be controlled 'by a
rate was lrom three to three level approach: " -
iour years:
- Mr Murray, speaking at ~ Educating pQteatlal
the 21st law summer u~rs to the dangers_ in
school at the University volvec~. .
ot WA, said it was clear ~ Attacking the ava~. _
- the community recog� ability oi the proMWted
nised that drug abuse ~g& . _
was a serious aric~ still�
gowing social evil. � Action by the
~M courts designed to ptin-
_ ish and thereby deter
This was reflected in those users and supp1L
- the Australia�wide maxi- ers o1 the poiaon - iar
mum penalties of 25 ptvfiL
years' gaol or a$100,000 ~ere dealer were ~
fine or both for volv tough sentenoes
ficking in hard d�rugs.
- were essential to purtish
"What is requtred in the oitenders, to� deter
my view is a more real� others and to pa~ottCt
1sUe appreciatton oL the camm~nity,
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- AUSTRAI.IA
MIDDLE EAST BUREAU CONSIDERED TO STOP NEW HEROIN SOURCE
Melbourne THE AGE in English 11 Feb 81 p 5
- The Federal Government may The probkm has been com-
_ [Text] establish a drug bureau in the pounded, by the politicat up.
Middle East to gather intelli� n~vais ~n Afghanistan and Iran
which have left little time for
gence on the area's increasing po~ice to monitor heroin produc�
role in supplying heroin to the don and disiribution. Tha Fedenl
" world markeL po ilce want a bureau in the
~ MiddIe East so they can get up-
Tra~itionally, Australia s supply t~~ information.
ot heroin has come from Thailand,
I,aos and Burma, with almost all In recent years police have
police efiorts directeci to that co~iscated south-west Asian
~a . heroin in Meibourne and are dis�
But the South-East As~an turbed by the possibility of a
stranglehold on the world market ~ond avenue openin& Tt!e F~d-
has been ~ll but removed in the eral Government is conssdenng
~ riyo years by the ~APY setcin up additional overseas
growers of Iran. Afghanistan and d~g ~u~~ aad increasing the
to a lesser degree, Pak~stan. strength of those already opera-
It is estimated that these sovth- ~~naf. It is believed the Fore~gn
~v~est Asian countries now supply p~~~ Department ls looking ~
almost 90 per cent of Europe's closely at a�Middle East country ,
heroin. Police believe this change for one of the new posts.
has created opportunities for Disuibucion of soath-west
larger quantities of heroin to be psian heroin is done in the Middle
impor:ed into Ausualia- ~ast. Federal police say chey are
- They are worried that a smatter concerned that there already ex-
European mari:et for the 5outh� ~sts in the Turkish anG Lebanese
East As~an e owrrs will leave communities a necwork being
mor~ heroin available to Austra' used to import cannabis. Police
lian drug rings end that some eth� f~r ~~a~ ~�~~~1 ~urn to the
nic groups in Australia, who have more lucrative and easily con-
links v~nth the ~iiddle ~ nd mhe heroia. So far bnly reia-
take [he chance to expa tively smai[ quanttties of heroin
south-west Asian trade. . ha~ ~n ~porte~d lrom this
area.
- CSO: 4420
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- MARIHUANA LEGALIZATION BACKED BY YOUNG LABOR GROUP
~
Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 27 Jan 81 p 10
- [Text] MELBOURNE. - ThQ Australi~n Y o u n g Labo~
Organiso~ion yesterday urged the Australian Labo~
_ Party to suppo~~t the fegalisotion of marihuana.
The movement adopted as policy the ~e conference passed a motion call-
legalisation of possession and growing 1r.5 for heroln and other opiate addic-
of marihuana for personal use at its tion treatment to follow the system
- national conference in Vielbourne. used in Britain. � ~
The policy s~ipulated that com- Addicts in Britain are placed on a
inercial cultivatio:i of the crop should register and supplied with heroin from -
be undertaken exclusicely by an Aus- oovernment organisations, which re-
tralian Cannabis Authorit}�. moves the need for them to acquire it ~
An amendment was added calling on through criminal sources.
~ the 4LP to adopt the same poLicc, A motion was aLso passed demanding
' which proposed the introduction oi chat heavY penalties be enforced
satisfactory methods to detect dan- against heroin and opiate trafficking
gerous levels of into:cication in drivers. ar.d that police roncentrate on arrest-
A South Austra!ian delegate. yir =ng P~PIe fir.ancially involved in the
. trafficking. '
- l~iark Duffy, said drivers under the in-
fluence of marihuana should be penal-
ised.
"We do not aant people whacked out
of their minds driving around the _
h~fihways when there is no �ay of de-
tecting whether chey have beea smok-
?ii; dope," he said.
He said more research ~hould be
done to determine at ~hat level of in- ~
toxication people were dangerous on
the roads.
The Young Labor national president, �
- tiIr Paul Pearce. of Sydney, said mari-
huana would have to be kept away _
from tobacco companies and big busi-
. ness if it a�as legai~:ed.
~~It should noc be ~d~~ertised - if -
people a'ant to take it, that is their
buslness," he said.
:~ir Pearce said marihuana n'as in-
finitelp less dangerous than alcohol
P.nd tobacco. H~ sald Lhe tar content in
marihuana c:?arettes ��as the mam
health risk.
He stressed the need to stop heroin
tratficking ar.d pro~'ide addicts with
proper treatment.
CSO: 5300
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AUSTRALIA
SYSTEM PROPOSED TO ~TOP DRUG PRESCRIPTION ABUSES
Canberra THE AUSTR~:~LIAN in English 29 Jan 81 p 3
_ [ Text ] STRINGENT checl;s on doctors' prescription forms, with serial numbering
and color coding, are being sought by the Federal Department of Health to help
- stamp out drug abuse. Its stand was supported yesterday by.a leading member
of the Australian Medical Association.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said it would like to see national
serialised numbering and color coding for all prescriptions for addictive drugs.
Triis would help in tl~ fight against a growing number of printers who forge
- doctors'~letterheads on fake prescription forms.
The spokesman said: or the dcetor's handwriting, ~'But doctors must aLso be
"Doctors in Western Australia he immediately contacts the alert for patients who attempt
- have been using this proce- GP for confirmation. � to con them into w~riting scrips
dure for two years voluntarily, If he cannot reach the for addictive drugs;' he said.
and are meeting with mQder- doctor, he dispenses only two , Doctors who prescribe too
= ate success. ' days suppty of the drug. ~u~ nazcotics can be called
"If doctors and pharmacists Recent pharmacists' reports before the bledical Board and
in each State got together and to t~*~e NSW Health Comission
backed the idea. the Common- have indicated an increase in Forging prescriptions for
wealth would support them." the number o! forged prescrip- addictive drugs carries a maxi-
The vice-president of the tions being presented. mum penalty of 32Q~0 and/or
AMA, Dr Lindsay Thompson. A-�- spokesman for the two y,ears imprisonment.
said in Sydney he believed National Pharmacy Gulld in
other States should seriously Canberra said people who
examine the NSW example of iorged prescriPtions were very
pharmacists checking wzth difficulttocatch.
- GPs before dispensing druB "That's why our members
- prescriptions. wou:r! l:ke to see the NSW
"And we would support the example followed on a
senai numbering and color national basis, or color coding'
coding scheme on a voluntary introduced;' he said.
basis, but not a compulsnry The report of the Royal
one; ' he said. Commission into Drugs.
In a crackdow~n on tKe tabled in Federal Parliament
- increase in forged drug ]ast year, recommended that
prescriptions. NSW doctors the N3W method of detecting
and chemists have called for forged scrips be made
'pharmacists to be compelled standard procedure through-
- to check with GPs before out Australia.
dispensing drugs of addiction. The inyuiry also produced
Chemists and doctors in evidence of printing shops
~NSW have been following the Ueing set up to forge doctors'
- procedure voluntarily for letterheads and suggested tl~e
almost twn yeans. � national numbering and color
According to the chairman of coding of prescription forms
the NSW Health Commission, would deter this.
Dr Roderick McEwin, there The deputy chief pharmacist
has been a"marked effect" on of the NSW Health Commis-
- the number of iraudulent sion. Mr John Lumby, said the
_ prescriptions being dispensed. scarcity and inierior quality of
When a pharmacist either "street"� heroin caused a
does not recognise the patient continuing problem with
iorged prescriptions.
CSO: 5300
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~NVESTIGATION OPENED INTO POLIG,3 DRUG BUY OVERSEAS
- . Customs' Charges
- Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in ~nglish 29 Jan 81 p 3
[Tpxt] MELBOURNE.- The Australiarl oa~sed on to police. He offered to tatk
Federal Police Commissioner, co teaerat pouce.
Sir Colin Woods, has lattnched ~r spansw~ck saia he was told bY
an inquiry into allegations that teliow ouawms otiicers that a ser,ior _
olice were involved in buyin ederal police otficer left Sydney Air-
p g~ port with E40.000 and recurned with
heroin overseas. about a kilOgram of heroin, worth
~ S~so.ooo.
_ police spokesman said Sir Colin ~ Spanswick said Lhe officer flew
contacted the Business and Consumer to ,Bangkok in mid-1980. He said he
Aftairs Department head last Saturday wanted to know any legltimate reason
after he learned ot the allegations. that police would need to buy the pro-
The Customs Officers' :lssociation hibited druB. -
fPderal secretary, ~Ir Bob Spansaick, An Australlan Federal Police spokes-
coid a Business and Consumer Affairs man said: "An invesciBatinn is bein6
task force of the allegations late last conducted into Australisn Federal Po- -
year. 11 c e operatlotu involvin~ overseas
He satd earlier this week that he countries towards the end of last year."
feared the allegations had no~ been
Police Defence _
Brisbane Z'HE COURIER-MAIL in English 3 Feb 81 p 3
nior policemsn tlew to Bangkok last
[TeXt] CANBERRA. - The AustraliSn year and nh~rned with heroin worth
Federal Police have dismissed as morctban S25o,o00..
ili-lnformed gossip claims that 3 Sir Colin said that the oftlcer lett Aus-
. detective was improperly in,- tnlla tor "an nalan conntry, not _
volved in an overseas drug deal. Thalland" at the reqnest ot the po-
lloe ln tha! coantry.
The Federal Poliee Chlef, Sir Colin He took E40,000 ~Ith him and waa to
Woods, said yesterday the oftlcer saslat the Asian pollce in their ia-
had been working oa an suthorised vesti;stions ot s drag tratficking
operation during whtch horoin en- csee with Anstralisn connect[ons.
tered Anatralia, Slr Colia ~aid the otficer la~,er re- -
Slr Col1n said the oftlccr's in- tnrned with the money bnt or3anised
vestigatlons led ,~Ian police to arrest for s"aampie o[ material" seized
snd charge ~evera! people with drug dnria~ the opention to be broaght ~
o[fences, to AnstralSa.
His comments follow allegationa lasl Althou~h ansl7~is In Asia indicated
week b~ the Customs Officen' Aaeo- the subatsnce waa not heroin, Sci- I
ciation that a Federal police otficer ence and Technolo6y Department ,
brought heroin into Sydney. analysta in Sydaey recheclced it ~
The ~o~iacio~ tederal secretary. :YIr It was fonnd to be 19 percent hernin I -
Bob Spaaswic{c claimed that the ~e- snd the Asian pollce moved atter re- ~ -
eeivia6 thle intormatlon. ~
Slr Colin said co-operstion between ~
Aa~trsilan and overxaa pol[ce was
CSO: 5300 neceaaary in the battle against llleQal
dru= importln~ into Australis.
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AUST~ALIA
HEROIN, MARIHUANA DROUGHT HITS SYDNEY AFTER RAIUS
Weaker Heroin
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 21 Feb 81 p 3
[Article by Paul Molloy, Police Reporter]
[Text] Supplies of heroi:. and the softer drug marihuana are drying up on Sydney's
streets f ollowing major police operations against local pushers and growers in
recent months.
Police sa.y there is now a heroin "drought" in Sydney because months of work by CIB ~
i
Drug Squaci detectives has led to successful raids against deal~:rs and users.
The heroin still available is less pure because dealers have been forced to "cut
it" (dilute it).
And, in a separate but larger operation against marihuana growers in NSW and
northern Victoria, police have seized quantities of marihuana so far alleged to
be worth $80 million.
The operation continued on the Far North Coast this week with a series of raids
on plantations near Mullimbimby.
The State-wide operation led to the discovery of what police allege is Australia's
- largest-ever plantation. Plants allegedly worth $50 million were found on a
- property at Bairanald on February 5.
The raids have led to the arrest of about 70 people on marihuana-related charges.
The acting chief of the NSW Drug Squad, Detective-Sergeant Ken Astill, said the
_ heroin drought had followed many "su~cessful busts" by detectives late last yea.r
and this year.
He said: "These led to a number of dealers and users being arrested and a large
seizure of heroin. This had dried up quite a few watering holes."
A good feature of the drought was that addicts were not able to get the very pure
heroin which led them to overdose.
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When heroin is in Ghort supply, Fusher~ anci us~rs tended to cut it tc a lower con-
centration to make it go further. ,
- But ther2 was stitl a dangero~is varia~ion in the purity of Australia~ ~n~roin c~hich ~
could lead to overc~osing.
Mr Graham Cook, the senior analyst in the drugs section of the division of analytical
laboratories at Lidcombe Hospital, supported the theory ~hat the heroin currently
available was less pure.
The section, which analyses the street drugs seized by NSW police, has noticed a
_ drop in the purity and quantity of samples it has examined in the past three
mon th s .
"At present it averages 20 per cent purity, which is really very high considering
- that in America the purity level of heroin is standard ~t five per cent," Mr
Cook said.
"But whereas you find little fluctuation in~standard in America, here the purity
varies wildly.
"In any one week we see samples that contain as little as 1 per cent heroin or as _
_ much as 85 per cent--w~zich could be the cause ~f a lot of the overdose trauma we
see."
Mr Cook said Australian pushers and users had no idea of the strength of the heroin
_ they buy and use.
"One time they might use something that is S per cent pure.. But the next time they
might use the same quantity in terms of weight--but it has 15 times the purity
level."
Mr Cook said a"foil" of heroin, which costs between $30 and $40 and contains
s about four injections, now contained 80 to 120 milligrams of heroin, smaller than
- in the past.
In the February edition of the NSW Drug and Alcohol Authority magazine, CONNEXiON,
Mr Cook warned of a trend towards LSD, a hallucinogenic drug commonly used in the
sixties and early seventies.
He said the potency of the LSD they had tested had also increased.
" "When the LSD market dried up several years ago, a new drug became common in
_ Australia called bromo-dma, which is an amphetamine derivative.
"Currently, LSD is back on the market in reasonably large quantities, so we have _
these two forms of hallucinogens going at the same time," Mr Cook said.
Detective-Sergeant Astill said there had been a slight increase in the number of
~ people charged over LSD, "but nowhere near the level of 1975 when it was last
popular." ~
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Marihuana Crackdown I
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALU in English 21 Feb 81 p 3
[Article by Paul Molloy, Police Reporter]
, ~Text] Detectives from. Lismore on the Far North Goast this e:~ek continued the
State-wide crackdown on marihuana growers.
The detectives, led by Detective-~ergeant Eric Strong, say theq raided five planta- ~
tions and seized more than $1.5 million worth of marihuana.
Twenty-five men and three women have been charged with various offences relating to
cultivating, supplying and possessing Indian hemp.
The f ive raids, cn plantations at Mullumbimby and Pottsville, north of ?ismore,
took place during the week.
~ao people were arrested on Monday, five on Tuesday, 13 on Wednesday, f ive on
_ Thursday and three yesterday.
The police enlisted loca' help from noxious weeds officers and forestry commis- i
- sion workers because of their expert knowledge of the area.
All the arrested will appear before the Mullumbimby Court of Petty Sessions on _
March 4.
The raids followed the successful Operation Leo on the Riverina and northern
Victoria regions earlier this month.
They were centred on the B~lranald raid, af ter which 12 men appeared in Broken
Hill Court of Petty Sessions on drug charges.
A NSW police spukesman described the operation, which has involved dozens of
detectives iz both States, as "an autstanding success".
CSO: 5300
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RAID ON NORTH VICTOP.IA FARMS YIELDS HUGE MARIHUANA HAUL
_ Red Cliffs, Katuaga Targets
Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 4 Feb 81 p 3 _
[TeXt] MAR.IJUANA with a street and searching for a fougrch in by police w�orking in the area
value in excess of Sl million connection w~th the dru haul. and that more raids ~1~ere
was seized by police in raids on The raids came after an in- likely in the next few days.
farms in northern Victoria~ tensive intelligence and sur-
yesterday. veillance operation in the Mil-
~ Detectivesswooped in simul- dura area over the past
taneous dawn raids on the month.
properties at Red Cliffs and Operation Leo started when _
- Katunqa, in the Mildura dis- detectives flew to the northern =
~trict, after a massive surveil- Murray River district on Jan-
ilance operation ocer tY,e past uary 12 and raided more than
~onth. 50 properties in the Sw~an Hill
- The raid on a property at district.
Katunga, 235km north of Mel- But the raids failed to un-
bourne, netted several plastic cover any drugs and senior
bags of dried marijuana ready police believe mazijuana grow-
ior shipment to cities. ers in the area were tipped otf
Police who raided the farm before the raids were carried
also found heccares of mature out.
plants growing among citrus The head of the Melbourne _
trees. CIB, Chief Superintendant
'Y'he Red Ctitfs raid recoc- Phil Bennett, said ]ast night
ered about 50kg of marijuana yesterday's raids were stage -
from the property. two ot Opention Leo.
Detectives u�ere last night He said the sorties u�ere
scill questioning three men based on information collected
$25 Million Valuation
Melbourne THE AGE in English 7 Feb 81 p 3
(Text] polFCe now estimate thE ~street S~~~erton north o[ Sheppar- in January. Police believe this -
value of this week's drug hauls ton, at S30 an ounce. But sour- Week's raids led to a summit
in northern Vicioria to be ces said yesterday the asking meeting of chief oroa~ers in che _
about $25 million. Price in Sydney was now up to pustraiian Capicai T'er;itory.
b33 a half-ounce. Detectiv~s from the major�crime
The Vic~orian ~eizure; and ~he Three-quarters of the Katunga-
discoverv of a S10 million canna- squad and Shepnartan decectives
bis ian~a[ion a~ Balranald, Str~achmecton haul was packed it~ checked ou[ a I{atunga farm on -
_ P ba,~, and police believe ~hey were Tuesday morning. In foUowing
New South Wales, are likely to ready ior distribution. ~
- create a marke~ shortage in the prug squad deteccives from days, they found about 600 baes
big cities, they said. ~telbourne flew to Swar Hill yes- of dried cannabis. They found a
_ Police had previously estimated terday afternoon to make funher drying area and a storage depoc _
the street value of the eight inquries after unsuccessful raids Plants from the Katunga pro-
tonnes ot cannabis, found on on a0 fruit properties in the area P~rty were burned on Thursday
truit properties at Katunga and night. Yesterday police rechecked
propertits but tound only sma(1
amounts of can~nabis.
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Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 9 Feb 81 p 3
POLICE be an the ~ture plants awaiting har~'-
[ Text ] g esting in a raid on a pruperty
mammoth task at the week- 3okm from Balranald in south-
- end of desiroying mare than western NSW.
fi100,040kg of marijuana with Work hegan at the ~veekend
on pulling the plants out oi
an estimated streetvalue of thegroundandburningthem-
~20 million, seized in a series The ~ob is expected to take
of raids last week. some time because of the im-
mense size of the plantation.
huge quantity of the sub- which contains tho~sands of_
stance, in various stages of three-metxe plants.
growth and paclcaB~B. u~ Police raided the property
recovered by police .in ta~o after spotting the 4ha planta-
successful operations in NSW tionfromaheLcopterpatrol.
and Victoria. . In Victoria. extra police were
Much of the marijuana. sent to the �'citrus belt" to help
seized in raids on farms and in the destruction of thou-
properties along the border sands of bags oP marijuana
between the tw o States ~c'as se:zed during Operation Leo.
ready for distribution. Samples of marijuana are
Thousands of bags aere being retained by police for
found hidden in haystacks. use as evidence in pend~ng
under water t2nks and in court cases.
farmhouses. Eighteen people hve been
Police also discor�ered hecta- charged in connection with
res of the drug growing on the raids on both sides of the
irrigated plantations . border.
They seized thousands oi The charges relate to off-
ences ra.nging from cultivation
to distribution and possession
of marijuana.
Court Appearances
Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 10 Feb 81 p 11
A NUMBLR of Perr~ 33. of Queanbey-
[Text ] o le char ed in con- an. rrsw. Francesco
~ P g Perre. 40. of Griffith.
nection with a series of NgW, and , his wife,
~ug Taids in northern ~ra.ncesca.
Victoria last week all Detective-Sergeant
Dennis Hanna told the
St00d t0 galn fUlan- ~ourt potice had seized
cially from the sale ot a large amounts of mari-
I113Tljuari3 Crop estl- juana in a series ot raids
mated to be worth as in northern Victoria.
much as $6 Iri1lll0T1, 3 He alleged that the
~ court was told yester~ sergi brothers .where
awned property
~5� marijuana had been dis-
Six people apyeared in covered ready for harv-
Shepparton Court in estinK. .
connection witli che sei- .:vlr Brian Cosgriff, S.12,
zure by police ot huge granted bail for Antonio
quantities of mari~uana Perre of 550.000. The
during Operation Leo. Sergi brothers were each
They have all beer, released on 515.000 bail
- Ch3rged with possession and bail tor Francesco
and consp~ring to tra:fic Perre was posted at
in indian hemp. 325.000.
Defore the court were His wife was released
Antonio Sergi. 'l9. Jo- on ba?1 of 510.000.
seph Sergi. 24, and Fran- All six were remanded
cis Sergi. 22. ail of Ka- to appear again on
Lunga, Victori.a: Antonio March 2.
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_ Threat to Grower
Pes~th THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 10 Feb 81 p 24
- [Te:~t] SYDr1Ey: Threats had been made a=aM.SE
the Bfe , oi the owner of a property ~vhers
marihusna ~vith a street value o! i50 million
was ~tound, the poliee told ~ the , Bro~en Hill
= Court yest~rday. �
SBt Briari Bennett, pra the court that it was the
= aeruting;: said that the biggest marihu~ hau3)
o~meYs fam~7r had also in Australip:
bee~ threatt~eti A}~ = 12`' werr , chaiged:
He aeked for. ChrSata gupplping
v, p~ a e e
s
f
r-
p1?er Davi~ Joseph Mur- ~g and cuiti a
L i nE In-
P~Y t 31) ~ lnrmer,. to be dlan liemp. - i
remanded ~ iie custody Sor . ' ,
his owii protection. Maglstratr :J. E. Smlth~
= Murphy, ~ oi Gooparle ~'e'h~anded them in cuata
station, north~eaet o2 Ba~ ~ dy till Monday when he
ranald, 1~. charged with saia ~ would review his
_ s~DP~YinB. cultivating deciffion
and possessing Indlan Sgt" Bennett asked Mr
hemp on February S. ~ Smith to reiuee bail, sag
"SBt Bennett eaid it ing 'that the men were
would be ~ a3leged that faMng fines oi up to
Murphy waa one ai the ~p,pOp ~ and 15, yesura' I
main principa}s' in the hazd labour. '
oP~atlon. Reluaing bail, Mr Smith
]1~urphy� wae one of 12 'said it was the experi�
P~pk who appeared in ence of the courta that
cotut yraterday aa a re~ ~ople an serious drug
sult o1 e. helicopter rafd charges absronded e;ven
�n the stati�n last a'eek � wben bi~; amounta o1
.Detectives. Raid � outeide bail were �set ~ , , i
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AUSTRALIA
MARIHUANA GROWER GETS 5 YEARS; COHORTS ABSCOND _
s Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 14 Feb S1 p 16
SYDNEY. - A man who helped establish o$500,000
- [Text] marihuana c~op in isooated bushland noa~ ~c,temans Bay _
on tho New South Waies south toast, was jailed~ in
Wollongong Dis~rict Court yesterdoy fo~ five yecrs.
Judge Gee, setting an p~hed the indisn plants. Klavdlanos told
18 months non-parole hemp plantation Mih- Police they had eaPected
period, said he had taken al~ pointed a loaded to sell the drug on the
- into account the feict nne at his stoaia~ch. S y d n e y m a r k e L for' .
- that the man remsined ~pp,ppp,,
to "face the music" while Det. Fogarty drew Yt1a ~Qy ~ p~~d the
his two accomplices ab- own revolver and waiked six weeks before
sconded on bail. ~a-~ t~h~e to the ~eir arrest and were 60-
Judge Gee also com- dropped ~g ~ h~t the crop
mended a Batemans BaY ground. after three months, Det.
police officer, Det. J. Fo- p~t. pbq8rty sa.td ha ~garty satd.
_ garty, for his bravery in ~ested the three men, J~ud~Be Gee said Klav-
arresting the three men bind~ing their arms with dianos apPeared Lo have
at gunpoint while he had g~dcuffs and rope. been Lhe "odd man out" -
- a h 1� h-powered ritle The plantation con- of the trio, not being well
aimed at his stomach. ~ined 3470 Indian hemp educa~ed and easilY led. .
John 8lavdianos, 23,
laborer, of Marrickvtlle,
pleaded guilty to havln8
cultivated Indian hemp _
at Cabbage Trea Creek
_ on November 20, 19'l9.
Con Mihalas, 26, of
Brighton Le Sands, a.nd _
Theo Nicolopoulas, 35, of
- Sans Souci, aLso were due
to appear to plead on the _
same charge.
Det. Fogarty said yti'
halas and Nicolopoulos
had failed to answer
their bail ot 310.000 each
- lodged by relatives, and
they were believed to
have returned to Greece.
Judge Gee was told
Det. Fogart9 was led by a
ranBer to an area 25 kilo-
metres west of Batemans
Bay.
Aa Det. Fogarty ap-
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Hayward went witli a Thai car driver they knew as Noi to collect samples of
marihuana sticks. When they returr,ed to their hotel with two bags of samples
they f.ound the b~~~s did not contain maritiuana. "We sat down and opened the bags
~ucl 1~~~~eu~ uI 1.i~+.~liu~; 1~1u~k~ c~l'= m~trik~u~ti~ we ~gw m~ny plaetic bags ~f wliite
_ powder," Fellows said. [Excerpt? [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 3 F'eb 81
p 11]
GOLD COAST DRUGS--Southport--In some areas of the Gold Coast, 90 percent of young -
people being assisted by church c4mmittees and youth groups are or were smoking
marihuana. But the incidence of hard drug taking, such as heroin, and LSD, was -
- not as great a problem as might have been expected. These claims were made yes-
terd.ay by a deputation to the Premier, Mr Bjelke-Petersen, at Southport, on the
. i11E~ga1 drug problem ae the Gold Coast. The deputation of 12 was made up by
_ representatives of churches, youth groups and local police. The Premier was
- told that by far the greatest incidence of drug abuse sti].1 involved alcohol.
- He told the deputation he wouid take action on the issue, but asked for a ~
detailed submission which he could evaluate where more effective government
_ measures could b e taken. The deputation said that drug abuse on the Gold Coast -
was mainly confined to the 10-to-25-year-old bracket. A big problem was the
abuse oi alcohol in the home, which gave young people no ability to rationalise
the community's attitude to drink and the bad home situation which it could
- cause. The deputation asked for more assistance from the government for drug
referral centres and field work op erations. [Excerpts] [Brisban.e THE COURIER- j
MAIL in EnQlish 12 Feb 81 v 31 i
HEROIN IMPORTATION--A 29-year-old man charged with importing 120 grams of heroin
into Australia was remanded yesterday in the East Perth Court. Michael Vickers, a
- greengrocer and resident of France, was arrested in a Sydney hotel on February 22
. and extradited to Perth, as thQ alleged offence was said to have occurred in this
State, Mr S. R. Chapkhana, for the Commonwealth, said it would be alleged that
Vickers had $23,000, the proceeds of the sale of the heroin, on him when he was
= arrested as well as a one-way ticket to France. Magistrate C. Zempilas remanded
him till March 11 and set bail at $25,000 with a similar surety, with the stipula-
tion that the person going surety must be resident and own property in this State.
~Text] [Perth THE WE5T AUSTRALIAN in English 3 Mar 81 p 10]
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AUSTRAI~IA
BRIEFS
HEROIN IN THROAT--A Karratha man had to undergo an operation at Royal Perty Hos- -
piCal to remove a container of heroin that was lodged in his throat. The East
Perth Court was told on Saturday that Andrew Bruce McKellar (26), bricklayer,
had asked doctors in Malaysia to remove the container which he swallowed to get
_ past customs. The doctors were not able to, and with the container still lodged ,
in his throat , McKellar flew back to Perth. McKellar pleaded guilty to possess-
ing heroin at Perth Airport last Wednesday and to illegally importing the drug.
He was fined $S00 on each charge. Mr I.G. Brown, for the Commonwealth said
McKellar recently travelled to South-East Asia and bought the heroin for his own
~ use. [Excerpts] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 2 Feb 81 p 9]
REHABTLITATION PROGRAM-- A public meeting has been organised by a new drug- ~
rehabilitation group to disc~.iss alternative treatment methods for drug addiction.
The newly established Drug Research Rehabilitation Association is a community-
based group whose members include a psychiatrist, a solicitor, a social worker,
- a ministsr and a drug therapist. It has the support of the WA Alcohol and Drug
_ Authority and operates an administration headquarters and drop-in centre in Perth.
Two former addicts are available at the centre on a 24-hour basis. The associa-
tion also holds meetings for drug offenders at the Bandyup women's prison and
the Bari;ons Mill prison. The public meeting at the Community Development Centre
in Shenton Park at 7.45pm on February 11 will discuss plans for a therapeutic
community in Perth for about 25 men and women residents. Therapeutic communi-
ties offering alternative non-drug treatment programmes for addicts already
operate in NSW and Victoria. The DRRA hopes that the meeting will arouse publi~:
interest in the project and make the public aware of options other than methadone.
[Text] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 2 Feb 81 p 38]
- HEROIN TRIAL--Bangkok, Mon--A Sydney man accused of attempted heroin traffick-
- ing told the Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand, today that he came to Bangkok
to buy marihuana, not heroin, for a man in Australia. Warren Fellows (27), hair-
dresser, of Manly NSW, said he preferred not to name the �inancier in Australia
because he did not wish to incriminate him. He was not pressed to give the name.
Fellows said he paid $43,200 for 350,000 cannabis sticks--Thai marihuana compressed
into the shape of sticks. He is accused of trying to smtiggle 8.4kg of heroin from
Bangkok to Sydney. Two other Sydney mer--Paul Hayward (27) and William Sinclair
(67)--and a Bangkok taxi-driver have been charged with the same offence. Fellows
and Hayward pleaded guilty to illegal possession of the heroin but not guilty to
attempted trafficking. Sinclair denies all charges. Fellows told how he and
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BUR~ir~,
DESTRUCTION OF POPPY FIELDS
Rangoon THE WORKIVG PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 19 Feb 81 p 3
[Text ]
- URMA has been v:~iaging a ra~entiess Atthough most ot" th~ poppy grown _
campaign for the suppression of are ia regions whi~h are not easily
~ ~ultivatioa aad drug accessible, the authorities have been
_ op~um poppy making continuous efforts to search out
trafficking. ~ cul;ivations wl~ile
Many countries of the world~ accordin and destroy the poppY
- ~o news reports, hav~ lately been hit by a} the same ttme substituting income- _
heroin and other - narcotic drug~. While grow nting activities in place of poppy
the international ~rug traffickers are ex- g S� .
- panding their horizons, Burma is taking The crop substitution scheme is being
every possible ~means at her disposal to carriod out with considerable sucrow-
wipe out narcotic drugs in accordance But due to the terrain of the poppy g
with the resolution passed by the fourth ing regions, it should prove more benefi-
session of the First Pyithu Hluttaw calling cial if arrangemeats can be made to
for a national drive to combat narcotic ]ocally process the raw products from
drugs abuse which could endanger the g~ow~igt Aeed t o trahel longl d s ances to -
entire mankind. P :oduce in
As part of the on-going programme fdr dis ose o f w ha teve r t h e y m a y p
wiping out the drug menace, Opera tion place of opium.
- Nga-ye-pan Phase I was launched on 25 Since the intensive campaigns waged
November 15180 by the. Central Narcotics by the Sta~e to wipe out the drug menace
Control Board under which Tatmadaw- is being done in the interest of the entire
men, police personnel and the working ~�an or tand we exc ect that alleindivid ats
_ people under the leadership of the locai SndPor anizationsP in full awareness of
Party and Council took part -in the the pbgsically debilitatiag, socially de- _
destruction af poppY cultivation fields. _
About 5,210 acres of opium poppy have grad'ang and economically disastrous
so far been de~troyed under Operation effects of the drug menace, wlll take more
Ngaye-pan Phase I.The result was recently" active participation, whether direct or
inspected by Secretary of the Central indirect, in the et~'orts to stamp out the
Narcotics Coatrol Board DeairsyCo~l ~M n mankindnace which threatens the entire
for Home & Rel~gious Aff
Naung and party on Loikyant Range in
Nf on�hsat Tawnship.
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BURMA
BRIEFS
IMPRISONMENT F(?R HEROIN USERS--South Okkalapa Township Court on 1F3 February sentenced
Ma Kyi Kyi San of Konbaung Street, No 6 Ward in South Okkalapa, to 5 years imprison-
ment with hard labor under Section 6.B of the Narcoti~ Drugs Law and to 1 year im-
prisonment under Section 14.D. Both sentences are to be served con~.urrently. The ~
- court also senter_~ed Ma Myint Kyi, who was found guilty under Section 14.D, to 1 ~
year imprisonment with hard labor. Ma Kyi Kyi San and Ma Myint Kyi were found using ~
heroin with hypodermic needles during a police raid at a house in Konbaung Street
in South Okkalapa on 8 September 1980. Both were tried under Sections 6.B and =
14.D of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 19 Feb 81 p 6 BK]
~ HEROZN SEIZURE IN LASHIO--Acting on a tip-off of an impending heroin deal on Phongyi
Street, Aung Thida Ward, Lashio, police subinspectors U Win Myint Maw and L Chin, _
together with ward people's councillors, placed that str.eet under surveillance and
later searchsd Shafie, alias Than Tin, of Mong Tawng village, Tangyan Township, on
5 February. The search uncovered 30.6.5 grams o~ heroin worth 6,300 kyat. Sai Kyaw
Lwin, accompanying Shafie, was also ar.rested and both of them were charged under
Sections 6.B and 10.B of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese
27 Feb 81 p 6 BK]
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- REWARDS FOR SEIZURFS OF NARCOTIC DRUGS--Rangoon, 18 Feb--The Council of Ministers
has already issued an order for giving rewards on seizures of narcotic drugs and
raw jade, raw gemstones and jewelery classified as precious stones and contraband
seized under the Customs Act. In each case, the value of seizure will be determined.
Out of 100 parts thereof, 50 will ~;o to the St~Cc.~ tll1C~ t.ha remninln~; 5(1 will h~ ~~11~~-
cated to be given as reward. Out of the 50 parts for reward, the first 20 will be
given as reward to the person who gives information leading to the seizure. The
second 20 parts will be credited into a Central Fund to be established to finance
welfare activities of all State service personnel. The remaining ten parts will
be given as reward to organizations that carry out investigations, searches and
seizur~s. On the basis of the approximate value of the seizures, the amount to
be given as reward will be calculated, and half of the amount will be paid out
immediately as reward to the person who gives information and the organizations
that carry out investigations, searches and seizures. The difference will be paid
out to them after calculating the actual value ot the seizures. The reward is
exempt from income-tax assessment, it is learnt. [Text] [Rangoon THE WORKING
PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 20 Feb 81 p 1]
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
_ THAI TOURIST FACES DRUG CHARGES--Hongkong, Feb. 21 (AP)--Police Friday charged a
Thai tourist with possessing and trafficking in dangerous drugso Vichai Saetang,
42, was arrested on Thursday on a street near a hotel where he was staying,
Police seized 1.5 kilograms of heroin base in a biscuit can carried by Saetango
~Text~ rTaipei THE CHINA MURNING POST in English 23 Feb 81 p 6~
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INDIA
_ BRIEFS
SWEDISH NATIONAL ARRESTED--Mr Be Peder Flykt, a Swedish national, r-~s produced
bef ore Mr S. B. Putatunda, Chief Judicial Magistrate, 24-Parganas, Alipore, en
Friday. He was arrested under the Customs Act for unlawful possession of two
packets of hashish weighing 435 grams, one packet of opium weight about 15 grams
and $5,642 while leaving Calcutta airport for Bangkok on Thursday. The Magistrate
remanded him in judicial custody till February 23. [Text] [Calcutta THE STATESMAN
in English 14 Feb 81 p 3] _
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NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN BANGKOK WARNED OF RISKS
_ Wellington THE EVEIVING POST in English 25 Feb 81 p 16
/Report by Karen Brown7
/Text7 Some of the worst drug traffickers in Bangkok ar.e New Zealanders who are
taking extremely great risks and endangering their lives.
- This is the view of Hora going to make vast profits at Zeal aders wdo went to die avithia seconds - New
w h e n u a bi P M r G eo f f no risk, or naive to think t6at Bang~o~ thinking of easy 2ealanders have been found
Thompson, the chairman of they can do all this and not pickings.
the Government's caucus be ca~ght in the very sophis- ~ like that."
committee on the misuse of ticated lice activit that's ' Indications are there are
P� Y New Zealanders at a 4ery Methods
d~~� being uadertaken. major level� in organising
Mr Thompson was in- "They stand to be shot, or trafficking, living there or Mr Thompson said New
terviewed by the "Past" yes- if they're lucky, 100 years in visiting. Zealandecs had also been
terday on his return from a jaiL Y o u g e t t 6 e discovered to have been in-
five and a half week tour of 'Even Thai peopie agree holidaymaker who is going v o 1 v e d i n t r a f f i c k i n g
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Wash- that the conditions in Thai to do a little bit of trading on narcotics in Bangkok using
inAton, the United Kingdom, jails are some of the worst in t6e side, but you also get t6e condoms either swallowed
Ceneva and Brussels. The the worid, but there are a hardened criminal who is in or in their rectums.
tour was at the invitation of number of ".Vew Zealanders this tor the money." IE the condom carrying
the British Government. going there and some actual-
ly settling in Baagkok who r the narcotics was to burst it
While he was away the PTO11tS meant instant death, the MP
government backbench MP , are taking very, very great ~~d
studied a wide variety of is- s k s d e a l i n g i n And the money could nut Commentin
sues from access to thP EEC narcotics ~ g on the fact
be better. The drugs com- that the Thai Government
for New Zealand butter, . mittee chaicman said that a had introduced the death
lamb distribution, farm Notorious unit of pure - 2 or 3 percent sentence for drug traffick-
suport schemes and politics During his siay in the p~ty - bero~n weighing, ing, Mr Thompson said while
to Brltain's heroin main- notonous city ia South-East aPproximately 700 grams he was visiting the city a
tenance programme, and Asia, Mr Thompson had dis- and purchased in Bangkok medium range dealer -~~a
narcotics generally. cussions at the hig6est level for =US11,000 wc+uld be local Thai, not a Mr Big" -
= But what the MP saw in of Thailand's Narcotics Con- worth iNZ 2-3 million "back had been sentenced to three
his thres days in Bangkok, trol Board, with the general ~ the streets" in New Zea- consecutive life sentences
Thailand, convinced him of in charge of the Bangkok land. for trafficking.
the need to warn New Zea- metropolitan police, and The fact that the heroin is The sentence was re-
landers of the drug dangers with t6e two New Zealand so pure causes further prob- duced to 100 years because
to be encounterecl there. police stationed there, ~e~~ "Those who go there the man caoperated with
' headed by ~hief Inspector and think they're goiag to the police in a prosecution.
WOrst Brian Duncan. $b~t up the pure heroin
Mr T6om son said he don't realise it's different ~~~e trials can take
"Some of the worst drug p from the supplies in New three or four years while
traffickers in Bangkok are could not say how many ~laad you're in prison ia shackles.
. New Zealanders; the re New Zealanders were ia- "They're overdoaing and
Y' "New Zealanders are
either greedy or naive," Mr ~olved in the drug trade ~e don't realise the 're quite notable in international
- Thompson said. through Bangkok but said b 1 o w i n g t h e m s e 1 v e s drug trafficking, they're as
"They're either greedy the authonties were aware notable as Americans," Mr
-because they think they're ~bere were a number of New ~P overloading the ce ~ Thom son said, adding, on
tral nervous system. The ~e liQbter side:
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~ "r(ew Zealanders do well
overseas in just about every
tield they tackle, in fact
Set up
But the Horow6enua MP
also warned of the danger of
"being set up" in the Thai
city "in all sorts of ways."
- 'Bangkok's a delightful
place but just don't get into .
~ pasitions w6ere you could be
- put at risk, travel in groups
_ and that sort of thing," 6e
warned intending travellera.
As tor implicationa of 6is
fiadings ~vithin New Zea-
land, Mr Thompson said the
couatry needed more in-
_ formation on what Was hap-
pening on its oan drug
scene.
"We're thrashing around
in the dark as tar as our ap~
proach to drug abuse is con- .
cerned," he said.
_ "We, as a govecnment,
should be looking more re-
alistically at the resrnarcea
required for drng educatioo
- and treatment. Hoaever,
I'm satisfied that our sur-
- veillance and eaforcement
- laws and tacilities are as
. good ~s any I're ~wa." _
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NEW ZEALAND
REPORT OF BUGGING OF POLICE BY DRUG SYNDICATE DISMISSED
Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 11 Feb 81 p 1
/Text /
NEW ZEAI.AND pollee told police the syndicate did
do not belleve they were not need anyone on the pay-
electronically bugged by ~11 of the New Zealand po-
t6e "Mc Asis" drog syndi- lice Decause it had a police
cate. station electronically
bugged.
"There is no evidence of However. Mr Waiton said
any bugging of any pollce bugging would need to cover
station in New Zealand by a number of locations to be
the 'Mr Asia' or any other even remotely ffective.
drug syndicate," the Com- "And precautions are
missioner of Police, Mr ~ken against such action at
Walton, said. critical points," he said.
The "Mr Asia" trial jury
in Lancaster, England, heard
on Monday that New Zea-
lander Alezander Sinclai ~
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_ PAKISTAN
NATION BECOMING LARGEST HEROIN SOURCE
Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English 23 Feb 81 pp 1,8
[Article by Sikander Hayat]
[Text] Feb. 12: Not ~n ~~W ~merg~ns as the
less than 800 meVic tons of ~g~ exponer of opium and
pura heQOin to Eumpean and
raw opnrm - twice the com- Mueicaa markets. Togetha wich
- bind producuon of. Mexico Afsh~ni~tan and Iran, it n~w focros ~
the �c.~somt T' e', which has
and the notorious Golden ~
.Triangle - was harvested in ontelaaed st~e weu-
a~ Fopium-proclucinq Golden
Pakistan during the last poppy- Tti4ngtc `oompritiug Burma, Thai-
~ growing season. had and Laos
It h taid that Pakistan's haoin
The expats, who kxp uack of is PUnc and cheapa than that of
~uch irLformation, believe thst half the Goldm Triangla Its whole-
of this quantity was couverted into �~`'~p ~Pon ~~Y ~to the U.S.
heroin for illicit foreign makets i~ about 175,000 dollars pc kib. _
by about 15 mobile lsbi naw in The U.S. Drug Enforcement
opetation m the NWFp, which A~~~tion (DEp) ha~
process the bulk of thiv crop. ~hat hnndreds of tons'
The opaim producrion in 1979 of raw opaun is stocJcviled 'm the '
was about 700 tons. It was thea ~nt��Tr~a,�. �r~n:
hoped that dne to crop tubstitu- ~df ~g~ ~~ates
tion programme, the produce i~ut 54 billion dollars m retail -
would fall to about 100 tons in sa3~s m the U.S.). _
- 1980, with chanaa of fUrtha T~ B~n States are the major
ovaland transit routes for Pakistani
- ~m Y~� huoin snugglers to Western
It has al~o been leatnt that the ~P~,
draft legislation proposing a Creece and Hungary are also
oomprehmsve law to rephce the u~ed as alternate routes to avoid
- wcisting more than a dozen drug- ;nspecGun at the Yugoslav-Bulgar-
conuoll~g enactmmu and to ~n border checkposts.
regulate and controi narcotics ci �~A~~ ~eu~e said the U.S. intelli-
the country has been shetved. ~-ageslciba �had now idencified
It it geneSally believed that Fta7y as. the "key. transit country" -
- fbt Paki~stani hern~ destined for
the United States.
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SINGAPORE
B RIEFS _
CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED--Singapore, 20 Feb--A convicted drug trafficker,
Ong Ah Chuan, was hanged at the Changi Prison this morning--the seventh person to
be executed under the drugs law. The 27-year-old unemployed Ong was sentenced to
death by the High Court in April 1978 for trafficking in 209.84 grammes of heroin.
Ong's appeal ~~o the Court of Criminal Appeal in Singapore was dismissed in
January 1979. Later he appealed, again unsuccessfully, to the Privy Council. His
final appeal for cZemency to President Benjamin Sheares was also turned down. Ten
others, two women and eight men, are now under sentence of death under the drugs
- act which made death sentence mandatory for trafficking in 30 grammes or more of
- heroin. Of the 10, two have their appeals pending in the Court of Criminal Appeal,
- while six others have appealed to the Privy Council. Another two appealed to the
President for clemency. [Text] (Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English
21Feb 81p4] -
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BRIEFS
GANJA SEIZED IN VAN--Aere are the highlights of reports on crime from around the
country received at Police Headquarters yesterday. A Hiace van heading towards
- Colambo from Moneragala was searched and a large haul of ganja discovered concealed
under the seats, by the Pettah Police on Wednesday. Police sources said that the
estimated cos t of the ganja seized was around Rs.36,000. Three men were arrested
- in the van, and another at a house in Thotalanga where more ganja was recovered.
The arrests were made by a Police party led by SI Wilfred Mahanayake. [Text]
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RECRUITMENT O F GIRLS IN DRUG RING--Young Sri Lankan girls have become the latest
recruits of big-time drug smugglers bringi:~g in hashish and opiates from the
infamous "Gol den Crescent" (region round Pakistan and Afghanistan) into the country,
Customs sourc es said yesterday. They are the newest among the lengthy procession
of narcotic c ouriers who were detected by the Airport Customs last year bringing in
- over a million rupees worth of hard drugs. Customs said that these girls are
- recruited by the big-time narcotic traders when they are either stranded in Karachi
airport, or when they are found in Pakistan, looking for a way to come home. These
= desperate gir ls are given upwards of Rs.35,000 to make the hashish run to Colombo,
and are equipped with an array of gadgets to avoid detection these sources said.
Last year, when the first large scale smuggling of hashish into Sri Lanka began, the
first few couriers detected were Fakistanis, these sources said. Later Sri Lankan
boys who wer e on tneir way to West Asia and were stranded in Karachi were recruited
- and tre lates t brand of couriers are girls these sources said. The couriers used
- several ingen ious methods to avoid detection during the last year. The first method
was the trad i tional false bottom, which when detected gave way to the concealment of
the drugs on the bo3y of the courier. Lately they are said to be bringing the drugs
in the false bottoms of welded steel trunks and the hollows of the sides of suit-
cases. Over the past year one hundred and fifty kilogrammes of tiashish were ~ietected
by the Airpo r t Customs, of which each kilogramme is valued at over 10,000. In all
15 detections were made they said. ~Arjuna Ranawana] (Text] [C~lombo SUN in
En~lish 21 Feb 81 pp 1, 12]
, SENTENCED FOR HEROIN POSSESSION--Bangkok, Friday. The Criminal Court today sen-
tenced a 25-year-oId Thai to 100 years in ~ail for possessing and tr~fficking
heroin. Charoon Inthachan pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing and dis-
_ tributing the drug. Possession of more than 100 grams (0.2 pound) of heroin is
a serious cr iminal offence here carrying a maximum penalty of death. The court
said Charoon was given a long ~ail term b ecause he had previous convir_tions for
drugs offences. (Text] [Colombo THE CEYI~ON DAILY NEWS in English 14 Feb 81 p 1]
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T~i~IIAND
y WAR BETWEEN CROPS, OPIUM POPPY IN N. THAILAND
= Taipei THE CHINA POST in English 23 Feb 81 p 6
~Text~ -
Bang Ong, Thailaad, Feb. '
22 (AP) A war is being fought -
on the h71s9des of the noto~l- Thailand's Quan Sirikit
ous Golden Triaagle betwesa aad the two rayal princesses. ~
coffee, tidney beaas, fruit who rereatly came by helicop-
trees and the opium poppy. ter to Baag Ong, walk without
- Advocates of crop substitu- embaizassment among the -
tion-getting farmers to re� opium Sdds and talk amiably
- place their opium with other with their cultivators. It '
- cash crops-say it is the only was Kinp, Bhumipol Adulyadej _
way to literally get to the who in 1969 began one
roots of one of the globe's of the world's first
great menaces: beroin. Critlcs efforts to eradicate -
say it is Ijttle lxtler thaa a
public celadons eHort. opium through crop re-
- In this village set In a rug- plseement,~ but he was~ cau-
ged, remote corner of nath- tioaed that tWs must be gra-
ern Thailand. one can see the dual lest the 2i~1 tribes people
war unfolding. Pe~ch, apticat lose their main source of ln- _
and apple trees are beginniag come and-aad poasibly join
to appear on a gentle slope a festering Communist in-
below a govtrnment-built surgency out of aager at the
water reservoir. The 5vit authorities.
_ irces, howrver, are stlll vaatly This approach is echoed by
oumumbered by hectsres of Richud Maan, an Americaa
- lovely, nd and white opium ez-missionary who has been _
poppies. one of the drivfing torces
The,poppy bulbs beu tell� behind a United Nstions
` tale knife scrapes. They hsve crop t~eplacement project in -
already been harvested for the notthern Thailand. -
- thict sap which is ce5ned "R'hat's the alternative7 ff
. into heroin. yon don't replace it you
This yeu's harvest in the have to destroy it aad ~f you
C=olden Triangle-a sva~ath oi do that you will either have s
= Burmese. Thai and Lautlaa celief operation or a rebellion
territory where opium thrives on yonr hands," he said. `
-is being called the best Critics-which iacude some
' in. several years, snd lt will diplomats and Western drug
sooa supply t6ousands ol enforcemeat o~cials-are
addicts in Westera Europe, less patieat. _
the U~ted States~ aad A_ia They say that every harvest-
with the dzadly drug. ed fleld of opium translstes
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lato deaths by heroln over- now becoming . aware of ttle
dose. They note that some benefits of switching since _
areas wh~re crop substitution plants which were put in the
was introduced almost a de- ground whon the project be�
cade ago are still growia8 gan are just beginnin8 to bear
substantial ~ quantities of beans. With a. United Nations
opium. They argue that whea subsidy, the farmer ttiis
and if crop substituHon be� seasoa can earn ~bout three
comes a serious threat W the rimes more per hectare for
_ operations ot the trafRcters, coffee than opium, Mapn
they will simply ~ nise the said.
- pri~s ~ey pay W opium� Kidney beans, lettuce,
~rowing fsrmtrs-or pos~1Y apples, strawberries aad
use violeace against those other crops are aSso fetching
- vvorking in the pmgram� 8ood Prices, often fox less
The hardliners s~y that wnrt than involved in opium
~ raose politi~tl wi11 by. the cultivation.
T'hai ~overnment and the Between 10,000 aad 12,000
actual destcuction ot op~um hertares (25,000 and 30~W0
fields ia naeded to make 4 acres) of laad is still under
~ real dent in the trade. An. opium culdvadon in north-
estimated 350 to 500 Wns ot ern Thailaad and ia manY
- opium-or 35 to 40 tons ot ueas opium remains at the
6eroin-will be Produced #n coce of villsge life. It is not
the Gobden Trianglc this Year, o~ly the mator suurce of in-
although oaly about f0 per� come bat is used for medicinQ I
ceat will originste in Thai� and consumed by the 1srBe i
- land. Most of it comes from' nuraber of addicts amonB the ~
areas of Burma contralled by various hill tribe gmups. ;
rebel groups and therefore not Shortly after th~ Queen's
accessible. to snch ptograms visit to Bang OnB~ the Thai
as crop substitution. monarch invited 15 ambassa-
Mann said that the United dors aad their wives to his
Nations progTa~~ which begAn project At Doi Intanon-aa
in 1973 and W which he is now annnal ritusl which is said
the senioe advisor, has been to reap more foreign tid for
slow to show results because th~ op~um.growing areas. `
it has involved aot only the Pl~is year the envoys clam-
planriag of crops but establish� bered up hills to see irriBstion -
ing a system for transporta� works, a coffee plantatioa aa.d
tion and martcting to compete facilities fa* some of ~ the
with tlse opium buyers who area's 1,400 vill~gers. The Is- -
show up at a farmers door� raeli ambsssador donated
step, cash in hand. 34C fruit tr~e sapiings ~ad the
~~~4 diplotr~ts feasted on spicy
roast chicken, cold cuts ard
Coftee is especially success� fresh strawberries-picked
ful and Mann said tha' ..pium� from fields where once the
growing farmers ,are only opium poppies bloomed.
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BAHAMAS
- BRIEFS
50-TON MARIHUANA HAUL--Nassau Wednesday (UPI)--A. Bahamas defence forces patrol
boat seized a Colombian freighter laden with m~re than 50 tons of marijuana off
the Berry Islands, authorities disclosed Tuesday. The 100-foot vessel Cordobes
with its cargo and 13-crew members were taken to Nassau Tuesday afternoon.
Bahamas police said the marijuan a totalled "more than 50 tons." One police
off icial estimated the total ~~~ould reach "double that." Police said the skipper
of the vessel, an American, escaped abo2.rd a smaller vessel before the Cordobes
was seized. Marijuana was being transferred to the smaller boat when the patrol
boat Marlin approached, defence forces officials said. The seizure occurred more
than 60 miles northwest of Nassau in the 40-mile-long Berry Island chain, that
extends from the tip of Andros Island to northw2st Providence Channel, some 125
miles east of Miami. [Text] [Bridgetown ADVOCATE-NEWS in English 19 Feb 81 p 3)
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BOLIt~ IA
NEW COUNCIL TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFiCKING
PY122126 La Paz Radzo Illimani Network in Spanish 1130 GMT 1.2 t~ar 81
[Tex[ of Bolivian Covernment Decree No 18,141, issued in La Paz on 11 *larch 19$1) `
[Text] Inasmuct~ as Gen Luis Garcia Meza Tejada, president of th~ republic considers:
That drug Craffickint; has increased alarmingly because of an inord~nate foreign ec~nomic
- stimulus and lias thus grown beyond the jurisdiction exercised by the National Board -
for Cantrol of Danyerous Drugs, both because of the shortage of persunnel of the bcard
- and ics l~ick of adeyuate means to confront [naC campaxgn Chroughout the cuuntry;
That it ~s tt�~e constitutional duty oi the armed forces to preserve the humar. capi.tal,
prestige and securi~y of the nation; -
- That the planting nnd cultivation of coca tias a particul