JPRS ID: 9669 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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16 April 1981
V!/orldwide Re o~t
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NARCOTICS aND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFnUO 17/81)
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16 April 19 81
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
, (~'oU0 17/81)
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i Buxr~
Opium, (~zemicals Seized in Operation I~e Hein VI
(THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 20 Mar 81).........~ 1
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Briefa
1~ao Opium Processing Centers Smashecl 4
HONG KaNG
Sea Qzase Nets 94 kgs of Opium
(SOi1TH QiINA MORNING POST, 6 Apr 81) 5
Briefs
Drug Ring Smashed 6
He~roin Possession Sentence 6
Pakistani National Jailed 6
ZFao Men Sentenced ~
Heroin Posaession Charge ~
- IDiDIA
Concern Expressed Over Glut in International Opium Ntarket
' (~iE WORKING PEOPI,E'S DAILY, 11 Mar 81)..........
- .....o...o...o. 8
INDONESIA
Drug Abuse Seminar Held in Aceh ~
(KOMPAS, 20 Jan 81) 9
NEW ZEALAND
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Locally Developed Radiometer Detects Marihuana Crops ,
(THE EVEDTING POST, 9 Mar 81) 10
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Briefs 12
Overseas Drug Offenses
Drug Education Campaign 12
PAKIS TAN
Raid N~ets 90 Kilos of Cantrabaad Charas
(DAWN, 31 Msr S1) ...............a............................... 13
B rie fs 14
_ Big Charas Saul 14
Held on Charas Possession 14
Ztao-Kilo Heroin Arrest 14
NarcoticL. Vendors' Ari~.~t 15
Drug Traffic Increase 15
Nar.^.otics Trade
PHILIPPINES
Drug Abuse Drive Strengthened
(BiTLLETIN TODAY, 21 Mar 81) .............~....................o... 16
SINGAPORE
Stmng Action Urged ~lgainst DruB Problem
(THE RISING NEPAL, 10 Mar 81)............o..����.��~,.�~.�.~~���� 17
SRI LANKA
Politician, Businessmen Repo~ted Behind Massive Ganja Operation
- (Ar3una Ranawana; SUN, 18 Feb 81) .............o..�..��~��.������� 19
~4IAILAN D
Agriculture Ministry Sets Conditions fQr Crop Substitution
' (SIAM RAT, 26 Feb 81) ..............................o............. 20
Education Ministry Reveals Drug S.~ppression Plans
(DAO SIAM, 28 Feb 81)............~. ...............o............... 21
Foreigner Joins Thai in Heroin Trade
(BAN MUANG, 28 Feb 81) 22
CANADP,
~tao Arrested in I~bntreal Heroin Seizure
(Andre Cedilot; LA PRESSE, 13 Feb 81) 24
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EAST EUROPE
YUGOSLAVIA
Customs Officials SeizP Drugs, Commodities in 1980
(BORBA, 25 Feb 81) .........................o.................... 25
Briefs
Border Heroin Seizure 26
Caught Smuggling to Italy 26
Drugs Seized at Border 26
Drug Peddlers Sentenced 26
. LATIN AMERI CA
BOLIVIA
' International Commission Concludes Drug Study
~ (PRESENCIA, 23 Feb 81) ...........................o..e........... 27
; Armed Forces Step Up Antidrug Campaign
i (HO`~, 6 Mar 81)..~ 29
Paper Lauds Armed Fo rces Efforts at Combating Narcotics Trafficking
~ (PRESENCIA, 6 Mar 81) .................................o......... 30
State of Emergency Declared To Fight Drug Trafficking
(AFP, 2 Apr 81, LATIN, 31 Mar 81) 32
, New Organizations Created
j Former Officials Accused
; Control of Drug Trafficking Intensified
, (Various sources, 18 Mar, 1 Apr 81) ............................a 34
More Resources Sought
- Arce Gomez Denies Trafficking
Financ3ng of Red Brigades
DNCSP Diacove~rs Cocaine Factory
(PRESENCIA, 10 Mar 81) ..................o.......o.o............. 36
Alternate Crop Solution Px~oposed as Ma,jor Step
(ULTIMA HORA, 6 Mar 81) 38
Public Witnesses.Burning of Coc~
(HOY, 28 Feb 81) 40
" Coca High Prices Affe~ting Mining Sector
(HOY, 7 Mar 81)..........~ ..................................o... 42
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Briefs
~all to Civilians 43
Cochab~~mba Bust 43
80 Tons Coca Leaves Seized 43
Officials Arrested 4~
. Cocaine Disappearance ~ 44
Cocaine Investigation 44
Customs Plays Active Role 44
(~iILE
Cocaine W~rth Million Dollars Seized, Seven Arrested �
(EL MERCURIO, 1G Mar 81, EL NACION, 11 Mar 81) . 45 G
Drug Ririg Smashed
Former Soccer Star Arrested
COIAMB IA
Marihuana Legalization Debate Continues
(FL ESPECTADOR, 4, _ 3.~ Mar 81) . . . . . . . 48
Discussion Intensifies
Senator Denies Championing
Barranquilla II~rug T~aboratory Unoovered
(EL "~IEI~O, 5 Mar 81) 53
Crashes , Crew Members Es cape
(EL E5PECTADOR, 10 Mar 81) ...........................o.......... 54
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JAMAICA
- Government Action on Illegal Airstrips Is Criti~cized
( V~.n cent 2ullo ch ; TEiE DAILY GLEANER, 20 Mar 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MEXI CO
PJF Strikes at Traffickers in Seven States
(EXCELSIOR, 26 Feb 81) . 57
Inhalants Use Among (hildren Increases
(Yolanda Garcia Montes; EL DIA, 25 Feb 81) 58
PJF Seizes Cocaine Near Oaxaca
(Rafael Medina Cruz; E%CEISIOR, 20 Feb 81) 59
~icilia Falcon Wins Right to Prison Transfer
(Jose Vilchis Guerrero; EL SOL DE MEX[C0, ~U Feb 81) 60
Briefs
Clandestine Drug Laboratory Found 61
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URUGUAY
Four Traffickers Charged With Forging Prescriptions Jailed
(LA MANANA, 26 Feb 81) ...............................o.......... 6Z
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Hallucinogen Traffickers Arresred
~ (EL PAIS, 20 Mar 81) 64
Briefs
, Argentine Couple Arrested 66
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT
Aircraft Used To Combat Narcotics Smuggling
(Husayn 7habit; AL-AHRAM, 22 Feb 81)..........o 67
Briefs
Opium Bust at Cairo Airport 68
IRAN
Briefs
Narcotics, Arms Re covered 69
LEBANON
Briefs
Heroin Smuggling Arrests 70
Drug Smuggling Sentences 70
MOROCCO
Briefs
Uruguayan Student Arrested 71
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
LIBERIA
Briefs
Marihuana Seizure 72
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WEST EUROPE
DENMARK
Briefs 73
Smuggled 100 Grams Cocaine
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
~3riefs 74
~ Seroin Seizure
FRAN CE
Briefs 75
Cannabis Seizure
NORWAY
New Antinartotics Organization Favors Mandatory Treatment
(Elisabeth Engesland; AFTENPOSTEN, 7 Feb 81) 76
Debate on Forced Treatment of Drugs Users Continues
(Elj_sabeth Engesland; AFTENPOSTEN, 16 Feb 81) 78
Police Official Warns : New Form of Hemin Poses Threat
(Mette Nergard; ARBEIDEItBIrADET, 16 Feb 81)
Three Arrested in Bergen in Connection With Drug Death
(ARBEIDERBL.ADET, 2 Mar 81) ..............a.....................0 8~
Briefs 82
Younger Drug Users 82
Drug Seller Sentenced
TUF~EY
Briefs 83
Heroi.n From Iran
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OpIUM, Q~EMICALS SEIZED IN OPERATION MiOE HEIN t1I
Rangoon T~ WiORRING PEOPLE'S Dl~ILY ia Engliah 20 Mar 81 pp 1, 6
LTextJ ~3 March-= o~ Shaa Stau Peo le's Po-
= For ' Militar yttache�,~ p He also recxlled thae
~ Y lia Fot�e U Tun Lin and ,at the recently concluded
. in Rangoon, Uaiad Na- offi~rs ac the airfield. �~eion of the Pyichu
tioas Burnu Ppo~ramme 'I'he observe:s led by Hluttaw too the Presi-
for Drug Abaie Con~rol. Information Deputy Mini= d~t apoka~ of the mat-
L~sw~n O~cxr Mr.PhilGp ster Col~ Anng Htay wer~ ur of combating the daa `
C Zaak.y and inoernational ~~vea a briefiag oa g~ og n~rcotic droga.
sad na~ot~l Preas rr . p
p~
ation Mce Hein P6aw He ~x
plained that the
praen
t
a tives l
e d by Do- VI . at tl~c Bsyiansun~ Tatmadaw had carri~d
~tuty Miuiater~ for Infor- Yeiktha . of' the No 4q `out special operatioa
wda wentlon aauoburva~ Bathlioa BurmaRegiment.. p}~ after phase~ against
tion tour of .'Operadon At the briefing~ D:rec- narcotic dn~gs and this
Moe Hein Ph,oi~e VI beinpj tor of Defeaoe 3utioa Opention Moe Heia had
wag~ed undor Ea~tern Com- YQtelligenae Col Ifian now reached ~hare VI.
mand. in Loi Lam/Tu~
u. Nyunt eaid tbe militarg
aiea su' Burnaa
7'h~i bor- . ntt~cha and i~ternatiaond PP~ flirector-General
der. ia Monghiat Towa- md ~ national ~nsa n- U Thein Auag gave
raeatatives 6ad been further ezplanatioas. He
~bip~ of. tha 9~aa Satc.~ � P -
T6e foragn militaty uavited out the~ te~ rxalled 'that fo ~ Hlut
attic.~e~ and ~ Pcr~nen, show th~em the iwn of tha Fiust ~ nxola-
_ togethez with Dirootor- �p~� nfiII~ p~p~r� tsw paaed
Gm~eial af the Peop k~s naW and arma captured tiea - for endes?vou~a w
dutiag Opetation Moe . be ~aadc aa s nationaI
Potice ~'or"a U Thein � H~ for preven~ioa
Aua~~ D~nector of Defence and auppc~esaioa of the
9erncea YnteIIigance Col I~ ra~lted that a ra narcotec drug mensce
Kaa Nyunt, " Director a~E ~oluQion iin p~eed by and ia acoor~ncx with
Pec?pk's Militis i+ad ~sioa of the th~ ~plution aot
Peqpk ~ Re4tia~ of the Fii~t . Pyixhu I~Yluttawr aa ~v eerrioe: organiza-
Mi~istry of' ~efeace C61 ~ fhe m~ttte=~ of ward- tiona ~such as the Tat-
&in AuAg and rapoarible ~ t6e threat madaw~ aad the Peopk's
persoas left Rangoon at p~d by narcotic dmRa po~i~ Fora but also t~?e
. ~ am today in two Tat- i~ ~'acoerdance with ~~g pec?plo under
~adaw (A~r) Fokker aiv- ~t , nsoluton the p~, ~ Couaci~ lcaae~-
. craft for Mongheat. Cn Tatmadaw carried out ~~p~davouredtogether,
acrival there they were opentio~, ~vhenever ~ destro9~~8 P~PPY fields,
wekomed by Chief of t~ puw ibi~ty, ~bating dtvg trafficlc-
No i Burpu of Special the dangets of ~d ~a1~'inq seizuns
~~o~s Maj-Gen Tua ~~c drugs with the of opium and turois~.
- Yi. Comn~ander of No 88 ~qon of the Party,
Zight Infantry Divi~ion Pedple'e Couacila. and ~Ie went on: Duriag .
Col Thaa Shwe, Director e~orking people of ~~e this opwm a~s�n�
~qa~ , ae wer' able to destroy
PoPPY aopa on 6,4i~.83
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acres and sase 5S�3S ~ -
lcilos of lseroia n~~d ~c ~ B 1~ R M A. ~
kilos of opi~mn. ~.~,,-i . \
- of.heroin a~a~l opium seiz- . f-~
ed ~ is for iq8o and dv not ~ ~ ~w~ toon8
;nclude the opiuav md ~ ~ ) �
heroin, se5zed uadsr' . ~ M`ongyua ~~w _
rs?tion Moe Heia ~ha~e ~ � ~ ~
_ ~rr . . q,. ankan ,
~.ryVe wili coatiaue to ; '
atri9e under the les?der- _ ~
w VP'm Ho ~ Taku ,
ahip and~s~+P~aA~ of the ~ . H~~y o
p~y and ~ CouaciS' aad.
hand-~in.i~acd ~ith. .the ~�r ~'Ho~g 1fae. ~ ~ � Loile
maasea of th~ people w
get rid vf tha dtvg met~~ . . ~m �
lrota�the~couatry'� . ~ ~ ciaaha ,
Division~ Co[ntnaadet ~
Col~ Tham 31~we aest .
~acplaiaed the~ Opers?tioa _
~ra
Mce Heia Phaee VI s~~a- . .
tioa He eaid that t~ . Map slami~rq Ope~atioa Ma Hern Phase Vt are~
operatioa was lauached to I
wipe out ~eroin reftmng I
- acnviUes� aad drug re, I
fining campe. Another
operatioa . -
opium; he said, was g~ on: Aocord- Since Operation Moe
Operation NBaY~P~ ing to information re- Hein was lau~ched in
(Operation HeU Fl~wer) ~ved, t~,~ra were Hsu this region every year, he
- launched for destroyiag WiQ Ho 1~Ia� eaid, excra care w~e
poFpy culcivarions. ],isn dru~ refutiag ~Ps to h:ve the element of
lnin in the Loi I.am area and total surprise in this
He went on to, a~cp
that Operatiou Moe Hein a aew ~c u~pesatiari.
had beea waged in� th1� ~�g The tacuc of fast move-
region five times before dp bq the in eat. meat(fast attack was used; -
and thu war the sixth. Loimzw gcoup ~~~u the drug traffickera had
He eaid ~ thut Opecation ans with the urength of ~m~ s~Pi~ions but they
� Moe Hein Phase VI ~vaa iasurgeat~e in the ragioa
at about :oo' did not think the uoops
lauached m wipe out , ~~ld' move in with such
opium ~~B ~~P~ ia frotit T:a~ KYa , U~ awiftnesa and because. -
Lo~ Lam~Taku acei u?d $roupc.'abau iao Lo~msvi of 'such underestimation
thc armed~bands guard- ~asurgants' aad sbout iso ht
~s. from BCP they were ~B
~g than and atso to ~B~D ~Rn~ whea the troops
= gh Bai's
crush iflaurgents in tbat . 1~Y' ~ . ~f~d the catnQ with tha
ac'ea, kaowa from ia- St�uP� ' _ reault tt~s?t they were
ulligeaee �gathered. ~~e ~ltiaed that tho uaable to stop tl~e advan-
direcced by the ~oe of ~eruioa ~v~s lstutched ~ cing troops or deatroy.
` the " Chief of Staff aad aith two differtat ow the drug refining campa
, ~ Esustera Comm~ad. ~ lumn'.boi La~ sres where or carry away . the~r
, ;y ~eordance ~vith the the msiQ dcu~ re6a~ng heroin aad oplum~ in
directive, ,0peration Moe csmps 'were atuated aas advsnce. They knew onl~+
HeioPhase VI was launch- stoca?ed by a column whea Tatmadaw~ troopa
ed und~e~ c1os~ "suP~rn' mide up of two battaiions got to their camps.
sion of forward 88th hetdad by th~ ~ g~,~ ~jor clashes too~C
Di~ion, with mobilisa- p~ pface undec this operation,.
tion of a Taetical OPer~' and sku ares p?u ha ezplaiaed. As a result,
riurls Command and thr~e etormed " bq a wlumn 3o enemia were killad,
battalione.' comptis~ng oae battalion.
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many wounded aad one faar and attacked ' with eeized opium,~ drug refin- �
captured alire (wo~mdedj� ~ '~wiftaa~ before the ecanq~ ing ~ piuaph~raelia uid
'Th~ troop~ aleo oeised i8 oould l~ww, moving fiet chemicale. Thsy were wd-
pkas of ~worted anns, noa-~top day .and nig'ht aomed aad briefed by
three comawnicstions ~w~ ~ o~i~ Commander of the Na
sets. z,ooo bsskea of ia eas~ay~ ares with ~It (8~3)~ Txdcal O~ersti~ns
psddy, four boab. LrBe' tatiog part in the ope- Co:amaad Lt-Col Shwe
- ' quaaatia of ehemica~s ration taking it a~ s R and Ts~tmad~w
snd dtug n6niag para- aational duty. with F~~ o~~oas on the aeei~++
pberi~alia;. a3.a kilos ~cer~ teaacity and di- zure of rirma and `
of hesoin, siz kiloa- of lig~enoe, bacing a1t hard- am~nunition, opium, drug
brovva opiuat� and ioc.g ship. refining paraphernalia aad
~ilos of blac]~� opium. chemicals. :
He ~aid th~t the~ee of 'T'he Division Ca~ma~n- .
der thea re 4ed ~~o ts-
o~ ~pd p~ ~ Afterwards. the military
theiE li~?bs for tbe ao~uttry bmuSht up by the mili- attacbes and the newa-
IS ~h�o' mea returned to Mong
b7? ~Y ~ L~ter, t!u ~ mili~uy Hamt by helicopter, aaid
A nwiew of the opa~s- a~~ a~?d the pr~mea then from there by two
tion, he aid,ehow~ed t6at ~v?.~ bY ~~P~t ~n Tatmadaw (Air) Fokkc~r i
; ~ Sy~~. .tao bstahea to ~iw WiQ urcraft, arriving back in ~
~p~ Ho sres? t6a roene of a Kaagoon in the evening. ~
' cissb' and e'�w�d th� ' NAB
CSO : 5300
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BRIEFS
TWO OPIUM PROCESSING CENTERS SMASHED--Rangoon, 24 Mar (AP)--Burmese troops and police ~
seized two opium processing cent~rs near the Thai border last week after a series of _
clashes with drug-traff3cking rebels who controlled the centers, afficials said Mon-
day. They said 30 rebels were killed in 7 clashes, while 1 was captured. More
than 130 kilograms of drugs were seized along with an assortment of arms in the 3-
~ day anti-drug crackdown between March 19021. Newsmen were taken to one of the two
_ centers at Su-Won-Ho, 350 miles (560 kilometers) east of Rangoon, half a mile (1
kilometer) from the Thai border. Authorities also seized another opium trafficking
center at Loi-Le on the bank of the P1am Hkok River after a clash with about 210 rebel
Lahu tribesmen. They said 11 rebels were killed in the fighting, but their leader
= managed to escape by speedboat into Thailand. There are many dissident minority
- groups in the north and east of Burma, where they defy government attempts to tame
them, and often process opium or heroin for their income. A~itl:orities say the rebels
who control the opium traffic along the Thai-Burmese border have been receiving sup-
port from the Burmese Comm~ist Party. [Text] (Taipei CHINA POST in English
25 Mar 81 p 8]
CSO: 5300 "
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HONG KONG
SEA CHASE NETS 94 KGS OF OPIUM
HK070218 Hong Kong SOUTH CIiINA MORNING POST in English 6 Apr 81 p 1
[Excerpts ] Customs officers aeized HK$12 million worth of dehydrated prepared
- opium in a dramatic aea chase in the harbor yesterday.
The officers swooged when 2 men took a consignment of 94 kilograms of opium
from the freight.er Lu Chiang to a Walla-Walla which sped off towards Yaunmati.
Officers from the investigations bureau had been watching the Lu Chiang since
it arrived from South Korea an Friday.
They c1~asPd the Walla-Walla in a speedboat.
As they were nearing the Walla-Walla, two men jtunped overboard but were arrested
by two customs officers, Mr Siu Tung-lam and Mr Lau Pak-yip, who dived into
the water to make the arrest following a struggle.
The head of customs investigations bureau, senior superintendent K. S. Tong,
said last nig:~t that the seizure was the biggest of dehydrated opium ever
made by customs officers.
Senior Superintendent Tong said following yesterday's seizure, five crew members,
including two Indonesians, and nine local residents were arrested and detained
for inquiries .
The local residents, believed to be members of a Fukien and Cantonese syndicate,
_ were arrested in follow-up raids in Mongkok and North Point.
Among those arrested were organisers and contrallers of the drug consigiunent.
Sources said that all members of the syndicate have been arrested, except i ts
- ma.stermind, who slipped out of Hong Kong shortly after the drugs were seized.
The consignment of dehydrated opium was found in boxes, a suitcase and a canvas
bag which had been off-loaded from the fr~ighter.
From customs records, several smaller drug seizures were made on the Lu Chiang
in past years.
CSO: 5300
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BRIEF'S
DRUG RING SMASHED--Customs officers have neutralised a Chiu Chow syndicate involved
in the manufacture and distribution of heroin to E~st Kowloon addicts in swoops
carried out over the weekend. Officers of the Customs Investigations Bureau, work-
ing under Assiatant Superintendent K. L. Mak, raided a drug manufacturing plant_ in
a flat in Tai Kok Tsui and a storage centre in Shamshuipo. Three men, one of whom
is believed to be the syndicate's chemist, were arrested in the flat and two other
men, a woman and a 13-year-old schoolgirl were arrested separately on the streets
~ of Kowloon. A total ~f 2.4 kilograms of No 3 heroin worth $l.l million on the I
retail market was seized. However, the syndicate's "Mr Big" escaped the customs I
net. One of the arrested men is a re~ent arrival from China and a relative of the
syndicate boss. The chemist had been on the wanted list since 1979. [Text]
[Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 9 Mar 81 p 1]
HEROIN POSSESSION SENTENCE--The owner of a stationery shop was sent to prison for
12 years yesterday for possessing heroin worth $3 million for unlawful trafficking.
Chan King-hoi (30) and his wife, Li Wai (30), both stood trial in the High Court, ;
but Li was acquitted. During the trial evidence was given that on July 14, customs
officers raided the Kwan Cheong Station~ry Shop at 199 Fa Yuen Street, Mongkok, run
by Chan and his wife. They found 6,352 grams of a mixture containing 14 lbs of ,
heroin in a green travelling bag. Chan said that a friend of his had left it in ,
the shop and he did not know what it was. Both Chan and his wife said that she
knew nothing about it. Mr Justice Macdougall commented that the large amount of
heroin involved made th3s an excepCionaZly serious offence and a deterrent sentence
must be passed. [Excerpts] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English
7 Mar 81 p 8]
PAKISTANI NATIONAL JAILED--A Pakistani film producer who brought $600,000 worth of
dangerous drugs to Hongkong was yesterday sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
Khawaja Arif Javed (.38) pleaded guilty before Mr Justice 0`Connor in the High Court
to possessing 495.61 grams of a mixture of esters of morphine for uniawful traf-
ficking. His counsel, Mr Mohan Bharwaney, said in mitigation that because of a
restriction on taking currency out of Pakistan, Javed took the drugs intending to
sell them to finance his trip. He came to Hongkong only to look for locations for
his new film, counsel said. Javed was arrested on July 29 when he arrived from
Pakistan via Bangkok. [TextJ [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English
10 Mar 81 p 16]
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TWO MEN SENTENCED--Two men who were arrested after a police raid on a flat in
Mongkok were sent to prison for three years each for possessing heroin by Judge
Evans in Victoria District Court yesterday. Choi Yuet-tak (34) and Wong So-chuen
( 26) denied the charge but were convicted by the judge after trial. The court was
- told that on December ~ a pulice party raided a flat in Sun Fat Building, Sai
Y eung Choi Street, and found the two men. Choi was sitting on a sofa holding a
f olded $10 note containing white powder. Altogether 32.28 grams of a mixture con-
, t aining 4.81 grams of heroin was found in tt~e flat. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA
MORNING POST in English 6 Mar 81 p 12]
IiEROIN POSSESSION CHARGE--Two nightclub waiters appeared at Western Court yesterday,
charged with possessing dangerous drugs for unlawful trafficking. No pleas were
t:aken from Chan Shing-chau (26) and Fung Siu-keung (23), and Mr E. S. Yanne adjourned
~he case for a week for further inquiries and for a Government chemist certificate.
The two were remanded in jail custody. It is alleged that the two had 0.5 kg of
' uangeroua drugs at Queen's Pier concourse on Monday. The court was told that the
d rugs were suspected to be No 3 heroin, the street value of which was $200,000.
[Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 5 Mar 81 p 15]
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INDIA
CONCERN EXPRESSED OVER GLUT IN INTERNATIONAL OPIUM MARKET
Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE�S DAIL~' in Englieh 11 Mar 61 p 6
[ Text ] ~�NSW DBI.FII, q. March-Iadiit, one d the Th~e New Delhi eeaL
world's lsr~est opium produosrs~ tod~y~ espres~ed ~~~~~i~ ~tro~
ooapern it a glut Ia the iateeastioo~l market a~ ~forcemeat ie being
M~i~ister of 3tate for m~ t~0 P~nt attended by. police officxre
Finaitee 9S Sisodia told abundance of kgal fmm Iru~, Mauritius,
an international narcocic~ ~ oPium wpplia could le~d Mald'mes, Indi~ and other
eeminar here that several to its divenion iato illicit countria oa ti~e subcon-
countries h~d raieed their channels a?d put ~troins tineat.-Rerrter
oatput of poppy strsw ~D~~~ F~Oductioa ~p adds: Patticipants
and iti conceatrates to � fronn India, Bangladesh,
.e~ter: the world snarl~et. giiodis Kid poppy Burma, Iran, 1lqaldives,
b~ a~~_ ea~ltivation pa licxn~ed Mauridua, Nepal, Sri
por~ ~by tradidozw~ opium- ~ a~is. ~nd opium ~1c~ and Pakistan would
p~cing countrries Dike pt'Oduced in ~he country discues during the is-day
In~ia;arhere otoclcs wera ~ldom 8gueed ia the seminsr modem techni-
i intem~tia~i iUicat drag ~ues employed for inves-
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