JPRS ID: 9800 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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19 June 1981
Worldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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~(~OUO 27/81)
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19 June 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 27/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Re~ort Gives Drug Off~nse Statistics for New South Wales
(Tom Ballantyne; THE SYDNEY MORI3ING HERALD, 4 May 81).......... 1
Brief s
Australian Heroin Bust 2
New~Drug Penalty 2
Drug Inquiry Delay 2
BURMA
Briefs
Drug Suppression in Rangoon 3
Opium Seizure ~n Indaw 3
Opium Dealer Arrested 3
Heroin Sefzure in Moulmein 3
HONG KOP?G
Customs Officers Smash Thai Heroin Courier Ring
_ (Tommy Lewis; SOUTH CHINA MORNI~TG POST, 4 rsay si) 4
Brief s
Policeman Jailed 5
Heroin Possession Sentences 5
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TNDUNE5IA
Member of Heroin Smuggling Ring on Trial '
(SINAR HARAPAN, 29 Mar 81)......:' 6
Riau Described as Narcotics 'Trouble Spot'
(Mulyadi;'SINAR HARAPAN, 5 Apr 81) 8
Morphine Smugglers Arrested in Riau
(SINAR HARAPAN, 7 Apr 81) 11
Briefs
r[orphine Arrest in Jakarta 12
NEW ZEALAND
Briefs
Drug Crime Clearance Rate 13
Death Penalty Rejected 13
Heroin Importer Sentenced 13
T~ao on Morphine Charges . 13
Cocaine, LSD Importation 14
Charges Against 39 � ~-4
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Karachi Heroin Haul 15
- Peshawar Hashish Oil 15
Charas Seized ~ 15 e
~ THAILAND
Phukhet, Hat Yai Said To Be Major Drug Routes
(THE NATION REVIEW, 20 Apr 81) 16
Editorial Ca11s for Tougher Punishment for Narcotics Violators
(Editorial; BANGKOK POSTy 27 Apr 81) 17
Case of Police Colonel ImplicaCed in Trafficking Discussed
(THE NATION REVIEW, 23 May 81) 18
Colonel Sought for Heroin Trafficking
(BANGKOK POST, 14 May 81) 20
Opium Crop Good, Heroin Arrests Likely
(John Laird; BANGKOK POST, 26 Apr 81) 22
Drug Trafficker's Sentence Confirmed
(BANGKOK POST, 26 May 81) 23
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New Brand of Heroin Seized
(BtiNGKOK WORLD, 31 Jan 81) 24
New Zealander Sentenced for Heroin
(BANGKOK POST, 5 Mar 81) 25
Shan, Haw Chinese Arrested in Heroin ltaid
(BANGKOK POST, 14 May 81)
Brief s
Marihuana Seizure in Sakon Nakhon 2~
Morphine Seized in Hat Yai 2~
Cooperation With Malaysia 2~
Chiang Mai Opium Seizure 28
Australian Arrested Zg
Another Australian Sentenced 28
].8 KG Raw Opium Seized 29
Three Frenchmen Held 29
Two Held in Foiled Delivery 29
Qpium Haul 30
Italian Held for Drugs 30
Four Arrested in Chiang Mai 30
3,000-Kilo Marijuana Seizure 30
Foreign Tourists Arrested 30
LATIN AMERICA
. BAHAMAS
Ship With Marihuana Cargo, 10 Colombians Seized
(Athena Damianos; THE TI~IBUNE, 10 Apr 81) 31
Second Marihuana Ship With Colombian Crew of 10 Seized
~THE TRIBUNE, 15 Apr 81) 33
Three Colombians Arrested in Samana Cay Marihuana Haul
(THE TRIBUNE, 25 Apr 81) 35
MEXICO
Army Seizes 8 Tons of Marihuana in Reynosa
(EL MANAI3A, 1 Apr 81) 37
Police Commander Exposed as Wanted Heroin Trafficker
(EL BRAVO, 29 Apr 81) ,.........e. 38
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Convicted Traffickers Protected by Police
(EL MANANA, 3, .4 Apr 81) 40
Officials Fail To Act
Probe To Continue
SSA: Addiction Is Acute Mental Health Problem
(Yolanda Garcia M.; EL DIA, 11 May 81)����-�������������������� 44
Poppies, Marihuana, Other. Drugs Destroyed
(Manuel de1 Castillo; EL SOL DE MEXICO, 7 May 81) 45
Sicilia Falcon Receives Additional Sentence
- (Rafael Medina Cruz; EXCELSIOR, 3 May 81).���.����������������� 4E
Cocaine Trafficker Seized at Capital Airport
(Rafael Medina Cruz; EXCELSIOR, 28 Apr 81) 47
- Members of Marihuana Trafficking Ring Sen~tenced
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 25 Mar 81) 48
Briefs 49
Farm Workers Claimed Drugged 49
Plantation Destruction Intensified 50
Traffickers' Accomplices Caught 50
Heroin Seized in Nogales 50
Army Drug Destruction Report 51
Traffickers Battle Troops 51
Opium Gum Traffickers Arrested 51
Senior Prison Officials 52
Colombians, Cocaine in Tijuana
~ PERU
Briefs 53
Drug Traffickers Arrested 53
Cocaine Seized 53
Drug Seizure 53
Cocaine Found 53
Drug Traffickers Arrested 53
Drug Trafficker Arrested
VENEZUELA
Briefs 54
Cocaine Smuggling
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NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT
Milli~n Pounds Worth of Hashish Seized in Minya al-Qamh
(Husayn Ghanim; AL-AHRAM, 16 Apr 81) 55
Hashish Powder Seizure Reported
(Husayn Ghanim; AL-AHRAM, 19 Apr 81)......... 5;
Hashish-Smuggling Attempt Foiled
� ('Irfan Mustafa; AL-AHRAM, 5 May 81) 59
ISRAEL
Brief s
FIashish Found 61
Coast Guard Hashish Discovery 61
Hashish Found 61
SUB-SAHARAN AFRI~A
CONGO
Brief s
Indian Hemp Seller Sentenced 62
SWAZILAND
Reportage on Trial of Mandrax Possessors
(THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 26, 27 May 81) 63
Several Arrests Ma.de
Case Hits Snag
WEST EUROPE
' DENMARK
Briefs
Hashish Gang Broken Up 66
FRANCE
Briefs
Saint-Tropez Drug Traffic 6~
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ITALY
Rome Connection in International Drug Traffic 68
(L'UNITA, 17 May 81)
NORWAY
Briefs 72
Cocaine in Kristiansund
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AUSTRALIA
REPORT GIVES DRUG OFFENSE STATISTICS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 4 irlay 81 p 9
[Article by Tom Ballantyne]
[Excerpts] The latest report of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research,
not yet issued publicly, shows an 11.7 per cent increase in the number of drug
convictions in NSW.
The rise was caused by an increase in the number of cannabis offenders.
1'he ratio of drug using to drug pushing offences in the relevant year, 1979, also
departs significantly �rom those of previous years.
Drug using offences dropped from 88 per cent of the total in 1978 to 83 per cent
- in 1979. Drug pushing offences rose from 12 per cent to 17 per cent.
The report, the latest on crime trends in NSW, is expected to be issued officially
in about three weeks.
On the drug 5cene, the report says the 11.7 per cent increase in 1979 resulted
mainly from a rise in the number of cannabis offenders, ~sp from 2,494 in 1978 to
3,1.67 in 1979.
The number of opiate offenders dropped from 1,037 to 787.
"Although the increase in cannabis convictions may be explained by a change in drug
usage, it may also be a reflection of police activity," the report says.
"During 1977 and 1978, police activity was directed towards the suppliers of
cannabis and the 1979 figures may reflect the results of this policy."
While 33 per cent of the opiate users convicted were jailed, only 2 per cent of
cannabis users were sent to prison.
About 86 per cent of drug offenders were males. Males aged b~tween 20 and 24
accounted for 40 per cent of all drug convictions.
These drug statistics involve onl.y those appearing on offences under the NSW
Poisons Act and not higher criminal court convictions.
CSO: 5300/755~3
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEFS
AUSTRALIAN HEROTN BUST--Federal police say ~hey have uncovered a heroin conspira~y
following a series of raids in Sydney and Melbot~rne. In Melbourne federal detectives
arrested a man at a city hotel and seized 560 ~rams of uncut heroin w~th a value
estimated at U.S. $170,000. Later, federal and New South Wales police raided a
number of houses in Sydney's western~suburbs and two men and a woman were arrested.
[Text] [OW080117 Melbourne Overseas Service in English 1130 G.IT 4 Jun 81]
NEW DRUG PEN.ALTY--People convicted of drug offences in Queensland soon will have
to pay for the cost of their detection. An amendment to the Health Act approved
by State Cabinet yesterday requires guilty people to pay all the fees and expenses
for laboratory tests of drugs necessary for their conviction. The new regulation
to be included in the Act also will apply to contaminated foods or anything needing
tests or examination. The regulation provides for standard penalty fees of $81 for
an analysis and $37.50 for an exam-lnation in addition to any fine or penalty
imposed by a court. The Health Minister Mr Austin, said it was wrong that the com-
munity should have to`pay for the establishment of an offence. [Text] [Brisbane
THE COURIER-MAIL in English 28 Apr 81 p 3]
DRUG INQUIRY DELAY--Melbourne: A three-State ~udicial inqLiry into the aetivities
of major crimin.al groups involved in drug-traff icking is unlikely to b~gin for
several months. The inquiry, which will involve investigations in S.outh Austxalia,
Victoria and NSW, was announced last September by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser.
It arose from the findings of a Victorian coroner, Mr Mason, SM, on tre deaths of
Douglas and Isobel Wilson at Rye in 1979. The terms of the inquiry have yet to
be set and its priority among other ~!~iquiries has to be established. Apart from
the Wilson deaths, the terms or reference are likely to include the activities
of the "Mr Asia" heroin ~muggling ring. [Text] [Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in
English 13 May 81 p 36j
CSO: 5300/7558 ,
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BURMA
BRIEFS
DRUG SUPPRESSION IN RANGOON--Police rounded up 203 persons, including 9~women,
in connection with 116 drug cases between January and March 1981 in Rangoon
division. Of the total 116 drug cases, 10 were connected with opium, 13 with
heroin, 48 with marihuana and 45 with failure to register for treatment. The
amount of drugs seized were 83 grams af op~lmm, 119.5 grams of heroin and
13.164 kilograms of marihuana. Tota.l value of the drugs seized was
27,228 kyat. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 27 Apr 81 p 7 BK]
OPIUM SEIZURE IN INDAW--Police and people's councillors of Indaw Township
on 27 April raided the residence of U Nyan Tun in Meza village and seized
.85 viss [ viss equals 3.6 pounds] of opium and paraphernalia used in
selling opiinn. Action has been taken under the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rar_goon
MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 5 May 81 p 6 BK]
OPIUM DEALER ARRESTED--A police force from ~taante Township led by stat~on
officer U Tun Shwe raided the residence of U Tha U in Kabingyi village on
27 April and seized .40 viss [1 ~iss equals 3.6 pounds] of opium, opium
smoking paraphernalia and hypodermic ~yringes used for injecting opium
solution. Action was taken under the Narcotie brugs Law. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN
in Burmese 30 Apr 81 p 6 BK]
HEROIN SEIZURE IN MOULMEIN--Acting upon informat3on received, members of the
ward people's council and the ~oint state and distr3ct police force on
27 April searched the house of Ya Bit in Maider quarter, Phet Taw ward,
� Moulmein. The search yielded a packet of heroin and an unlicensed hypodermic
needle. Police are taking action ag~inst Ya Bit under Sections 10.B and 14.D
of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese
9May81p~BK]
CSO: 5300/4598
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HONG KONG
~ CUSTOMS OFFICERS SMASH THAI HEROIN COURIER RING
Hong hong SOUTH CHINA MORr1ING POST in English 4 rlay 81 p 16
/Report by Tommy Lewis7
f TeXt7 Supt Mak said they will
A rou of couriers,,re- be contacting their Thai
8 P counterparts today to check
cruited tn Thailand to or. the backgrounds of the
smuggle drugs hidden in couriers and their associates
their bodies ~nto Hong- inThailand.
- kong, has been smashed by "We want to know their
customs officers. Hongkong contacts so that we
Five of the couriers were could have their movements
detained on their arrival from Watched;' Supt Mak said.
Bangkok on Saturday and The rewards for the couri-
condoms packed with 900 are 10,000 baht (about
grams of heroin base were HKS2,500), plus return air
found concealed in their rec- � fares and a night's stay.
tums. Investigat~ons began when
They were renoved in one syndicate member was
hospital. anested on arriving on April
Another two of the couri- 3 with two concealed con-
ers o7 the same syndicate doms packed with drugs.
were arrested at the airport lnvestigations revealad
last month and 300 grams of that a fellow courier, who
heroin was similarly recover- arrived with� him, had escaped
ed. detection.
Customs investigations The courier's name was
Hureau's Assistant Superin- ~aced on the "blacklist" and
tendent K.L. Mak said that ~e was arrested when he re-
one of the arrested men ~S turned three weeks later
alleged to be the organiser Where t00 grams of heroin
and he is responsible for the ~ Was found and extracud
outlet of the smuggled drugs from his rxtum.
to Hongkong's traffickers. "
Most of che arrested had After the second arrest,
been in Hongkong xt least customs officers obtained
twice this year and a few, more information on the
including thc alleged organis- syndicate which led to the
er, were frequent vis~tors. latest anests.
CSO: 5320
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
POLICEMAN JAILED--A police sergeant was jailed for 21 months by Mr H. J. Duffus
at South Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on a charge of trafficking in dangerous
drugs. Lau Chun-wah (28) pleaded guilty to unlawfully trafficking in 0.18
- grams of a mixture containing 0.04 gin En lish1lSMay 81tpr15]f ~orphine. [Text]
[Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST g
HEROIN POSSESSION SENTENCES--A mini-hus drSi~r~ s Robertsayin thenHightCou~rt
years' imprisonment by the Chief Justice., Y
for possessing seven kilograms of heroin worth more than $3 million foruilt
purpose of unlawf ul trafficking. Chim Chung-man (30) had pleaded not g Y~
but a jury convicted him after deliberating for 3-1/2 hours. The ~ury also
uilt of another charge of possessing three packets of heroin weighing
found him g Y
a total of 1.6 grams at his home in Hunghom. Sir Denys imposed a sentence o
six months' imprisonment on the latter charge to run concurrently with the 10-
year sentence. [Excerpt] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in Englackets
9 riay 81 p 10] A 34-year-old restaurant cook, who was found with 36 p
of a mixture containing 2.13 grams of heroin in his underpants, was yesterday
sentenced to 2-1/2 years' imprisonment after being convicted of possessing
dangerous drugs for unlawful trafficking. Judge Evans was tololiceVintAber-
District Court that on January 22 Lam Ti~ sus iciouslyPedHeywas searched and
deen after they had observed him behaving P
the packets were found. Lam told police he bought the heroin f or $900. He
said he was an addict and H CHINA MORNING POST in Eng1ishe16pMaye81 p 7]y.
[Excerpt] [Hong Kong SOUT .
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INDONESIA
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MEMBER OF HEROIN SMUGGLING RING ON TRIAL
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 29 Mar 81 pp 1, 12
LExcerpts7 The heroin smuggling case being tried in the East Jakarta Court clearly
demonstrates the danger in the current rampant influx of narcotics from abroad.
The existence o.f the "Penang-Medan-Jakarta-Amsterdam Connection" is proven by the
testimony of the defendant, KS, and the principal witness, Mrs RU. A"Mafia" figure
from Malaysia p:Lays an important role in this case.
That figure traveled to Medan and Jakarta to arrange the smuggling of 20 kq of
heroin from Halim to Schiphol, Amsterdam. He met with AL from Medan; KS; and Mrs
RU in the Hotel M. in Jakarta in 1979. The four sat in the lobby planning the
heroin smuggling.
Later in the year, they held a further meeting, in Medan. KS and Mrs RU went to ,
Medan, and checked into the Hotel DT. Mrs RU stayed in Room 513, while KS and the
Malaysian took another room. At the hotel, they discussed further plans for nar-
cotics smuggling.
AL played the key role in procuring "antiques," which were taken from Medan. At
subsequent meetings in Medan, Brastagi and other locations, it was decided that the
Malaysian "Godfather" would wait for them in Amsterdam.
The trip to Amsterdam was arranged. KS and Mrs RU were to smuggle the "antiques
from Halim to Amsterdam by air.
Several days before the scheduled departure for Amsterc]am, KS and Mrs RU went to
Medan to get the "antiques." Although original plans called for 20 kg, there were
only 5 kg in this batch, in ten plastic bags, each containing .5 kg. AL brought
the heroin to Medan's Polonis Airport in a briefcase. KS and Mrs RU landed in
Jakarta's Kemajoran Airport that afternoon.
They took the briefcase from the airport to Mrs RU's home. On the proper day, Mrs
RU brought the briefcase to Halim Airport, where she was arrested by state officials.
KS was later apprehended at his home in J1. Gilincing. AL successfully eluded
c.apture in Medan.
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It was later revealed that Mrs RU was a customs informant, who had gone along with
the smuggling plot. She played a key role in the breaking of the Mafia narcotics
smuggling ring supported by Malaysian figures.
Customs officials indicated that according to plan, Mrs RU flew to Amsterdam on 3
May, carrying the 5 kg of heroin. At the last minute, KS canceled his trip to
Amsterdam with Mrs RU. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested at his home in J1.
Cilincing, North Jakarta.
Mrs RU's departure with the "antiques" was closely monitored by state officials
and an American narcotics investigator. The Malaysian was waiting at Schiphol
_ Airport. Dutch Interpol officials and others observed the meeting of Mrs RU and
the Malaysian, and made the arrest. They seized the heroin, which contained 2 kg
of pure heroin, and 3 kg of filler. The Malaysian, Tah Ahmeng, was sentenced to
, prison by a Dutch court.
At the trial, KS indicated that AL, who gathered the "antiques" in Medan, is his
uncle.
In a unique turn of events, KS and Mrs RU differed in identification of the
evidence. When the judge showed the heroin to KS, and asked if the few grains dis-
played were part of the heroin in question, he confirmed that they were. However,
when the judge clisplayed the evidence to Mrs RU, she said that it was not the
_ heroin she had seen previously.
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INDONESIA
RIAU DESCRIBED AS NARCOTICS 'TROUBLE SPOT'
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 5 Apr 81 pp 6, 8
[Article by Mulyadi: "Riau is a Trouble Spot for Narcotics"]
[Excerpts] Pekanbaru. ror a lon~ time Riau has been known as a trouble spot
for narcotics. Cases of narcotics abuse and the illegal importation of that
"stuff" are like a story with no end.
The head of ~ol.ice Region IV Riau, Brigadier General Hudioro, M.A., has contin-
ua11y stressed that one of the factors that has made the eradication of narcotics
abuse difficult is the geography of Riau Province.
There is truth in what Hudioro says. Riau Province has 3214 islands ~cattered
from the Straits of Malacca to the South China Sea. Almost 65 percent of the
islands are uninhabited, and there are only 2.1 million inhabitants in Riau
Province itself.
What is no 3;ess~~important in causing difficulties for the [eradjcation of] nar-
cotics abuse is that the government agencies who have this task are not fully
equipped, in addition to the eternal problem of "lack of personnel."
This reporter's investigation of the flow of marcotics into Riau Province indicates
that there are two main so~rces, [one foreign, the other domestic]. One foreign
route runs from Ketam Island (Malaysia) to Panipahan--Bagan Siapi-api--Halang
Island--Sinaboi and the surrounding areas.
Another foreign route runs from Malacca (Malaysia) to Tan3ung Medang--Hutan Samak--
Dumai--Bengkalis and the surrounding area. Narcotics traffic also follows the
route of Pontian (Malaysia)--Rangsang Island--Selat Panjang--Tan3ung Balai Karimun
and near-by areas. Still another route is Singapore--the Riau Archipelaga--Rangsang
Island and the surrounding areas.
These routes originate abroad, but there are other routes that originate domestical-
ly (outside of Riau Province). The domestic routes begin in Aceb and North Sumatra,
proceed by land to Pekan Baru and Dumai, and then spread out.
According to STNAR HARAPAN's investigations into the abuse of and traffic in
narcotics, tho5e involved include merchants, sailors, fishermen, as well ~s "certain"
influential people. They are of various ethnic groups and races.
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The main types of narcotics which enter and circulate in Riau Province are opium,
morpl~tne, marijuana, etc. These typea of narcotics are in liquid, crystal and
powder form.
Government agents from the areas affected by narcotics have also succeeded in con~
fiscating evidence in the form of syringes. In certain areas it is even suspected
that the narcotics are brought in inside a type of shrimp-paste. Various types of
narcotics have been found smuggled from abroad in hidden compartments in sailing
vessels as we11. Those involved in the smuggling are not 3ust Chinese opium
addicts, but include many other residents of Riau Province.
The head of Police Region IV Riau, Brigadier General Hudioro, M.A. told SINAR HARAPAN
that sometimes people who understand Chinese are needed to uncover foreign smug-
gling nets.
The reasoning of the head of the police region makes sense considering that there
are Chinese who understand no Indonesian in some areas that have a narcot3cs prob-
lem. Examples are Bagan Siapi-api, Sinaboi and Halang Island, among others.
According to SINAR HARAPAN's notes, between 1978 and 1980 there were several
interesting narcotics cases. Hariadi bin Hasan and his followers were arrested
while distributing narcotics in Teluk Berkey, 3agan Siapi-api, along with Hariadi,
Darmawan and others. In thise case 400 packages of opium were confiscated. One
of those involved was a thirteen-year-old. ~
In another case 7,200 milligrams of morphine was seized in Bagan Siapi-api. The
susp ect is Z.
In a similar case in Bagan Siapi-api, morphine was brought in from Ketam Island
(Malaysia). The suspects in this case are R, M, AK and S.
In another incident in Bagan Siapi-api 3.2 grams of morphine were seized by govern-
ment agents on Utama Street. The suspects include LPY and others.
According to LPY, there are three places (houses) in~%Bagan Siapi-api where morphine
is injected, namely, the homes of IT, KS and TB.
Bagan Siapi-api is not the only place for the traff ic and importation of narcotics.
Selat Panjang is also an aff ected area.
It happened th~t a Chinese man was arrested for committing a crime. While under
arrest he showed the symptoms of morphine addiction. He shivered and his eyes
~ bulged.
When questioned he admitted that he was a morphine addict and said that he usually
obtained morphine at the house of EP, alias S.
Covernment agents who carried out a search at EP's house conf iscated one cekak
[.08 gram package] of morphine in crystal form, one packa.ge of morphine, one small
box containing 2.5 grams of white powder and one plastic syringe.
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In Selat Pan~ang area a citizen of Singapore named ACS (72 years old), who holds
passport No. 0969091 and was captain af the sailing ship Chye Noh Min, was arrestecl
when he was discovered carrying 24.890 grams of liquid morphine and 78,700 grams
of crystalline opium. This case was turned over to~ the district attorney and has
been tried before the State Court.
In Tanjung Balai Kari~un a man named JB (24 years old), employed as a fisherman,
was discovered in possession of 21,390 milligrams of morphine. JB had bought tha.
morphine from IB, a member of the crew of a ship from Sin,,apore.
In Pekanbaru, the commander of Police District 401, Lieutenant Colonel Ignatius
Sumitro, announced the round-up of a marijuana ring. This case involved a person
named ZS, students, cigarette sellers, and others. In this case 600 grams of
mari~uana were seized in evidence.
Y, an employee of the Riau Sub Prpject for the Opening of Tidal Rice Fields S and
Z also were involved.
All of the incidents would probably fill up this newspaper if they were related one
by one. For example, there is the case of Ng S H and others who were involved in
the distribution and selling of opium and morphine.
~ This case had important consequences, for government agents confiscated 1,600 milli-
grams of morphine, 7,950 milligrams of opium and 8,800 milligrams of prepared opium.
First Assistant of Police Region IV Ri.au, Police Lieutenant Colonel Kusparmono
Irsan, M.A., states that the narcotics problem must receive serious attention not
only from the authorities, but also from the public at large, parents, teachers and
students.
This is because the people who traffic in and abuse narcotics are not ~ust mer-
chants, fishermen and sailors, but also students.
The eradication of narcotics abuse and traffic requires the full cooperation of all
parties closely connected with the problem. Let us hope the problem receives the
attention it deserves.
9846
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� INDONESIA
MORPHINE SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN RIAU
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 7 Apr 81 p 3
[Ar.ticle: "One kg of Morphine Seized as Evidence. Coast Guard Patrol Arrests
Narcotics Smugglers in Riau"]
[Excerpts] Tan~ung Balai Karimun. That Riau is a problem area as a channel for
narcotics traffic was proved by the seizure of one kg of morphine by a Coast Guard
patrol from the Tan~ung Balai Karimun Unit in Naval Area 2 on March llth. The
suspects, a 45-year-old woman.named S, a man D(46 years old) and M, the awner of
a speedboat which carried the two smugglers from Malaysia, are now under investi-
gation.
Navy Colonel Joko Surohardjo, the chief of staff of Naval Area 2, believes that
illegal activities in Riau waters that border on the Straits of Malacca have been
increasing recently.
Joko Surohard~o said that according to the results of the laboratory investigation
by the regional office of Customs Area II in Tanjung Balai Kari~un, the white powder
which was seized by the Coast Guard was definitely narcotics.
The smugglers were arrested near Tukong Hiyu Island, just as they were about to ~et
away. It is only about 40 miles across the Straits of Malacca from Batu Pahat,
J ohore, Malaysia, to the Riau Archipelago. �
Navy Corporal First Class J. A. Siregar, who led the arresting patrol, told SINAR
HARAPAN that he didn`t realize that he was going to find the narcotics. Some of
the prohibited substance was hidden in a worn-out bag wrapped in old newspapers,
and some of it was wrapped in pieces of old newspaper in small packages. S, who
was transporting the narcotics, claimed it was only a kind of alum. She intended to
sell the small packages as a tonic for women.
The Assistant for Operations of Naval Area 2, Navy Lieutenant Colonel Sembiring,
addeci that when their lies did not succeed in convincing the off icers in charge, the
smugglers tried to negotiate their release but their offers were ignored. Lieu-
tenant Colonel Sembiring said that according to the preliminary investigation, the
suspect had been smugglin~ narcotics since 1979.
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INDONESIA
BRIEFS
MORPHINE ARREST IN JAKARTA--The.command~r.of the Investigative Unit of the Metro-
~ politan Police Regional'Command of Greater Jakarta, Police Lieutenant Colonel .
~ Hindarto, M.A., when contacted by a SIN61R HARA~PAN�reporter on Monas Avenue early
' Sunday morning, said that during the night his men had apprehended persons trying
to sell 100 cekak of morphine worth 500,000 rupiah. According to Police Lieutenant
I Colonel Hindarto, the morphine dealers, a husband and wife, were arrested in
Menteng Dalam, Central Jakarta. They claim they received the morphine from a
friend. [Excerpts] [Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 6 Apr 81 p 2] 9846
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NEW ZEALAND
BRIEFS
DRUG CRIME CLEARANCE RATE--Crime is up 8.6 percent on the first three months
of this year compared with the same period last year. However, figures
released by Police National Headquarters today show that the clearance rate
by police has also risen. The highest clearance rate at a national level
was in the drugs and "anti-social" field, where 93.3 percent of the crimes
reported had been successfully dealt with. [Excerpt] [Wellington THE EVENING
POST in English 9 May 81 p 5]
DEATH PENALTY REJECTED--Tauranga, Today (PA)--A suggestion by Otahuhu National
Party members that convicted drug dealers should be executed, does not have
the support of their Tauranga counterparts. The suggest3.on, which proposes
convicted dealers be executed within 24 hours of the trial without right of
appeal, has been puC forward as a remit to the National Party's Auckland
divisional conference, later this month. But today the chairman of the
National Party's Tauranga electorate, Mr D H Johnston, said the remit was
unacceptable to Tauranga people. "You can't execute people without the right
of appeal," he said yesterday. "It is not the way of British 3ustice."
[Text] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 9 May 81 p 48]
HEROIN IMPORTER SENTINCED--Auckland, May 1(PA)--A man who imported heroin with
a street value of about $40,000 by putting it 3n 10 condoms and swallowing
them was sentenced in the High Court at Auckland today to seven years' ~ail.
Allan William Thomas Hughes, 32, screen printer, of Dun~din, had pleaded
guilty in the District Court to importing a class-A controlled drug.
Mr Justice Prichard said Hughes was a heroin addict himself, as was often the
case. Hughes was caught bringing into the country 53 grams of 20 percent
pure heroin with a street value said to be around $40,000, he said. He said
H~ighes had previously made four trips to countries known to be heroin suppliers.
[Excerpts] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 2 May 81 p 2]
TWO ON MORPHINE CHARGES--Auckland, April 28 (PA)--~ao men were couanitted to
the High Court for tr3a1 yester~ay on morphine charges after a depositions
hearing in the Auckland District Court. Thomae Arthur Adderley, 49, entertainer,
of Epsom, and David John Gapes, 38, czfe proprietor,..of Birkenhead, denied
two ~oint charges of supplying morphine and posseasing morphine for supply. Adderley
also den~:ed two further charges of supplying morphine and a charge of permitting his car to
be used for the purpose of a co~nissiUn of an offence against the Misuse of
~ Drugs Act. [Text] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 29 Apr 81 p 4]
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COCAINE, LSD IMPORTATION--Christchurch, May 11 (PA)--A company manager facing
charges of importing cocaine and LSD into Naw Zealand had been allowed out
on bail of $50,000 by the Court of Appeal laat week, said his counsel
Mr G R Lascelles in the District Court today. His client, Terry Ivan Ormandy,
32, was furthPr remanded on bail to May 28 when, said Judge P J McAloon, a
plea must be made. Ormandy is alleged to have imported the two class B
controlled drugs into Auckland on February 8. [Excerpt] [Wellington THE EVENING
POST in English 12 May 81 p 4]
CHARGES AGAINST 39--Wellington (PA)--A special sitting of the Wellington
District Court was held yesterday to deal with 39 people accused of 160 offences
under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Forty-one people were arrested during dawn
raids by police in Wellington, Porirua and Levin on Wednesday. ~ao accused
appeared that afternoon b efore Judge R. R. Kearney. Judge A. J. Ryan presided
over yesterday's special court sitting, which lasted an hour. Charges included
possession of cannabis, cannab3s seeds, needles and syringes; burglary; per-
mitting vehicles and houses to be used for co~nitting offences against the
Misuse of Drugs Act; cultivating cannabis; supplying cannabis, cocaine, cannabis
resin and morp~iine; possession of pethidine; and possession of and supply of LSD.
[Excerpts] [Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 8 May 81 p 4]
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pAKtSTAN
BRIEFS
KARACHI HEROIN HAUL--The CentraZ Division Excise Polias yesterday apprehended two
Bahrain nationals and recovered 100 grams of heroin from their possession. The
accused, identified as Ibrahim Ahmad and 'Abbas Ghalum Muhammad, have been stay-
ing at a local 4-star hotel. [GF041735 Karachi DAWN in English 2 Jun 81 p 8]
PESHAWAR HASHISH OIL--About 33 kg of hashish oil was seized by Peshawar customs
from a garden situated along the Grand Trunk Road here today. The oil was being
stocked in the garden in mobile oil cans for onward shipment abroad via Karachi.
[GF041735 Karachi DAWN in English 3 Jun 81 p 12~
CHARAS SEIZED--The excise police seized 80 kilograms of contraband charas worth
about Rs. 40,00~000 in the foreign market, after a raid on a den in the Liyari
Quarters area, it was reported yesterday. The den keeper, identified as Sher
Mohammad was arrested, by the excise police, during the raid. The reports said
that a gang of smugglers had hoarded the contraband cargo in a den in the Liyari
Quarters area for transmission abroad. However, before the cargo wa.s to be
dispatched, the excise police, after a tips off, raided the den and seized the
charas. Sher Mohammad, who was arrested, is under intense interrogation to re-
veal links if any. jText] [Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 27 May 81 p 5)
CSO: 5300/4596
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THAILAIVD
PHUKHET, HAT YAI SAID TO BE MAJOR DRUG ROUTES
Bangkok THE NATION REVIEW in English 20 Apr 81 p 3
[Text] The famous resort island of Phuket and the touriGt town of Hat Yai
have become major routes for heroin and other drugs being smuggled abroad,
Secretary General of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Pol
~taj Gen Pow Sarasin said over the weekend.
Pol yaj Gen Pow said in Hat Yai rr~ated at
in a speech to opan a lwst eight pecsons on
murse for narcotics offr charge uf dcug tsaffick-
~ ~~i;ih m Phuket that bath ing in two upazate caus.
the famous island and the They - also seized
oommeicial town of Hat heroin wosih over 500,-
y'ai an weII xrved by f?00 baht ia the two cases.
land, air and sea tran- Mpnwhile~, on Friday
s ort and offer good polia in Chjan6 Mai ae''
routes fot drug smuggl- rested three men aftet
seizing a consignment of
~8� etha and chbroform
He said the southem
region waa still short of whidt was betieved to be
polia. trainod in drug destined for hecoir? rr
invest~gation and suppres- flnery abng the Tha~
- sion and this wae one of Burmese bordet.
the reasons for heroin T'he 1,600 8tres of
and other drugs f~om che ~m~~ seize~ were ca-
'I'}~ai-Burmese border to pabb of being used to
be smuggled through ctY p~ays at leaat 100 kgs
South. 9y }uioln trom opium,
Loral police in Ilat ~~.s~d, . . _
Yai artd Phuket have dur- ~ro type,s of.cho-�,
ing the past several ~~y banned by
months credced down on eu~~~u f~m beinE
a number of drug smugg~ b:oughi into mu?Y of d?e
ers. northern provinces u a
!n March alone, police p~~ventive measure�
- agaiast druQ production. .
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THAILAND
EDITORIAL CALLS FOR TOUGHER ?UNISHMENT FOR NARCOTICS VIOLATORS
Bangkok Br1NGKOK POST in English 27 Apr 81 p 4
[~ditorial: "The Next Step in the Drug War"]
- [Te:{t]
DRUG enforcement agents the Increasing the eize of t6e sponsibility in the chain ie no
world over are preparing to do Porce, particularly undercover lese eerious, then the punieh-
battle with a hesh wave of drug agente and intormere~ hae its meat ehould flt the crfine.
tt~a~ckem eapected to etream advantagea but ie not alwaye Certainly, aome of the poppy
out of the Golden Triangle. By paeeible, eseentially becauee is produced for medicinal pur-
their own admiseion the conflict the job is risl~y and thanklees. posee. But elther the Govern-
ia unwinnable; they can at beet Desplte greater awareneee ment should take thie into ita
hope to control but never en- among children about the dan- own haads or aeeign epeciflc
tirely stop the hernin from fil- Bers and harm of dru~-takinge, farmers the job of producing the
tering through the bordere of there are eNll the depreesed, required amount~ and declare
the producing countries. But the soft-minded iuveniles who be- the reet of the holdings illegal.
6 to 7 per cent eucceee rate they came the prlme targeta of the Many claim to� be personally
claim ie by any account far too pueher, addicted to the druB but again,
emell. It can, Indeed mubt, be The one certain way of deter- is the euepect who claime to be
lncreseed. How? ring the chain of crlme Is by carrying heroln for hie own
Ideally, the beet way would ~~~~~~8 ~vere punishment on personal consumption treated
be through nipping cultivation everyone involved: The people ~vlth anY epecial leniency?
of the opium poppy in the bud. who grow the drug are just as Parliament ia due to recon-
But thia has lte ahure of pro- ~Po~ible for it ae thoee who vene next month. It might be
blems. One, it requirea too e'efine it, emuggle it or pueh it. wortbwhile for it to have a
large a chunk of the drug- ~us, if the Singaporeane can eecond look at the anti-drug
combatting budget. Two, .it ia eaecute couriere found with penaltiee and revsmp them into
extremely difficult to enforce. sven a~ d~~ a more etringent, forceful pack-
9ome farmers may ewitch to our more lau lawa eet the death age. That, backed bY adequate
growiiig other caeh crope but ae penalty for poseeeslon with ln- warning publicity through the
each year adde to the numbez of tent to eell of over 100 alrport authorlty, travel agen-
farnning familiea, the lure of Brammea, there is no reason cies and airlines~ ehould make
qulck money ie diPficult to avoid ~hy farmers who producs it oplum poppy growing, he-
particularly ae it can be made ehould aot also face criminal roin production and amuBBling
through the eneahy cultivation charges. One might be inclined an unpardonable crime. It ie
of a few acree of poppy on a to ~ide out of pure aympathy the 'enforcement agenciea'
remote hillside. , wlth the poor farmera but if it is prime weapon and it should not
acknowledged that thetr re- be denied them.
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THAILAND
C~SE OF POLICE COLONEL IMPLICATED IN TRAFFICKING DISCUSSED
Bangkok THE NATION REVIEW in English 23 Kay 81 p 10
[Text] It was as many as five years back that anti-
narcotics agents got wind that Pol Gol Niran Vitta-
yavuthikul, who was then Chiang Mai's deputy police
chief, was to some extent allegedly implicated in the
drug traffic coming down f rom the North.
Soutas said the ;nitted that it is very lts secretary gene- N~d'' p�~~O' ~'~0~ h~
,vodced h~nd li? hmd
antidrug agents were easy and tempting for ral, Pol Maj. Gen Pow W~y~ eho Dnr~ Ento~e�
ihea eager to sce Pol antidrug officers to Saras9st, Cla~med that ment Agancy (DEA) ot
Col Niian moved out get involved in the dir- the drug haul was the United Suto~.
irom the North which ty business themselves big est u~ three years. He wu tranderred
makes up the famous because of their expo ~e drug was mov- a Su~ under the ci.
Golden Triangle - sure to frequent dea- ed dovun from ChianB p~h' a~ ~Pun' Palloe
one of the world's lings with the traffic� Mai and was awaiting ~a ye~ pr�`d"��'
biggest source of kers. delivery at Liberty, p~ ~t~, DEA
}uro~, Many h~~ ranking Hotel in Sapan Khwu ~ ~p wieh a re ort
However, peraia� police offic~als - aad when police struck. ~h~t t~ere wa~ eamet~iina
tent attempts to have even junior poliamen Two sets of polia t~d,y ,bout ch~ waY Nf
tha police offlcer re� - themselves indul o wallde-tallde and an tm war doing hl~ job.
moved itom his area iri �petty drug traf~c� 38 mm pistol were Thiee rrwnwa ine~
of influence ware king or simpiy accept also seized from the t~i+ tut Po~in he wu
somehow thwsrted, bribe from Chinese four suspects who moved to M~e ~one son
Hews and i~rtore the uickl named Niran ~ t~Y to Lampang.
o a Pol Col N!- q Y Nlru~ 1~ the elder
ran is on the run. Po� drug traff~c that go on as the man behind ihe ~~01 ot Pol Col Na
ur~der their nose, trsffic. dn, tho toemer chkt ot
]ice in the entin coun� ~~In many easea, po~e ~nvesc~g,done the Technic~l niviaion
try is after him. policemon became ~~ed that the walkie� of v?e poua Deput-
Niran was last d~g ~ourien themsel� t~llcie and che pistol seiz- ment who was a clox
week named as the ~s because they M betonged ~o tl?o po- aide ot Pol Gen Mont-
mastermind behind a could not resist the Uce ueciat� d~ai Pankongchuen.
shipment of he[o1n t~ptation of t[1o� Pd M~j Gen Paw aub- 'Ihe souroes claimed
from Chian Mai eequently aeked newly- that Niran'~ int]uencx
B ney, fl~erii0i eriti� po~1ed Polix Di:ectot had blunted ~nY it�
which was intercepted dtug official said� (~,enerd Fol Lt Gen Su:a~ tempts to have him trans-
by the police in Bang� The Office of tha pd ~hullapr~n to isaue tened out o[ CnianB M~l
kok. Narcotics Control s nation~+v~de ane~t war� in tf~e first ~lace.
Niran was formerly gaa~ ~ONCB) shor� rmt tot v~ ~a s~~ R'�~'~?~~ P~ja+ ~?e
an antidrug off3ar ed up its image~ last evening. '��roe' s~i~~ `"e~e ~tiu
himself. . week by smashin 8 But Nirtn pietwnabty teluctant to lay their fin�
Sources in the Po� gan of drug cour~ers u~tkl~~ted chir and gecs on him even atter
llce Deoartment~ ad� an~ seized 58 kilo� d1wPp~~ ~'"t"~stely. the acizun of the dn,g
grammes of No 3 Nlm ws~ beto~e the ihipment in Bangkok,
heroin estimated to k~~ CDmmtnder ot Poi Lc Gen Narong
the Penannel Divirion oI M~hanont, deputy police
be wotth ovec 10 mil� ~e Zone 3 PtoviacW ditector general, wo+
lion baht here. pottco u~d u C~lana reporcedty comPelled co
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despatch a special unit tor over 10 years The No 3 heroin hai
of crime suppcession po� Niran, he said got in� yet to be ntlned to be
Uoe to Chiang M~i W votvod in the syn~lcate at tumed into No 4 herdn
hunt him down. ~ litte: eta8e by aupply tor whlch much heavier
Thete wete unconfir- ~~e nfinery witb ne- puniahment li impoaed.
med repoct~ that Niran �0��~' chemlcd~ A peraon who poa
w~ nill in hiding in Mae ~10~ Kan'v. ee~eea over 100 grmnmee
Ai Disttict of Chiang Mai ~~kn~own u a centrge bbNoeitherUfe imp ,on.
where he was nabbed by o~ ~g traf[ic ln the ment or death sentenoe.
local polkxmen one day No~ ~~e uneciu� Both fonign and loc,l
after the anett w`rrant pWow iocsl polk~men antidtug Ageat~ have
w~a aent out hrrs been hgving a good painted a r~the: gloomy
"But the Chiang Mai tfrne rnakinQmonry Irom pictu:e for the diug tr~f�
poIkemen decided to set axtortion~ ~oene thb yar
him freo cialmin` that Pdke repotb ihow .=apcnti ot
they h~d not yet recelw that tt b common tor todu~t}on ot
ed ~rry arre~t warrant, jnnbr poltoanen to ~m ~ the Golden
� polia invnstlgator s~14 deUver dn~ to their cuF
Pd Col Sakon Kan~� n~~�~my~~~~~~j [t b expected th~t
lukot, depury camman. moie thm 600 toni ot
der ot tho Ceime Supa i�0 bna the d u~ cpi~ fram the Golden
p~eabn Dlvidon Ni ~ I~dmgb wW be~upplied
K~rn~l K~mpimy~, o1w ~�ri would curto� W the da~en~ ot fiezola
of th~ four d a t~ �y ~ ~efineriet loated M th~
NY ~ exrord~ money ttom ~ ~S eh~ Thtl�
~ree~tod in th~- ~voop , them "'Nid ~ oldfi~td ~u~ N bo~der litar thu
wu Wontltbd u� bi~� ~K,~~ o111oer~
t6m ttdtlcker b~bn;� Th~ polaan~n. he y OK~~ of ths U9
it~ ~o t dru~ ryndicata Mw, eiwe: ne w~ may gmb~ay het~ htw aUo
which opertte~ a heroin ~itto~jaiL~ ~~d t~~tr, te~ u n~
nflnery located Iri the m ~
iungb in Sun P~ P~e, The auroe~ in the Pa ~ntio~e both ~n~teut md
pd Dbt:ict ot Mae Hon~ ~~~nt obee:wd ppfaaion~l tr~ftidcer~
3on. that the ~uspecte arre~ted ~ ay thcic choca hen .
Po1 Col Sakon, who In the crackdown lut y~ ~ e~ number.
w~~ named chslm~u~ of week li~d cho~en to move ~e newly heeMerted
the cornmiseion probins down No 3lnatead of the p~p~~~ ~u:a~ ~~ld~ ue
,the incident, wld the n� much more dui~eroui pt~,b~y on thr way to
Mery h~d been opetatln~ No 4 heroin. - ~
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THAILAND
COLONEL SOUGHT FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
Bangkok BANGKO~: POST in English 14 May 81 pp 1, 3
[Text]
POLICE ~l1 BQl1t$'~tOk 8nd L~L~ N~l~1 .been+driven to Bangkok (DEA) agentssince 1979.
are searching ior ~s~ ~ former Seli~Or by ~W�s W~th banakorn He also alleged that Ink�
a' hia~ paeaenQer. The ham had for many years
narcoties unit police ofiicer who ~8 other two men traveUed been supplying arma to
wanted in connection with one of the ~aingkham'~~ Volvo g~oupa operatl gj ln the
- biggest heroin seiznres~ in Thatland !n . In ~ocn ven+.cie~ pouce North. ~
yrearg, aI1 authorltaUve SO11YC@ tO~tl tound walkie-talkie Meanw~hile, the Com-
the Post yesterda . radios repartedly owned ~ mander of the Zone 3
Y by the Zone 3 Provincial Provinciai Polfce, Pol
Police Chiei Suraphol ~se arrested on po~ice and signed out of Mai-Geri Surachit Panya-
Chullapram yesterdsy tr ~(yiesday were identified its otfice by Col Nlrand. rachun has ordered po-
aued a nation�wide wu� as Inkham (allaa Kham~ Col Nlrand reportedly ~ice in the North to track
rant for the arreat oi the u? ~nthama, 49. Sawaa came to Bangkok the ~ down Pol Col Nirand in
offlcer, Pol Co! Ntrand ~angkeo, 31, BooNert same day aa the other ~ an eftort which will be
Vithayawuthikul, the p~~erl, 41, all Chlaa~ ' concentrated in Lam�
superintendent ot tlie g tour to oversee the deliv- i
Ma!'r aidenta,.and Pot eryoperation. . Pang and Chtang Mat
Zone 3 Provincial Poltce pvt Mangkorn DuanQ� M~~Gen Pow salt~ 1t ~ovinces. .
Logistics Unit in Lam� saeng, who wae iormerly Col Nirand was report-
was believed thet the ~
pang. � attached to the Zone S heroln base waa to be- ~ edly seen in Lampang
Col Nlrand, . who p~vincial Police. delivered to a man iden� ~ province yeste~day
headed the Ck~iang Nal The three Chiang,Mai afternoon driving a
Provincial 1~3arcotica tified as Surlya Kuanrak-
men have recorda for charoen (a1lasJuitanQ or brown ~ Toyota Corolla.
Unlt from 19TT�79, ts be- druQ otfences while Pol Kung sae Kow). He said Chiang Maf police [ound
lleved to have fIed to pvt Mangkorn !s alse no trace of him yester-
I,ampanQ from the capt- wanted -on arI assualt p�~j~ are eearchin~ tor day during a search of
both Suriya and hls wife
tal on Tueaday night only char~e ln ChianS Mai fol� W ho had managed to hla house in Saraphi Dls-
hours siter four men IowinQ a shootlnQ ~ evadearreat. trict on the outakirts of
were arrested in the p~tober last year 1n The heroin base, the Northern capital.
~ parklna lot at Hanakok's which a poUceman was~ -
Llberty Hotel with S8 ~ria~ly wounded. He whlch can be processed SEIZURES
ktlogrammes of heroin recelved diicipllnary into either No. S
base. punishment and waa dis- ,("Brown Sugar") or
Those anested ln the ~y~ frnm service but high-grade No. 4 heroin . Da~ing his tacr~as_
rald, mounted by an Ot- is still wanted on the aa- ts'be~ieved to have been chiet of Chiang Mai
ilce of the Narcotlcs Con- sault charge. destined for overseas Provinclal Police Narcot-
trol Board (ONCB) team, The heroin base, markets. It waa possibly j ics Unit, Col Nlrand ilg�
Included a former Zone 3 pACked in 120 blocka, was going to be processed at ured ln some major
Provincial Poltce prt- found hidden in secret a refinery along the drugsseizures.
vate. seat compartments tn a bandit-iniested border According to a narcot�
ONCB Secretarp- white Toyota pick-up with Mala~rs[a befoce ics official in the North,
General Pol Mai Gecr truck bearina Chian~ beingsmugQledabroad. he also played a maJor
Pow Saraein deecrlbed Mal licence~ plntes. It had
Tuesday'~ seizure aK the ARMS
"laraeat haul ln three
years" nnd esUmated its ~j.Ge~ pow sald the
value on the local market
at about 10 million baht., gang had been closely
watched by � the ONCB
and US Drug Enfor.ce-�
ment Administratton
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. � . ~
role in the March 19T8 ~~�~~y
arrest of alleged Chieng ` ~ ~ ~
Mai drug d : 'er Arun ~ ;
Nanavichit wno was nab-
bed with a large quantity ;~,.~,~r~',
of opium and morphine
in his possesslon. � ~ :
Col Nirand is the sec- ~F'~, i
ond senior police officer ~
from the North to' be '
implicated in a big nar- A.~``~~'
cotics deal.
[n 1974. a joint Thai�US ; ' ! t,q'
narcotics team raided a u ~ f r ' � ~j~4a, ' � s
heroin refinery in a la� ~ t, K~~~~~~ k~~
myai plantation owned ~`'~"~'"'~~~4'� ~
~
~ by ihe then de wt f,''
ot Lamphun Police, Pol 4
ry
~ n
[.t Coi Sawai Phuttha- '~'>;n r'~
rak. ~ ,~,~~rh~ .
Lt Col Sawai was ln his
house at the time of the ~i~
raid, but manaQed to es�
cape arrest and has since . ' ~'4~ � Y r~, , , ~ '
been in hiding. �
?~d,~.=~;;, .
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e
v~
CoI Nirand.
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THf' FUUR drug suspects arrested rn a?najar clruA l:aul on Tuesda~
z~e interrogated b~ Deputy Premier Gen Prachuab(withglassesJ at the Oj
fice of the Nmcotres Control Boarrl.
Fsom left: Khar~r cye, Boonlcrt, sox~or a?~~r n~,rr~~t Munekn�n
~ CSO: 5300/4603 ~
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THAILAND
OPIUM CROP GOUD, iiEROIN ARRESTS LIKELY
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 26 Apr 81 p 3
[Article by John Laird: "Heroin Arrests Likely To Soar"]
[ Text ] A BUMPER crop oi opium !n the ' ~y anyone ~ convicted ot poseeselon ot ~
Golden'IYiangle thla year ls expected ' more than 100 grammea (3.6 ounces)
to reault in an upsurge of young of heroin. or a term~of five yearo to
Europeans, Auetrallana and Ameri�- life tor posaeeriori oi between 20 to
cans landin~ in Thal ialle, where theY ~ 100 grammes (0.T and S.S wnces).
face llfe imprisonment fo~ poeses- The so~ucee streee that patole or
slon ot relatlvely small amounts oi clemency for dru~ oftenders ie not
heroln, accordtng to US aources. available under Tlial law.
Ban~kok narcodcs a~enta are ez� The typlcd Weetern drug courier
pectlng about 30 tona of pure heroln ia in his late ~Os to mld�30s, irom a
to emerge from June onwards irom middle~class background. not very
the Colden 'I~iangle - where the weil educated and eaaily fooled, said
bordera of Thailand, Burma and Laos the sources. '
meet - following two years of They polrit to ~caaea ot would�be
drought. They expect that amu~glers ' . couners who have approached room
wlll try to move ei~ht tona oi the boys in lower clase hotela, or taxl
heroin to addict~ in America, Eurape dr:yera tn Banakok or ChlanQ Mat,
and Australa~ia. only to be nabbed by n~ecodcs police
The sourcea say that TFtailand, soon after they buy the heroin.
wfth its easy accese and free move- The intormera collect 10 per cent
ment for touriats, is a Lavourite irom the heroin dealen and another
smuggling route. Wlth lntenalfled , reward ior IntorminQ, sald the
narcodcs detection tn recent years, sources.
Thal Jalls are already crowded with Most of the courlen arrested in
forefgners aerving long sentences. Thattand 'are not heroln addtete and
There~are 14 Italiaaa serving sen- about half are beUeved ~to be tirat-
tencee and 14 more tn custody pend- timers: �
in~ tNal; i4 French sentenced and 13 They are often sesklna heroin
othera, in custody; 10 Brltons aen- w~hich may coat up to 380,000 baht
tenced and three others in cu~tody; (=18,000) a kilogramme (2.2 pounda)
10 Australians serving sentences and in Bangkok and ueually get ebout
as many awaiting trial; seven Swiu i10,000 (about 200,000 baht) on dellv-
sentenced and three in custody; tlve ery. �
Dutch sentenced, and 21 Hong Kong A heavily diluted kllogramme of
Chfnese are held. heroin on the New York market, for
Ot 23 convicted Americans,l0 are lnstance, may bring well over =1 mil-
serving sentencea ot 2S years or Uon. -AP
longer: Another 18 are on trial or
about to go to trial.
A two-year-old Iaw provldea tor
life Imprisonment or e:ecutlon for
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
DRUG TRAFFICKER'S SENTENCE CONFIRMID '
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 26 May 81 p 3
[Text ] THE Appeal Court yea- In handing down the
terdey upheid the Crtmf- verdlct yestertlay, the
nal CourYs declslon of Appeala Caurt aald thet
Ilte tmprl~onment it reiected the thtee
agalnst a notorlous men's appeal on Qrounda
drugs trattlcker Pak Yok that they had commltted
Lln, a Hong ~Kong na- the crlme whlck endan-
tlonal, on charges ot pos� Bered the lives ot eeveral
sessing, 15.5 kfla people and.el~o natlonai
grammeaot No.9 "brnwn eecuMty. '
sugar' heroln wtth in� it.added th~t P~k'e
tent to sell. ~ penalty , waa reduced
At the seme tlme, the irom death sentence to
jall terma againat hls two llfe by the Crlminal
eccompllces, who ap- Court'a declelon whlle
pealed was al~o upheld In ptherd hed recelved'the
yeeterciay'e APpea~ penalty that sulted thelr
Co~rt's declslon. crim~s.
Vlchal sae Koo, allae The court sald that
Jtn Ping, a Chlneae Haw Pak was onc~ arreated on
from northern Thalland May 1979 aEter ~{.45 kilo-
recelved 44 years, Ilve grammea oi heroln waa
months and 10 days tnr tound hldden In a golt
prfsonment whlle Talwa� beg aile6~~Y ~~onging
nese Tsal Fu�tung had hla to hlfi, but the caee
33 yeara Jeil term con- agelnst hlm waa dropped
firmed. by the pubilc proaecutor.
They were arrested ~~~~Q ~ ~
with another 10 men dur� wae ~tven ~ chence to
inR a serles ot ralds ln become a sood cltlzen,
Bangkok May ~l�22,1979 but Inetead had re~com�
~ staged Jointly by Thel mltted the crime.
narcotics pollce and US Two other Talwaneee,
Druqs Entorcement who were convicted to 93
- Admfnlstratlon agents. years and tour months
The ralda led to trie dls~ iail terms each.dld not
covery ot 15,850 eppeal. ,
Qrammea o[ brown
auger" about to be smug�
Rled to Hong Kong
aboard a Ponsmanl~n
frelghter.
Six alleged accom-
pllcea ot Hong Kong 8nd
Talwaneae natlonality�
were acqultted for lack
of evidence.
CSO: 5300/4603
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THAILAND
NEW BRAND OF HEROIN SEIZED
Bangkok BAN~sKiOIC WORLD in English 31 Jan 81 p 3
[Text]
CRIME 3uppression C3D peputy Nar- Sret time that Thai nu-. Charoea. Hotel~ and
Divieion (C3D) police cotica Chief, Lt-Cd Nit- ootice ofFiciels eeized tiiib Cooanut Hotel in Udon
from Bangkok yeeterday tiphand 3inghoraka; told brand of heroin in the Thani yeaterdey and
arreeted t~vo Leotian the World tbis~ morning country alt,hough each a arrested Thao Saeng
refugees and ~s Thai thnt the heroia ~vae brend hes been kao~vn for Chullamani, 30, snd
nationel in Udon Thani pt+oduced in La and q~~e ~e time. ~nueorn . Chanthaburi,
Pravince sad seise~i three emuggled acroae .the . Aooording to Col Nit- 1$, both illegal im-
kilogremmee of "KKI{" border by ndugeee. tiphend~ CSD police ~8~~ ~d
�brud of pure heroin. He seid thie . aaa the eearched rooms in the ~'~ai, 3uthin Suwan-
macho, 30.
A hu~e-made gun and
the drug were diecovered
in their paeeesaion, he
~ y~, eaid.
, s~;
,'(a ~
R . r' u " r~ ~ P.y
.k~L n~ i ~ I w.
' ( ,
* :r~ti. , ~r~. . a
~ ~ ~
Xw~
-'ari ~`r~'~
_ ,:i;.....r. c . , '
~~I i~.'-'~ . .
t+ ~ ~`=.f;_ { ~
� q`; `;d ~ ~
KKk' f ?.KK .
~ ~ .,~~~.1.r.-.Y,-~i:~ ~y~~~~ r'1,+rI .3r1:1' . ,~s;:
~ .c,+
, .t i`:.
Theae are the heroin and gun that CSD police bai.d they seized /rom two
Laotians and a Thai in ildon Thani yeeterday.
. CSO: 5300/4603
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T~luAL~L
NEW ZEALANDER SENTENCED FOR HEROIN
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 5 Mar 81 pp 1,3
[ Text ] CHIANG MAI Mis~ Reseta~ was"ar4 and knew nothin~ ot his
CHIANC MAI Provincial, rested together with �a involvement with dru8s .
Court yesterday sen� New Zealand man, Mat�� undlthelrarrest. i '
tenced a young New Zea� thew Coslo-, on Novem~~ ~a Reaetar will be
land woman to more ber 2H, 1979, afterpollce' tranaten~d to a Jaii in
than 30 years in jall aitec found ~T00 (~rammes of gangkok to aerve her.,
Ahe was tound Y iltY oi No. 4 h~rN~, gnd',~omQ� sentence and awsit re~
havinK pos~epe~heroin ~ syrinKes te~thelr room at ot the two appenla
wit~h--(-r~t.e'nttosell. , thpChia~7f~1r1n,Hotpls;.,,., ahelsatlowed. �
Ari~1i kai~nefa ~tese~ The publlc prosecutor ~ � ~
tat, wha:trad pleaded not withdrew the ca~e The appeal procedure, �
quilty to fhe charge,. was axalnst Coeio In late wtilch allows tor no new
sentenced to 33 years tember tast year and he~ evidence and no further '
and four months in jail. returned to New Zealand court appeatrancea, vMill ~
Mlas Resetar, 28, from wlthln days ~fter his par' pro6ably.takee atleut sli
,~uckland, appeared ents had spe~t more than� ~n~. ;
stunned at the sentence, six mo~tha in Chfan~.Mai MiaS Resetae , ~aid�
but said she~would ap~ seekinK fits release on ~earlier that the contro-,
peal. the Krounda ot i!1�health. ,versial reteaae of her ca
She was initially sen- t)urinK the trial, Miss defertdant had raised her
tenced to life imprtson� Resetar had denied any hopesolgoingfree� :
inent, buC Judge Suree knowledt~e of the hetoin.� She arrived tn cotut
Tanqariwong said the She had fold the court , looking pale and thin but
sentence was reduced be that she was only Cqsio's wearihQ briBht maktup.
rause her admissions to. tcavelling ,companlon~ Mlas Reaetar, who b
the police and testfmony ~ divorced, .hae ~an ei(~ht ~
in court had been benefl� year�old daughter !n
cial to xhe case. . . Auckland. .
CSO: 5300
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_ THAILaIVD
SHA,.'~, HAW CHINESE .~,RRESTED IN HEROIN RAID
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 14 May 81 p 2
_ [ Tex t] ~H~~ MAI - A police private attached to provinclal
Police Narcotics Unit wae stabbed in a fight when police
caught five Thai Yais and CWnese Haws allegedly making
a heroin delivery in front oi Sirlwattana market yester-
day afternoon. . ,
~e police managed to ~ the market and saw a
arrest four men, a Thal~ whlte Toyota pick�up
Ya1 and three Chine~e carrytn~ ftve men, ar�
Haws, and selzed 1,900 rived at about 2 p. m.
~rammes oi No. 4 flr~t The police stopped the
qrade herotn. An alleged men to search them
accomplice escaped in a when a�tfght started. Sa�
Toyota pick�up. wanQ alleQedly drew ~
The arreated Thal Yai, knlfe and ~tabbed Pol
Wallong sae Kaw (27) Pvt Suchart Muangmool
and Chinese Haws, Sa� in the riba, but was over�
wang BoonlonQ (d0), Jai come by other poltce~
Seangsi (40) and SanB1u men.
sae Yang (40) reportedly The drtver di the pick�
admltted to police that up sped away during the
they had brought the ilght.
heroin from Chiang Dao The tour arrested
Diatrict to deliver to cur were indally charQed
tomers et a rendezvous wtth posse~ln~ Iferoin
In front ot the marke~ with lntent to sell and
Acting on a tlp~ofi, the were detained at Chlang
police team led by Pol Mai Muang Disuict po-
Capt Payung Jlnachlt lice station for further
latd ln walting tn front oi quesUoning.
CSO: 5300
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THAZLANU
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA SEIZURE IN SAKON NAKHON--Sakon Nakhon--Acting on a tip-off provincial
police seized a 10-wheel truck loaded with 5,670 kilogrammes of mari~uana and
arrested the driver in Tambon Tha Kwang of Muang District on Tuesday, it was
reported yesterday. Following information that a large consignment of mari3uana
was being transported to Bangkok via this province from Nakhon ~'hanom Province's
Tha Uthane District, local police led by Police Superintendent Col Chai Pand-
thudej, set up roadblocks on the Sakon Nakhan-Udon Thani Road in a bid to inter-
cept the cargo. Another police unit patrolled the area to track down the vehicle
allegedly transporting the drug. According to police, when the patrol unit
reached Tha Kwang they noticed an apparently abandoned truck by the road. Resi-
dents nearby told police that a driver was inside a nearby house. Police got
hold of the driver, Mr Thawil Rangsrikaew and brought him out to the truck which
was then searched. A thorough search revealed 162 sacks filled with mari3uana
weighing 5,670 kgs hidden beneath 15 sacks of tapioca pellets. The driver was
taken to Muang District police station where he reportedly confessed that he
had been hir~d to transport the marijuana to Bangkok. He did not,however,
reveal the identity of the consignment's owner. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST
in Engli~h 9 Apr 81 p 2]
MORPHINE SEIZED IN HAT YAI--Police yesterday raided a Hat Yai hotel room and
seized two blocks of morphine which they said was being readied for smuggling
into Malaysia. The morph3.ne weighing about three kilogrammes and worth about
600,000 baht, was found under the bed in a room of the Metro Hotel. A 51-year
old man, Niwat Tantayalamkarn, was arrested after the raid on the room by eight
officers from Hat Yai's Muang District police station. Chief of the Hat Yai
_ Narcotics Suppression Unit Cagtain Samrieng Sangkachand, who led the raid, said
the morphine number 999 was to be sold in.the hotel and then smuggled into
Malaysia. Niwat,questioned by police, denied owning the morphine but did not
say where it had come from. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 5 May 81
P 2~
COOPERATION WITH MALAYSIA--Penang, Malaysia--Malaysia and Thailand are tracking
down five newly uncovered multi-million-dollar international drug syndicates
- trafficking between the two countries, Malaysian Director of Criminal Investi-
gations, Datuk Abdul Rahman Ismail said yesterday. Both governments are work-
ing on infonnation on individuals involved in these syndicates, he told newsmen
after a two-day meeting between the Malaysian police and Thailaid's Narcotics
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Control ~oard. He said Malaysian ancl Thai authorities were aware of a bumper
crop in the Golden Triangle of Burma, Thailand and Laos which would increase
the flow of opium, morphine and heroin into Malaysia and other countries.
Creater ~oint-efforts are therefore required between the two countries to
check the trafficking, he added. Datuk Rahman said ways had been worked out
to enable enforcement agencies of the two countries to curb the drug menace
more stridently. Malaysian police would intensify efforts to suppress drug
supplies and prosecute the culprits.--REUTER [Text] [Bangkok THE NATION
REVIEW in English 26 Apr 81 p 1]
CHIANG MAI OPIUM SEIZURE--Chang-Mai--Police over the past two days seized a
total of 44 kilogrammes of raw opium during raids in Chiang Dao and Mae Ai
districts. Following a tip-off on Thursday, 20 Border Patrol Policemen went
with a tracker dog to Soi Sam rn?uen village in Chiang Dao District. The dog
led them to the house of 45-year-old Jabchai sae Jang. Police searched the
house and found 26 kilogrammes of raw opium in 11 packages, an informed source
said. Jabchai was arrested and charged with possession of opium for sale.
Early yesterday, police raided a hilltribe village known as "Jana," located on
a mountain range in Mae Ai Dist~ict. Entering the village, the police saw a
Muser tribesman running away and carrying a bag. The sourc~ said police shouted
_ at the man to stop, but he kept running and fired a M-2 carbine at his pursuers.
Police returned fire and the tribesman took cover. After a ten-minute gun-
battle, the tribesman's rifle went silent and police advanced to his hiding
place. The tribesman, later identified only as Ja~o, was found dead with a
- bullet in the neck, the source said. He said 18 kilogrammes of opium in ten
packages were found in the bag Jajo carried. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST
in English 11 Apr 81 p 3]
AUSTRALIAN ARRESTED--Chiang Mai--An Australian tourist was arrested and charged
with having in his possession, 300 grammes of No 4 f irst grade heroin at Prince
Hotel in Muang District, police said. Officers of the Chiang Mai Provincial
Police Narcotics Squad searched the room of Richard William Montgomery, 31,
after being tipped off that he was planning to smuggle the drugs into Bangkok
by plane. As the Australian was about to leave for the airport, police appre-
hended him. Montgomery had tied a package of heroin on each of his thighs and
wore a pair of baggy pants to avoid detection by Customs officers at the airport.
He was initially charged with possessing heroin with the intent to sell and has
been detained at Chiang Mai's Muang District police station for further question-
ing. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 24 May 81 p 2]
ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED--The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced an Aus-
tralian to 33 years and four months in 3ai1 after finding him guilty of two
drugs charges which followed his arrest at Don Muang Airport nearly a year ago.
Richard Alan Blades, 36, had been charged with being in possession of 84.59
grammes of No 4 first grade heroin with intent to sell and with having tried
to smuggle the drug abroad for sale. Blades, a self-confessed addict, had con-
tested the charges on the grounds that the heroin was for his own use. In
_ handing down its sentence, the court referred to~the Narcotic Drugs Act 1979
whicti states that anyone arrested with more than 20 gramnes of heroin is
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regarded as having possessed it with intent to sell. The court also said that
Blade's arrest at the airport shortly before he was to board a flight to Singa-
pore was clear proof that he had attempted to smuggle the drug abroad. Blade's
arrest on May 3 last year came after Customs narcotics officers demanded to
search him after noticing that he was behaving strangely. The heroin was found
in two plastic bags in his underwear. Syringes were also found in.his posses-
sion. Blade was initially sentenced to life imprisonment but the court reduced
the term by a third because he had confessed to possessing the heroin and trying
to smuggle it abroad. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 18 Apr 81 p 2]
18 KG RAW OPIUM SEIZED--Mae Hong Son--A Zone 3 border patrol police team yester-
day morning arrested four Chiang Rai residents and allegedly seized 18 kilo-
grammes of raw opium from their van at a checkpoint between Mae Hong Song's
Muang and Khun Yuam districts. The four men, identified by police as Suthat
Suprakarn, Boonsong Tangchai, Choo Jaiman and Thong Chomkeo reportedly admitted
to police that they came to the area to buy the opium. Also found in their
possession were 127,000 kyat (Burmese currency) and 6,000 baht cash. [Text]
[Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 15 May 81 p 2]
THREE FRENCHMEN HELD--Three Frenchmen were arrested in their Indra Hotel room _
on Sunday afternoon after about 400 grammes of No 4 heroin was found hidden in
a wheelchair used by one of them, Phya Thai police reported yesterday. Police
identified the three as Josef Carpentier, 24, Patrick Gabriel O~eda, 22, and
Jean Michel Vinet, 22, the wheelchair's owner, who was born crippled. Police
said the three had visited Thailand several times and were suspected of dealing
in narcotics. The trio had visited Chiang Mai since arriving in Thailand last
week, police said. The three were arrested after police team led by Chief In-
spector Lt Col Chalerm Arakrath raided their room on the hotel's 16th f loor at
about 3 p.m. An initial search failed to produce any drugs but after becoming
suspicious of the concern the t~io showed towards the wheelchair, police decided
to search it. They said the heroin packed into 15 condoms, was found hidden
inside its wheels. Police said the trio had admitted buying the heroin for .
100,000 baht from a Chiang Mai taxi driver and reportedly said they would get
20 times that amount for it in France. The three, who have each been charged
with possession of heroin with intent to sell, were detained at Phya Thai
police station for further questioning. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in
English 5 May 81 p 2]
TWO HELD IN FOILED DELIVERY--A team of policemen from the Narcotics Sup~ression
Centre yesterday arrested two men with 1.4 kgs of No 4 heroin in front of St
John's School in Lard Prao. Yesterday afternoon's arrest came after a week-
long investigation by police who said the heroin had been smuggled in from Laos
and brought to Bangkok via Nong Khai. The arrested men were identified as
Mr Uthai Chanpun--a resident of Sakhon Nakhom Province--and Mr Amnuey
Keomungkhun. Police, who were waiting for the delivery to take place, said that
at about 5 p.m. yesterday they saw a white Datsun car stop near the school.
Reportedly, they saw Mr Uthai emerge from the car with a yellow bag. He was
imi:iediately approached by Mr Amnuey. When the transfer was taking place, police
walked up to them and asked for a search. They found the drug packed in four
_ plastic bags stamped with the double-lion brand. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST
in English 7 May 81 p 3]
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OPIUM HAUL--Crime Suppression Divison police yesterday arrested four people
at Hua Lampong railway station and charged them with possessing 10 kilogrammes
of raw opium with intent to sell, police reported. The four, three Chiang Mai
residents and a Yao tribesman from Chiang Rai, were arrested as they were
about to boar3 a train for Hat Yai. [Text) [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English
5 Mar 81 p 2]
ITALIAN HELD FOR DRUGS--An Italian was arrested at Don Muang Airport last night
allegedly trying to smuggle 1.3 kilogrammes of high-grade No 4 heroin out of
the country in a false-bottom suitcase, a Customs official reported. The offi-
cial said narcotics officials of the Customs Department found noticed Gianenrico
Beretta, 23, acting suspiciously when he checked in his luggage at a check-in
counter. They subjected him to a body search but f ound nothing illegal. The
narcotics officials then searched his luggage and allegedly discovered a false
bottom in a suitcase, containing the heroin wrapped in plastic bags. The drug
was estimated to worth about 200,000 baht at local prices, the official claimed.
.[as published] [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 14 Apr 81 p 2]
FOUR ARRESTED IN CHIANG MAI--Chiang Mai--Northern Narcotics Unit yesterday
arrested three men and a woman as they were transacting the sale of 1,750
grammes of No 4 first grade heroin in front of Wat Pacharoentham in San Pathong
District here. They were identified as Ni~n Fanmao, former kamnan of Ban Om-
goy village, Intha Tanchorntong, Duangkeo Sriboonruang and Mrs Bua-riew
Seang-aj. The heroin was found packed in five plastic bags bearing the Double
U Globes brand. The four persons initially pleaded guilty to the charges of
possession of heroin with intent to sell. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in
English 27 May 81 p 2]
3,000-KILO MARIJUANA SEIZURE--Khon R3en--Police here on Saturday seized over
3,000 kilogra~nmes of marijuana from a truck which was carrying paddy as a pre-
text. Pol Maj Chatri Rattanasiri, chief of the Muang Khon Kaen District Police
station, said the marijuana was believed to be part of an international drug
syndicate. He said the driver of the truck was nabbed but denied any knowledge
of the narcotic. The marijuana weighing 3,100 kilogrammes, was found hidden
in 120 zinc boxes placed under several sacks of paddy, he said. T.he truck,
which came from Maha Sarakham, was stopped on a highway by police who were
tipped off by an unidentified person. The marijuana was estimated to be worth
over one million baht. The truck, the police officer said, was destined for a
farm in Chachoengsao. [Text] [Bangkok THE NATION REVIEW in English 4 May 81
p 5]
FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRESTED--Three Americans staying at the Grace Hotel were
arrested late Thursday night when police found in their possession
220 grac~anes of No. 4 heroin, police said yesterday. The three tourists,
Donald Hunt, 35, George Hribar, 31, and Anthony Nyeste, 33, all from
Detroit, denied the charge of possessi.ng the drug with intent to sell, but
initially admitted that they had bought the heroin for their own consumption,
police said. A team of Metropolitan Narcotics Unit police led by Capt Surachet
Noiphan and Lt Manaspong Dirawong raic~ed a room in the Grace Hotel in
Soi Nana, off Sukhumvit Road, shortly before midnight and found the
three men with the heroin, Police also found a sma11 amount of cocaine and
mari~uana. The three had reportedly entered the country last Friday and
planned to leave yesterday. They have been handed over to Lumpini police
for further questioning, [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 23 May 81 p 3]
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Bax~as
SHIP WITH MARIHUANA CARGO, 10 COLOMBIANS SEIZED
Nassau THE TKIBUNE in English 10 Apr 81 p 1
[Article by Athena Damianos: "Big Haul of Drugs by Defence Force"]
[Text] At least 600 bales of mari3uana, a mother ship and 10 Colombians were
arrested by the Bahamas Defence Force near Great Sturrup Cay in the Northern
Berry Islands yesterday.
The ship--a dilapidated 100-foot freighter--was sinking when she was brought
to Nassau by officers of HMBS Inagua at 3.30 this morning.
Lieutenant John Foster said Inagua was on a routine patrol when she spotted
MN Activa. Crewmen aboard the patrol boat, under the command of sub-lieutenant
Jackson Ritchie, became suspicious of the freighter because the bow was lying
low in the water.
Also, Lt~Foster said the boat had some "lines" thrown overboard to give the
impression that it was a fishing vessel.
The Ministry of Defence said today it presumed that Activa was on her way from
Colombia and her cargo was destined for the US.
"She was apparently planning to offload her cargo in the Berry Islands when she
was seized by Inagua," said the Government press release.
The mother ship was found in the same area where the Defence Force arrested
another boat, Cordobas, and what was believed to be the largest quantity of
drugs ever seized in Bahamian waters a few weeks ago.
Although Activa is in a run-down condition, it is equipped with a sophisticated
radar system and good engines.
Lt Jan Poole said the ship has an eight-inch hole in the bottom which he was
trying to patch.
The white ship with blue trim was in a filthy condition. Beans and cigarette
butts were strewn over the floor of the galley and dirty dishes were scattered
ahout.
The marijuana was stored in the ship's hold in large green plastic bags--each
weighing perhaps 60 pounds. The plastic bags were wrapped in crocus sacks.
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The 10 Colombians, who were arrested, were being processed by police this morn-
ing. They are expected to be formally charged in the Magistrate's Court either
later this afternoon or Monday morning.
Activa is tied up at Prince George Wharf, along with several other boats which
were seized by the Defence Force.
The Ministry said its vessels are now constantly patrolling the waters off the
Berry Islands. �
[Editor's Note: THE ~RIBUNE on 14 April, page 1, reported that the ten Colombians,
charged with possession of 3,800 pounds of marijuana, were remanded in custody
after admitting to Magistrate Shirin Edun that they would not return for trial
if granted bail. Charged were: Jose Carriazo, 37; Alden Herbert 0'Neill, 47;
Jose Correa, 55; Jose Carriazo, 33; Victor Torres, 28; Ismael Aguirre, 45;
Profilio Casiani, 29; Dimas Hernandez, 29; Luis Adrahams, 33; and Rafael Nunez,
45.]
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BAHAMAS
SECOND MARIHUANA SHIP WITH COLOMBIAN CREW OF 10 SEIZED
Nassau THE TRIBUNE~in English 15 Apr 81 p 1
[Text] Police officers stationed at Andros seized a boat Monday with 360 bales
of mari~uana, each weighing 100 pounds off Little Sturrup Cay in the Berry
Islz~?7ds .
Ten Colombians, arrested aboard the 75-foot freighter, were brought to Nassau
yesterday by plane while the freighter anchored at Prince George Wharf at 10.50
last night.
Supt of Police Milan Gittens said today that the arrest was made by Sgt 383
Fines, Corp 249 Josey, Corp 972 Farquharson and other police officers 4.30 pm.
Monday when they saw a boat anchored a mile and a half off the coas t of Little
Sturrup Cay.
The dilapidated freighter bore the name "Miss Irma." This name had superimposed
on it the name "Bobby 2." The police officers became suspicious of the freighter
and boarded the vessel.
Today officers were kept busy unloading the bales of marijuana, wrapped in plas-
tic bags and covered with crocus sacks, from the hold of the ship, which was
white and trin~uned with black.
Members of the Bahamas Defence forc~~ on ~S Inagua made a similar arrest near
Great Sturrup Cay in the Northern Berry Islands April 9. Ten Colombians, 760
bales of marijuana, and a mother sh~ip MN Activa, were seized.
The Colombians appeared before Magistrate Shirin Edun yesterday when they were
refused bail.
Bott~ MN Activa and the Bobby 2 were seized in the same area as "Cordobes,"
which was taken on February 16, when 1,500 bales of marijuana with a st~ceet
value of $100 million was found aboard.
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BAHAMAS
THREE COLOMBIANS ARRESTED IN SAMANA CAY MARIHUANA HAUL
Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 25 Apr 81 p 1
[Text] Three Colombians were arrested and 250 bales of mari3uana seized on
Samana Cay Thursday, by members of the Bahamas Defence Force vessel HMBS Marlin,
under the command of Commanding Off:icer Amos Rolle.
The three Colombians and 100 bales of mari~uana were brought to Nassau yesterday
evening aboa~rd I~SBS Marlin. Another 150 bales were destroyed on Samara Cay, 30
miles east of Acklins and Crooked Island.
Commanding Officer Amos Rolle said he went to the cay when he was told a large
cache of drugs was being guarded. On arrival at the cay three unarmed Colombians
~ were found. The police believe they had been on the island three or four days.
The 100 bales of marijuana were off loaded from HMBS Marlin by Defence Force
members at Prince George Wharf yesterday and the three Colombians handed over to
Criminal Investigation Department officials for questioning.
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- MEXICO
ARMY SEIZES 8 TONS OF MARIHUANA IN REYNOSA
Nuevo Laredo E~ MANANA in Spanish 1 Apr 81 Sec B p 5
[Text] Members of the Mexican National Army confiscated slightly over 8 tons of mari-
huana at a residence in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, from the dangerous gunman and drug
trafficker Jesus Carrillo Barraza, who was captured by the militia along with nine
other criminals, including a"protector" from the Federal Security Office [DFS], who
had been giving them "tips" on the activities of the federal authorities.
Arrested with Carrillo Barraza were Gregorio Saavedra Torres, Albino Cornejo Ibanez,
Jose Alberto Sevilla, Douglas H. Hidalgo Tavares, Celestino Balderas Soberanes or
Celestino Baldovino Tavares, Ernesto Ortiz Pescador, Ramon Arteaga Ortega, Miguel de
la Cruz Gomez and the DFS "protector," Jesus Montes~Rivera.
Under orders from Gen Guillermo Pulido Gordillo and Gen Alvaro Montenegro Flores, the
troops and officers raided a residence located at No 205 Laguna de Maira, in the Valle
Alto development in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, where Carrillo Barraza lived and where the
- 8 tons of cannabis indica were seized.
The ring was attacked at its origins when the militiamen first arrested Gregorio
Saavedra Torres, who was found with traces of m~rihuana in a pickup truck, and who
confessed that he had just left a shipment of grass at Carrillo Barraza's house.
Miguel de la Cruz Gomez was the one who carried the marihuana shipment in a tank truck
filled with the grass from San Luis Potosi to the La Copa communal farm.
The investigations continued yesterday, under the supervision of Gens Guillermo Pulido
~1nd Alvaro Montenegro, who reported that the individuals under arrest, and the drugs
weapons and vehicles that had been seized were to be held in Military Camp No 1 in
Mexico City, at the disposal of the competent authorities.
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MEXICO
POLICE COMMAIJDER EXPOSED AS WANTED HEROIN TRAFFICKER
H. Matamoros EL BRAVO in Spanish 29 Apr 81 Sec A p 12
[Text] Because of his record as a large-scale drug trafficker on the international
level, his possible participation in the death of an i~dividual in Chicago, Illinois,
and his status as a fugitive from 3ustice in the United States, at 1400 hours yester-
day the Preventive Police commander, Francisco Chavez Sarabia, who had found a haven
for his own personal protection in that force, was suddenly dismissed. Chavez
Sarabia had been dealing chiefly in heroin.
The police inspector, Capt Alvaro Ceron Alvarez, had been eollecting information for
several weeks on Chavez Sarabia's d~spicable record~; and, upon obtaining sufficient
data, decided to take action to diacharge the bad police official who had taken
advantage of the confidence placed in him.
Taking part in the investigation conducted by Ceron Alvarez was the group of investi-
gators from the Federal Security Office, headed by Jose Magdaleno Gonzalez. After
it had subjected Francisco Chavez to close questioning, the latter eventually confess-
ed to his criminal career on an intemational scale.
Francisco Chavez Sarabia had spent 3 and a 1/2 months as commander of the Preventive'~
Police, wherein he was accommodated by the munieipal administration, since he was
among those who had helped in the last political campaign.
'Phe History of the Now Ex-Pol~.ce Commander Francisco Chavez Sarabia
According to the records held by the police inspector, and the reports in the posses-
sion of the Federal Security Office, the now ex-commander of the Preventive Police,
Francisco Chavez Sarabia, was discovered to be involved in international drug traf-
ficking about 4 years ago, and since that time he has been a fugitive from American
justice.
He was arrested by federal agents from the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] at
dawn on 27 March 1977.
This.took place in a suburb of the city of Chicago, Illinois, where Francisco Chavez
Sarabia, along with two other persons, one nicknamed "E1 J~dio," were taking a ship-
ment consisting of 3 pounds of pure heroin worth many millions of dollars.
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However, the valuable heroin 'shipment did not reach its distributors, because the
DEA federal agents had already learned about it, and and set a trap for them, wherein
Uoth Chavez Sarabia and his companions were arrested.
On this occasion, there was an exchange of guafire and, according to the direct repor.ts
in the possession of Capt Alvaro Ceron Alvarez, one person presumably died in the
confrontation, but it was noted that there is not yet any confirmation of this.
The three drug traffickers, including the former Preventive ~olice commander, were
arraigned, and all three secured their release on bail after being jailed for 3
manths; but, within a few weeks Francisco Chavez Sarabia took refuge in Matamoros,
so as not to be recaptured, after being found totally guilty. Since then, this
individual has been a fugitive from American 3ustice.
Precisely because of that action, on several occasions in recent week~ municipal
officials urged Francisco Chavez to return to the.American side; but he never agreed,
and now the reason that made it impossible for him to go the United States has been
disclosed.
Moreover, it was taken for granted that the police officials decided to intervene so
as to dismiss Francisco Chavez on this occasion , since he was the only Preventive
Police commander who, on many occasions, disobeyed orders and was often able to take
action against his own fellow officers.
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it was found that he had an extensive record in international heroin trafficking and,
in addition, is a fugitive from American ~ustice.
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CONV.LCTED TRAFFICKERS PROTECTED BY POLICE
Officials Fail To Act
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 3 Apr 81 Sec B p 6
[Text] For the third time, the drug trafficker and pickup truck thief JaimP Gonzalez
Bath held a shootout with representatives of the 1aw because, in an incident which
occurred early yesterday at the intersection of Juan F. de la Garza and Bolivar,he
and his brother Juan fired a pistol and submaehine gun volleys at two Secret Service
agents. However, after heavy gun�ire, they were captured.
Shortly after 0930 hours yesterday, Juan F..de la Garza Avenue between Bolivar and
Washington Streets became a gateway to hell. Agents Juan Jose Arambula and Fernando
Moreno were miraculously saved from being riddled with bullets when the two criminals
fired a pistol and a submachine gun at them, with the intention of rescuing the cul-
prit Enrique de la Cruz (a pickup truck thief) who had been arrested by the detectives
a few moments earlier. ~
When faced with the police defensive reaction, the gunmen took shelter behind a vehicle
and fired simultaneously against the representatives of the law.
The shootout began and lasted over l0 minutes, until forces from the State Judicial
Police, Secret Service, Uniformed Municipal Police and Federal Security Office arrived.
The pursuit caused the gunmen to take shelter in a residence where they had been taken
into custody moments earlier. The weapons which they used to fire at the agents were
not found.
Fernando Moreno and Juan Jose Arambula, of the Secret Service, agreed in stating that,
moments before the shooting, they had intercepted a 1978 Camaro car, with license
plates VPN-327, at Bolivar and Juan F. de la Garza, because they identified its driver,
Enrique de la Cruz, who was wanted for questioning abou.t vehicle thefts. They put
him in the official vehicle and had driven only half a.block when they were approached
on one side by Jaime Gonzalez Bath, who was holding a heavy caliber squad pistol and,
on the other, by Juan, with a submachine gun.
They pointed the guns at them and demanded that they get out of the pickup tru~k; but,
upon observing the agents~ defensive action, they~began firing at them, starting the
incident as described.
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Bungling by Judicial Police
On another of many occasions, the State Judicial Police agents acted again in a bungl-
ing manner because they seized the arrested Jaime Gonzalez in an improper way when he
was handcuffed and aboard a municipal radio-patrol car.
Without heeding the comanents by the patrolmen, th~y rescued him and took him to the
offices of that entity to prevent his being questioned, argui�~g that ~heie was a
warrant pending for his capture issued by the Miguel Aleman penal judge of the first
instance.
Cowardice Among Secret Service Chiefs
' Allegedly, the weapons used by the Gonzalez Bath brothers in their attempt to kill
agents Arambula and Moreno did not show up; however, as of yesterday afternoon, the
individuals under arrest had not.been questioned about the concealment thereof.
Visibly intimidated, possibly for fear of reprisals, or possibly afraid of the influ-
ence that the criminals have always enjoyed, the Secret.Service chiefs flatly refused
to allow the agents to question the prisoners. DelegaCe Luis Soto Silva "disappeared"
from the offices.
Arguing that only the aforementioned official could order the steps to be taken, the
Secret Service chtef and deputy chief refused to act directly in the questioning.
Plates and Weapons Confiscated From Them
The representatives of the law seized a large number of sets of license plates for
vehicles, many of them adjusted, others from Texas and a large number Mexican, as
well as ammunirioa of different caLibers, from the residence of the Gonzalez Bath
brothers.
Most of the license plates belonged to vehicles stolen abroad.
The Federal Judicial Police Did Not Intervene
At the headquarters of the Security CoBUnissions, it was reported that a large amount
of marihuana traces was found in the Z-28 type Camaro car seized from Enrique de la
Cruz. Despite the foregoing data, at na time were they concerned about seeking the
intervention of the Federal Judicial Police.
The coordinator of the Federal Publ.ic Ministry agenEies, Carlos Aguilar Garza, will
finatly have to act.in this case, inasmuch as it involves criminals engaged in steal-
ing cars abroad and possibly also.in drug trafficking, as proven by the traces of
cannabis indica collected from de la Cruz's car, the latter being associated with the
Gonzalez Bath hrothers in illegal activities.
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Among the shady maneuvers carried out bv the director of the Social Rehabilitation
Center is the impro~erhadlbeen sentenced tot5ayearseandJ9imonthsZin prison, was out
pite the fact that he
of ~ail although he had been arrested u~ader 3 years ago.
Omar Lopez Chapa, direc~or of La Zoma, has established strict control of information
in that prison, to prevent the improper releases from becoming public knowledge.
Among others, there is the case of Jaime Gonzalez Bath, who entered the jail on 20
April 1978 at the order of the third district court. He wa~ sentenced to 5 years and
9 months in prison for his guilt in Qommitting a crime against health in its various
degrees and for carryinh a~zalez Bath~is considerediaevery danger ustcriminal.y and
Navy. Despite his yout ,
Although the foregoing had been proven, and using possibly illegal maneuvers, the '
General Offiee of Coordinated Crime PrevenWaonofnddailyaexith
ithiincarcerationeon
granted him the benefit of prerelease, by y
weekends." He left the ~ail on 17 March 1981.
As a result of the illegal acts in.which he part3cipated yesterday morning, in shoot-
ing at representatives of the law, the di.rector of the Social Rehabilitation Center
must send a report to his superiors, notifying them of the foregoing.
Thus, it is posstble that his prerelease benefits will.be revoked, and he will serve
the sentence orj.ginally imposed on him for the aforementioned crimes.
Probe To Continue
Nuevo Laredo EL MANEINA in Spanish 4 Apr 81 Sec B p S
[Text] The brothers Jaime and.Juan Gonzalez Bath, as well as the criminal Enrique de
la Cruz Rodrtguez, were held yesterday at La Loma at the disposal of the Federal
Public Ministry agent, and it was reported that the second-named sub~ect would be
tried for drug trafficednb~ thecthirdadistrictr~udgecintconnection withca�trialnthat
Gonzalez Bath was want y
began in 1979.
This action related to the seizure of.several high-powered automatic weapons and some
suitcases containing marihuana which were confiscated at Gonzalez Bath's residence.
On that occasion, an individual was arrested who stated at the time that the afore-
mentioned sub~ect was in Corpus Christi selling marihuana which they had brought him
from the interior of the republic. As for the incidents which prompted the arrest
of the ts~o brothers, it will be the Federal Public Ministry agent who will complete
the respective preliminary penal investigation. Both the brothers Juan and Jaime
Gonzalez Bath and the criminal Enrique de la Cruz Rodriguez will be questioned by
the Federal Judicial.Police in connection with the marihuana (traces) found in the
1978 Camaro car that the latter was dr3ving. The leniency with which the arrested
individuals were treated by the Secret Service and the State Judicial.Police was
the reason for the failure tattemdttto kil~twonSecuritydCommissionaagentsGonzal~z
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SSA: ADDICTION IS ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM
Mexico City EL UTA in Spanish 11 May 81 p 9
[Article by Yolanda Garcia M.]
[Text] Drug dependence has become a major mental health problem in this country;
it is the fourth most common problem encountered in the epidemiological consulta-
tions of the psychiatric and mental health services provided at the Health
Centers of the Secretariat of Health and Assistance (SSA), stated Dario Urdapi-
lleta Bueno. Dr Urdapilleta Bueno is professor of adolescent child psychology at
the Mexican Psychiatric Institute.
If the cases are broken down according to age groups, he said, the result is that
5 percent of the drug addicts are between 5 and 14 years of age; 35 percent are
' 15 to 19 years old; and approximately 50 percent are between 20 and 24. Drug addic-
tion tends to be rare after about 49 years of age.
With regard to sex, Dr Urdapilleta Bueno stated that 95 percent of drug addicts
are men.
As in all health problems, he said, hygiene is a factor; drug addiction can lead ~
to infection, which must be controlled. He pointed out that doctors must also pay
attention to drugs such as nicotine, caffeine and alcohol, as they are the most
dangerous substances.
- The SSA also indicated that ti~~ population must be given more information about
the health risks involved in drug use. How~ver, he said, that information should
be aimed specifically at prevention; care should be taken not to arouse the
curiosity of po~ential drug users.
Fin~~lly, he said that the most serious problem is that of children who sniff sub-
stances, since they are the ones who most often become drug addicts.
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FOPI'IES, MARIHUANA, OTHER DRUGS DESTROYED
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 7 May 81 p 10-A
- [Article by Manuel del Castillo]
[Text] In the ongoing campaign against drug trafficking, troops of the Condor
VII Task Force and those of Plan Canador have destroyed many hectares of poppies
and marihuana, and have thus prevented more than a billion pesos' worth of drugs
from being put on the market.
This information was revealed by the secretary of national defense, Gen Felix
Galvan Lopez, as he left a meeting with President Lopez Portillo. He stressed
that the Mexican Army is waging a continuous battle against drug trafficking,
planting and cultivation.
This year troops destroyed 424 hectares of poppies, which would have produced
~4,240 kilograms of opium, and 622 hectares of marihuana. They also seized 45,433
kilograms of marihuana in packages and in stacks, valued at more than 55 million
pesos. In addit:ion, 13 kilograms of poppy seeds and more than 11,000 kilos of
marihuana were burned. In this manner, a total of 1,017,020,462 pesos' worth of
drugs were kept off the market, assuming that the market price is 120,000 pesos
for a kilogram of opium and 1,214 pesos for a kilogram of marihuana.
Gen Galvan Lopez also stated that the Army is providing personnel for the Secretar-
iat of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources in Campeche, and the Secretariat of
Finance and Public Credit. The former is engaged in a campaign against pests in
Campeche's agriculture sector, and has fumigated 6,612 hectares. The latter is
building customs facilities in Cancun, Quintana Roo and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas,
and the troops have made possible a considerable reduction in building costs.
The oEficial also pointed out that he had informed the chief of state that two
Mexican Air Force planes had been~used to transport 129 students of the Chihuahua
University School of Dentistry from Chihuahua to the capital to participate in
the Second Dent_al Students' Meeting, organized as part of the Program of Con-
tinuing Medical Education of the University of the Army and Air Force and the
Military Dentistry School.
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SICILIA FALCON RECEIVES ADDITIONAL SENTENCE
Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 3 May 81 p 35-A
[Article by Rafael Medina Cruz]
[Text] After nearly 5 years behind bars, having been prosecuted in a federal
court in Tijuana and in the court of equity of the Federal District, drug
trafficker Alberto Sicilia Falcon will receive a new sentence from Third District
Penal Judge Vicente Munguia Diaz in this capital city.
Sicilia Falcon was sentenced by a judge in Tijuana to 10 years in prison for
crimes against health, and to 15 years by the court of equity of this city for
participating in the escape from the Palacio Negro of Lecumberri.
Now he will re~eive a new sentence next week, reported Munguia Diaz. This could
be the final sentence, so we will know how many years the drug trafficker will
spend in prison.
Along with Sicilia Falcon, other drug traffickers will also be sentenced.
According to the Regional Attorney General's Office, they made up one of the most
powerful bands in the world.
Among those who are to be sentenced, one is dead, another is mentally disturbed,
and the others are awaiting news of their sentence.
Carlos Kiriakides Villasenor was hanged at the Federal District Peniter~tiary in
an apparent suicide.
Alberto Hernandez Rubi is mentally disturbed, and his physical condition is very
poor, according to information provided by the jail.
Enrique Palacios Echazorretti, Alfonsco Rivera Uribe and Alberto Sicilia are the
ones who will be sentenced, and they could receive the maximum sentence. Luis
Antonio Zucoli Bravo will not, however, because he was never recaptured after the
escape at Lecumberri.
Sicilia Falcon and his codefendants, according to their statements, have waited
longer than any other drug trafficker to be sentenced, and their trials haye been
delayed the longest in federal courts.
The sentence, said Munguia Diaz, will be handed down after 5 May.
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MEXICO
COCAINE TRAFFICY.ER SEIZED AT CAPITAL AIRPORT
Mexico City ~XC~LSIOR in Spanish 28 Apr 81 p 7-D
[Article by Rafael Medina Cruz]
[Text] After a chase through the corridors of the International Airport, agents
of the Federal Judicial Police caught an American drug trafficker who arrived on
Aeroperu Flight 622 with 3~ kilos of almost pure cocaine, va lued at more than
200 million pesos.
William Langille, who had the drug taped to his calves and b ack, got off the
plane and saw the agents searching people, so he abandoned hi s luggage and ran
away.
Federal Judicial Police agents, gave chase and soon caught up w ith him. The drug
trafficker, a corpulent man, swung at the police when they rea ched him. When he
saw that he was about to be overcome, he drew a gun. But he wa s disarmed
immediately.
When questioned by agents, the drug trafficker stated that 6 months ago he made
contact in San Francisco, California, with an individual named Joel N., who ar-
ran~ed for him to visit Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with some subjects whom he
knew simply as Alfredo and "Coco."
He said, "They gave me a cocaine shipmenC which I brought t o Mexico City by
pl.ane, then to Tijuana, then by land to San Diego, and from there to San
Fr~ncisco.
"I delivcred the drug, and they were going to call me to find out when I would
bring the nex~ shipment and to what place.
"Two weeks ago," he explained, "I received a call from Joel. He told me I had to
go to Peru, where Alfredo and 'Coco' were waiting to give me a shipment of 3~
kilc~s of cocainH to make the same trip again."
The drug traffic:ker was turned over to the Federal Public Ministry.
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MEXICO
MEMBERS OF MAR.IHUANA TRAFFICKING RING SENTENCED .
Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO 3n Spanish 25 Mar 81 Sec B p 3
[Text] The members of a drug trafficking ring which had been operating in the port of
Matamoros, who were captured early last year by Federal Judicial Police agents, were
sentenced to severe prison.terms.=�~
Yesterday, the second district ~udge, Cayetano Hernandez Valencia, issued his final
" verdict in tria~ 32/980, brought against Antonio Ramirez Fuentes, or Alberto Mantilla
- Lizardi, and the.ring which he.headed.
Sentenced together with Ramirez Fuentes were Melquiades Sosa Rios, Heriberto Sosa
Campos, Melquiades Sosa Cantu, Alberto Guadalupe Garza Atkinson and Antonio Silva
Vazquez, all of whom were convicted for a crime against health in its degrees of
transportation, sale, possession, trafficking through sale and purchase of marihuana.
Ramirez Fuentes wss also found guilt.y of the crime of bearing firearms and ammunition
reserved for the exclusive use of.the Army.
Cayetano Hernandez Valencia imposed a~ail sentence of 8 years and 2 months and a fine
of 20,000 pesos on Antonio Felix Ramirez Fuentes; while Melquiades Sosa Rios, Heriberto
Sosa Campos and Antonio Silva Vazquez w~re sentenced to 8 years in prison and given a
fine of 20,000 pesos.
As for Melquiades Sosa Cantu, he received a prison sentence of l years and 5 months,
and a fine of 10,000 pesos; and Alberto Guadalupe Atkinson received a prison sentence
of l years and 2 months, and a f ine of. ].0, 000 pesos .
The Capture at a Farm in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
The trial record shows that on 11 January 1980 Federal Judicial Police agents appre-
hended Antonio Fel~x Ramirez Fuentes, on whom they already had information to the
effect that he was engaged in drug trafficking, in a nightclub in the red light dis-
trict of the poxt of Matamoros.
At the time of his arrest, Ramirez Fuentes was carrying a 9 millimeter caliber pistol,
which he had concealed in his left boot. Upon being questioned, he said that he had
actually purchased marihuana in the stat.e of Oaxaca, and shipped it to the Barranqui-
tas farm owned by Melquiades Rios, turning over the drugs to Sosa Rios himself, or
to Heriberto Sosa Campos. .
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MEXICO
BRIEFS
FARM WORKERS CLAIMED DRUGGED--Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 21 April (EXCELSIOR)--Th~
head of the Youth Immigration Committee of San Luis-Rio Colorado, Enrique Lopez
' Chavez, cl~imed that the farmers in Yuma Valley, Arizona, are drugging about 15,000
Mexicans without identification papers so that they will produce more while picking
lemons and lettuce. He added that the foremen on the U.S. farms supply psychotropic
pills to 80 or 90 percent of the laborers. They purchase those drugs, which are
dangerous to use and hence banned, in Ti~uana. Lopez Chavez stressed: "The large
output from the Mexican farm.worker on those farms wh~n he has been stimulated is
well known. But his health is at risk, and the~Youth Immigration Committee has
proposed to combat the procedure used Uy these American farmers, who are ~eopardiz-
ing the very lives of thousands of people without identification." To give an idea
of the magnitude of the problem, he said that help is now being given by Alcoholics
Anonymous groups in the area, in order to prevent the conversion of these 15,000
laborers from the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua into psychotropic drug
addicts. Lopez Chavez also explained that the Yuma Valley farmers, located in the
middle of the Arizona desert, have hired about 35,OU0 persons without identification
to pick their crops this season. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 22 Apr
81 Sec A p 5] 2909
PLANTATION DESTRUCTION INTENSIFIED--"The period of destruction of poppy plantations
is about to end, and it is thought that, within 20 days, we shall have to start the
intensive spotti.ng and destruction'of the marihuana plantations, upon the termination
of the cycle ot ~opium poppies, which the individuals engaged in this type of illegal
activity have stopped planting on account of weather conditions." In making this
statement, Hector Aviles Castillo, coordinator of the permanent campaign against the
drug traffic in Zone 06, established by the Office of the Attorney General of the
Republic, noted that the 11 machines with which the coordinating entity is provided
are working at full capacity. He explained that, at present, there has been a dou-
bling of the action in the battle against_the planting, cultivation and harvestin~ of
drugs, in comparison with last~year; but that this is due mainly to the fact that
there is an intention not to allow the plantations to exist by any.means. He added
that the eight model 206 helicopters used for apotting and backup., along with the
- three model 212 helicopters used for fumigating, are destroying a daily average of
1Q0 plantations in the entire mountain area; expressing the view th~t these results
have made it possible to keep such activities under more stringent control. Finally,
he remarked that the operations for the destruction of crops would continue to be
intensified, for which purpose the reconnaissance flights will also be made more
often, in an attempt to prevent, during the marihuana cycle that is about to start,
the growers from having a chance to harvest the in3urious grass, as they have succeed-
ed in doing on previous occasions. [Text] [Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 24
Apr 81 pp 1, 6] 2909
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TRAFFICKERS' ACCOMPLICES CAUGHT--The Federal Police succeeded in capturing two indi-
viduals implicated in the case of the stolen aircraft which was found~to have crashed
last week in the Papagos area of the municipality of Caborca, with two persons
involv ed in drug trafficking killed. As may be recalled, Manuel Leopo~do Rodrigtiez
and the American, Miguel Elsey Moreno, were killed in that accident, when the Cessna
182 pl ane, with registration XB-YEQ, crashed, and tra~es of marihuana were found in
the aircraft. As a result, when the Federal Judicial Police investigated the case,
- they arrested a brother of the deceased, who answers~to the name of Leopoldo Antonio
Rodriguez Ramirez, upon stopping the vehicle, a 1978 Fairmont with Sinaloa state
licens e plates VEG-591, in which'he was traveling in Nogales, 5onora, because he
- had sup erimposed plates. When questioned, he confessed that he was engaged in drug
- traff icking, and that he already knew about the aircraft before it was located in
the mun icipality of Caborca, because, a few days earlier, he had made a tour of that
area with the pilot, Ben~amin Rodriguez,whom he hired to search for his brother,
becaus e he was worried since the latter had not returned with him on the day planned,
after having left to ca~ry a drug shipment. [Text] [Hermosillo EL IMPARCIAL in Spanish
22 Apr 81 Sec A p 2] 2909
HEROIN SEIZED IN NOGALES--Nogales, 6 May--Another~blow was iiealt to~the large-scale
drug traffic on this border by Federal Judicial Police agents, when they seized half
a kilo gram of pure heroin worth more than 2 million pesos. The commander of that
entity, Francisco Alejandro Hernandez, reported that the drugs were seized from
Brigid o Molina Gonzalez in a hotel in.the downtown area of this town, ~fter an exhaus-
tive investigation conducted by agents under his orders to curb the drug traffic in
his jur isdiction, The drugs were being carried by Molina Gonzalez inside the soles
of his shoes, perfectly packaged and arranged. ~He stated in the questioning to which
he was sub~ected by Federal Judicial Police agents that he had.used Chis system on
severa 1"trips" to the border. Com~nander Hernandez reported that the presumed drug
traff icker has a criminal record in the states of Durango and Sinaloa, also for
crimes against health. The individual.under arrest is being held in the Federal
Judicial Police lockup, while at the disposal of the agent of the Federal Public
Ministry. [Text] [Hermosillo EL IMPARCIAL'in Spanish 7 May 81 Sec A p 2] 2909
ARMY DRUG DESTRUCTION REPORT--Mexico C3.ty, 6 May (INFORMEX)--The troops affiliated
with Task Force "Condor 7" and "Plan Ganador" assigned to combat the planting,
cultivation and trafficking of drugs prevented over a billion pesos from entering
the drug market as a result of the sale of marihuana, poppies, opium and other drugs,
accoxd ing to a report made today by the secretary of national defense, Gen Felix
Galvan Lopez. The head of the entity made this statement..upon leaving his meeting
with President Jose Lopez~Portillo at the Los Pinos resider~ce. He added that,
between January and the present, 424 hectares of poppies, which would have produced
aver 4 tons of opium, and 622 hectares of marihuana were destroyed. Seizures were
made of 45,433 kilograms of packed marihuana, and 13 kilograms of poppy without seed,
and over 11 tons of marihuana were burned. All this would have represented income
of 1,017,020,462 pesos for the drug traffic. The national defense official '
reported to the chief executive on the various aetivitiea being carried out by the
entity that he heads, in cooperation with the Federal Government Secretariats. [Text]
[Hermosillo EL IMPARCIAL in Spanish 7 May 81 Sec A p 10] 2909
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TRAFFICKERS BATTLE TROOPS--Guadalajara, Jalisco, 12 April (EXCELSIOR)--In a shootout
between drug traffickers and forces from the 21st Cavalry Regiment, four criminals
and one soldier were killed, and three other members of the military seriously wound-
ed. The incident occurred early this morning near the E1 Canutillo �arm, in the
municipality of Pihuano. The military, who formed a flying column, intercepted a
truck loaded with several tons of marihuana. Upon realizing that they had been
discovered, the drug traffickers fired at the soldiers, and one of the latter was
- killed on the scene. His name, as well as those of the wounc~^d, who are confined ia
the military hospital, was not released. In repelling the attack, the soYdiers shot
to death the drug traffickers Rafael Martinez Mora, Samuel Maldonado Martinez, Jose
Cardenas Mora and Francisco Rein~ga. The Public Ministry agent assigned to the Gre~n
Cross, Fernando Basulto Limon, said that the victims each sustained between eight and
10 shots, commenting that they were in serious condition. The bodies of the soldier
and the dr.ug traffickers were held at the Civil Hospital examining room. [Text]
y [H. Matamoros EL BRAVO in Spanish 13 Apr 81 p 8] 2909
OPIUM GUM TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Members of the Federal Judicial Police succeeded in
capturing Rodolfo Ontiveros Lopez and Pedro Avendano Lopez, who were engaged in the
purchase and sale of drugs. At the time of their arrest, 794 grams of opium gum
ready for marketing were seized from them. The information provided to this morning
paper by Hector Aviles Castillo, coordinator for Zone 06 of the permanent campaign
against driig trafficking, established by the Office of the Attorney General. of the
Repu.blic, indicates that the presumed drug traffickers reside in Agua Caliente,in
the municipality of Cosala. It also notes that the investigations conducted by the
federdl detectives made it possible to lo~ate the half-brothers who, in addition,
turned over 330,000 pesos resulting fro~m sales made recently, as well as a 1981 blue
double-wheeled b'ord pickup truck carrying license plates TV=6181. It adds that the
forces under orders from the entity's second commander, Ma.nuel Esplndola Martinez,
upon visiting the respective residences of the arrested individuals, received directly
from the latter a bag containing a brown paste-like substance, which was apparently
opium gum, weighing 589 grams. Both individuals made their pertinent statements to
the police authorities, and were placed at the disposal of the agency of the Federal
Public Ministry. [Text) [Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 28 Apr 81 Sec B p 2]
2909
SEN10R PRISON OFFICIALS--At least lU officials of the various penitentiaries of
che Federal District have been implicated in prison drug trafficking activities,
according to an investigation by the Attorney General's Office. Although nothing
has~ been revealed officially, it has been reported unofficially that as a result
of the recent discovery of marihuana and heroin in the Northern Prison and the
Oaxaca 1'enitentiary, the investigation has been stepped up. It is assumed that
the drugs are brought in with the knowledge and consent of prison officials.
Specifically, a~parently at the requesr_ of the director of prisons in the Federal
Districr, the former director of the Southern Preventive Detention Facility,
Oscar Sali.nas Estrella, is being investigated. During his term in office, he
~?llegedly allowed drug trafficking in that penal institution. The investigation
is bein~ extended to prisons in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Tijuana, where there
~re reports that drug trafficking is permitted, and hundreds of millions of pesos
change hands in the process. For the present, the Attorney General's Office has
Eocused particularly on the Federal District, where there is solid proof of drug
;raEficking wi[h the approval of prison authorities. [Text] [Mexico City EL SOL
Df: MEXTCO in Sp~ni.sh 28 Apr 81 p 8-A] 8926
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COLOMBIANS, COCAINE IN TIJUANA--Tijuana, Baja California Norte, 14 May-- Judicial
l'olice yesterday seized a half kilo nf cocaine and arrested four Colombians at
~he airport. The Colombians are Gonzalo and Bernardo Lopez Lozano, Alejandro
Marin Hernandez and Auria Orj~ela de Caballero, who had 4 million pesos' worth of
drugs in plastic bags secreted on her person. The drug traffickers are appar~ntly
part of an international band that operates in Central and South America, with
connections in the United States, according to Aaron Juarez Jimenez, Public
Ministry agent and coordinator of the anti-drug campaign in the northeast. He
added that the Colombians arrived in this city on flight 170 from the capital,
where they had arrived from Cali, Colombia. Auria Orjuela de Caballero indicated
that the drug was given to her by an individual in Cali, Colombia, and it was to
be taken to the United States. [Text] [Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 15 May 81
p 34-A] 8926 ~
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PERU
BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Three bands of drug traffickers who were operating in
Huanduca and Cajamarca have been arr.ested by the Police Investigations Department.
Two bands were dismantled in Huanuco, all their members arrested and 45 kilograms
of cocaine base seized. The arrested are: Eduardo Gamarra Limal; Jorge Mi.naya
Alcantara, Juan Ramirez Soria, Esteban Alvarado Retuerto, Pedro Lopez Flores,
Estanislao Angel Falcon, Luis Salas Salinas and Teodoro Daza Saturno. In another
operation carried out in Cajamarca, 20 kilograms of cocaine base were seized
aiid the following traffickers arrested: EbErto Horacio Mendoza Mendoza, Laureano
Cataneda Castillo, Jose Silva Vargas, Pedro Terrones Bazan and the brothers Jose
Luciano and Jose Florencio Arau3o Sanchez. [PY111919 Lima EXPRESO in Spanish
23 May ~1 p 23]
COCAINE SEIZED--Ayacucho, 22 May--The chief of the ninth region of the Civil Guard
unexpectedly discovered 50 kilograms of cocaine base hidden in a truck. The
occupants of the truck were able to escape. [PY111919 Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish
23May81p 1]
DRUG SF.IZ~iJRE--The investigations police have found 800 grams of cocaine hydro-
chloride in the bathroom of the Jorge Chavez International Airport. The police
believe the drug was left there by a passenger. [PY111919 Lima EXPRESO in Spanish
27 May 81 p ~6]
COCAINE FOUND-- The Ayacucho Civil Guard have seized more than 100 kilograms of
cocaine base valued at approximately 180 million soles hidden inside a truck's
f uel tank. They arrested the following persons: Teofilo Jacinto Jeri Nahui,
Maximo Leandro Hilario, Guillermo Torres Casano, Narciso Saico Lizama, Guilleraao .
Rivera Medina and Rafael Jara Quispe. [PY111919 Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish
2 Jun 81 p 45]
nRUG TRAFI~'ICKERS ARRESTED--The Ayacucho Civil Guard have arrested a band of
international drug traffickers known as "the Colombian Trio." They are: Julio
Rivandeneyta Maldonado, Jose Gutierrez Colchado and his brother Eduardo Gutierrez
Colchado. The Civil Guard also arrested Julio Zuniga de La Barrera and seized
27 kilomgrams of cocaine base found in his possession. [PY111919 Lima EXPRESO
in Spanish 2 Jun 81 p 20]
1)RUG TRAFFICKER ARRESTED--Tumbes, 29 May--The Peruvian investigations police have
arrested Elber Jose Chalco Mendoza, member of the Civil Guard, for carrying 3
kilograms of cocaine base. [PY111919 Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 30 May 81 p 22]
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VENEZUELA
BRIEFS
COCAINE SMUGGLING--7.tao Bolivian citizens, Magda Luz Santero de Torrico, 27, and
Ale~andro Perez Mendez, 34, were arrested at Simon Bolivar International Airport
in Maiquetia. Mrs Torrico was carrying 8.5 kg of cocaine in her purse. [Caracas
Radio Continente in Spanish 2100 GMT 8 Jun 81]
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EGYPT
MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF HASHISH SEIZED IN MINYA AL-QANIII
Cairo AL-AHRAM in Arabic 16 Apr 81 p 4
[Article by Husayn Ghanim: "Chase Reveals Hashish Shipment in Car Trunk and
Leads to 5ecret Cache in Cafeteria in Minya al-Qamh"]
[Text] After a 90-minute armed battle, the Drug Control Department agencies were
able to seize a hashish shipment worth one million pounds in the trunk of a
taxicab and in a cafeteria in Minya al-Qamh, al-Sharqiyah. The hashish had been
smuggled for the occasion of Shamm al-Nasim holiday [on Monday following
Orthodox Coptic Easter]. A smuggler and a cafeteria owner were arrested after a
chase in the countryside.
Information received by the department had indicated that some drug smugglexs and
dealers in Cairo agreed to br~ng in large shipments for the occasion of Shamm
al-Nasim holiday. Reports received by Maj Gen Sami As'ad, the head of the Drug
Control Department, had also ~ndicated that a number of Sinai bedouins were behind
the smuggled drugs and that they had helped bring them to some desert areas in
preparation for shipping them into the country.
Maj Gen Mamduh Salim Zaki, the department's deputy director, drew up a plan,
carried out under the supervision of Col Muhammad 'Abbas, the director of
operations, and Col Sayyid Ghayth, the director of foreign activity, to watch and
record the smugglers' moves and meetings. It became evident from the watch that
another group of drug dealers in al-Batiniyah--a group watched closely [by the
police]--had agreed to move the smuggled drug shipments from their caches in the
desert to Minya al-Qahm in al-Sharqiyah in preparation for shipping them tn Cairo
to facilitate their distribution on the occasion of Shamm al-Nasim holiday.
The observation activities, supervised by Col Mustafa al-Kashif, Col Hasan
al-Manakhili, Col Usamah al-Hamahimi, Lt Col Mahmud 'Abd-al-Rashid and Lt Col
Shafiq al-~Ishari, noticed that a Peugeot taxicab frequented the eastern Bilbays
desert and was used by some Sinai bedouins, including Salamah Sulayman Abu
Kibrit, to transport drugs. Three scattered ambushes were laid along the
agricultural road in Minya al-Qamh. The car was allowed to pass unopposed. But
before reaching its destination, the car was intercepted by the third ambush
position which exchanged fire with the car passengers. Wtiile the car was trying~
to back out in an attempt to escape, the members of the first and second ambush
positions attacked it. Under heavy fire, the car passengers had no resort but to
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abandon the car and flee to the farms where the smuggler Salainat~ was apprehended
after a 90-minute chase.
The hashish shipment, designated for storage in al-Sa'adah Cafeteria, located at�
the tip of the agricultural road, was found in the car trunk. A secret drug
cache was also discovered in the cafeteria. 'Izzat 'Abd-al-'Aziz Muhammad, the
cafeteria owner, was arrested. The seized drugs have been valued at one million
pounds. The prosecution has ordered ~ailing the smuggler and the cafeteria owner
and impounding the car.
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EGYPT
HASHISH POWDER SEIZURE REPORTED
Cairo AL-AHRAM in Arabic 19 Apr 81 p 10
[Article by Husayn Ghanim: "Armed Chase in Front of Dar al-Shifa~ Hospital to
Arrest Smuggler From al-Batiniyah With ~tao-Million Pounds' Worth of Hashish
Powder"]
[Text] After an exciting armed chase at noon yesterday in front of Dar al-Shifa'
Hospital and in the extension of Ramsis Street in al-'Abbasiyah, the agencies
of the Public Drug Control Department were able to arr.esC a drug smuggler from
al-Batiniyah, along with two of his aides--one of them an employee of a big
hotel. A hashish powder shipment valued at 2 million pounds was seized in the
smuggler's car.
The security agencies of the Ministry of Interior and of the Public Drug Control
Department had taken all the measures to deal with and to stop the spread of
drugs from al-Batiniyah by dealing effective blows to the largest number of drug
smugglers and dealers in the quarter. This was done on the instructions of
Muhammad Nabawi Isma~il, the deputy prime minister and the minister of interior,
who has stressed the need to gather information on the activities of the dangerous
elements and to confront these elaments.
Last month, Maj Gen Sami As'ad, the department head, received information from
sources in Beirut asserting that some members of the well-known Nassar family in
al-Batiniyah had concluded deals for hashish powder which was actually smuggled
out of Tripoli Port, Lebanon, to a European port ~o~be camouflaged as foodstuff
and that the hashish powder was then shipped from the port of Piraeus in Greece
and from Marseille. The movements of these shipments were kep t under surveillance
until it became certain that they arrived in Alexandria Port as part of shipments
of large quantities of food with the aim of misleading the customs men.
Informa.tion gathered under the supervision of Ma~ Gen Mamduh Salim Zaki, the
department~s deputy director; Co1 Muhammad 'Abbas, the director of operations;
and Col Sayyid Ghayth, the director of foreign activities, further indicated
that the smugglers~ accomplices were able to clear the drug shipments with the
- help of others to deliver them in Cairo to smuggler Muhammad Mustafa Kamil Jad,
the brother in law of Hasan Nassar, a leading amuggler in al-Batiniyah. The
surveillance confirmed that the smugglers ag~eed to deliver the shipment in the
area around Dar al-Shifa' Hospital in al-Abbasiyah. Counselor Salah al-Rashidi,
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the attorney general, issued an arrest warrant and the necessary ambushes were
laid, and were linked by a radio network to an operations room set up on a veranda
in the second floor of the hospital directly over the street. The operations
were carried out under the command of Col Muhammad 'Abbas, Ibrahim Musa and Sayyid
Ghayth .
At noon, an advance ambush position led by Col Mustaf.a al-Kashif, Col 'Isam
al-Tarsawi and Col Hasan al-Manakhili noticed that a Peugeot car bearing Suez �
license plate No 7695, driven by Muhammad Mustafa Jad and carrying two unidentified
passengers, was roaming the area to make sure that it was clea.r. An hour later,
pedestrians in the area were surprised to see a number of private cars chasing
the Peugeot and exchanging fire with it in an attempt to surround it. All the
cars in the main street stopped and the smuggler's car tried to penetrate the
blockade and crashed into one of the [security] force's cars and almost over-
turned it but the car passengers miraculously escaped harm and then proceeded to
arrest smuggler Muhammad Mustafa Jad and the other two accompanying him, namely
Muhammad Na3ib Ahmad 'Abdallah, an employee of the Sheraton Hotel, and Sayyid
Sa'd Maghribi, a driver in one of the [govenunent] authorities. A number of card-
board boxes containing nylon bags filled with hashish powder were found in the car
trunk. The powder has been valued at 2 million pounds.
After the fall of the smuggler and his aides, the forces taking part in the
operation proceeded under the co~nd of colonels Ma~di Husayn, Faruq Abu al-'Ata,
Shafiq al-'Ishari, Mahmud 'Abd-al-Rashid, Mustafa Tahir, Yahya al-Jammal,
Muhammad al-Sharqawi and Lt Col Jamil 'Abd-al-Sami' to conduct a large-scale
inspection to arrest a number of fugitive me~nbers of the gang of smuggler Hassan
Nassar and his brothers. The investigation has been undertaken by 'Adi1 Salih,
the first deputy prosecution attorney, under the supervision of S~mir Sulayman,
the head of the Drug Prosecution 0�fice.
The investigation has shown that Muhammad Jad has a vocational diploma from the
Cairo Secondary School for Mechanics, the Vehicles Section, that he worked as an
assistant technician in Misr Air, a driver and a garage owner and that he then
joined the gang of his brothers-in-law and was charged with several drug
importation operations in 1973. He has used his skills to forge documents and
permits for clearing cars ~presumably from the customs] and for false passports.
He was charged in 1979 in the well-known case of smuggling cars from the customs
and selling them under forged documents.
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EGYPT
HASHISH-SMUGGLING ATTEEMPT FOILED
Cairo AL-AHRAM in Arabic 5 May 81 p 10
[Article by 'Irfan Mustafa: "Attempt to Smuggle 4 Tons of flashish Valued at 10
Mill.ion Pounds Foiled After Sea Chase Near Ra's al-Barr"]
[TextJ The border guard forces were able to foil an attempt to smuggle a
quantity of hashish powder amounting to 4 tons, valued at more than 10 million
pounds, at the Damietta coast near Ra's al-Barr.
The border guard intelligence had received information to the effect that some
major smugglers intende3 to bring into the country large quantities of hashish
powder by way of Ra's al-Barr, on the Damietta coast, on the occasion of Shamm
al-Nasim holiday. The information added that the smugglers had started to
modify their plans and methods in the wake of the strict surveillance maintained
by the border guard, that they have resorted to concealing all traces of the
cars or boats which they use in their smuggling operations, which is known as
(concealing the evidence), and that they intend to use densely populated
areas that are far from the open coastal areas in order to infiltrate quickly to
the heart of the country and to avoid the careful watch of the border guard.
This information was presented to Maj Gen Faruq al-Sahn, the border guard
commander, and a plan was drawn up and implemented under the supervision of Maj
Gen Samih al-Tuhami, the border guard chief of staff, to foil any attempt that may
be carried by smugglers operating across the coast. A number of the bor3er guard
land and naval units were entrusted with specific tasks which were made to appear
normal so as not to draw the smugglers~ attention.
In the last week of April, a number of loaded boats trying to app~oach the coast
from the territorial waters were foiled.
At dawn on 1 May, one of the boats loaded with drugs approached the northern
coast in Ra's al-Barr area and started to unload its drugs on~the coast. But an
ambush position, led by Lt Col Sa'id ~Azzam, co~ander of the Damietta border
guard intelligence office, and Maj Mustafa Ghali, commander of the border guard
force, surprised the boat with fire after a light signal had been sent from the
boat loaded with drugs to the cost indicating that the unloading had started.
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The boat then dropped its entire load in the water and fled outside the
territorial waters. The boat was chased by naval units of the border forces.
It has become evident that the load of hashish powder weighed 4 tons. It was
stuffed into rubber tires so that it may float.
The Damietta prosecution has started an investigation and has ordered confiscation
of the seized hashish powder.
Ma3 Gen Samih al-Tuhami, the border guard forces chief of staff, has stated that
Lt Gen 'Abdrabb al-Nabi Hafiz, the armed forces chief of staff, will receive at
his office tomarrow the officers who laid the ambush to give them a special
reward in appreciation of the big efforts they have exerted.
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ISRAEL
BRIEFS
HASHISH FOUND--Six floating inner tubes containing about 900 rolls of pure hashish
worth about 1 million shekels have been found in the past 24 hours on the Nahariyya
Beach and in the water just off shore. It is thought that they were thrown into
the water from a Lebanese ship off southern Lebanon, but were carried southward
by the current. [TA050544 Jerusalem Domestie Service in Hebrew 1200 GMT 4 Jun 81]
COAST GUARD HASHISH DISCOVERY--Early this morning Coast Guard boats discovered in
midsea, opposite the Haifa Bay, five tires loaded with approximately 300 kg hashish.
This was reported by our correspondent Me'ir Einstein. [Text] [TA3~1831 Jerusalem
Domestic Service in Hebrew 0600 GMT 28 Ma.y 81]
HASHISH FOUND--Off the Nahariyya Co~st, 180 rolls of hashish were found hidden
in an oboe that was floating on the water. [TA040541 Jerusalem Domestic Service
in Hebrew 0500 GMT 4 Jun 81]
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I;ONGO
BRIEFS
- INDIAN HEMP SELLER SENTENCED--Theophile Kimbembe, 2l~, a Bacongo resident,
was involved in hemp sales. He explainat "Sentenced in 1980 to 8 months
in prison for theft, I gave up that ntraden as too risky, in favor of hemp
sales.~~ Charged with possession, s~ale, suad use oY hemp, Kimbembe received
6 months~ uncondition~l imprisoruaent. Yet there is no lack of safe ~obs!
_ /-Text 7~IIrazzaville r,TUMBA in French 9 May 8y p 7 7 12149
cso: 5300/1~950 .
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SWAZII,ADTD
REPORTAGE ON TRIAL OF MANDRAX POSSESSORS
Several Arrests Made
Mbabane THE TIt4ES OF SWAZILAND in English 26 May 81 p 1
[Text] A Swazi medical practianer employed by the Ministry of Health at the
Mbabane Genera'1 Hospital is due to appear in court again tomorrow in connection
with the contravention of the Pharmacy Act.
The medical practioner, Dr Edie Kanya made his first appearance with two
Mozambicans Charles Nzuza and Mellaw Tembe before a Mbabane Magistrate on Friday.
A Zambian national Elijah Hqumbu who was last Friday charged with illegal
possession of 1242 Mandrax tablets was due to appear before a Manzini Magistrate
again today. He is a senior employee of Zambia Airways.
Mr Nyumbu 39, was arrested by police minutes after the plane in whicYi he arrived
on the 15th of this month touched down at Matsapha airport. He appeared before
the Manzini Magistrate's court last Frida3~ but his case was remanded until today.
He was also released on a E100 bail and given his passport back.
A police spokesman said that Mnyumbu was arrested in the VIP lounge at the air-
port. He is said to have told the police that his purpose to the Kingdom was
to enroll his son in one of the country's schools.
- Four South Africans, two men and two women, who were arrested last February
after being allegedly found in possession over 80,000 Mandrax pills in Manzini
were also due to appear before a Manzini Magistrate today.
The South African were granted a bail of E100 each. Dr Kanya and the two
Mozambicans were released on their own recognisances.
Mandrax tablets, banned throughout South Africa are sold illegally at E10 each
in the Republic, which means that the tablets allegedly found in possession of
Nyumbu are worth E12,420 there.
Mandrax was used in the medical profession initially as a sleeping tablet. How-
ever, it was then discovered that it is highly addictive and then banned in many
countries.
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Mcording to medical sources here 10 tablets of Mandrax, taken with alcohol,
would almost certainly be fatal.
The penalty for possessing Mandrax in Swaziland is E100 plus the foref eiture
of the tab lets. In South Africa the penalty is said to be very much higher.
Case Hits Snag
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in English 27 May 81 p 1
[Text] Another snag hit the Mandrax case in which four South Africans ar.e
appearing before a Manzini Magistrate court, causing it to be postponed once
again until Friday next week.
When the case resumed before Mr Ben Dunn, Manzini's Senior Magistrate yesterday,
defense counse.l representing two of the four accused applied for another post-
ponemant because one of his clients was said to be sick in South Africa.
The application was opposed by the Crown represented by Mr P Flynn Crown Counsel
who also appli.ed for the warrant of the arrest the two accused.
Mr Flynn argued that there was no evidence furnished before the court explaining
the cause for the accused`s absence.
The applicatinn for the postponement was made by Mr Paul Shilubane on behalf of
Mr Sam Earnshaw of Mathse, Earnshaw and Malinga. Asked by the court where he
got the information from regarding the illness of one of the accused, Mr
Shilubane said he had been informed by Mr Earnshaw who is actually defending
the two South Af ricans . ~
Granting the postponement, Mr Dunn cautioned two of the accused present, Mr and
Mrs Nusterdien to be in the same court on Frid~y June 5, 1981 at 10 in the
morming. They are represented by Mr BA Dlamini of Mbabane.
The names of the other South Africans are Mr and Mrs Gaibie. The four were
arrested by the Royal Swaziland Police in Manzini for allegedly being in illegal
possession of 80,000 Mandrax tablets whose value in the South African black
market is estimated at almost E1 million.
Mr Gaibie is in Cape Town and his wife in Pietermaritzburg. Mr and Mrs
Nusterdien are believed to be from Cape Town.
The official of the Zambian Airways who was arrested by the Royal Swaziland
Police at the VIP lounge at Matsapha Airport last week will also appear before
a Manzini Magistrate on June 5, 1981 on a charge of illegal possession of
1242 Mandrax tablets.
The name of the Zambian has been given as Litebele Humphrey Nyumbu 39, said to
be an accountant with the Zambian National Airways. He was released on a E100
bail and is believed to be presently in Zambia.
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A Mbabane medical practioner, Dr Edie Ranqa and two Mozambican nationals were du~
to appea~r before a I~abane Magistrate thia morning in connection ~ith contraven-
tion of the Pharmacy Act.
Dr Kanya and the two Mozamb icans., Charles Nzuaa and Mellaw Tembe made their
first appearance before the Magistrate last Friday. They were released on their
own recognisances.
In the Mandrax case of the four South 9frican, the Crawa is believed to be
increasingly growing unhappy about the length of time this case has taken.
The four accused first made their appearance in court in February this year
immediately after their arrest. The case hae beea postponed ever s3nce for one
reason or another.
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~ reported to have told the police that the purpose of his visit to this country
was to enroll his son in one of the~kingdom s echools.
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~ DENMARK
BRIEFS
HASHISH GANG BROKEN UP--Police in Copenhagen have broken up a large narcotics gang.
Among the six up to now arrested is a 2$-year-old Norwegian. Investigation is
continuing further. The gang supposedly has amuggled and sold almost 300 kilograms
of hashish at a value of well over 10 million kroner, the detectine with the
police in Copenhagen, Ove Sorensen., stated to AFTENPOSTEN. The invest3gation
so far has not revealed if the gang has sold other narcotic substances than hashish,
- and so far there is nothing to indicate that the gang has had connec~ions with
Norway. Aside f~rom the 28-year-old Narwegian, the police have arrested a Dutchman,
a Finn and three Danes. The first of the gang's members to be seized had 70 kilo-
grams of hashish in his car when police stopped him at a place in Zealand enroute
to Copenhagen. [Text] [Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 5 Jun 81 p 6]
CSO: 5300/2353
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FRANCE
BRIEFS
SAINT-TROPEZ DRUG TRAFFIC--Toulon. Marc Fleury, 26 years of age, a hashish peddler,
who was arrested las~ week at Saint-Tropez, admitted to the Toulon police, who
were in charge of the investigation, thaC he had brought 600 kilograms of this
drug from Morocco to France aboard a rented boat, the Mayero. Mr. Fleury had been
questioned after he lost a wallet that was found on Monday, 4 May by Saint-Tropez
~ police. Along with his identity papers, the wallet contained th.e sum of Fr 4000
and 1 gram of cocaine. Mr Fleury, who owns a boat anchored at Port-Grimaud, aboard
which he lived and in which 4.7 kilograms of hash3sh was discovered, indicated
that he was supposed to receive the sum of Fr 100,000 for transporting the drug
from Morocco to France, but that he had not been paid this money since the hashish
had not yet been sold. Nevertheless, the investigation led to questioning of two
other individuals in Paris, whose identities have not yet been revealed, and to
seizure of approximately 50 kilograms of hashish. [Text] [Paris LE MONDE in
French 12 May 81 p 45] 7619
CSO: 5300/2328
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ITALY
ROME CONNECTION IN INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFIC '
Rome L'UNITA in Italian 17 May 81 p 11 �
~Article by r. bu.: "Heroin Worth 1,000 Billion"~
~Text~ Beirut, Palermo, New York: a circuitous route for a drug traffic that
yielded an annual billing of over 1,000 billion lire. The inquiries have been
long and complex; from them will probably also be gleaned facts that will be use-
ful in solving a dual.murder that took place in Rome 5 months ago. Police have
arrested 10 persons, and 15 others are being sought. Strong suspicions are also
pointing to some 100 other public figures, including, acaor.ding to leaks around
police headquarters, ship captains, big industrial leaders and presidents of
sporting clubs. All will have to respond, according to arrest warrants signed
by Assistant District Attorney Palmanetto, to charges of having imported, exported
and refined large quantities of narcotics.
"Raw" morphine was being shipped out of Lebanon, loaded on smugglers' vessels,
and offloaded in the Sicilian city to be refined. After being converted into
heroin, it resumed its trip to the United 9tates. The loading and transport of
the merchandise was not paid in money but rather in cocaine, which arrived punc-
tually from Feru on demand for settlement of each shipment.
According to indications from the Antinarcotics Headquarters Squad, its agents
succeeded in laying hands one of the rings of.the organization,�which operated in
Rome as a connecting link for the vast-ranging operation that had taken root in
Italy and abroad.
The investigations, coordinated by the Antinarcotics Headquarters Service headed
by Dr Sabatino, and with the cooperation of the Flying Squad, the Operations
Section of the Carabinieri and the Finance Guards, began about 6 months ago.
Their point of departure was actually Beirut, where various ships flying the
Lebanese flag loaded five tons of hashish and 700 kilograms of raw morphine a
month. Then came the surprise: The merchandise being imported from the Middle
East was being paid for in cocaine,.the p~ocurement of which was entrusted to a
Rome group whose contact was a South American gang specializing in the buying and
selling of drugs in Europe.
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_ One by one, all the members of the organization have ended up in jail. They are
Bruno Pischedda, 31, residing at Via Graziano 30, who according to the investiga-
tors functioned as the collector; Romano Amatucoi,32,residing at Via Guglielmi 16;
Riccardi Natili, 31, owner of a splendid villa in Camilluccia and nephew of Adelmo
Natili who was arrested in 1978 with three and one half kilos of heroin in his
possession. The list goes on to include the names of Vittorio Scarpetti, jailed
because of his serious involvement in the kidnaping of industrialist Antolini; his
brother Alessandro,46; Emanuele DiSegni,42; and Giuseppe Di Segni, 57, proprietor
- of the Elios Leather leather-goods shop on Via Volturno, where he fabricated the
false-bottomed suitcases used to transport the drugs. And lastly, Domenico
Iannilli, 43, of Via Balilla 14, one of this entire story's most interesting
characters.
He was the intermediary between the Rome gang and the South American one, and the
husband of Gabriella Neri, who was murdered with her friend Antonio Cabras before
the eyes of her daughter on 2 January in her apartment on Via Bezzecca. Those
responsible for that brutal dual homicide have not yet been apprehended. The
arrest now of Domenico Iannilli may bring more facts to light to help in the
investigation of that chilling settlernent of accounts. Late yesterday at the
Fiumicino airport, Giovanni Cutaia, 35, and Leonardo Cavallaro, 38, were taken
into custody as they debarkec3 �rom a plane arriving from New York. Both natives
of Catania, they operated as intermediaries between the gang of the "Romans" and
that of the "Sicilians." Cavallaro appears to have been boosting his income by
operating a prostitution traffic. Last February, Egidio (3iancatlo Oliveiro, 21,
of Genoa, was arrested in Copenhagen while carrying a suitcase in which were
hidden three and one half kilos of cocaine.
Almost simultaneously in New York, Vittorio Mirabile and Francesco Cutaia, the
bagmen of the American gang, were arrestea. One of them had $475,000 in his
pockets, the proceeds from the sale of a shipment of drugs. Salvatore Sciuto, 33,
arrested in Catania, is also suspected of being a member of the same organization,
but for the time being he is charged only with possession of weapons and ammuni-
tion.
A Circuit That Includes Three Continents
Lebanon, Sicily, United States, Peru, and lastly, Rome. Once again, the capital
is involved in an investigation as one of the connections in the big-time inter-
national drug traffic. And more and more light is being cast on the channels by
way of which this deadly "merahandise" arrives and departs. The accompanying map
sketch shows the international routes used by the organization ~hat was flushed
out yesterday. But its other branches have yet to be investigated. This is the
way the market works.
Heroin
Heroin is a synthetic drug and as such it must be processed. Its "base" is
morphine, which is extracted from the poppy plantations o� the Middle East, parti-
cularly Lebanon. The organization idpntified by the police was selling the pro-
duct to the Sicilian Mafia, which took care of re�ininq it in laborator.ies located
in various parts of the island.
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The product of these refining laboratories is pure heroin, ready for distribution
in the world's most lucrative markets, headed by the American one. In New York,
the American Ma�ia pays over $90,000 �or a kilo o� pure heroin, which is over 100
million lire. The merchandise arrives in ~he United States in false-bottomed
suitcases, or in oil or wine bottles.
Large quantities of heroin also reach Rome, however. And here, the traffic be-
comes more complex. The drug arrives (re�ined) with extreme ease, by train or
automobile. A"producers representative," a representative, that is, of the gang
that refines heroin in Sicily, contacts a Roman pushers organization; in this case
it was that of the Scarpetti brothers~ The heroin is not all paid for in cash.
The Roman gang, as a matter of fact, will take another medium of exchange: cocaine.
Cocaine '
This drug arrives in Rome in large quantities because, besides serving the domes-
tic market, it is used by the Sicilians to pay the Lebanese suppliers and the
Middle Eastern prodi~cers in general, ~or the raw morphine. The fact is that
heroin does not "draw" well in that market. The consumers there use cocaine.
Thus, the Sicilians get the "coke" in Rome, from the gangs that are in contact
with the producers.
And this brings us to another type of producers: the producers of the cocaine.
They are all Peruvians. In Lima, the capital of Peru, they have installed a real
and genuine strategic hig-time international traffickers base, which includes many
. Italians. And they export to all the world. Rome is a major clearing center, and
the profits are assured. Besides resolving.a marketing problem, there is another
reason: The Rqman gangs pay for the cocaine with dirty money from kidnapings.
Laundering of the Dirty Money
Z~o use the banknotes paid by the families of those kidnaped, all marked by the
police and the banks, "kidnapings anonymous" pays the international traffickers
for the cocaine with the dirty money. The traftickers in turn will have no diffi-
culty putting the banknotes into circulation throughout the world.
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CSO: 5300/2333
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NORWAY
BRIEFS
COCAINE IN KRISTIANSUND--(NORSK TELEGRAMBYRAA). The police in Kristiansund are
presently in the process of breaking up the largest narcotics case ever in the
municipality. Two people are in custocly and 10 are implicated. For the~first
time it has been revealed that a strong,substanc~ was used, namely cocaine. A
30-year-old person has been jailed for 3~eeks. The person is prohibited from
writing letters and from receiving visitors. And a 21-year-old has been imprisoned
for a week. Both are charged with traf~icking, possession and use of hashish.
The older person is also charged with.use of eocaine. Seven persons, all from
Kristiansund, are charged with use of narcotic substances in Kristiansund. [Text]
[Oslo ARBEIDERBLADET in Norwegian 23 May 81 p 2]
CSO: 5300/2353 END
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