JPRS ID: 9916 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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JPRS L/9916
17 August 1981
V1/orldwide Re art
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRU~S
(FOUO 38/81) ~
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17 August 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
~ NARCOTICS AND DANG~EROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 38/81)
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' CONTENTS
ASIA
THAILAND
Italian Sentenced �or Heroin Sr~iuggling
(BANGKOK POST, 2 Jul 81) 1
Intelligence Center for Drtig Suppression Planned
(THE NATION REVIEW, 2 Jul 81) 2
Australian Claims Bribe Fesulted in Freedom
, (BANGKOK POST, 14 Jul 81) 3
Fugitive Policeman Said To Be Hiding in Chieng Mai Border District
(BANGKOK POST, 14 Jul 81) 4
Two Traffickers Arrested With Morphine
(BANGKOK POST, 9 Jul 81) 5
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COLOriBIA
_ Defense, Justice: Traffickers Financing Subversion
(Felio Andrade Manrique, Luis Carlos Camacho Leya;
EL SIGLO, 13 Jun 81) 6
~ Five Reports of Methaqualone Seizures in One Week
(EL TIEMPO, 21, 23, 27 Jun $1) 8
I Methaqualone, Cocaine Seized, by German Acero Espinosa .
F.1 Dorado, Barranquilla Seizures
Third Raid in 3 D ays
More Seizures, Arrests
; Another E1 Dorado Seizure
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Tfao Methaqualone Seizures Reported
(EL TIEMPO, 19 Jun 81~ 15
555 Kilos Seized at El Dorado
Seizure Near Pumarejo Bridge
Delegation Goes to Hamburg Methaqualone Meeting
(EL ESPECTADOR, 20 Jun 81) 17
Police, Military in Confused Shootout
(EL TIEMPO, 20 Jun 81) 19
MEXICO
'Condor' Personnel Charged With Corruption
(FL SOL DE MEXICO, 26 Jun 81) 20
Traffickers Killed in Shootout With PJF
(EXCELSIOR, 19 Jun 81) 22
Heroin Traffickers, Lab Seized in Durango
(EL SOL DE MEXICO, 27 Jun 81) 23
'Wonder pog' Sniffs Ont Drugs in Sonora
(EL SOL DE MEXICO, 27 Jun 81) 24
PERU
Briefs
Cocaine Production Up 25
PIP Seizes Cocaine Paste 25
. Women Cocaine Traffickers Arrested 25
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
IRAN
Briefs
Opiurn Seizure 2~
Opium Arrests 2~
Narcotics Arrests 2~
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
Police Seize Dagga Coming Across Borders
(Mike Cohen; TEIE STAR, 17 Jul 81) 28
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WEST ~UROPE
DENMARK
Police Discuss Copenhagen Drug Death Statistics
(Dag Pedersen; AFTENPOSTEiv', 7 Jul 81) 30
New Copenhagen Police Drug Unit Steps Up Enforcement
_ (Helge Sorenson; AFTENPOSTEN, 6 Jul 81) 32
FRANCE
Briefs '
Cannabis Seizure 34
NETHERLANDS
Police Break Up Gang Which Smuggled 3.5 Tons of Hashish
(ARBEIDERBLADET, 26 Jun 81) 35
NORWAY
Police Chief Sees Trend Toward Harder Drugs in Area
(Per Lunden; ARBEIDERBLADET, 30 Jun 81) 37
An Increase Has Taken Place in Drug Confiscations This Year
(AFTENPOSTEN, 7 Jul 81) 39
~ Briefs
T~ao Danes Sentenced 40
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~ ITALIAN SENTENCED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
j Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 2 Jul 81 p 2
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TH~; Criminal Court
~ yesterday sentenced an ,
~ [talian tourlst to 28 years
~ in Jail on chacQes oi por
! seaaing 900 grammea of
~ No. 4 first grade heroln
with lntent to ~muggle.
The court ftrst impoaed
llfe sentence agatnst
Pietro Arcarl (27), but
had the sentence reduced
; after he pleaded guilty to
the charges.
Arcari was arrested un-
der the false name of
"Alberto Yodetta" last '
Uctober 28 when he was
about to board a tllght to
Home vla Athens.
Customs officfals
. tound the drugs hfdden ln
a speciat compartment at
the uottOm of hls ~uit-
+case. ~
Admitted to betng an
i addict, Arcari told the of-
ficlals upon hls arrest
I that he was htred by a bfg
boss ln [tome, who
promised him a share ot
50 grammesas paymeet !f
he'surceetled �M smuggi�
ing the drugs ta ltely.
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THAIIAND
INTELLIGENCE CENTER FOR DRUG SUPPRESSION r~ED
Bangkok THE NATION REVIEW in English 2 Jul 81 p 3 ,
~Text~
A NATIONAL and distributing infor� - u~suit-of otfiers in ~the drugs ther~~selves.
mation on dru lraf- p
narcQtics intelli- g Under present ~aws,
fickin move~ne~t. . the samc cannection,
gence centre N~`'} It w~l also�ana~yse especially the master- the only concrele ev;- ~
~ be set up soon to and process genera.. ~n- ~nds beliind the dence to incriminate
Uoost tlte efficien- formation for intelli- rackets, not followed any suspect is "cnn-
cy of local and gence reports for the up. fiscated drugs:'
sakc of directing the Investigation re- It was mentioned
foreign agencies in app~ression. sults are normally in the plan tha~ cer-
their drug suppres- ~ The plan has been known only among tain laws and regula-
sion d; ives, the Of- ~~nmved by d~e NCB, the officials w}~o tions would be amen-
fice of Narcotics headed by ~eputy l~ancile particular cases ded to ansure more
Premicr Yrachuab and they generally fail effectiveness in nar-
Control B~arcl Suntrangkoon who ac- to rel~te the ~ndmgs cotic suppression. ~
( NCB! ~nnc~unced. ted on behalS of Prime to their successors 'Ihe plan also in-
Tliis wiil be uart Minister Prem Tinsu- wheu 4hey quit their ~~ove por~ niz tional
of tlte NCR's five- lanonda. p dut;~e plan added structures ~of anti-nar-
- year narcotics �up- It was ointed out cotics a ncies es eci
in tt~e plan tliat anti- th~t tiie lack of sys- ~ ~
~~rrSSion plan ~1ue narcotics agencies in tematic exchange of ~~Y,those under uris-
to I~ c i nt ro~lucecl Tliailand l~ave yet to infe~rmation is the dict~on of the ~~lice
tliis Octc.~l~er. seriously realve the cause of inefticlent ~Partment.
Thc plan stresses necd of using intel- coordination in There exist hordes�
the need for efficient ligence systems. operations of various of problems concer-
Those agencies are agencies concerned. ~in~ coordina'tion in
intelligence system in Renerally inclined to It was also men- ant~-narcotics tasks
dealing W~~h ~~~~~~itict investigations tioned in the plan among various police
rackets wh.ich have W~tliout systems of fi- that exirting 1Pgisla- units whlch are at-
extensive networks ~nfotmatiou bio- tions can~:ot be an tached to different
h,~11~ intcmally ancl g bureaus under the de-
extcrnall 'il~c graphics and ~ieha- effective too; for pro-
Y� haurs of culprits. secuting big�tin~e drug partment. And each
- centre, according to g traffickers. unit fs normally .re-
tt?e plan, will act as The investi ati~n B~ tune traffic;cers sponsible to its ~m-
a ceniral organ in re- process usually comes g' mediate cc,mm~nder,
ceiving, exchan~ng to an end when an'~ or masterminds
- arrest is made and behind any rings and not any sole ~u-
usually never touch pervisor.
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AUSZ'RALIAN CIAIMS BR~BE RESULT~;D IN FREEDOM
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 14 Jul 81 p 1
~T~t~ FUGITIV~ Pol Cc~l Nirand Withayavut~ikul, ~anted ia ~annec-
tion with a ma~sive heroin seizure last May, is believed to be in
hieiing in Chiang Maf~'s bor~ier districts with I3urma and o�ficials
be~ieve ~e will surrender soon to fight the c~arges.
The former Chtang :Vlal When CSD and other
Prcvinciai Nucotlca UNt I ' drug authorittes weat to
chtef has no apparent ~ v~ z;j.' the area to aneet Col
connection wit7~ dr~g . N!rand, none of the
kir.gpins in Buri,na,
ActlngConunanderofthe villagers cooper~ted.
~ Crime Suppreseion Dlvi- ~ They said they dld not
sion (CSD), Pol Col Kusol X~, know where Col Nlrand
F' ~ , , was.Col Kusai explained.
Nakarichum. told~ the ~~`y. i" ti1~7 Cot Yirand want iato
Poat yQSterday. 4 hldin~ on tiay 13 thls
Col ~Cusol had led the , "j year failowtng the
C5D 1~-arthern Narcaelc~ setzure ot 58 kilogram-
iJntt in 197T, the same me~ of heroin baoe at the
pertod whes Col Nlrand ` ' i L i b e r t y H o t e 1 t n.
~ was chiet of the Chiang. � : ~ Bangkok.
~ ,Vist Provincial Narcotlcs . ; He waa alleged to be ln
Unlt. They had warked Nirand control oi smug~ling oi
together on som~ drug- the heroln baae irom
buat casea In Chiana D~ta1 Chiang 1~tai dawn to
during that time. He wae de~cribed as a Bangkok and had per-
Yesterday, Col kusol g~ ottlcer. honest and sonally driyen the pick-
aaid he beileved that Cot well�trueted by both That up van carrying tt~e last
Nirand, who had last and forei~n narcotica S~kg haul so as to avold
been . supaclntendent oi e~~,~, Ku~o! u1d. arousing suapiciana at
Zbm^~'Provincial PoUae ~~~ye were et~inned pn!!;;e checkpolnts alnng
base .ln Lampang, will when he wns accu:~ed of the Aslan Highway, Cof
"~ooner or later sur� commttting the same Kusol sald.
render himaelf to crlme he uaed to Hut when he heard' of
authorities to fight the guppresa," he adaed. the heroin s~lzure and
charge~." psk~ why no arreat the arrest nf four men at
He added th~t Col had been made if the hote! on the ,ai?ter-
Nirand. when heading authorttles know hl~ noon ot rtay 13, Coi
the ChianS Mai Frovlndat whareabouts. Col Kuaol Nlrand caught the ffrst
Narrntlc~ UNL had active- ~~d villaQera in the uea tour bu~ back to Lam-
ly performed hl~ duty and wheee an ls beUened to be pang and dlsappeared, he
brcken several dru~ rings hlding cooperate with hLm added.
lncluding a[ew big ones. l~auae he aerved for a
-tong ttme in Chlang Mal.
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THAILAN~D
.z'UGITIVE POLICEMAN SAID TO BE HIDING TN CHIENG MAI BORDER DISTRtCT
Bar~~k:~~c TiANGK~K POST ~n Engl~sh 14 Jul 81 p 3
� ~Text~ T~~~,, p~~~icc Uepartment and hc must pay them -
_ lhe c~~untry.
- yesterday appeinted a ASL0,000, it wasaileged. (;hlef lnspe~tor sf
comrnittec to Investlga're Parkes clalmed the Thung Mahamek polfce
~ alle~ations by an Austra- parcel was a~bundle of statt~n, Pol Lt�(:o! Wat-
Ifan t~urlst thxl hr Nas pape~�s belon~fng to a. ya~~a ~Ittinant yesterday
forcecl 4o brlbe p~~llee Thni man who was with gaid that Parkes wa~ ar�
after being falsPly uc- him. tle wns then taken rested by six policemen
cused possessing her� tu 'Thung Mahamek Po- ~Pd ay Po! Sab�Lt Supnat�
Ilce statinn and locked p~nQ Kijnathee.
Gordon F'arkes report- up, the paper says. 1{e was taken to Thung
- ecfly told the Me~nourne I~urkes then asked to Mahamek and released o~
- newspaper the T?'Uth contact his [rlend, Helen qpppp ~ht ball aiter being
- that he gave policc here .lackways, 20, who had rontacted by PolCapt Aphl-
ASIQ,000 (240,000 baht) arrived tn Thnlland with room na IVakhon of
' In order to Ret atf the him after touring severnl Thnng Lar Police.
charRc. Asian cr,untries to- ~L(~1 Wattana eaid he
'Che newspaper cl~ims Qether. had notitied the Imm!-
that the Australlan 1[e ulsa nsked to con� ~ration Department so
F.mbass,v herc was In� tact the Austrnllan that Parkes would riot be
votved in arrang{nR to Fmbs~ssy and nlieRes that an:e lo tiee the countr~.
pny ihe bri?~e a charRe the police were uncoop� I;ut Yol Me,}{3en �Anant
th.~1 embassy InCorma� , eralivc and threatened Dejrangsrl, cammender
tiun otiiccr Mr John ;o kfck and sh~~ot him ~f the Immlaratlort Oivi-
Mllne cateKnric~ally when he refused 1o slgn g~,~R, denled that hle de-
dcnicd. Jocumenls which he partment F?ad recelved
In ity stary carrled on claimed noS to under� any such notitlcallon.
July 4, thr'Cruth qu~?!es stand. Pol Capt Aphlroom
1'arkes, 2t1, as saying he 'I'he, paper 9ays, how� ,yald yesterday tfiat he
was arrested on June 28 evcr, th~t Miss Jackways' had been contected by an
while tr~velNnK In a tnxl father Rcnt her AS10,000 F~R~~~hman he knew
- frum PatponR. nnd arr~nQements were atter Parkes wae ar-
A[ter abnut 20 msde to pay po~ice this rested and had accompa-
minutes, the tax! was throuRh lhe Australlen nied lhat man to Thung
stopped by Six men who F;mbassy. Mehamek poilce station
handcutfed hfm and The embassy yester� as an interpreter. Thef
clraP,~ed hlm Into a pollce day denied knowledqe ot was hls only actlon fn the
plck�up lruck, the paper a bribe and said ihe ilrst matter, he said. '
s~id. thinR they knew about the Pvlice bepart-
'fhc polirsmen Mr I'arkes' case was menl order tssued yes�
clain~ed that he had when Mr Jackways tele- terday, I'~?I M~Gen
thr~?wn a paper parcel phoned them frorr~ Ade� phonK Paladraksa;
r~intuining a smell laide on June 29. A deputy ~eneral In.gpec~
~ am,nmt of heroln and sp~~kesman added that ~i~~ nf tlpe depaPtment,
mariJ~a~nn out of the taxl when tlicy trled to get in WAS namt~d to head an
liiuch with F'arkes thcy. ~~~~511Raling team and
Icarned he'd already lett submit hls [indings by
tomorrnw.
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THAILAND
TWO TRAFFICKERS ARP.ESTED T~IITH MORPHINE
Bangkok BANGKOK POST ia English 9 Jul 81 p 1
~ Text ] q CRI4[E Suppreaslon southcrn Thaiiand. anottter That accompllce warrantior Kitti'~ arrest.
, FollGe team y~aterday The poUce teun.led by on charges oi amug~llng Thai pollce al~o
sefscd seven k1lo~ram- Pol Lt-C~l Nlthiphaad a!atge amount of haroln belteved him to be a
mes ot morphine blocka 3letaholka,raldedahouee Into that country, ~~~ber of an inter-
, and arrested two men, tn Suthisirp araa after reparted L'~e pollce. ~~o~ ~g ry~~~te
one of them reportedly receivitf~ a~p~off tlut A~c c o r d i n Q t o t h e respon~ib:e for the supp~
~till on the IndoResian the two were wAitiaa pauce, Kitti pretended tA 1;~ oi narcotic dru~s to
pollce's wanted crimin~l there to deUver ttie drup y~ ~ck and manaQed to both Asian
arid Europeaa
ilsL' to their clleat~. ~~ip out ot an IndoeesiF.n markets.
_ Arrested were Kltti They tound Kltti and hoapital where he wan The two ~uap~cts still
Akun (39), and Pimon Plmon in the house wlth sent tor treatment. He denied charges of poasea-
- Kanchansilanond (Z8), the m_
o~r
_hln~ beari~ the then~ escaped back to sin~ morplitne wlth in-
who Ls a eoutherner. The intarrtou~ 999 brand stuf� ~~d !n a trawler ear tent to sell. They are now
morphine !a belleved Co fed in a cardboard boz. ly la~t year. b e i n g d e t a i~ e d f o r.
; oe uaually smu~~led Into A tew yeae7 aQo, Kitti . Indonesian poliee had further lnterrogaUon at
Maiaysia from Mae Sal had been arrested in In- reported~y lssued A the Crtme Suppresalon
Dt~trict oi Ch,ian~ Rai via donesia~ together wlth Dlvi~ion.
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Ktttt and Ptmon att gloomily after 6etng cha.~ged 6y the Crime Suppreasion police with poase~a-
~ng murphine ultth intent to aell. They are att!! being detained at the Crirrse Suppreasion Dtui~ion
f~r further qrtestiontng.
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COLOMBIA
DEFENSE, JUSTICE: 7'RAFFICKERS FINANCING SUBVERSION
Boguta EL SIGLO in Spanish 13 Jun 81 pp 1, 15
= [Summary of statements made by Dr Felio Andrade Manrique, minister of Justice, and
Gen Luis Carlos Camacho Leyay minister of defensej
' [Text] The minister of justice, Dr Felio Andrade Manrique, said yesterday that .
_ subversion in Colombia is being financed by drug traffickers operating in that coun�-
try. At the same time, the ministar of defense, Gen Luis Carlos Camacho Leyva,
revealed that there is an agreement between the M~-19 [19 April Movement] and drug
*raffickers to undermine legally established instituticns.
~oth ministers made the foregoing statements to the governors' meeting, held in
- the city of Cucuta and presided over by the chief of state.
Both the minister of justice and tlae minister of defense urged the governors to
act firmly against subversion and drug traffic. At the same time as General Camacho
Leyva offered the ~ntire support of the Armed Forces in this, Dr Felio Andrade Man-
rique informed them that vehicles in which narcotics.~ia~e been found can under no
conditions be returned to their ownexs.
The~following were the principal remarks by the ministers:
Camacho Leyva
General Camacho Leyv:~ called on the 32 sectional executives (governors, mayors and
police commissioners) to carry out the law courageously and firmly and to apply
force prudently.
The minister addressed the summit meeting held here by the central government with
th~ sectional executives, to whom he submitted an extensive report on the law and
order situation.
Keeping the peace is not only the duty of the military forces and of the police,
but it is also the task of all Colombians and logically of the governors, General
_ Camacho said. He repeated that, in order to accomplish that, the sectional execu-
tives have the entire support of the Armed Forces.
He urged the sectional agents of the government to preside ovEr the regional law
and order security councils.
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The minister also invited their attention to Decree 2144, empowering the governors .
to seize craft on which psychotropic substances are found or that have violated
the country's ~ir space.
Andrade Manrique
Minister Fe1io Andrade Manrique revealed that the greatest problem noted with regard
to the illegal market in psychotropic substances lies in proliferation of coca leaf
crops, a situation affecting the departments in the southern part of the country,
especially Cauca.
The minister of Justice also reported that plantations of coca, the raw material
for preparing cocaine, have been detected in the area of the Llanos Orientales
[Eastern Plains].
When Andrade Manrique made a dramatic survey of this situation affecting a large
part of the nation's territory, he asked the governors, mayors and police commis-�
sioners to act implacably in applying the laws against drug traffic.
_ He pointed out that under no condition can aircraft, automobiles or boats seized
be returned to their owners when narcotic~ have been found onboard them.
He asked the sectional executives to act courageously in applying the law against
traff ickers as the only effective means of neutralizing this difficult situation. '
He reaffirmed that subversion in Colombia is being financed by the traff ickers ope-
rating in that country.
10,042
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FIVE REPORTS OF METHAQUALONE SEIZURES IN ONE WEEK
_ Methaqualone, Cocaine Seized
Bogota EL TIEMPO i.n Spanish 21 J'un 81 p 2-A
[Article by German Acero Espinosa]
[Text] The authorities have dealt another major blow, the second in less Chan
48 hours, to international drug trafficking gangs when they seized a 400
kilogram shipment of inethaqualone in Barranquilla and arrested a major gang
leader in Medellin.
~ne head of the antinarcotics division of the Attorney Genexal's Office, Jaime
Hernandez, reported at a press conference that the operation undertaken in
a major urban center in the Atlantic capital culminated with the arrest of six
drug traffirkers who are members of a network operating in South America.
They were identified as Federico Mendez Gomez, Gustavo Mendoza Jimenez, Miguel
- Renteria Gutierrez, Miguel J. Noguera and Armando Ruiz Vasquez. Weapons and
vahicles were also confiscated and are now in the custody of the local branch
of the Attorney General's Office in Barranquilla.
� He explained that the shipment of 555 kilograms of inethaqualone that was seized
in Bogota arrived in the capital by mistake. It was supposed to land in
Barranquilla last Thursday. The shipment was valued at 25 billion gesos. "The
shipment got mixed up on them and it wound up in Bogota," explained another
official from the government ministry. .
Hernandez Salazar declined to discuss in detail the events of last Friday in
_ Bogota, when military intelligence agents conducting a search arrested several
agents of the Attorn~y General's Office and an F-2 vehicle patrol.
With regard to what happened during the operation at 98th Street and 3rd Avenue
' in Bogata, it transpired that military intelligence agents initially arrested
the members of the F-2 vehicle patrol that arrived there to investigate after
several phone calls were received.
As the Attorney General's Office agents, who are part of the antinarcotics
group, were leaving the premises, they too were arrested and taken to the
Military Institutes Srigade.
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The announcement was made that the attorney general's delegate for the Armed
Forces would investigate the inc~.dent.
; in Medellin
EL TIEMPO also learned that a modern cocaine-processing laboratory was seized
in Medellin and 12 kilograms of the drug, valued at more than 13 million peso.s,
were confiscated.
Arrested during the operation was Alberto Patino, better known as "the cocaine
baron" [el r.aballero de la cocaina], who headed up an international network of
drug traffickers that operated between Panama and Colombia. Also arrested were
Alirio Sanchez Castro, Luis Fernando Montano Gomez, Maria del Carmen Duque de
Patino and Juan Guillermo Saenz. The operation was carried out near the
Medellin city limits.
A single methaqualone tablet costs $10.
Hernandez Salazar pointed out that in les~ than 24 hours a total of 900 kilo-
grams of inethaqualone have been seized.. It has an estimated value of 45
- billion pesos.
An Antinarcotics Department official said that the investigation, which began
in Bogota, could extend to other cities in the country.
E1 Dorado, Barranquilla Seizures
Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 23 Jun 81 p 14-A
[Text; Another giganeic shipment of the hallucinogen known as methaqualone
was seil,ed last night at E1 Dorado Airport by agents from the narcotics
division of the Attorney General's Office. It was the second cruahing blow
to Colombian drug trafficking gangs in less than 4 days.
Last week in Barranquilla, a shipment of more than 1,000 kilograms of the drug
was also confiscated by the Att~rney General's Office. The two confiscated
shipmentsare worth close to 2 billion pesos.
Attorney General's Office sources told EL TIEMPO last night that the drug was
being smuggled in on a Lufthansa flight that arrived from Europe afCer 2000
hours.
"The shipments seized over the last week are enough to keep the American and
European ,~~arkets supplied for 8 inonths," an Attorney General's Office spokesman
said.
The haul confiscated last night at E1 Dorado was reported to weigh more than
625 kilograms, with an estimated black market value of over 630 million pesos.
It arrived on Flight 512 of the aforementioned airline.
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The investigations conducted by the specialized narcotics agents of the
Attorney General's Office have led to the identification of the main ring-
leaders oF the drug trafficking network, which has its bases of operations itl
several Atlantic Coast cities. "Methaqualone sales are an emergency recourae
by the trafficker~ in light of the marihuana crisis," the Attorney General's
Office claimed.
According to the same sources, the suspects should be apprehended in the next
- few hours.
Two major laboratories apparent-ly headquartered in,Bogota, Lenix S.A. and
Quimicol Ltd, were also said to be involved in the illicit drug sales.
According to experts, the b25,kilograms seized yesterday are enough to
manufacture more than 30~ million of the pills known as "Yumbo," "Mandrax"
and "Roger."
In the wake oE the action last week by the Attorney General's Office, when
~ 540 kilograms of the same drug were coitfiscated, six individuals were arrested.
' Now in the custody of the appropriate judges, they are Federico Melendez Gomez,
Gustavo Mendoza Jimenez, Miguel Renteria Gutierrez, Miouel J. Noguera Pavajeau,
Armando Luis Vasquez Polo and Julio Torres Martinez. Two vehicles owned by
the gang were also confiscated.
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~ According to the Attorney General's Office, the investigations conducted as of
last night give us reason to expect further seizures and arrests in what
; looks like the most staggering blow dealt to drug tzafficking gangs in our
; country in recent times.
Third Raid in 3 Days
' Bogota EL TIEMPO in. Spanish 24 Jun 81 p 8-B
[Text] Agents from the Antinarcotics Group of the Attorney General's Office
yesterday administered the third crushing blow in as ma.ny days to drug
trafficking gangs as they seized another methaqualone shipment, valued at
~ 630 million pesos, at E1 Dorado Airport.
, The new raid, less than 12 hours after an identical amount was seized on another
Braniff flight, brings to 1,075 the number of kilograms of inethaqualone
eo~afiscated in the capa.tal; on the international black market, this quantity
would be worth 1.9 billion pesos.
Last ~aeek in Barranquilla, 540 kilos of the same drug were confi~cated. In
all, drug traffickers have lost some 2.5 billion pesos, the value of ~he 2,415
kilos of inethaqualone that have been seized.
According to secret agents from the Attorney General's Office, the new shipment
was seized under the same circumstances as the previous ones at E1 Dorado
Airport. "The seizure was identical in weight to last night's" (Monday),
one of the investigators said.
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