JPRS ID: 10184 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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14 December 1981
Worldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFOUO 57/81)
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14 December 19~1
WORLDWIDE REPORT
yARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 57/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
PAKIS TAN
Association of Pakistani Social Workers Surveys Drug Abuse
(JANG, 2 Nov 81)
Briefs
Drug Haul in Peshawar 4
CANADA
Briefs
Z~ao Jailed in Drug Case S
Drug Arrest Warrants 5
LATIN AMERICA
BOLIVIA
Plan for Coi^+nercial Use of Coca Under Study
(EL DIARIO, 23 Oct 81) 6
Increased Illegal Transport of Coca to Santa Cruz Reported
(EL DIARIO, 29 Oct 81) 8
Relation Between Farm Policies, Coca Pro duction Established
(Luis Antezana Ergueta; PRE~~NCIA, 29 Oct 81) 10
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Drug Ring Busted, 100 kg of Cocaine Seized
(Illimani Netw~,rk, 27 Nov 81) 12
New Iaw on Narcotics Approved
(TEIAM, 28 Nov 81) 14
Briefa
Antidrug Council Official 15
Antidrug International Campaign 15
Coca Plantations Curtailed 15
B RAZIL
Extent of Drug Trafficking, Control Probleme Discussed
(Renato Lombardi; 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 25 Oct 81)........... 16
Traffickers Arreat in Rio With Drugs Valued at 500,000 Cruzeiros
- (JORNAL DO BRASIL, 27 Oct 81) 20
German Charged With Trafficking Nine lbns of Marihuana Arrested
(0 GLOBO, 27 Oct 81) 21
Brie fs
Reaction to Trafficker's Escape 23
Gang Rivalry in Urubu 23
Cocaine Trafficker Arrested in Naples 24
'Provigil' Traffickers Arrested 24
(~I ILE
' Peruvian Cocaine Traffickers Arrested in Arica
i (Roberto I.ira Osorio; EL MERCURIO, 1 Nov 81) 25
History of Arrests, Drug Seizures in Arica Detailed
(Roberto Lira Osorio; EL MERCURIO, 24 Oct 81) 27
Santiago Drug Market Confiscation Details Given
(EL MERCURIO, 24 Oct 81) 29
Briefs
Police Conference on Drugs, Juvenilea 31
COLOMF3I A
Traffickers Killed in Vendetta, Cienaga Militarized
(Rafael Sarmiento; EL ESP~CTADOR. 29 Oct 81) 32
Briefs
Cocaine Laborato ry in Tolima 34
Drugs, Other Contraband Seized 34
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ECUADOR
Arrested Cocaine Traffickers Implicate Peruv~ans, Colombian
(EL OOMERCIO, 7 Nov 81) ~5
MEXICO
Traffickers, Car Thieves Arrested
(Alfredo Jimenez, Luis Segura; ER(~ISIOR, 14 Nov 81)........... 31
PE RU
B rie fs
Drug Trafficker Arrested 39
NEAR EAST AND NOR'rfi aF'RIC~I
EGYPT
Briefa
Four Tons of Hashish 40
IRAN
Briefs
Khorasan Opium Haul 41
Khorasan Drug Arrests 41
Drug Seizures 41
Opium Seizures 41
' Torbat Opium Diacovery 41
Drug Hauls 42
Contraband Carpets, Opium Seizure 42
IS RAEL
Briefs
Rusaian Emigre Sentenced 43
Gaza Anti-Narcotics Campaign 43
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
IVORY COAST
International Drug Traffickers Arrested in Abidjan
(Diaby Salif; FRATERNITE~ MATIN, 12 Nov 81)...........~......... 44
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MAURITIUS
B rie fs
Opium Seized 46
WEST EUROPE
SWEDEN
Armenian Terrorist Group Tied to Seized Heroin
(SVIIdSKA DAGBLADET, 28 Oct 81) 47
~olice Catch Heroin Gang, by Claes von Hofaten
Extensive Overtime Work, by Hakan Bergstrom
Minister of Justice Comments, by Sune 0lofson
Customs Service Strengthened, by Elisabeth Crona
UNITED KINGDOM
eourt Decisions in Cannabia Smuggling Caae
(~iE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 28 Hov 81) 54
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PAKISTAN
t1SSOCIATIQN OF PAICISTANL SOCIAL WORKERS SURVEYS DRJG ABUS~
Karachi JANG in Urdu 2 Nov 81 p 3
[Article: "Drug Abuse--A Survey"] ~
[Text] The Social Workers Association of Pakistan conducted a survey in August 1981
to .3ssess the drug abuse by children below the age of 18 and compiled the
Eollowing figures.
'I'eams composed of five members surveyed several urban and rural areas. This 3-month
survey brought to tight the discouraging findings that among the children between
the ages of 5 and 18, 46.6 percent in cities and 59.3 percent in rural areas are
addicted to one or other kind of drug (combined percentage for both areas is
53 percentl.
Areas Surveyed: Urban--Karachi, Hyderabad, Mir Purkhas, Lahore, Rawalpindi,
.lhelum, Hazara, Kohat, Peshawar, Quetta. Rural--Hyderabad Division, Khairpur
Division, Thar Parkar District, Bahalalpur Division, Multan Division, Lahore
I Division, Hazara District, Swat, Hangu, Chakali, Pishin, and Nushki.
' Kind of Drugs: Cigarette (inferior and superior Q.ualit~~), betel leaf with tobacco,
"ball" (a fine mixture of lime stone powder, catechu, and tobacco), diazepam
tablets, "rocket" capsules, charas, country liquor, methyl spirits, water pipe,
snuff, mandrake tablets, hemp, opium.
Results of survey: 'Phe subjects were divided into three categories. a) between
the aRes of 5 and 12 year5; b) between the ages of 13 and 15; and c) between the
a~;es of 15 and 18. Accordin~ to this survey in the f irst la) category 26 percent
rural and 18 percent urban cbildren are using drugs. In b category, 70 percent
rural and 52 percent urban children are addicted. In c category, 81 percent rural
and 72 percent urban children are using drugs.
[n terms of the occupation of sub3ects, the following table shows further break-
down of these findings.
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Urban Suburban (X)
i. In schools 11 7
ii. Employed 18 12
iii. Private business 15.6 21
iv, Unemployed 20 3.3
v. Agricultural labor 16
Reasons for using drugs: Most of the surveyed children refrained from answering
the question as to why they used drugs. The following are based on the reasons
of those who did answer: ,
1. "Our peers and elders also use these things (especially cigarettes)."
. 2. Delinquency.
3. To relieve the tension and tiredness from hard work.
4. For fun.
5. Influence of friends.
How contraband drugs are obtained: Illegal drugs such as charas, hemp, opium,
country liquor, "rocket," and mandrake tablets, can be procured from various
- secret supply places in rural and urban areas. When the survey~ing team tried to
- use one of these supply stations, they learned that it was protected by the law-
enforcement authorities of that area.
Some medical stores also supply sleep-inducing and other tablets to the young people.
Harmful effPCts of drug abuse: Some children declared that they were suffering
from several ill effects but were unable to stop using drugs:
a. sleeplessness e. constipation
b. feeling of sluggishness f. dehydration
c. irritation g. muscular tension
- d. mental laziness
Extreme seriousness: Some young men in Karachi, Lahore, and Pindi areas informed
the team that mandrake and diazepam tablets were slowly becoming very popular
among female students. A iarge number of these female students are using these
drugs on a regular basis. Students and economicall;~ dependent children use tuition
money to buy drugs. Some children resort to theft and other criminal acts on
a regular basis to si~~port the habit.
5ome of them use as many as 10 diazepam tablets at a time. The national committee
of the Social Workers Association of Pakistan would like to bring this sorry
situation to the attention of the public and request that steps be taken to save
- these children who are aur country's future. It requests that a cooperative
effort at national level be aimed against drug abuse. The Association appeals
to the parents not to neglect their children.
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Percent of Age-Group Use
Urban Rural
5-12 12-15 15-18 5-12 12-15 15-18
Dr~u years ey ars '~�-"ars e~ars ,~'e__a_.r_S e~ ars
Cigarette (superior) 2 3 4 ' 2 3
Cigarette (inferior) - 5 11 8 22 28
Tobacco/betel 2 2 $ - -
"ball" (a fine mixture - 2 2 - ' '
of lime stone, catechu Karachi
and tobacco) only
Diazepam tabl~ts - 5 6 - � -
Rocket Caps 3 3 5 - 3 5
Charas 2 8 7 6 2 6
Country liquor - - 2 ' ~ 4
Methyl Spirits - - 1 - 2 2
Water pipe - - - 7 8 13
' Snuf f 3 $ 8 3 ~ 6
~ "Gul"-dry snuff 3 4 3 2 2 3
Mandrake 4 9 7 - 3 4
Hemp 2 3 8 - 3 4
Opium - - - - 2 4 �
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
DRUG :;AUL IN PESHAWAR--A truck carrying 10 million rupees' worth in hashish was
seized on the Charsadda-Peshawar road by local police on 26 November. Truckdriver
- Wali Mohammad was arrestes. [GF021920 Lahore JANG in Urdu 27 Nov 81 supplement
p B]
CSO: 5300/4567 ~
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CANADA
BRIEFS
TWO JAILED IN DRUG CASE--Toronto--Zfao men who were among a group of 25 arrested
in Toronto and Vancouver last October on charges of conspiracy and trafficking
in heroin and cocaine have been given prison terms of 10 and seven years by an
Ontario Supreme Court judge. Giulio Loccisano, 31, of Giosa, Italy, received 10
years and Gioncondo Napoli of North York, seven years after pleading guilty
earlier this year to trafficking ir. heroin. The two men were charged with selling
tcao pounds of heroin to an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. The
deal, which took place in a Toronto hotel room, was f ilmed by police. The film
was shown to Mr. Justice William Parker during the two men's trial. [Text]
[Toronto THE GLOBE AND MAIL in English 7 Oct 81 p 5]
DRU~ ARREST WARRANTS--A major police drug roundup started at 6 a.m. today with
warrants issued for the arrest of 38 persons involved in 59 charges. The arrests
followed a five-month undercover nperation carried out by a RC1~ memter working
within the city of Vancouver. RC1~ S.Sgt. Ted Gangdal said today the investiga-
tion was aimed at the street level trafficker. He said 70 purchases were made of
heroin, methadone, morphine, dilaudid and percodan. He said evidence was obtained
against 40 persons. lfao of those have since died--one of a drug overdose and the
other as the result of a fire. The undercover operator posed as a heroin user,
said Gangdal. Purchases were made on Granville and Hastings Streets. [Text]
[Vancouver THE VANCOWER SUN in English 13 Nov 81 p A15]
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BOLIVIA
PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF COCA UNDER STUDY
La Paz EL DIARIO in Spanish 23 Oct 81 p 5
~TextJ In a press conference, the chairman of the National Council Against Narcotics
Trafficking, Cola~el Rene Ocampo, has announced that the council is s~tudying a plan
for industrializing coca production which may bring about the manufacturing of
medicinal products (vitamins and proteins) or af chewing gum.
The council chairman gave a detailed account of what is being done to wage more effec-
tively the fight against the narcotics traffic. Despite the limited extent of its
funds, the council has made arrangements to utilize its personnel on a round-the-
clock basis throughout our national territory.
Specifics
At the outset of his meeting with the press, Colonel Ocampo annainced that last
wednesday a Bolivian citizen named Marcelo Ibanez appeared voluntarily before the
council to reveal thereto that he had decic~ed to travel to Miami and present himself
to U.S. legal authorities and answer their questions regarding the narcotics traffic.
As he had done in an earlier case, Colonel Ocampo stated that Eolivia's judicial
authorities have no charges pending against Ibanez and that the matter of the latter's
connection with the narcotics traffic will be handled in a special manner by the legal
authorities of the United States, a country that has asked him to appear.
Replying to questions the newsmen put to him regarding the number c_ persons linked to
~lnpe traffic or cases involving that traffic, Ocampo stated that after the Armed
i'~~rces decided to engage in combating it, scme 500 cases have been prosecuted.
As a result of the investigations made and in keeping with the culprits' degree of
guilt, several were brought before the regular courts, others still remain in prison,
and an indeterminate number have been given back their freed~m.
In another part of his statement, the director of the National Council Against Nar-
cotics Trafficking reported that in recent days approximately 20 kg of cocaine have
been confiscated in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. "This fact," he added, "shows that
the government will continue its relentless struggle against that offense."
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Budget
Upon being questioned about the funds for the council's w~rk and whether they are
enough for an effective campaign against the narcotics traffic, Colonel Ocampo said
that although the council's budget is not large, no effort is spared to take care of
all needs and priorities.
He added that "at present we are operating with our resources, without seeking any
kind of help or cooperation, let alone fran international organizations or foreign
~ountries.. However, if any institution or governmental agency wants to aid us, we
will welcome such help."
Smuggling
Referring to illegal sales of coca, he indicated that they are still going on, albeit
on a smaller scale than formerly, and added that the Chapare area, for example, is a
highly troublesome one because, as a result of various factors, the contraband prQ-
duced there cannot be controlled completely.
He mentioned that the smuggled coca is sold on the black market and commands very
profitable prices. He stated that the coca leaves can naw be purchased at the col-
lections points controlled by an office established for that purpose. There the
retailers can, with the proper authorization, purchase the pr oduct in limited quan-
tities, and this has eliminated the middlemen or wholesalers."
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BOLIVI A
INCREASED ILLEGAL TRANSPORT OF COCA TO SANTA CRUZ REPORTED
La Paz EL GIARIO in Spanish 29 Oct 81 p 5
[Text] During the past few days the National Bureau for Control of Hazardous Sub-
stances has detected a considerable amount of smuggling of coca produced in Chapare
province and is being sent to Santa Cruz department in order to make cocaine.
Word of this was given to EL DIARIO by the Bureau's head, Canmander Javier Guerrero,
when he reported the presence of narcotics dealers who have been operating in the
Chapare and have used paths which were opened up by other persons who had engaged in
such operations on a large scale but whose factories were destroyed.
He pointed out that its topography makes control measures in that area very difficult
and, besides, that the required means and personnel are lacking, because of financial
limitations that make it necessary to operate with only the means currently
available and without being able to count on any type of support.
Commander Guerrero reiterated that at present the Chapare area is the one posing the
greatest problems, since, aside from the smuggling of coca, it has various groups of
narcotics dealers who process small quantities of cocaine in workshops that are maved
about.
He added that at various places the dealers use ditches and other installations that
had been destroyed previously when the Armed Fozces unc wered en ormous cocaine
factories. He said that "The terrain is too rough, and this makes it impossible for
our personnel to exercise a stricter control. Despite the financial limitations
~inder which we labor, we are making every possible effort."
Perpetrators
The head of the Bureau for Control of Hazardous Substances mentioned that the perpe-
trators are continuing to carry on intensively their operations throughout the coan~ry,
particularly in the districts comprising La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, which are
Legarded as the most problematical ones because of the existence of small f actories
that still operate widely.
He announced that within the past few days 58 kilos of cocaine have been burned in
the city of Cochabamba, as well as 300 marihuana plants in Santa Cruz, and also 15
drums of confiscated coca, sulfuric acid, sodium carbonate, and other items used in
manufacturing the drug.
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Upon being asked about the confiscation of 1,000 kilos of cocaine from February to
now, C ommander Javier Guerrero stated that that is the amount confiscated in all of
Bolivia and tnat most of it has been burned, there remaining in the bureau's ware-
houses only a minimal quantity.
Commander Guerrero pointed out further that the bureau which he heads plans to con-
tinue fighting the narcotics trade and that to do so it has ordered use of -its staff
on an around-the-clock basis throughout our nation's territory.
Collection Center
The National Council for Combating the Narcotics Trade has initiated efforts to
have the Banco del Estado set up an office in Coripata, which lies in Nor Yungas
Province, as a means of facilitating installation of a Coca Leaf Collection Center
there, a location regarded as one of the main places of production within the La
Paz department.
An important passage in the letter the council has written to the Manager of the Banco
del Estado states the follawing: "It is hereby requested that you consider, as an
extremely urgent matter, establishing at Corx~pata, in the province of Nor Yungas, a
branch office of the Banco del Estado, an action that we regard as absolutely
essential for us to be able to set up a Collection Subcenter."
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BULIVIA
KELATION BETWEEN FARM POLICIES, COCA PR~UCTION ESTABLISHED
La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanish 29 Oct 81 p 3
[Article by Luis Antezana Ergueta: "Official Agrarian Policy and the Production of
Coca" )
[Text) On prior occasions we have referred to various agrarian policies of the
administrations that have been in pawer during approximately the past 50 years and
we have confirmed that, unfortunately, as a result of antiprotectionist and free-
trade tendencies, the import of agricultural goa3s which impinges upon national pro-
duction has grown apace to such an extent that our country finds it necessar~ to
import greens, potatoes, and potato starch, fruits, and, of late, even peppers.
On the other hand, we have pointed out that owing to those policies, which are now in
_ effect more than ever before, the value of our foodstuffs imports has risen to wer
200 million d ollars and in the next 10 years that am ount will double, thereby plunging
Bolivia into still greater dependence, with the further complication that mining will
n o longer be able to provide foreign exchange to the importers as it has unf ailingly
done hitherto. Nowadays even our production of beer is based on raw materials fran
Chile, Germany, Peru and other countries, and it dces not contribute any foreign
exchange for our government's coffers.
Coca Production
The agricultural policy of bringing in products and selling them on the national market
at low prices has resulted in our country's f armers no longer supplying the market,
c~wing to a simple fact: they no longer derive any benefit from selling their products
at prices that entail losses, inasmuch as the imported products are much cheaper than
those grown in our country, not because production vosts in themselves are lawer but
because production is protected and subsidized by the countries f rom where those
imported foodstuffs cane.
Thus our country's farmers have becane canpletely discouraged and, since they cannot
produce f oodstuffs profitably, they have to produce other items which will in fact
bring them sane gains.
This is what has brought into the picture the praluction of coca in the Yungas. In
other words, by means of certain policies it has adopted, the government itself
indirectly encourages the production of coca. We do not say that this prob~lem is a
new one, inasmuch as it has been going on f or quite scme time.
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If one visits the Yungas region, one can readily see that the farmers are not the
least bit interested in grawing greens, potatoes or even fruit, because those crops
are no longer profitable. The situation has reached a point wherein the Yunga
farmers have been thrown into a grave crisis, with that richly endawed region in a
state of decay.
Inasmuch as the farmers must earn enough on which to live, what they have done, in
view of the agricultural policies of various administrations, is to devote themselves
to producing coca, which is the only thing that enables them to carry cn and brings
returns for the Yung as region, an area that ultimately will have derived its livelih ood
frcm coca.
It thus turns out that it is 'the government itself that promotes the production of
coca in the warm valleys of La Paz and Cochabamba, because the farmers lack any other
means to earn livelihood. Since foodstuffs continue to be brought in fran abroad,
- coca production will continue increasing despite the good intentions of the
authorities.
Unavailing Curbs
The ad option of certain measures to curb coca proc3uction has been decided upon, but
evidently th ose measures are not giving positive results. Quite the contrary, the
plantings will increase and undoubtedly clandestine production of coca will take
place, due to the difficulties involved in exercising control c~ver so wide a territory
as that of the Yung as. Moreover, if an attempt were made to limit the planting of
"domesticated" coca, it might ca~se an inerease in the planting of "wTld" coea, whieh
is the kind that cocaine producers prefer. In addition, the wild coca, given its char-
acteristics, will grow in the fashion that grass does and will not only thrive in areas
where it will grow naturally but will spread to other parts of the country and even
to foreign land.
Solutions
The only way to control coca production effectively is to provide econ anic and financial
_ incentives to farmers located in the warm valleys. Besides, there must be agricul-
tural policies that will do away with the "minifundios" or small farmsteads, iridi-
vidual production and primitive growing methods, and will, in addition, promote national
production by means o� subsidies that will constrain importation.
Once the farmers obtain worthwhile earnings from other crops, they autanatically wiil
stop growing coca. Moreaver, the farmers of the warm valleys will themselves becane
the opponents of production of that leaf.
However, as long as the country's ag ricultural policies are not changed and the
methods that have ruined the country's farm production subsist, coca production will
continue to increase, with the natural consequences.
The problem's solution lies therefore in the g overnment ref raininq fro~n promoting coca
production through the mistaken policies it is follcxaing.
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BOLIVIA
DRUC RING BUSTED, 100 KG OF COCAINE SEIZED
PY271438 La Paz Radio Illimani Network in Spanish 1130 GMT 27 Nov 81
(Text] 'Che National Antidrug Council carried out an operation which resulted
in the seizure of approximately 100 kg of cocaine on Wednesday night. This
information was disclosed by Council Chairman Col Rene Ocampo.
Colonel Ocampo released this information to the press adding that today he will
meet with President 7'orrelio Villa whom he will brief on the results of the meeting
which he, Ocamp o, attended in Brazil.
The chairman of the Antidrug Council reported that his organization is constantly
carrying out operations related to its specific functions. He added that one
such op eration was carried out on Wednesday night.
[Begin Ocampo recording] A great quantity of drugs. We believe that there were
more than 100 kg of cocaine. We hope to be able to unravel the ties among these
drug traffickers and to arrest every memher of the ring. [End recording]
He also said that the names of the persons arrested cannot be disclosed because
the investigations are continuing and raids and arrests are taking place.
[Begin Ocampo recording] .Iudging by the amounts of drugs f ound to be in their
possession, I would say that these people are p art of a foreign drug ring.
[ 1?nd re cord ing ]
c~campo indicated that Bolivians, as well as foreign citizens, are involved in
Cl~e uncovered drug ring. Asked if the amount of drugs seized during the latest
operation was the largest so far, Ocamq~o said:
[Begin Ocampo recording] Well, there have been operations where more drugs were
seized [p assage indistinct]. [End recording]
'1'he recent operation was carried out by officials of the Antidrug Council alone.
Colonel Ocampo said that during yet another operation carried out in Santa Cruz
a drug factory was raided.
[Begin Ocampo recording] A very large factory located in an inaccessible place
which we managed to reach. There we had some problems because the drug traffickers
caught some of our agents and beat them up. I have visited them in the hospital
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and they are in a pretty bad shape, very bruised. [Passage indistinct] According
to the information supplied by these agents the drug traff ickers were heavily
- armed. There, we did not arrest an,ybody but we did find a very large factory.
[End recording]
The chairman of the Antidrug Council also reported that in view of all these
developments the president of the nation has i ssued instructions to military
units to cooperate with the council in the attai~ent of its objectives.
[Begin Ocampo recording] His excellency has issued orders that any military
unit, anywhere in Bc~ivia, should cooperate with us whenever we need it. [Words
indistinct] [End recording]
Colonel Ocampo was also asked about the actions which his council is undertaking
to arrest drug traffickers who are wanted by the courts.
[Begin Ocampo recordingJ As you know two persons have already gone to the United
States to answer to the courts there. [Words indistinct] [End recording]
He also explained the progress of the coca farmers census underway in Bolivia:
[Begin Ocampo recording] The census is developing normally and we expect that
it will end on the schedu led date. [End recording]
cs~: 5300/2081
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BOLIVIli
NEW LAW ON NARCOTICS APPROVED
PY030053 Buenos Aires TELAM in Spaniah 2210 GMT 28 Nov 81
~'I'ext ~ I,a I':~�r., 28 Nov ('I'EI.Mf) '1'he liol Lvian Government has approved a new law on
n;~rc~iics whi~h establi5hrs strict rules for che marketing and production of dangerous
drug~>, ucknuwlydges forcibn cuurts and aUolishes local 1c~unitiea. The new law also
~sCablistie:: a sta[e mo~i~~poly for buying and selling coca leaves.
As for fur~ign cuurts, thc law escnbllahes that any govermnent which finds that its laws
_ }iave bc~en violated will bc entitled co request [he extradition from Bolivia of the criminals
wtio h~ve been sentenced Uy t}ie country's own courts.
By abolishing local immunities, the law establishes that any official whose behavior falls
under the terms of the ncw law will be put at the disposal of the judicial branch as an
ordinary criminal. In tliis way, those officers who become publicly involved with cocaine
_ taffickLng wiiile perf.orming governmental duties will be handed over to the courts.
The new 1aw also empowers tite BolLvian Government to assume control, to inspect and to
reFulate the sowing, growing, marketing and storing carried out for the purpose of
manuEacturing or pr.odu~~ing dangerous drugs.
"'h~~ l:~w providc~ for an~l punishes the illegal manufacturing and marketing, storing, use
~~r c~~nvumpt i~m ~,f dan~;~~rous ~rugs; and it concentrates the production of coca leavea in
the d~~p.~rtm~�ncti of Coch:ih.~mba and J,1 P~z, declaring as illegal all coca plantations outside
lh~~~c~ ~I~~~~:irtmc~nts.
'rhi~ law rst.iblishes prlr:un t~~rm5 runging from 5 to 15 yeara and fines quoted in dollars
nnd raug(n}; frum $4,000 cc~ $60,OOU, nccording to each case.
I~ shouls he noted that Rulivia is the world's largest producer of coca leaves, of basic
c~~~�.~in~~ ~~:~scc~ and o[ c~~c:~ine hysrochloride. This furnishes the Bolivian Government with
v~~:iriv inc~~mr ~~f ah~~u~ 31 billiun, W}l~l('. $2 billion more are lost because of smuggling.
A~~~ur~lin�.~, tu S~ucllrs wl~i~�I, wc~rc mndc during 1981 and which have been publiahed by U.S.
mn~;r~�r.in~~>;, U~~~sc $2 htlli~~n bring :~buut $30 billion on the U.S. illegal market.
CSO: 5300/2087
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BOLIVIA
BRIEFS
ANTIDRUG COUNCIL OFFICIAL--Col Rene Ocam~o, director of the National Antidrug
Council, yesterday left for Washington where he will meet with State Dep artment
and DEA officials to discuss projects related to the diversification of crops
designed to replace coca plantations. [PY021247 La Paz Radio Illimani Network
in Spanish 1130 GMT 1 Dec 81]
AN'TII)RUG INTERNATIONAT. CAMPAIGN--Bolivia has made a wholehearted appeal to the
international community to promote a worldwide campaign to fight the production
_ and traffic of dru~s, evils against which the Bolivian Gover~ent has declared
an all-out war. The appeal was made by Bolivian Ambassador Fernando Ortiz Sanz
at the 36th UN General Assembly session which was held recently in New York.
[Begin Ortiz Sanz recordingJ It must be understood, Mr President, that we have
not come here to ask for help to solve a domestic problem but to pramote aware-
ness about a serious worldwide problem by making known what is happening in our
country and to propose to the United Nations a worldwide c aapai.gn which may
be instrumental in saving the unfortunate drug victims, in reducing the chances
of becoming addicted and in helping all governments to fight drug addiction, not
in rehabilitation clinics--tlie final stage, in which the human being has already
been destroyed--but at its origin, that is, the coca and poppy plantations and
related crops. [End recording] [Excerpts] [PY011720 La Paz Radio Illimani
Network in Spanish 1130 GMT 1 Dec 81]
COCA PLANTATIONS CURTAILED--The National Antidrug Council has issued a warning
to all Bolivian coca farmers. The council has issued an official communique
pointing out that any expansion of their traditional coca plantations will be
considered ille~al and punished drastically. The official communique stated that
- in keeping with tlic~ new law on drug control and antidrug struggle any expansion
of coca plantationti from their size at the time of the last census of coca
farmers wh ich is being currently analy zed, will be viewed as a crime. It
further added that ~~ny expansion of traditional coca plantations will be
drastically punished, with those responsible liable to prison sentences of
5 to 10 years and fines ranRing from 100,000 to 1,000,000 Balivian pesos; and
that the state does not forfeit its right to confiscate the land of the farmer--
5t~ould it belong to him--and assign it to the National Agrarian Reform Board
For Curttier allocltion. The communique reminded that transport of dangerous
dru~;s and coca leaves in quantities greater than those officially registered
for marketing and personal use by the receiving stations in La Paz and
Coci~abamba, is totally forbidden. The owners and drivers of vehicles involved
in this kind of transport who violate this law will be sentenced to prison
terms ranging from 3 to 8 years, their vehicies will be confiscated and they
will Pay fines ranging from 20,000 to 500,000 Bolivian pesos. [Text]
[PY241315 La Paz Rad io Illimani Network in Spanish 0100 GMT 24 Nov 81]
CSO: 5300/2078
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BRAZIL
EXTENT OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, CONTROL PRQBL~MS DISCUSSED
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 25 Oct 81 p 136
[Article by Renato Lombardi]
[Texr_] On the corner of Rua Peixoto Gomide and Parque Trianon, in the area of
the Gardens in Sao Paulo, a young man, well dressed, briefcase in right hand, waits
impatiently, constantly consulting his watch. It is about 0900 hours. In the
movement of cars and pedestrians, a pellow Mercedes Benz sports car approaches, with
a brunette at the wheel. Two taps on the horn and the young man moves in the
direction of the car, enters and places the briefcase on the floor of the car.
After a few turns, the car stops a few meters from a traditional high school. As
the young man opens the briefcase, four armed men arrive. They are police officers.
In the false bottom of the briefcase they find almost 1/2 kilogram of cocaine,
brought in from Bolivia for distribution to a group of inen and women who frequent
. certain nightclubs in the capital.
i
In another part of the city, Sao Miguel Paulista, a poor working-class neighborhood,
three young men are talking together by a pool table in s small bar, when a young
~ boy, barely more than 12 years old, approaches and offers to sell them marihuana.
"How much do you want? It's real cheap, and good stuff." Drugs are available on
nearly every street corne.r, except for cocaine, which is "very expensive and used
only by the upper classes, not by working people," said a trafficker being held in
the DEFC [State Department of Criminal Investigation].
How to combat the traffickers? A recent study released by the Federal Police
revealed that from 800 kilograms to a ton of cocaine enters Brazil every year, for
clomestic consumptic~n. With each passing day the drug rings are better organized,
usi;~g planes and clandestine .landing fields to transport the drugs. While the drug
dealers are findinK ways to pass the drugs, the police are continuing to have prob-
lems combating this type of crime.~ In Sao Paulo, 8-year-old boys are using
marihuana and sniffing glue, and under the influence of drugs they are committing
robberies and even murder.
The Narcotics Division is powerless to prevent the action of the traffi.ckers. The
Civil Police have only 60 men in their specialized drug control section to conduct
investigations in the capital and in Greater Sao Paulo. High officials of the Civil
Police claim that the officers of the 50 districts in the capital and the 36 police
precincts in Greater Sao Paulo, as well as the Military Police, also conduct
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investigations into the traffic and use of narcotics, but these officers do this
type of work only when called upon or when they receive complaints, because their
time is taken up with another crime that is causing public concern: assault and
armed robbery in the streets, homes, offices and industries.
In the first half of this year, the DEIC Narcotics Division seized 2.5 kg of
cocaine, 636 kg of marihuana, 28 microdots of LSD and 475 spray bottles of ether;
they arrested i 57 people iii ti~e act and booked 6 individuals for investigation. ~ The
Dru~ Divison of the Federal Police in Sao Paulo arrest some traffickers, but the
feds are more concerned with what they call the "headmen," the exchange between
Sao Paulo and other states, the routes used to transport large quantitites of
cocaine and marihuana.
Ideally, Sao Paulo shou]d have a Narcotrics Department with all means of combat
available to it: new cars, funds for investigators to pursue their work and better
means of communication. Today organized gangs can monitor all police movements
with electronic gear bought in any specialty store. Most arrests occur on the
- fringes: small traffickers of marihuana or psychotropic drug�addicts. Cocaine
addicts--individuals with a secure income, frequenters of fashionable clubs and
show business people--are difficult to arrest. The police claim it is impossible
to cover certain clubs and parties because they do not even recei.ve dinner money,
a little over 100 cruzeiros, when they work outside regular hours.
An investigator who worked for some time with the DEIC Narcotics Division said
there are large numbers of cocaine addicts and dealers in Sao Paulo (although
fewer than in Rio de Janeiro), but is is difficult to catch them. "If you simply
compare the two cities, it would appear that every~hing is fine in Sao Paulo, no
problems, whereas in Rio there are artists, doctors, businessmen, prominent people
involved in cocaine traffic or abuse. But it is not true that Sao Paulo has "no
problems." The problem is the same. The police know where the traff ickers and
addicts are, but it is difficult to go there, to get in. A police off icer is
recognized a mile away. There is no organization for this type of investigation."
Who is to blame for this lack of support? The men in charge of this type of
investigation say they do what they can, but *_hey have problems. The police,
complain, among other things, that their cars break down and they are forced to
work with black and white vehicles. "The traffickers see us coming. We might as
well turn on the siren," said an investigator.
About 10 percent of the primary and secQndary school students in the city of Sao
Paulo are addicts or have already tried drugs, according to Maj Edson Ferrarini,
of the Sao Pau14 Military Police. He puts volatile intoxicants (which includes
shoemaker's glue) and marihuana first on the list, because they are easily pur-
chased at prices within reach. A marihuana cigarette purchased near a school costs
from 200 to 300 cruzeiros.
As a result of the Large number of addicts, school officials have been receiving
~;uidelines from polic2 experts and many of them attend classes on drug prevention
at the Civil Police Academy. Teachers now observe their students and basically
follow these insCructions:
a) Eefore [aking any position, teachers must be certain of the symptoms and
causes to make a proper diagnosis of drug cases in the school; b) do not confuse
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these symptoms with those of some illness or even the chracteristics of the age
group; c) if a drug abuse case is positively identif ied, ascertain, if possible, if
the student is an experimenter, a social user or a dependent; d) do not discuss it
with a student if he is under the influence of drugs, avoid emotional appeals and
do not expel the student unless he has been given every possible opportunity,
including recourse to clinical treatment; e) talk with the student's group or
friends to get as much helptul information as possible; f) maintain discretion is a
case occurs in the school, because the news will spread quickly and will sometimes
be distorted; g) if a teacher is questioned in class after a possible encounter with
a drugged student, he should say it is a medical problem, and if he is asked ques-
tions about drugs, he should respond ~f he is sure of the symptoms, causes and
type of drug.
Delinquent minors, interned in the units of the State Institution for Child
Welfare [FEBEM] in Sao Paulo for assault and murder, admit to being drug addicts,
and most of them are on drugs when they commit crimes. N.A., aged 12, has killed
four people, two of them during robbery attempts, and says he cannot survive with-
out smoking marihuana every day. "Now I am here in FEBEM," he explains. "I ask
for a cigarette, but there are days when my mouth is dry. I begin to shake and I
smoke one cigarette after another to try to solve the problem."
In the House of Dententiun in Sao Paulo the situation is different from that in
the FEBEM units. Despite supervision, marihuana comes into the prison and recently
there were several f.atalities when two gangs fought over drug sales to the almost
7,000 inmates.
According to a police chief in Rio de Janeiro, not even the deaths discourage drug
trafficking and abuse. Several people have died at gatherings where there was
cocaine. The most recent case was millionairess Denise Martins dos Santos, aged
21, victim of an overdose of cocaine taken by vein. Other drug victims: Ana
Lidia, aged 8, in Brasilia; Aracelli, aged 10, in Vitoria; and Vera Lucia Cardia,
in Curitiba. According to the police, the greatest number of drug-related deaths
in the country and in Latin America occur in Rio de Janeiro. Claudia Lessin
Rodrigues was killed during a"cocaine session" in July 1977. Her killer, Michel
Frank, is still at large in Switzerland, where he fled. Youug people who have died
as a result of a cocaine overdose include Claudia Maria, in Petropolis; Maria
de Lourdes Portela, in Jacarepagua; Maria lsabel Gomes, in Nite=oi; and Gisela
Faber, in the Hotel Jomar in Botafogo.
M.illionairess Gladir Maria Cata-Preta, mentioned in the society columns in Rio de
.Ianeiro, died in her apartment with a hypodermic syringe in her thigh, injecting
cocaine. According to the police findi.ngs, Felipe Aguiar de Oliveira, aged 20, a
5urfer, 3umped from the apartment of millionairess Denis Muniz Tagher after self-
administering a dose of cocaine. In the last 2 months, traffickers were arrested
in Rio de Janeiro and the police seized checks and note books with the addr~esses