JPRS ID: 10203 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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- JPRS L/ 10203
22 December 1981
- ~1/or~dwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS ~RUGS
- ~FOUO 58181 ~
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JPRS L/10203
22 December 1981
WORL~WIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 58/81~
_ CONTEMTS
ASIA
- IIANGLADESH
Briefs
Opium Arrest Reported 1
- INDIA �
' Country's Pr~.iblems in Marketin5! Opium Told
(Shr~e Sondhi; THE TIMES OF I:VDIA, 8 Nov 81) 2
Briefs
Opium Seized in Delhi 4
- INDONESIA
Thousands of Mar ih uana ~~:.:?ts in Ma jalengka Area
(HARIAN UMUM P.H, 12 Sep 81)......~ 5
~ Deputy Attorney Gencral Calls for Stricter Penalties
(KOMPAS, 22 Oct 81)............o i
Narcotics Suspect Deported to United Sta~es
(KOMPAS, 24 Oct 81) 8
Briefs
- Bali Narcotics Traffic 10
Smuggling Cases in North S~matra 10
M1~LAYSIA
= Drug Abuse Laws To Be Recodified, Banishment Enforced
(NE[4 ST~AI~PS TIMES, 7 Nov 81) 11
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Data on Addicts at Sarawak Rehabilitation Center
(BORNEO BULLETIN, 17 OCt 81) 12
NEW ZEALAND
Regional Drug Law Enforcement Officers Meet Capital
(EVENING POST, 22 Oct 81; NEW ZEALA.~ HERALD, 24 OCt 81)..... 13
= Cocaine Imports Threat
Computerized Customs Controls .
Countermeasures Proposed
Tougher Pes~alties Sought
_ Man Admits Smuggling Drugs Via Coanmercial Air T.'liqhts
(EVENING POST, 30 Oct 81) 16
Court Ruling Alters Distinction BetwAen Classes of Drugs
(Jean-Baptiste Piggin; EVENING POST, 31 Oct 81) 17
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Opium Seized in Peshawar lg
I1~TIN AMERICA
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ARGENTINA
Briefs
Coca Leaves Seized lg
BAfiAMAS
_ Three IIoats, Eight Men Seized With Marihuana,Rifles
{THE TRIBUNE, 31 OCt R1) 20
IIrie�s
Forfeited Bail 21
, BERMUDA
Briefs
Drug Seizures 22
BOLIVIA
Authorities Announce New Price of Coca
(LOS TIEMPOS, 1 Nov 81) 23
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New Drug Law Provfdes for Rehabilitation Program
(EL DIARIO, 1 Nov 81) 24
t3riefs
Savi.ngs of Coca Dollars 25
Clandestine Landing Strips 25
Coca Traffic Upturn 25
Coca Bust in Santa Cruz 25
'POwerful' Drug Ring Busted 26
,
Smugglers Arrested 26
Traffickers Forge Hospitalizatfon Permits 26
BRAZIL
Drug Addiction, Trafficking Devastatir.g Sao Paulo Znterior
(Renato Lom~ardi; O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 8 Nov 81)........... 27
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Cocaine Seized, Five Arresked in Ipanema
(JORNAL DE BRASIL, 30 O(:t a1) 35
Br iefs
Bolivian Cucaine Seized 38
Argentine Cocaine Trafficker Arrested 38
Musicians With Drugs Arrested 39
- Arug Traffickers' Escape Aborted 39
Police Chief Dismissed 39
CHILE
Briefs
Peruvian Drug Traffickers 40
PERU
Briefs
Drug Traffickers' Plan Revealed 41
Cocaine Refinery 41
Cacaine Seizures 41
Colombian Cocaine Sm~gglers 41
ST KITTS-NEVIS
- Briefs
Marihuana Plantations 42
- P1EAR EAST AND NORTH AF1tICA
IRAN
Opium Seized in Esfahan, Shiraz, xerman
(KEYHAN, 24 Nov 81) 43
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Briefs
Heroin Haul in Zahedan 44
ISRAEL ;
- Briefs
Hashish Seized in Galilee 45
Record Heroin Seizure 4~
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ANGOLA
Briefs
Marihuana Plant.ation Discovered 46
GHANA
E3riefs
Campaign Against Drug Abuse 4~
International Drug Traffic Suspects 4~
KENYA
Briefs
Big Bhang Bust 48
WEST EUROPE
DENMARK
Article Examines Financial Aspects of Narcotics Trade
- (Troels Aagaard; BERL?NGSKE AFTEN, 16 Oct Slj..' 49
Briefs
Cocaine, Heroin Seized at H:.rport 55
DrugsTied to Robberies 55
NORWAY
Book Describes Drug Milieu in Norway
(Tore Hoel; 1~RBEIDET,2BLADET, 26 Oct 81).., 56
Funds Approved for J.a::reased Narcotics-Control Effort
(AFTENPOSTEN, 14 Nov 81) 59
Briefs
- Mood-Altering Pills in Trondheim 61
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BANGIADESH
BRIEFS
OPIUM ARREST REPOFtTED--The Kotwali police recovered t~n seers of opium
wortil about Taka 80,000 from the possession of one Abdul Mazid P.t Badamta].i Ghat
on Friday. The poiice on d~ty challenged and arr~eted him while he was moving
suspiciously there, says a Press release of D.M.P. Abdul Mazid hails from
Toothpara ~.n Khulna District. A case has been started against the arrested person
- under Utium ,Act. Meanwhile, acting on a secret in.Eormatton, a special sq~s,e.d of
the Detective Branch of Dacca Metropolitan police ~ecovered one .32 bore revolver
from Rc,om No. 176, S.M. Hall, Dacca University. None was arrested in tt~,is connec-
tion, the Press release added. [Text~ (D~acca THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER in English
15 Nov 81 p 3~
CSO: 5300/7012
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IDTDIA
COUNTRY~S PROBLEMS IN MP?RKETING OPIUM TOLD
, Bombay THE TIMES OF INDIA in English 8 Nov 81 p 22
~Article bj~ Shree Sondhi~
~TeXt~ ~iEE~t[,'CH I~ladh>~a Pr~desh), �
I~ovember 8.
~SSIVE godowns are bein~
M built here tu storc l,'_W ton� AJJin; to ?he stora~ anu sale
pey pf o ium which the o~ern- probl:ms ~n a record bumper crop
ment haspbeen unable to seg.ll. ef opium thu yeer, over 830 tonnes
q Qudown ~o a.:.omroods~e �i~) ~f opium was rec:ei.ed at ihe r~e-
tr,nae~ of oD~um was re:entiy com- much fec:ory from the ~(adhyr
ple~rd ri ~he ~o.ernment upium .~~d Padesh area. The normxl ~rops !~�n
aik~leiAs fa.wry Two more Qodownn s about hJ0 tonnes.
uf t~`0 iunnec and ~~0 ionxs .a~- P~DD)' ~ulti~ation and opium trAd~
:it> will be ~onstiu~~rd soon. coMrolled by the Vnited ~aii~ns
The 1:11CY exirac~ed (rom PoPPY Interaation;?I Narcoii:s Control Roard.
nurmell~ +iored in polyihene ba~~. UnJer the 1961 con~endon an n~ -
_ But ehe h~g, .annui hoid +ne we~`ht coiie dro~tS, all councriea hx~e ~o
fnr loog and otun I+unt. Hu~e submit their annual reyuirementt !o
the board. The m�rnu(~~wrinY :oun-
, quumiues nt opium ha~e been lunt tries arc then :onucced !o meet :he
. ihi: w,i~, maA~ng ~he ~.;~ernmmt ~ �
rs~lise ~he nad tor wlown~. A~~x. world's nse~.s. lndia. bein~ a~~Y
n( one :Q. uf I~~et mesns almo~t Rs. ~raditional :ulti~aeor uf poppy, hr~I
}50 ~i~~wn ~he dre~o. a monopal~ in the trade.
.>�orJinx i~~ ~tr. T. S. R. Kri~hn.m. A.herRe ottm IevelleJ aqain.t ihe
gencral m~naKer ot the Qovernment rnxn.�e mmiacry. Nhi:h i< m:harve
op~um nnJ �rl{.alo~J works un~~r- ~~f opium production. and ~:s tr.t~le
i:~kinK. ~eemu:h. the opium qlut in ~s ih~t it i. manned by re~enue pton!;
ihe ,uumry i.: hecaux o[ the cn~nnc� aed not chu~e weil ~erted io in~"r'
- ot ~m ne.v :ounuim into the up~am na~ion~1 uade.
market. Ne ~ites TurEty ~nd Au~tr~� The ve:mu~h fa:tory was ut un in
lia in this canteat. The~e counviea 19;6. "a ~:ade i~,o lare". a~:orJ~nb
aatr~:t morphine slr~isht trom 'he lo one of ~t+ :riti:s. India ha+ poi:n-
aopp~ plane, el~mina~in~ ~he opium tial of producinQ huge quanticiec of
.iage. The process is a cluxFy-~uard- opiaca but this has nerYr bten hdly
rd ~n~ cxploised. Till last year, the factor7l
F.~i.l, f.V UF.~(.~rD was not makina any profit on ;ha
manuf~ccure oi these drugs. For ~he
~lany of these countries wrn fiat time this yar, the taetory ~r- ,
InJN'. cus~omers. But aa they ~pra corded a profit ot Rs. 6.2 lakhs fr~
uuce enoutd to rtxet ti?eir dumev.ie chese drugs.
reqwremmt fur ~~piuies, ihe demand The dru~s manu[actured aro mor-
- fnr lndia's opium h~s follen. 7'I,~ phine, m~xphme hydrochloride. mor-
Gha.~pur i~.iury ioo hat n: vmulai� phine sutah~ta ~oadeine. code'n~
ed a uoct of 1,.'~0 toone~ of oD~um. sulphnu .,nd Rarcoucs. The praluc~inn
I.~ae year, the reemuch unJer� of thebriie. aoother compound, w~s
takin~ :ould e.port only 1~7 tumes ��neJ unly a few monihs. aso.
~~F o~ium. "Thi.ti >esr `rnm April 'o Codeine (atchea over Rs. 5.3Q(1 ;~e~
Ociol,er, 150 ionae~ hrve been sn~d. k~. whik aU the other Jru~s. exaP~
The i~~~ernmeet hai announced narcotics. ~ell at batweeo Rs. 3,4CJ
reb~~e on ~II npium hou~h~ 1+Y ~nd Rs. ~.110 pef kQ� .
~uunirie4 in t:~e�~ uf lau ye~r'~ The ent;y ot lnd~a into the w~+r]d
quam~~~ in .~n ctiore to clear .~ocl~. tn~rket ior opium :ompounds '+at
~lso suffereG treeauu th~ !~ctory hed
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ban iun~ti~~.^.inti �~iho~~ ~~ef+rul ~t~dfiva Pr~desh. ~the opium-Droduc-
in~nager ior slmnc~ r~car ~nd ~ h~',( - ,
uil De;ember fy8~~. when ~Ir. ICri~h- ~~B Sintes. opium is quite popwat
nan w~c ~pp~in~e~. ++i~h ~he lo:al pupnlatiun.
The f,~.wr. ha. ~~!ither en e,cclri, et EFFECT O\ CO\Jl'~IER
nor m:.h3n~ral engineer on in sc~ri, ,,;;ordina to Dr. De~mdra \lohan,
Unly ;,nuut 11 de~. egu, a a~~ti+ aa�,o~iate direct~~r of the dcpartment
maeager wrs rppoin:ed aiter a ia,na uf psvchiatry. the .~I!-lndia lnstit4ie
oF m~m month.. .tll ~hia has ham- ,~f '~tedical S:iences. ~~ho has ron.
pered ihe produ:uun of dtigs. d~,;~~~ 3 n~.~mber of ~�udirs un ~ar-
Rectntl~, the , l~nt har! hrok