JPRS ID: 10661 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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JPRS L/10661
15 July 1982
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- NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 31 /82~
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15 July 1982
WORi.DW I DE REPORT
iVARCOT I CS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 31/82 )
CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Contending Factors in National, Royel Crime Corrmiissiona
Noted
(THE AUSTRALIAN~ 18 May 82, THE T~IFST AUSTRA,LIAN,
- 19 May 82) 1
Minister for National Cormnission~ by Peter Terry
Doubts on Effectivenesa
Three Given Jail Terme in Heroin Importing Case
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 19 May 82) 3
Police Crackdown on Truckere Reaults in Large Drug Haul
(M~.x Jesaop; THE AUSTRALIAN, 24 May 82) 5
_ Conanission Hears of Nugan Drug Links to Top Politiciana
(Linsay Murdoch; TI~ AGE, 27 May 82) 6
Briefs ~
Freed Drug Offender 9
Jail for Physician 9
Heroin, Opium in Condoms 9
Dealer Escapes Jail Term 10
_ Heroin Chargea 10
Marihuana Growera ' 10
HONG RONG
Briefe
Shipboard Opiwa Haul 12
'Golden Crescent' Heroin 12
Drug Diatribution Center 12
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THAILAND
ONCB Chiefs Drug Use Rising,, Cites Foreignera Held
(SIAM HAT, 20 May 82) 13
Vice-Consul Trafficking Case k.'~camined
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Pouching Procedures Reviewed
- Foreign Miniatry Spokesmeri Co~nnents, Suwanit Khongsi~�i
Interview
ONCB Chief Coimnents
Malaysia Pledges Cooperatioi: in Drug Suppression
' (BANGKOK POST~ 20 Jun g2) 21
ONCBs Legal Arugs Abu+Bed, Prevention Funds Iacking
(DAO SIAM, 9 Apr 82) 22
U8e of Amphetamines Enc.ouraged by Advertising in Rural Areas
(DAO SIAM, 9 Apr 82) 23
Phuket Opium Suspects Bailed N~:+~, Police Cover Up
(MATICHON, 26 rsay 82) 24
Briefe
Heroin Found in Wreckage 26
Bangkok Interpol Meeting 26
FR,G Drug Aesistance 2'
Opium Smuggled ~om Laos 2?
Woman Drug Trafficker Arrested 2?
Heroin Seized in Bangkok, Chiang Mai 27
Chiang Mai Heroin 28
Police Officer Arrested 28
Chiang Mai RaidB 28
Bangkok Drug Program ~9
Raw Opium Found ~9
Malay-Thai Drug Control 29
Crop Replace~nent Program ~9
~ LATIN AMEftICA
PANAMA
Briefs
IKarihuana l'lantation Discovered 3~
PERU
Briefs
Large Cocaine Seizur~e 31
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NEAR EA~T AND NORTH AFRICA
IRAN
Briefs
Heroin Discovered in Kara~ 32
Heroin Discovered in Mashhad. 32
Lorestan Contraband Cor.fiacated 32
Mashhad Drug Swoop 32
Narcotics Discoveriea 32
Narcotics Penaltiea Statistics 33
WEST EUROPE
BELGIUM
Briefs
::e~oin Seizure 34
NETHERLANDS
Bric~f s
Pol.ice Smash Heroin Route 35
TURKEY
Shift in Naxcotics Route Reported
(HURRIYET, 24 May 62) 36
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AUSTRALIA
CONTENAING FACTORS IN NATIONAL, ROYAL CRII~ COI~tISSIONS NOTED
Minister for National Commission
Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 18 May 82 p 3
[Article by Peter Terry]
[Text] r'CDEAAL Government Mr Ne~~'W~ not pre- Mr Newman ~aid 6he not-
ans~. to create a national ~~Y how 6he !'edenl~ ional commission he I~ad In
pl ()overnment woul~l react It it mind would l~ave powcr~ noL
commission' lo fiRht organ� did not ~e6 tbe tull b~.;cktn~,ot available to }wlice.
ised crime will : nost cer- the 8tate~. it wou?d have iho power ~o
Lainly PequiTe the SlBtes t0 But . he lndicated Canberra cxamine bank accounta, and
~helve powera that could be ~~~~ved or~ant~ed crime wsa to caU pcople to ~lvo evidence
used to set, up rival royal gcThe situatho 1 dia now so efther in public or In camera.
commissions. Qrsve that lt we do not do
If the Btatea sccept, it would !omethln~ I do not know how
mean they coald no lon~cr W~ Wj~~ ~ver w[n the v?~ar;' Mr
Newman said.
react to polltlcal or public ~~And at the moment we aro
preaaure, by ordering epec~al' cortalnlyloainalt"
' investiQationa into auch mat- ~r Newman satd tl~wt an one
ters aa IIIeQaI Qamblina and eatimate the Australian ller-
vice racketa. ~ oin trade waa worth up 60
Inatead, such inquirlee would ~1600 mUlion s year to oraan-
be the eole preroQative of the J~d ccime.
national crlme comnlsalon. ,And that wsa Juat llle~ral l~er-
Thta ia not yet otticlal federal oin ~deais. I6 touk no account ot
1'O~j~Y~ the AuQe amount ot money
But yeaterday, the Fedseral ~~n~ ~e in internstional
Miniater for Adminiatrstive ~n runnin~, other illicit drug
Servlcea, Mr Newmsn, told a, deala, money Iaunderina, il-
~erth preaa contcrence he (av- ~eaal asmbllnQ, and 8P book-
ored acrappina roy4l commia- m kln~.
sions iI a natlonal crime com- ~n top ot that, the~e waa evi-
mission were establiahed. dence ot corruption �among
~~That ia, thouQh, a pcrsonal ublic ofticlsls.
view and much wlll depend on p
what is tinally recommended :'We've got to 6he stage
by the � Attorney-GFeneral~ where we have ta take a longer
(Senator Dur~clc) " he ssid.~ view and co-ordin4te our iii-
Mr Newman w~ll aive Btite vestlgation lnto theae areaa;'
ministers for police details on Mr Newman eaid. .
Fridayrot the ~ national pro� ~~But in eetabllahlnQ i crimca
poaal. cmnmtwton we 4re very con-
Although the commisalon sclous thaw it must be done in
plan ia not on the Queenel~nd co-oper~Won wlth the Btatea.
mceting'a sgenda, a number of ~~It te not on the aQenda but
S~ace minfaters have indicated that ta why we will be dlscuss-
ti~c~~ want an urgent brleting. ~nQ it in Queensland later thi~
' weak: '
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Doubte oa Effectiveness
Perth THE WEST AU3TRAI.IAN in Englieh 19 May 82 p 31
[TextJ. There wae some doubt about whether a national crimee co~i.ssion would be ef-
fective in combatin~ organieed crin~e in Australia~ the Minister for Police, Mr Has-
aell, said yesterday.
Mr Haesell eaid that he had not dismissed the idea but there were a lot of questions
that had to be answered.
A crimes comiaission would have to be supported by an investigatory team.
If the team came from ~he Federal Police~ it would lead to increasing their involve-
_ ment in general law enforcement, which was unacceptable to WA.
If the com~nisaion set up ite own taek force, this could a~d to the problem of dupli-~
cation of police work.
A third poesibility of seconding men from different forces could have an impact
on existing numbgrs and lead to a lack of continuity.
Mr Hassell said that he had discussed the proposal with the Federal Mini~ter for Ad-
ministrative Services, Mx~ Newman~ who was in Perth on Monday.
He would raise the issue again at the police ministers' conference in Queensland
on Friday.
He was also ~oping to get agreemeat from the conference on sitting the new police
college at the WA Inetitute of T~schaology.
, WA was the only Stnte that had made a realistic offer for relocating the college
from its present site in Sydney. ,
Some ministers had indicated that they did not waat the college to be integrated
with an educational facility but the WA Government would arrange for other land if
_ it were necessary.
Mr Haseell said that other iseues to be discussed at the conference included a na-
~ tional road safety canipaign and firearms management.
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AUSTRl1LIA
THREE GIVEN JAIL TERMS IN HEROIN II~ORTING CA3E
gerth THE WEST AUBTRALIAN in EngliAh 19 May 82 p 2k
[Text] Sydu~y: Three people were ~Rt3tenced in the District Criminal Court yeeter-
day to a total of. 36 year4 for conspiring to import heroin with an estimated street
value Qf $1.1 e~illion. �
Petex~ Pulcher (42)~ lsbou~ez~ of Croaulla~ Juae Flo~~ace Knox (40)~ urismployed~ of
Parramatta, and Glea Richardo (Y6)~ carpentsr~ of A
uklsnd. New Zealand~ were con-
vieted of conspiring to import heroia into Australia betwesa September 1 and De-
cember 12, 1980.
A fourth man~ Eric ~topald 0'Coniwr (37)~ as~ietant managsr. of Caringbah, was ear-
lier found not guilty of ths aams charge.
Evidence was give~ duriag ths trial that Raox. acting se a courier~ had imported
790g of heroin with a 95 par cent purity.
Tour
Knox had travslled to Bangkok oa a group tour aad ~.sd returaed to Apatralia with
the heroin concealed in a pan~tie girdl~ eutd bra.
At Sydney Airport she was followed by members of the former crime intelligence uait
to her ho~e at Parramatta.
On the evening of Decea~er 12 ~he was followed to the Rrmiagton Hotel. Parramatta~
where ahe met Fulcher and gave him the heroin.
Shortly aftetw~rds Pulcher and Richard~ were arrset~d outside the hotel after a
short car chaae and found to be in posasesion of the heroin.
Surveillance
Know and 0'Connor were both arrasted later that aight.
The court was told the arrests were the culm~.nation of nearly three months' surveil-
lance of the cou.pirators by the formRr uait.
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Passing sentence~ Judge Torrington said that the arrest had brought tn an end a m~-
jor enterprise in heroin trafficking ia N3W.
Fulcher was the principal in the operatioa and Richarde was hie assistant, he said.
Fulcher wae sente~ced to 18 yeara' hard labour. and with a non-parole pe~iod of nine
yeare. Kaox wse sentence~ to eight yPars' gaol with a non-parole period of three
years. Bot~? senteacea date from Dec~nber Y2, 1980.
~ Richards was sent~nced to 10 years' lhard labour with a noa-parole period to expire
on March 3~ 1986.
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AUSTRALIA
POLICE CRACI~OWN ON TRUCKERS RESULTS IN LARGE DRUG AAUL
Canberra THL AUSTRALIAN in English 24 riay 82 p 2
[Article by Max Jeseop]
[Zext] A POLICE crack~down on 1a~
warned thelr thcoll~ea
truck and heavy trailer driv- on ctu ro~?d, vts ctt~un band
ers in Queensland has re- saatos, to ~et rta ot t,~eir ~ta
vealed a t:~ird of them to be -~own ~n the tranr~ort sn-
in possession oi amphe- de
i
e
a
tv
we
tne Dws to
~~~%S. stay awars for up to Z4ltiours
Queenal4nd's sssistant t� meet contract deadlinea.
police conunisetoner, Mr At- T~ n�~ fol-
kinson, and the chief of the lowM s t~~ate ,oi ncent. iats~
dru~ aquad. Inspector Deve- ~enta iavolvint krni-t~cail�
ney, yesterday conPirmld the ~Z`,'1,~ doverneY?ent haa sl-
raida~ and ssid they wen n~y announced n?eseures to
~horrlfied' at ttu n:ult. nduce the apeed limit for
A team of 14 detectives heavy vehicles in an attempt
stopped 8? vehiclea in a check ~ cut the road toll.
- st a wel~hbrld~e on the eouth- ~e Mtaister ior Traheport,
ern outeldrt~ of .$rJsbsne. ~ Lsne. +~aaid ye8terday then
Twenty-nine drivers wen would also be r4t'?dom. ctucks
found to have the dru~a in tor defect~, paetlcul4rly in
their eabine. ' braldr?~ ~yetem.a.
More thsr. 1000 ssmples oi The Queenal~nd iecretary oi
four diffennt kinds of ~dr~~s the Tt~nsport Werkers Union.
were sel~ed. Drlver,~ moat ~
u t ~~t
h4d bten b0u~t16 1ts~ydtuy ~ ~~~r~
and Melbourne. were ioi+~x'd~ to drtve lona
The dru~a are being exa- hours to honor contr~cts be-
mined by tonnaic experts at ~u ~e i.~~ ~n~~g
the 8tste's health laborstory.
and ch4rQea m4y be lald. andustry. � . �
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AUSTRALIA
L
COl4IISSION IiEARS OF NUGAN DRUG LIN~S TO TOP POLITICZAI~S
Melbourne THE AGE in Eaglish 27 May 82 p 3
[Article by Lindsay Murdoch]
[Text] Sqdney.-
Mr Frank Nugsn. the co-fou~der of the failed Nugaa Aand baak, had
acted for aumeroua politicians, a 4olicitor told a RQyal Commission qesterdaq.
Mr John Lawr~nce Aston, who was paid a retainer bq tt?~ bank until it collapsed ia
1979, said tlut he once saw people he recogaised as politicians at a party at
the Sydney home of ?~Ir Nugau. .
Mr Aaton told Mr Jwt~ce Stewart at the Royal Commi~sion into drug trafficking that
� Mr Nugan told him that he acted for some members of Sydney's inaer-city ALP braaches
aad many senior po~.iticians.
Mr Aston aaid that Mr Nugsa, ::,'capimittN suicide in eariq 1980~ had a fetish for
anonymity aud privacq becawe clients often did not vant to be seen near the bank's
offices.
Mr Aaton said that Mr Nugan told him that his clients included heads of State in
Siagapore, the Philippines and Mslaysia, senior commerciel intereste in 8ong ~oag,
Pan Am aad Rennecott Copper.
Mr Cedric Hampson QC. couasel aasisting the conmiseioa, asked Mr Ashton during yes-
terday's hearing why a briefcase for Nugan Saad would be left at Mr Astc~n's office.
Mr Hampton told the comtoiasion on Tuasdey that a former director of the bank, Mr
George Shaw. had told investigators that hs collacted $260,000 in two bage from the
office oa 26 March 1979.
Mr Aston said in evidence ~:hat oaly one bsg wae collactad and t?e did not knaw what
it contaiaed.
~'s AAton said yesterday that he did not fiad it surprising. conside~iag the people
Mr Nugan acted for, that Mr Nugan would uee his office as a conduit pipe to his own.
~ Asked by Mr Jwtice Stewart why Mr~Nugan would t~ave disclo~ed information about
' clients to him, Mr Aston replied: "I was ostensibly uader retainer to the bank and
' I believe that this is tha sort of base information he thought I st?ouid be aware of".
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Mr Aston wae not asked yesterday to name any politicians. He will be cal~ed later
thie year to give further evidenc~.
Mr Hampsoa yesterd~; produced a letter ~hich he said Mr Shaw wrote to the other
founder of the Nugan Hand bank, Mr Michael Haad, in 1979.
The letter started: "Dear Mike, We '.ave received on behalf o~ our friendly solici-
tor Joha A., $260,000, plus a relocatioa fee." It said half of the amount was to
be collected by a womaa in Singapore and the other half bq a man in Germany.
Earlier, Mr Hampeon had told the commission that a Mr Chui, who supplied Auatralian
drug couriers with heroin, eventually collected the equivalent of $260,000.
Mr Aston told Mr Hampaon that he did not knaw any aolicitor in Sydneq with the Chris-
tian name John and suraame stgrting ~vith A.
Mr Hampson told yest~rday's co~iesion that the ~elephone numbers of Mr Aston and
his former managing law clerk, Mr Brian Willi:m Alexander, were found in the
_ diaries of three people connected with Terr~mce John Clarke, who is serving a life
sentence in an English ~sil for his part it the murder of his former drugs syndicate
partner, Christopher Martin Johnstone.
Mr Aaton said he did not know whq the numbers were~in the diaries of Douglas Wilson,
a drug courier who was shot dead and buried with hie wife at Rye, Miss Alison Dine,
one of Clarlce's former girl frienda and Mias Raren Soich, a solicitor and Clarke's
de facto wife.
Mr Aston said it was quite commoa for cli~~ate to give telephone number of aolici-
tore to other people.
Mr Stewart: "The upehot of it is that a lot of people conaected with Clarke had
your telephone numbers?"
Mr Aston: "Yea."
Mr Aston sid Mr Alexander, who disappeared in December last year, fl~w to England in
December 1979 after Ciarke was arrested in London.
Mr Aston said that Mr Ian Strathdee, a Sydney barrieter, who went Mr Alexgnder, la-
ter told him that Mr Alexandvr decided not to see Clarke in ~ail becauae the inter-
view would be videotaped and a prison officer would be present.
Mr Aston said that two former Narcotice Ageats, Richard Spencer aad Wayne Brindle,
who were charged with Aleaander with conepirac3?, paid for the trip overseas.
He said he had received complaints from barristers, who had been engaged by Mr Alex-
ander to appear for clienta, that they had not been paid.
Mr Aston said the fees for two unpaid counsel totalled about $~4,000.
He said Mr Alexander. told him that a client who wae appearing before the Woodward
Royal Commisaion into drug trafficking, was bringing to the court each day $600
t~ pay the counsel. But he said he later diacovered that the payment had not been
made.
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The broth~r of "Mr Asia", Christopher Martia Johnetone told the hearing that he
play~d squash with and met Clarke s~veral times in Sydaey.
Stephen Brian Johnstone, 29 said that he did not knaw hia brother, whose handless
~~~rpse was found in a water-filled quarry in Lancashire, England, in October 1979,
had been involved in an international drug syndicate.
Mr Johnstone said that his brother, whom ke called Martin, often said when he asked
ho~w he made hie money: "Look, ~ust dan't ask."
Mr Johnstone said that in October 1977, a man he aow knaws as Cl~rke gave him
$10,000 in a broGm paper bag for the eale of a lounge auite which Martin had ar-
ranged to import from Siagapore.
Mr Johnstone esid that he had managed a company which imported from ~outh-East Asia
to Au~tralia goods such as pottery aad fiah food.
The company, Saba~, was put in the hande of receivere aud managers ia 1980. It
had been set up in 1977 at the instigation of Christopher Martia Johnetone.
Earlier yeaterday, Mr Aston eaid that Detective Sergeaat Jack Lucas, a New South
Wales policeman with whom he had been friends for 15 yeara, was a member of the
Hall task force which investigater'an alleged leak from the office of the now dis-
banded Narcotice Bureau.
~'he task force, headed by the depuby commiseioner of the Victoria Police, Mr Rod
Hall, charged Alexander, Brindle and Spencer, who were later acquitted after
a committal hearing. ~
Mr Aston said that two other officers of tra taek force interviewed him.
The commiasion continues today.
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AIISTItAI~IA
BRIEFS
FREED DRUG OFFENDER--Sydney.--Aa accomplice in Australia's biggest drug smuggling
attempt was released from a New South Wales prieon in April after a request from
the Federal Government. The Attorney-General, Senator Durack, asked for the re-
lease from Berrima ~ail of Kensieth Derley, 31, who had been arrested with Murray
Stewart Riley, who had organieed an uasucceseful operation to smuggle an estimated
$46 million worth of cannabie into Auetralia aboard the yacht Anoa in 1978. Mr
Derley, formerly a car saleaman. was sentenced to eig~ht years and six months in
prieon in February 1979 for hia part in the attempt. Se was releaeed on 15 April,
naving served three yeara of his sentsnce. The NSW Department of Corrective 3erv~-
ices has confirmed that it released Mr Derley after a requee~t from the Federal Gow
ernment. Mr Derley's aon-parole period of two yeare and 10 months ended late laet
year. A spokeaman for Seaator Durack refused to say why Mr Derley's release had
been ordered. Se eaid the reasoas for Mr Derley's release on parole were a matter
of privacy. [Text) [Melbou:ne THE AGE in Engliah 17 May 82 p 3~
JAIL FOR PHYSICIAN--Sydney.--A ~udge eentenced a doctor to 13 qeara' jail qeeterday
for conapiring to aupply addictive drugs and said he was like a"epider in the web".
In Sydney Diatrict Criminal Court, Judge Ward said the aurgery of Dr John Alexander .
Miller Coles became a"druggist's kitchen". Judge Ward sentenced Coles to 13
years' ~ail, with a noa-parole period of six years, for having conepir~d to eupply
drugs of addiction. Coles, 41, wae aleo sentenced to three yeara' ~ail--to be
served concurrently--for haviag supplied methadone on 9 September 1980. He was ac-
quitted of a third charge of having supplied methadone in Sqdney in 1981. A~ ury
on Tuesday night coavicted Colea on the first two chargee after a 38-day trial. The
~ury had been told that he supplied preacriptions for drug addicte to uee themselvea
or to sell. They were worth up to $160 a prescription, the ~ury hear~. Coles, of
Castle Hill, practised at the Yagoona Medica Centre on the Hun~e Highway at Yagoona,
a south-western suburb. The judge told Colee that he wae instrumantal in making
possible the activitiea of narcotice users aad puehers. "I am satiafied you were
also instrumental in drawing into that aouthern area of Sydney young people from
all over Sydney for the purpose of purchaeing theae drugs at high cost," Judge Ward
told Colea. [Excerpta] [Melbourne TI~ AGE in English 20 May 82 p 5]
HEROIN, OPIUM IN CONDOMS--A 27-year-old woman regurgitated 16 condoma containing
heroin and an additional one containing opium in hospital after being arrested while
trying to enter the country, it wae alleged in the St Jamea Court of Petty Sesaions
yesterday. Before the court wae Cheryl Aan Coleman, of Pacific Parade, Lennoa Head,
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NSW, who was charged under the Cuatoms Act with possessing and importing a quantity
of heroin. No pleas was taken. A Com~wnwealth Crown Solicitor, Mr David Staehli~
told the court that Coleman arrived at Sydney Airpoxt on a Britieh Airways flight
at 6.30 am oa Th~~rs~ay. She was detained and a search revealed 10 grams of heroin
concealed in her body, Mr Staehli eaid. Coleman was taken to Sydney Hospital, where
a further 170 grams of the drngs, worth more thaa $50,000~ wer~ c~tained from her
yesterday morning, he said. Mr Kevin Jones, SM, remanded Colemar. to appear in the
St Jamea Court on Monday and refused bail. [Text] [Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
in English 22 May 82 p 4]
DEALER ESCAPES JAIL TER*~i--A Supreme Court ~udge said yeaterday that he would not
gaol a heroin dea?.er who had been caught on h~s way to a drug delivery. Mr Justice
Wickham said he wae satisfied that waiter Jack Aimnoun (27), of Devon Road~ Swaa-
bourne~ wae a distributor in a very sma].1 way. "A $2000 fine is sufficiently large
to be leseon to you and to other emall-time distributore," the judge told Amnwun.
He warned tnat heruin dealers should not assume that they would get.away with a fine
in the future. Ammoun was stopped in his car in Manning las* September by two drug-
squad detectivea acting on a tip-off. Three paper folds containing powdered heroin
were found nearby in a matchbox he had thrown out of the window. Amawun admitted
that the papers contained three grsms of heroin for which he had paid $600. He had
- intended to uae some himself, give some to his girl fr~snd, and to sell some to a
contact to help defray hi8 costs. A Supreme Court ~ury c~nvicted him on May ~4 of
being in poeseasion 4f heroin with intent to sell or eupply it ot others. Yester-
- day, Mr Justice Wickh~n said hc accepted that Aaimoua had been dealing in a small
way to keep up his own supplies. He eaid that Ammoun would almost certainly end up
in prison if he did not dissociate himeelf from the drug ecene. [Text] [Perth TE~
WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 24 May 82 p 11]
HEROIN CHARGES--?ielbourne: An out-of seasiona court wae held yeaterday to remand
a St Kilda man on heroin charges. Jeremy John~Knighta (23)~ of St Itilda, will appear
today at the Prahran magistratae court on charges of possesaing heroin, trafficking ^
~ heroin, poseesaing a prohibited import and aelling heroin. Bail was refused. A
20-year-old~woman waB released on her awn undertaking after being char.ged with pre-
paring and manufacturing heroin. She is scheduled to appear at Prahran magistrates
court on July 22. The arrests came after a raid on a boarding houee in Grey Street,
St Kilda, by uniform police ~n Saturday night. [Text] [Sydney T'r~ SYDNEX MORNING
HERALD in English 25 May 82 p 11]
MARIHUANA GROWERS--A North Coast farmer was yeaterday sen~enced to five yeara'
~ail for growing Indian hemp to a value of $500~000 which a syndicate used to aupply
to Wollongong over a two-year period. Judge Gee, in the Wollongong District Court,
imposed the sentence on Edward Robert Swan, 36, farmer~ of Dalswinton via Deaman,
who pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis and supplying Indian hemp between Sep-
tember 19~ 1979 aad April last year. The ~udge was told that marihuana grown on
Swan's property wae brought te Woll.ongong by horse float and distributed to a net-
work of sellers. The judge satd the growing area was always limited to the size of
a houaehold block of land. Judge ~Gee said that the key people iavolved ia the or-
ganieation, thoee who were at the hub of the wheel of this enterpriae, were not be-
fore him. Three other men were also given ~ail terms yeaterday. They were: John
Dula Jover, 21, of Wollongong. Judge Gee said Jover had been picturesqualy termed
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as the "syndicate's etoreman and packer." Jover was sentenced to three years' ~ail
on one charge of supplying the drug and 12 munths on a eimilar aecond charge~ the
aentencea to be concurrent. Tony Robert Schuback, 21~ unemployed, of Wollongong~
was sentenced to four years' jail for suppl,yiag Indian hemp during the period Decem-
ber, 1979 to April last year. Mark Aonald Pickford~ 19. unemployed, of Barrack
Aeights, was ~ailed for three years for eupplying the durg. [Text] [Perth THE WEST
AUSTRAI,IAN in Englieh 26 May 82 p 22]
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. RONG KONG
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BRTEFS '
SHIPBOARD OPIUM I~AUL--For the firgt time in many years, customs officera yesCerday '
exercised their discretion to deta~n a container vessel at the Kwai Chung Container
Terminal to search for druge. The Elizabeth Maerek was prevented from leaving EonR-
icong for Japan at 4 am on a signed warraat permitting cuetoms officere to detaia the ;
vessel for 12 houre under Section 52 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance to conduct ~
an intensive eearch. Earlier, cuetours officers had eeiz~ed 38.5 kg of raw opium
found concealed in the pilot's cabin of the container vessel, which arrived from
- Karachi via Bombay~ Penaag and 3ingapore oa ite way to Japan. [Text] jHong Kong :
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in Englieh 4 Jun 82 p 13)
'GOLDEN CRESCENT' HEROIN--Cuetoms officers yssterday arrested a 30-year-old business- ;
man when drugs worth $960~000 were found coacealed in a false-bottom traveiling bag
he was carrying whea arriviag frA* Karachi yasterday ~orning. Yesterday's aeizure
coasisted of one kg of No 4 heroin and one kg of heroin base, believed to be from
the "Golden Crescent"--the bordera of Pakistan. Afghanietan and Iran. The drugs
there are usually smuggled to Europe and then to the United Statee. However~ the
heroin base seized was the second made in Hongkong since J~sly 1980 when auother
Pakistani was arrested with tealf a kilogram. It is believed that the arrested man
was bringing the drugs into Hongkong ae "samples" ae there is a"bumper crop" in the
Golden Crescent this year aad its prices are cheaper than thase fro~n the "Golden
Triangle" in Aaia by between 10 to 15 per cent. The arreated Pakietani was last
night being detained for queetioning and he is expected to appear in San Po Kong
Court today on a charge of possessing dangeroue drugs for ualawful trafficking.
[Text] (Hong Kong 30UTH CflINA I~ORNING P03T in Eagliah 8 Jun 82 p 1]
DRUG DISTRIBUTION CENTER--Police yseterday raided a suspected drug packaging and
distribu~ion centre in Wanchai and saized 1.6 kg of heroin worth more than $240.000
on the retail market. Officere from Wanchai'e Dangaroua Drug Squad headed by De-
t::~tive Inspector Aadraw Palmer conducted the raid~ follawing two weeks of inveeti-
gations into the activitiee and eurveillance of an alleged drug dietribution syndi-
cate. They firet laid an ambush oa the third floor corridor of the Rwong Sang Hong
Building at 118 Wanchai Road aad at 1.15 pm, arrestad a 25-year-old man as he came
out of a flat. Det Iasp Palmer and his officers~ obtainiag the key to the flat
from the man, searched it and foui?d about 1.6 kg of No 3 heroia. A 29-year-old man
and his 19-year-old girlfriend who were in the flat during the raid were arreeted.
Accordiag to police recoris. another flat :n the same building was raidad in Decem-
ber. The flat~ aleo ouspected to be a drug di~tribution centre, qielded a large
quantity o`. No 3 heroia. The flat raided qesterday wag believed to be one of t~e
main dietributioa centres on the Island. Iazs~rpts] [Iiong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST in English 5 Jun 82 p 8~
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' THAILAND
ONCB CHIEF: DRUG USE RISING, CITES FOREIGNERS HELD
Bangkok SIAM RAT in Thai 20 May 82 pp 1, 12
[Text; Narcatic drugs are spreading more rapidly rhan ever even though heavily
suppres~zed. The Secretary of the Office of the Narcotica Control Board (ONCB)
points o~ut that xhailand is near the pointa of production of narcotics. It is
a complex business and the profits are huge.
Police Ma~ Gen Phao Sarasin, ONCB Secretary, has disclosed to Siam Rat that at
this time addictive drugs are atill apreading rapidly through Thailand. Although
the government takes resolute measurea to halt them it cannot abate the problem.
"On the contrary, the trend i.s constantly higher."
"All this is because Thailand ia in a region where narcotica ara secretly pro-
duced and sold." The ONCB Secretar,y pointed out that narcotics yield huge re-
turns to operators. "For thie reason they have intricate methods, hard to
auppress and defend againat."
"Even the government has limited manpower and money-power. It cannot control
narcotics or solve the narcotics problem once and for all, but only bit by bit."
' Gen Phao eaid further that for the reaeons mentioned above the ONCB has estab-
lished a Narcotics Control Foundation to seek financial help from private
sources. The foundation is not a government unit and therefore it can move more
easi~y in every area.
Gen Phao disclosed to Siam Rat the results ef narcotics arrests in 1981. The
largest number of seizurea involved mari~ uana, with 7,8U2 cases and 8,172 persona
charged. i�iost of these cases occurred in the Central region, with seizures
totalling 43,076,332.67 grams. Most of the accused were from that region and
were charged with uaing narcotica. Some were charged with posseasion, sale,
transportation and production of marijuana.
Next in order of frequency were heroin cases with 7,802 [sic] and 8,172 pereona
[sic] arrested. Government aeizures came to 323,336.89 grams. Most of the
accused were charged with possessing heroin, followed by cases of sale, trans-
port and production. Chargea of transport and/or manufacture of heroin were
brought against 49 peraons. Most of these cases too occurred in the Central
region.
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Next most frequent were opium arrests, 1,014 cases in all, with 1,242 pers~ns
charged and 414,457.64 grama seized. Possession was again the most coumnan
offense, followed by sale and transport. Most of these casea occurred up-country.
The ONCB Secretary added that there were s~ill other narcotics cases involving
mitragyna specios~, amphetamines, morphine, etc, but fewer than the three
kinds reported above.
The foreign nationals moet often arreated in narcotice casea were Lao. Next
came Americans, Malaysians, Frenchmen, Burmese, Italiuns, Britona, Hong Kongers
and Japanese. Beaides theae there were atill many others, but thoae most often
arrested in heroin cases, the gravest of all, were Burcaese, closely followed by
Americans. ~
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THAILAND
VICE-CONSUL TRAFFICKING CASE EXAMINED
Pouching Procedures Reviewed
Bangkok SIAM MAI in Thai 22 May 82 pp 19-20
The case of a Thai vice-consul arrested and charged with dealing in narcotics
in America is currently being talked about everywhere--one may almost say, all
over the world--but the talk can't keep up with the unfnlding of the case. It
appears that hidden hands have ssnt heroin in a diplomatic pouch to Mr Prok
Amranant, the Thai ambassador to the United States. This is a riddle. It
seems to be a matter of no little intereat how large a link this gang tnay be
in the international narcotics traffic.
?.t is not so ahocking a story about Thai national character that someone has
travelled across a border with narcotics, because narcotics arresCs are in the
news frequently. But the recent arrest of the Thai vice-conaul in Chicago
seems to be a serious matter indeed, because apart from the positlon ~nd duties
of the accused, which reflect poorly on the nation, the case also involves
using diplomatic privilege as a device for making narcotics ahipments.
Only a week or so after the 14 April installation by the Foreign Ministry,
around the end of April, an urgent telex came from the narcotics control unit
in America to its Thai counterpart, adviaing that preparationa were being made
to arrest Mr Sihadet Chindawongs, a civil servant of the fourth rank, who held
the position of vice-consul at Chicago, on charges of selling heroin.
Only a few days after that, on 30 Aprily news of Mr Sihadet's arrest by U.S.
narcotics officers spread around the world, detailing the seizure of 3 kg of
heroin 74 percent pure and valued at $20 million, or about 560 million baht, and
confirming that this merchandise had been transported in the diplomatic pouch
of the Foreign Ministry itself.
Later, during the search of ar. apartment in Chicago where Mr Sihadet had stayed,
a cache was found containing 5 lbs of fourth-grade heroin wortn 3Q0 million baht,
together with four pistols that were presumed to be contraband.
_ The report sent by U.S. narcotics officials to the T?iai side indicates that
Mr Sihadet was arrested after the arrest of another Thai with 1 lb of heroin,
on 7 April in Baltimore. The suspect implicated Mr Sihadet, who was then placed
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- under aurveillance. Police dogs were used to sniff the diplomatic pouch
arriving at Chicago's 0'Hare Airport on 24 April, and later it was found that
Mr Sihadet had coneigne~ heroin to a man in a restaurant, very near the con-
sulate. Also, two more Thai were in the net and were eventually arrested.
After ha had been questioned, Mr SihadPt's charges were increased by police in
Chicago and Baltimore. These charges were: using his consular position to
help bring narcotics into the U.S. and sell them during the period from March
until 30 April, and possessing a large quantity o; heroin with intent to sell
it. The charges also spe~:.fied that this heroin was brought in to the U.S. in
the diplowatic pouch.
High-level Thai narcotics officials diaclosed to Siam Mai that from coordination
with narcotics units all over the world, it has been found that the figures
on narcotics exported frrnn Thailand are very high, because Thailand ia full of
sourcea and the market price ot ::proin abroad is extremely hig~i. For example,
in America the price of a kilogram ~eaches $2 million at the least. The big
foreign markets are the U.S., Europe and Hong Kang, and in the U.S. especially
the cities of Chicago, Los Angeles an,i New York~
Although this case is the first case of Thai diplomatic personnel being arrested
on charges of narcotics trafficking, there have been previous arrests of diplo-
matic officials on chargea of smuggling contraband by relying on diplomatic
privilegas, and it is believed that there are many more cases in which arrests
_ could not be made because of dip~omatic immunity.
Police Col Somphol Sutthimai, Deputy Director of Immigration, told Siam Mai that
diplomatic privileges are used regularly both by Thai and foreign diplomats to
smuggle goods, but that this has not been investigated thoroughly because of
lack of evidence that would xev~eal the situation clearly. If an error werA
inade, it would become a violation of diplomatic sovereignty. "Especially in
narcotics, where the profita are tempting, they run a lot of riaks."
"As for the Vice-Consul's case, we had clues for a long time that the pouch was
being used to export narcotics. We were looking for proof. The U.S. side was
looking too and they happened to find it first. The story spread around the
world. The Americans notified us ~uat a few days before they made the arrest.
Some people who have given interviewa have said that the Americana informed us
long ago and were giving us data all along. The truth is that our eide learned
the story only a few days before," this high official said.
Siam Mai's sources, speaking of the progreas of the case, say that the point
presently being considered is the ~tage of placing objecta in the diplomatic
pouch. This inquiry dividea into two questions: was something plac~d secretly
in the pouch, or was the pouch secretly awitched en route? These o,uestions are
part of the search for gangs which regularly traffic in heroin between Thailand
and America. If there was no switching of pouches, then there must be some
connection within the Foreign Ministry itself, aince every tim~ the pouch is
filled its contenta must be inapected by the staff, who need to know ~ust what
goes into each pouch.
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"What must be further investigated now," said the source mentioned above, "is
the fact that the pouch contPining the heroin was addressed to Ambassador Prok
Art?ar.anant in Washington. This is a very strange thing. People believe it must
certainly have some connection with this case."
Once this story had spread, all the high officials of the Foreign Ministry went
out and gave interviPws, which were cr.iticized for their trying to brush the
blame off themselves. They also formed a committee of inquiry chaired by Mr
~ Chawan Chawanich, the Second Deputy Foreign Minister, which has not yet reported
on its progress. But it is believed that no matter what happens, there must be
some reform in the regulations, especially as regards the diplomatic pouch and
the staff which has the duty of inspecting pouching.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Comments
Bangkok SU ANAKHOT in Thai 16-22 May 82 pp 11-12
[Interview with Suwanit Khongsiri, age 39, Deputy Chief of the Public Informa-
, tion Department of the Foreign Ministry, given at the Ministry in Bangkok 11
May 32, concerning the well-kn~wn case of Mr Sihadet Chindawongs, Vice-Consul
of Thailand in Chicago, who has been arrested on charges of narcotics traffick-
ing; date and place not specified]
[Text] Suwanit has worked in the Foreign Ministry for 16 years, beginning in
the Policy and Planning Division. He was head of the International Trade
Division, then head of the Southeast Asia Division in the Political Department,
before going as Counselor to the Thai Royal Embassy in Peking. He has held
his present position since last October.
Question: The case of the Thai vice-consul arrested in Chicago has damaged the
reputation of the Foreign Ministry. As deputy apokesman for the Ministry, how
would you repair it?
Answer: The Foreign Ministry has relieved Mr Sihadet of his dutiea. Because
the information supplied to us by the U.S. and used as the ba~is for charges
against him points to his guilt, the Ministry has put him on leave and has
established a committee to investigate the facts. Because this case came to
ligh~ in the U.S., we must await the American deliberations as well.
Question: Who is the head of this committee'i
Answer: Someone highly placed, but the details cannot yet be to]~i, aince the
committee is operating at a high level.
Question: How much opportunity is there to smuggle narcotics in diplomatic
pouches?
Answer: There should be none, because we have procedures for putting things
into the diplomatic pouch and sealing it, procedures which officials must per-
form strictly according to the rules. If mistakes have been made we must
tighten up still more, because this is a grave matter. This govertunent attaches
importance to the suppresaion of traffic in narcotics. The Foreign Ministry is
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a part of this effort. If diplomatic pouches of the ministry are being used to
sell narcotics, this is an offense which wa muet prosecute severely. At the
same time, we have procedures in place concerning use Af the pouch to send
~:~ernment documents to units abroad, which necessarily includes secret docu-
ments. Therefore we must consider how we need to improve the system we already
have.
Question: And have any improvements been instituted yet?
Answer: Improvements must depend on the fact-finding committee, because we
must first find tY~e facts.
Question: Just lately, since the case of Mr Sihadet, there has also been a
shipment of smuggled narcotics addressed to Mr Prok Amaranant, Thailand's
ambassador in Washington.
Answer: Let me deny this story. When it came out in one newEpaper we checked
to see if a report had come in on it. There was none. We asked Mr Prok
directly and he told us that no such thing as that newspaper printed had
happened. I have already informed the paper of this. Let me deny that story.
Question: But the story came from sources ineide the Foreign Ministry itsel_f.
Answer: I asked them who their sources were, because I am deputy spokesman for
the ministry and my chief is spokesman, and they didn't ask me about it. And
my ~ob in the government is to answer reporters' questions. I asked them who
their sources were because they ought to ask the persons responsible for provid-
ing news. They told me they trusted their sources and were not willing to
disclose them. I have already denied this story.
Question: From the viewpoint of the Foreign Ministry, when something like this
comes up is there some response or not? '
Answer: Indeed there is, sir. Last Thursday (6 May) there was a statement
of the facts. The deputy minister, who was in charge of the ministry while
the minister and the premier were visiting Europe, explained the matter. There
was no cover-up.
Question: But no facts ~~ere stated about the fundamental story: whether
narcotics had been smuggled in the diplomatic pouch or not. There was also an
unacceptable total contradiction between the Ministry and the news media.
Answer: The main thing is that a member of the Foreign Minietry was arrested
and charged and the U.S. gave us reasonable grounds for believing the charges.
Accordingly, we did believe them. We relieved Mr Sihadet and aet up a fact-
finding committee. At the same time we must also wait for the results of the
U.S. investigations because that is a way of getting facts. Meanwhile, when
a case like this comes up, you want our statements right away. But that is
often impossible because the matters are still under investigation.
Question: Do we have the right to bring Mr Sihadet back to be investigated in
Thailand?
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Answer: We are now investigating the facts. But at present Mr Sihadet is
wanted on charges of heroin trafficking not only in Chicago but also in Balti-
more. Since Mr Sihadet is now in custody of the Chicago police, his case must
first be prosecuted there. After that he is wanted in Baltimore. We must wait
for the results of these investigations because as of now we still have no
evidence whatever that Mr Sihadet carried heroin out of the country. We did not
arrest him here. We must wait for the U.S. prosecutions.
Question: While the U.S. is investigating over there, police and mtnistry
officials here will have to cooperate to find the people who collaberated in
this business, inide and outside the Foreign Ministry.
Answer: We are presently investigating. This action is certainly against Thai
law. It is absolutely forbidden. It violates Thai government policy, violates
everything. But there must be sufficient grounds to make an arrest.
Question: From the ~:~iewpoint of the country as a whole, how will the high
administrators in the Foreign Ministry handle a case like this?
Answer: I believe we will have to try to conduct our investigation smoothly.
Cases like these come up not only in the Foreign Ministry. They come up in
every ministry and in every country, because narcotics traffic is the most
profitable of all businesses. But all this is ~uet part of something that
happens all over the world. Whether it's selling narcotics or selling sex or
selling children, there are these problems. To be human is to have problems.
- Question: What we me8nt to say is this: such cases damage the image of
~ Thailand very much. What sense of responsibility should those who hold high
political posts in the Foreign Miuistry show?
Answer: If actions like these harm the country's image, then it's being harmed
all the time. Even when a mail truck emits black smoke, it damages the image of
Bangkok. There are many things that perturb images.
ONCB Chief Comments
Bangkok SIAM RAT in Thai 24 May 82 pp 1-2
[Text] The Narcotics Control Board (NCB) is preparing new measures to use in
guarding against narcotics traffic which depends on government loopholes as its
tools, since the arrest of a Thai vice-consul in the U.S. and an investigation
which discovered narcotics sent to the Thai ambassador to the U.S. as addressee.
Police Ma~or Gen Phao Sarasin, Secretary to the NCB, advised Siam Rat that the
case of Mr Sihadet Chindawongs, Vice-Consul of Thailand in Chicago, reflected
extremely improper conduct. As for the case now being investigated, in which
a parcel of narcotics addressed to Ambassador Prok Amaranant was sent through
the mail, U.S. autnorities well understand that the Thai Embassy was uot in-
volved. They look rather to the "ignornace of the aender," who may have
thought that addressing the parcel ir. this way would perhaps avoid scrutiny of
it be� the police.
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~ In any event, Gen Phao said that Mr Sihadet's group and those who mailed these
nar:.otics to Ambassador Prok are separate groups.
The reporter asked whether the~e problems show that state officials are turning
their hands to wrongdoing or helping others in it. He received the answer that
there are those who "think only of money" and do not think of mora}.s.
The NCB Secretary, speaking abou~ counter-measures, said that the NCB is t~ying
to assist the Foreign Ministry by every means, but muat concede that good and
bad civil servants are mixed together. When bad ones are found they must be
punished, whereas present law still has many loopholes through which narcotics
dealers can escape. These loopholes take time to close, and even if they are
constantly being closed, it is always too late. Moreover, Thai legal penalties
- for narcotics offenses are still very light. There should be penalties for
narcotics dealers and manufacturers of not less than 10 years impr~sonment.
In any case, Gen Phao said, the NCB is now looking for measures to tighten up
defenses against use of government channels for narcotics traffic, by means
best left undisclosed.
On the Foreign Ministry side, Mr Chet Sucharitkul ann~unces that the narcotics
arrest of Mr Sihadet was the result of information provided to U.S. authorities
by the Ministry itself. At first this news was not to have been disclosed, but
after the U.S. announcement the Thai side had to make its statement too. Un-
fortunately such disclosures will make it harder to capture others who had a
part in this affair.
Mr Chet insisted that the narcotics which were seized from Mr Sihadet were not
placed in the Foreign Ministry pouch but were merely found by the police in
Mr Sihadet's apartment.
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i
THAFLAND
MALAYSIA PLLDGES COOPERATTON IN DRZ1G SUPPRESSION
BK200455 Baagkok B~ANGKOK POST in English 20 Jun 82 p 2
[Excerpt] Phatthaya--Malaysia yesterday pledged full cooperatio:. with Thai-
land to prevent and suppress tfie smuggling into this country of ace~ir a,:zhydride,
a ma~or component in the refining of morphine into heroin.
The pledge was among agreements reacfied by ASEAN police cfiiefs during the
first day of tlteir two-day ASEANAPOL meeting at a Phatthaya hotel.
Other topics discussed yesterday included extradition and handing over of
criminals to requesting co~tries through Interpol and other channels.
Thailand's police cfiief, Gen Suraphol Chunlaphram, who was selected chairman
of the meettng, safd Thailand fiad sougfit cooperatyon from Malaysia--a ~a~or
importer of aceti:c anhydride #rom Japan for induatry--in ~aking measures to
prevent the smuggling of this chemical into the country.
Inspector-general of the Royal Malaysia Police, Tan Sri Mohamed Haniff Bin Omar,
replied that his country had already responded to `t'hailand's request by im-
posing strict measures governing the mov~ement and trading of acetic anhydride
in Malaysia's 13 states, including four atates close to the 7C:zai border.
He said the buying and selling of ' he chemical in Malaysia had been ~aade more
difficult by regulations stating that importers of acetic anhydride must ob-
tain licensea from the Health Ministry and traders can only sell the chemical
in "compounded" form and not in its pure state. This latter regulation, he
explained, had been introduced to prevent the use of the chemical for illegal
purposes.
Tan Sri Haniff said there was evidence ~o shaw that such measures had resulted
in less acetic anhydride ueing smuggled into Thailand via Malaysia. He added
that since these regulations were introduced, the price of the chemi~al when
i].legally sold in the Thai-Burmese border area had increased from 5,000 to
8,000 baht per litre and from 1,000 to 3,000 baht per litre in the Thai-
Malaysian border area.
- The Malaysian police chief said that with 65,000 defined drug addicts in his
country, his government was aware of drug problems and concerned by tY~em. He
pointed out tfiat Malaysia had strong anti-drug laws and imposed the death
penalty on those convicted of poasession of mmre than 100 grammes of heroin.
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THAILAND
ONCB: LE~AL DRUGS ABUSED, PREVENTION FUNDS LACKING
Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 9 Apr 82 pp 3, 12
[Text] Mr Likhit Thoedsathirasak, UndersecretaTCy of the Narcotics Control
Board (NCB) discloses that most of the Thai population has insufficient
knowledge of proper drug use. For example, they tend to buy drugs without
having prescriptions for them, and if they know that taking a certain drug
improves their health they take it constantly, although some kinds of drugs
when taken in large quantities may cause illness. Some drug will be pre-
scribed for a single period only, but people who see that it helped them when
they used it ~nce keep on buying it and using it until finally they become ad-
dicted to it. One may say that an importP:it cause of the narcotics problem,
apart from the environmenzal conditions that induce it, is mist~ken belief
about drug use. We must hurry to bring basic drug knowledge to the public as
fast as possible, so that they will know the elements of using drugs correctly.
Nowadays those who try to solve the problem of drug addiction don't get very
good results. It is a difficult thing to do because even if an addict receives
treatment he is apt to go back and become addicted again. He has not been
fully cure3. Particularly if he returns to his original environment he will
_ have easy opportunities to became readdicted. To cure an addict one must de-
pend on the addict'4 own courage. He must really be determined enough. Thus
it is necessary to emphasize prevention, so that the number of addicts will not
- increase. This too means trying to convey knowledge of the p�roper use of drugs.
Yet the government's bi~dget for prevention at this time is very small, and to
rely on it alone is not enough. We must therefore ask the cooperation of pri-
vate organizations, that they toc take a hand in this matter. An international
anti-drug federation is now being organized in every country to set policy
and coordinate work in solving the drug problem.
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THAILAND
USE OF AMPHETAMINES ENCOURAGED BY ADVERTISING IN RURAL AREAS
Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 9 Apr 82 pp 3, 12
[Text] At present "horse medicines" (amphetamines) are still spreading in
the Northeast by way of peddlers who follow movie trucks and advertise to rural
people to use the drugs. Therefore we would like to remind the public not to
trust these advertisements.
According to *_-eports of the spread of amphetamines in the Northeast, it
appears that for the most part the vendors look for opportunities to profit
from rural people by advertising the~drugs to those who do heavy work, whose
bodies are weary and aching. They do not call the drugs amphetamines right
out, they call them strength boosters or "teasing medicine." Most rural
people believe the ads. Thinking the drugs have good properties, they want
to try them. Drugs that stimulate~ the nervous system at first cause one to
feel fresh and cured of all one'f symptoms, but when taken over long periods
they become addictive. As soon a~ one feels a little achy one must have more
medicine. Once addiction has set ~.1 it can be very dangerous to the body.
Advertising dangerous drugs in this wry is extremely aelfish. It is happening
even in some factories and sometimes, as when exams are near, there is adver-
tising among students. Therefore we wish to warntherpublic not to put con-
fidence in drug advertisements, because these drugs are dangerous and may
even be lethal.
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THAILAND
PHUKET OPIUM SUSPECTS BAILED OUT, POLICE COVER UP
Bar.gkok MATICHON in Thai 26 May 82 pp 1-2
[TextJ Phuket police seized more than 10 kg of opium in a godown, together
with the younger brother of the president of the provincial assqmbly and two
cohorts, then covered the story up.
News reports from Phuket disclosed to MATICHON at 3:00 pm on 17 May that Police
Lt Gen Suphai Liewchaloemwongs, officer in charge of Phuket province, together
with a force of police officers from Kathu District, arrested Mr Suthep Tantiwit,
assistant managei of the Tantikowit Company and younger brother of Mr Banlue
Tatitiwit, president of the~Phuket provincial assembly, with Mr Khen Lil~korn
and Mr Dam Nawarat, with 10.5 kg of raw opium valued at 75,000 baht, at the
Sedlek godown in Village 5, Kathu aub-die~rict. The police brought charges of
posaession of narcotics for purposes of sale, although the three suspects
denied the charges.
We are informed that later Mr Chuyin Tantiwit brought bail for all three men in
the amount of 200,0~0 baht each.
Moreover, it appears that the police are trying to ~over this matter up com-
pletely and are not willing to let it be known beyond themselves.
At 1:20 pm on 25 May MATICHON placed a call to Police G~n Supchai and were in-
formed he was away at a provincial meeting, so we asked for Police Lt Gen Mitri
Sorntham, deputy officer in charge, and received a denial that he knew the
details of this matter. He told us to ask again for Gen Supchai, the arresting
officer.
At 3:30 pm we again placed a call to Gen Supchai and spoke to the duty officer,
who asked who was on the line anrl then said he would go to call Gen Supchai.
But when he returned he said that Gen Supchai had just hurried off to a meeting
at provincial headquarters.
We placed a call to Kaths diatrict etation to ask Police Lt Gen Sathaphorn
Arunraks about the progress of the case and were told he was in and would come
to the phone, but then the officer who had answered the pnone said that Gen
Sathaphorn too had gone tn a meeting.
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MATICHON has been told by a source at the PhukEt provincial offices that the
police are trying to cover up this case because the people involved ha~e
standing and wide influence in th~ province. Irregularities may have '
occurred in the handling of this case.
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THAILAND
BRIEFS
HEROIN POUND IN WRECI~AGE--Police on Thursday [3 Jime] seized 74 kgs of heroin
base-worth an estimated ld millioa baht on the local market--fro~ the wreckage
of a pickup truck which crashed in Ayutthaya Province more than a month ago.
Crime 9uppreasion Divieion [CSD] officers described the haul as their biggest
- heroin seizure this year. The heroin was seized from a Mitsubishi pickup
truck which wae tcwed to a highway police compovad at Pratunam Phra-in after
crashing aa the Asian highway in Baag Pa-in Diatrict, Ayutthaya, on April 30.
They said no one had called to claim tTie v~ehicle, wiiich had Banglcok number
plates. At the time of the crash the v~ehicle was bein8 driven l~y its awner,
Somchit Rattan$woug, wh.o died of in~uries ~ile betag taken to Phumiphon
hospital. CSD Deputy Commaaders Pol Col Salang B~nag and Pal Col Chalor
Koetthes learned recently from informaats that tfie truck matched the descriptioa
of a vehcile suapected of bringing drugs to Bangkok fzom the north. Police
lost track of the truclc in April after it left Chiang Rai's Mai Sai District,
wtiich adjoins the border with Burma. CSD police believe that Somchit was a
courier hired to deliver the drngs to an uaknown destination in Baagkok. They
said it was poss~ible that fie had Becom~e im?olved in drLg-running shortly be-
fore the crash because his name did not appear tn their files. The seized
heroin base was talcen to CSD headquartera at Sam Yot. (Bangkok BANGKOK POST
in English 5 Jun 82 p 2 BKJ
BANGKOK INTERPOL 1~ETINC~-A senior Interpol officer said yesterday that there
were linlcs in many co~mtries bQtween interaational drug trafficking operations
and currency counterfeitiag gangs. Deputy Secretary Generr~l of the Paris-
based International Criminal Police Organisation (ICPO) Raymond Kendsll said
there was evidence that such crimiaal groupa were supportin$ each other in
the United States, Europe and throughout rhe Asian region. Mr Kendall, a
Bxiton, rated narcotics se the biggest crime in the regioa. He said cur~ency
counterfeiting was a costly, sophisticated crime which complimented drug traf-
ficking. He said counterfeit dollare passed in the U.S. came mainly from
Latin American co~tries, those circulated in Europe came mainly from Italy
and their source in Asia wae usually Singapore and Hong Kong. In some cases,
fake money, msinly U.S. dollara, which are popular world-wide, was paid to
traffickers of illicit drugs while some gangs made counterfeit nc+tes to earn
money to run their narcotics eyndicates, K~endall said. The iasue was raised
yesterday durin g the aecond day of the 7th Asian Regional Interpol conference
being held at the Duait Thani hotel. The four-day mee~ting, hos~ed by Thailand's
police department, is being attended by~ 76 delegates from 26 countriea.
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On cooperation of international aarcotics suppression, Mr Kendall said that
the exchange of information concerning the activities and identities of inter-
national drugs traffickers via lnterpol channels was more rapid and effective.
Liets of names and movemeats of ma~or drugs traffickers were circulated among
member countries aad resulted in more drug seizures thaa a few years ago.
(Bangkok BAN(~OK POST in English 16 Jun 82 p 3 BK]
PRG DRUG ASSISTANCE--The Weet German smbassador to Thailand, Dr Johann Chris-
tian Lankea, told Deputy Prime Minieter Gen Prachuap S~tharangkua during a
recent meeting that his gov~ernmeat will provide Tliailaad with two drug experts
to help suppress aarcotics trafficlcing in the country. H,e esid that West
Germany had highly praised Thailaad for its effort to crack dawn on drug traf-
fickers, including I~~ Sa, and that his couatry will continue supporting
Thailand's campaign against narcotics trafficking in the coimtry. [Banglcok
Domestic Service in F~iglish 0000 Q~ST 17 Jun 82 BK]
OPIUM SMUGGLHD FRONI LAOS- Nong Khai--A man was wounded and another arrested
with 20 kilogrammes of raw opium in Tfia Bo District here, police reported.
The two mc3n were identified by police as Puok Kamthawi, 46, and his son, Lap,
25. Acting on a tip-off tfiat a delivery of raw opium from Tha Bo District
was to be made to Bangkok, a group of policemen led by Pol Lt-Col Monthian
Klupthong, deputy euperintendent attached to Nong I~ai police eub-division,
went to the place and spotted the n~ moving a number of packages of opium.
Puok ignored the surrender demand and fired at the police. Police returned
fire injuring Puok. He was later seat to a hospital. Both confessed that
they smuggled the opiwa in from Laos aad were about ~o taka it to Bangkok.
They were charged with possesstng the drugs with intent t~ sell. [Text]
jBK020345 Banglcok BANG~COK POST in English 26 Jun 82 p 5 BK]
WOMAN DRUG TR~'~t~:K~x AKRESTED--�olice yesterlay axre~ted a womaa ar the car
park of the Preaideat Hotel and seized 2.5 kilogramme of No 4 heroin worth
500,000 baht. According to narcotics euppression police, Mrs Kopkaeo
Phothiwanalcun was arrested as she took out six packagea of heroin bearing
the Double Lion 8rand from her Datsun etation wagon. Mrs Kopkaeo, 38, reported-
ly told police that she had bought the drugs in nmrthem Thailand and had
come to the President Ho~el's car park to sell them to an American man for
one millian baht. She wae detained at Lumphini police station and charged
with possesaing drugs with intent to sell. (Text] [B~agkok BANGKOK POST
in English 27 Jim 82 p 2 BK]
HEROIN SEIZED IN BANQtOK, CHIANG MAI--Police arrested nine pereons on charges
of posseasing heroin with intent to sell and aeized seven kilagrammea of heroin
in two separate incidents yesterday. The first arreat was made in Banglcok at
a hotel coffeeshop in Phra Khaaong area. Police eaid a police team from the
Crime Suppreasion Divis~on arrested three Chinese Haws--Chiangming Sae Chu,
29; Chiuyi Sae Choen, 22; and Chiang Sae Yi, 25,-~ahile they were meeting in
a hotel coffeeshop in Phra I~anong aroun~ 10 p.m. yesterday. Police alleged
_ that 3.5 kilogrammes of 1~wo Liaas Brand No 4 heroin was found hidden in a
cardboard box carried into the coffeeshop by the auapect�Chiangming. Police
claimed that the three suspects had confessed that they were hired by an un-
identified man in Mae Chan District of Chiang Mai to deliver the heroin to
a cuatamer at the hotel. The tTiree were being held on charges of possessing
heroin with intent to sell. In another incident, a narcotics suppression
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police team in Chiang Mai arrested eix suepects after receiving a tip-off that
a quantity of heroin would be taken into the province. The suspects were
arrested when the police team stopped and searched their pick-up truck in
Tambon Khi Lek of Mae Taeng Diatrict. Police claimed that the search pro-
duced 10 packages of No 4 heroin weighing 3.5 kilogranm~eg and valued locally
at about 750,000 baht hidden in tfie truck. All the suspects were being held
at Mae Taeng police station on charges of possessing heroin with int~nt to sell.
[Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 30 Jun 82 p 5 BK]
CHIANG MAI HEROIN--Chiang Mai--Five men, including two Chinese Haws were yes-
terday arrested at a house in Muang District here while allegedly delivering
2.8 kilogram~es of No 4 first grade heroin. The Hawe, Laawang Sae Wang and
Chongwoo Sae Yang, both from Cf?iang Rai, left Fang at about 8 a.m. and ar-
rived at Ho~oae No 40 on Daiaparakot Road in Muang District later in the morn-
ing. After the two men entered the house, police said that they saw the Haws
hand over eight packages of No 4 first grade heroia to two other men who were
~ identified as Sanan i~ongdet and Prayut Kirikae. All four were arreeted
along with the owner of the house, Chusalc Wangcharoen. The five men charged of
possessing the drugs with intent to sell and were laat night detained at
Chiang Mai police station for further interrogation. jBK180326 Bangkok BANCKOK
POST in English 16 Jim 82 p 2]
POLICE 0'FFICER ARRESTED--Acting on a tipoff, Crime Supp ression Division[CSD]
police kept watch on Police Warrant Officer Samat Munman, from Phang-nga's
Takua Pa District police station in the south, upon his arrival in Bangkok by
train. It was alleged that Samat fiad brought heroin from the south to deliver
to his clienta in Bangkok. After learning that the exchange would take place
at the Si Krung hotel near 22d July Circle, police kept watch and observed a
meeting between Samat and three Bangkok residenta in a red Toyota liftback
sedan. The Banglcok residents were identified as Samrusi Wongchai, 26, Kitti
Lohakun 21, and Photchanan Ekkun 35. The police team aearched the car and
found 21 plastic b ags, with the b randa Dauble U Globes and Red Lion, which ~
contained 7.35 kga of No 4 top grade heroin. The four men are being held
at CSD headquartera on initial charges of possessing druga with intent to sell.
[BK250442 Bangkok BANGKOK POST in Engliah 18 Jun 82 p 2l
CHIANG MAI RAIDS--Police arrested aix people and confis cated 4.3 kge of heroin
in two separate raids in Chiang Mai Province yesterday [20 Jun], police said.
In one raid~ a narcotica suppression unit acting on a tip intercepted two cara
at Tamb on Chsag Phuak in Muang District at the Khuang Sing intersection and
found 1.5 kge of heroin hidden in one of the cars. The three men and one
woman riding in the cara were arrested and were later identified as Muan Ruakam,
Mrs Daeng Saibunruang, 48, and her two sons Saman and Somkhit. In the other
raid, another narcotics suppreasion unit was ~ent to Fang District to inter-
cept the transfer of druga from Ban Yang at Tambon Sansai. They stopped a
motorcyale and uncovered 2.8 kge of heroin. lfao aien riding on the motorcycle
were arrested. They were identified as Huechang Sae Liew~ 20, and La Bunai,
46. [BK250442 Banglcok BANGKOK POST in English 21 Jun 82 p 3]
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BANGKOK DRU~ PROGRAM--More than 1,000 drug addicts sought treatment at 14
clinics operated by the Baagkok Metropolitan Health Department (BIrII~iD) in ~uat
one single day, a recent survey ahowed. A total of 15,700 addicts--98 percent '
of whom are addicted to heroin--are receiving treatment at the clinics. Fur-
ther statistical tireakdawns showed that 92 percent are un~le, 70 percent are
between 20 and 29 yeare old and 51 percent are vnemployed. The Office of
Narc~tics Control Buard last ~anth estimated that there were no fewer than
100,0U0 addicts throughout 1'hailand. Some of them are being helped by the
BI~II~D programme. To alleviate the growing drug problem in Thailand the B1~iD
drug abuse prevention and treatment programine was established in 1978, with
assistance from the United Statea. The program~e is simed at creating a
greater public awareness about tfie extent of the problem as well as providing
treatment for addicts. jExcerpt] jBK250442 Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English
22Jun82p5]
RAW OPIUM FOUND--There was a report from Loei Province that authoriti~s had
uncovered 9 kg of raw opium, 74 AK-47 rounds, 208 M-16 rounds, 2 M-79 rounds,
a bag of sticky rice and a bag of salt at an abandoned camp of co~unist
terrorists in Na Haeo District, Loei Province. It is believed they belonged
to the Mong tribasmen who fled a suppreasion drive by government forces under
the "Phamuang Kriangkrai" operation plan. jBK250442 Bangkok Domestic Service
in Thai 22 Jun 82]
MALAY-THAI DRUG CONTROL--At 11Q0 yesterday Malayaian Deputy'Prime Minister Datuk
Musa Hitam paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prachuap Sun-
tharangkun at Goversmnent House. The two men exchanged views on cooperation
between Thailand and Malaysia on narcotics suppression and the reaults of
operations. The Malaysian deputy prime minister, who is chairman of Malaysia's
narcotics suppression program, expresaed satisfaction over the successes
obtained by th e two countries in ~oint r~arcotice suppression and noted that
the amount of narcotics amuggled into their countries hae declined consider-
ably. He said this reflects better cooperation between the Thai and Mala}~-
sian offic.ials in charge of suppression. The dep:.ty prime ministera ex-
changed views on thie matter at length. The Malaysian deputy prime minister
also presented a gift to tY~;~ Thai deputy prime minister. Also present at the
_ meeting were the secretary general of the Off ice of the Narcotice (:ontrol
Board, the secretary general of the National Security Council and the director
general of th e Central Intelligence Department. [Text] (BK230912 Bax:gkok
Voce of Free Asia in Thai 1000 GMT 22 Jun 82]
CROP REPLACEMENT PROGRAM--Yesterday Police Ma~ Gen Phao Sarasin, aecretary
general of the Narcotics Prevention and Suppression Board, acca~pb.:~!~d
S~aedish Profeseor (Ogwar Alewich) and (Cornelia Vandemeer), a Dutch national,
who are representatives of the UN fund for crop replacement and highland
marketing, to call on Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prachuap Simtharanglcun at
Government House. UN assistance to Thailand's cror replacement progr~m from
1980-82 amo~m ted to $2,573,210. The UN fund for crop replacement and highland
marketing and the Thai Government will ~ointly assess the effectiven~ss of
Thailand's program in the th3rd year of the assistsnce in order to consider
possible additional asaistance to the program. The assessment process wtll
take place from 28 Msy-11 June. The two UN representatives wi1Z pa~rticipate
in the assesament procesa. (Text] jBK101252 Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Thai 1000 GMr 10 Jtm 82 ]
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~ PANAMA
~
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA PLANTATION DISCOVERED--The national guard has discovered a marihuana
plantation in Capati. Darien Province. Leovigildo Ve~arano, owner of the
farm, and Ovidio Santo Vejarano, Mercedes Herrera, Raul Ve~arano and
Pedro Recuero Lavalle were taken into custody. On instructiona from the
high command~ the national guard is conducting an intensive campaign against
marihuana cultivation. [PA262218 Panama City LA REPUBLICA in Spanish
Jun 82 p 31 PA]
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PERU
BRIEFS
LARiGE COCAINE SEIZURE--Lima, 11 May--The Peruvian police todaq diecovered a
package in the local airport that conta~.ned 22 lcilos of pure cocafae, valued
at $2 million. A police source reportea that the shipment, the biggest drug
find in Peru, arrived fram Argentina with a multicargo campany label stating
that it contained chemical powder. There was also a aeries of handwritten
letters in code. He added that the package did not have an addressee nor a
destination, and that it was not known which airline had trausported the ship-
ment from Buenos Aires to Lima. A preliminary inveatigation has established
that the shipment was in Panama and Miami before mysteriously returning to this
~ capital. [Text] [Buenos Aires LATIN in Spanish 12 May 82 2355~ 8255
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IRAN
BRIEFS
HERiOIN DISCOVERED IN KARAJ--Due to the sleuthing efforts of the guards corps
and the headquarters of the mobilization of the oppressed for combating
narcotice, 6 smugglers were arreated and nare than 13 kg of opium and heroin
were discovered. Th e names of the smugglers are 'Ali (Saderion), Gholam 'Ali
'Arefvand, Qorban 'Ali Zarrabi, 'Ali Nuri, Jalal N'emati~ and Karim Karimi.
After the investigation and discovery of the narcotics~ the ac~used were
- sent to prison. [GF300745 Tehran KEYHAN in Persian 14 Jun 82 p 4 GF]
HEROII~ DISCOVERED IN MASHI~IAD--During the last 2 days the headquarters of
Mashhad Islamic Revolution Committee for combating narcotics has discovered
n?ore than 2 kg of heroin and 1 ks opium held by narcotics dealera. There
w ere 7 suspects who were sent to the Islamic revolution court after an
investigation. This committee was also auccessful in discovering 48 different
kinds of guns~ 961 rounds of ama4unition and a number of magazines in the border
regions of Sarakha, Quchan and (Baqmach). [GF300912 Tehran JO1~iURI-YE ESLAI~I
i~ Persian 15 Jun ~2 p 4 GF]
LORESTAN CONTRABAND CONFISCATED--The revolution guarda of Lorestan aeized
1,420 kg of opium along with three firearme~ 137 cartridges and some smuggled
foreign cigarettes and luxury goods. Five persone were arrested in this
- connection. [GF06134 5 Tehran ETTELA'AT in Persian 22 Jun 82 p 4 GFJ
MASHHAD DRUG SWOOP--Brother guarda of the Islamic Revolution Committee of
(Kha~eh Rabi') in Mashhad recovered 150.5 kg of opium and 15.5 kg of heroin
from a dump truck wh ich was carrying limestone. Three of the violators were
arrested but two others escaped. [Tehran ETTELA'AT in Persian 22 Jun 82 p 4 GF]
NARCOTICS DISCOVERIES--Through the efforts of Ialamic revolution guard per$onnel
and personnel of antidrug headquarters, a total of 150 international drug
traffickers have been arrested in the several Iranian cities and around 6 tons
- of drugs discovered. The discoveries included a total of 5~936 kg of opium as
well as other drugs. [GF070703 Tehran ETTELA'AT in Pereian 27 Jun 82 p 2 GF]
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NARCOTICS PIIVALTIES STATISTICS--According to the Central News Unit, the var~.ous
branches of the Central Islamic Revolution Antinarcotics Court [in TehranJ
reviewed the dossiers of 1,842 of the accused during IQZOrdad [22 May-21 June 1982]
and issued the necessary verdicts. According to the verdictf, 10 international
smugglers with long records were sentenced to death, 4 to life imprisonment,
31 to from 10 to 35 years impriso~ent, 259 from 1 to 10 years, and 1,292 were
sentenced to less than 1 year. A number of prisoners serving lese than 1 year
were sent to (?Shurabad) and Bahar rehabilttation camps to enable them to give
up their addiction. Of these, 339 were released with reliable guarantors
and after being flogged. The dossiers of those sentenced to death were sent
to the Supreme Judicial Council for Confirmation [ta'yeed]. [Text] [LD270340
Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1030 GMf 26 Jun 82]
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BRIEPS
HERiOIN SEIZURE Aatwerp, Belig~, 3 Jul (AFP~--Police here today seized 30
kilos~ (66 povnds~ of pure herotn--an esti~mated market value of five millioa
dollars--aboard a cargo plane coming from an vaspecified Middle Eastern coun-
try, officials said. They said the drug was believed to have originated in
Pakistan. jText] jNC031455 Parie ATtP in English 1148 Q~ 3 Jul 82]
CSO: 5300/2328
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NETIiERLANDS
BRIEFS
POLICE SMASH HEROIN ROUTE--Amsterdam, June 14--The Amsterdam narcotics brigade
has smashed a ma~or heroin line from Pakistan to the Netherlands with the ar-
rest of four local men and one woman, police said today. Chief Inspector B.
de Koningh, head of the brigade, said 3.5 kilogrammea of Pakistani heroin
valued at 1.5 million guilders were seized in the recent operation. He said
the operation had been made poesible because close cooperation with police
in Belgium and Denmark. Success came when police raided a house in the Dutch~
capital which is to have been used as a distribution centre. The four men
detained in the house were identified by their initials and ages as J.M. (37),
F.P. (31), J.V. (34) and W. de R. (27), and J.H. (31, a woman). W. de R. is
believed to be the ring leader. The five are alleged to have flown in the
heroin via European airports with the heroin hidden in amall plastic bags
sown into their underwear. [Text] [The Iiague ANP NEWS BULLETIN in Englieh
15 Jun 82 p 2]
CSO: 5300/2329
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TURKEY
SHIFT IN NARCOTICS ROUTE REPORTED
Istanbul HURRIYET in Turkish 24 May 82 pp 1, 13
[Text] Ankara, Hurriyet. The narcotics traffic which had shifted its route
towards Syria and the Greek Cypriot sector of Cyprus following the 12 Septem-
ber 1980 operation has ~ately once again turned towards Turkey. Turkish
police however is giving no respite to merchants of the white posion who
dream of sweet profits and seek to once again draw the country into a spider's
web. In fact, 540 narcotics smugglers have fallen into police traps over the
past 5 months. The narcotics that have been captured are worth billions of
liras and include 328 kilograms of hashish, 63 kilograms of opium and 12 kilo-
grams of base morphine.
According to findings, base morphine and opium are introduced into Turkey from
Laos, Burma and Thailand which conatitute the region known as "The ~olden
Triangle" as well as from Pakistan, Afghanistan and India whfch make up the
region known as "The Golden Crescent." The anhydrous acid that is used in
the conversion of base morphine into heroin is introduced from Middle Eastern
countries. In general, our country is used as a throughway in the transfer
of these substances to Europe. While initially the smugglers had used the
highways for their activities, it has been observed that they have recently
changed tactics and turned towards the sealanea.
According to findings by the authorities, most of the narcotics that enter
Turkey come rrom Iran, the neighbor across our Eastern Anatolian frontier.
These narcotic substances originate from "The Golden Triangle" and "The Gold-
en Crescent" and leave Turkey through a route across Erzurum, Erzincan, Sivas,
Yozgat, Ankara, Bolu, Saksrya, Tekirdag and Kirklareli. Occasionally, this
route is changed and the narcotic substances are sent to Mersin by way of
Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Adana. From Mersin, the substances are sent to
Cyprus. Occasionally a second route branches out from Adana and the narcotic
substances are sent to Izmir by way of Mersin, Konya, Denizli, Usak and
Manisa. From Izmir the substances are~sent out of the country by sea.
Through still another route, narcotic substances are brought from Ankara
which is considered to be a transit center to Bursa by way of Eskisehir and
Bilecik. The substances are then sent to Europe by sea transport from Mudanya
and Bandirma.
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Because Turkish manufactured hashish is unable to secure good markets, smug-
glers have been introducing Lebanese hashish known as "Beirut Blonde" into
Turkey through Iskenderun. The hashish is later sent to Europe.
According to existing reports, the smugglers prefer to use women as carriers
of narcotics because lately, women have been sub~ected to fewer searches.
Women have been frequently hiding hashish near their abdominal regions to
portray themselves as being pregnant. According to the information provided
in a report, in recent years 284 narcotics smugglers of foreign nationality
have been captured on Turkish soil with 884 kilograms of narcotics.
Having declared war against the narcotics Mafia, security forces have defined
12 provinces that are important to the smugglers as operational centers. A
large scale struggle against smugglers of narcotic substances is underway in
the provinces of Gaziantep, Adana, Konya, Izmir, Edirne, Istanbul, Ankara,
Kayseri, Icel, Diyarbakir, Mardin and Hatay which have been defined as opera-
tional centers. .
Narcotic substances are increasing in value with each passing day and are
being sold for extremely high prices in Europe. Of the narcotic substances
that are obtained at very inexpensive prices from "The Golden Triangle" and
"The Golden Crescent," heroin is being sold at 63,000,000 liras per kilogram.
In Turkey a kilogram of heroin is being sold for 1,000,000 liras while the
small amount of hashish is being sold for 120,000 liras. In Europe, a kilo-
gram of hashish sells for 3,000,000 liras. Because of our effective struggle
against narcotics smuggling Turkey has won praise from the entire world.
Statistics for narcotic substances captured in Turkey are provided in the
following table:
- Year ~pe Cases Convictions Kilograms Grams
1978 Hashish 1,302 2,293 2,792 529
Heroin 14 SQ 8 . 518
Opium 12 40 1 423
~ Base Morphine 4 11 2 694
Total 1,332 2,44_3
1979 Hashish 1,296 2,478 3,245 592
Heroin 50 152 48 276
Opium 3 13 336 681
Base Morphine 6 29 - 13
Total 1,335 2~672
1980 Hashish 1,522 3,117 2,356 805
Heroin 78 244 118 681
Opium 6 14 28 43
Base Morphine 7 39 70 81
Total 1,613 3,414
1981 Hashish 1,510 3,321 3,172 603
Heroin 117 451 129 969 ~
Opium 11 20 36 267
Base Morphine 10 36 62 112
Total 1,648 3,828
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Year Type Cases Convictione Kilograms Grams
1982 Hashish 250 540 327 588
Heroin 29 84 32 390
Opium 4 13 63 49
Base Morphine 2 8 12 636
Total 285 645
(First 5 months of 1982)
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Key:
1. The narcotics rou~e has shifted following operations by security
forces. Formerly, the heroin and hashish entering from our south-
eastern provinces was sent to Europe through Istanbul. But now,
heroin and hashish originating from the Middle East is being sent
to Europe through the ports of Syria and the Greek-Cypriot sector
of Cyprus.
2. Europe
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4. USSR
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- CSO: 5300/5408 END
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