JPRS ID: 10545 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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27 May 1982
~Worldwide Re nrt
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
~ (FOUO 24/82)
CONTENTS
- ASIA
AUSTRA.LIA
Briefs
Drug Syndicste Smashed 1
HONG KONG
International Controls on Lrug Buprenorphine Feared
i (Paul Baran; SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 28 Mar 82) 2
Thui Alleged Traffic ker Extradited to Netherlands
(Sarah Monks; SOUTH CHINA MORNING POS~, lu Apr 82)..... 3
Police Ra,id Drug Fac tory, Seized Heroin, Heroin Base ~
(South China Morning Post, 15 Apr 82) 4
Brief s
Drug Seizure Figures 5
Macao Drug Pro~lem 5
INDOIVESIA ,
Briefs
Poppy Seeds Confiscated 6
Narcotics Arrests 6
Morphine Arrest 7
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland Airport Cannabis Haul One of Lar est Ever
(THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 17 Mar 82~ 8
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PAKISTAN .
Briefs
Dutch Narcotics Official Ar�rives 9
� Cairo-Bound Opium Seized 9
Heroin Seizure 9
Units for Naxcotics Control 9
PHILIPPINES
Large Maxihuana Haul Reported
(PHILIPPINES DAILY ERPRESS, 18 Apr 82) 10
Addictive Cough Syrups Reclassified
(PHII,IPPINES DAILY EXP'RESS, 30 Apr 82) 11
Brief s
More Drugs Recla3sified ~ 12
COLQMBIA
Brief s ~
International Drug Shipment Confiscated 13
Blow To Drug Trafficking ~ 13
Marihuana Seizure 13
Llanos Orientales Coca Destrayed 13
GUYANA
Brief s
Anti-Drug Moves 14
JAMAICA
Paper Questions Use of Two Unregistered Airstrips
(THE DAILY GI,EANER, 2L~ Apr 82) 15
MEXICO
Drug-Connected Prison Officials Returned From U.S.
(F`rancisco Ornelas; EL SOI, DE SINALOA, 7 Apr 82) 16
Drug Ringleader Tdentified by Accomplices Captured ~
(EL MANANA, 15 Apr 82) 18
Former Drug Ringleader Killed by Police
(EL FRONTERIZO, 16 Apr 82) 20
Accused Cocaine Traffickers Claim Innocence, Torture
(EL DIAItIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 1 Apr 82) 22
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MEXICO
~ Briefs
~ Sonora Pla.ntations Sought 25
Drugs in I'rison 2~
Heroin Trafficker Sentenced
Colombian Trafficker F~eed 26
I?rug Destruction Described 26
Flzmigating Helicopter Attacked 27
Drugs, Traffickers Seized 2?
Marihuana, Poppy Plants Destroyed 27
Antidrug ~ampaign ftesults 27 .
IRAN
Bri.ef s ~
Heroin Seizure in Tayyebat 28
Opium Seizure in Tehran , ~ 28
~ Drngs I?iscoWered 28
Opium Seizune 28
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Marihuana Consumption in Bangui Decried
(J.P.D.P. Yangou; TERRE AFRICAINE, 16 Feb 82) 29
MALI
Briefs
Large ~Drug Bust 31
_ SOUTH AFRICA
Businessman Accused of Aiding Internatianal Smugglers
(Sandra Lieberum; THE CITIZ.'~:N, 12 May 82) 32
WEST EL'ROPE
~ GREECE
Narcotics Traffickers Arrested in 5alonica
. (ELEVTHEROTYPIA, 23 Apr 82) 33
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Brief s
Narcotics Traffickers Apprehendeci 35
Two Arrest~d With Heroin 35
Nigerians Narcotics Traffickers Arrested 35
NETHERLANDS
Hashish Smuggling Operation Broken Up
(HET VftIJE VOLK, 26 Mar $2) 36 ,
NORWAY
Ministry Stepping Up Efforts To Keep Drugs From Prisons
(Thorleif Andreassen; AFTENPOSTEN, 21 Apr 82) 38 ~
SWEDEN
Paper Questions Wh.ether 'Mafia-Style~ Gang Behinci ~ugs
(Claes Lofgren; 7 DAGAR, 2 Apr ~2) 39
Briefs
Narcotics (.'-rime Ststistics Released 1~5
TURKEY
Rrief s
Heroin Smuggling ~6
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEFS
DKUG SYNDICATE SMASHED--The Australian federal police believe they have
broken a drug syndicate which was attempting to establish a narcotics
- retailing network in Australia and New Zealand. 'I'hey have charged four
people with drug-related offenses after seizing a quantity of heroin from
the boot of a taxi in the Sydney sub urb of Double Bay. The a.rrest marks
the end of a combined Australian and New Zealand police operation which
_ began in New Zealand 13 months ago. The four people charged were appearing
in court in SydnEy on 11 May. [Text] [BK140645 Melbourne Overseas Service
in English 0830 GMT 11 iday 82]
CSO: 5300/5738
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HONG KJNG
ItJTERNATI0PIAL COD]TROLS ON DRUG BUPRENORPHINE FEARED
Flong Kony SOUTII CHINA MORNING POST in English 28 Mar 82 p 1 ~
(Article by Paul Baran]
[ I:r,cerpts J 'The GOVe[emEnt Is done. which are both heavily
being urged by the ~~~ro~~~~ ~~a or ~he drug
manufactunr of a drug ~ for ita original pain-killing
pur would suffer.
which could revolutio- ne of the countriea wid
nise Hongkong': heroin.: ~o be considering increa:ing
treatment . programme:: conero~~ o~ ehe dru~ i~ che
to aay nothm$ furthes Uniced suea, where ~t enjoye
ab~0ut lOpOSC~ tEeb oe': halthy wla as an snalgaic.
p Thera aro also ..fean, a
addicts for fear it eould. pharm~eolo~y wurce said, ~
come under tighter son-, � thst if "puthen find out" the
trols in countries where : dryt v~u~ a"high" :imi- .
itr to heroin, . buprcnorphine
it is widely used - as: ~a ~ ~~d find its w~y on to the
pain-killer. ~ :creets. tor ale to ~ddicta.
Tau u:ing the drua. bw' .:~V~� iri Britain, '~4
prenorphine~ on ~ddiM volun� ' ' apotaman for the oomp~ny'~ ,
tan at the Soc~ety ~tor the ~~tins divi-
Aid and Rehabililation of
~ :ion. decJiped .to comment on
Dru` Abu~en Tacility at the:publiaty ban. ~ayin8: "1 �
Shsk Kwu Ch~u, ~are likely W ~ ~~~utely noth-
begin in May when tbe fint� ~~~hine:' ~
batch of the drug.atriva from a ~
- the Britiah m~nufscturer,~, ~ Tbe ida to ~et up a ~pe-
Ra:kitt-C~Imsn: ciai ptoject wing the ~cu6
But it was leerned th~t was.put to the Government in
since the Government an~ Novembw , by Dr Robert
nounced the testa' in ~January, Newman; i New York City- ;
the company hasimiated on a� b~sad medical' ipaiaiist on
publicity ban on the project. euootia'~and .e~n~ultant to
becauee it could �oonrnncx the Modieal� and Healtd� De-
international medEcal author- partrtK;nt: on.6aroin treatment ,
itia to tightert up con?rols on and ~ehabiliution.
buprenorphiiu~ which .would Dc Nnn'man~ Mho mad� ~
n durin~' a v~it
put a dent in ~ iu worid�wide ~4~it~ .
asla os 's proven pain-kitler. ' here. is tbC~ nl director of
oraralgeaic. . tlie Beth,. Israel. Medioal
Aooordmg'to one wura, � `Fouhdation arfd former diroc-
"it'~ ~n ~aoci~tion thin~:',. tor~ ~o! New York Ci~y's
He ~~id if the drug beoomer meth~done tre~tment pro-
~ lanked to heroin or metha- gnmme..
CSO: 5320/9126
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HONG KONG
THAI ALLEGED TRAFFICKER EXTRADITED TO NETHERLANDS
EIong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 14 Apr 82 p 1
[Article by Sarah Monks]
[Text] A Thai enginser wanted in Holland on held at Causewey Bay Court in Junc.
drugs charges left Kai 7ak nnder police . This act was alleged to be without propcr
escort last night - after a 13-month legal regard to the interests of Voncfiai, who had
marathon which involved thra aeparate. applied for a writ of habeas corpus in the
extradition proceedinga. High Court.
The man, Vonchai Tumtonkitul. alias Mr Lsu was suspended from his dutics on
Danny Conrad (30)~ is alleged to be a lading full y from November 25.
figura m a Tha~ drug syndicste linked to the. his acquittal he has been on leave
illegal traffcking of S1 kg of heroin. and e decision i: expected soon on his future
The drug: wen aiud on a Polish ship tin .
tiound for Holland. . ~In August the Full Bench of the High
Vonchai was taken from the Laichikok' ~ourt ordered the release of Vonchai because
Reception Centre yaterday W the tirport by, of "a mi:take" on the part of Mr Lau during
the head of the Interpa Burau. Supenntend- the fint extradition proceedings.
ent D.M. Hod~n, ~nd Chief In:pectur M.F., However, Vonchai was re-arrested 'by
Quinn, of Interpol. tnterPol officen ea he walked out of the court
He was handai wer to Chief Inspector buildtng. ~
Marinus Wicjenburg frum the Central Nar- A fresh application was made for his
cotics Bureau, The Hegue~ ,and ln~pector ~xtradition. ~
Marian Kares from the Hu~un Municipel p~~oy~r thc second set of extradition
Polia, the Netherlanda. ~ p~~~i~gs ~gan before Mr P.H. O'Donnell
Dutch duthoritia isaued a' proviaiona~ a~ ~y~~ern Court.
warrant for Vonchei s arreat on March 1_ The magistrate said the dceuments pru-
last~year. ' � duced as exhibits, including the foreign war-
Since then he h~a been arte~ted three rant ior Vonchai's arrest, had not been duly
times and released twice in Hongkong. autlienticated - and released ,Vonchai.
A sensational loeal court ca~e arae from Two hours later Vonchai was re-arrested
theproceedingsforhitextradition. b' Inter I ofCcers outside the Thai
Thia was the tnal - and toquittal, on ~onsulat
~General in Gloucester Road after
March 27 - of ~ unior magutrate, Mr makin en unsuccessful attcmpt to seek asy
Alexander Lau, on eharga of attempt.ng to ~um. g
pervert the coune of~ public juitice and mia� ~n February, following a third set of
conduct in a publieoffice. extradition prxeedings, which began in
It was alleged tha6 Mr Lau di~honatly Decemsxr, Vonchai waa ordered by Mr J.C.
altered hix minuta of the fint extrodition Griffiths at Wextern Court to t~e extradited,
proceedingx against Vonchai. which wcrc
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HONG KONG
POLICE RAZD DRUG FACTORY, SEIZE HEROIN, HEROIN BASE
Fiong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNZNG POST in English 15 Apr 82 p 18
[Text J Police raided a� 6eroin tbe Narootia�Burau, raided
factory in Kowloon .Walled the premi~a about 5.30 pm
City on Tuesday and: seized on Tuad~y. ~ '
S3 m~llion worth of dru~. About s~s kilogram~ of No
Sophisticated equ~pment 3 heroin, I.S kg of heroin base
for turning heroin ba~ ~nto and 3.5 kg of caffeine were
No 3 heroin was discovered. seizod dunng the raid.
A 50-year-old man. believ- The 6eroin snd heroin
ed to be the drug factory base alone would have fetch-
operator, and a 36-year-old ed S3 million on the atrats.
woman bel~eved W be hit u- Among the drug proceas-.
sistant were arrestod and will ing oquipment wa~ a mb-
appear in the Sen Po Kong crowave oven and a food
courttoday. mixer.
The man ia expectod w be With tbeae, the time teken
charged with manufacturing to oonvert s batch of heroin
dangerous drugs for tra~ek- ba~e to i~lo 3 heroin would be
, , I'/~ houra, oompared to four
gThe woman, who wid ~he houra using "traditional"
was the tandlord of the raidod methoda. '
premisa in Lung T~un Back The apokesman ~id the
Strat in the walled city; will' drug makera apparently
be additionally cher6ed with bought a large amount of raw
allowing her home to be wed , hero~n before Easter and were
for illegal activitia. � hoping t6e police would not
A policx apokamtn said s be ao alert durmg the holida~
team of offiara, haded by period when they cunverted it
Superintendent Eric L.eung of to No 3 heroin.
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HONG KANG
BRIEFS
DRUG SEIZURE FIGURES--Customs officers last year seized 190 kg of narcotics,
worth about $60 mi1 lion in the streets, and arrested 750 people. This was
disclosed yesterday by Mr K.S. Tong, head of the Customs Investigation Bureau,
who noted that drug traffickers are now employing "ever more ingenious and
sophisticated" ways. He said he was concerned to see the reappearance of high
quality No 4 heroin last year and the influx of drugs from the bumper harvests
in the Golden Triangle. The Commissioner, Mr pouqlas Jordan, added that be-
� cause of the increasing canplexity and volume of its work, the customs service
underwent a reorganisation. Manpower has increased by 454 to its present level
of 2,158 and there is expected to be a comparable upgrading of its resources,
such as metal detectors and X-ray machines. He pointed out that trade facil-
itation remains an important function of the serivice. Thousands of aircraft
and vessels and about nine million passengers--plus millions of postal pack-
ages, thousands of containers of manufactured prodt~cts and raw materials--all
came into and out of Hongkong last yea~. [TextJ [Honq ICong SOUTH CHINA MORN-
ING POST in English 13 Apr 82 p 16]
MACAO DRUG PROBLEM--Macau, Apr 2--The police are concerned about a 50 per cent
- increase in the number of drugs cases brought before the courst last year.
Officials from the Security Police said since Macau is so close to Hongkong
ar.d China, traffickers can ship dangerous drugs into the territory in small
packets through various channels, making it hard for the police to detect.
Police sources also said that most of the drugs, mainly he~-oin, came from Bang-
kok through Hongkong, although some opium was brought in from China. Most of
the arrested traffickers are "small fry" and all the ringleaders escaped be-
fore police raids--which an officer from the Intelliqence Division said indi-
cated that they had good information on police operations. Last year, 35 peo-
ple appeared before the courts on drugs charges, 15 mo~e than in 1980. There
are believed to be 5,000 drug addicts in Macau--70 per cent of them middle aged
or elderly. Police are worried about the increasing number of juveniles who
are turning to drugs and the Deputy Director of the Macau Judicia~y Police, Dr
Silva de Noronha, said one of their ma.in aims is to stop the drugs reaching
the schools.--Our Own Correspondent. [Text] [Hong IGonq SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST in English 3 Apr 82 p 7] ,
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IAIDONESIA
BRIEFS
POPPY SEEDS CONFISCATED--About one kilo of�poppy seEds were found by a cus toms
official at Polonia Airport in Medan in the handbag of a woman of Indian na-
tionality named PK (54 years old), bearing Indian passport Number J.946578.
PK was a passenger on an MAS [Malaysian Airways System] flight from Kuaya
Lumpur to Medan, which landed on Sunday morning, 4 April, at Polonia Airporto
PK told the customs official that she had bought the poppy seeds in Malaysia ~
at the request of her son in Medan. PK said that the seeds were.to be used
to flavor food and also for medicine when he was sick. However, she did not
state who her son was and what disease he was suffering from. According to
her, the poppy seeds can be purchased freely in Malaysia. PK has been turned
over to the Second Precinct Poliae and is currently being interrogated.
[Text] [Jakarta KOI~AS in Indonesian 6 Apr 82 p 12] 5170
NARCOTICS ARRESTS--Semarang, 24 March--Ttao suspected narcotics traffickers, TAK
(55 years old) and his son, HMZ (37 years o1d), who were arrested by police of-
ficers from Police Region IX in ;,entral Java in February, 1982, will be turned
over to the state prosecutor in the near future. Police officers seized from
the two suspects a half kilo of narcotics valued at Rp 100 million. The
narcotics were hidden in a pile of boxes in the s tore belonging to the sus-
pects in the Tanah Mas district of Semarang. A source in the Research Section
of Police Itegion IX confirmed that up to the present the two accused have s till
not admitted that they had the narcotics. According to their statement, the
narcotics had been entrust~d to them by a woman they did not know and were to
be distributed in the Cilacap area. According to laboratory tests the nar-
cotics are izuleed a prohibited substance. From the time the two suspects were
arrested they have been held by the police. The chief of Police Region IX,
Police Ma~or General Montolalu, speaking before a plenary session of the Pro-
vincial Council recently, admitted that the city of Semarang and Central Java
in general have become an area of narcotics traff icking. The narcotics are
distributed by an organized syndicate which is well-es.tablished and difficult
to break up. According to the Research Section of Police Region IR, there is
a considerable possibility that the narcotics trafficking is be3ng carried on
by a syndicate which is directed from Jakarta. For example, the two suspects
up to the present have "kept their mouths shut." The two suspects have been
involved on two previous occasions in narcotics trafficking in Central Java,
according to an informed source. In the view of this source the consumers they
have targeted are teen-age children. [Text] [Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in
Indonesian 25 Mar 82 pp 1, 12]
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MORPHINE ARREST--Medan, HARIAN UMUM AB--An attempt by NKT (37 years old), a
~ Malaysian citizen of.Chinese descenr, to smuggle one kilo of uwrphine through
Polonia Airport in Medan was broken up on Monday [15 March] by security and
customs officials, NKT, who arrived at Polonia Airport in Medan on an MAS
[Malaysian Airways System] flight from Penang, attracted the attention of the
customs official by his movements and particularly when.he declined to allow
the customs officer to examine the package which he was carrying under his
arm. Because of his suspicious activity NKT was taken to an examination room
and searched. There it was learned that the package which he had under his
arm contained morphine crystals described on a written slip in the package
as methynedi exyamphetamine morphine [as published]. Security officials then
_ sent NKT to the Second Precinct Police Station in Medan for further interro-
gation. During the preliminary interrogation at Polonia Airport in Medan NKT
admitted that he had received the package from a person named ATU at Bayan Lepas
Airport in Penang when he was about to depart for Medan. According to the in-
structions which he received from ATU, it was stated that the package would be
picked up by a person who would be standing with his arms folded as a signal.
NKT said he was willing to carry the packa.ge be~ause he had once been helped
by ATU when he had lost heavily betting on hor~~es in Penang. At the time ATU
gave him 2,000 Malaysian dollars. Police authorities in the Second Precinct
of Medan contacted by HARIAN UMUM on Tuesday [16 March] state that at present
NKT is being interrogated in detail by the police to learn the history behind
the prohibited goods and to whom it was to be given. [Text] [Jakarta HARIAN
UMUM AB in Indonesian 20 Mar 82 p 2] 5170
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NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND AIRPORT CANNABIS HAUL ONE QF LARGEST EVER
Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 17 Mar 82 p 1
[Text] Customs officers have seized about 180 kilograms of cannabis--one of
the biggest hauls ever made in New Zealand at Auckland International Airport.
The narcotic, which had an estimated street value of up to $650,000, was dis-
covered in 12 suitcases in a cargo shed in late January.
M~ D. B. Gillam, the chief customs officer for investigations in Auckland,
said yesterday that during a routine search one of the department's drug dogs
had detected the cannabis scent, stood on its hind legs and began barking--
~ just as it was trained to do.
_ Customs officers found the cannabis tightly packed in suitcases which had been
~ stored on pallets about seven metres above the floor.
Mr Gillam said the drug had been imported from "the East" and had been at the
airport for a few days.
The discovery led to an extensive investigation by customs and police�officers.
Mr Gillam said he had not commented on the seizure before yesterday because of
the "sensitivity of inquiries which extended overseas."
Three men have been arrested in.connection with the discovery of the cannabis.
They have appeared in the Auckland District Court and have been remanded to ap-
pear at a later date.
--In May, 1977, police seized 200 kilograms of cannabis in Gisborne, valued at
$500,000. In Septembe�r, 1978, a man was jailed for five years for his part in
a cannabis-growing operation in which the potential value of the crop was esti-
mated at $1.2 million. .
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS '
DUTCH NARCOTICS OFFIC?AI~ ARRIVES--Islamabad, April 27--Harm De Boer, ~ senior
Dutch Criminal Service official has arrived here to discuss meas~res with the
1oca1 authorities to stop drug trafficking, it was learnt here today. He met
the Chairman of Pakistan Narcotics Control Board, Meraj Hussain and decided a
number of steps to be taken to curb interna.tional narcotics smuggling. ~Textj
~Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English 28 Apr 82 p 3~
CAIRO-BOUND OPIUM SEIZED--Customs drug enforcement cell has intercepted a
consignment proceeding to Cairo on a"dummy airway �bill" containing
144 kilograms of opium worth RSone million. The.consignment was booked via
Hong Kong-Cairo-Paris-Nairob i with fake numbers. It was declared to
�
contain aircraft parts. Following seizure of this consignment, the customs
established contact with Interpol wliich led to.the seizure of a similar
consignment at Cairo with same quantity of opium. [Excerpt] [GF141557
Karach i DAWN in English 11 Ma.y 82 Lno page given]] .
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HEROIN SEIZURE--Peshawar, May 11--Pakistan customs intelligence today seized
162 kilograms'of heroin, valued in Pakistan at 1.62 billion, and Rs 20 billion
in foreign markets. The heroin was being carried in a micro bus No TRP 1219
to Karachi for onward transmission to Europe. The trap was,laid near Ladir
town,. a short distance from Kohat, at 2 p.m. today. The haul is stated to
be the biggest so far in the history of narcotics in this part of the world.
[Excerpts] [GF151931 Karachi DAWN in English 12 May 82 P 12 GF]
UNITS FOR NARCOTICS CONTROL--Pakistan Narcotics Control Board has set up
task force tmits to control the smuggling of drugs within the country.
These units, which consist of police personnel from the four provinces,
will work to control illegal trafficking of drugs at national and inter-
national level. [Text] [Karachi Domestic Service in Urdu 0600 GMT 11 May 82]
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PHILIPPINES
LARGE MARIIIUIIP~ Ii~UL REPORTED
P�fanila P}1ZLIPPIN~S DAILY EXPR~SS in English 18 Apr f32 p'l
[Text]
CAMP DANGWA, La Trlnidad, Bengue~, Aprll Aguana� said the suspected ~aretaker, :vhosc
.17-More than 86,000 ma~ijuana plants and several identity was withheld, was~arrested.
kilos of dried marijuana leaves worth mWions of COIVSTABUI,ARY . Anti-Narcotics Unit
pesos were confiscated in a sedes of raids headquarters in Camp Crame ordered ycsterday all
conducted jointly~ by the ~ Benguet PC~INP~ CANU'fleldoperativ;;s to watch out for unidentified
Nationai Intelligence and Secuiity Agency, and the, a~ed men posing as CANU undercover agents.
Finance Ministry Intelliaence Buroau this week in. directive came followinga report thatseven
Kibut~gan, Benguet, aome 90 kilometers from ` unidentifled armed imeri~fdentifying; themsclvcs as
BaRuio. . ~ CA,NU agents, .confronted a group of, youngsters
Col. Rogelio Aguana, &nguet PC/iNP and with drawn fsearms searched them bodily
commander, said that the hwl is the biggest ir~ the wlthout_any mission orders. . ~
area so far. ~ . Bii$ Cen. Bienvenido Felix, ~ CANU
The raids were conducted.in several plantationa commander, safd this ts"just'orte ~Incident where '
located along the bank,.of~~.;,. sitio Bakbakan~ .CANU;operatives are blamed ;for brusque actions
KIbungan. ~ , ' ~ � ' . ' ' ~ ~ in conducting searches on innocent youngsters.
A total of 16,800' �m~rijuana plants weCe ' ~ , ` ' ~ '
confiscated on Apol 8 and~ 9 whlle the rest were ~ � LAST MONDAY, .in ~ 1lioncada,'Tarlac, seven
confiscated yesterday~ Aguana said. ' men ~ldenttfying,~.themselves as CANU agents,
~ M � accosted a group, of young men ~and women on a
Tt~IE RAIDIIVG teams had to burn on slte most' atatton wagon for alleged ~ po3session of dried
of the prohibited plant3; he'satd, as ttiere were not'~, ' marljuana leaves. ~ ~
enough porters to bring them to the, main road~ , The same. ~men, reportec~!~ led by a ccrtain
which is about four to five houra' hike along Captain Santos, also suspected that tlie youngsters
mountain trails. � were druf smugglers.
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PHILIPPIPIES
11DDICTIVE COUGII SYRUPS RECLASSIFIED
~tanila PHILIPPINL�'S DAILY EXPRESS in English 30 Apr 82 p�~
(TextJ p TECHNICAL advisory p~ippines, however, said the US
committee formed by �Health FDA,supported by various researches
Minister Jesus Azurin has asked for abroad, has established tl~e safety ~or
the rsclassification of over-the-counter use of epliedrine
ephedrine-coataining cough syrups ~ugs..
from over-the-counter drugs to + s.
prescription drugs. ~ THE FDA also said the prevalence
'fhe committee position~ of ephedrine addiction is low (there
contained in a proposed , are otily 17 known cases worldwide)
administrative order, affirmed a and that there is no assurance that
previous order of tlte Food and Drug the drug will only be dispensed with
Administration chief Arsenio Regala through a doctor's prescription when
whichdelisted the four cough syrups reclassified.
as over-the-counter drugs, citing their The DangeroL~s Drugs ~~Board
"addictive effeci" on the users. , (DDB) has report~d that oough
The committee also cited reports Syr~ups topped last year's list of
of' the Constabulary Anti-Narcotics frequently-abused forms of drugs,
Unit that the .ephedrine substances
were unnecessary to the syrup's accountingfor 85 percent of addiction
therapeutic effect. ~ cases while marijuana was second
, * , with 82 percent.
THE FDA reclassification order Of the 15 cough preparations
was issued by _ Regala . on mentioned in the ODB report,
recommendation of Brig. Cen. Corex-D was. found to be ~the most
Bienvenido Felix, CANU chief, who widely abused, numbering 776 cases; '
said that Hylorin and other cough followed 6y Hycodin, 537 cases. The
preparations~ being sold aver the list also included Euronex with 80
counter in Metro Manila drugstores, cases and Hycodln~ 218 cases.
are beingused bydrug addictc because ~ Corex-D~ Hyco~in, Hylorin, and
of tlie drugs' ephedrine content.. Euronex were among the six '
The Remington's Pharmacology over-thaoounter drugs reclassified by
Book said an overdose of ephedrine ;he FDA lnto prescript~on drugs. The
may cause euphoria~ confusIon~ and other two are Lotus�D and CED ~
hallucinations. cough syrups. ~
The DruR Association of the
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PHILIPPINES
BRIEFS
MORE DRUGS REC~iSSIFIED--Twenty-one other cough preparations being sold as over-
the-counter (OTC) drugs may be reclassi'fied as preparation drugs, Health Minister
Jesus Azurin disclosed yesterday. These preparations, Azurin said, were found to
contain ephedrine, a stimulant that can be addictive if taken in large doses.
The na.mes of these drugs were not available as of press time. In a report of th~
dangerous ~rugs board, a total of 3,658 persons were admitted last year in five
drug rehabi.litation centers for having been dependent on cough syrups, The drugs
widely abused were Corex D, Mercodol, Ornacol, Peracon, Endotussin, Trecodine,
Respillin, Tussionex, Robitussin, Hydodin, Hylorin, Euronex, Romilar, Benadryl and
- Tuseran. Earlier, six cough preparations were identified to contain ephedrine.
They were Lotus D, CED cough syrup, Corex D, Hycodin, a.nd Euronex. They were due
for reclassification last December but the order was postponed for June by Azurin
to acco~date requests of various drug companies, Drug companies in a meeting
with the MOH technical cominittee on drugs the other day opposed the proposed
reclassification of cough syrups from OTC to prescription drugs, saying that the
cough syrups are only addictive it taken in large quantities. Azurin said the
MOH will "keep an open mind" on the issue of reclassification, considering the
therapeutic effects these drugs have and the ill effects they may have on illegal
users, especially childreno He said the cou~ittee will revi.ew the contentions of
the drug companies and the Drug Associ~tion of the Philippines (IlE~P) and look at
_ the regulations of other countries on drugs containing ephedrine. (Text]
IManila BULLETIN TOUAY in English 1 May 82 pp 1, 13~
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~ coLOr~za
BRIEPS '
INTERNATIONAL DRUG SHIPMENT CONFISCATED--This ~morning agents from the attorney
general's narcoticg squad confiscated 5,000 kg of ~methalqualone jmetacualone]
at Eldorado international airpo~t, arresting 20 persons. The drugs are worth
10 billion pesos on the U.S. market. The cache of drugs was found on Avianca
flight O11 and was b,eing shipped from grankfurt, FRG, to Cali. It was an-
nounced that other pers~ons~.implicated in the drug traffic are presently being
arrested in Cali, Medellin and Frankfurt. jPA162344 Bogota Cadena Radial
Super in Spanish 173Q GMT.16 May 82~
t3LUW TO DRUG TRAFFICKING--A ma.jor blow was struck against drug trafficking
in this country when narcotics police seized several tons of marihuana
and discovered cocaine processing laboratd.ries. The policemen conduc ted
operation~ zn the regions of Cauca, Guajira, and Caqueta departments and the
- Vaupes administrative division. The narcotics brigade found two large
cocaine plantations in Bolivar, Cauca. In another operation, the police
found sodium permanganate, acetone, acid and large quantities of polyethylene
bags used to pack th e drug. Furthermore, a man identified as (Jose L isandro)
was captured in Florencia, Caqueta, carrying 500 gm of cocaine. Finally,
narcotics groups seized 11 tons of marihuana ready for export in Villaneuva,
Guajira. Th is shipment was valued at 30 million pesos. [PA150426 Bogota
Cadena Radial Super in Spanish 233~ GMT 6 May 82 PA]
MARIHUANA SEIZURE--Bogota--The ant3.nar~otics police today confiscated
66 tons of marihuana, th e final dest?.nation of which was the United States.
The confiscation occurred in the ju~;isdiction~ of Pajaro municipality in
La Guajira Department.~[PA160210 Bo3ota Domestic Service in Spanish
2330 GMT 14 May 82 PA]
LLANOS ORIENTALES COCA DESTROYED--The police dealt one of its sharpest blows
to traffickers and produc~ars of cocaine who operate in the Llanos Orientales
when it destroyed crops of coca leaves over an area of more than 35 hectares
and confiscated 3,000 pounda of the leaves. Likewise, during the course of
the action, whose center of operations was set up in a place known as E1
Retorno in the San Jose 3urisdiction, laboratory equipment was confiscated
and 15 persons, whose names were withheld, were captured. [Text] [Hogota
EL TIEMPO in Spanish 22 Apr 82 p 3-A] 9908
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GUYANA
BRIEFS
ANTI-DRUG MOVES--Police personnel have been strengthened at Timehri Interna-
tional Airport and other port~ of entry into Guyana and on the borders in
order to eradicate smuggling, trafficking in marijuaria and other illegal
trade. This was disclosed by Police Commissioner Lloyd Barker at a press
conference at Police Headquarters yesterdayo Comm~issioner Barker, accompanied
by senior officers, disclosed that the Force was aluast at fu11 strength. He
~dmitted that there was an increase in serious crimes, especially those
comaai.tted by armed bandits, but declared that there was a reduction in the
choke and rob type of offences. However, the police were now adopting bactics
to enable them to reduce the incidence of serious crimes. T~lking about
passports, the Commissioner said very soon members of the public who wished
passports would be able to get them within two weeks. A new shipment of
passports, which b~ virtue of its design would reduce the incidence of pass-
port forgery had arrived in the country. ~Excerpts] ~Georgetown GUYANA,
CHRONICLE in English 24 Apr 82 p 16~
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JAMAICA
PAY~:R QUESTIONS USE OF TWO UNREGISTERED AIRSTRIPS
~ Kingston THE DAILY GLEANER in English 24 Apr 82 p 1
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