JPRS ID: 9364 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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JPRS L/9364
23 Octaber 1980
V1/orldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROU5 DRUGS
CFOUO 45/80)
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JPRS L/9364
23 October 1980
WORLDWIDE REPOR~'
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 45/80)
CONTENTS
ASZA
BURMA
Drug Suppression Efforts in Mandalay Noted
_ (Khin Thi; LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZII~, 19 Sep 80) 1
- Heroin Worth 30,000 Kyat Seized in Tangyan
(;iYANMA AT..IN, 22 Sep 80) 3
Briefs
Hero~n Dealers lailed 4
Prome Heroin Seizure 4
Police Crackdown 4
INDONESIA
- Bri~fs
- Morphine Uaers Sentenced 5
Raw Opium Confiscated 5
PAKISTAN
Charas, Heroin Seized by Coast Guard
(MORNING NEWS, 27 Sep 80) 7
Briefs
Twenty Maunds of Charas Seized g _
Charas Seized g
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THP.iLAND
Police Caught Selling Marihuana
(DAO SIAM, 19 Aug 80) 9
Narcotice Police Implicated in Shooting
(DAO SIAM, 9 Aug 80) 11
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LATIN AMERZCA
BARBADOS
Buainessman Plan Antidrug Vigilante Group
(Ivan Clifford; ADVOCATE NF.WS, 18 Sep 80) 14
BOLIVIA
Military Junta Contemplating Legalizing Coca Production
(GRANMA, 29 Aug 80) 16
COLOMBIA
ANIF Head: Fighting Drugs Is a Losing Battle
(Eduardo Gomez; EL ESPECTADOR, 23 Aug 80) 17
Antidrug Treaty With U.S. Discusaed
(Editorial; EL ESPECTADOR, 25 Aug 80) 19
Drugs, Plane Seized in Barranquilla Area
(Pedro Lara Castiblanco; EL ESPECTADOR, 27 Aug 80) 21
Briefs
Cocaine Seizure 23
Natagaima Cocaine Destroyed 23
COSTA RICA
Briefs
Arms, Druga Seizure Denied 24
MEXICO
Military Antidrug Battle To Continue Indefinitely
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 14 Sep 80) 25
NEAR EAST ANll NORTH AFRICA
KUWAIT
Briefs
Large Hashish Seizure 26
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
MALI
Reportage on Increased Drug Cons+imption, Cultivation
~ (L'ESSOR, 11 Aug 80) 27
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WEST EUROPE
AUSTRIA
Briefs
Vienna Arrests Turkish Dealers 29
Hashieh Discovery 29
Drug Dealers' Arreat 25
Special Drug Unit ' 29
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Addiction to Narcotica, Drugs, Alcohol Rises
(DER TAGESSPIEGEL, 24 Sep 80) 30
FRANCE
Amsterdam-Paris Drug Tranaport Methoda Re~orted ~
(Daniel Houpline, et al.; PARIS MATCH, 26 Sep 80) . 32
ITALY -
Drug Situation in Bari Diecussed
(Vito Ciu~arusti; LA GAZZETTA DF.L MEZZOGIORNO,
10 Sep 80) 37
Briefs
Hashish From Nig~�ria Seized 40
Heroin Seized in Rome 40
Ztao Heroin Sellers Arrested 41
Heroin Arreats in Jeai 41
Cocaine Seized in Naples 42
SWEDEN -
Report Links Increase in Urban Violence to Drug Abuse
(SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 3I Aug 80) 43
Crime Statistics, by Hans Rehnvall
Gotland Crime DecreasPd, by Boase Petterson
UNITED KINGD~M
Briefs
Liverpool Drug Seizure 47
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BURMA
DRUG SUPPRESSION EFFORTS IN MANDALAY NOTED
Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese 19 Sep 80 p 4 BK
[Article by Khin Thi: "Narcotic Drugs Suppression in Mandalay Division"]
[S wnmary) The fourth meeting of the First People's Assembly decided
that narcotics drugs are a threat to the entire nation and, therefore,
should be combatted through a national movement. In accordance with -
th e decision taken, the Ministry of Home and Religious Affairs directed
the People's Police Force headquarters and through it, the state and
divisional peaple's police forces to take effective action.
"Accordingly, between 1974 and July 1980, 4,763 court cases were filed
in Mandalay division under which 6,893 people of both sexes were
arrested. Narcotic drugs worth 5,890,285.50 kyat were also seized.
"Between January and July 1980, 246 court cases were filed under which
a total of 440 people--385 males and 55 females--were arrested and charged.
Narcotic drugs--6.77 kg of heroin, 31.551 kg of opium and 5.569 kg of
marihuana--worth more than 600,000 kyat were also seized.
"The heroin and opium were smuggled in from the border areas by black-
marketeers who resorted to all sorts of inethods using roads, railways -
- and forest routes to bring the drugs in. Mandalay division people's
police force personnel who were members of the drug suppression branch,
with the assistance from township and ward people's council members,
were able to investigate and arrest three major gangs which used Mandalay
as their base fo r distributing and selling druga.
"Acting on a tipoff, the residence of U Hla Baw, al�tas U Tun Nyan, in
Bawdigon ward of Mandalay SoutheasC township was searched and six
packets of heroin each weighing 5 kg were uncoverdd.
"Working on this source, another gang led by a woman which was using an
underground vault to hoard drugs and distribute them from its Mar~dalay
center was also arrested. When the residence .~f a 20-year-old Ma Myint Yin,
alias Yang Han-sha--a Chinese woman--who was using "Myat Thit Mon" noodle
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and tailoring shop at the corner of 19th and 82d streets, May Gagiri ward,
Mandalay Northwest township, as a front to deal in heroin was searched,
it was learned that two plastic boxes each containing 1 kg of heroin,
five packets of heroin and nine small packets of heroin each weighing
5 gm--a total of 2.795 kg--of heroin worth about 228,250 kyat were
seized. Thirteen persons of bo th sexes, including Ma Myint Yin, alias
Yang Hon-sha, were arrested and charged.
"Taking further action, 1.072 kg of heroin worth 5,000 kyat were seized
from the residence of Ma Kyi Sein, alias Ma Nyein, at No 54, Pyelon
Chantha ward of Northwest township. Continuing their investigation,
Mandalay division drug suppression personnel arrested Aung Myint of
Mandalay's Athawkayama monastexy's "two tigers" compound together with
1.2 kg of heroin, At the same time, Daw Hkan Sar, alias Daw Aye Sar,
_ and U Tun Kyaw of Maymyo's Ward No 1 and block No 3 were arrested.
- Acting on the information supplied by them, .24 kg of heroin in four
packets were seized from Ma Way, alias Mipon, and Maung Su, alias E-an,
of Malika compound, Mawya Giwa ward of Mandalay Northeast township,
"Later, another search conducted at the residence of Sha Kay-kyin, alias
- Thet Kyi, in Mawya Giwa ward resulted in the seizure of seven packets of
heroin weighing 4.2 kg and worth 35,000 kyat."
T'he members of the third gang were arrested when "27 penicillin bottles
containing heroin weighing 46.22 kg ~as published) and worth 4,000 kyat
were seized in a search conducted at the residence of U Einda in Pyegyi-
myatshin ward, Mandalay Northeast township, A further 17 packets of
heroin weighing 850 gm and worth 8,000 kyat were also seized from the
Miphaya compound of Mawya Giwa ward at the residence of Shan women
Daw Ae Tun and Daw Aye Yon both ef who~n had smuggled the heroin in from
Taunggyi."
riandalay Division drug suppression personnel with the cooperation of
the township and ward people's council members are eontinuing their _
investigation and search for drug dealers in Mandalay.
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BURMA
HEROIN WORTH 30,000 KYAT SEIZED IN TANGYAN
Rangoon MYAI~ITA ALIN in Burmese 22 Sep 80 p 6 BK
_ [Text] People's police force has been endeavoring to apprehend dealers
and distributors of heroin in Tangyan township. Accordingly on
28 August, police seized about ,5 kg of No 4 heroin worth 30,000 kyat
hidden in a haystack in Namhu village of Tangyan's Mong Keng village
tracts.
[Photo Caption]
Aik Lu, alias Yang Law-hong, owner of the heroin seized at Namhu village
in Tangyan~ township seen together with his heroin packet
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Buxr~A
BRIEFS
HEROIN DEALERS JAILED--Moulmein township court No 2 on 7 September handed
down a 10-year imprisonment sentence to Kyaw Win, alias Maung Maung, and
a 5-year jail term to his wife Ma Ngwe after the two were found guilty
as charged under Sections~ 6.B and 10.B of the Narcotic Drugs Law. The
case was brought to trial after the couple was arrested together with
~ about 2.5 ounces of heroin on 13 September 1979 when they sold heroin -
to an undercover agent in Moulmein. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese
16 Sep 80 p 6 BK]
PROME HEROIN SEIZURE--On 10 September, Prome police station officer
U Thein Ngwe and Subinspector U Tin Tun searched the sandal shop of
Maung Tha Aye in the presence of witnesses and found about .25 ounce
of heroin. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 16 Sep 80 p 6 BK]
POLICE CRACKDOWN--Rangoon, 28 Sept--Under the narcotic drug suppression
campaign being carried out in Rangoon Division, police arrested 421 peo-
ple under the Narcotic Drugs Law during the first eight months of 1980.
A total of 325 cases, including 112 cases under Section 14(d) (failure
to register for treatmemt) of the Narcotic Drugs Law were opened. The _
amount of drugs seized by the police were 21.31 kilograms of opium,
.004 kilogram of opium solution, 448 1/2 grams of heroin, 20.839 kilo-
grams of marijuana, 41 vials of pethadine and more than three ounces of
cocaine.--(H) [Text] [Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English
30 Sep 80 p 8]
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INDONESIA
BRIEFS
MORPHINE USERS SENTENCID--Yesterday, a gro~ip of morphine users was sen-
tenced by the West Jakarta State Court. They were Wong Kok Ming, age 27;
Gouw Soen Sen, 42; Liauw Tjin T~ong. 26; Sukiyanto, 29; Sutadi Tjandra, -
32; Liauw Woen Siang, 25; and Lele, 24. Wong Rok Ming received a 6-month
prison sentence while the others' f inal sentences were 5 months. Judge
Suhartini's sentences were in accord with those of Judge Samsi M. Noor.
Al1 of those arrested since 21 March 1980, received a sentence. During
the charges the prosecutor said that they have stored, possessed and used
and distributed morphine up to 20 bundles in the Tanah Sereal district of
West Jakarta. The police searches made it impos~ible for them to escape
any longer and some were taken by surprise in the midst of using drugs
without a doctor's prescription. During the court session the accused
confessed openly that they frequently used morphine, but had always
refused to distribute/buy or sell it. When asked where they obtained the
drugs they ar~swered from friends. However, they never gave the names or
addresses of these friends. [Text] [Jakarta ROI~AS in Indonesian 22 Aug 80
p 3] 9556
RAW OPIUM CONFISCATED--Six kilograms of opium were confiscated through an
operation of the joint teams, Kodak (Police Regiona~ Command), VIII, -
Langlangbuana and Kobes (Chief Command) 86, Bandung. The opium is being
tested in the laboratory to determine if it is genuine. The police
seized 2 of the kilograms of raw opium from J. J., alias D. D., 33 years
old, a resident of Maleer, Bandung, on 6 August. It appears that it was
given to him by R. S., a 30-year-old person. That day the police also
searched the house of R. S., who during questioning confirmed that the
opium found in the house of J. J. alias D. D. was a deposit from Mrs
I, D, and her husband, F. 0. alias G. B., reaidents of Depok village,
Trenggalek, Jatim. The joint police teams continued their pursuit of
Mrs I. D, and finally found 4 more kilograms of raw opium. Lt Colonel
R. Hasan Mustafa, quoting from the confessions of the accused, said the
raw opium dealers ring (sya~dicate) had been operating since last July.
Through the KD bin SP Mrs I. D. successfully contacted Mrs M. R. M.,
resident of the Ngroyom, Ponorogo Dietrict, Yatim, and then received a
sample of opium the size of a thumb. With this sample, Mrs I. D. left
for Jakarta, but it was re~ected becaus~ it wasn't the 'tengkorak'
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(skull brand~. Before returning home, Mrs I. D, stopped at the house of
Mrs R. S. in Bandung. Two weeks later, R. S. received a package of
raw opium weighing about 2 kilograms from Mrs M. R. M. This was then
passed on to J. J. alias D. D. However the police were successful in
confiscating it before it was sold. [Text] [Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian
21 Aug 80 p 8J 9556
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PAKISTAN
CHARAS, HEROIN SEIZED BY CQAST GUARD
Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 27 Sep 80 p 1
~Text~ The Excise Police with the help of Coast Guards yesterday seized
charas, opium and heroin worth Rs. 15 crore, it was officially stated
here.
Following a clue, the Excise Police was keeping a vigil on every vehicle
entering the court yard of Barha m~rket located at Super Highway, 15 miles
from the city.
After few we~ks of hectic efforts the E$cise Police succeeded yesterday
and unearthed the narcotic's dua~p.
The Excise Palice with the help of Coast Guards, Drug Squads headed by
Major Fida raided the market and recovered 116 maun~ds of cha.ras, two and
a half maunds of contraband opivm and 1000 grams of illicitly r.aanufactured
heroin, and arrested two persons, namely Mohamnad Gul I~ian and Juma. Gul, ~
on the spot.
_ Further investigation is in progress.--APP
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
TWENTY ME~UNDS OF QiARAS SEIZED--The excise police aeized 20 maunds of -
charas from a den in the Sohrab Goth areas on Tuesda.y. According to
reports, one Am~een was running the racket of charas in the Sohrab Goth
axea when the excise police with tha assistance of the Pakistan Coast
Guards, raided his den and hauled him up and seized the charas. [Text~
IKarachi MALtNING NEWS in English 2 Oct 80 p 3~
CF~RAS SEIZED--Peshawar, Oct. 1--About 150 kilograms of contraband charas
worth about Rs. 10 lakhs was seized by the Customs Aati-smuggliag Mobile
Squad No two, Pesha.wa.r, in an operation on Kohat Road on Tuesday eveai~g.
Customs sources said that two occupants of the motor car used for smuggling
have been arrested. They are Shakoor A,sgha,r and Qaiser Khan of Swat~i o--
APP ~Text~ ~Karachi DiAWN in English 2 Oct 80 p 12~
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THAILAND
POLI CE CAUGHT SELLING MARIHUANA
Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 19 Aug 80 pp 1, 2
[Article: ~�Two Corrupt Policemen Have Sold Marihuana Valued
At 5 Million Baht"]
' [Text] Two corrupt policemen joined a gang engaged in selling
dr~ags . They used a car to transport marihuana valued at 5
million baht from the northeast and ~old it in front of the
- Utaphao Air Base. Their hope was to become very rich. The
police ~~got wind~~ of this and arrested them without force. All
the evidence was seized.
Concerning the corrupt behavior of these people in uniform,
a DAO SIAM reporter in Chonburi Province has reported that at
1700 hours on 18 August, Police Second Lieutenant Sawek -
Changmai, the officer on duty at the Ban Khot Commune police
_ station in Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, led a group
of policemen to intercept and arrest the criminals operating
in front of the Utaphao Air Base in Sattahip District, Chonburi
Province. It had been learned that a large shipment of
marihuana would be secretely shipped here from the northeast
and sold in front of the Utaphao Air Base. The police thus
sent a force to intercept and arrest the criminals.
- Following this, a lead-colored Toyota sedan, license plate
No K-0026, arrived and parked suspiciously in the area mention-
ed above~ Inside the car were three mer~. The police came aut
of hiding and revealed their identity. They arrested the men
and searched the inside of the car. They found 17 bags of
marihuana, each weighing 3 kilograms, valued at approximately
5 million baht. They then took all three suspects and the
evid ence and conducted an investigation. It was learned that
they were Police Sergeant Major Banlu Nguanthaisong and
_ Poii ce Lance-Corporal Sombun Phutthachat, who are policemen
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_ stationed in Sakon Nakhon Province, and Mr Sen~ Wongsaman. !;i
Sene confessed to all the charges, stating that he had
regularly cooperated with thetwo police officials in trans-
porting the marihuana from Sakon Nakhon to sell it in the area
mentioned above. As for Police Sergeant Major Banlu and
Police Lance-Corporal Sombun, both refused to co:~fess and they
both denied knowing anything about the matter. However, the
police have placed them under arrest and are continuing the
investigation in accord with the law.
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THA ILAND
NARCOTIC:; POLICE IMPLIC~'1TED IN SHOOTING
Bangkok DAO SI~1M in Thai 9 Aug 80 pp 1, 2
[Article: ~~Police Shoot Witness to Silence Him Out of Fear
That He Will Reveal Their Cnrrupt Actions. Hermin Planted.
Suspect Shot In Downtown Area"]
[Text] A brutal murder was attempted in the middle of Chiang _
Mai in front of hundreds of people in front of a theater. The
gunmen were probably policeraen who ambushed the man in order
to silence 'zim. The [would-be] killers were accused of pushing
heroin and s~ they made a plan to murder tY:e person after a
show of power failed to intimidate him,
At approximately 0900 hours on 6 August 1980, Mrs Saibua
Wongsuchai, age 38, a wealthy woman who resides in Chiang Mai
Province, tearfully told the newspaper that her son, Mr
S.akraphi, age 20, who lives as 19 Charoen Prathet Road, Soi 6,
Changkhlan Commune, Muang District, Chiang Mai Province,had been
ambushed and cruelly shot in downtown Chiang Mai in front of
the Suriyong Theater in Chiang Mai Province. This occurred at `
2300 hours on 17 July 1980 as he was returning home on his
motorcycle, with his wife, Mrs Siriphon Wongsuchai, on the
back, after leaving his store at the Braza Center.
The gunmen hid near the entrance to the house in front of the
Suriyong Theater. When Mr Sakraphi and his wife drove up, the
gunmen instantly shot him in a loud burst of gunfire. Three
bullets hit Mr Sakraphi. One hit him in the right side of the
stomach, penetrated his lung anu entered the right side of his
chest, lodging in the neck. Another bullet hit him in the
right arm, penetrated the body and came out the other side.
But Mr Sakraphi managed to turn around to look at the two
~ gunmen so he could remember them. When this occurred, large
numbers of people walking nearby rushed up to see what had
happened and the gunmen took this opportun.ity to flee by car:.
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.
When he learned of this, Police Second Lieutenant Sawat
Chanthaprida, the officer on duty at the Muang District police
station in Chiang Mai Province quickly hurried to the scene
and rushed Mr Sakraphi to the Chiang Mai Municipal Hospital in
critical condition.
From ;:heinvestigation and information obtained from the person
wounded, it was learned that Police Sergeant Sanan Kawichai
and Police Sergeant Seni Phonwattana were the two gunmen. They
tried to murd~.~r [Mr Sakraphi] in order to silence him. Both
- palice sergea~ts were attached to a dangerous drugs suppression
unit subordinate to the Chiang Mai provincial police head-
quarters. The police therefore arrested Police Sergeant Sanan
Kawichai and Police Sergeant Seni Phonwattana and detained them
at the Muang District police station. The next day, the two
policemen put up bail. This made Mr Sakraphi fearful that they
would come and kill him at the hospital and so he requested
protection from the police. Police Colonel Satcha Krasaewet,
the Chiang Mai provincial police superintendent. sent police
to stand guard in front of the room in order to prevent Mr
Sakraphi from being murdered. Because, around the middle of -
1978, on $ July 1978, nine police officials from the narcotics
suppression unit subordinate to the Chiang Mai provincial
police headquarters under the command of Police Second Lieu-
- tenarit Mangkon Thapphanet a~ ~c: including Police Sergeant Ma jor
Bunpluk Plienplaek, Police Sergenat Seni Phonwattana, Police
Sergeant Kawichai, Police Sergeant Suthat Katsakun, Police
Sergeant Prachan Sifan, Police Corporal Chaiwat Anongthong,
Police Corporal Phairot Rattanapradit and Police Privat~ `
Yongyut Chaisawat wer~t and arrested Mr Sakraphi across from
the Chang Khlan Mosque on Charoen Prathet Road, Soi 11.
Police sergeants Seni and Prachan went to search Mr Sakraphi
but Mr Sakraphi would not let them search him. He reached into
his pants pocket himself and showed them that he did not have
any drugs on him. He said to the policemens ~~What right do
you have to come and search mel~~ Both police sergeants said
that they were police officials. Mr Sakraphi told them that
he would turn out his pockets for them to see. Both policemen
showed their displeasure at this, cursing: "Damm you, who do
you think you are? Are you looking for trouble?~~ Mr ~akraphi
said: '~I'm evil and so are you." Both policemen were very
displeased and [Seni] began hitting him with his fists. He
hit him in the mouth, saying "Good, I'll plant it on you.~~
While this was going on, Police Sergeant Pra~han went to Mr
Sakraphi's car and planted the narcotics he had brought
along, saying� "Hey, how come you said you didn�t have
anything?' Mr Sakraphi shouted "I won't, I won't. You have
planted the narcotics on me.*'
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Police Sergeant Seni, who was guarding him, spoke calmly but
Mr Sakraphi was still yelling and so he hit Mr Sakraphi three
- or four more times, syaing: "Don't shout, youl~~ But Mr Sakra-
phi continued to yell. Police Sergeant Prachan th~n hit him
in the face along with taking out his pistol and pointing it
at his head, saying: "Do you want to yell some more:~~ Mr
Sakraphi became frightened and stopped shouting. This event
was witnessed by Mrs Urai Dunlaphan, Miss Suri Sattraphai and
sever~l other people. Mr Sakraphi was, therefore, charged
with h~;ving narcotics in his possession and taken to Chiang
Mai provinci~l police headquarters.
Following this, the police filed a report that the defendant
had confessed. But when Mr Sakraphi read this, he refused to
sign it. This led to the two policemen mentioned above
" constantly threatening him. But Mr Sakraphi still refused to
sign because he believed that he had been framed by the
police. While he was being detair~ed, a person came and told
him that if he paid the police 30,000 baht, the case would be
dropped. But Mr Sakraphi told the nt.:n that he did not have _
any money and that he was not guilty. Thus, one of the ;
policemen asked: ~~who are your parents?" He replied that his
mother was I~rs Saibua. The policeman said~~ '~Good, I will
arrest your mother toa
By the time the case reached the court, 21 months had passed.
The judge decided to dismiss the case. After the case had been
dismissed, Mr Sakraphi immediately pressed charges against _
all nine of the policemen involved. He charged that they had
used their positions to frame him, that this had damaged his
reputation and that they had engaged in such corruption in
order to put the blame on him and give him a heavy sentence.
This led to these corrupt policemen threatening Mr Sakraphi
constantly. Sometimes these corrupt policemen ran into his car
with their car. Also, one high ranking official and one
influential persan in Chiang Mai Province tried to get Mr
- Sakraphi and Mrs Saibua to withdraw their charges. But ne~ther
was willing to do this. Wh~n they saw that Mr Sakraphi was
unwilling to withdraw the charges, they made plans to murder _
him.
Then at 2300 hours on 17 July 1980, ;~ir Sakraphi was shot,
apparently by the two police sergeants mentioned above. But
neither policeman has confessed, even though the wounded man
has confirmed that it was them. Mr Saibua, his mother, thus
brought the mattE~*~ to the attention of a reporter because she
was afraid that [her son] would not receive justice since
these policemen are very influential and their superiors
are helping them.
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BARBADOS
BUSINESSMEN FLAN AH'i'?DRUG VIGIIANTE GROUP
Barbados ADVOCATE NEWS in English 18 Sep 80 p 4
~Article by Ivan Clifford~
~
~Text~ HAMILTON, Hermuda, the next genera! election, noa
Wedi~esday, cCANA) - As tbe widdy acpected to be held thia
crime rate continues to riefe in Novembee. �
this ama~l Bcitish oolony, a He said about 10 men carrying
grnup of businessmen haa coocealed weapoas - aticks -
oudined plaas to form thetr own would take to the atreeta ~ortly.
vigilaategroup ana, premfec "We will bave concealed
David Gibbona has ag~in ~ '~p�;~~~~ Iugt~m. "We
Bermudians to help poi ce ~ cwt , safd Mr.
. stamp out the, drug- ttaEitc are dealing with berd-core
menace. . gan~st
as out tha~e, who
Police Commissioner L.M. wa0~ ar~amd wqh m~".
"Nobby" Clark ~neanwhik has He s~id the busine~srnan'a
upset many o( tbe island's actioos had bee~ prompled by a
lawyets who represait drug sp4te of break-!ns in Court
pushers bx saying tbe attocneya Str'eet - ~wtoiiout centre ot the
shouW back otf aad tet culpe~ib ialaad's ~ mushrooming drugs
��stew in t!?eir own juice' , ia trade - in teant waelrs.�
C.ourt. , He abo claimed police did aot
Crime statia~lcs [ar the aeeoed �Ixeclc doors atnigM oo Cota~t
quart~ of 1960 ahow an iocrw~e ~~t aa tbey did on Feont
of 20 psr ant - a rbe thai it Street tHamilton's main
worrying t6e polFce aed ~p~[~~ .
Governmeat iny,this tonrist ~~atioper C1ark aaid a
island with a popnlation ~ seaior aHicer Mould he spwkin8
57 000. � to Mr: Ingt?am.
Plans by b~si~essmen in the We c~nnot have people going
back-of�tovKn sectio4 0[ �a~~ ~y ottensive weap~s
Hamilton to set up their a~va ~W~g ~er people.
vigilante ~ronp to Bsht crime M "'I'here is ra reaioa whY ~Y
their neighbour6ood have, ~ have a nd~~bourhoud
twvrev~r, been slammed by the p~ tr~~ but they ace not going to
Poike Commieaioner. be albwed ta aa~ault people", he
He told the Pre~rs: "
groups are b~d ne~a. said
~ '11~'e were ott~er more con-
People can~t go. aod take tbe strtxtfve ways in which back4t-
law into tl~r oam hands". ~towa bu~lnoesmtn could help the
The propoeed group waa po~jce~ said bar, C?ark.
r~vealed by one ot the ~~if they have names tbm 1et
buainessmen, Fredertek ~n give, them to ua. Mr.
~
pp~''~ h~. 8~ Inaham talks about takine
t6e~Qppoaitioo Pro~~~ ve to~and~
e
- libaa Partq�as a da~n~td~te in evidern.~e with the police oi thee -
Miugs t~e se~s"�
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Outs en Cabinet Miniater
Glairrc de~ied Mr. F
a~rry viera has tw.lled an advxate Delleves in hia
another ime-related con- client'a innocence", t}~e C~?unci~
The Commisaioner aL~o deaied troversy by. calling the Ber- .~aid.
Mr. Ingham's clalm thatpollce muda Bu Coundl "weak" and "He may or may not do so, but
- . pattols do not che~ck doora. accusing It of tailing to pollce its it i~ his fta~cKioa to be hts clieat's
"Moat bresk-ins are being lawyer metnbers.. advocate, and not t~s judge". -
carried out th*ough rear win- Mr. Viera, the Minister 'Ihe Ca~?missia~er's remai'1cs
dowa or opgnic~gs wtiere pollce withart po~tfolio, aaid in a Press ~or~opted a letta to t6e Gautte
do not have access". statemeat t}~at unless thae was (rom ]awyers Geoffrey Bell and
14eanwhile Premier David ~'h0~~k CO'0~~0� `Ua� Du~h' wb� a~M tha~`
Gibbot~s has tcldBermudians in flght to cta~b drug traHic in' doabted very much if tl~re was
a Presa statement that they Bermuda "~re will h~e more any law firm in Bermuda whk~
drug related crimea and a would refuse to deE~nd an ia-
- have a"plain, inescapable g~8tion of zombies". ~ diviflual becauae he was
duty" to 5elp the policE put a The Minister spote of c.lwrged. with n ctruQs oltance�
halt to drug. traffic. �~Mr. Clatt's wish that othrr
"None of us cen stand idly by "cratty'' lawyers datzling
in the iace of such a challasge to Supreme Cau't J~?es. +~nd aaid ~~d follow. such a
law and order and indeed to that the ,~miaty~� approad~ pcactice similarty refleete no
societY sa a whole." he said to the drug pcoblesn Fiad not credit on him, aad is both
worked anywhere. � abhocreat to any lawyer attd _
~"11~e [abric o[ our society is Mr. Ylers was adding his cantrary to theprovisions of the
much ioo closely-knit to allow auppoct to three lawyas who Bermt~da Cot~stitution,,, sid Mr.
this caocer to exist, much lkse to wrote to the daUy Royal Gasette ~U aad Mr. Dunetk
grow in malignancy". newspaper � conceraing the The letter aupporting the
The Ptemia's statemeat on Pblice Commissioaer's Police Commisaioner . ame
from three otAer la as,~eter
law and order came after an cr'sticiam of drttg~ p~+st~s and ~'7'
armed attack on a Warwick the lawyeia wtw defead them ia Smiffi. Mark Ray and Kleroa
parish resident and a Court. Unwin.'11~eyaaidthephadtound
policerAan's home had beea fire- ' The furore started when ~t ~~Y ~0 ~a' ~
bombed. (Five youihs have Commiasionc Clark said that "wbolly erraiea~s lmpreeaion",
since been arrested and charged lawyers v?ere -making con- ~~'0~~'s ~y
with the fu~e~bomb attack. They sidaable amounfs of money by client.
will be tried in the Supretne defendin8 dnig Puahers who Entering the fray, Mr. Vfera
Court. Three fire-bomba were paid t1~em with the procteda of said he sup~orted the stand
throvm at the policeman's home. the iUicit ekug trade. taken by Mr:'.'Srnith. Mr.,.~Y
Oaepe~~ 1 bomb destroyed the "I {~ow ot onty? one law firm and Mr. Unvxin. "'Ttie misty-
tam'
Yd 's car). � which refuses to de[end them", eyed appcoadt~ to drug traff~c
" aaid Mr. Cluk. "I wLh the has not worked anywhers , he
11ie incidents emp~i~ thet others would bacS~ oQ and let said.
Bermuda has a sma11 hard cot~e "As long as ~ otfenders
oE violent, n~thless crimirtial~, o~ are juet fined - wh ch is pact of
and strnngly re~nforce recent Hitting back, the Har Cwuicil the overheads - and crafty
calls ia many rtera f,,r Etill said anyone accused ot a ~ew'~;ers can dazzle j~es, the
cooperation ~ the police. criminal had a oon- prv~,~~u will continue.
especially~where drug traPfic is stitutio~al r~ be defended "1~re is ao megic a~nswer.
c~cerned , said Mr. Gibb~s. by the lawyer of hia dfoice. But surely p~c~t ot the aaawa~
Last month Commissioner The Council agreed tl~at every
- G7ark blamed "sheer bloody lawyet had a~ty not only to his and help for the victims, aod to
_ greed and laziness" for the 20 client b~, to the oomai~t~?, tbe ~me dewn as bard.sa hell on
per cent increaae in crime Court ac~ thr.adminlatrattam ot P~~ P~gues", Mr.
~6nres for the second quarter ot justice. , Viera eaid. �
1980. "It is not, howevet an ad- Cotnmisaioner Ciut has since
~vocate's duty to decide at~etlxr aaid he etand+ firmly by his ,~let
or not his~client is tdling Mm the tbem stew" oommmts. "I have
I~ no regrets about my
~ statement", he said.
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~ BOLIVIA
.
MILITARY JUNTE~ CONTEMPLATING LEGALIZING COCA PRODUCTION
Havana GRANMA in Spanish 29 Aug 80 p 5
/Text/ New York, 28 August (PL)--Officials of the Bolivian military
regime raised the possibility of legalizing the large-scale cultivation
of coca to earn revenues because of the difficulties it has had in
obtaining credits due to its internatiorcal isolation.
Foreign journalists questioned in La Paz several weeks ago identified
Interior Minister Col Luis Arce Gomez as one of the proponents of this
proposal, according to the IATIN AMERICAN WEEKLY REPORT.
Remember that Arce Gomez,recently warned that the United States "will
have to be guided by the consequences" if it continues to withhald
assistance to Bolivia to combat the drug traffic.
The obvious participation of kn~wn drug traffickers such as Jose
Baptista Abraham of Santa Cruz in the preparation and financing of the
- coup and the important posts they were given in the Bolivian administrati~n
as compensation forced Washingto n to with~raw its assistance.
According to the WEEKLY, the mental stability of the Bolivian minister
has been questioned by U.S. diplomats, but no one questions--the WFEKLY
states--the support the drug maffia provided the coup ~Slotters on
17 July.
The WEEKLY reports that a drug dealer from Santa Cruz traveled to La
Paz shortly after the coup wi.th $70 million to help amortize the foreign
debt since a payment needed to be paid immediately. Bolivia's foreign
, debt is over $3.7 billion and this year alone the nation must pay
$160 million to amortize its debt.
The LATIN AMERICAN WEEKLY REPORT points out that the obvi.ous participation
by drug traffickers in the Bolivian government has earned it internation-
al rejecti~n. Five weeks af ter the coup, only 17 nations have recognized
the junta. Some observers, the idEEKLY states, have labeled the supporters
of Garcia Meza as "political lumpen" and it gces on to say that ~~Garcia
Meza unquestionably lacks the support of any sigr.ificant political force."
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CULOMBIA
ANIF HEAD: FIGHTING DRUGS IS A LOSING BATTLE
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 23 Aug 80 p 10-A
[Article by Eduardo Gomez]
[Text] Popayan--The director of the National Association of Financial
Institutions (ANIF), Ernesto Samper Pizano, said that fmposing punishments
for growing cocaine as the gonernment is now doing is like throwing water
on a time bomb.
He added that the only result of destroying and impos3ng punishment for
these crops will be hatred and resentment on the p~rt of the people for a
state (that of Colombia) which has given them perhaps no legitimate oppo.r-
tunity for survival. He added that this path would lead to degeneration
into a social and economic problem of tremendous magnitude.
Advice to Cauca
The spokesman for the ANIF said that following talks with the Cauca govern-
ment secretary, Jeremias Mclano 3anchez, it was concluded that the ANIF
will provide advice and experience in this matter to a team of Caucan
university and professional people interested in studying this serious
problem in greater clepth.
As will be rememberEd, the private body promoted the most important forum
in Bogota on a national level on trafficking in and consumption of
marihuana, from which gathering the book "Marihuana--Legalization or
Punishment" emerged. It is a collection of all of the reports and contains
a foreword by Samper Pizano himself.
Raising Coca--A Final Step
Expanding on the nature of the problem o~ illicit growing in Cauca, the -
director of the ANIF explained that this is without a doubt one of the most
serious problems that area is experiencing currently---the cultivation and
sale of the coca shrub. It is not possible with coca, as we (the ANIF)
proposed in the case of marihuana in the Sierra Nevada, to hope that simply
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- by destroying the crop grown, solutions can be found to the very prutound
" problem of the people who have come to the cultivation of coca or mari-
huana not as a point of departure, but as the end point, a desperate
measure, because they have not found any way out of their situation in
another type ~f crop or any support provided by the state.
At another point in his statement Samper said:
"We do not agree with the use of a blind and punitive procedure. If there
are plans to destroy the coca crop, first there would have to have been
thought about what alternatives will be offered these persons (engaged in
cultivation) to replace their crops. ~inally," the spokesman for the ANIF
said, "we rej ect the governm~nt proeedures in this regard, because they are
totally blind and at odds with tfie real situation."
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COLOMBIA
, ANTIDRUG TREATY W.ITH U.S. DISCUSSED
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 25 Aug 80 p 2-A
[EditorialJ
[Text] The literature on agreements in international law to unify the
campaign against crime in various countries, to facilitate extradition, to
make detection and police mechaniems more flexible in order to identify the
bandits and cap~ure them is now profuse. How well has it served? Evaluation
is difficult, and although the fact alone that such treaties have been
signed is indicative of a state of ffiind on the part of the government,
their efficacy remains limited to small territorial areas. Therefore it is
impossible to calculate the scope of the Barco-Christoph~r antidrug'
treaty, although a simple scanning,of it shows it was conceived in basic
good sense.
This treaty was signed in Washington a few days ago by Colombian
Ambassador Virgilio Barco Vargas, as one of his last actions before heeding
the compelling appeal of leaders and friends to return to this country,
and Undersecretary of State Warren Christopher. And along with the main
theme of drugs, it deals with auch others as bribery, tax evasion and the
obstruction of justice. If the treaty is to be at all functional, the
matter of bribery is of singular importance: it has become one of the main
vices in administrative morality. A part of the economic surplus of the
American and world superpower is channeled, through giant companies, into
the corrupting of officials in these countries--like opium. There is a
relation among the various parts of the Barco-Christopher agreement.
Already linked by earlier documents to the campaign against�certain crimes,
in the concrete case of Colombia it cannot be said that the link has been
a model of efficiency. ObsolPte, broken or discontinued apparatus is what
in general our country has been given for these operations, while failure
after failure occurs in the United States, very often the logical product -
of neglect of the matter, with failure to talce action against drugs on its
own territory. The very rich market is there. The avid demand which gives
rise to and stimulates the supply ia there. And wh31e government leaders,
diplomats and theoreticians in that great nation tear their hair at any
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suggestion from Colombia or Latin America that some legal channel for the
"underground economy" be sought, eocaine circulates there with shameless
and arrogant impunity, and one can find cannabis anywhere.
It is to be hoped, then, that the treaty which bears the signature of the
well-intentioned and thoughtful Ambassador Barco will not be transformed
into a monument to hypoerisy, or the continuation of the one-sided law
whereby the United States puts on our shoulders the butk of the struggle
against drugs, while sitting back and turning a blind eye to the consumer.
Tit for tat, giving and receiving, must be the predominant juridical and
ethical norm in these treaties.
Our partners :o the north, so zealous and puritanical, have had little to do
with the successful Colombian "operations" against drugs. For example in
the truly formidable blow struek by tf~e F-2 of our national police under
the co~nand of the illustrious Col Yacim Yanine Diaz, with the seizure of _
700 kilograms of cocaine o~ the greatest purity in Natagaina, plus the
arrest of 6 of the operators of the clandestine laboratory. Great patriotic
honor is merited by those Iike Colonel Yanine, who dedicate themselves with
talent and ability for the good and in defense of society. This has nothing
to do with the treaties of the moment, but we hope that that signed by
Dr Barco in Washington will be of some usefulness.
If it is to be, it is basic for the Colomb~.an Government and political
leaders to remind those in the United States in detail that they must do
much mo re to put an end to the immense corrupting market within their
- frontiers.
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covoriazA
DRUGS, PLANE SEIZED IN B~ARRANQUILLA AREA -
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 27 Aug 80 p 14-A
[Article by Pedro Lara Castiblanco: "Smuggled Drugs Seized in Barranquilla"]
[Text] Barranquilla, 26 Aug--Smuggled drugs with an estimated value on
the black market of something over 150 million pesos, a twin-engined light
plane with United States registry, and 3 individuals whose nationality and
~ identity have not been revea~ed were seized by the authorities in this
capital city in recent hours, according to.o~ficial reports.
In fact, agents of the j udicial police and the narcotics group of the
regional prosecutor's office.seized about 5 million Rorer-714 pills, with a
valiie on the black maxket estimated at 150 mil.lion pesos. They w ere in
1C10 cardboard boxes on board a privately-owned 13ght motor van parked in
~he garage of a residence at the interaection of 84th Street and 41st Road
in this city.
According to the official statement, three persons were arrested at the site.
Their identity has not been revealed since it is bel3eved they aie membzrs
of an international network engaged in drug trafficking, and in particular
in tYie manufacture of hallucinogenic pills. _
Plane Seized
In addition, the command of the second brigade reported the seizure of a
twin-engined light plane with license plate N-501, which was forced to land
in the Playa Mendoza ~urisdiction, 30 kilometers ~rom here.
The military authorities reported no arrest o� *_he indiv3duals on board the
plane, or any dr~ug seizures. It i$ believed that the plane was intended to
land somewhere on the coast to take on an undetermined cargo.
Sweerina Search
- Specialized patrols are carry~ng out a search of the zone in order to locate
the occupants.o~ the aircra~t, and also with a view to finding some landin~
strip or illicit cargo.
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Both the plane and the veh~cle aad its ~ontents were turned over to the
authorities, while the three individuals arxested were being held by the
F-2 department of the police.
This lot of smuggled drugs is the largest seized in this capital ci.ty in
recent months, where the exister?ce o� a network o~ producera of this kind
of hallucinogenic pills has been established.
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COLOMBIA
BRIEFS
COCAINE SEIZURE--Units of the narcotics group of the prosecutor general's
office seized a shipment o~ 6 kilograms of cocaine, valued at 6 million
pesos, being carried by a woman on an Avianca flighC from Leticia. She
had concealed the drug in a dressing case, and another portion of it in her
belt. The courier was traveling without documents, but said she was
Maria Marin Marulanda, 21, a native of Pereira. [Text] [Bogota EL TIII~IPO
in Spanish 29 Aug 80 p 14-A] 5157
NATAGAIMA COCAINE DESTROYED--The 750 kilograms of cocaine seized by the
F-2 from police headquarters at a clandestine laboratory on a farm in -
Natagaima, within the municipal jurisdiction of Tolima, were destroyed
last Friday in the presence of a representative of the prosecutor general
of the nation and the 32nd Mobile Criminal Proceedings Court judge, Dr Buena-
_ ventura Lugo Oliveros. The six individuals arrested during this success-
ful operation were turned over to this criminal court official, who is
already receiving investigative reports. As this newspaper reported,
those arrested were Oscar de Jesus Ortiz Valencia, owner of the farm
where the laboratory functioned, Antonio Jose Restrepo Ramirez, Hector
de Jesus Garcia Gonzalez, Rosemberg Arias Montes, Oscar Benitez Ortiz
and Francisco Jimenez Castro. The blow dealt the drug trafficking
mafia operating in Colombia by the F-2 was termed one of the most im-
- portant ever, not only in terms of the quantity of cocaine seized but
because it served to disband a powerful organization engaged in this
illegal activity. [Text] [Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 26 Aug 80
p 11-A] 5157
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COSTA RICA
BRIEFS
ARMS, DRUGS SEIZURE DENIED--San Jose, 8 Oct (ACAN-EFE)--The Costa Rican
Government has denied a report that has been circulating since Sunday that
the Mexican authorities seized a yacht carry~.ng drugs and arms for Costa
Rica. According to the reports circulating in this capital, a U.S. yacht
carrying 150 kg of cocaine and a large amount of war materiel that was to
be sent to the Salvadoran guerrillas from Costa Rican territory had been
seized. According to the local authorities, no such cargo has been seized.
"True, a U.S. yacht suspected of carrying drugs was seized, but it was
carrying only 150 grams of cocaine for the personal use of those in the
craft, two pistols and a rifle," Col Alven Vega, director of the crime pre-
vention unit and form~~r narcotics director, told this agency this morning.
According to him, this was established after contacting the Mexican author-
ities yesterday. [Text] [PA092318 Panama City ACAN in Spanish 1537 GMT
8 Oct 80J
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MEXICO
MILITARY ANTIDRUG BATTLE TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 14 Sep 80 pp 1, 9
[TextJ The Canador (cannabis-poppy) Plan,and Task Force Operation Condor
programs, and the enforcement of the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives
are still being carried outindef3.ni'tely by the forces of the Ninth Military
Zone, owing to the fact that the National Defense Secretariat has so ordered,
in an attempt to reduce drugs and firearms as much as possible, or at least
to prevent their proliferation.
After making the foregoing statemenC, Brig Gen Javier Vazquez Felix, command-
er of the Ninth Military Zone, told this morning paper that these campaigns
are permanent, and will never cease to be implemented; because that would
mean retrogression in the persistent battle that has been waged for several
years against the illegal activities.
.The military commander added that there is no intension whatever to ~e:.-minate
them, bst rather the notion of intensifying them to the maximum po;sibl.e
extent, so as to accrue greater dividends in the.destruction of drug p?.anta- _
tions and also the collection of firearms which should, after all, be unused,
because there is no reason for them to be in the possession of many indivi-
duals.
The activity of the Mexican Army forces to combat the planting and harvesting
of drugs in a constant, arduous effort, exposes them to many dangers, parti-
cularly those from nature, because touring the steep mountains in search of
plantations involves the risk of a possible attack from animals, and they
also undergo inclement weather. Nevc~theless, they never hesitate, because
they realize that, with their effort, they ar.e seeking the security of the
citizens, and preventing the youth from being poisoned, as Gen Vazquez Feliz
remarked.
In conclusion, he noted that the enforcement of the Federal Law on Firearms
and Explosives is being faithfully carried out, so as not to permit anyone
to carry firearms without a reason; because they cause violence, it is the
intention of this law to preclude it to the utmost extent.
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KUWAIT
BRIEFS
LARGE HASHISH SEIZURE--Kuwait, 14 Oct (AFP)--Ruwaiti customs men found 250
kgs. (550 pounds) of hashish, worth an estimated 1.2 million dollars, packed
in a vegetable truck which had travelled from Lebanon, police announced
here today. The truck was stopped at the Saudi border. The driver, a
Jordanian, was said to have told police the drugs were hidden in the chassis
by two Lebanese men. [Text] [NC140826 Paris AFP in English 0744 GMT 14
Oct 80J
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MALI
REPORTAGE ON INCREASED DRUG CONSUI~TION, CULTIVATION
Bamako L'ESSOR in French 11 Aug 80 p 3
[Excerpts] The theme of "youth and drugs" has led to many discussions in
our country. The concerns of political and religious leaders, as well as
resolutions taken in various meetings emphasize the increase in drug use
among youth. Snobism, mimicry and failure by various institutions for
children (schools and family) are usually said to be the cause for this
increase in drug consumption. However, it is rare when vehemence used to
denounce this evil and the "guilty parties" (who are also victims) is
accompanied with a description of concrete preventive and repressive measures.
Reality is not comforting and moral condemnations do not go far enough. �
In Bamako alone, where the Brigade des Moeurs has very limited means, 10
drug arrests are made every week. National statistics are also very clear:
from 1975 to mid-~~79 10,018 capsules (including 20 pills each) of -
amphetamines and 81 kilo of cannabis (called yamba locally) were seized.
There is also drug traffic for export. Between April and June 1979, 123
kilos of yamba were seized on Malians at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
These numbers represent only the tip of the iceberg, but they show the size
of the phenomenon. On the other hand, Malians are not only consumers and
exporters, they are also ~rc~LCers. FSi-?~??Y'S (~,~ho are the .;smber one users
in Mali) cultivate yamba in Yanfolia and Guni.
One kilo of yamba can cost 55,OOOMFm which is the equivalent of one ton of
wheat. This price increases with each step: 75,OOOMF in Bamako (one yamba
cigarette costs 200MF) and one million MF when it reaches Europe.
This traffic occurs in a very dense and structured network that is extremely
hard to penetrate. In Bamako three different levels can be seen: wholesalers
who might have between 10 and 20 boxes; semi-wholesalers, with one two
- boxes; and the retailers (handicapped and children between 6 and 7 years of
age).
Nine times out of ten, the young people who take drugs have little schooling,
are unemployed and without professional qualification. This description -
gathers factors which can explain the expanaion of drug abuses. It is good
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to remember that in the traditional society, the responsibility for education
was assumed by the entire community.
This structure has been dismantled by present-day economic and social
developments.
Today's socioeconomic conditions are such that families confronted with
daily demands of moral and economic survival, are unable to assume education
for and offer assistance to their children.
Schools which are supposed to be a privileged institutions for the education
of young people, have become more and more inaccessible and inefficient. Not
- taking into consideration the cost of schooling, more than one third of the
children do not complete 4 years, more than half do not complete 6 years and
75 percent are expelled before the 9 years of basic schooling.
This creates a significant unemployed 3uvenile population. These young
people--rejected by their families, school and the co~unity--become very
easy prey for all kinds of solicitations. Drugs then appear as a"derivative"
which help one to forget and to bear moral and material misery.
The nature of the factors connected with drug abuse is such that resolution
of the drug problem is tied to the solutions of other problems. The first
one is the precariousness of material conditions. Work is man's main -
_ source of freedom, but its substance and moral goal must be maintained.
A first remedy to this problem could be stricter measures against those who
live on drug traffic--the growers, sellers and dealers. But to treat this
evil efficiently much ~more complex measures will have to be taken.
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AUSTRIA
BRIEFS
VIENNA ARRESTS TURKISH DEALERS--Forty-year old (Muzaffe Karayel) of Vienna-
Favoriten has been detained for possessing 200 grams of pure heroin having
an overall black-market value of one-half mil�lion schillings. (One gram
is sufficient for some 20 "shots.") During interrogation (Karayel) dis-
closed that he had obtained the drug from the Turk (Mugrisch Terzi), 35,
of Wiener Neustadt. (Terzi) was arrested 2 days later at his girl friend's
apartment. Through (Terzi), criminal police finally got on the track of
40-year old (Fayik Simsek), who has been in hiding for months and who is
deeply involved in the drug traffic in the Neunkirchen area. [Excerpt]
[AU071919 Vienna KURIER in German 7 Oct 80 p 15J
HASHISH DISCOVERY--Drug investigators discovered 11 kilograms of hashish
welded into the frame of a white Mercedes 200 automobile that had been
parked at various places in upper Austria's Mondsee region in the past few
weeks. The car was placed under observation and 26-year old Josef Leitner
of Abtsdorf and 24-year old Josef Steyrer were arrested when they attempted
to enter the vehicle. A search of their apartments revealed cash and
. savings booklets representing some 1.7 million schillings. When the car
was searched by specialists, another 12 kilograms of hashish and 10 kilo-
grams of hashish oil--presumably for transit to the FRG--were discovered
in the fuel tank. [Vienna ARBEITER ZEITUNG in German 1 Oct 80 p 7 AU]
DRUG DEALERS' ARREST--Three leaders of an inrernational drug ring were ar-
rested in Vorarlberg over the weekend. The dealers, two men and one woman,
presumably supplied wide areas of Vorarlberg, Tirol and Carinthia with drugs.
On Friday [19 September] 24-year-old Josef V. and his 20-year-old girlfriEnd
Barbara T. of Brand near Sulz had been arreated. They had sold hashish in
Tirol and Carinthia for months. On Saturday [20 September] 26-year-old Joerg
N. from Thuerigen was appended, one kilogram of hashish and $100,000 were
found in his possession. He had taken over the Vorarlberg area for the dis- ~
tribution of hashish coming from Amsterdam. [AU~2115Q Vienna DIE PitESSE in
German 20/21 Sep 80 p 11]
SPECIAL DRUG UNIT--Austria's special unit for so-called "covert" searches
for drugs, which is reported to have 40 men, will begin its activities -
under maximum secrecy. Director General for Public Security Danzinger
told DIE PRESSE that it would be criminally and tactically nonsensical to
disclose any additional deta~.ls. [Vienna DIE PRESSE in German 20/21 Sep 80
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
ADDICTION TO NARCOTICS, DRUGS, ALCOHOL RISES
West Berlin DER TAGESSPIEGEL in German 24 Sep 80 p 20
[Article by kl: "Number of Drug Addicts in the FRG Rises"]
[TextJ Bonn--The number of drug addicts in the FRG
is increasing by 5 percent aimually. Drug experts
confirmed this alarming development to the press in
Bonn. Herbert Ziegler, director of the German Cen-
tral Agency against Drug Abuse, stated that in the
FRG there are 1.8 million alcoholics, 500,000 medi-
cation addicts and approximately 60,000 drug ad-
dicts. In Ziegler's opinion, it nust be assumed
that the number of addicts is increasing by 5 per-
cent annually. It is significant that drug addic-
tion among young women under 20 years of age is
increasing. The number of these addi.cts exceeds
men of the same age by 3 percent.
In the opinion of experts, the public is not being informed properly about
drugs. For instance, drugs are frequently described in a glorifying and
sensational manner, creating a"strange magic" for growing young people
and arousing their interest in drugs. It is nor~ up to successfully aimed
information to reduce this "mystification of the drug."
Heckmann, Berlin's drug commissioner, pointed out that the number of
therapy places in the FRG is still inadequate. At the present time only
2,000 tr.erapy places are available for 60,000 drug addicts. Only the
addition of new therapy places, however, could lead to a willingne~s on
the part of drug addicts to undergo therapy. The psychologist Walter
Kindermann, director of the Berlin pro~ect "Heroin addiction among unsuper-
vised youths," is of the opinion that in addition to an increase in the
number ui therapy places, a new research strategy must be devised that
can solve the problem of addiction, which to date has been relatively
unexplored. Kindermann is demanding that instead of "curing the symptom,"
research into addition should be more practical and take into consideration
developmental problems of ~uveniles. In tkis respect politics and research
had failed.
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Gerchow, the managing director of the Frankfut center for medical exami-
ners, stressed the fact that the unofficial number of drug-related deaths
was significantly higher than had been assim~ed to date. The assumption
was wrong that fixers always died of an overdose. The estimated number
had to be higher of those addicts who die from later consequences of addic-
tion or who commit suicide. Cerchow doubted that the number of drug-
related deaths would decrease this y ear.
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FRANCE
AMSTERDAM-PARIS DRUG TRANSPORT METIiODS REPORTED
Paris PARIS MATCH in French 26 Sep 80 pp 54-58, 64
[Article by Daniel Houpline et al.]
[Text] At 140 [km] per hour, the express train connecting
Amsterdam with Paris via Brussels each day carries dozens
of drug traffickers who make up the largest European
drug network. In the passages, the French customs offi-
cials, brinquebales [translation unlcaown], have barely
an hour to "do the train." It is a permanent race against
the clock that they undertake 10 times a day between
Brussels-Midi and Aulnoyes, the first French terminal.
Scarcely 60 minutes to diecover who, among the 600 pas-
sengers, are the smugglers. For two weeks our reporters
Daniel Houpline, Thierry Esch, and Jean-Pierre Van Geirt
accompanied the French customs officials on their hunt
ior drugs. They have brought back a picture of harsh
repression. Harshness corresponding to the scourge that
threatens youth.
The Little Ants of the Traffic Are Beginning to Inundate Europe
Last year, the Paris-Amsterdam customs officials seized 3,195 kg of
gray heroin, called brown sugar, 12,361 kg of hashish [cannabis resin],
2 kilos of Mexican hallucinogenic mushroom powder, 2,338 doses of LSD,
2,394 kg of cocaine, and 147 kg of morphine. The first 6 months of
1980 seem equally promising, since up to naw 36 traffickers have been
intercepted. But there are also a number of travellers who bring back
from Amsterdam several grams of "shit" (grass in the argot of the dopers)
for their own consumption. These latter see their doses seized. Then
customs writes up a"trifle" (a paper stipulating an infraction), and
remits th~ delinquent to the PAF (Air and Border Police) who, when it is
a first offense, limit themselves to a serious admonition. By contrast,
for the repeating trafficker, it is prison and a fine.
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Even Priests in their Cassocks are Carefully Searched
"Ladies, ger.tlemen, good day. French customs," b anters one of the cus-
toms officials whom we are accompanying. "You have nothing to declare?"
Silence in the compartment. The passengers look at each other. Eyes
widen. "What nationality?" No one seems to understand. One could hear
the beat of a fly's wings. "Passport." Universal word. Everyone pulls
out his document. Including a Frenchman who, up to now, had pretended
to understand nothing.
The customs official is no longer smiling. He turns blandly to him.
"Where are you coming from?" "From Brussels!" "May I see your ticket?"
He gives it to ttim. "From Brussels? But you left from Amsterdam..."
The other mutters some explanations. "And you are quite certain that
you have nothing to declare with customs," he continues mockingly, "be-
cause it is better to be honest with us. Well, where are your little
things?" With a gesture the young man indicates a bag. "I see, we're
going to have to look at all tht~t. You have nothing, are you sure?" -
The other stammers out a vague "No" and the search commences. The min-
_ utes go by, one by one. Time is against the customs official. If he
finds nothing, he will have to get off at Aulnoyes. If he discovers
something, the passenger will accompany him. But the time lost gives
others the chance to escape the trap, because at a maximum there are
four functionaries per train. Six hundred people with 4 customs officials
in 58 minutes: time is very short. On average, they only inspect the
baggage of one out of 20 passengers. Nothing in the baggage of the
Frenchman. The customs official looks under the seat, in the ash-tray,
in the mini-ashtray under the window. Still nothing. "You are alone?"
"Yes," the passenger answers. "No one is with him?" he asks of the other
people. "Yes," says one of them. "That girl." In.a low voice, the cus-
toms official tells me: "It's a1Z for nothing. If there is came [transla-
tion unknown], she's the one who has it. And as we don't have female
inspectors, it's hid on her hind side." The man is led into the compart-
ment reserved for customs where, with curtains drawn, he endures a com-
plete search. His arms are studded with needle-marks. Another customs
official remains in the compartment to keep the girl--an Italian--under
surveillance--and make sure she does not get rid of anything. He makes
use of t~ie occasion to search--without any hope--her bag. Eyes empty,
she lets him proceed. If she has drugs, she is hiding them on or even
inside her body.
Sometimes a Piece of Baggage Belongs to No One
"Aulnoyes, Aulnoyes. ~ao minutes to arrival," bawls the loud-speaker.
The couple descend, escorted by the cus toms officials into their office.
A more detailed search is resumed. Eve xy article of clothing--the dirty
linen very dirty indeed--is taken out of the back-packs and felt along
_ all the seams. Negative results. One female inspector would have been
enough to transform defeat into success. During our two weeks of investi-
gation, the absence of these "customs-1 adies" often was cruelly felt.
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The traffickers who use this railway know ~his flaw. Sometimes, with a
bluff, it can work. Thus, several weeks ago they let the word get out
that they had a tip on a ravishing female passenger and recounted to her
true horr~r stories in great detail about carriers whose preservative
envelope cont aining the heroine burst thus provoking a horribly slow
death with unbearable suffering following this massive overdose. The
pretty young lady broke. She was coming back from Thailand via Belgium.
The charter flights from Brussels to Bangkok are very cheap. She had
~iidden in two preservatives 80 and 120 grams of pure heroin. One hidden
in front and the other behind. But this time the Italian girl did not
beiieve in the threats of the customs officials. And hilariously the
couple awaited the next train to T.'aris.
Outbound from France customs often finds smugglers exporting capital
as well as diamond-sellers who head for Anvers with hundreds of carats
which they "forget" to dec:iare. If they are found out, they pay a heavy
fine to the last farthing. I even saw one who, falling all over himself
in gratitude to the cust~,ms officials, boug?~t tickets for the customs
raffle, happy to get off so Fasily.
A good train, for drugs, is No. 286. But the tiresome part is the Corail
panoramic coaches. Those that have no compartments.
In there, the customs ~fficials have had to be troublesome. From the
instant they open thP door to the car, the hostility and the silence
are thick enough to cut� with a knife. It happens sometimes even, when
the cusComs official is alone, that he is physically attacked by 3 or 4 ~
individuals, drunk or drugged, right under the eyes of the other passengers
who are not involved. Some couples are entwined in their sleeping bags,
and sleep the whole trip, their suitcasPs in a heap, back-packs in a
pile. It is a struggle to get through, and one wtaich sometimes requires
[one to endure]--this has happened to me--the innocent tripping-up trick
to make you fall full-length on the luggage or the tangled bodies, to the
howls of laughter from the whole coach.
"Nothing to declare to French customs?" No one ever has anything to
declare. Not even a carton of cigarPts. The suitcases never contaiti
anything but personal linens, and, to believe the passengers, it's been
ages since they brought back any souvenirs. Strangely, Ferhaps, a piece
of baggage no Ionger belongs to anyone. So, if it is not locked, the
customs official inspects it and generally finds either money or mer-
chandise in an excessive amount. The suitcase is then taken as "aban-
doned ob~ect." This particular day, while we once again make our way
toward France, we are systematically inspecting the "hardware." "Hard-
ware" in customs 3argon means the toilets where many passengers hide what
they are transporting. In the trash in the rest-rooms one often finds
drugs, money, jewels, photo equipment, radios, weapons. One evening,
one of the customs officials discovered in the false ceiling of the rest-
room 14 kilos of heroin which fell on his cap.
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, When the tra~n stops at Mons for 2 minutes, we still have 6 coaches left
to inspect. One more compartment. Wtiy open this door rather than the
one before or the one after? The customs official's instincts? Mostly
experience. The customer's face. It does not bode well to be young,
bearded, and dirty. And we were able to observe that it was frankly
unhealthy to be North African, Spanish, Italian, or black. But the
. traveller in first class or with a big family is no more assured of
immunity than anyone else. Hardly anyone but nuns get off easily. For
priests, even in their cassocks, have been searched. In this compartment
there is a young man with round glasses perched on a small turned-up
nose. A small diamond sparkles on the lobe of his ear. "Nothing to
declare for French customs?" No. Of course not. The train stops again.
Wa are nearly there. The young man, hailing from Normandy, a soldier
- on leave--with no authorization to leave the country, moreover--is coming
back f rom Amsterdam. The customs official searches his bag. Inside,
tobacco, boxes of mPCChes, and cigaret-rolling paper, with the corners
of the box torn. "This is good," he whispers to me, "very good. The
little corner of t'�~e box serves as a"smokestack" to breathe the joints."
He continues his search. There is a"chilom", an Indian pipe used to
amoke marijuana. "You are sure you have nothing to declare? I know you
are using drugs, so you might as well give over the came [translation
unknownJ right away, it will save you a lot of trouble." "No, no, I
swear to you I have nothing." "Fine, you go ahead of ine. We're going
into our compartment." He goes into the passage, and arriving before
the doorway of the coach tries to escape. Vigorously the customs offi-
cial holds on to him. The previous month a drug trafficker escaped this
way out the window while the train was moving and hid on the roof. He
fell off and was seriously in~ured. This time, the attempt did not work.
Arms in the air, he is frisked on the spot. He could be atmed. In fact,
grass �is found in a packet steck to his stomach. Only a few grams. The
young man sniffles. The customs official takes on a serious air. "Come
now, no more fooling around. Give me everything you've got. Right now.
If nc~t, I'm calling you~ colonel on the telephone." Pitifully, he pulls
ou*_ another small bag from his pocket. Three marijuana cigarets. "I
said: everything." And a bluff. "You were followed from Amsterdam.
You had a big package. You stashed it? We'll find it. Quickly now.
You've got 10 seconds. When the train's left, you're finished, it's the
slammer. Got it?" The other is weeping and says: "In the compartment."
Stuck under the seat is a matchbox with India-rubber inside. The poor
little Frenchman went all the way to Amsterdam. He thought he had bought
, cannabis resin. At Aulnoyes, in the customs office, he is green with
fright. He suxrendered everything he had. Grass, joints, in short a
miniature sampler to impress his roommates, on his return, and make a
bit of change. And still...his p~lice record is clean. Both the local
customs file and the na*ional file in Paris make no mention of him. The
drugs and the pipe are seized. He signs the papers. "That one there,"
says the customs official, "will certainly never do it again." A good
scare is often more effective than a fine. When he is allowed to take
another train, the soldier on leave thinks he must be dreaming. He
already had visions of himself sent off in handcuffs to spend mQnths in
prison.
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If the day express trains aren't so bad when it comes to drugs, night -
trains--such as the 288--are excellent. On rhis one, the customs offi-
cials don`t get aboard at Brussels, but wait far it at Feignies where it
stops for an hour. For these trains, the cuetoms officials use a dif-
feren~ technique, for the passengers travelling in sleeping-cars tender
their passp orts as well as a customs declaration. Reading the documents
enables the functionaries to get an idea of the intereating "customers."
CPrtain nationalities, certain professions, the age of the passenger,
are a11 clues for customs officials, who can thus save a little time in
their searc~i. Inside these sleeping-cars and these coaches turned into
- dormitories, thebe surprise operations are generally benef ic. The pas-
senger, who is happily sleeping, is wakened from his slumber by the glare
of a flashlight and the eternal "French customs. You have nothing to
declare?" Yawning out his negative response, eyes swoZlen with fatigue,
he watches bewildered as the customs official does his thing in an atmos-
phere that smells more like a zoo than a hotel room. It is not unusual
- for the cus toms official to leave the compartment nauseazed to get a
_ big gulp or fresh air. This particular night, on the 288, a Tunisian was
sleeping quite peacefully. He was ueing his eoat, in the berth, as a
pillow. The customs officials search the luggage, the coat, and eimply,
stupidly, f ind in the pocket 100 grams of gray heroin, brown sugar.
Value: 8 million cenr_imes. Street re-sale value, once mixed three-
faurths with lactose: 32 million centimes, The Tunisian, a young man,
tries to struggle with the customs officiais, who are obliged to put him
in handcuffs before removing him from tlze train. The compartment is
searched from top to bottom as well as the wash-stand all other possible
hiding-places. But :in vain. The stupefied passengezs understand nothing
of what is happening. The custo~ns off icials, after excusing themselves
for their intrusion, bid a good night. Once on customs premises, the
Tunisian gets himself entangled a bit in his explanations and fiercely
denies ever having pos~essed the drug. A body aearch uncovers several
grams of hashish in addition. "And this," eays the customs official,
"this also j ust fell by itself into your pocket? Perhaps I put it there
_ myself?" "No, that I bought in Atnsterdam. I will only talk to the ~udge
and in pres~nce of a lawyer." .
The 288, the drug train, sets off again for Paris, lighter now by several
hundred doses o� slow death. But how many manage to get through the net
from Amsterdam to Paris? How many little ants gnaw this way at the lives
of other cames (translation unknown] from Paris or Spain or ltaly?
COPYRIG~iT: 1980 par Cogedipresse SA
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ITALY
URUG SITUATION IN BARI DIS~USSED
Bari LA GAZZETTA DEL MEZZOGIORNO in Italian 10 Sep 80 p 5
[Article by Vito Cimmarusti: "Drug Fever Increasing in City"]
[Text] Bari is the Apulian city where the hard drug phenomenon is most _
widespread. According to official estimates, there are said to be no more
than 'L00 drug addicts; but organizations concerned with this subject know
that the real figure lies between 500 and 600 with a tendency to increase
rapidly.
By drug addicts is meant victims of heroin. Traffickers consider Bari
the best market in the region--a market which has good future prospects.
Nearly all heroin addicts suffer from viral hepatitis, because they
transmit the virus to each other by using the same syringe in injecting
the drug. Who are the addicts? Inspector Santoro-Metta who is in charge
of the police department's narcotics division, says: "They are young
people between the ages of 16 and 22. They belong to middle-class society.
What is of greater concern is the apparent recent increase in the number
of young people using drugs for the first time. This is a sure sign that
the phenomenon is spreading."
Through what channels is trafficking being carried on? Marshal Franco
Spedicato of the narcotics division states: "The drug addicts themselves
are doing the selling. This is mostly how they obtain the money to pur-
_ chase the doses they need. There are small-time pushers who furnish them
with the merchandise, almost all previous offenders who have progressed
from theft or cigarette smuggling to retail drug trafficking."
'Phese small-time traff ickers go elsewhere to get the "stuff." They go
primarily to Milan, where a gram of "cut" heroin costs 140,000 lirQ.
Other supply markets for small-time Bari traffickers are Naples and Rome.
What about Fasano and Brindisi? "When we question drug addicts we have
caught selling drugs," Dr Santoro-Metta says, "they all tell us indis-
criminately and spontaneously that.they got thetr supply in Fasano or
Brindisi. But we know that this is a ruse to throw us off the track.
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By this time everyone is speaking of Fasano and Brindisi through force of
habit. But the truth of the matter, at least with regard to Bari, is quite
different."
From 1 gram of heroin Bari traffickers extract two types of doses: the
"quartino" (a fourth part of heroin cut mainly with strychnine) which is
sold at 30,000 to 50,000 lire according to the degree of purity, and the
reduced "quartino" (made with less than a fifth part of heroin and strycri-
nine and marble dust or often plaster which local pushers obtain by
scraping walls) sold at 15,000 to 20,000 lire.
Drug addicts make it a point to purchase heroin cut with strychnine so
that they may later resort to the trick of diluting the dose, thus ex-
tracting "pick-me-ups"--as they are called in slang terms--which three or
four addicts inject into themselves using the same syringe. In this way
they avoid the danger of an overdose (that is, of absorbing an excess of
strychnine to the pcint of endangering their lives) and the harmful effects
of other mixtures; but ~t~ey cannot avoid transmitting infectious diseases
to each other, especially viral hepatitis.
However, there are many who are afflicted with cardiovascular collapse: in
hospitals they are usually described as having exogenous intoxication.
"This h.3ppens when the addict exceeds five injections per day," Marshal
Spedicato explains.
We ran a~ross a 22-year-old youth who only recently succeeded in escaping
from heroin slavery. He tells us: "I needed a dose first thing in the
morning as soon as I was awake. After the in3ection I slept until 1100
hours. I arose with a good appetite and ate greedily. My satiated state
then causPd my system to require another dose, which I gave myself in late
afternoon. After that I had only to drink a glass of any alcohoiic bev-
erage to multiply the hallucinogenic effect a hundredfold. To be able to
sleep I had to give myself still another dose. What slavery! How much
money I squandered!"
The youth relates how he escaped from hisaddiction. One day last year he
suffered a crisis brought on by abstinence from the drug. His father
locked him in his bedrocm and said to him: "Son, you will finish with the
course you have been pursuing or end up in prison or in your grave." The
youth spent several agonizing hours of unspeakable suffering. The absti-
nence crisis finally passed and from then on he was out of the clutches
of drugs. "That is the whole secret," he says. "One must have the
strength and courage to overcome the abstinence crisis."
What is being done in Bari to confront the hard drug scourge from a~thera-
peutic and social standpoint?
Authority in this matter has been handed over by law to the communes, and
they have the responsibility of preparing the necessary organizations and
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requesting the already available funds; and the organizations being
prepared in Bari, as explained by Mayor Luigi Farace, are in the form of
a specialized com~?unity cahich will give handicraft types of work to drug
addicts who want to be saved.
"In this way we propose to help them become rehabilitated socially,"
Mayor Farace explains. "In addition to the community there is a health
organization which will perform the duties of the university antidrug cen-
ter which was abolished when the communes were made legally responsible.
There is an abundance of speculation about this plan of intervention. At
this point, we should like only to stress the need to Iaunch the plan as
soon as possible so that it can begin to function.
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ITALY
BRIEFS
HASHISH FROM NIGERIA SEIZED--Operation of the mobile squad of Aquila.
Assistant professor arrested with five students for the trafficking of
- hashish. Aquila--They received hashish from Nigeria in closed, wooden
containers, with a picture of the president of the central African state. r
_ The illegal traffic was discovered by the mobile squ~ad of Aquila, which
arrested two young black men of Nigerian nationality, 24-year-old Akinyemi
Sylvester Olusol.a, and 23-year-old Olayinor Eanthony, students at the
University of Aquila; 25-year-old Mario Imprescia, born in Aquila and a
residznt of Aquila; 19-year-o1d Roberta Razza and her younger, 17-year-old,
brother; and 30-year-old Professor Armando Curci, assistant professor of
biology and zoology at the School of Medicine and Sur~ery, all three born
:in Rome and residents of Aquila. The mobile squad, directed by Enzo Pinto,
had been checking the building in which the two blacks and Professor
Curci were living ever since the police had intercepted a bulky package
that had a picture of the president of Nigeria painted in bright colors on
wood. At first sight, it looked like an African handicraft souvenir, but
upon closer inspection it soon revealed its secret. Under the picture of
the ~:resident there were 27 grams of pure hashish, undoubtedly intended
for the headquarters of sellers. In the apartment of the ~wo Nigerians and
in that of the assistant professor the police collected 6 kilograms of
hashish, vials of morphine, syringes, and other drug equipment valued at
about 35 million. [Text] [Milan CORRIERE DELLA SERA in Italian 14 Sep 80
p 7] 8255
HEROIN SEIZED IN ROME--Accomplished during the investigation of the murder
of Giuseppucci. Behind the death of the black gunsmith there are drugs
valued at 1.5 billion. Two kilos and 700 grams of heroin were found in
an apartment; but the examiners tend to not exclude a political mutiwe.
_ Yesterday, at daybreak, the police raided an apartment in a luxurious
residential building at 24 Bombiani Street, in the Ardeatino section.
~aenty-four-year-o1d Roberto Gilardi lives there. He had no previous police
record. His name had emerged immediately following the crime as that of a
person who had recently been in close contact with Giuseppucci. In
Gilardi's possession the police found 2 kilos ~nct 700 grams of pure heroin,
having a retail value of more than 1.5 billion lire. The young man was in
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the company of a young girl and when the police knocked at the door with the
customary "Open up; Police!" he tr.ied desperately to get rid of the drug.
He opened the bathroom window and threw the packag2 containing the heroin
down into the garden. But the entire building was surrounded, and thus
the package fell into the hands of a nonco~munissioned officer of the mobile
squad. The drug, wrapped in a bag that advertised the Rio de Janeiro
"free shop; turned out to be hydrochloride of pure heroin, which can triple
the amount of doses to be sold on the market. According to the investigators,
at this point a basis is beginning to materialize that might explain the
murder of Franco Giuseppucci. During the course of the interrogation,
Gilardi admitted tliat the drug had been delivered to him by the murdered
boss "for safekeeping." Maybe Giuseppucci had "played a dirty trick"
on the sellers` racket (it could be that he had not paid for the heroin)
or maybe he was getting ready to invade a zone that did not "belong" to him.
[Excerpt from article by Cesare De Simone] [Milan CORRIERE DELLA SERA in
Italian 16 Sep 80 p 6] 8255
TWO HEROIN SELLERS ARRESTED--Two traffickers arrested in Rome. Half a kilo
of heroin recovered. Rome--The carabinieri arrested two persons of foreign
citizenship and recovered more than half a kilo of heroin. The operation
was carried out by the soldiprs of the San Pietro Company, who are under
the jurisdiction of the First Rame Group, and was carried out in three
stages, upon completion of investigations that had been going on for some
days. First the soldiers stopped the following on Goito Street, near
Termini Station, and then arrested them for the possession and sale of
drugs: 19-year-old Zarcka Misura, born in Sibenik (Yugoslavia), and
22-year-old Jeyabalan Jeyanatnan, born in Kilinochichi (Sri Lanka). They
had 60 grams of heroin. Then the carabinieri found another 200 grams of
heroin in the neighborhood. After that, in the luggage room of the station,
they found a purse belonging to Misura. In it were another 250 grams of
heroin, Italian and foreign currency amounting to more than 1.5 million lire,
and equipment to measure the drug substance. The overall confiscated
heroin is valued at about 200 million lire. [Text] [Milan CORRIERE DELLA
SERA in Italian 18 Sep 80 p 7] 8255
HEROIN ARRESTS IN JESI--Sale of drugs: 16 young persons arrested in Jesi.
Jesi (Ancona)--Sixteen persons were arrested and another 6 were released
on bail by the carabinieri of Jesi at the solicitor's office of the republic
following a2-month investigation of the sale of drugs. The operation was
carried out as a consequence of the numerous indications that reached
Manfredi Palimmbo, magistrate of Jesi. It was ascertained that heroin was
arriving in the city from two main sources: one from the north; the
other, from central Italy. The work of the carabinieri led ~to the identifi-
cation of the sellers and of a receiver, a Chiaravalle jeweler who resides
in Jesi. Also confiscated were 30 grams of heroin? the equivalent of 900
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doses, with an approximate value of 15 million lire. The following were
arrested: 22-year-old Renato Nadalini; 23-year-old Moreno Bossoletti;
46-year-old Carlo Cerassa, a jeweler; 19-year-old Marco Cardinali;
22-year-old Alessandro Stella, a student in Rame; and the following resi-
dents of Jesi: 24-year-old Paolo Matteucci; 21-year-old Giordano Catani;
22-year-old Massimo Martarelli, a student; 19-year-old Luca Amici, and the
following agents: 22-year-old Cesarino Cantucci, 21-year-old Giorgio
Gagliardini, 21-year-old Enzo Novelli, 24-year-old Massimo Cascetti,
21-year-old Glauco Cotica, 18-year-old Stelvio Callimaci, and 17-year-old
M.C., a student. [Te.xt] [Milan CORRIERE DELLA SERA in Italian 18 Sep 80
p 7] 8255
COCAINE SEIZED IN NAPLES--Luigi Fiume, a 25-year-old drug addict (Don
- Guanella district, Via Piscinola)shows up in a confused state at the
Cotugno hospital and forgets 15 grams of cocaine in his automobile; he has
been arrested and is being guarded. This is what happened night before
last at 2115 hours. Fiwne presented himself in an obvious state of agi-
tation to the Cotugno paramedics; the young man staggered, had difficulty
speaking and, at first, had a difficult time making anyone understand what
he needed. Then gradually it came to light: Luigi Fiume had come to the
hospital because he was in a state of confusion from drug abuse. Although
in a precarious condition, Fiume came to the hospital by himself, driving
a Renault with license number NA E-27211, registered in his mother's name.
He left the automobile parked a short distance away. He asked to be ad-
mitted, explaining that he had chosen that particular hospital because he
has chronic hepatitis. When the Renaultwas searched by a patrol of the
flying squad's fourth division, the officers found an envelope containing
15 grams of cocaine. The drug was clearly �~isible on the back seat;
Fiume did not even try to conceal the small envelopes which were then
seized. Another search made at his home gave negative results in that
the officers found no other drugs. [Excerpts] [Naples IL MATTINO in
Italian 15 Sep 80 p 7] 8568
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SWEDEN
REPORT LINKS INCREASE IN URBAN VIOLENCE TO DRUG ABUSE
Crime Statistics
Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 31 Aug 80 p 4
[Article by Hans Rehnvall: "New Survey in Sweden: Violent Crimes Increase
With Increased Narcotics Use"]
[Text] Violent crimes continue to increase, and the
_ most serious crimes increase the most. The increase
is especially great in the larger cities, where it
correlates with the number of narcotics users. Robber-
ies and fraud are also on the increase, and the robbery
curve is rising very sharply in Stockholm.
This comes forth in a situation report presented by the committee for crime
prevention. Crimes have increased steadily since the first half of the
sixties. During 1979, 23,600 crimes were reported and the committee's
prognosis indicate that the figure for 1980 will be a few percent higher.
In a separate article in connection with the report, the Sociologist
Madelaine Gustafsson and BRA's Develapment Manager Eckhart Kuhlhorn, have
analyzed the figures. They say that the increase in crime seems to corre-
late with the "subculture" of narcotics users or alcohol abusers, which
first and foremost exist in the larger cities.
More Violence
Drug use bring about various types of crimes and welds drug users together.
The victim is outside the circle.
An illustration of how the crimes have increased is indicated by the figures
for assault (most often on the police in connection with arrest) and felony
violations against civil servants.
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Incapable of Reporting
Misdemeanor, assault, has decreased in recent years--while felony has in-
creased by 70 percent during the period from 1965-1978.
The explanation is that the police no longer is able to report all cases
of assault. It is the question of wearing out the effect--everything
pvints to the fact that the total crime rate has increased heavily, say
Gustafsson and Kuhlhorn,
More Rapes
The figures for rape indicate a definite increase--but the uncertainty here
is so great that it is difficult to draw any conclusions from the f igures.
As an example, the statistics show that rapes have increased in the Gotaborg
area--but that may be due to the fact that the new Women's Center has estab-
lished facilities where rape can be reported, thereby increasing the number
of reported rapes.
- A remarkable number of the perpetrators~are al3ens--but that may be due to
the fact that Swedish women have a greater tendency to report rape when the
perpetrator is a foreigner, say Gustafsson and Kuhlhorn.
Burglaries Increase
- In 1979 over 139,000 burglaries were reported. For many years the number
of burglaries has been increasing rapidly--in 1979 it was seven times higher
than in 1950. During the recent years this tendency has been more uneven,
and during the most recent years there has been visible reduction. During
1980 it seems that the number of burglaries is on the rise again.
Car thefts, on the other hand, continue to increase sharply. Outnumbering
car thefts are thefts from cars and bicycle thefts.
More Frauds
The number of frauds is increasing again after decreasing during a part of
the 70's--above all because identity control for small checks was instituted,
and bank guarantee was removed. The types of fraud most practiced now is,
among others, by credit cards and charge accounts.
In one part of the report Professor Alvar Nelson touches on the delicate sub-
ject of crimes committed by foreigners in Sweden. He states that foreign
citizens are responsible for 25 percent of all murders, 26 percent of rapes,
33 percent of the pimp cases, 23 percent of robberies, 10 percent of the nar-
cotics cases and 44 percent of smuggling cases.
The age dispersion is not the same among the foreigners as among the whole
of the population--proportionally greater number of foreigners are in the
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age group which commits most of ~he crimes. Neither is the social make-up
the same on the average, If this is taken into consideration, the differ-
ence between the groups will not be quite the same.
Professor Nelson also says that two-thirds of the foreigners, who are accused
of crime, are not registered in the church books in Sweden, and thereby have
very lose ties to the country.
In general, it can be said, writes Professor Nelson, that the crime tendency
among the foreign citizens is more than double that among the Swedish citi--
zens, both with regard to men and women.
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Gotland Crime Decreased
Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 31 Aug 80 p 4 -
[Article by Bosse Petterson: "...But In Gotland The Trend Is Broken"]
[T~t] Crime is decreasing on Gotland. During the first
seven months of this year, the island had almost 20 per-
cent fewer cases of burglaries and thefts than same time
last year. These types of crimes increased by 7 percent
in other parts of the country during the same time per-
iod.
The police think that it is due.to the campaign against drug abuse which is
conducted by the community and volunteers.
By a combination of information and prohibition it has been attempted to
get a hold on drug abuse that has caused hooliganism and vandalism during
the summer time, above all in Visby.
Rune Thoden of the Gotland police does not know whether it is due to a
change in attitude or the outside pressure, but the situation is unquestion-
ably much calmer in the community, he says.
Mats Sundin, who works with treatment of drug addicts, thinks that the drug-
abusers, who used to came from Stockholm during the stunmer, are keeping
away this year. That must have contributed to the drop in crime. Theq were
scared by the campaign Falt-80 and the publicity around it, he conjectures.
For example, as of and including this year, it is prohibited to drink
alcohol--even beer--in public places within the Visby perimeter and the most
disorderly camping site has been closed to campers. Special park watchers
have seen to it that the ban is enforced and they have also succeeded in
- supressing hashish smoking in Almedalen.
The volunteers are from the Gotland Front Against Drugs, a one-year-old
organization consisting of 80 individually affiliated persons, along with
many temperance organizations and even the Social Democrats. The Liberal
Party and the Center Party are expected to ~oin soon.
The Front has, among other things, distributed a flyer on the Gotland fer-
ries and goes to schools and work places to promote its cause.
--We hope our initiative spreads over the whole country, says Roland
Olovsson, a member of the Front. Local movements, that cross all party-and
organizations lines, are needed.
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UNITED KINGDOM
BRIEFS
LIVERPOOL DRUG SEIZURE--London, 8 Oct (LPA)--Customs officers have seized
about 700,000 pounds worth of cannibis in two separate operations at
Liverpool docks. More than 500,000 pounds worth of West Indian herbal
~ cannibis was discovered today on a ship. It was packed into a crate marked
"personal effects," and was bound for an address in London from Jamaica.
Inquiries have now spread to London. Last week about 200,000 pounds worth
of the drug was found after a routine customs search of the cargo vessel,
_ Sunderbans, from Karachi, it was diaclosed tonight. The crew are still
being questioned. [TextJ [LD100507 London PRESS ASSOCIATION in English
2140 GMT 8 Oct 80]
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