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_ 24 October 1979
WORLDWIDE REPORT _
NARCOTICS AND DAN~~ROUS DRUGS
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CONT~N7S PAGE
ASIA
- BURMA
Brief s
Moulmein Court Jails Five 1
Five Yeaxs for Possession 1
JAPAN
Japanese Smuggler Shot Dead in Manila
(MAINICHI: DAILY NEWS, 23, 26 Sep 79) 2
- Convicted Smuggler Found Dead -
Morphine Found
- Korean Caught With Drugs at Os~,ka
(MAINICHI DAII,Y NEWS, 23 Sep 79) � -
Briefs
Osaka Smuggling Ring Arrests 5 -
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MALAYSIA
Folk Doc,tors Successfully Treat Drug Addiction
(NEW SUNDAY TIMES~ 26 Aug 79) 6
Penang Customs Agents Seize 11 Pounds of Heroin
(SIN CI-I~WEW JIT POH MALAYSIA, 15 Aug 79) 7
Scent of Perfume Leads to Heroin I}iscovery
, (NEW STRAITS TIl~S, 1~ Aug 79) 9
- Narcotics Arrests, Trials, Sentences Reported
(Vaxious sources, various dates) 10 -
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CON'rENTS (Continued) Page
Life Sentence
Singaporean Gets Life
Shortag~; of Heroin
Policeman Held
Heroin Raid
Morphine Laboratory Raided
Heroin Sentence `
Drugs Seized
Aged Opium Smokers _
SINGAPORE
American Woman Arrested at Airport
(THE STRAITS TIl~S, 30, 31 Aug 79) 15 =
Drug Concealed on Body
Cha.rged With Trafficking
THATLAND
RTG To Freeze Assets ~f Drug Offenders
(Purrmia,rie Sumondis; BANGKOK POSTS 17 Sep 79) 16
Large Marihu2na Seizure in Rayong -
(NATION REV.CEW, 18 Sep 79) 17
Bz~i ef s
UN Drug Abuse Assistance 18 -
Heroin 1'usher Arrested 18
Americans Arrested lg
_ Spaniard on Drug Chaxge l8
Tourists in Drug Raid ' l9
Marihuana in Phu Kradung 19
LATIN AMERICA
MEXTCO
Large Marihuana Shipment Seized, Traffickers Caught
(EL BFtAVO, 6, 8 Sep 79) 20
, Driver Arrested, Accomplices Identified
_ Trafficking Run From Jail
Massive Marihuana Plantation Destruction in Nuevo Leon
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CONTENTS (Continued) " Page
~irther Details on Arrested Cocaine Trafficker
(EL SOL LE SINAZOA, 8 Sep 79) ........o.........~~.~~ 25
Brief s
'Vice Czar' Jailed 26
Three Drug Offenders Sentenced 26
Jailed Trafficker Escapes 27
Heaxing for Heroin Trafficker 27
Marihuana Trafficker Sentenced 27
NICARAGUA
I1rug-Related ?'ncidents Reported by Chinandega Authorities
(BARRICADA, 10 Sep 79) 28 f
Brief s
_ Authorit�ies Fight Addiction 30
SUB-SAHARAN AFR.TCA
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Several Drug Rings Smashed in Past Few Months
~ (Ray Joseph; SUNDAY TIMES, 23 Sep 79) 31
WEST EUROPE -
F~DER,~1L REPUBLIC OF GERMANY _
With Laxgest Drug Traffic, Hesse Plans Enforcement Drive
(Alfred Behr; FRANKFURTER ALT~GIII~IEEINE, 20 Sep 79) 32
~ Farmer I,egally Plants Hemp, Stirs Controversy
(Theo Wurm; SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 30 Aug 79) 31~
Two Heroin Dealers Sentenced to Long Terms -
(BUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 31 Aug 79) 37
FRANCE
Drug Si-tuation in ~ance ~Never So Bad as Now' �
, (M.-T. Gaichard, J.~M. Pontaut; LE POINT, 10 5ep 79). 39
Brief s
Hashish Seized in Paris J~3 -
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MOULMEIPd COURT JAI?~S FIVE--Moulmein, 18 Sep--Moulmein townshi.p court No 4
chaired by U Ba Tin after com~leting its hearings on charges filed under
Sections 6.B, 10.B, 11.B and 12.B of the Narcotic Drugs Law, yesterday sen-
tenced Ma Ohn Yi. af Moulmein's Milaungpyin ward to 5 years imprisonment with
hard labor under Section 6.B; Hok Thein, alias Akauk, of Daungmin ward, to
3 years imprisonment with hard labor; and Khin Maung Aye and Myint U to 18
~ manths imprisonmenr *aith hard labor. The case was brought to trial after
_ people's police personnel, in coopera~ion with ward people's councillors
af Moulmein's Mar,dalay ward, interrogated Mya Han and Myint Un near thQ
pagoda in Mandalay ward and later raided the residence of Ma Ohn Yi. Hok
Thein, alias Akauk, and Khin Maung Aye, who were found at the residence,
were also arrested together with some penicillin bottles containing heroin,
which they had thrown away. [text] [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 25 Sep 79
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FIVE YEARS FaR POSS~SSION--The Pa~edan Township Court No (2) chaired by
" U Tha Oo sentenced Maung Myo Thant (21) of No 57, 138th Street, Maugon,
~amwe Township, to �ive years' imprisonment under Section 6(b) (possession)
and two years unde:r Section 14(d) (failure to register for treatment) of
. the Narcotic Drugs Law Wednesday. The sentences are to be served concur-
rently. A small packet of heroiii was seized from Myo Thant by a police
~ p~rty at the Open Air Market at about 7 pm on 14 July 1978. Lawpita, 18-
- Sep--Loikaw Town.ship Court today sentenced Tin Maung alias Ahtu of Dawnaku
Ward, Loikaw, to five years' imprisonment under Section 6(b) (possession)
= of the Narcotic Drugs Law.--(066) [Text] [Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY
in English 27 Sep 79 p 8 BK]
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- JAPANESE SMUGGLER SHOT DEAD IN MANILA
Convicted Smuggler Found Dead
Tokyo MAINICHI DAILY NEWS in English 23 Sep 79 p 12
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MANILA ~Kyodol - A phetamines just before his
Japanese smuggler was shot departure for Japan from
dead in Manila Friday, Manilaairport.
Philippine police reporled Four days later, he was
Saturday. . sentenced to 12 years in jail. He
Hiroaki Kunitomo, 31, of was then brought to trial tor
Shinjuku. Tokyo, was found unlawful possession of arms.
lying deacl on the road in iront After he was released on bail
of the Intercontinental Hotel by in the course of the trial, he took
a traffic policeman. up residence on the outskirts of
Kunitomo was arrested with Manila with his Philippine wife.
an accomplice, Takeshi Police said they believe he
Yoshino, :;6, last Jan. 13, while was slain in connection with
in possession of seven pistols some trouble with a smuggling
and 3l0 grams of am- gang.
- Morphine Found
'1'okyo ~tAINICHI DAILY NEWS in English 26 Sep 79 p 12
('Cex t ] Investigators said Hiroaki
MANILA iKyodo)-The
Nationai Bureau ot In. Kunimoto, 31, of Shinjuku,
vestigation searched the Manila Tokyo, who was found shot dead
home of a slain Japanese on a Manila street last Frida,y,
_ smuggler Sunday and reported must have been invoived in a
finding 50 firearms, some 1,400 large smu~gling operation,
rounds of ammunition, several Probably with a Japanese
kilograms of marijuana, cr~minal syndicate. They said
morphine and other items of the NBI would try to unravel the
contraband. smuggling route.
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'1'he seired weapons consisted _
of 43 handguns, including 13.45-
caliber pistols, 24 .38s, four
silencer-equipped .22s and two
.32 automatics, plus two air _
guns, two harpoon guns, two
rifles and one automatic rifle, '
according to the NBI.
" Officials were questioning
Kunimoto's common�law wife,
a Filipina who said she knew
_ nothing about his activities, and
seeking to determine whether ~
the guns had been used in past `
crimes.
Kunimoto's body was found
on a street around 5.30 p.m. on '
Friday. According to his wife,
he had left home early that
morning in a borrowed car in
the company of two Philippine
women and tour Japanese men -
~who had visited the house.
Kunimoto was arrested last
January at Manila Airpork on
charges of attempting to
smuggle out guns and drugs. He
was sentenced to 12 years in
prison but was free on bail
pending the outcome af another
li�ial for illegal possessiun uf _
firearms.
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KUR~AN CAUGHT kTITH DRUGS AT OSAKA
Tokyo ytAINICHI DAILY NEWS in English 23 Sep 79 p 12
['Cex t] A Koreatl trade firm manager 52,000. He said that as a further
was arrested Friday at Osaka rewarci he would be introduced
International AirporF C~stoms to U.S. 2uslomers for his
as he attempted to smuggle company. _
stimulants to the U.S. theough Yun is the foreign trade
Japan. manager of a trading company -
Arrested was Yun Gian Il, 38, in Seoul which exports cassetde
oi Seoul, Korea who had hidden tapes and other electrical ap-
1,oi6 kilograms of trystalli~ed pliances.
stimulants worth about 300 Since his company suffered a
million yen tstreet value in his 30-million-yen loss in foreign
doubled-bottomed suitcase. trade, he was goin~ to oftset lhe
Yun canfessed that he wa5 loss by finding new customers
asked at a bar in Seoul to carry in the U.S. and accepted the
the dru~s to Los Angeles for offer, he said.
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OSAKA SMUGGLING RING ARRESTS--Osaka 29 Sept KYODO--Police had arrested '
by Saturday 18 members of a narcotic smuggling ring in Osaka on suspicion
- of violation of the stimulant drugs control law, it was learned the same
day. They also seized 571 grams of amphetamines, a pistol of Italian make
and a Japanese sword from the homes of some suspected smugglers. Police
said P�Sasatoshi Bo, 33, bought one kilogram of amphetamines from Kim Ju Hak,
crewman of a South Korean freighter, for yen 4 million in September last
year. In total, Bo smuggled into Japan~from the same source 11 kilograms
of stimulant drugs worth yen 3.3 billion in street value before his arrest
in July, police said. The smuggling ring was affiliated with Sugaya-gumi,
a gangster organization in Osaka, they added. Folice were still inves-
tigating the routes through which this ring was selling drugs. [Text]
[Tokyo KYODO in English no time given 29 Sep 79]
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FOLK DOCTORS SUCG~SSFULLY TREAT DRUG ADDICTION
Kual.a Lumpur NEW SUNDA~i TIMES in English 26 Aug 79 p 20
Proi.Roland N~erner, Chiei Medlcal
[i;xcerpts] Director in 8remen, We~t Germany,
who recentl~? completed 30 months oi
research on traditional xnedicine in -
Malaysia, has said: "Aiter years oi
research, I've come to the conclusion -
that there is nothing be~ter :han -
bomoh cure in the treatment of dra~a
addlcts, mainly because oi the spiri=
tual eifect involved.. " KHOR ENG
_ LEE reports on the use og herbs to
fight drug abuse. .
ON THE top iloor of a~-~ the tirst week. tt~e ' Hie treatment takea
shop houae opp oaite pgtient ie treated to a care only of the phyaical
tne Rex iri buatling Ja- combination of tradi- Aide of addiation. The pa-
lan Su1tAn, Kua1R tional herbal remediea ~(ent himseli hae to up�
:.umpur, a m:ddle- concocted of roote and root the peychological
- aged Chineae physi- leaves of plants with ~t oi it.
cian or aftleeh ha8 8uc- curative powera. Sinseh Chang aleo ad�
ceasfully treated The concoction, he ~aee his patient to do
junkiea with the use of saye, is very bitter. Ii[e phyeical training euch ae
herba and the power of addict's ayet m~In the home~g or joggii~g at
prayer. itret week the pattent haa pt eight young addicte
Poker-faced Chang ~o come three fimes a day treated by him so far thie
Chon Ming, 44, can be de- for thia bitter raediclne. year, two have gone back
scribed ae an odd man in Unlike treatment in a�a ~gs, ~;s is a relapae
an unlikely place. He hae detoxiScation untt or re- rate of tw-Rnty-five per
apecialleed in boneeet- 1~abllitation centre, the cent. One of them, a
ting and treatment of P~tientiefreetogol~ome. promising ealee ex-
rrieumatiam, having The detoxification ecutive,fellintothesame
learned the healing art proceae ie eften finiahed old trap laid by hiapeera.
from hia grandfather. ~{{er the firat week. The point here ie not to go
Now he'a operating In the aeco~ld and back to old colleaguea !
under the winge of a reg- third weeke oi treatment, W h o a r e h a r d� c o r e
iatered company of for- the detoxified patient is j~ea. .
tune tellera known ae put Qn a"craeh" body- One who atill ataya on
Kim Soh Yoon which building regimen.' The top ie a youtt man of 20,
opened laet Decembor. apecial dlet includea ~�P� Wo~B� ~~e the great
Setore that he wea prac- eome of the choiceat and maiority o1 addicte, he
- t7eing in Johore. Accord- moet expeneive herbal started out of curioeity.
ing to Sineeh Chaug, ~ e d i c 1 n e s ! r o m Another one, C.D;i. i.su,
treating drug addicte. ia v~n kRee, the root oi a a 24-year-oid electrician,
an extra occupational ac� I~er~al plant known tech- was "eaved" by Sineeh
tivity which he picked up ~caliy aa Anglles sin� Chnng about elx monthe
in Thailand. enais (Ollve) Defels, Co ag
o. Stl11 looking rather
Iiia method of treat- the legeadary ginaeng eFirunk w'1th sunk~n eyee,
' ment le qulte slmple. In root he recalled his ex-
moet ~casee, the courae of perience se if he had juet
treatment ia completed aurvived a great craah.
in three weeka. ,
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Selangor SIN CHE~d JIT ^rOH MALAYSIA in Chinese 15 Aug 79 p 4
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[Article; "Seizure of Three Million Dolla:'rs Worth of Heroin at Penang
Internat.iona~. Airport"] .
_ [Text] Re.cEntly agents from the anti-smuggling unit of Penang Customs
Department seized 11 pounds of heroin at the Penang International Airport.
The seized drug has an overseas marlce,t value of approximately $3 million and a ,
domestic market value of about $60,00`J.
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This batch of drugs was uncovered in air passenger baggage, which was being _
arranged for shipment to Europe.
The owner of the baggage cuncerned was preparing to leave Penang fo~ Belgium '
via Kuala Lumpur. -
According to our source, however, while the customs';ag~nts were inspecting
the baggage, the passenger cdncerned has flown to Kt:ala Lumpur and ~s .
en route to Europe. ,
- Now the Customs Department, the Kuala Lumpur Grim;:nal Investigation Department
and the Interpol have closely coor3inated to track the drug courier.
According to Superintendent General of Northein Malaysia Customs, Yuchialiya, ~
the 'abovementioned drug was seized at the airport on 3 August.
He said: "Since the end of last year customs personnel have begun routine
inspection at the Penang International Airport. At 6:45 pm on 3 August ~
three customs agents led by Thomas were monitoring passenger baggage at the ,
airport. Their atter.tion was attracte~3 to a green bag with a perfume smell,
and it was'about to be loaded on an airplane. They were suspicious and
opened the luggage (whicli was unlocked} and saw ~ust clothing in it. But '
after the clothing was removed, the luggage was still heavy. Thus the agents
sawed open the inside layers and then some brown poc�~derlike substance leaked
out. The customs agents suspected it to be fieroin."
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Upon searchitig the inside of the lugguage, the agents discovered 70 bags of
heroin in it;; upper layer and 90 bags in its lowEr layer. Each bag weighed
_ 25 grams, and the total weighed nearly 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds with
an ovPrseas market value of appr~ximately $3 million.
Although the luggage contains no identification card of the owner, the
departments concerned have found out about the owners identity. It is known
that wTien the customs agents seized the drug, the ].uggage owner was on tlie ~
original flight to Kuala Lumpur and then en route to Europe.
This case is being investigated closely by the customs, Kuala Lumpur Criminal
Department and Interpol in order to track down the drug courier.
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SCGNT OF PERFU;V LEADS TO HEROIN DISCOVERY
Kuala LumPur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 15 Aug 79 p 1 '
['rext ] A STRONG scent of perfume led four Customs officers to the
discovery of il pounda of heroin - warth about $3 million
in~ the international market - which was concealed in the
- hiddPn compartments of a bag at Penang Airport on Aug.
3�
The officers, from the anti-amuggling division here, were
conducting a check for drugs at the airport when they were
attracted by the strong scent from the bag a~ it was being
delivered to a plane about a fortnight ~ago.
Newe ot the aeizure, "et aUOUt 8.46 p.m.
believed to be the biggent the oificera eaw a green
so far thie year, was bag coming down frotn
- withheid to facilitate the luggage conveyor.
follow-up operatione by The bag gav~ out a
' Customa and CID of� atrong amello! perfume
ficers from Police Head- he added. ~
quarters in Kuala Lum- "The olficera then
pur. picked up the bag !or
The head. of ihe anti- cloeer examination.
smuggling clivision, Sen- "After 46 minutea, the
ior Supt. Othman bin Za- otficera managed to cut
karia, said the heroin a amall hole in the bot-
was belteved to be bound tom of the bag and found
for Bruasels in Belglum packeta of a brownieh
when it was intercepted powder hidden inaide."
in tranait. The bag wae then ~
S ndicate brought back to the Cue-
3' tome base where it was
"We believe the drug porced open. _
was brought here by a Encik Othman aaid�
- courier working tor an ~'~'e luund 180 emall
_ international ayndicate P$ekete of heroin No. 3, i'-
for dietribution 1n Eu� eaching welghing about
rope," he added. 25 Bi'ammea, gTued on ~
' Encik OYhman eaid both sidee o! the bag." ~
that on that day, a four- He added that the '
man Cuetoms party was druge were believed to i
at the airport to conduct have come from a ;
aurpriae checka on bag- neighbouring country -
gage for druge, eepecial� and that "an interna-
ly those bound for Eu� tional dlrug trafticking
~ rope. synd!cate ie involved." ~
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NARCOTICS ARRESTS, TRIALS, SENTENCES REPORTED
Life Sentence ~
, huala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 7 Aug 79 p 24
[Excerpt] KANC~AR, Mon. - A trisha man,
Drahim bin Ma jid, 39, waa sentenced to
liPe imprisonment ~nd ordered to re-
cei~e three strokes of the rotan by the
Sessions Court today after he pleaded
guilty to trafficking in 1,084 gm of
ganja.
DraMm committed the oifence at the taxi
stand in Padang Besar on Aprll 13.
Court president Mr
T,S. Marbeck told
Drahirn that lite im-
~ prisonment waa the only _
sentence he � could im-
poae under the law for
anyone convicted ot druE
trafficking.
5ingaporean Gets Life
Kual:i Lumpur tVEW STRAITS TIMES in English 10 Aug 79 p 6
( Excerpts ] pENANG, Thure.~ - for heDdeaHineentenceg fuund tae brlefcaae ~con-
Juatice Datuk P'red said the amount of druga taining 12 packete of a
Arulanandom today could give 84Q,800 ehota granular eubatance -
aentenced a building and was worth about which wae later con� r
contractor to lite im- ;7b,000. � Pirmed to be heroin and
, prisonment i~~r drug He said Cheong had two 3ingapore paaeporte.
trafficking and told come frorn Singapore to I n m! t 1 g a t i o n,
him that hie waa the lnvoive himeelf in drug Cheong'a couneel Mr V.
ravest crime -~'a1ficking here. ~ Muthu$amy, said hie ~
~much mo~e 9et'ioue In glving the facte of client had been mielcd
than murder." the case, the DPP eaid a into the oifence by the
. i police party raided a man who ran out of the
CheongWengF'att,66, room occupied by room, and regretted
pleaded guilty to trat- Cheong in the hotel that what he had dane.
ficking in 2,9U9.4 gm. of day~ "Cheong~ who hae a
heroin in a hotel in During the raid, a wife and children in Sin-
- Chulia Street on March man ran out of the room gapore, waa suffering
1, laet year, jointly with gnd ir?anaged to eecape from high blood prea-
another person atill at but Cheong, who also eure, semi-paralyeie ot
1arKe� tried to eacape, was de- the right aide of hia body
tained. and arthritis," he eaid.
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hur~ I c~ Lum~~u r NI:W ~'I'ItI1 I'I'S '1'TP1f?S i n I:n~;l_.i sli l. I!1u}.; 79 10
' ~~~~i,~ ~ I 9E~i[:MBt~N, E'rl. u~lum bP~~xuno It w~
, '~'he prlc~ c~eaper xnd xlno be?
uplum hc:re hae ~auee thoy could no~
- leapt Pive�[old be� Bet heroln," ha eald.,,
cause addlcts have The price ot a etraw _
~ switched to lt ae a ot herofn hae ala~
chea er aubstitute ~ Jumped due to a ahorw
p ~ age In supply and pan
the State CID Chief, ; lice harassment," .h~
Sup t. B.D. Henry added.
told the New Straits , Up to dune, NegEI
7'imes today. � Sembilan police aN
- He sald the swltch reated 84 drug addlcf,5t
was caused by a ahort� and three puahers and
nge of heroln 'und the 34 grammes ot heroi~e
tncrease in ite prlce. and 40 grammes
Supt. iienrv esid u opium were selzed n -
small packet ot oplum the tirst alx monthtr
which earller cost al this year. ' _
no~ sold for SS. Ide said as a result ot
"3everal addict:~ police actton, dru
confessed to pollce haunts in the tow~
that the,y resorted to were deserted.
Policeman Held ~
Kuala Belait 130RNE0 BULLETIN in English 11 Aug 79 p 2
- [Texl' ] MIRI. - A police ~
ccnstable told a Miri
court receqtly he had
been given a "sample"
of opium from a man and
latcr intended to get more
trom the man w he could
arrest him. '
Before magistrate En-
ci~ Joannes Golokin was
Zaharin bin Mohamcnad
Zahari, 29, of the l6th
Batallion of the Police
Field Force, Miri, charg� ~
ed with possesaing 0.47
grams of opium on Sze -
Chuan Wharf, Miri, on
April 21. -
Encik Golokin nfused
to accept his guilty plea
and remanded him on
- bail to appear for trial
on March . 27 next year.
The court was told
~aharin had been stop-
ped on the wharf in Ri� '
ver Road by Inspector
Goh Beng Hcek who
found a plastic contain-
er with the opium in
Zaharin's trouser pceket.
Zaharin claimed the
opium was a "sample"
and he inYended to re-
turn later, get mDte
opium from the man and
arrest him. '
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lleroin Raicl
Kuala 13e1r,~it BOP~IV~O BULLETIN in English 18 Aug 79 p 13
~'I'exL j
KUCHINC. - A pcr 'I'he case was adjourn- sectian of the Criminal later released.
lice superintendent and ed until Octuber 3 after Investigation Depart- Haleci bin Rambli, 1�F,
a c~poral were drinking Nfadam Won~,~ was told ment in Kuching and said he ha~l been a drug
in' a~~ Sekama ~Road, Ku� two witnesses had to be was in a coffee shop addict for six years and
ching, coffee shop on found. when he was told Haron had gone to Naron's
June 23 last year when Inspector Stanley Teng, was selling drugs in a house to "chase the dra-
- they were kold a man presecuting, said one house only 50 yards gon" (smoke tieroin) and
was selling drugs from a man, Nyan Mee Lee is away. watch te)evision.
rented house in Batu in Bru~~ei, and the other, He went to the house Mr Mohamad Asfia
Lintang Road: Corporal Ahmad bin with Tnspector Goh Beng apFeared for Haron.
The officers went to Mohamad Yunus, origi-. Hock and Corporal Mal-
the house, the superinten� naily at Camp One in colm Voon and they saw
dent ,~shouted through the Palm Road, KuchinR, is Haron's wife signalling to -
- front,door while the cor- now in Peninsular Ma- her husband that some�
pora} climbed through laysia. one was coming.
- a window, senior magis- Madam Wong hear~l Supt Leong said that
, trate , Madam Agnes K. that 3uperintendent as Gpl Voon climbed
_ L. Wong heard last Leong Shak Chiang led through a window Ha-
week. a raid on the house in ron's wife "looked stun-
Haron Salleh bin Ha- Batu Lintang Road; dur- ned and ~ale" and Ha-
ji Hassim, � 32, unem- ing the raid Haron was ron himself tried to throw
p96yed, of Batu Lintang seen throwing away _ a away a matchbox con-
Road, Kuching, denied matchbox containing taining heroin.
two ,~harges of possess- heroin. In a bedroom there
ing I~eroin at his homc Supt Leon~ said he were four youths who
on Junr 23 last. year. was attached to the drug were detained but were
- N[orphine Laboratory Raided
Kualrt i,timpur NL'~J STRAITS TI:1ES in English 22 Aug 79 p 13 ~
~~~'~X~' ] ALOR STAR, Tues. - Thc r~iding party,
~ Police r8.ided what comprising f{ve police
they believed to be a Personnel, was led by In-
home-made drug pro- spectors Zalnuddin b1n
cessing laboratory in a Abdul Aziz and Aftab
hut near the Thai Khan.
~order and seized 305 The officers peeped
grammes of mor hine. through a hole in the hut _
P and saw the two men
They also detained squatting in front of a
lwo men found in the hut burning stove. There was
in Kampung Napoh Ulu a glass jar filled with a
~ 1t the mile six, Jltra- liquid substance on the
Channloon Road. stove.
. News of the raid, When the policemen
which took plctce last burst into the hut, one of
Tuesday, wo-as withheld the men threw away a
until today to enable po- Packet while the other -
lice to make further in- tried to grab the jar, but
vestigations. the officers quickly took
Kedah-Pex�lis Deputy ~t away from him.
C; D c h i e f, $ u p t. The packet was ~vund
Mohamed Snman Ibra- to contain morphine.
him, told reporters that E1 weighing machine
the morphine was suffi- and two ~tovea were also
cient for 25,000 "shots." selzed.
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l;eroin Sentence
Ku~ilr~ LumPur NGZJ STRAI`CS TIAIES in English 31 Aug 79 p].
( L:cce rp t] JOHORE $AEiU, Mon. Puteh had pleaded gs~lity
- A mGther of tive, and that ahe was � firat -
.Puteh binte L~jek, 36, offender.
~ ae today aentenced to Mr Yap said he had to
three-an~i-half yeapa' '~~Pose the jail aentence
jail for the illegal ,heroinei
vt
lved$andyln
- posaession oP. 18.3lfgm the interest of the public.
'Qf hero~n. In mitigation !'or
~ Puteh pleaded guilty ~+uteh, defence counael R.
to illegally having three ~ K. .Menon eaid prior to
packeta of heroin in her ' Puteh's arreet ahe wae
houae at Jalan Datuk Ab- divorced by her hueband
'pullah ~t 30.1b p.m. on -who left har with five
March 10, 197T. children to eupport.
Sesaiona Court Preai� � He said the drugs were
dent Yap Cheng Boon p~iven to' Puteh for sale
��oaid he took into c,er.- . keeping by a m~n who
aideration the facte that fiad retueed to come for� _
'Ovard hs a witneea for her.
Drugs Seized
Kua.l.a Lumpur NE[J S'rRAITS TIMES in English 31 Aug 79 p 1
- [Texl-] :
THE Kedah-Perlis police apeci~l anti-
- drug squad ~cored a major succe~s two
weeks ago when they eeized S~Z lb. of raw
opium, 1.. lb. of ~eroin and ~Z lb. of
morphine.
The druge, valued at ~1 million in the interna-
_ tional market and aufficient for 50~000 "shots;'
were seized atter a chase along the Gurun-
- Jeniang Road.
Kedah-Perlia CID into a side "road leading
chief ACP P.N. Muttiah towardls Jeniaag. 8gk Awtar
told reportere today the $~~fh aad hfi men Save
car driver and a passen- chase.ln a Land Rover.
ger, b~th Malayeiane D~'r1n8 the cheus, thepo
aged 43 and 27, were ar- 11ce e. bundle befi~g
reated. tluroa�~- ot the car. They
The car was alao de- caught up wtth the car aad _
tatned. A third aue ct torced the driver to stop but
wae urreeted by pol~ice two
me pr~inifde
t e
caihe
here. The poHce toot the ~us-
The eelsure was made by pe ~~e ~pot where the
the Gurunpo llce antt-drug bundle w~~ thrown and
syuad led by 8kt. Awtar tound that the' bundle con- ~
Smgh on Aug. 13 but the tatned three p~clcet~ of
news waA withheld,
- 9gt.'Awtar 81ngh and hie ~yipgo,~e Jitra
men were manning a road- police ~pactal- aatf�drug
block near the Ciurun police squad csme across a dxug
atation along the Alor 8tar- pr~ce,t~1ng laboratory dur-
Butterworth Aoad whea a l~ng a raidon a hut in I{~m-
car wlth two men in~ide pung Napoh Ulu near the
cranhed through and_turned Tha! berder.
~y:.
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Aged Opium Smokers
Kuala Lumpvr NFW STRAITS TIMES in English 16 Aug 79 p 6
[Excerpt] o
- KUALA LUMi'UR~ Wed. Mr Juatice
Harun ~a~~im said in the High Court !
here today aged opium smokers shoulcl =
be trP~,ted diflerently from . the young
, wl~o amok~d heroin and morphine. -
The old, he ad~led, ahould be pftied ae they
were the victima oi circumetances due to
changes in Government policy.
Before the war, It was
not an offence to e,noke
opium and the G~vern- _
ment then was the pedlar
wha eold the drug to ~
labourers.
However, atter the
war, Government policy
changed and it wae de-
cided that opium smok-
ing was bad.
The judge eaid that
eome old people had been .
- smoking opium all their
, lives and the puniehment
impoeed should not ex-
ceed j10.
He eaid this when he
qLeahed the convicti~n
and aet seide the jail
term impaiaed on a 88-
_ year-old man whoae esee
came up for reyision fol-
lowing a letter from hia
counsel, Mr A. Kanesal-
- ingam.
Leng Chow Teng allaa
Lim Chor Jin had
pleaded guilty in the
magistrate's court in
February thia year to a
charge of having under
his control 0.30 gramme
of prepared opium, a
plastic packet containing
1.46 grammea of opium
drosa and six plastic con-
tuiners containtng 21
pills of prepared opiu�,m
- dross.
= CSO: 5300
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. StNrn~~~Rf:
A,'~iGRICAN WOMAN ARRESTED AT AIRPORT
Drug Concealed on Body -
Singapore THE STRAITS TI~S in English 30 Aug 79 p 9
[Text] AIRPORT customs~officia~s~yesterday~arrested a ~Senior Su rintenc~ant
50-year-old woman allegedly' with about 100 g af o[ Customs,,, rt Divi-
heroin worth ;50,000, just bePore she boarded a sion, Mr Kwok,S w Guan,
flight for San Francisc~, ' said the heroin :was stu[t-
That amount o[ No 4~ in a condaim�
heroin would have fetched He said this was the
- a street value of ~00,000 first time the customs had
i[ the woman, an Ameri- detected a woman hiding
can hom Texas sold it in drugs in such a manner.
the United States. He said the woman's
~ Acting on a tip-o[f, cus- friend has also been de-
toms of[icers, who took tained for questioning but
along narco dog Kava, so far there was no e~i-
searehed her lu gage be- dence to suggest her in-
fore she boar~ded the volvement.
Singapore Airlines fllght He added that customs
with 'a woman fr3end at officers were trying to~
" about ]2.40 p.m. find out it the drug was
When Lhey found no evl- bouRht here.
dence of drugs in the lug- A woman will appear in
gage, they had the woman court today.
bodily searched by ~GAL NOTE: Under
woman officers, who, , ac-
cordinq to the customs, the Misuse ot Drags Act,
found an object concealed anyone in possession of
in her vagina. more than 15g ~s pre-
sumed to have had the
- drug for ,trafficking and
for, this amount, the ac-
cused, if found gu ilty,
faces the death penalty.
Charged with Trafficking
Singapore THE STRAITS TIMES in English 31 Aug 79 p 18
A 5~-YEAWOLD Amed- 1ng ~mpsnlon.
[ Tex t] can woau?n anflqae col- ~~ct Judge Itshlm
leoior who vrae srreeted dsW etdered P1Ney to
at Paya Lebsr Alrport ~~~ded at Central
on Wedneeday atternoon Pellce Btatlon paWing
as ahe wad pre ga~~peaaon ot' .6er
bosM ~ s? illg6 ~ B~a osse In Coart Li ~n 8ept `
Frsae.sco wae charged
Zerds~w~ltht tr~c ~ Convletton fn Siuga-
117.8 g ot dirmorp6lne Pore on a ch~rge etp~e-
st t6e atrport departnre ~ more thse
lounge. 16 g ot sn Wegal dtag
Alene Csllowsy Fin- a~~ ee a~ msndatoh
ley, trom Hoaeton, ~~~on Zh
t aayoae
Tezas, was wtth a wlth t6At smoant le
yoanger womwa de- ot traMcking.
ecdbed es 6er traveU-
- CSO: 5300 '
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'1'HAILAN D
RTG TO i'REE7.E ASSETS OF DRUG OFFENDERS
13angkok BANGKOK POST in English 17 Sep 79 p 1
[ ~r. t icle b;,~ Pummarie Sumondis]
['fext] Th~ Office of varcotics Control Board (ONCB) is drafting a power-
Eul. new la~a which will allow autharities to freeze and confiscate the -
~ a5scts oF drug ofEenders suspected to have been obtaa.ned through narcoti.c
~rad:ing.
And the onus would be on the drug dealers to prove that their properties
had been acquired legally.
Secretary-General of the ONCB, Pol Maj Gen Pow Sarasin revealed that the
proposed draft is part of an overall strategy to turn the full pressure
oC law on narcotic offenders inside Thailand.
Similar laws have . He commented that
already yielded good despite unrelenting et-
resulta in other countries forts by the ONCB fn the
such ae the Unlted Statea $uppression of narcotic
and Auatralia, he said. trade in the country, -
The general principle there are still many dif-
_ of the bfll, Gen Pow said, tlculUea becauae of the
ia that when a person is unique nature ot the drug
arreated on a drug charge trade.
his aeaets would be frozen Unlike other crimes,
until it ia proved that lt the vicUms ot the drug
had not been ecqulred tr+~de - the addlcts -
throu~h norcotlc deal� would tend to help the
ings. trAffickers rather thai?
T h e p r o p o a e d b i 1 l the police becauae they
comes on the heel of the are so dependent on nar-
Narcotics Act B.E. 2522 cotice.
which came into effect ln Gen Poev added that
April this year. Under the cropa substitutlon peo-
act, which was also drawn f ects � for the hilltrlbes
up by the ONCB, con� haee gained good resulta
vlcted traffickers face between 1973~1878.
stff! sentences ranging In eurveyin~ four. key
from 10 years iail and a villaQes in Chleng Mal,
fine ot 10,000 - 100,000 Chlang R~i andMae Hong
baht to the death Son provinces where
sentence. cropa ~ub~UtuUon pro-
Thepenaltiesintheact iecta have beee !n-
had been drawn up in ac� troduced, opium le atfll
cordance with an fnter� arown on only 515.7 rai of
national convention Qn la~d, eompared to 1,897
drug control, .Gen Pow ral in the same areae fn
88J1d. lY~T.
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THAILAND
LARGE MARIHUANA SEIZURE IN RAYONG -
Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 18 Sep 79 p 1
[Text] Rayong--Eighty-four boxes of marijuana weighing 1,553 kilograms
were found hidden in ~ house near iitapao airbase, police reported yes- '
terday.
A.team of highway police, led by Pol Maj Borvorn Sirimachan, raided the -
house at 137/24 Tambon Bankord, Satahip District of this eastern coastal
province aEter being informed by the narcotics agents that the marijuana
had been transported to the house for smuggling to ships anchored in
three coastal provinces of Chonbur, Rayong and Chanburi.
The highway police later took all the marijuana, which was estimated to
be worth about 10 million baht, to the Police Department's narcotics
division.
The highway police did not find the owner of the marijuana but detained
riid Bamphen, the housekeeper, for interrogation.
_ T4id told police that the house belongs to Ms Trani Visetsook, who earlier
built about 20 houses for renting out to US air force personnel while
the former American-run airbase was still in operation. -
Mid said after the US forces withdrew in 1973, all the houses became
vacant.
Mid said he was the only person who took care of the 20 houses ~f Ms
- Trani and it was difficult to know what activity was going on :Ln the
houses. He said he suspected Chat the area had been used as aii unloading
site of smuggled goods.
[Photo caption] Boxes upon boxes...all in all, 84 boxes of marijuana are
being taken away by highway police after the raid. Keeper of the house,
_ Mid was dztained for interrogation.
CSO: 5300
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THAILANll
BRIEFS
UN DRUG ABUSE ASSISTANCE--A memorandum of understanding was signed yes-
terday at the Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation by repre-
sentatives of the Government of Thailand and the UN Drug Abuse Control
- Agency. The memorandum provides a basis for UN assistance to Thai]and's
program of crop substitution among the northern hilltribes for a period
of 3 years beginning next year. [Bangkok Domestic Service in English
0000 GMT 27 Sep 79 BK]
a HER()IN PUSHER ARRESTED--Chiang Mai--A team of local policemen yesterday
- arrested a middleaged man at Kamthorn Hotel in Muang District on a charge
of possessing heroin for sale, a report from the northern province said.
The suspect, identified as Indho Ubngern (47), was apprehended as he was
about to ].eave the hot�el. Police said they seized about 700 grammes of
grade A No 4 heroin found neatly hidden on his body. Police said they
had watched the suspect in Phrao District, where he lives, and later
whe~i he traveled to Muang District. The susp~ct allegedly confessed he
was on his way to meet a foreign tourist to sell him the drug when he
c:~as arrested. Police are now looking for the tourist. [Text] [Bangkok
POS'~ in English 24 Sep 79 p 3 BK]
AMERICANS ARRESTED--Chiang Mai--Three American tourists were arrested
' yesterday by the local police with 350 grams of No heroin in their
possession inside their hotel room, police reported. The three Americans--
Ford Cornson, 30, David Piarlorov, and Greff Jemenmuson--were reported to
have packed heroin powder in 11 sma11 plastic bags and hidden the bags
under their beds in room No 701 of the President Hotel in this northern
city. Police said the arrest of the three Americar_ tourists was carried
out after a tipoff by narcotics agents. Meanwhile, a 44-year-old Thai
woman, identified as Prani Suriya, was also arrested separately on the
same day with 350 grams of No 4 heroin hidden in her house at 146/8 Tambon
Changpuek, Maung District of this province. [Text] [Bangkok NATION
REVIETJ in English 22 Sep 79 p.8 BK]
SPANIARD ON DRUG CHARGE--Chiang Mai--Provincial police yesterday arrested
a Spaniard and seized 300 grammes of number four grade heroin allegedly
in his possession, a police report said today. Arrested was Juan Diua
Lu~ue Torres (25), who was intercepted by policenien when he was entering
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a r~otel about 1U:30 p.m., poZice said. Lugue who arrived in Chiang ~Iai
thrce days a~;o, reportedly told police during interrogation that he
bought the heroin fro~ a northerner for 70,000 baht. Mean;ahile in
Bangkok, Crime Suppression Police yesterday afternoon arrested a 40-year- -
old woman allegedly in possession of 5,000 baht worth of heroin police
reported. The woman, Miss Ladda ICanchanasuroj, was intercepted while
~ driving her car along Tee Thong Road. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK WORLD
in English 27 Sep 79 p 3 BK]
TOURISTS IN DRUG RAID--Five American tourists and a Thai were arrested
Saturday in two separate raids at major Bangkok hotels and charged with
possessing heroin, a police officer said. A team of Metropolital Police
Narcotics Unit policemen arrested four suspects--identified as Albert
Charles Lewis (28), Barbara White (35), Barbara Sanders and Sithipong
_ Intharachiensiri (43)--at the Hyatt Rama Hotel upon receiving a rPport
from US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents. Police reportedly
found about 100 gramnes of No 4 heroin in their hotel room and also seized
about $30,000 cash allegedly for drug purchases. The police team then
set off to the Oriental Hotel to arrest another suspect, identified as
- Terrance jdakefield (25)--allegedly a member of the same gang. Also arrested
was Cynthia Bridges (28) from the Century Hotel. Al1 six have been held
for further investigation at Yan Nawa police station. Mrs Bridges was
scheduled to leave for New York today. She told police that she had bought
the heroin for 20,000 baht. [Text] [Bangkok POST in English 24 Sep 79
p 3 BK]
MARIHUANA IN PHU KRADU:~IG--Police seized nearly four tons of marijuana and
arrested two people in a raid in Ban Nong Hin of Phu Kradung District,
Thursday, a delayed report said yesterday. A 50-man police team led by
Pol Lt Col Sarith Suthikhiri, the deputy superintendent, set off in
three trucks towards Ban Nong Hin village after a tip-off that a huge
marijuana plantation was located there. The policemen stopped their
_ trucks seven kilometres from the spot and proceeded by foot for
three hours. They said they found a big plot of land co~~ered with mari-
juana plants. A couple, id2ntified as Choo Sala (65) and his wife, Mrs
Haew (65), who were in a cottage at the scene, were arrested. Four other
- people escaped before the police arrived. The policemen reported they
chopped down marijuana plants weighi.ng about 3.7 tons and took them in
the three *_rucks to the police station. [Tex~] [Bangkok POST in English
16 Sep 79 p 2 BK]
CSO: 5300
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- r~x~co
LARGE MARIHUANA SHIPMENT SEIZED, TRAFFICKERS CAUGHT
Driver Arrested, Accomplices Identified
H. Matamoros EL BRAVO in Spanisn 6 Sep 79 p 12
[Text] A ton and a half of marihuana was confiscated by agents of the Fede-
- raT Judicial Police under orders from Comdr Gerardo de Avila Avila who were
stationed at the Las Norias inspection post. One individual was arrested,
and several drug traffickers from both the state of Guerrero and this border
were also identified.
The valuable marihuana shipment was seized at about 0200 hours on Tuesday
morning, from a truck with high.railings, which was equipped with a special
compartment having a false bottom.
The marihuana shipment, the vehicle carrying it and the individual under
arrest were immediately taken to Nu~vo Laredo, to the area co~nander of
the Federal Judicial Police, Margarito Mendez Rico, who is continuing a
series of investigations there for the purpose of apprehending the owners ~
of the drugs.
The drug trafricker in custody is named Humberto Perez Patino, a resident
of the state of Oaxaca who, af ter being subjected to close questioning,
gave the identity of his accomplices and of the owners of the drugs.
The marihuana was raw, and ~was being shipped in a 1970 Dina model truck ~
with Federal Public Service license plate J-7498, which had been outfitt~d
with a special compartment under the body in which the marihuana was well
pressed.
. ~,ccording to the announcements made by the Federal Judicial Police, the to-
_ tal load weighed 1,450 kilograms, and it is of the type known as "lamb's
tail," commanding a high price on the market. ~
The large shipment was coming from the Tuxtepec area of Oaxaca, and it was
scheduled to be taken ta the United States market, where such a 3.oad would
have a p.rice in excess o'f 5 million pesos.
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r
The individual j,n custc~dy gave the Federal~Judicial;Police the name of the
producer of the marihuana who had sent him with it to this border, and he
also identified the customer who was to receive it, both of whom live on
the American side. -
I~ was, moreover, noCecl that: the identity of several other drug tralFtckers
in collusion with this underworld ring has now been obtained, and it is ex-
_ pected tliat further arrests will take place.
- Humberto Perez Patino said that this was the first time that he made a ship-
ment of marihuana, after which they offered to pay him several thousand pe- ,
sos.
However, it was indicated that he would be subjected to close ques~ioning,
because he might have in his possession several large shipments of the in-
jurious grass.
It was added that the Federal Judieial Police from Tuxtepec, Oaxaea, are
seeking the whereabout~ of the person who sent the drugs to this bor~~r,
and that they expect to arrest him at any ~noment. -
Tuxtepec, Caxaca, has become prominent lately because of the fact that ]_arge
marilluana shipments seized by the Federal Police have been brought from that
very region, where clashes between the ~'ederal Police and drug traffickers
have also taken place. ~ '
The individual under arrest, Perez Patino, will be placed at the disposal '
of the Federal Public Ministry agent, Alfredo Oliv~res Osuna, today, so
that he may carry out the preliminary investigation.
It was also commented by the Federal Judicial Police that the inspection
station that they have at Las Norias has brought good results to date, be-
cause lt has curbed the drug traffic further still. -
It was added that the Office of the Attorneq General of the Republic is
constantly issuing orders to intensify the vigilance at the inspection -
stations, even though some individuals have complained of the 3nnoyance
caused them. It was pointed out that the very ones whu complnin are those
whose illegal activities are upset thereby.
- Trafficking Run From Jail ~
H. Matamoros EL BRAVO in Spanish 8 Sep 79 p 10
~ [Te~ct] The 1.5 ton shipment of marihuana seized 3 days ago by agents of the
Federal Judicial Poiice at the Las Norias inspection station was owned by
Javier El~no Gonzalez, better known as "Chito Gonzalez," who is currently
incarcerated in jail, after two "bronc~" type pickup trucks whi~~i had been
stolen in the United States were confiscated from him.
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_ Last uight, the commander of the Federal Judicial Police, Gerardo de Avila
- Avila, announced that, according to th~ statements made in Nuevo Laredo by
the crarrier of the drugs, Humberto Perez Patino, the only owner is Chito
Conzalez, who intended to have the drugs taken subsequently to the United -
States, through his accomplices. _
The police chief stated that it was inferr~d from the investigation that the
federal criminal, Gonzalez Saenz, is still operating his illegal business
activities from inside the jail.
De Avila said: "We have now studied a,ll the details and clues concerning ~
the owner of the drugs, and the only one we have found is Chito Gonzalez. _
There is no other individual that I know of that name besides the one in
~ail." ~
When the individual in custody, Humberto Perez Patino, was captured at the
_ Las Nurias i.nspection station, as he was driving a truck carrying 1.5 tons
, of marihuana, he :�~as taken directly to the town of Nuevo Laredo, where the
regional conunander of the Federal Judieial Police, Margarito Mendez Rico,
took over the investigation, with the participation of Gexardo de Avila.
- ~ Accordii:g to reports from the comm~nder detailed to Matamo.ros, yesterday
the Federal Judieial Police ended their invest_tgation, and the conelusion
was reached that the owner of the marihuana was Chitu Gonzalez. Perez Pa-
tino will remain in custody for sPveral offenses, including the transporta-
" tion and possession of marihuna, and others.
In the morning, Gerardo de Avila w~s in Nuevo Laredo in order to close that
investigation; and he said that the federal prosacutor would request a war-
rant for the arrest of Javi~r Eleno Gonzalez Saenz, for crimes against health.
_ In Nuevo Laredo, Humberto Perez Patino stated that they had sent him from
Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, with the marihuana shipment, which Javier Eleno "Chito"
Gonzalez had purchased.
The carr~er of the drugs~elaims that he did not know that Chito Gonzalez
was in jail, and gav~ the names of other accomplices. -
Comdr Gerardo de Avila said that the investigation would continue, in order
to make some arrests in connection with the same case.
At first, upon being arrested with the valuable marihuana shipment, Humberto
Perez Patino had declared that the owner of the grass was a resident of ~
Valle, Texas; but when in Nuevo Laredo, where he was subjected to close
questioning, he said that the owner was actually Chito Gonzalez. It is a
noteworthy fact that, according to certain rumors, this convict has been
- entertaining himself at nightc�1'ubs, possibly with the consent of prison _
~ guards.
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,
MASSIVE MARIHLIANA PLANTATION DESTRUCTION IN NUEVO LEON
_ Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 15 Sep 79 Sec B p 4
[Text] Despite the fact that devastating blows have been dealt to the drug
traffic in Monterrey, there are individua.ls who are stil.l engaged in the -
planting and cultivation of marihuana, which they subsequently ship to the
Mexican border to be exported to the United States, where there is a magni- -
ficent market for the drug.
Putring into service aIl the resour.ces at their command, agents from the Of-
fice of the Attorney General. of the Republic are making daily raids into
various sections of the state of Nuevo Leon, in search of marihuana planta-
tions.
Last Thursday, forces under the command of Manuel Espindola performed a
splendid job, evoking the ~atis.faction of Oscar Flores Sanchez (attorney `
general of the republic) and Gen Raul Mendiola Cerecero; inasmuch as it -
proved that no quarter is being given to those operating outside of the law
who are engaged in producing cannabis 3ndica.
They Locate and De~tory 19 Marihuana Plantations
At a press conference, the coordinator of the antidrug campaign in the north-
western zone, Alfredo Aaron Juarez Jimenaz, announced that, last Thursday,
the Federal Judicial Police had destroyed 19 marihuana plantations located
over a vast region of the state of Nuevo Leon.
As soon as the cannabis indica crops.were discovered, they were sprayed w~th
herbicides and the dru~s were destroyed, in accordance with the instructions
' issued by the attorney general of the r~public.
Juarez Jimenez reported in detail the sites on which the crops had been dis-
, covered.
According to Juarez Ji.menez, a total of 15 plantations were found on "Los
Aguacates" hill, a part of the municipality of Reynosa, Nuevo Leon. The
crops covered a total of 18 hectares of land, and had a densaity of 10 plants
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per squaxe meter, and each plant was 1.60 meters tall. In other words, tize -
discovery~ of them was timely, because, within a few more days, the grass
- would have been ready to be harvested for shiument to the distribution cen- -
ters.
Also "located" were three marihuana plantations in the municipality of Santa
Catarina, covering an area of l0,OQ0 square meters, with a density of six
plants per square meters, and a plant height of 1.30 meters.
In the same operatiu~:, a plantation was discovered in the town known as "Del
Rio," in Nuevo Leon. The crop covered an area of 1,000 square meters, with a
density of 10 plants per meter, and a plant hei,~,ht of 1.20 meters.
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_ MEXICO
FURTHER DETAILS ON ARRESTED COCAINE TRAFFICKER '
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 8 Sep 79 p 6
[T~~xt] Mexico City, 7 September--An American drug trafficker who was tra-
veling enroute to the United States was arrested at the Mexico City Inter-
national Airport by Federal Judicial Police agents, who seized 2 kilograms
of excellent quality cocaine from him, out of which as many as six "curs"
could have been made, with a black m.a,rket value of about 16 million pesos.
Eugene Nesti was arrested after leaving Ecuadorean Air1~.nES flight 042 ar-
riving from Quito, Ecuador.
Nesti appeared nervous in the customs inspection room, arousing the suspi-
cion of the agents, who immediately ma.de a search. They discovered four
polyethylene bags inside the lining of a navy blue sports coat with gold
buttons, which he was carrying in a garment bag; and, in an attache case
there were five more plastic bags concealed between the newspapers EL
TELEGRAFO and EL UNTVERSO, ~ahich are published in Quito. The amount of
drugs totaled 2 lcilograms.
Nesti, a native of California, residing at 3766 Blue Canyon Avenue, in Stu-
dio City, stated that he had purchased the drugs from two individuals whom
he ~.new only L~y the names Lester and Cesar, in the town of Tumbe, near Quito,
Ecuador, where`he had gone for that purpcse.
rie said that it was very easy for him to travel constantly, because he was ~
an aviation mechanic, and that the Quito-Mexico City-Tijuana flight would
enable him to board a taxi in the latter border town in which he could ta~Ce
the drugs into the southern United States. ,
The a.gents under orders from Comdr Armando Martinez Salgado confis'cated from
the international drug trafficker U.S. passpor.t No 2829774, $1,000, 5,700
sucres, a pipe containing traces of marihuana, personal effects, an airplane
ticket ar.d an aircraft engine generato~r. ~ ~
Gen Raul Mendiolea Cerecero, chief of the Federal Police, placed the indi-
vidual in custody at the disposal of Ra.mon Herrera Esponda, an agent of the
Federal Public Ministry.
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MEXICO
- BRIEFS
'VICE CZAR' JAILED--Yesterday, Rafael Chavez Baldazo, who for years has been
considered the vice czar on this border and 3.n the area, known as "the gene,-
ral of the addicts," was sentenced to 7 years in prison and was given a fine
- of 20,000 pesos by the federal ~udge of the second district court, Eduardo
Aguilar. Chavez Baldazo, who was tried for a crime against health in the
degree of heroin sales, a trial which lasted over 2 years, wac first iden-
tified, during the course of the proceedings, by Ricardo Rivera ~G the in-
dividual who had sold him a dose of heroin. After 2 years, he later claim-
ed that it was not Chavez, but his son who had done so; but by then it was
~ too late. His status was determined by his first two statements to the pro-
secutor and the 3udge. The records also contain statements made by Chavez'
son, Ruben, who said that he did not know Ricardo Rivera Ura, much less re-
call having sold heroin to him; claiming that he was not engaged in such
business. This testimony from his son convicted Chavez Baldazo. His son
is also sub~ect to trial for a crime against health in the degree of mari-
huana possession; however, this is only in juvenile court. And the latter
as well as Chavez Baldazo's wife are subject to trial for the same crime.
- ~Text] (Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 10 Aug 79
Sec B p 1] 2909
THREE DRUG OFFENDERS SENTENCED--According to authorized personnel of the
second district court, three federal criminal~ captured recently by Fede-
ral Judicial Police agents who were investigating them concerning their
ties with the drug traffic were given prison sentences hy the magistrate
of that court. One of them is Julio Moreno Calchado, who will serve a jail -
sentence of l years and 3 months for his guilt of comanitting a crime against
health. This individual was captured in Matamoros on 25 July of last year.
In a closet in his residence, he had concealed two bags filled with marihua-
na. Another prisoner who was sentenced was the hardened criminal Juan Manuel
Salas Pina, on whom the judge imposed a sentence of 5 years and 3 months in
jail. On 10 August of last year, SS Secret Service] agents arrested S3-
las Pina, for whom an arrest warrant had been issued; because, some months -
_ earlier, federal agents had found a moderate amount of cannabis.indica in
his home. Finally, it was announced Chat the criminal Rosendo Vazquez Colin
was sentenced to 8 years in jail and given a fine of 10,000 pesos. A ton
of marihuana was being carried in a truck by this individual, whom federal
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agen~s arrested un 20 December, at ain inspection station located on the out-
_ skirts of Ciudad Rio Bravo, Tamauli~~as. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in ~
Spanish 8 Sep 79 Sec B p 3] 2909 ' ~
JAILBD TRAFFICKER ESCAPES--Federal Judicial Police agents and forces from
various Reynosa police enti~ies were continuing intensive searches yester-
day in an attempt to locate and capture the drug trafficker Roberto Salinas
Hernandez, aho escaped from the Ciudad Reynosa jail on Thursday afternoon.
The escapee was at the disposal of the General Directorate of Coordinated
Crime Prevention and Social Rehabilitation Services. He was serving a sen-
tence of 9 years in jail imposed on him by the third district judge, in con-
nection with proceedings No 80-975, for his guilt in commit~ing a crime against
health. The Federal Public Ministry announced that, at about 1700 hours on
Thursday, the head of the Reynosa municipal jail reported that the dangerous
federal convict, Roberto Salinas Hernandez, had fled from that jail a few
minutes earlier. Several federal agents were assigned to investigate the
suspicious escape of Salinas Hernandez, because, it was claimed, the possi- -
bil.ity that he might have been aided by several prison guards has not been
rejected. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 15 Sep 79 Sec B p 3]
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HEARING FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKER--David Alonso Ramirez will have to appear be-
fore the district court to attend a hearing and, afterwards, he will be
required to await the sentence that will be handed down against him by the
federal judge, Eduardo Elizondo. It was said that, at the hearing, the con-
_ clusions regarding guilt will be heard, for which purpose the prosecutor and
the defense attorney must be present, so that the aforementioned conclusions
m~.y be established. David Alonso Ramirez was a~rested by forces of the Fe-
- deral Judicial. Police after having been accused in Eagle Pass, Texas, by a
couple who had been arr.ested in that town, and who charged him with being
che :individual who had sold them heroin.in Sabinas,Coahuila. The couple
materially implicated David Alonso when they explained that they had made
heroin purchases in the residence of the accused on several occasions.
[Text] [Piedras lvegras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS ~n Spanish 18 Sep 79 ,
Sec :B p I] 2909
MARIHUANA TRAFFICKER SENTENCED--The third district judge issued a verdict
sentenr_ing the drug trafficker Jose Luis Barron-Valdez to 6 years in jail
and imposing a fine of 10,000 pesos upon him, as an individual penally
gui].ty of committing a crime against health in ~he degree of marihuana
transportation. Barron Valdez was proseeuted in trial No 127-978. The
- accused was captured by officers of the Federal Highway Police on 2 June
1978, along Hi~hway No 40, in the ~ection between Reynosa and Pena Blanca.
The offi~ers forced him to stop, since he was caught driving a 1966 Dina
stake-body truck without license plates, in which he was carrying unautho-
rized merchandise. The ner~~ous conduct of the driver, that is, Jose Luis _
Barron, atoused the susp~cion of the agents who, upon removing the canvas
from the vehicle, discovered that he was carrying 55 bags filled with ma- ;
rihuana. They therefore proceeded to arrest him and turn him over to the
_ Federal Public Ministry. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 20 Sep i
79 Sec B p 3] 2909 ~
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NICARAGUA
DRUG-RELATED INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CHINANDEGA AUTHORITIES
Managua BARRICADA in Spanish 10 Sep 79 p 4
[Text] At a press conference, the Chinandega General Staff, headed by
Commanders Esteban, Alfonso and Hernan, announced two instances of smuggling
in the area, one of marihuana and the other of cocaine.
First, the Sandinist National Police, which devotes its efforts to maintain-
ing order in the new Nicaraguan society which.is conscientiously progressing
within our revolutionary process, discovered a marihuana plantation giving
a total of 5 quintals of the plant in the foothills of the San Cristobal
volcano on property belonging to Teofilo Gonzalez Cruz.
The Chinandega General Staff officers said that the marihuana was dis-
tributed by Marta Vanegas among 46 users, mostly young students from the
principal centers of the area.
The owner of the land asserted that he was not aware of what had been sown
. there, since he had leased the property in question to four persons who told
him they were going to plant sesame. Within a few days the marihuana will
be burned by the authorities of the city's FSLN [Sandinist National Libera-
tion FxontJ in the presence of newspaper people and organizations working
toward the welfare and reconstruction of Chinandega.
Cocaine Smuggling ~
Secondly, on the Guasaule border with Honduras the Sandinist police seized
2 kilograms of cocaine valued at 10 million cordobas from two persons whose
names were not disclosed.
News sources indicated that this smuggling had been going on for 2 years
as a product of the corruption of the Somoza regime which for 46~years had
tried to brutalize our people, especially the youth, so that they would not
dem~nd their rights ~nd the freedom to which they aspired and which is
now a reality.
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Thc, smuggled cocaine was transported by private boats via Peru, Colombia and
Nicaragua.
This is an indication of the positive effort the Sandinist police are making
to control drug smugglers and pushers.
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NICARAGUA
BRIEFS
AUTHOR~TIES FIGHT ADDICTION--A positive campaign is being carried on by the
Leon Narcotics Division through the Luis Cabezas Operation whose objective ~
is to declare a"war to death" on drug addiction. The campaign, which began
with the circulation of a communique among the Leon citizenry, is centered
- on enlightening addicts as to the effects of marihuana, making it clear to
them that today's police, contrary to what was done during the Somoza regime,
will not permit our youth to fall into the clutches of that vice. In the
communique the Leon Narcotics Division appeals to the youth to measure up
to the role they are playing in society and urges them to stop using drugs,
si.nce that habit is used by imperialism to manipulate youth, keeping chem
away from the reality in which they are living. Three marihuana plants
- which were being regularly watered and cared for by a person who is now
arrested were recently found in an abandoned house in the heart of Leon.
This �ives an idea of the importance being attached to the antidrug campaign
and should be take~z into consideration by our youth so that they will break
away from the vice and honor the memory of the heroes and martyrs who gave
: their lives for a free and sound country. [Text] [Managua BE~~''tICADA in
Spanish lfi Sep 79 p 11] 8568
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SUU'1'll Al~ P. f CA
_ SFVf:RAL llRUC RINGS SMASHED IN PAST FEW MONTHS
.tohannesburg SUNDAY TIMES in English 23 Sep 79 p 5
[ArLicle by Ray Joseph~
('I'extl
IN THE past few months rica and Belfast, Northern
' South African police have Ireland. Colonel 3mit said the main
smashetl at least flVe in- Colonel Smit eaid tLat his de- dagga�growing areas in
ternational drug syndi- p~~~t was receivi South Afrlca were in the
~B Eastern Transvaal and Na-
cates operating out of the Iulleat co-operatlon from tal. Other major sources
- oountcy and have confls- other oountrlea ln aur war - w~~ ~e~~, ~sotho abd
cated h~ndreds �of klla againat drup." ~ ~ Swaziland.
grams of dagga. ~~~uth Afrlca ,s ~t ~net c~ Arrested
Dozens of fast, expensive cars, from tt?e international deug
used by the pushers to run scene anymore. We have be- Laet week police arrested two
the dagga, have also been come part and parcel of in- blacks travelling in a stolen
confiscated. ternational drug traHicking vehicle near M.arltzburg and
The breakthrough, which in- rings. Drugs are a problem recovered 35 bags of dagga.
cluded the confiscation of worldwide we must ac- A week� eartier in the same
large quantitites of LSD cept that. Almost every area, police confiscated a to-
from Holla~d and potent country has a drug pmblem, tal of 37 bags of dagga in
Mandrax tabl~ts smuggled in o~re is marijuana," he said. two separate incidents.
from India, came after in- He said that the dagga pmblem Over a period oE six months
Mnsive police activity. was not uNque tn this coun- police have setzed 11.. vehl-
~ The majority of arrests have try, but that the low prlce, cles carrying dagga in the
been made in Johannesburg, and the fact that it was rela- Queenatown-East London
Cape Town and Durban. tively easy to obtain, could area, just outslde Transkei.
In another developme~t, the be responsible for the up- ~~llce co~~iflscated 0 ehi-
head of the Sout6 African awing in intecnational syndi- cles on the Natal side of
Narcotics Bureau (Sanab), cates operating wt oE the ~~kei's border, carrying
~Lieutenant-Colonel S J J Republlc. 12Z bags of daggga.
"Hasle" Smlt, said police "I call it the money game. Tde "Our task ~s I see it is to
were at present questioning people involved are higWy concentrate on We growing
a man arrested in Cape financed, well organised and areas and supply routes. If
Tawn in connecteon with a most unscrupulous. The cars we can cut down the supply
dagga-emuggling ayndtcate we have been aeizing are we are 6alfway to winning
operating between South Af- almost always in excellent our battle," said Colonel -
condition, fast and expen- SmIt.
sive." �
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERPfANY
WITH LARGEST DRUG TRAFFIC, HESSE PLANS ENFORCEMET~T DRIVE ~
Frankfurt FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE in German 20 Sep 79 p 7
[Article by Alfred Behr: "More Surprise Raids in Hesse Against Narcotics
Dealers"]
[Text] Wiesbaden, 19 Sep'tember. The fact that there is more drug traffic
in Hesse than anywhere else in Germany, that this Land is at the top of
all FRG Laender with regard to the number of so-called drug-related deaths,
the fact that, finally, Frankfurt has now replaced Amsterdam as the center
~ for Eiiropean drug traffic, induced Ekkehard Gries, Hesse's minister of the
interior, to prepare a program for combating narcotics crimes which is to
- start immediately and ta the carried out as imtensively as the battle
against terrorism.
The number of narcotics agents within the police-detective department, for
- instance, is to be raised from 70 to 135 people. As a consequence, hawever,
the police will not get approval for additional personnel. The new narcotics
agents are supposed to be transferred from other agencies, even at the risk
that the work of these agencies might suffer from it, for instance that the
number of solved robbery cases will continue to decline. Gries stated that
he is willing to put up with the grumbling of the police.
Now all the police departments in the Land are supposed to establish
" narcotics co~issions following the Frankfurt example. The minister of
the interior was apparently impressed by the raids which took place in
Frankfurt in recent weeks (password: "Narko 79"), during the course of
which German and American policemen confiscated rather large quantities
of narcotics while carrying out surpri~e actions. Some 197 persons were
arrested and the drug scene was shaken up. It appears that he would like
to introduce actions of this kind all over ~the Land. Anyway, the police
will not be alone when performing this diff icult task. In the future they
will be assisted by 20 clogs who are trained in sniffing narcotics; to date -
there have been only 12 dogs in Hesse who are able to do that.
Oa Wednesday Gries stated in Wiesbaden that the development was so alarming
that narcotics crimes could no longer be fought in the same manner as other
forms of crime. The "trend" is moving more and more in the direction of
harder drugs, the increase in cocaine traffic is creating new problems for
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agents, the large quantities which are being smuggled in are causing a drop
in prices and making it easy for interested people to get to the "stuff."
The largest amount of narcotics by far is not coming in by air but over
the road. :It is passed to local dealers and then to users. And the so-
called Balkan route has achieved a particularly sad notoiiety. For that -
_ reason Hasse wants to surve;~ dealers and carriers already on the road, for
instancp, on certain routes and on Autobahn parking lots. _
The minister expalined that during these actions consumption was not the
, primary factor and the "fixer" was not of central concern. The thing that
~ is most important is to cut off the production and transport of drugs--
across national borders, which is only possible with assistance from the
Federal Criminal Police Bureau, the narcotics department of which would have -
to be strengthened even more. Incidentally, the minister for developmental
aid is trying to figure out how to target assistance to certain countries
in order to get them to restrict the cultivation of p~ippies.
According to Gries it is difficult to control the import of narcotics in
view of the open borders; for instance, 450,000 foreigners are living in
Hesse; among them are more than 100,000 Turks. According to information
gattiered in Frankfurt, the heroin market in that city is almost exclusively
in the hands of Turkish Kurds, who to a certain degree are conducting the
sale of the white poison as a 13rge family business.
This year (from 1 January to 19 September) 86 persons died in Hesse from
narcotics, which equals the number for whole of last year. The number of
registered drug addicts has inereaseci from 4,000 to 6,000, the number of
narcotics crimes increased by 20 percent when compared to last year. In `
~ Gries' opinion the police can no longer ignore these things as it has done
to date. Ac:cording to liis e;~timates, the raids which he wants to initiate
against dealers will cost approximately DM 4.5 million.
FDF' Minister. Gries is opposed to the proposal by Young Democrats that the
sale of hashish no longer be considered a crime. On the contrary, he warns
of the danger of calling hashish a h~arml~ess substance, because in almost
every case, so he said, it is the "introductory drug" to heroin.
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FARMER LEGALLY PLANTS HEMP, STIRS CON:tROVERSY
Munich SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG in German 30 Aug 7~ p 3
(Article by Theo Wurm: "From the Rugged Alps Into the Re~lm of Dreams.
- 7n the Ehingen Area, Germany's Only Hemp Grower Is Annoyed With the
Officials Because Thieves Extract Drugs From his Plants"]
[Text] Stuttgart,,29 August. The 3wabian Alb i5 good not only for
wandering through juniper meadows but also for some trips into the realm _
of dreams and hallucinations; this has been a well guarded secret so far.
It became known only through a public disagreement between the governmental
presidium in Tuebingen and the Federal Health Office in Berl,in that, fo~ -
yeara, members of the drug environment have supplied themselves with the
"stuff" fram the Ehing area. Although the product is not one of the best.
Neveraheless it is s~i11 good enough for the "green Turk" quality of -
hashish. And, smoken in a pipe, the stuff from the rugged Alb enjoys such
popularity that tJ.S. soldiers on their fall maneuvers do swarm out once
to get fresh supplies from the German countryside. During the "Reforger"
maneuvers in 1977 some GIs had no less than 18 kilograms of marijuana on
them when they were caught by the police.
Nobody can tell what amounts have been handed over so far at the narcotics
distribution places. The fact is that, since 1949, a small contractor has
been cultivating fiber hemp of the species "Cannabis Sativa" on leased
fields of up to 100 hecrares. To be sure the man himself is in combat with
the drug traffickers or addicts. They break into the hemp fields before r
mowing time in order to harvest more blossoms and leaves than could be
theirs according to the rules of stealing for itnmediate~consum~tion. The
contractor himself does not particularly value these parts of the plant.
Yet the thieves trample the stalks which he wants to press into chipboards
for filling doors. Since for 30 years he has been making his deals with
these and not with the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) of the blossoms and
' leaves, the officials had no objections.
Resignationr on the Part of the Public Health'Office
This did not change until after 1971, when che narcotics law came into
~ effect. Since that time the cultivation of hemp without any restrictions
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has been subject to a permit from the Federal PublXC Health Office in Berlin.
And ever since that time the producer of building materials ha~ been fight-
ing with the oi'ficials about the state of his hemp possessions on the Alb.
He has already taken some steps on his own not to completely endanger his
middle class existence. He decreased the cultivated area ~0 13 hectares.
tlE cliunged tlie ].ocr~tion oF tlie fields repeatedly in order .to ~ecure hi~
- hemp against the unwanted, steady customers of the drug scene.
Every year he has obtained a new permit for the cultivation of hemp. For ~
the first time in 1976 he had to go kithout hemp stalks because the Federal
Public Health Office denied the permit. The ~officials found that public
health considerations stood in the way of granting the permit. Because
in 1975--1ike many years before--there were confirmed pilferings since
the fields could not be securely guarded against theft.
The man did not give up because his business was based on a unique pro-
cess of chipboard manufacture imported from Yugoslavia. ~He again�re-
submitted his reques~. In response the Federal Public H:.alth Office
softened i.ts stand. It gave him the permit with the injunction that "a -
~ possible recall will be kept in reserve for the case since the cultivated
Cannabis plants can produce addiction because of their tetrahydracannabinol
~ontent." This was in practice an unlimited permit. Because how could the
cons~ructian man determine whether the t~ps of the hemp produced in the
thieves a true dependency as well, in addition to their continued interest
in it. The enterpreneur also complained about the injunctian to the
Administrative Court of Justice in Berlin. The court found the injunction
excessive and lifted the recall proviso in Anril of this year. The
Federal Public Health Office gave up. End of July it formulated a permit
as unconditional as could be wished by the hemp planter and his customers:
Tiie man was allowed to continue hemp cultivation but "only for pro- ~
cessing into hemp fibers and hemp chipboards." He never ini:ended to do
anything else, The only condition: The exact areas of cultivation and
thef.ts, if any, must be reported. ,
Secause this season the police again discovered 1.8 kilo~rams of hemp
tips and leaves from the Alb in a car,, the governing presidium in
Tuebingen began to invulve itself more closely with the FRG's only hemp
cultivator. Over a weekend the fields have been watcheci around the clock
by 87 police officers :in shifts. Seven people were caught by the officers.
They will continue to watch the blooming hemp with decreased manpower.
"The stuff is getting better every day thinks Udo Andriof, the governing
vice president of Tuebingen and he fears an increased congestion on the
Alb. However he does not consider the dangers so directly pressing that
tYie police would have to step in righti now and burnthe fields. After all,
no one drops dead after using the Alb hemp, Andriof added. Destruction of
the approved hemp fields would also cost the state much in compensation. ~
But Andriof finds that the ccndition is already unbearable because the
fields cannot be protected ~vithout the massive presence of the police. _
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"Guarding to su~n extent is not possible in the long range." On the other
hand, jt would not do to simply acknowledge the entxance of these supply
grounds into the drug scene and to pick up the addicts and their de.alers
later. "The stuff is either harmless--in that case no one should be pro- ~
secuted for possession of hashish and marijuana--or it is dang,erous--then .
_ the thefts here must provide grounds for revoking the permit"--says the
official indignantly.
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TWO HEROIN DEALERS SENTENCED TO LONG TERMS
Munich SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG in German 31 Aug 79 p 14
[Text] The 17th Criminal Court of the Munich Land Court has condemned the '
- 36-year old Turk, .Ahmed C., "a notorious dealer," to a 9-year, 6-month
pris~: term. His codefendant Peter A. (22) got away with 6 1/2 years ot i-
prison and admission into an institution for withdrawal treatment. The
presiding judge, Franz Wickop, took into account that, on the one hand, as
a drug addict of long duration, he could hardly have had any other choice
than to deal in heroin himself and, on the other hand, he withdrew from a
heroin deal "voluntarily and without being under any pressure" in one case.
The public prosecutor, Karl Puszkajler, had demanded 13 years for C. and 9
years for A, in his speech for the prosecution. -
As the demonstrated heroin addiction resulted in a milder punishment for
the 22-year old son of a bank director, the absence of such addiction
resulted in an j,ncreased punishment in the case of the Turkish dealer.
"One may perhaps count as extenuating the fact that C. is not the most
intelligent of inen"--e:Kplained Judge Wickop in his opinian. But in.any
case it must be evaluated to his disadvantage that he has had "no under-
standable motive" for dealing in heroin. Because he himself is not an
addict and as a baker's helper he has also not been in pressing need, a ~
cold, calculating striving for profit remains his only motivation.
High Prof its Via Vienna ~
Nevertheless a stri~ing for profit, coupled with a considerable dose of i
business acumen, should have been attributed by the 3udge to Peter A. i
as well. with the 3-gram hero!.n shipments which he sent to Vienna in
numerous letters to the similarly addi~ted girl he was engaged to, he
cleverly used the price gradient between Germany and Austria. She was '
allowed to take out her own supply, to stretch the res;: of the "stuff"
with milk sugar and sEll it. For the total of 170,000 schillings which
she sent to him now and again, he was able not only to pay for the
supply for both of them.~~but he also pocketied some profit.
With this exceedingly cautious system A. would never ha~te been found out '
if the narcotics agents had not gotten him together with another addict i
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whom he has known since his boarding school days. Only at his urging did A.
- take up cotitact with Ahmed C. and start dealing in large amounts of the
aarcotic. In the course of a sale transaction at a location on Augusten-
strasse, where several kilograms were involved, he was finally spied on
by narcot3cs agents. The informer who suggested the deal was no longer
able to testify: He died during the invest:Cgations from consequences o�
his addiction.
"One of the Ugliest Crimes"
"Heroin is the most dangerous narcotic that we know"--said the presiding
judge in explaining the strict sentence. There are practically no chances
for recovery from that addiction. The addicts either ended up in locked
- in~titution or they died. "Even in the shadows of this very process,
dead people appeared repeatedly on the peripheries." Therefore, dealing
with the murderous drug is "one of the ugliest and most reprehensible
crimes" we have to deal with here in connection with the narcotics law."
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FRANCE
~ DHUG S ITUA'I'ION IN FRANCE � NEIIER S 0 BAD AS NOW �
Paris LE POINT in French 10 Sep 79 pp 60-61
~Article by M.-T. Guichard and J.-M. Ponta.uts "Red Alert on Drugs";
passages enclosed in slant lines printed in boldface]
LText~ The silence surrounding drugs is becoming
habitual, "customary. In France, however, the .
situation has never been so bad~
~ "~The situation is bad, bu~ public opinion must not be al.armed,~
they kept telling us. They ha.ve let the situat3.on come to a head: it
has become irreversible, and drugs are gaining ground every day..." This
exasperated officer of the "narc" squad is reproaching the government for
playing ostrich. -
In order not to axouse interest drugs remain tabu--a cliscreet silence which
could lead one to believe that consumption is diminishing. Wrong: last
_ y~eas 109 "junkies" died of overdoses, versus 72 in 1977. This year in the
depa.rtment of AJ~es-Maxitimes alone there have already been 16 deaths:
heroin overdoses, medicine-alcohol cocktails, accidents under the influence.
Two other statistics axe entering the red: in 197~3 there were 68 percent more
ai~rests than in the previous year. And more than a thousand burglaxies of
- drug ,tores. The young are .the most affected, paxticula:rly in Paxis (70
percent of arrests)~ but drugs strike all regions and all classes indiscrim-
inately. In the Southeast, for example, an employee in th.e Toulon Navy Yards
(22 years old), some -twenty Marseilles "blousons dores"~ a farmworker (23) at
Hyeres, a french-fries vendor (26~ at Apt and two medical atudents.
At the same time that they are becaming democratized, drugs axe leaving
their "reserved" neighborhood,s: in Paxis they are no longer sold only,on
certain streets of Belleville or in the I~atin Quarter; they are also found
i~ certain cafes on the Grands Boulevards. In the country few depa,rtments
have been spared, and in Brittany, which up to now has been safeguasded,
the number of drug a,ddicts increased by 68 percent in one year.
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MorE: alaxming, in June for the first time the~Paris narcotics squad arrested
a hc~roin d.ealer in a cafe across from a high school of the 17th ward. Of
course her�oin addicts ase rare in the school world and ase quickly spotted.
But somc principals recognize that use of "H" [~ashish]~ which is less
dan~erous, is becoming very wides~read. One of them c~aims~that certain "
- students have been smoking since the fourth grade. By senior yeax
many have triea marijuana at least once (one boy out of six and one girl
out of ten according to the National Institute of Health'and Medical Reseaxch).
Should this subject be discussed in high school~ then? "Talking about it
_ is an incitement to use i t. If any cases were found in ir~y esta,blishment
they would be handled sensibly, in secrecy, by the school h~ealth services,"
explains the principal of Racine High School. Undoubtedly he is una~rare
that according to the police no high school is completely free of the problem.
At Rodin High School t;le principal has adopted the reverse strategem: eighty
- parents attended a meeting and a film. "Our in~formation depenc~Ls on the
~ood will of the head of the establishment, and many refuse to take an
interest in wh~.t is happening at the door of the high school~where the
- traffic is going on," notes Jean-~ierre Castella, advisor~to Monique
Pel].etier, Min.ister of the Sta,tus of Women.
In view of this rise, the measures being taken are ridiculous. Eben if
the ne~a Minister of Health, Jacques Barrot has decided to convene the
, interministe rial commission on drugs (grouping 10 ministries) this week,
an a~z which will follow a reather weak offensive.
The first work of this supercommittee will be to hear Monique Pelletier
again present her dossier on the past year, prepaxed at the request of the
VGE [~xpansion unImown] and then forgotten. The rest is only pu~btering. .
--1~3 September: Addit3.on to Table B drugs of two abused.medicines, including
a reducing produc~t, ."scrounged" by addi~ts. .
- --National education: Christian Beullac is to sign a circular "inciting"
principals to create other "health clubs" in the high schools, A"pa,per"
~ of good but futile sentiments.
--The prir~cipals will see a~5-minute film with Monique Pelletier and
social welfa,re workers. Another round ta.ble.
--The pharmaceutical laboratories are doing their PR for doctors: one
of them is going to distribute a cassette on drug addiction to d000 general
practitioners. A speech.
--The MiniUter of Health is asking prefects for a broc:~ure on those
combatting drug+addiction locally. It is never too lat~.'.. ~
--The only measure which risks being a little effective: regulation of ether
- substitute for drugs). It will be sold on prescription: ,
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Scattered measures are not a policy. Will an organization for sheltering
drug addicts in d.istress be created, as Monique Pelletier has asked?
- "People dun't know whom to turn to any more. All the mail is coming to us,"
says Jean-Pierr~ Castel~a.
_ Will a chair of toxicoloE;y be created? (No medical student is receiving
instruction on drug addiction.~ Will what the specialists ca11 a
"complete therapeutic chain" from reception to reintegration of the drug
addict, be set up?
The police ase not waiting for answers to these questions. For them,
before they can dry up demand~ supply must be suppressed. Wednesday at ~
Orly, cus~oms officials seized 5.5 kg of heroin worth F`r 5.5 mil]ion. Now,
the traffic has diversified since the dismantling of the F`rench ~onnectian
. in Marseilles in 19'~~. They must now fight outside the borders. Example:
Bangkok where a man from the "nares", inspector Michel Humbert, 38,keeps
watch over F`rench nationals, small users who disembark from chaxters in order
to buy two-gram doses of heroin in tubes, reselling past of it in Europe "
in order to pay for their trips. Some of them thus become "miniwholesalers":
~ in August five of them bought for Fr 70,000, 500 grams of heroin which they
resold for Fr 800,000 in Faxis.
What specialists feas is that France may become a turntable, fears which
are in part well-fourided since on ~ February 1978, after the arrest of a
"chemist" Raymond Silvani, 43. The morphine base seized~ in his laboratory
came from the Middle East via a channel which apparently replaces that of the
Asian "triangle". -
Heroin from the Middle East is becoming increasingly purer. The kilogram
of heroin intercepted on 6 May 1979 in Antibes was 99 percent "smack". On 16
August the Italian police arrested five traffickers at Vintimille and seized
two kilagrams of heroin coming from France which was i;o have gone to the Uniied
States via Palermo.
These affairs provoked a meeting of the French, I~talian and American
services in Genoa on 20 August: is the ~~nch Corlnection being rebuilt from
a laboratory the existence of which cann~t be seriously denied but which _
they have not been able to locate? The chemists, drawirlg lessons from
the past, have set up ~.n itinerant laborat~ry... -
A poor consolati.on: In F~ance drug addicts are less numerous than else-
where. The frontrunner is the United States: hasn't White House Chief of
S taff Hamilton Jordan been suspected of sniffing cocaine?
In Europe it is West Germany which is breaking the record,s with ~30 deaths
from overdoses in 197$ and 325 for the first seven months of 1979� And
this goes right up to Director General of the.xespecta.ble weekly newspaper
DER SPIEGII,, Rudolf Augstein, arrested last month by Italian customs -
offici2.ls with 4~0 gra.ms of "H". Peaceful Switzerland has 84 deaths for last
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year.. If this figure were put in terms of our demography, this would be
the equivalent of 640 deathsl
The last open frontier is the countries of Eastern Europe, which have been
considered to be sheltered from this pure product of the corrupt West.
- But in Moscow while the existence of drugs is being fiercely denied,
burglaries of pharmacies are beginning to be counted. And Czechoslovakia,
which boasts of being spaxed, is discreetly constxucting centers for drug
addicts.
30 Years for 13 Grams
~On the road a.gain.~ A knapsack on the ba.ck, a"joint" in the pocket, the _
price is not the same at Place Saint-Michel and in Istanbul. Thirteen
grams of hashish: thirty years of prison. This heavy penalty was inflicted
on a young ~ench horticulturist, 23, Francis Lamaignere. Arrested on 1
October 1977 in East Turkey with this small amount of "H", he goes to trial
eight months later. He does not have the means tio reta.in counsel and can
understand nothing of what is being said at the heaxing. An interpretor
fram the F~ench Embassy translates the essential to him: his sentence.
The oril.y European in a cell o~ 45 Moslems, the nightmaxe begins. He is _
hungry, the prison provides only bread; the rest must be purchased. Mal-
nourrished, he falls ill. In March he leasns that his sentence has been
reduced by hal:f and he is transferred to an Istanbul prison. -
Judicially his situation is a dead-end. Review of the trial is impossible~
and Turkey agrees to extradite foreign prisoners only on condition that they
serve t�heir sentences in their own country. His fate is in the hands of
~the F`rench government: it alone can request his release as one of the
"humanitaxian ca,ses."
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FRANCE
BRIEFS
HASEiISH SEIZED IN PARI5--Paris, Oct 18 (AFP)--A recorc~ haul of 113 kilos
(248 pounds) of hashish was seized by French customs today at Charles de
Gaulle Ii,ternational Airport near here. Angolan Edouard Nzuzi, 23, and
Zairese Kende Iloko, 30, were arrested as they arrived from Zaire with
hashish hidden in four double bottom trunks, officials said. [Text] ~
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