JPRS ID: 9004 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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WORLDWIDF.. REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 13/80)
CONTENTS PAGE
A-SIA
AFGHATIISTAN
Briefs
Opium Seizure
BURMA
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Foreign Attaches, Others Briefed on Narcotic Drugs -
Suppression
(Rangoan Domestic Service, 4 Mar 80)......0 2 '
NIB, Police Arrest Traffickexs in Rangoon, Mandalay
(Rangoon Domestic Service, 5 Mar 80) 6
Briefs
Jpium From Traveler 8
Opium Seized in Chatthin 8
Court Jails Smuggler 8
Heroin Seized in Taunggyi 9
HONG KONG
Narcotics Commissi.oner: A-ntidrug War Being Won
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 21 Jan 80) 10
Customs Official Reviews Drug Seizures in 1979
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 20 Jan 80) :L4
Ex-Addicts Trained To Rehabilitate Drug Abusers
(SOUTH (,'EiINA MORNING POST, 18 Feb 80).0 ..............o,. 15
Heroin6Courier Gets 5-Year Jail Sentence
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 15 Feb $0) 16
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GONTENTS (Continued)
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Four Acquitted of Drug Trafficking
Conspi
racy
(SOUTEI CHINA MORNING POST,
12 Jan
80)
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Appeal Court Frees Girl Convicted
on Drug
Count
(SOUTEI CHINA MORNING POST,
23 Jan
80)
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Woman Seeks Retrial on Heroin Possession
Charge
- (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST,
15 Jan
80)
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Briefs
- Drugs Aboard Ship
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Airport Heroin Seizure
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Drug Possession Charge
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INDONESIA
Family of Narcotics Traff ickers Sentenced
(PELITA, 13 Dec 79) 21
~ JAPAN
Briefs
Stimulant Drugs 22
Marihuana From Sri Lanka 22
= ROK Amphetamine Smugglers 22
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Charas Possession Arrest 23
PHILIPPINES
Briefs
Dangerous Drugs Law Amended 24
Drug Syndicate Uncovered 24
Marcos Tightens Drug Control 24
SOUTH KOREA
Briefs
Stimulant Drug Users Arrested- 26
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THAI I.AND
Research Disclos2s Artitudes on Narcotics Use
(Various sources, various dates)
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Youth Experimentation
Statistics Reported
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Teachers To Be Trained
Siri Sirkun Gets Sentence for Escape
(BAN MUANG, 28 Dec 79)
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District Police Inspector Wanted for Opium Theft
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Marihuana Seized at Don Muang
(DAO SIAM, 28 Dec 79)
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Australians, Thai Charged With Drug Trafficking
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(BANGKOK POST, 29 Jan 80)
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Australian Witness Testifies in Drug Case.
(.-UANGKOK POST, 31 Jan 80)
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Heroin Seized in Chaing Mai
(BANGKOK POST, 13 Feb 80)
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, Hong Kong Woman Arrested With Heroin
(BANGKGK POST, 14 Feb 80)
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" Drug Smuggling to Japan Investigated
(NATION REVIEW; 8 Feb 80)
38
Nakhon Phanom Marihuana Burned
(NATION REVIEW, 23 Jan 80)
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Briefs
Iranian Smuggler Sentenced
EAST EUROPE
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YUGOS LAVIA
Briefs
. Increase in Drug Traffic 41
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CONTENTS (Continued)
LP_TIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
- Briefs
Arrest for Drug Possession
Drug Traffickers Arrested
' Goca Seized
BAHAMAS
Briefs
. Drugs Act Amendment
BRAZIL
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Drug Prevention Program in Sao Paulo Schools Discussed
(0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 13 Feb 80) 44
Briefs
Drug Incineration in Minas 45
Stricter Drug Monitoring Measures 45
Trafficker Killed in Shootout 45
Army Regulations Against Drugs 46
Cocaine Traffir_kers' Arrest 46
COLOMBIA
Cocaine Laboratory in Bogota Raided
(EL ESPECTADOR, 23 Jan 80) 47
'Sea of Cocaine' Found in Llanos Orientales
(Humberto Diez; EL TIEMPO, 23 Jan 80) 48
Briefs
Drug Traffickers Arrested 52
Guajira Marihuana Ring Seized 52
MEXICO
� Social Cost of Addictian Discussed by Official
(METROPOLI DE EL DIA, 3 Feb 80) 53
More Humane Treatment Pledged far Addicts
(EL SOL DE MEXIV-1O, 2 Feb 80) 55
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Traffickers, Policeman Kil'led in Sinaloa Shootout
(Francisco Arizmendi; EXCELSIOR, 7 Feb 80).......... 57
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Traffickers, Iieroin Seized in Ciudad Juarez ,
(EL SOL DE MEXTCO, 7 Feb 80) 58
Addict Seized With Coca Leaves at Airport
(EL SOL DE MEXICO, 2 Feb 80) 59
- Briefs
- Traffickers, Marihuana Seized bp
Cocaine Seized at Airport 60
PJF Arrests 98 Z`raf�ickers 60
Toxir Pill Ingredients Seized 61
Traffickers Arrested 61
Chilean ArrESted in Mexico 61
, NI CARA,GUA
Briefs
Decreasing Niarihuana Availability 62
P ANAMA
Briefs
Cocaine Seized 63
Narcotics Confiscations 63
PERU
State of Emergency Decreed to Combat Cocaine Traffic
(AF'P, 13 Mar 80) 64
Governmen.t Starts Action To Eradicate Coca Growing
(Emiliu Oliva, EFE, 14 Ma.r 80) 66
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
ISRAEL
Briefs
- Heroin Seized at Airport 67
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rtoxOcco
- Unemployment, Neglect Are Real Cause of Drug Addiction
(AL-M[JHARRIR, 12 Jan 80) 68
' WEST EUROPE
CANADA
Investigatior.s Lead to Drug Seizure in Montreal
(Various sources, various dates) 70
Hashish Valued at $3 Million Drug Trafficker Denied Bail
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
More International Cooperation Against Drugs Proposed
(FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE, 12 Feb 80) 72
Briefs
Heroin Arrests in Berlin 74
FRANCE
Briefs
Drugs, Weapons Confiscated 75
ICELAND
Briefs
Sentences Served at Home 76
PORTUGAL
Drugs Continue To Be Problem in Nation
(DIARIO DE NOTICIAS, 27 Jan 80) 77
Briefs
Man Arrested, 'Preludin' Seized 79
SPAIN
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Traffickers Arrested 80
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AFGHANISTAN
BRIEFS
OPIUM SEIZURE--Eleven bags of opium weighing 70 kgs was seized at Mahitar
pass by anti-smuggling squad. The contraband was being transferred to Kabul
from Nangarhar in a Toyota car driven by Ajab Khan son of Haider, a resident
of Nangarhar. It was handed over to Kabul customs house and the case is
under investigation. [Text] jKabal KA33UL NEW TIMES in English 11 Feb 80
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FOREIGN ATTACHES, OTHERS BRIEFED ON NARCOTIC DRUGS SUPPRESSION
BK051309 Rangoon Domestic Service in Burmese 1330 GMT 4 Mar 80 BK
[Summary] "Foreign military attaches in Rangoon and foreign and local nPws-
men accompanied by Deputy Minister of Infurmation Col Aung Htay today visited
Tachilek Township and studied operdtior 'Roaring Sky Phase V" launched by
the eastern military command along the Burma-Thai border."
The guests, together with Director General of Police U'lhein Aung, director
of the Defense Services Intelligence Lt Col Kan Nyunt, director of People's
Militia and Social Relations Col Sein Aung and other responsible officials,
today flew to Mong Hsat and were received by Maj Gen Tun Yi, commander of
Special Operations No 1 an3 Brig Gen Hla U, comrander of the eastern mili-
tary command.
Later, a briefing session was held at the "Bayintnaung" guest hcuse of the
49th Infantry Regiment, Col Thein Han, commander of lst TacticaY Operations,
rirst explained the operation. He said, "A total of five annual military
operations, including the current one, have been launched against opium
trafficking. The objECtive of the operations is to implement the resolu-
tion of the People's Assembly which calls for pradicating narcotic drugs
as a national cause." He went on to say, "The insurgents earning th&ir living through the opium
trade are the Shan United Army [SUA], Shan United Revolutionary Army [SURA],
Shan State Army [SSA], the Lahu rebels and, for the last 2 to 3 years the
membexs of the Burma Communist Party [BCP]. For this reason, the military
operation was mainly directed against the (Mawhpa)�region which is the base
region of the BCP.
"Since we could attack and occupy the base camp areas of the BCP (Mawhpa)
and northern Keng Tung regions, we were able to cut down their communica-
tions routes. At the same time, we sought out and destroyed poppy planta-
tions and opium refinery plants.
"As of today we have destroyed over 3,000 acres of poppy through a mili-
tary operation launched in Shan State this year. Now, we have launched
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~ `Roaring Sky Phase VI' in the (Lawlo-Thai)_region, along the border, where
the opium refinery plants of the Loimaw [insurgents] are situated. The
operation, comprising three regiments, and under my personal supervision
was launched,on 20 February.
"On the morning of 23 February, tre objective sites were attacked and cleared.
During the clearing operationy there were five engagements with the Loimaw
enemy group. There were about 100 of the enemy at the place where the bat-
tles took place. After attacking the enemy security camps, the ravines
inside the jungles were searched and 11 enemy opium refinery plants were
uncovered. Three of the plants were in use while the refining process in
eight other sites had been stopped about 1 year ago.
"We suffered G wounded while the enemy suffered 10 dead. We also seized
10 weapons, and a large quantity of opium refining paraphernalia we have
now in our hands.
"When we first approached them, about 100 rounds were fired from the other
country by either the enemy or the Thai police. The enemy fled to the
other country, carrying with them their property because we failed to sur-
prise them.
"When we attacked the second site, a helicopter flew away to the other side
_ of the border at 1400. Moreover, we found a helicopter pad built right on
the border."
_ He added, "The BCP and local insurgents are engaged in the opium trade to
raise Funds. Opium in the Shan State, which is endangering the entire na-
tion will disappear if the BCP and insurgents are crushed and uprooted by
the army, party, council and people through joi-Lzt operation."
Police Director General U Thein Aung then explained the narcc,tic drugs pre-
vention and suppression programs. He sa3d, "Operations to destroy poppy
plantations were launched in various states and division between 1974-75
and 1978-79 during thQ poppy seasons. As a result, a total of 32,893
acres of poppy plantations were destroyed by the end of April 11079.
"Between 18 December 1979 and 29 February 1980, 3,569 acres of poppy plan-
tations were destroyed in the Shan States under Operation "Hell F:tower."
In Kachin State, 244.50 acres and in Chin State 20.13 acres were also
destroyed. Hence, a total of 3,834 acres were destroyed."
U Thein Aung added, "Narcotic drugs are also being seized. Sixty kilograms
of heroin were s eized in 1974, 47 kilograms in 1975, 67 kilograms in 1976,
72 kilograms in 1977, 115 kilograms in 1978 and 64 kilograms in 1979. A
total of 425 kilograms of heroin was thus seized between 1974 and 1979.
Meanwhile, 27,341 kilograms of raw opium were also seized during the same
period.
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"On 29 Febrilary this year, under the direction of the National Intelligence
Bureau, the crime division and the 2d.intelligence unit seized 21 kilograms
- of heroin. The increase in the seizure of na�rcotic drugs was not due to a
rise in poppy cultivation but to cooperation by local people in the narcc+tic
- drugs prevention and suppression campaign of the party, council and army
launched on a national scale."
Director of the Defense 5ervices Tntelligence Lt Col Kan Nyunt said,
"'Roaring Sky' operations were launched to prevent and suppress narcotic
drugs. During the operation against opium in April 1974, army columns
attacked ncar Wukhai and Ranglaw. villages in Loilemk Township and about 400
Loimaw insurgents belonging to the (Khun Sa) group as they were smuggling
apium using about 300 horses and mules. The army captured 800 visses of
opium [1 viss equals 3.6 lbs], 7,824 visses of jade, 18 horses and mules,
and 10 insurgents.
"The army launched special operations against opium factories of the insur-
gents in accordance with the resolution of the People's Assembly first meet-
i:ng in 1975. During operation 'Victory Fame' launched in June 1975 in the
northeast military command area, fighting broke out in the jungle near
(Natmuse) Village and their opium factory was captured.
- "The army seized from the factory 67 pounds of heroin, 19 visses of brown
opium, 109 visses of raw opium, 12 tanks of opium oil and more than 80
pieces of opium refining paraphernalia. Four major battles were fought with
- the enemy at (Ngawan) and (Wangpon) villages during special operation 'Roar-
ing Sky' between 14 and 26 September 1975 and the enemy's opium plant was
destroyed. The army destrofed 300 gallons of heavy opium
:solul.ion, 45,000 rounds of assorted ammunition, 36 mines and some explo-
sives.
"On 21 April 1176, the army seized 130 visses of raw opium when it cleared
(Pangon) Village. It was hidden by Loimaw insurgent groups in the
village. Operating `Roaring Sky Phase I' was launched near (Namun) Vil-
lage in Mong Hsat Township on the Burmese-Thai border from 24 to 30 April
1976 and the army captured 69 assorted weapons, including four 57-mm [as
heard], over 15,000 rounds of ammunition, 30 pounds of heroin, 228 pounds
of raw opium, 440 gallons of opium liquid, 52 bombs, 5 sets of communica-
tions equipment, and 32 horses and mules.
"Operation 'Roaring Sky Fhase II' was launched from 18 to 25 January 1977
during which the army raided an opium factory in (Loi-o) area, Mong Hsat
1'ownship, where about 300 Loimaw insurgents led by (Khun Sar) were reiining
opium. Four opium refining factories9 10 huts used for storing goods,
60 barracks and various pieces of opium refining paraphernalia were cap-
tured. '
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"During operation 'Roaring Sky Fhase III' launched between 17 and 25 June
1977, 55 paclcages of heroin, 1 viss of raw opium, 2 sets of communications
equipment, 45 horses and mules, and all kinds of smuggled goods were seized
and two opium refining plants, 80 huts and over 200 baskets of rice were
- destruyed by burning.
"Operarion 'Roaring Sky Phase IV' was launched from 12 to 27 April 1:�78
in (Loi Lam) area, Mong Hsat Tilwnship, during which i,(,ri upi mn rc, i'i nirtte,
- c:amps were occupied and destroyed. The army seized 157 kilograms of raw
' opium, 594 gallons of raw opium liquid and various types of chemicale uaed
, in opium refining, including 374 liters of ether, 500 gallons of sulphuric
acid, 125 litLhrs of acetic acid, 315 liters of enol.
"While the army was thus preventing and suppressing nar.cotic drugs through
various operations, the National Intelligence Bureau launched Operation
'Victory Roaring Sky' in Tachilek from 19 to 28 August 1978, seizing 84
kilograms of heroin, 130 kilograms of ( brown opium), 30 kilograms of '999'
brand morphine cakes, and 34 kilograms of raw opium.
- "Similarly, operations 'Gallant Victory' and 'Valorous Victor.y' were launched
in the northeast in June 1978 ar.d many clashes broke out with the insurgents
between 1 and 28 June. The army captured 661 visses or raw opium, 134 kilo-
grams of brown opium powder and 25 gallons of opium liquid. -
_ "One hundred twenty-one opium traffickers were arrested during Operation
'Victory Roaring Sky' from 4 September to 1 October 1978, and 72 weauons
of various types and a large quantity of ammunition were also seized. -
Moreover, 43 visses of raw opium, 1.08 visses of opium refuse, 1 visa of
- yeJlow opium powder and 668 ounces of heroin were also captured.
"From the promulgation of the 1974 narcotic drugs law to 1979, 22,906
; cases imvolving drug traffickers, smugglers and consumers were filed and .
30,255 kilograms of narcotic drugs were seized."
The military attaches and journalists then left in four helicopters for an
observation tour uf the Law Lo Chang area of Loik awkhan Vi.llage tract, .
Tachilek Township, on the Burmese-Thai border. They also saw the materials
captured from the opium refineries and the helicopters pad built near the
insurgents' opium refinery. Later, they flew to Mong Hsat in helicopters
and then to Rangoon in military planes, arriving in Rangoon in the evening.
CSO: 5300
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NIB, POLICE ARREST TRAFFICKERS IN RANGOON, MANDALAY
Rangoon Domestic Service in Burmese 0130 GMT 5 Mar 80 BK
[Text] Under the direction cf the National Intelligence Bureau [NIB] the
crime division of the people's police force and the 6th intelligence unit
arrested and questioned 26 persons involved in transgorting and trafficking
heroi.n from Taunggyi to Rangoon and Mandalary. Charges were filed against
them at the South Okkalapa and the Bahan Township courts.
The case was that on 24 October 1979, acting on information that business ~
transaction of 2 kilograms of heroin would be carried out at (Yin Swe)
restuarant, No 137 University Avenue Road, Rangoon, a combined force of the
crime division and the 6th intelligence unit questioned suspects (Aung Win) `
alias (Law Par) of Taunggyi, (Kyaw Theinl alias (Kyan Haw Lin), (Maung .
Myint) and car driver (Ye Myint) alias (Ba Than), leading to the arrest of
some people. ,
As a result, 2 kilograms of heroin were seized from the house of (Khin Maung
Aye) at No 299, 7th Street, llth Ward, South Okkalapa. A case was opened
against him at the South Okka.lapa police station under Sections 6(B), 7(B), ~
10 (B) and 11 of the Nsrcotic Drugs Law.
A can of Duya brand cigarette containing about a pound of heroin and some
injecting paraphernalia were also seized from the house of U(Aung Mi) and
Daw (Hyunt Hyunt). Charges were filed against them at the Bahan police sta-
tion under Sections 6(B) and 10 (B) of the Narcotic Drugs Law and Section
33 (A) of the Excise Act.
As directed by the NIB, a combined force of personnel from the defense ser-
vices intelligence, the crime division of the people's police force, the
Mandalay Division people's police force and ward council laid in wait at
(Megagiri) ward at the intersection of the 80th and the 16th streets in
Mandalay in the afternoon of 16 January and searched U(Hla Aung) of Bawdigon,
- Mandalay. As a result, a total of 2 kilograms and 5.5 ounces of heroin were
seized. Mandalay police station No 5 has filed charges against defendant
U(Hla Aung) and six others under Sect3.on 6(B), 7(B) and 10 (B) of the
Narcotic Drugs Law.
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In sca.rchirig tier.oin trafficer U(Hla Aung)T 6 packages of heroin weighing
5 grams each were found in his jacket. Acting on the testimony of U(Hla
/lung), they searched Myatthitmun tailor shop at No 142 of block No 144 in
' (rtegagiri) ward, Mandalay, and seized near the counter of the shop heroin
in two 1-kilogram plastic containers, nine packages of heroin from a plastic
basketT weighing 5 grams each, and five packages of heroin, weighing 150
grams each, hidden in the ground of the shop in a glass bottle--a total of
2 kilograms 5.5 our:.:es.
As a result of further investigaton, (Sai Tun Myint) of Aungmyethazin ward,
Mf more dangerous drugs.
These statements to METROPOLI came from Dr Carlos Pucheu Regis, SSA
[Secretariat of Health and Welfare] assistant director general for mental
health, who assured us that youths who psychologically depend on marihuana _
neglect other activities during a formative period of their lives and some
deviate toward actions that lead them to idleness and, in the worst of
cases, delinquency.
He pointed out that the social cost of drug addiction is reflected in
school dropouts, delinquency, family crisis, drop in productivity and
many other factors.
Responding to this phenomenon, and especia'Lly to the growing tendency
toward drug abuse among adolescents and young adults, a program is being
developed in Mexico to try to solve this problem: and the philosophy
which guides this effort believes it is necessary, before anything else,
to significantly reduce the social cost that drug addiction entails.
_ Therefore, he said, instead of providing a program of traditional care
and treatment--directed to help the young addict to understand his problem
and try to solve it--the program concentrates on developing his skills
and special talents which lead him more rapidly toward social and economic
self-sufficiency.
He pointed out that professionals who are involved in one way or another
in the problem of studying and understanding drug addiction (physicians,
psychiatrists, psychologists and lawyers) must fully know the problem,
its causes and manifestations in order to effectively treat the affected
persons. .
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He specified that lawyers and persons charged with maintaining order in
society must remember that the drug addict is not a criminal but a sick
person in need of help, a person that must be oriented toward the profes-
sionals that can help in his rehabilitation.
Dr Pucheu Regis, who is also assistant director of the SSA Mexican Mental
Health Research Center [CEMESAM], said that the pharmacological effects
produce3 by marihuana concentrate mostly on the central nervous system
and are related to the personality of the individuaZ, specific circumstances
of the moment, and the quality, quantity and measure of its use.
Marihuana, he said, has the property of altering sensation, conscience and
other psychological and behavioral functions. He stressed that its potency
tends to change from one preparation to the next: This depends on cond:tions
of climate, soil, methods of culture and extraction, species of the plant
and the specific parts [of the plant] used.
On the other hand, he said there is no consensus as to the psychological
effects of its use; however, the most typical [effects] identified thanks
to different studies carried out by CEMESAZI, are physical and psychical.
He explained that the physical effects produce a sensation of increased
visual and auditory capacity, cardiac frequency and arterial pressure;
chronic respiratory problems, lowering of body temperature, dehydration,
drowsiness, bronchitis (after smoking it for a long time, much like tobacco).
As far as psychical effects, he listed the alteration of time and space
perception, euphoria, relaxation, anxiety, panic, sensation of hunger and
thirst, and personality disorders. In high doses, marihuana can produce
hallucinations, loss of immediate memory and decrease in intellectual output.
With respect
advisable in
where panic
recommended
accusation.
Finally, he
of the drug
anxiety.
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to treatment, he pointed out that a visit to the doctor is
the case of intoxication and hospitalization in situations
or psychosis results. Psychiatric treatment of the user is
and he advises against assuming attitudes of repudiation and
said for nonpsychotic drug users he would suggest suspension
and prescription of minor oral tranquilizers to decrease
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MORE HUMANE TREATMENT PLEDGED FOR ADDICTS
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 2 Feb 80 p 8-A
[Text] Drug addicts arrested by the capital police will no longer be
treated as delinquents but will receive more humane treatment and instead
of being sent to local offices of the Public Ministry, will go to Youth
Integration Centers, Gen Arturo Durazo Moreno, chief of the metropolitan
police, said yesterday. `
For her part, Federal Deputy Maria Eugenia Moreno, Kena, said: "To say
that marihuana consumption is not harmful, is a crime." Accompanied by
General Durazo Moreno, the deputy inaugurated the first training course
which will be taken by 17,000 DGPT [General Directorate of Police and
Transit] policemen.
The chief of police said they are trying to teach through these courses
that drug addicts should be treated "with loving care and with the convic-
tion that these are sick persons who need maximum help and carE."
"It is well known that a struggle has been undertaken against drug traf-
fickers, especially around schools where these enemies of yout'Li settle snd
must be continuously and severely attacked," Durazo Mor2no said in his
speech during the brief ceremony which took place at the dependancy's
Jose Lopez Portillo Hall.
Durazo Moreno said that "there is no question that the police must show
- interest in the work being carried out by the Youth Integration Centers,
and coordination of the police with these centers was necessary due to the
great concern of both these organizations about this grave human problem."
Legislator Kena Moreno said that during 1979 the Youth Integration. Centers
cared for 211,000 throughout the country and, according to studies by the
Lower Chamber's Health Commission, marihuana is the drug that has become
most popular among the addicts and is followed in importance by inhalants,
which represent 18 percent of all drugs consumed by youths and children.
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The federal deputy added that the most dangerous of all drugj are the
inhalants, since it has been found that even 4- and 5-year-olds are consuming
them, "without taking into account the harm it causes to industry workers."
Finally she said they are trying to add to the Penal Code the regulation
of the sale of industrial inhalants to avoid or stop altogether their
consumption by minors and adults.
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TRAFFICKERS, POLICEMAN KILLED IN SINALOA SHOOTOUT
Plexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 7 Feb 80 p F-D
[Article by Francisco Arizmendi]
[Text] Culiacan, Sinaloa, 6 February--Ztao suspected drug traffickers and
murderers of a Federal Judicial Police agent died today in a shootout ,aith
agents of that corps and of the state judicial police.
Gen Raul Mendiolea Cerecero reported that the events took place at 1130
_ hours at 1425 Veracruz, colonia Las Quintas. There were no agents injured.
Killed were Astolfo Salgueiro Nevares and Ramon Araujo Aceves, who, together
with Leon Salgueiro Nevares, Mario Monraes and the brothers Rafael and -
Manuel Avendano Monraes, allegedly murdered federal agent Pedro Antonio
Navarro Sanchez, riddled with bullets on 4 February at the crossing of
Emiliano Zapata Blvd and Bravo St.
Mendiolea Cerecero added that investigations indicated the authors of the
crime were hidfng in the above-mentioned house.
- Federal and state agents surrounded the dwelling, knocked at the door and
were received by Erasmo Medina Medina, whom they questioned about the
alleged drug traffickers and murderers.
- At that moment, from the upper part of the house, shots were fired ag:~inst
the police, who repelled the aggression.
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MEXICO
TRAFFICKERS, HEROIN SEIZED IN CIUDAD JUAREZ '
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 7 Feb 80 p 8-A
[Text] Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 6 Feb (OEM)--Heroin valued at more than
3 million pesos wzs seized by the Federal Judicial Policp from three
subjects in this city's airport.
David Garcia Canales, chief of the police detail at the airport, reported
yesterday on the results of a national investigation culminating in the
capture of 12 subjects from the Federal District, Durango and this border,
"as well as the seizure of 0.5 kg of cocaine and 0.5 kg of heroin, with
apparent final destination Chicago, Illinios."
The arrested ("more or less in order and degree of responsibility") are:
Froylan Villanueva Miranda, Armando Quintero Medina, Pablo Garcia Castaneda,
Jesus Castro Ruiz, Joaquin Munoz Lobillo, Martin Castro Ruiz, Manuel Navarro
Aceves, Luis Mijares Sanchez, Roberto Morer..o Mijares, Pino Manuel Sanchez
Carranza, Jose Baltazar Torres and Reynaldo Quintero Medina.
Hearing that the Federal J-jdicial Police had found their hideout in a
surrounding neighborhood, Joaquin Nunez Marin and Jesus Castro, frcm
Durango, fled to the Abraham Gonzalez internati.onal airport intending to escape but were caught and arrested by agents led by Commander Carcia
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MEXICO
ADDIr,T SEIZED WITH COCA LEAVES AT AIRPORT
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 2 reb 80 p 8-A
[Text] An addict, openly carrying in his luggage 40 grams of high quality
cocaine, was arrested at the Mexico City international airport.
Three investigating agents of the Federal Public Ministry are participating
in the preliminary investigation and were trying yesterday to rt:lly under-
stand a drug uncommonly carried by the subject: coca leaves, which chewed
wirh su.=eets, produce the same effect as powdered coca.
_ Alejandro Orozco Madrigal, Mexican resident of Los Angeles, California,
was arrested on h3s arriva.l in Mexico from Lima, Peru, in transit to Los
_ Angeles.
When questioned by the agents of Comnander Armando Martinez Salgado,
Orozco Madrigal confessed that he is addicted to cocaine and for this
reason was carrying in his luggage, in addition to the coca leaves, a
cocaine powder dosimeter and a primitive apparatus used to liquiiy and
gasify cocaine from L-he already mentioned leaves and, according to the
arrested m3n, is sold in Colombia with the authorization of that country's
public health [officials].
Attorneys Enrique Gomez Esquivel, Ramon Herrera Esponda and Ricardo Tapia
- Salas, from the Federal Public Ministry for special affairs of the country's
attorney general, explained that Orozco Madrigal arrived in this capital
aboard Aeroperu Flight 622, from Lima, where the ;ubject said he had bought
the drug.
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MEXICO
BRIEFS
TRAFFICKERS, MARIHUANA SEIZED--Merida, Yucatan, 30 Jan--Some 2.5 tons of
marihuana, valued at z little over 15 million pesos, were seized by the
Federal Judicial Police who arrested seven drug traffickers, among them a
treasury inspector of the Secretariat of Finance and a professor af the
University of Yucatan. The arrested persons are: Alfonso Navarrete
Rosell, treasury inspector; Gener Gonzalez Gamboa, professor af the Uni-
versity of Yucatan; Simon C:zan Pena, Fernando Arregunaga Gutierrez, Luis
Jorge Herrera Peniche, Hermilo Campos and Esteban Gongora Canul. The
division chief of the southeastern region antidrug campaign of the Federal
Judicial Police, Pablo Antonio Hernandez, said that the chief of the gang,
Julio Patron Nocetti, is at large. He also reported that investigation
is in progress of the possible connection of this case with the 501 bales
of grass that 2 months ago were found floating in the sea near the ports
of Progreso and Chixculub. [Report by Evilacio Pereyra] [Text] [Mexico
City EXCELSIOR in Spanist-. 31 Jan 80 p 35-A] 11635
COCAINE SEIZED AT AIRPORT--Alejandro Orozco Madrigal, a South American
naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested yesterday at the airport of this
capital with a contraband of coca leaves and powdered cocaine, valued at
approximately 1 million pesos. Madrigal was arrested by the federal
agents upon his arrival on Flight 622 of the Aeroperu line, from Lima,
_ Peru. Four polyethyleae bags with coca leaves and 40 grams of powdered
cocaine were confiscated from him. He said that he bought the drug in
the town of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He said that he lives in San Gabriel,
California, where he works as a sales agent. [Text] [Mexico City EXCEL-
SIOR in Spanish 1 Feb 80 p 26-A] 11635
PJF ARRESTS 98 TRAFFICKERS--In the past 15 days the Federal Judicial
Police, helped by the army, arrested 98 alleged drug traffickers from
whom they seized drugs valued at several million pesos destined for south-
ern cities of the United States. The arrests were made in 14 cities and
42 other localities of the national territory, where the persons now under
arrest had their centers of operations. The federal agents and members
of the army sei2ed 2 tons, 761 kg and 496 grams of packaged marihuana and
300 grams of heroin. The agents also seized 200 grams of cocaine, 100
grams of peyote, 2,533 toxic pills and land and air veh;cles, namely, 7
automobiles, 3 station wagons, 3 trucks and 1 small plane. In addition,
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~ ttie alleged drug traffickers, when they were arrested, carried weapons
which w2r.e taken fron: them by agents and soldiers. They had four pistols,
- Eour rifles and six shotguns. The agents also seized two syringes and
2.13 kg of marihuana seeds. They destroyed 553 poppy plantations and 191
' marihuana plantations, with 2,873,000 plants and 1,016,050 plants respec--
= tively, as well as an area of 1,210 square meters of peyote plants. [Text]
, [Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 16 Jan 80 p 10-A] 11635
TOXIC PILL INGREDIENTS SEIZED--One ton of powders for makitig amphetamines ~
was found at the customs offir_e of the international airport of this capi-
Lal, shipped from Europe with false names of sender and addressee. Accord-
- ing to the first int:astigations by the Federal Judicial Police the drug -
- arrived in Mexico from Germany on a Lufthansa flight, but as of now the
dPtPCtives have not said whether or aot the addressees have been found.
This report;, which the federal detectives allowed to be leaked with some
good intentions, alleges that laboratories of inedicines and customs agen-
_ cies are involved, and that the alleged persons responsible fled to the
United States, a.id also that the Mexican. Federal Police has asked the in-
tervention of the DEA. [Texr] [Mexico EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 16 Jan
80 p 10-A] 11635
- T;tAI'rICKERS ARRESTED--Tijuana, Mexico, 9 Mar (EFE)--A Mexican banker and
~ three rlexican businessmen were arrested here today while trying to smuggle
6 ki.los of cocaine worth $1.5 -million into the United States. The police
reported the banker is Enrique Solorzano Felix, manager of a bank branch
in riexicali, while the businessmen are Guadalupe Gutierrez riercado,
t:.l.io Gutierrez Labra and Cruz Diaz Lopez. [PA171307 Madrid EFE in Spanish
0002 Cr1T 10 Mar 80 PA]
- CHILEAN ARRESTED IN MEXICO--Msxico City, 15 Mar (EFE)--�Pelice have arrested
, Chilean citizen Maria Urib, Ramos, 24, at the 1ocal airport, for possession
_ of 1 kg pure cocaine. Uribe, rvho was trying to enter Mexico, said she
had bought the drug in Lima and was plannitig to sell it in Los Angeles,
Ca].ifornia. [PA171307 Madrid EFE in Spanisti 2152 GMT 15 Mar 80 PA]
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NICARAGUA
BRIEFS
DECREASING MARIHUANA AVAILABILITY--It is becoming increasingly difficult
to get marihuana in Managua and this is an achievement of the police,
said Sandinist Folice Chief Rene Vivas. We are at war with the addicts
and we are not going to permit narcotics to be consumed in this country,
he added. Previously, the biggest traffickers and the :nost corrupt were
the Somozist politicians like Luis Manuel Debayle, (?Jose Ivan alegrett)
and others. We are going to create a special section to fight narcotics `
traffickers and there will be no big or 1ittle ones left herF, Vivas added.
[Text] [PA151459 Managua Radio Sandino in Spanish 1200 GMT 15 Mar 80 PA]
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PANAMA
BRir.FS
COCAINE SEIZED--Authorities at Panama's Tocumen International Airport
- yesterday seized 750 grams of cocaine from U.S. citizen Charles Everett
Chambers, who had five plastic bags hidden in his cowbow boots. Chambers
had arrived from Lima and was on his way to Nassau. [PA081919 Panama City
Domestic Service in Spanish 1700 GMT 7 Mar 80 PA]
NARCOTICS CONFISCATIONS--Narcotics agents discovered and confiscated
between 6 and 7 kg of drugs during February. Traffickers Max Schoenhoff,
a naturalized U.S. citizen of German origin, and Canadian Marylin June `
Crook, 27, were arrested. [PA081919 Panama City LA ESTRELLA DE PANAMA
in Spanish 27 Feb 80 p 1 PA]
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PERU
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECREED TO COMBAT COCAINE TRAFFIC
PA141659 Paris AFP in Spanish 1352 GMT 13 Mar 80 PA
[Text] Lima, 13 Mar (AFP)--The Peruvian Government today decreed a s1:ate
of emergenc�; over an area of almost 120,000 square ic:~ *_hc Qastern part
of the country to fight the increasing cocaine traffic.
This measure will facilitate the arrest of drug traffickers and their
accomplices and authorizes the immediate c:estruction of illegal coca planta- -
tions and the expropriation of the lands used for these crops.
The state of emergency covers the Huanuco and San Martin departments a-ild
Coronel Portillo Province, in the Amazon jungle northeast of Lima.
Unauthorized coca crops were widely gro-wn in this vast and rugged region
during the past years and, according to certain estimates, the greater
f,art of the 30,000 tons of coca leaves illegally produced each year are
grown there.
Peruvian and foreign criminals transform this coca into a basic paste or
impure cocaine which is tt1tll exported to refining centers established by
powerful drug gangs in Colombia or Mexico and from there it goes to the. -
consumer markets in the United States and Europe. ,
The new government measure includes severe sanctions for those involved in .
the illegal drug traffic. Not only'may the police destroy the crops at
once, but the farmers involved will lose their lands, which wi11 be turned '
over to landless peasants by land reform authorities. -
This measure does not include La Convencion Province in Cusco Department,
southeastern Peru, where coca is also widely cultivated. In this region
most af the producers are listed in the official registers. Nevertheless,
the government warned that the state of emergency could be extended to
other areas of the country.
Coca is a shrub which grows on the Andean slopes, in areas where other
plants do not thrive. In addition to those mentioned there are other
zones such as Cajamarca, in the north, and Ayacucho, in the southeast, where
coca is also widely grown.
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The legal provision published today authorizes the police to immediately -
destroy plantations, arrest transgressors and expropriate lands, tools,
equipment and other properties used for the illegal production of cocaine.
This law also expands an earlier one against drug trafficking decreed in
early 1978. It eliminates the (?limits on the fine) which can be imposed
on drug traffickers and establishes that the ban restricting the individual
from exercising his profession or commercial and industrial activities
will last S years more than the sentence.
It also specifies that the properties and vehicles used by the drug traf-
fickers or their accomplices will be confiscated. The sanction is also
applicable to tY:ose who were aware of the offense but did not report it
immediately.
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PERU
GOVERNMENT STARTS ACTION TO ERADICATE COCA GROWING
PA140258 Madrid EFE in Spanish 0142 GMT 14 Mar 80 PA
- [Article by Etr.iliu Oliva
[Excerpts] Lima, 13 Mar (EFE)--Geography, the mafia and tradition will be three of the main problems the Peruvian Military Government will face in -
eradicating the illegal growing of coca in the country.
The Council of Ministers issued a decree last night which entered into
- effect today, imposing a state of emergency in three departments of the
country. The purpose of this is to launch a frontal attack on the coca
_ plantations.
Two years ago, the government designed a plan to eliminate coca growing
and find a substitute for this productive bush. According to the growers,
the plan was only partially carried out.
Now the Peruvian authorities are trying to eliminate the large production
surpluses, although the agrarian cooperatives are more than skeptical
about the project of substituting other farm products for coca.
In starting the eradication campaign, rhe Peruvian Government abstained
from revealing the means it will use in locating and destroying the
plantations, which are generally found in hidden regions of the range
and the jungle.
The Mexican example in the campaign against the production of poppies,
- the raw material of heroin, shows the need to use, aside from specialized
manpower, other costly equipment such as helicopters, planes and even
computers.
The opening of the anti-coca campaign in Peru today may mark the start of a
struggle that may last years before showing firm results.
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ISRAEL
BRIEFS
HEROIN SEIZED A`T AIRPORT--Tel Aviv--Acting on a tip from Amsterdam, police
� on Tuesday eveni.ng swooped on two Tel Aviv men as they got off a KLM plane
at Ben-Gurion Airport. The two were allegedly found in possession of 400
grams of heroin worth over 500,000 shekels concealed in a false-bottomed
suitcase. The two, aged 21 and 25, have previous convictions, the older i
of them for drug trafficking. Brought for interrogation to Tel Aviv, the
young man was found to be concealing a further 20 grams of heroin, wrapped ;
in plastic, in his anus. A police source yesterday told the JERUSALEM POST ~
that a special team headed by Chief Inspector Auuion Shemesh has been working
- on the case for several months. Police knew that the older'man had made
several trips to Europe recently to build connections with drug peddlars
there. The decision to move in on the two came when word was received that
they were coming back to Israel well-stock with drugs. The country's drug
addicts have apparently fallen victim to gang warfare between rival drug
dealers. There is a shortage of hard drugs and prices have recently been
driven up steeply. [By Yoran Bar] [Text] [TA200810 Jerusalem JERUSALEM
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MOROCCO
UNEMPLOYMENT, NEGLECT ARE REAL CAUSE OF DRUG ADDICTION
Casablanca AL-MUHARRIR in Arabic 12 Jan 80 p 5
[Article by Roving Correspondent: This Is Not the Way to Remedy the Situa-
tion]
[Text] The police of Ksar E1 Kebir conducted recently a large-scale campaign
in coffeeshops and alleys for the purpose of cleansing the city of drug ad-
diction.
It is well known that this epidemic, which undermines society as a whole,
is becoming incrasingly serious and destructive as it finds fertile soil
among unemployed, unsettled people with lots of spare time. Therefore, its
elimination cannot be accomplished throagh the arrest and trial of persons
who are victims of their condition to begin with, and subsequently become
victims of this epidemic.
The cure does not lie in treating sickness with sickness. Superficial sea-
sonal campaigns can only make the epidemic more deep-rooted and widespread
after temporary periods of control. Uprooting the epidemic depends upon
changing the reality of unemployment, unsettled life and idle time. It also
depends upon providing decent living for those who, burdened with poverty
and need, resort to cultivating and trafficking with Kif. Real purging
campaigns should be directed against large suppliers and wholesalers; against
those who are protected by bribes and gifts; and against bribe and gift
seekers.
The youth of Ksar E1 Kabir, like Moroccan youths nationwide, do not find
opportunities for fruitful work when they are expelled from schc,ol. Bene-
fiting neither their community nor their country, they drift aimlessly into
fights; sit in coffeeshops taking drugs and waiting for something to happen;
or sit in theaters to watch movies of sex and immorality, of karate-style
violence, or of imaginary criminal gangs.
The city's need for playgrounds and cultural centers is another basic factor
which must be taken into consideration by the authorities, if they really
want to put an end to drug abuse among youths and make drug traffic a losing
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trade for those who want to get rich at the expense of the downtrodden
classes.
Last but not least, we would like to ask some questions about the minis- ~
tries concerned, such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry
of Social Affairs, and the Ministry of National Education and Cadre Train-
ing. What services have these ministries provided for the poor helpless
youth? And what are their proper roles with regard to these dangerous social
problems? Do they know, or are they in deep sleep, not to be awakened until
the resources of citzens are-wasted and nothing can be done about it?
For the sake oi the trutr and for the historic record, we say: let each
bear his own responsibility.
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CANADA
INVESTIGATIONS LEAD TO DRUG SEIZURE IN MONTREAL
Hashish Valued at $3 Million
Montreal LA PRESSE in French 7 Feb 80 p A 3
[Text] Mounef Elzaine, a Montreal businessman, will have to remain in
prison pending his trial for possession of and trafficking in hashish worth
some $3 million.
This decision was handed down by Judge Raymond Bernier yesterday afternoon
at the end of a hearing during which new details were uncovered concerning
the apparently profitable activities of this 40-year old businessman who
headed three companies and a prosperous gift shop on Villeray Street.
Before the court, agent Michel Picard, of the GRC described the surveillance
activity begun in New York to follow the path of mysterious barrels which
ostensibly were destined for a local company...a fictional company.
Although boxes of trinkets were left at the "Beau Cadeau," the barrels
were sent to a warehouse on Beaubien Street where Elzaine helped the employ-
ees unload them.
Later, an examination was to reveal that they each contained 30 pounds of
hashish. �
Elzaine did not come to pick them up at the warehouse; however, in the days
that followed, he was observed buying a suitcase, with three other indi-
viduals.
Then the suitcase containing $706,000 was traced to an Air France plane
departing from Lebanon. The suitcase and its contents were seized, evi-
dently at the port of arrival; and the person who came td reclaim it left
with empty hands.
On the subject of this large amount of money, however, Frank D. Shoofey,
Elzaine's attorney, made the police officer admit that no connection had
been made between the money and the drug. Investigations are still underway.
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In the meantime, in Montreal another sum of money totaling $116,000 was -
seized in Elzaine's home and $40,000 at his shop on Villeray Street.
The witness finally revealed that in 1978 and 1979 40 barrels of the same
kind had been seized by the GRC. Marihuana
Still before Judge Bernier, two other alleged drug traffickers, Robert
John Notargiovanni and Allen Spark were charged with having imported some
105 pounds of marihuana. They are also said to have ha1 in their posses-
sion at the time of their arrest a small amount of cocaine and 77 grams
of hashish, both solid and liquid.
All of these drugs would have had a street value of $125,000.
In their case, the release on bail of the prisoners was deferred until 17
February. In the meantime, the police are said to be on the trail of a
third suspect. .
Drug Trafficker Denied Bail
Montreal LE DEVOIR in French 30 Jan 80 p 19
[Text] A 40-year old man was refused bail yesterday by Judge Albert
Ouellette, of the Court of Sessions, after materials found recently by the
police in his home on Panet Street had been submitted to the court.'
As they were preparing to arrest three other persons, against whon summons
had been issued, the police officers discovered no less than seven kinds
of drugs at the home of the unemployed prisoner, ranging from marihuana to
, cocaine, without overlooking an industrial quantity of valium and a power-
ful tranquilizer normally given to horses.
Jacques Hachez, who is unemployed and who worked very little in 1979,
during the last few months has received only small unemployment insurance
_ benef its and gets no social aid.
Baniel A. Bellemarre, district attorney for Couronne, raised the question
of how the accused could have accumulated some $2,500 worth of drugs in
his home where, incidently, the police seized a scales.
In the face of this mystery, Judge Ouellette decided it would be wiser to
confine the accused to his cell, psnding his preliminary hearing next
week.
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FEDERAL REPUI3LIC OF GERMANY
MORE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST DRUGS PROPOSID
Frankf urt/Main FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE in German 12 Feb 80 p 8
[Article: "German Ch'emicals in Drug Kitchens"]
[Text] Bonn, 11 February. The chairnian of the Bundestag interior committee,
Wernitz (SPD), called for i-mnediate measures in the cooperation between the
FRG as a"demand country" of drugs and the "producer countries" in the
r[iddle and Far East after returning tu Bonn from an "anti-drugs trip" by
numerous committee members to Turkey, Lebanon, Thailand, Malaysia, and.
Singapore. One of Wernitz' suggestions was that the government station
regular "drug counsellors" at the German embassies in these countries as
other nations have already done. He also called f or an intensification in
the exchange of experts between the countries, also involving the Federal
Criminal Police Bureau, and for supplying the so-called transit countries,
above all Turkey, with technical equipment--as well as with more dogs that
sniff out drugs--to help cut off the illegal drug routes. Wernitz believes
that systemat'Le contacts and an exchange of personnel are lacking and some-
thing should be done soon instead of waiting for perfect concepts.
One surprising aspect emerged from the wishes the German lawgivers came
to hear in Turkey. As Wernitz explained, there is an indispensable agent
used in the production of heroin in the so-called drug kitchens, namely
acid anhydrite. The Turkish authorities explained that in 1977 alone 20,000
liters of it were confiscated: bottles with the label of the German
pharmaceutical firm Mercl:. The Turks asked the representatives to provide
effective controls on this chemical. This agent, Wernitz explained, is
also used in the Far East for the production of heroin; but over theze it
comes from Japan. Wernitz said that he was intending to follow up on this
information. If necessary, the manufacturer will.have to be asked to con-
trol the export of this chemical e�fectively, should goyernment expox't
regulation for exporting these chemicals not prove to be necessary.
A spokesman of the Merck firm in Darmstadt said that the chemical involved
could only be "acetic acid anhydrite." This is a"widely used chemical"
which is indispensable for many laborarory functions for example refining
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hydroctiloric acid. In response to the question as to whether this agent
is also indispensable for producing heroin, the spokesman said that it
indeed seems so. The Merck firm sells the chemical to many countries,
including countries in the East bloc, but since 1978 they have not sold it
to Turkey for reasons having nothing to do with the production of drugs.
Because the chemical is always shipped in small quantities, the purported
confiscation of 20,000 liters in Turkey could only have been "smuggled in
together." Furthermore, this is nothing new. That is why the firm is in
contact with the "federal opium office" in Berlin.
Concerning the use of drugs in the FRG, Wernitz drew the conclusion from
his experiences on the trip that above all the need for drugs has to be
dampened as a result of greater efforts between the federal governmeiit and
the Laender. These would involve more severe punishment for dealers who,
should they be doing business on a large scale, should "undoubtedly
be classified in the same group as murderers." Wernitz, however, is con-
vinced that drug addicts, who often become "small dealers" out of necessity,
should be treated as sick people and not as crimir.als. He said that it
gives one pause when one observes what smaller, materially much weaker coun-
tries, for example Malaysia and Singapore, are doing in the area of drug
therapy, although we could not simply transf er the sometimes very hard
withdrawal methods to our situation here without some modifications.
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
BRIEFS
HEROIN ARRESTS IN BEkLIN--Berlin, 9 March. Three police offi.cers have
been arrested in [West] Berlin on suspicion of involvement in the narcotics -
trade. One of them, a sergeant major, is so strongly addicted that a judge
ordered him committed to a treatment institution. The officers--two
sergeants major and a police officer [F,olizeimeister), all 21 years old--
are alleged to have been involved in the marketing of a total of 560 grams
of heroin. Last year 81 persons died in Berlin as a result of abuse of
narcotics. [Text] [Frankfurt FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE in German 10 Mar 80 -
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FRANCE
~ BRIEFS
DRUGS, WEA1'ONS CONFISCATED--In 1979, customs officers at the three Paris
airports of Roissy, Orly and Le Bourget seized nearly 3 tons of various
drugs with a street value of 127 million francs. Compared to last year,
this was a weight increase of 50 percent, and more than 200 percent for
Roissy alone. As for the air police, they confiscated 20,451 weapons,
including 1,012 rifles and 838 pisto'.s. [Text] [Paris VALEURS ACTUELLES
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ICELAND
BRIEFS
SI,NTENCES SERVED AT HOME--It has been no-teworthy recently that Iceland�ers who
tiave been sentenced abroad for narcotics offenses, h-avp been sent to Ice-
land to serve their sentences. Three of the six Icelanders, who were sen-
tenced for taking part in the extensive narcotics case in Goteborg in
Sweden have recently come to Iceland and now serve their sentences in
Litla-Hraun and Kviabryggja. This week a young man was s.:n*_ to Iceland
who was sentenced in Norway for a narcotics offense. Two Norwegian law
officers followed the man to Iceland but would not take custody since the ~
man might have become very recalcitrant on the way. The man was ready to
serve his sentence and was deported from Norway. [TextJ [Reykjavik
11,10RGUNBLADID in Icelandic 6 Feb 80 p 21 11,433
c:SC): 5'3O0
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PORTUGAL
" DRUGS COIJTINUE TO BE PROBLEM IN ;IZATION
Lisbon DIARIO DE NOTICIAS in Portuguese 27 Jan 80 p 11
[Text] Hashish and marihuana continue to be the most used products by drug
addicts in Portugal. However, according to the CIDC [Drug Control and
Research Center], the consumption of drugs in our country did not signi-
ficantly increase in 1979 as compared with the previous year.
According to the document, in the past year alor.e Portuguese authorities
seized close to 120 kg of marihuana and 42 kg of hashish, mostly coming
from Morocco, South Africa and Colombia.
The largest quantities were detected at the Lisbon international airport
and on the Algarve coast.
'Che CIDC report adds that the alleged criminals are mostly unemployed
young people.
In Spain and Morocco, 66 Portuguese nationals were arrested for trafficking
in Moroccan cannabis distributing ir on the borders of Algeciras, Cadiz,
Ceuta and Melilla.
The number of pharmacies attacked with intent to steal medicines containing
narcotics or even pure drugs,.was 46, of which 17 were located in the city
of Porto, 9 in Lisbon and 5 in Santarem.
The preferred drugs were opium, mataqualona, morphine, heroin and barbi-
turates.
Of the 642 traffickers, users and trafficker-users deteeted, 587 are
Portuguese, 14 Spaniards, and 13 of undetermined nationality.
Lisbon continues to break the record in total district detection of users,
followed by Porto, Setubal, Faro and Portalegre.
The socioeconomic situation of the lawbreakers is as follows: 49 percent
of the cases are unemployed without children, and 23 percent are'e,nployed,
also without children.
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Most of them live in urban areas and 26 percent in suburbs. Many live
with their parents.
~ Swaziland is at the head of the list of the countries of origin of the
seized marihuana.
Also significant were the quantities coming from Morocco, South Africa
and Colombia.
Heroin came "to Portugal from southeasC Asia, Thailand and Malaysia.
The CIDC was established 2 years ago and is under direct jurisdiction of
the presidencV of the Cauncil of Ministers.
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PORTUGAL
BRIEFS
MAN ARRESTED, 'PRELUDIN' SEIZED--In the early afternoon on Sampaio Bruno St,
a habitual gathering place for those who traffic and use drugs, the police
saw an individual, 25, accompanied by a girl who, because of the way they
were behaving, aroused suspicion of the police agents. When both were
taken to the PSP [Public Security Police] First 5tation, it was found that
the man had on him 17 Preludin Fills and 2 syringes. He said that all
this belonged to his companion but, because i.*. was found on him he was
arrested while his companion was released. According to the dossier of
the arrested, he had already been imprisoned seven times for drug [use]
and theft. At about 2000 hours, on the same street, police became suspi-
cious of another individual, 22, who was taken to the First Station.
When ile was searched a package of hashish was found in his pockets. He
said that he purchased the drug for 100 escudos. Both arrested individuals
were sent to the JIC. [Text] [Porto 0 PRIMEIRO DE JANEIRO in Portuguese
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SPAIN
BRIEFS
TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Eight persons connected with the trafficking and
use of drugs have been arrested by the police during the last few days.
Three of these persons are minors and their initials are F.J.A., F.J.M.G., ~
and A.M.C. They are alleged robbers of pharmacies and three commercial
establishments in Legares and Buenlabrada. They are between 12 and 15
years old. The policemen wiizo made the arrest recovered 100,000 pesetas
and a portion of hallucinogenic drugs. 'iwo Spaniards, Juan Carlos
Fernandez and Luis Alonso Jarillo, 23 and 18 years old respectively,
snd two Argentines, Rodolfo Pascual La.daga, 37 years old, and Alejandro
Mezzadle, 30 years old, have also been arrested for trafficking and use
of drugs. Another Spaniard, Pedro Jose Fernandez, 25 years old, had a
warrant out for his arrest from the General Captaincy of the First
Military Region and has also been arrested for the same reason. [Text]
[Madrid EL PAIS in Spanish 28 Feb 80 p 221
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