JPRS ID: 9076 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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NARCOTICS AND QANGEROUS DRUGS
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7 May 1.9 8 0
WORLD~IIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS _
(FOUO 20/80)
CONTENTS
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AUSTRALIA -
- Federal Drugs Commission Report Leaked to Melbourne Paper
(Michelle Grattan; THE AGE, 12-15 Mar 80) 1
Customs Procedures Advised
- More Travel Controls Urged
Coastal Patrol Scored
Over-Prescriptions Noted
Pan-Pacific Conference on Drugs, Alcohol Reported -
(Various sources, various dates) . 5
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Balinese Doctor Speaks, by Shaun Mcllraith
Experts Describe Drugs, by Kerry Wakefield
Talk on 'Mood' Prescriptions
'Too Much Concern' Alleged
Education, Laws 'To Blame'
Conference President's Remarks
Review of Laws Urged
New South Wales Drug Commission Hears Evidence
(THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, various dates) 10
Witness on Sinclair, Fellows _
Further Testimony Heard
, Bank Manager's Testimony
Testimony From Accused
Briefs
Heroin Offender Jailed 14
Marihuana Farmer Jailed 14
Heroin Seller Sentenced 14
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
Drug Use by Elderly 15 -
Victoria Dru~ Squad 15
Barbiturate Ueaths Rising 15
BURMA
Military Spokesman Alleges Communist Connection in Dr~ig Tr~~.de
(THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 12 Mar 80) 16
HONG KONG
Ship's Officer Acquitted on Trafficking Charge
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 5 Apr 80) 17
Raid on Triad Nets Heroin Packaging Factory
(SOUTH CHINA MO1tNING POST, 6 Apr 80) 18
Drug Problem Remains 'Major Social Threat'
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 11 Apr 80) 19
Briefs
Morphine Possession Charge 20
Morphine Hidden in Shoes 20
March Antidrug Statistics 20
Heroin Base Seizure 20
Drug Seizure Arrests 21
Drugs Stiorage Conviction 21
No 3 Heroin Seizures 21 -
'I~IDONESIA
Narcotics News Reviewed
(Various sources, 8, 11 Feb 80) 22 -
LTP Confesses at Trial �
U.S. Narcotics Official Visit
Narcotics Destroyed in Denpasar _
Heroin Case Defendant Faces Death Penalty -
(KOMPAS, 3 Mar 80) .......................o.............. 25 ~
Antinarcotics Operations of Jakarta Police
(Various sources, 11, 12 Mar 80) 27 _
Juveniles Arrested
Small Amounts of Mnrphine
Unit Commander Transferred
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COPITENTS (Continued) Page
JAPAN
Briefs
- Smuggling for 1979 29
Drug Ringleader Arrested 29
MACAO
Brief s
T~ao Jailed for Drugs 30
NEW ZEALAND
Government Supply of Heroin to Addicts Proposed
(Various sources, various dates) 31
Medical Group Head's Idea
Experts Oppose Suggestion
Study New Plan, Editorial
Doctor Defends His Propesal
~ Government Committee Opposed
Medical Sociologist's Views ,
Psychiatrist's Alternative P1an
Antidrug Security at Auckland Port Discussed
(THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 2 Apr 80) 37
Passport Controls To Curb Drug Trafficking Urged
(Various sources, various dates) 38
_ Reported Canberra Proposal -
New Ze~land Police Approve
Governments Not in Favor '
Air New Zeland Crewmembers Get Drug Warning
(THE PRESS, 14 Mar 80) 41
Findings of R~search on Drug Deaths Reported
(THE EVENING POST, 8 Mar 80) 42
- 'Dramatic Drop' in Heroin Supply Reported
(Various sources, 11, 14 Mar 80) 43
Police Pressure Cited ~
Switch to Barbiturates
Pharmacy Burglaries Up
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~ Heroin Importer Serving Life Term Finsd $NZ 30,000
(THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 21 Mar 80~ 47
Indian Witnesses Called in Drug Conspiracy Hearing
(THE EVENING POST, 19, 20 Mar 80) 48
Cannabis Resin Importation ~
Supreme Court Trial Ordered
Police Continue To Locate Cannabis Plots
_ (THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, various dates).. 50
Pukekawa Haul -
Raid Near Napier
, Large Seizure
Helicopter Sighting
Shootouts Feared
Briefs
Increased Drug Offenses 54 -
Heroin Conspiracy Sentence 54
_ Five-Year Arug Sentence 54
LSD, Morphine Sentences 54
_ Threat To Kill Policeman 55
Pistol Possession Charge 55
VIETNAM
- Drug Addiction Treatment in Ho Chi Minh City Described `
(VNA, 2 Apr 80) 56
LATIN AMERICA -
BOLIVIA
Briefs
Cocaine Laboratories 57
BRAZIL
Telephone Call Marks Drug Pushers for Assassination
(0 GLOBO, 20 Mar 80) 58
COLOMBIA
Army's 15-Month Record in Guajira ~escribed
(EL SIGLO, 27 Mar 80) 62
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Armed Forces Arrest 45 Traffickers
(EL TIEMPO, 24 Mar 80) 64
- Cocaine Seized at E1 Dorado Airport
, (EL ESPECTADOR, 9 Apr 80) 65 -
Air Force Downs Traffickers' Plane
(~;L ESPECTADOR, 10 Apr 80) 67
_ Four Cocaine I,ahoratories Raided
(EL ESPF~~TADOR, 17 Mar 80) 68
Long-Sought Trafficker Arrested by DAS
(EL ESPECTADOR, 27 Mar 80) 69
MEXICO
Briefs
Fugitive Policeman Captured 71
Cocaine Smugglers Caught 71 `
Cocaine, Marihuana Traffickers Arr~sted ?2 ~
Accused Druggists Released 72
~ Traffickers Sentenced, Acquitted 72
_ University Seeks Drug Curb 73 e
Marihuana Traffirker Caught 73 -
PANAMA
Briefs
Cocaine Confiscation 74
PERU
- Briefs
Urug Trafficker Arrested 75
Former U.S. Policeman Arrested 75
Cocaine Confiscation 75
Trafficking Gang Uncovered 7S
Cocaine Traffickers Arrested 7(
Drug Trafficker Arrested 7(
Coca Plantations Destroyed 7(
Police Crackdown 7C
- Co~aine Haul 76
Drug Ccmfiscation 77
Cocaine Concealed in Plane 77
U.S. Tourist Arrested 77
Drug Gang
Drug Conzro]. OpPration 77
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NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
AFGHANISTAN
Briefa
Opium Seizure 78
IRAN
Revolution Guards Order Poppy Plantations Destroyed
(Shiraz Domestic Service; 6 Apr 80) 79
Gachsaran Com~unique
Deadline Announced
WEST EUROPE
FRANCE
Heroin Laboratory Uncovered, Ten Arrested
(Jean Contrucci; LE MONDE, 11 Mar 80) 80
- NORWAY
_ Supreme Court Lawyer Attacks Government Drug Report, Policies
(F.B. Sigmond; AFTENPOSTEN, 26 Feb 80).........o........ 82
Customs Officia~ls Seize ~o Danes for Smuggling Hashish
(AFTENPOSTEN, 28 Feb 80) 85
Court Sentences ~ao Danes f~r Smuggling Hashish From Thailand
(AFTENPOSTEN, 29 Feb 80) 87
Man Confesses to Hashish Smuggling in Wide-Ranging Trial
(Halvard C. Hanssen; AFTENPOSTEN, 4 Mar 80) 88
PORTUGAL
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(0 DIA, 11 Mar 80) 90
Special Brigade Confiscates Hashi.gh in Porto
(A TARDE, 25 Feb 80) 91
SWEDEN
Criminologists Report: Role of Gangs in Drugs a Myth _
(Mona Johansson; DAGENS NYHETER, 28 Mar 80) 92 -
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Police: At Least T~ao Amphetamines.Factories in Operation
(Leif Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 24 Mar 80) 95
- Briefs
Drugs From Turkey Via FRG ~ g~
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TURKEY
Briefs
Heroin Lab Uncovered gg
Pure Heroin Seized 98
Hashish Seized, Smuggler Killed 98
_ Agreement With Bulgaria gg
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AUSTRALIA
- FEIIERAI, DRUGS COMMISSION REPpRT r,Ep,KED TO MELBOURNE pApER
Customs Procedures Advised
Melbourne THE AGE in English 12 N[ar g0 pp 1, 3
[Report from Michelle Grattan]
[T~;~�~ CANBERRA. - A Royal Com. descrlbed'as "[he perfect opPan- ` ' The t~epoet -cecammends t~eR
mission . has urged tighter unaty' ~for drug smuggling. ~ customa ~leet should be
, scrutiny ot imported freight "Cusioms authorities through- ed and modernised, especiail nd=
containers and more use of out the world have been endeav- Victoria and NSW. y~~ -
body searching and dogs to oring to establish procedures This wouid provide harbor pat�;
combat drug smuggling. 'ade uate to co e with the threat ' ~o1s ~+`aich paid particuiar at~en-
q p tioi~ to small boats from overseas.'
Sections of the still-secret re- containers present. The commis. q'}~e upgraded ~patrol would siso
_ poct of �the Federal Roval Com- ~~ion cannot point strongly enough e~ncentrate on t6e approaches to �
Justice Williams, were leaked to to the need for similar efforts to major porks and orher areas:
mission on drugs, headed by Mr. be continuously and energetically � Whefe ~Ss 'were likoly to be~
The Age' yesterday. pu~ued in Ausiralia," the report ~Or~�
The Vl~iliiams report ~mposes S8y$ Some witnesses were ot Nhe,
that cutoms officers shouFd have ~ opinion that tae easiest way ef~
ape~:ific powers to require those The commissian say~ there; ~~~~.ng drugs inco Austra~lia. `
- suspected of carrying dru~s in t10nu,and ~n urgent intensifica~ wouid ~e to do ao by a pleasure~
a Vpreliminary~~ uitra�s
unddees~. ~g det
c~.tor dogsf ~e craft entering Sydney H�rbor on'
amination. ~ a~busy sailing aEt~rnoon, the ra-.
SaYs ~ national train9ng: port said.
It urges the upgrading of the ~O�~ ~ould be set up for ait But the ~omhnission said th.it:
cuscoms harbor fleet. Customs ~0$s used in la~w enforcemern~ , cusccros should leave patrolli~rg;
survelllance should also be ex- ~U-~rrorism work, ~prison ser- remute Areas to orher agencies,:
tended fram three nautical miies vices and by the defence folces. ra[iier than chartering Nomad air-.
. to 12 miles. The sahool wuuld train dogs t'ot~. cratt Ror such wnrk as happened'
' i'he report was commissioned Federal and State agencies, nrw. ;
in 1977 and is now before the The Federai Government l~a,y` L'nder t7~e propasals for mare'
Government. 1t will be tabled $~r~dy implemenced Mr. Justice; SP~cific body searrhing powers;
soon in Federal Parliament. Pliiliams' pre1~~ina,.y, ~on, the report re'commends giving�
The Royal Commission regards wg~~ recommended ttte disband,; cus!oms o8icers and police the;
the grow~h of containerisacion as in ot .the narcotics bureau. r~g"'t !~o order an ultrasound ex~
a serious chreat co cor~croll.ing the In his main re~ort ~Ir. Justice~ aminat;on by a doctor whe~n t~hev
iilegal entrp of drugs. Williams said the rnmmission was; hatie reasonable c~a~use to susnect.
disturbed by u~rest amung some+ a Person is carryirrg drugs. ~ -
_ It recommends a new svstrm customs ofi'icers which has hin-' 9t present officers h'ave ge~i-;
of customs ;eals on corieainers, dered the efficiency of dcvg detec_ ~'3l pc,~vers to refer a person un-~
a special random searching pro� tion ' der suspicion to a doctor fer a�',
gramme, d?~�elopmen~ cf better Much of this unrest arose front: med~cal examination.
searching skitls ar3 acquisition of rivalry between difierent groups~. The recommendar.ion ~mplles a~;
new detecCior, equipment. of~customc officers. m~ore thorough use of electronia�:
. The commission warns that the On some ocassions certaiil� ~dY=searching equipmen't. �
- advent of containers has added P~~entivd o6icers demonsuated� 'rhe commissiun stressed t}~aC'
another dimension to che prob- ~t only a bi[ter reseniment ta, the role of the customs bureau
lem of detecting drug smugg)ing. m~agement bvt also toy should ba aimnly the interception'
"Because of their size contam- wards otl~er oftice~ who havs~ of drugs at ,Austra?ia's nauonal
- ecs offer wtsat one customs ofiicer ~~~y ccncerned as tnemselves; barders,
_ ~ . wibh mmbatting drug timu~gluig.'~
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More ~avel Controls Urged
Melbourne Tf~ AsE in English 13 Mar 80 p 3 _
[Report from Michelle Grattan]
[Text] Canberra.--~'he Federal Royal Commission on drugs has urged scrapping
the system which allows most people to travel between Au.tralia ~nd New Zea-
land without passports.
This trans-Tasman "loophole" is often exploi~ed by drug smugglers, the com~
: mission says in its report to ~he Federal Government.
' ' It also recommends abo9tish- ~
"A drug user ln[ormed t~he com- landers importing~heioin througb"~
- ~!ng the present prohibitIon on mission that the best known New Zealand, taking advantage of
de~porting immigrants who are method of breaching the preven- the trans-Tasman trave! artanga
$r~tish Commonwealth citiz- tive screen was for a traveller to ment " the repoR says.
ens with five years' lawful res- ~ter and lesve Australia via New a~er evidence indicated that
Zealand (presumably under A faise
.{denCe In Aus'tralia, identity) sc that the immigration New Zealanders, slone and with
The report of G'~e commission, authorities and the Narcotics Australians, are notable for their
under Mr. Justice Williams, is Bureau would be unawaze of his involvement in large-scale iliegal .
still conftdentisl. It will be tabled travel. � ~Portation of drugs into Austra-
in Federal Parialment soon, lia". �
"This device ensures not oniy (~e W~~snns, the cou le mur�
The commis~on says the Aus- fhat the travellePs absence from dered and buried at Rye neartv a
- trelia�New Zealand travel arrange- Australia is unrecorded but aiso year ago, were New 'Zealanders
ment is out-dated and should be that hts passport, with possible lnvolved in drug�running fo~ a
_ renegotiated to require everyone tell-tate evidence of visits to drug syndicate headed by New Zea-
to carry a passpoR. source countrles, is not seen by landers.)
At praent Australian tnd New the Australian~ authoritles;' the �~e re rt sa
~ealand citizers and common- report says� P~ Ys that in 1977- �
wealth citizens with residential ' 'The only d~cumentation whlch 78. abo~t i7 per cent ot the 3.4
atatus in either cot~ntry do not the traveller wc,~id normally be pustralfa for hat S ear were from
need n passport to travel between celled upon to present on arriving or to New Zealand.
the two countries, from New Zealand is a compieted
Evldence to the commisston in- ~ncoming passenger card and Cus- I.ast April Australian and NZ
dicated it was simple for a trans� toms de~latf~t~on. � ~mmigratlon Minlsters agreed to
Tasman travelter to take advant- 'I'ha Foreign Affafrs Department ~ investigate limiting the travel
age o.` the arrangement, whether toid the commission New Zealand arrangement to citizens ot their
or not he had tha required citizen- police had evidence that New ~ respective countries.
ship and residence status. � Zealand was becoming "a major ~ey aiso agreed to survey tra-
r,, ~ . .~venue for drug couriers whose vellers to establ(sh the extent to
WL~rl(~arS ' nltimate destination was Austra- � Which �people were entering New
' lia." � Zealand as visitors before trying
"Evidence ~vas also given thaf : ' � to entec Australia as If they were
Ehe arangement wes being used Large-seale entitled to the free-movement
by persons directly involved in advantages ot the arrangement.
the drug trade, including couriers, An Australian drug user as- ~
~ to conceal their movements from '~~~~�'thst�~ he knew of a well So far, no action has been taken
.She authorities"; the report says. orRanised svndi~ate of Isew Zea- . es a result ot these investiga-
, ~10II5. . . . .
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Coastal Patrol Scored
Melbourne 'I~ AGE in English 14~ Mar RO p 1
[Report from Michelle Grattan]
~Te~~ CANBERRA - A Federai �,AI'so t}iere was "consTd-
Royal Cammission has erable potential" For import-,
attacked the inadequacy inR drugs, including heroin,~
of Australia's coastal to Aust~alia by light air- �
surveillance to detect ~;:aft, small sea craft and~ �
- sea drops". ;
drug smuggling. "It u only by greater'
'"lt would be Fair to say efforts end by improved or-'
that smugglers, whether of ganisation that the extent
drugs or other commodit- wilt be discovered. The lack
ies, have little to fear from of success to date is, in the
the customs flee[," the virw of the commission, no
commission says. ' zeason For discounting these
~ It ~ays thi, is perhaps~ ~ethods of importation".
best illustrated by the ex- The commission received -
ampie of the customs' evidence of 109. unresolved
launch that broke do~vn 83 sightings of unidentified air-
times when travelling from craft recorded in a two-year ~
Eden to 3risbane. The boat period from August, 1977,
was never able to get cios- Co August, 1979.
er than 14 miles to the ship . The commission believes
!t was supposed to shadow. the most dramatic illustra-
The Royal Commission on tion of the alleged inade-
Drugs, headed by Mr. Jus- quacy of surveillance was -
tice Williams, describes the B~~en by a senior pulice
present surveillance effort officer in confidenrial evi-
- as both "inadequate and dence in Brisbanein 1978.
misdirected". This officer said a Tai-
wanese fishing boat had
"The majority of detec- been apprehended after it
tions have been fortuitous had sailed unimpedtd from
- or as a consequence of a Darwin, round [he coast to
source of information ::nre- Brisbane and up the Bris-
lated to coastal surveil- bane River, using a schoot
lance," the commission says book atlas for the journey
in its report. Among its recommenda-
- tions th~ comrriission says:
Leaked e Su~ eillence of Austra-
� lia's coastline shouid not be'
. The still-secret report is confined to northern Aus-
now witb the Federal Go- ,tralia. ~
vernment. It will be tabled 0. InitiaUy, emphasis in
in Parliament soon. Sections ~urveillence should be put
have been leaked to '1'he upon the northern Austra-
. Age'. lian coastline and on the
The commission is scath- area~s ~adjacent �to the major.
Sng about the customs fleet, population centres. .
bu[ praises the de;ence � Responsibility for the
forces and says ,their sur- development, co-ordination _
veillance effuru should be and direction of all civil
maximised. ~coastal surveillence should ~
The commission urges be vested in the Australian
that the defence forces Coastal Surveillence Centre.
' s5ould be involved in ~ The Customs fleet should -
coastal surveillance "as be upgraded and concen-
- mucb as possible". , trate its work on ports, es�
. tuaties and areas close to
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Ovex--Prescriptions Noted
Melbourne Tf~ AGE in English 15 Mar 80 p 3
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[Text] Canberra.--Doctors over-prescribe nascot:ic drugs~ accord.ing to the
- Federal ~toyal Commission on drugs. -
The commission says in its report that this is part of the more general prob-
lem of over-prescription of drugs.
.'Tfiere has come to be a com- . 'wricing, kno'ws the person - for '
munity actitude that a medical whom the drug is prescribed or
consulta;ion which does not con- has verified the prescription with
clude wlth the patient Carrying the doctor.
a presCription form is of no The commisslon stresses the
value," the commission, headed need for an efficient system
_ by Mr. Justice Wiiliams, , says. under which movement of drugs
It says factors causing over- of dependence are supervised
prescribIng are patients' expecta- from manufacture or import right
[ions, pressure of work, pramo- down to the consumer.
tion of drugs by pharmaceutical ' In another section of its re-
- companies ,and insufficient train- port, the Wi?;iams Commission
ing ef doctors in pharmacology. ~rncommernds that the Immigration
- The Royal Commission's report Department keep becter records
= ts now before the Federal Go- to help track drug traffickers.
vernment and should be released "The Commonwealth Govern�
soon. The Williams inquiry also �ment shou:d study the possibi(ity
has commissions frum all S~ate of collecting, on a seleccive basis. . `
Gove~nments except NSW and
South Aus[rzila. records oF tcavel and residence
The r~port recommends that oF member of any groups of com-
State and Territory Governments mon e~hnic origin knuwn or sus-
should leoislate to ensure doc- ~~~ed to be involved in ilicit
- fors get certain information from drug�related activity, it says.
people seeking narcotic drugs. At present records are based
Gn the passenger cards people
This iiifocmation tvould include: fill in when ~hec come to Aus-
O Whether the person has used tralia or leave. Im,~nigration of-
narcotic dru;s in the past six ficials do not keQp any records oF ;
months; foreigners' movement withi,~ the '
. The names and addresses of country . ~
docturs and institu[ions wliich The commission says the par- i
had treated the person in the pre- ticGlar characteristics of many ~
vious six months; ~ ethnic rou s offer c~rtain ad-
, � The circumslances of his use vantages to those bent on the 1
_ of narcotic drugs. organisation of large-scale crimin- I
The commission also urges that al enterprise. !
the States enacc ]aws for the "A forei n lan~
uniform scheduling of drugs of culture and values and ocial patt
dependence throughout Austra- te:ns, x~hich may involve ]ittle
lia. contact with the rest of the eom-
The report urges that all States munity, can enable an ille al
adopt the NSW regulations which operation to be organised with ~
provide that a pharmacist msy greater secrecy and less risk� of
dispense a prescription for spe- detection than would otherwis be
cified d,rugs of addictic7n oniy possible," it says.
if he knows the doctor's hand- .
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AU5TRALIA
PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON DRUGS, ALCOHOL REPORTED
_ Balinese Doctor Speaks
- Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HE~tALD in English 1 Max 80 p 6 -
~Report by Sha,un McIlraith, Med~.cal Correspondent~ -
[TextJ '1"f~e tranquil, 'tropical paradise ' the � beach more attractive at Kuta;'
, of Bali is threatened by kopi-susu, ' a few ki(ometres away.
or mixcd marria~e, bctwecn Balin- Kuta slo~a~ly developed from having
esc and :~hites, bringing drug neen a tradicional vitla~e ;nco a busy
abuse [o thC island, acCOrdin~ t0 strip, alivc aith neon sipns and dis- -
cotheque noises, wherc residents and �
Pr Ucnny Thong. � tuur~sts could mix informally.
Dr Thon~, of the B~ngli I~Tental. ' scarcli~of~~ra~n easyudollar'B'aflocked ta
Hospital, Iiali, said , i-susu meant Kuta and man
white coffee. , Y pf them had entered
- a relationship with foreigners, parti- '
~fany of the white~ in the new ' cularly Australians.
_ pannerships wcre Au~tralians who The "susu" (white) ~ide of the~e �
brouFht a�dru~ hcbit �ith . thern, he partncrships usually had had a goo~
said. ' ' jub and had acquircd a drug habit in
Dr Thon~ told the first Pan�Pacific their own countries.
- Conference on Dru~s and Alcuhu( in
Canberra that the FTindu culiure of Some had bcen married befure. r1Y
the '.7 million people of Bali had had gone to Bafi to find aum:thin� -
Fiven~ them ctronF soc~al ties and a ~ new beeause of dis:ati~faetion with
discrcet cliquette for . releasin~ thcir families or lheir socicty.
emotional ten~ions. Dr Thung said the "kopi" sic~e;
- buring the day the rule was to smile drawn from all over the i~land, was
and be pleasant and helpful to ever - invariably connected, directfy or in�:
y, dircctly, with the tourist industry:
one, ~ Some were "
Strong emotions were suppressed ' attendant~, sui~cs, somc restaurant -
until nightfalt when they could be let ~
out in social and .cultural activities They had some pcychological affini-
- such as dances and plays. ~ ties x7th the "susus," beinx youtig ,
- Under very stron^_ emotional pres- � pCOp~~ thirsting for new values. ,
sure, a Ferson mieht lapse into a these mised relationshipc, t}1y.:
'trance state at nighi. d~B ~abit usually r�pread froat ;he,~
The tranquility of ~ thc people had "susu" to the "kopi." ~
bc;n likcncd by sumc visiton ro cx- nr Thong caid there were about 3p?
- ~cricncinc a cunstant "high" and had . ~'O~'~-~~~~u partner,hipc. In his oar,,,
, Icd other, ro as,umc drug dtpcndcnce Practicc, he had treated seven such"'
could ne~er takc hold. � ` ~ouples in a}car.
_ "('hcn the 1Vestern tourizts came. Drug abuse cascs, fir~t reported ifl"
They came through the internntional Small numbers in (nJonesia in lqhq;�n
airpor,, whirh had hecn a local air- had :rown ~o ranidly that in 147~":
stnp bcforc I965, anJ ~~ayed in inter- president Soeharto had formed" g%~ � '
natiun.~) hotcl. at Sanur on th~ ea,tern national co�ordinatinS body to figlir:
~iJe o( the islanJ. : ' ~h~ Problem. ~
Bt~l Ihe younger tourists'quickly dis- However. the first few cases wiete;;
_ covered the waves wcre 6iRher and not reported, in BaG until 1976. ,,~,~.,d
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Experts Describe Drugs
Melbourre THE AGE in English,4 Mar 80 p~
[Report from Kerry Wakefield, ~'rom the "Alcohol and Drug Canference" page]
[Text] . . . , . . . . , .
naive peraons trom drug use," they
~CANBERRP, Ille al dru ~users ~td.
$ g Only 3 per cent of herotn sample~
Sce sCOUring the street5 for were un~luted or uncontaminated ac-
~chemical CoCktails wh'iCh COUId cording to a tecent tes~
contain sugar, talcum prnvder, common dilutancs are gtucose, lac-
Chalk, and eve'n st chnine. t~e and ceffeine, while contaminants,
. rY which may be toxic, include asprin, .
"LSD" is often a simple mix of am- paracetemol, strychnine, boric acid a
phetamines; hlshish oil can contain preserva[ive and ar~iseptic), talcum
.honey, chaik and vegetable oils, and powder and' barbiturates. -
heroin is a hodge-podge of everything Cocaine, darling of the glamor set~
fr~m caffieine to antiseptics. is widely m~isrepresented. ,
' But two drug. experts yesterday dis� Users commonly score a deal of iigna
peiled the myth that marijuana was caine (a locnl anaesthetic), procaine (a ~
commonly spiked with stronger drugs. synthetic oocaine), benzocaine (a seda- ~
Mr. Graham Cook, a senior analyst tive) or plain suqar. ~
with the NS~V Health Commission, "Grass" can be just that, or oregano. -
and Nlr. B. Flaiierty, of the NSW Drug They argued that drug analysis could
and Alr,ohol Authority, told the con- reveai significant ~indings about the
{erence that there H�as no evidence ot use of illegal druEs. For example, a
marijuana being spiked. high rate of dilu~tion oP heroin couid ~
"It is possible these rumors are mean that drug prever.tion programmes
spread by apparentiy weli-inteationed were increasingly succr'ssful.
sources who believe, without foun~a- The greater pu~blicity of drug analyses
tion, that such 'scare' tactics will be could stop drug users fram accepting
,efCective drug education and persuade some dangerous ~ubstances, they said.y
Talk on 'Mood' Pre~criptions
Perth THE WEST AU5TRALIAN in English 4 Mar 80 p 24
[Text] Canberra: The medical prof~:ssion had increasingly replaced religious
and lega,l institutions in making de~;isions about the reguiation of society, an
international conference on drug and alcohol abuse was told yesterday.
A paper presented to responding by~ findin~ cularly for women.'~
the Pan�?acific confer that an increasing range ~al esics were the
ence on drugs and alcoh� of problems of llving are most prescrlbed drugs.
ol being helrl in Canberra suitable for treatment, ~ss Wyndham said
= claimed that doctors said Miss Diana Wynd� that in 1978-79 more than
were prescribing big ham: of the sr.hool 01 10.5 million benefit pre�
amounts of mood�alter� public health and tropi� scriptions were issued
!o~ ti~e symptoms oi o- Universdity, e at Sydney ~r psychotropic dru~s at
ctety. She said that dru s a cost oi almost $30.5
"Peo le are g million. , ,
p persuaded used to relive anxiety, Most of these re
to believe the fantasy tension and depression P scrl,p. _
that medicine can end all were the second most tions had been written _
personal suffering and prescribed group af ior women, usually by �
~he ~edical profession_~s _drugs in Ae~stralia,parti�.., general practitfoners.
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~ t 'y~f'scclrrifnatYSn`t~'g'a't'h~t'
Opponents o1 pharmaco- women !a related to the
loRlcal solutions to sa irequency of emotional
~ci~?1 problema perauasive. dietresa experlenced by
,1Y arQued that people 'women. ; ~
.were over�medlcated and ~ ,$~C~~, '
that eoclety was belnR '
dehumnnised, lnternally , "Sulclde and depreesive
'polluted and Riven too aymptoms are htgher for
much psychiatric tre~t� married women and lese
ment. ior the never�marrled, di�
' They had also argued vorced or widowed." ~
that this process in Miss Wyndham's paper -
Western society was said that 65 to 70 per
being sided and abetted cent ai the prescrfptions
;by a med[cal profession for psychotropic druga.
'that operated as a1~ were written by general
agent of social control. practltionera, who were
~"Between 67 and 72 per ~mostly male.
~cent of psychotropics are ' Busy doctors tended to
'~rescr!bec~ Sor ~vom~n, prescri~ !he drugs !o
with most of these being cut short appointments.
~given to poor, uneducat- Women doctors were less
- ed, urban-dwelling wo- ~ likely to prescribe them.
aia." 1~'1.ss Wyndham Doctors oiten gavg
drugs to the isolated eld-
~'They go particularly to ~ erly, tfie h a r a s s e d
housewives, the unem� ( mother without child
ployed and the elderly, care and those in unh~p~
i"Psychotropic drugs are ~ PY marriages.
`commonly prescribed for ~"The drugs may mask
.depress:on and anxiety ~the problem but they cer�'
ind itanveare that social talnly do not solve ft," -
~M1sa W,yndhamy said. , ~
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- ' ' Too T~uch Concern' Alleged
Syc~.ney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 5 Max 80 ,p 8
[Text] Canberra.--Community concern about the drug problem fax outweighs its
importance, according to a senior Fed.eral Government adviser on the subject.
The Health Department's 8~qety' did not neces-
senior medical adviser on alca Even i if ~ heavy drug userd
sarily relate to fuctors inhecent
hol and drugs of depcndence, ~ had high death rates there was
Dr Leslie Drew, said yesterday ~p drug use or to the demon- little doubt that the same
that one aim of drug policy atrable effects of drug use. p~p~e would have high death
should be to reduce concern and In Australia there was no rates with'out the drugs, because
_ rationalise cffort. hysteria about alcohol and ta they were generally prone to ,
- "There are much greater Dacco, despite their acknow- accident and illness.
thre~ts to our societies, and � ledged important eonVibution 71u association of drug-
much more worthwhile ways of to ill-health. taking with crime was also
suing our resources in terms of But when sVange drugs were doubtful, with the only major
reduciug human misery and in ased predominantly by nan-con- Australian study showing no re-
saving human lives than attend- forming young peoople adults liable evidence that drug users
in~ to the drug problem," he became disturbed and wanted committed violent crimes ~
to rectify this situation.
said. . 'directly because of the effect of
The reality of some so-called the drug.
- He N'1S dclivcring a paper to drug problems had to be called 1n Australia the main pra
the Pan�Pacific conference op into question. ~ blems were with alcohol, anal-
dn~es and alcohol in Canberra. ~ Apart from :he involvement
The reat force behind drug of barbiturates in suicidcs, and ~~~cs and sedatives. Narcotics
had been a problem among the
policies and programs might the association of alcohol and young for the past 10 years but
well come from the commumry tobacco with death, few stalis- had remained more or less
anxidy which drug issues tics were available linking drugs confiried to those with other
- always generated, he said. : with death or ill�health. serious psycho-social problems. .
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' Fducation, Laws 'To Blame'
Melbourne THE AGE in English 6 Mar 80 p 13
[~'rom the "Alcohol and Drug Conference" page]
_ [Text] h � � ~?'he satd.~
~.Anti-drug ~~aws ~and drug young people,.
~education programmes ~Professor , Whitiock, a
;.were spreading the dnug. jprofessor oP psychiacry qc~
' roblem, not curbing it, ;Queenslanc~ Un~versity who
~,~~a drug expert said yester- 7aunched a book on drugs
'~ay. . ~this week, told the con-
: -Professor F. Whitlock � ~rence: "The drug problem
;aaid: "Tnere is, no evidence is not the drugs themselves
we had a drug probiem of but the individual and so-
cial consequences of prohi-. .
~any size until we began to biting their use".
g~sla[e against :t.
~ Ne~ther opiates aor can-
.-~'"fhe more concern shown �nabis were particularly
~ ~ officials, the more laws ~}angerous drugs unless
.we pass to prohibit certain .used evclusive y.
'drugs, the more the laws '~Cannabis has been
;are enforced and the more growing wild in Austratia'
�~re publicise the so-called for a long time and nobody
~~acts' about drugs and seems to have been inte-
adrug-taking,the~greater has Ie~ted in using it until the
:6eeR the resort to illegal , mid 1960s," ~e said. ~
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Conference President's Remarks
Briabane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 6 Mar 80 p 18
[Text] Canberra.--The cammunity had '~o adopt new apgroaches to combat alcohol
and drug abuse, Sir Wil~iam Refshauge said yesterday.
Sir.William, a formex Federal Hea.lth Director-General presided over the Pan
Pacific Drugs and Alcohol Conference which ended yesterday.
~ Iie se.id new emphasis` way t~ go and aiCohol re= ~ ~~t:me now to have a look
~ would be piaced on cut- �tnains, I believe. one ot at them."
ting demand for drugs, our greatest , threats to . Sir {Viiliam said the
not Just their supply. heallh. T � conference, attended by
_ The Auscralian Feder- "It Ls not only a medic-� about 700 delegates, }wd
atton of Alcohol and al � problem, but also a been hlghly successful as
Drug Dependence would society problem, and a, a p 1 a n n i n~ reterence
cunsider urgently ways of .COmmunity problem." source.
starting projects among Sir William said com- Representatives trom
young people. munity participation was the Pacific area, thc
"In developing the pi- needeci to cut alcohol Nfiddle East, Europe and
l o t projects for the a b u s e among young Arnerlca as well as Aus-
schools, n�e will be plac- People. tralia had attended.
fng parttcular emphasis We have to reassess The conference�covered
on the necd to help quits urgently the way almost every aspect of
young people at a local we are going," he said. I alcohol � aad , dr~g
~evel," Sir ~Villiam said. tioasaare correct bnt its ~ . rehabilitatI njn and ~the
"We stiil have a lung , ' , law,
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Review of Laws Urged
Canberra: THE AUSTRALIAN in English 6 Mar 80 p 6 -
[Text] -
DRUG control laws need youna people to a~�old druQ~
t0 be iea5sessed UrgCritly, hHe sa d ethe nationalpdrug -
the nat~onal president of the body, Austr~lian Foundation
first Pan�Pacitic Cotiterence on Alcohollsm and nrug De-
Ori Drubs and AlCOhol, Sir Dendence, will urg~::tly con-
William Refshauge, Sald i11� sider w�ays to start pilot pro-
jects among the young aimed
_ Canberra yesterday. ac tmprovtnq qua~ity oi ~tre. ,
~ He said after the conference An Aboriginal health unit
Lhat assumptions made about Would also be set up wlthln .
- drugs and alcohol would ha~~e AFADD. . , -
- to be questioned. It is expected the unit wlll be
"Perhaps the assumptions slmilar to AFADD's Alcohol in
have been correct in the past Industry program w�ith Abo-
but it's time we had 'a new look riginal representation on all
at them," Sir William said. the committees, and full-time
"Australia's achie~~ements project officers. '
have been largely technically Sir William said a second
orlented programs which paid pan-Pacific Conference will
little attention to the inimedi- ~ held in Hong Kong in 1983
- ate problems of yaung peopie." and it was hoped conferences
He said smail community Wauld be held every three
yrograms, if care[ully des~g-� years.
ned to suit local needs, could -
achie~�e a clecrease in dr~g- He said the conference a~as
related probiems and other not an attempt to "single out"
anti-social behaviour by young dru~s or alcohol as the biggest
people. evtls in society, but to try a
Bir William said a major re- more positive approach to ,
sult of the seven-day confer- achieving a better quallty of
ence was that new empt~asis life.
wlll be piaced on the preven- The executive dlrector of
tion of drug abuse by reducing AFADD, Mr Pierre Stolz, said
the demand for drugs as we11 the foundatton wlll set prlor!-
ns the supply. ties tor the education of young
Aithough great etforts to people, particulariy in teach-
st~p drug trafficking had been ing them to resist the press-
made, attempts to encourage ures to use drugs. ~
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AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DRUG CONIlKISSION HEARS EVIDEI~CE
Witness on Sinclair~ Fellows
' Syd.ney Tf~ SYDNEY MORNING I~RAI~ in English 7 Max 80 p 10
tText] '
A wiiness identified Only , investigations and there was no It was aileged "eazlier~ that~~
' 3s C. H. told the NSW Royal reason why their names should Warren Fellows, another Aus-
�Commission into Drug Traf~ be suppressed. :raiian facing drug charges in
fickin esterda how he CH also told the commission Thailand, smuggled hereoin into
B Y Y ~ that accomp~nied by Sinclair he Australiu in the IininII of a goif
httd collected a~_0,000 had visited Singapore, Hong bag.
~ debt from a convicted drug, xons and lfanila in Uecember~ A record of intervicw with'
Smugglc[, Murray Riley, for ~977, using a falsc passport ob- biark Andrew Bryant, a sales ~
Williunl SinClal[. �~ned by Sincleir, who had paid repraentative of .4tlambie
all expcnses. Heights, was read. '
Sinclair is in Thaifanc! facing A second Asian trip had been The court was told that w'hen
drug rhargcs, paid fo~ throuoh a dcal organised Bryant and Fello~vs ~ecnt ~o'
_ CH told the commission that with Sing:ipore Airlines. Singapore and Penang in Feb-
Rilcy ~in~ Sinclair had been CN had gone a~ the trcasurer ruary, 1977, Mr Bryant took 6is '
business purtners but had fallen of an ocg~nisatiun producing a Solf clubs ~vith him. . +
- out. TV booking pro~ram being or- In the interview, hir Bryant ;
Sinclair haci met CH ~t Tatter- Sanised by Sinclair. denied that the golf bag had ,
salls Cluh in early December, ~~en CH entered the ~vitness been. used to import heroin and
1977, and Askcd if he ~~�ould be box, bir Justice Woodward dir- said he still had it.
interested in collecting the ected that his name be sup- ~1r Bryant told the commis-
moncy, �~bout S?~).OOU, fram pressed ~nd that he be rcfcrred sion yesicrday th~it he had heard
Rilcy and Rilcy's busincss part- to only by the initials because Fellow�s �'as sellinF heroin, but
; ner, Kenneth Derlcy. � lie H�a~ awaiting trial. thev had never ~iscussed dealinR
- CH had agrced to , undertake The judge prohibited publica- in illegal drugs. '
the job fur a cammission �hich tion of CH's address, detuils of ~ir Gyles said summonsey had�
was �usually half What you get the charge he faces or ar~y re- been issued for Stanley John -
back." ferences to other peo~'le a�hich Smith and Eric Del;mty, both -
Sinclair had arranged a meei- might identify him. referred to durin~ the ;nquiry
in~ in a p;irk near the Spit ~fter hearing legal argument ~n connection with criminal .cet-
Afarina, whcre Rile~~ haJ about whether CH should be ~~'�~es,. I:fforts tp sen�c the sum-
p'~~d directeci to answ�er que,tians monses had proved unsucces~ful.
CH thc moncy. CF! h~id lhen
collected fiis commission. Pending hearin~ uf the charge A1r GyIes said im�estigators
against him, b1r Justice 1Vood- wanted to inter~�icw 1ltartin
U( firct wrote thc n~me~ Rilcy �ard reFused to cxcuse him and Ol~en anJ I'aul Dolc. but both
and Derley un a piece of paper saicl he was preparing to cha~:CC ~ser~ outside the commission's
but ~1r R. V. Gyles. QC, counsel CH for failure to ans�cr quea jurisdiction.
- assisting thc sommi~~ion, said tions. CFi then agreed to ans~~er 7'he inquiry wiq resume nczt
the t~~�o were heavily involved in questions.. , : . 'Iuesday. . .a
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Further Testimor~y Heasd
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERA.LD in Fnglish 12 Mar 80 p 3 .
[~ext] A Sydney hotel licensee had failed to disclose the existence of a bank
account through which $90~000 had pa,ssed in about 16 months, the NSW Royal
Commission into I7rug ~`rafficking was told yesterday.
_ Mr Robert Evans, licensee of the Dumbarton Castle Hotel, in Kent Street, City,
said he had not realised that it was open to construction tha.t he closed the
account, in October, 1978, after hearing of the arrest of '~filliam Sinclair,
Warr.en Fellows and Paul Hayward on drug charges in Bangkok.
Mr Bvans denied an~ attem t ' Mr Gyles suggested to Mr Asked wh he had not men-
P Evans that Fellows had drawn y
to deceive the commission about $q~00Q from the SP betting {~oned the other loans, Mr'
the account, saying he thought it account of Mr Evans and his Evans said: "1 have got into so
was interested only in exam- bo~kmaking partner, a Mr pon� much trouble for being foolish
inin; current accounts. ovan, before Fellows travelled for lending Father O'Dwyer
Mr R.V. Gyles, QC, counsel to Bangkok in 1977. ~27.~ - in the papers - I did
assisting the commission, sug- Mr Evans first said he was : not want to show people that I
gested to Mr Evans that he ~ure Fellows did not have the Was stupid again."
- (Evans) had failed to disclose authority to draw money from During questioning of Mr
the existence of the savings the account, but th~n said he Evans, Mr Gyles suggested that
, account at the ANZ Bank in believed Fellows had requested on February 22, 1978, 524,000
King Street, City, in answer to a the loan to enable him to take cash had been drawn from the
summons because he did not his sick wife on a holiday. savings account while 512,000
want the commission to find out Mr Evans agreed he (Evans) had been drawn from the SP
about it. had been in Bangkok at the .account on the same day.
- Betwcen June, 1977, and Oc- time. Mr Gyles then asked whether
tober. 1978, some $90,000 had He sdid he had taken about Mr Evans recalled allegations
passed through the account. ~ $30,000 in cash with him to by Fellows that he (Fellows) had -
Mr Gyles asked Mr Evans Manila in September, 1977. flown to Bangkok in early 1978
whether he had underctood that intending to buy a bar in on 111r Evans's behalf to delivcr
there had been serious al- partnership with Lord Tony $26,000 to Sinclair.
Icgations that he had conspired Moynihan, an Englishman Fellows had also alleged that
with a group of peopl~, includ- living in the Philippines, but the he returned with the money ar.d
ing Sinclair, Hayward and Fef- deal had fallen through. gave it back to Mr Evans at the
lows, to import heroin into He said he made a loan of Tattersalls Club.
Australia. , about 523,000 to Moynihan and He asked whether Mr Evans
Had he not understood that about $5,000 or $10,000 to could explain the lodgemen: in
the alleged complicity involved Moynihan's wife. the SP account of $26,000 on
his financial affairs between Mr G~~les said that in earlier March 8, 1978, "within days of
1977 and 1978'' records of interview sworn to by Fellows getting back from
Mr Evans rcplied that he had Mr Evans he had denied making Bangkolc."
- not understood this. substantial loans to anyone Mr Evans said he could not
Mr Gyles: Why did you not except Father O'Dwyer and understand what had happened
disclose the existence of the Paul Dole, both directors of unless his bookmaking partner,
account to the commission7 Wings Travel, and had denied Donovan, had won the money.
Mr Evans: 1 thought they considering any investments .in -
were talking about current ac- Manila.
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Bank Manager's Tes-~imor~y
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in E~nglish 13 Mar 80 p 3 .
[Text] A bank manager a~eed at the NSW Royal Commission into Dru~ T~raffick-
~ ing yesterda,y that he had risked his career by authorising payment or, a, ~20,000
cheque later faund to be a forgery.
The cheque was purported to have been signed by a bank customer~ Mr Michael ~
~vans, alias Hay~ittle~ when he s in custody in Britain on a charge of
smu~gling Y;eroin, in 1977�
T'he b~k manager, Mr John ~ ' he had a cheque for 520,000 ` ' Mr Gyle9; If they had come
Stanley Jean, told thc com- sigaed by Michael Evans and ~ to you at t},e same time, t6at
missioa he believed it had been left in Australia ia case his aould have made you even
Evans who had signed thC fiance needed money more suspiciou:.
_ cheque and he was entitled to ~Mr Dcan said he had Mr Dean: I doubt if they
t6e money. authorised a bank cheque to catne to me at the same time.
Mr Dean was the manager be paid. . He could � not recall if this
at the ANZ Bank at 153 Kent "Our administration found had been the case.
Street, City, between 1974 and that the cheque that was Mr Gyles then suggested
February, 1980. tendered to us for payment on that when Mr Dean had paid
the bank cheque was a for= out on the cheque without
He said Michael Evans had gery," bIr Dean said. ~ cons~ltiog the bank adminis- j -
been ~introduced to him as a ~ The banl: had dishonoured tratiou, he was risking his ~
customer by Mr Robert Evans, the cheque. whole banking career. ; .
_ the licencee of the Dumbarton Mr R. V. Gyles, QC, coun- ~'Yes I�did. I gava it ;
Gastle Hotel, next door to the sel assisting the commission,~ thought;' Mr Dean said.
bank in Kent Street. asked Mr Dean if he did not He agreed with Mr Justice
tt has already been alleged think it suspicious that after Vlroodward that it was more =
before the commission that Mr the refusal of adm~nistration dangerous to ignore by impli� .
Robert Evans was involved in to deal with the tran~action on cation instructions from ad-
drug trafficking. He 6as denied a power oE attorney basis ~vit6 ministration than to reject the
the allegations. Miss Tunkin signing the ~ cheque.
Mr Dean said.that in Febru- cheque, that l~ir Seymour had Mr Dean said he recalled
ary, 1977 he had received a told him he had a cheque meeting Miss Tunkin through
call from Mr Michael Evans's signed by Michael Evans any-' Mr Robert Evans, but eould
solicitor, Mr Michael Scymour, way. ~
to say that Evans's name was '"Not at the timc;' Mc not recall if she had handed
really Haybittlc and that he Dean replied. hirn the cheques and other ~
had been arrested in Britain. The Royal Commissioner, 'daruments outside thc Dum-
Mi Se mour had said Hay- Aqr Justice ~'Voodward, point- barton Castle Hotel or
Y whether he had been told
bittle's fiance, Miss Vickie ed out that the two cheques that Mr Robert Evans could
Tunkin, had power of attorney given 'to Mr Dean - one identify her to him.
Eor ~~laybittlc. signed by Miss Tunkin and the .
She would be drawing other by h4ichael Evans -
money from his account to were numbered consecutively,
pay for Mr Seymour's travel ' 938 and 939.
to Britain and for the costs of Mr Dean said he did not
defending Hnybittle. realise at the time that the
The bank administration had cheyues 'were consecutively
refused thc request. but Mr numbered. ~ ~
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Testimor~y ~om Accused
3ydney TI~ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 13 Mar 80 p 3
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Mr Robert Evans, licen- ~ Gyie's said ttiat ia an ~ear-' -
licr record of interview, Mc
cee of the DUmbarton Castle Evans had told investigators he
Hotel, City, had told the did not Lnow a man named
Commission he had been Haybittle, yet Evans had said in
charged in December 1976 evidcnce yaterday hc lnew
b oli e with takin bets Haybittle was ~he a1;as of
Y P F R Michael Evans. '
in the tiar of his hotel. Dfr Evans replied he did not
He said he had been framed know of the alias until Hay-
by the police because he had bittle was arrested. "He was ar-
only been puttin~ on a personal rested years before you gave .
bet over the telephone. .evidence," Mr Gyles said. "
'�'Ihe charge had been changed A1r Evans agrecd his earlier�
to strset betting so he wouid answers had becn Iess than
not get a mark against his hotel complete when he had said he
licence, and he had been ~ned. did not know a perwn named
Mr R. V. Gyles, QC, counsel HaybitNe.
usisting the inquiry, said that Afr Evans read a statement
21 Special Squad had obscrved to the, court denying that he
him taking bets in the bar, had . evern been involved in
He asked Mr Evans who had drus trafficl;ing.
changed the charge, and Mr He realised it had been stu-
~vans said hc did not know. pid .to travel overseas with
- A4r Gyles askcd M1tr Evans if other people mentioncd bcfore
he had evcr told anyonc that the commission, but he did not
. Stanley Smi~h (known as Sean know of their activities at the
the man) and L.ennie dme.
McPherson used the back staira �'1 do not regard myself as a
when they visitcd his hotel. bright person and I now realise
- Mr Evans replied thac neither I have been very swpid;' he
'man had cver been a visitor. said. � ~ �
Mc Evans wus also question- '('hp hearina will continue
ed about irconsistencies in his today.'. . ,,,,.,;.,1
evidence concerning biichael ' ' ' '
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AUS~'RALIA
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HEROIN OFFENDER JAILED--A 26-year-old unemployed gardener was ga,oled yesterday
for a drun offence and. ordered to forfeit a$2500 bail recognisance. Peter
Lewis Whitwell, of Gordon Avenue~ Quinns Rock, who failed to apgear in the
Supreme Court on the day of his trial in May last year, was sentenced to three
years and nine months' imprisontnent, with a nine-month minimum term. Whitwell
had pleaded guilty during a court appearance last month to possession of tiero-
in with intent to sell or supply it. The court was told then that his de fac-
= to wife's father had forfeited a$2500 surety because of Whitwell's failure to
answer bail on the original trial date. Mr. Justic Smith said there was no
reason to give Whitwell a different sentece from Trevor Caldwell, a fellow NPw
Zealander, who had supplied him with the heroin. ~Excerpt] [Perth THE WEST
AUSTRALIAN in English 15 Max 80 p 18]
MARIHUANA FARMER JAILED--Toowoomba.--A Warwick-born man, Vincent 0'Dempsey,
was sentenced to four years' jail with hard labor at the Supreme Court sit-
tings here on a drug charge on Thurs