JPRS ID: 9312 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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16 March 1981
~i`/orldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DA~IGEROUS DRUGS
- CFOUO 12/81)
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16 March L981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 12/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
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- AUSTRALIA
! Stoneville Man Convicte d on Cocaine Charge
(~iE WEST AUSTRA.LIAN, 23 Jan 81) ......................A......... 1
3ydne3~ Reatauranteurs, C~stoas Men Implicated in UK Trial
(~iE COURIER-MAIL, 19 Jan 81) 3
Briefs
Herain in Hospitals 4
f Bangkok Trial of Australians 4 '
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B URMA
~ Over 5,200 Acres Opium Poppy Destroyed
( ~IE WORKING PEOP LE' S IIAILY, 18 Feb 81) . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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j Heroin Seized in Rangoon
I (THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 16 Feb 81) 6
Rangoon Police Seize Opium
,.j (MYANMA ALiN, 19 Jan 81) 7
Wundwin Township Arrest Yields Opium
~ (MYANMA ALIN, 20 Jan 81) ................d..................~... 8
Mogaung Police Seize Raw Opium
(1~ANMA ALIN, 19 Jan 81) ...................~......o.o........... 9
Briefs
Marijuana Seized at Pegu 10
Heroin Seizure 10
Poppy Substitution 10
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HONG KONG
Customs Officers Step Up Fight Against Drug Trade
( Tommy Lewis ; SOUTH QiINA I~RNING P06 T, 16 Feb 81) o. 11
_ NEW ZEALAND
Renewed Warnings Issued on Marihuana's Harmful Effects _
( THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 17 Jan 81; 7HE EVEIJING POST,
- 4 Feb 81) .............................o.........o...o.......o. 13
Medical Profession
Parliament Speaker -
Briefs
Major Cocaine Seizure 15
- Heroin Supply (~?arges 1~ -
Heroin Supplier Jailed ~
LS D, Cocaine Seizure ~ -
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Addict Rehabilitation Network To Include Government, Private ~
Qinics
_ (SIAM RAT, 17 Jan 81) ......................o.o................ 16
Narcotics Rehabilitation Institute, Economic Costs of Addiction
Noted =
(Thong Sabatchai; DAO SIAM, 29 Jan 81)....o..........o......... 18
Marihuana Fields Mscovered in Northeast
(TAWAN SIAM, 28 Jan 81) .......................o.........o...a.. 21 -
G'honburi Heroin Tr.affickers Arrested
(DA~D SIAM~ 29 Jan:81) .................o.....o...o....,.......o. 22 `
Haw Chinese Arrested With Heroin q/.
C yhry ~yr S 1L�111~ 23 Jan ~1> � ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ � � ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a o o ~ ~ ~ � e ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ o � L
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BERMUDA
Senators Mscuss 'Ihreat of Drugs to Bermuda Society
(THE ROYAL GAZETTE, 29 Jan 81).......o..........o.....o.....o. 25
TY~ree Foreigners Qiarged ~Tith Smuggling Heroin
(THE Iffi~YAL GAZETTE, 6 Feb 81) ................oa........o...... 27
Briefs
Cocaine Charge� 28
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DOM[NI CA
Dominican Leader Brands Drugs as Curse of Caribbean
(SUNDAY ADVOCATE-NEWS, 1 Feb 81)......oa..........o........... 29
~ JEIMAI CA
Briefs
Ganja Raid 30
MEXI CO
Techniques To Eradicate Drug Crops Discussed
(Isaias Colunga Morales; EL SOL DE MEXLCO, 31 Jan 81) 0 31
PJF Shoots Alleged Traffickers in Tuxtepec
~ (Jose Coronado Perez;'EXC~LSIOR, 23 Jan 81) ...................0 33
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; Causes of Drug Addiction Discussed
~ (EL DI~1, 29 Jan 81) ...............o..................o....~~.a. 34
Briefs
i Heroin Traffickers Seized 36
~ Ttao Cocaine Seizures 36
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AF(~ANIS TAN
Vocational Rehabilitation Provided for Ex-Addicta
(Edward Sackstein; KABUL NEW TZMES, 17 Feb 81)..0.00....0.0... 37
KUWAIT
~ Arrests Made in Several Drug Dealing Cases
~ (AI.rQABAS, 12 Jan 81) .................oa.o....o.v.o....~....... 39
~ Briefs
, Large Narcotics Haul 41
I SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
LIBE RI A
Briefs
New Measures Against Smugglers 42
WEST EUROPE
AU5 TRIA
UN Narcotics Commission Adopts Five-Year Program
(Hanni Konitzer; FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE, 13 Feb 81)........... 43
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FEllERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMATTY ~
Gagtain Sentenced for Cariying 20 Tons of Hashish
(Wolfgang Heyen; FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE, 5 Feb 81) a . . . . . . o . . . . 46
Briefs
- Fewer Dru~Related Deaths in 1980 48
TURKEY
Scale of Narcotics Market Noted
(TERCUMAN, 22 Jan 81) ................o........o..v.oo..,....o. 49
Sugar-Substitute Narcotic Medicines Banned
, ( CIJMEiURIYET, 16 Feb 81) . . . . . . . . o s . . o a o . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . o . o . . . . 51
Briefs
- Arrests Yield Heroin, Hashish 53
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AUSTRALIA
STONEVILLE MrAN CONVICTED ON COCAINE CHARGE
Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 23 Jaa~ 81 p 21
[Text] Af ter a five-day trial a Supreme Court ~ury yesterday tocic 1 1/2 hours to
, convict a man on a charge of possessing cocaine with intent to sell or supply it.
i Edward John Sullivan (34), mechanic, of Osborne Street Stoneville, was remanded in
_j custody for a pre-sentence report.
Drug-squad detectives had told the court that Sullivan had a seizure at CIB head-
~ quarters ~ust af ter admitting having paid $6720 for about 50 grams of cocaine. ~
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; They alleged that he said he wanted to sell the cocaine in bulk for prices marked
j on four envelopes containing the drug. ;
! Crown witnesses said that on June 28 last year 10 drug squad detecti.ves raided
~ Sullivan's Stoneville house, where he lived with his wife and three chilren.
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Detectives said that a customs officer with a German Shepherd dog found a garbage
bag under a tree in Sullivan's yard. -
! Four envelopes containing 68.71 grams of white powder were f ound in the garbage
i bag. Analysis showed that the powder was 75 per cent cocaine.
; Detectives said that Sullivan admitted sending $6720 in a shoe box by priority-paid
! mail f rom Midland to Melbourne for the drug, which was placed secretly under a
~ rock at the f ront of his house.
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Sullivan had admitted having used some of the cocaine but said he had not yet sold
any.
Sullivan admitted in court *_hat he has 23 convictions for dishonesty dating back to
1960, including charges of breaking, stealing and larceny. He also admitted a
r_onviction on a cannabis charge in 1972.
- Sullivan rold the court that the drug squad had mistreated him.
~ He said that detectives put a towel over his face, held his nos~. and poured water
- over the towel, making it hard for him to breathe.
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Sullivan said that this was done after detectives ordered him to strip and held him
down on the bathroom floor of his house.
Sullivan admitted telling an acting inspector at his house that he had no com--
plaints about his treatment by the drug squad.
He said he told the inspector this because he was scared of what the drug squad
might do to him if he camplained.
[Before Mr Justice Smith and a Jury. Mr L. B. Robbins for the crown. Mr R. M.
- Utting for Sullivan.J
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AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY RESTAURANTEURS, CUSTOMS MEN IMPLICATID IN UK TRIAI~
Tirisbane THE COURIER-MAII, in English 19 Jan 81 p 1
_ (Text] Sydney.--~ao Sydney men have been named as heroin distributars at the English
_ trial of an alleged drugs and murder ring.
The Crown Prosecutor, Mr Michael Maguire, Q.C., told the Lancaster court the names
' of the ~ien and the restaurant they allegeuly owned and managed. The restaurant
' was clo~ed yesterday.
i Mr Maguire said one drug consig*_iment imported by the ring had a street value in
Australia of $3 million. p
; Mr Maguire named another man known as "tiussie Bob" whom he said acted as a contact
for the ring's women couriers.
; Outlining his case against 11 alle�ed rin:; members in the dock at Lancaster Castle, _
Mr Maguire said th~t some still might be members ~f the ring.
Five of the accused had murdered the ring's Singapore-based buyer, Christopher Martin
~ Johnstone, he said, but the ring continued and its purpose had never been abandoned
and never frustrated.
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i The prosecution is to continue its opening address today.
Meanwhile Queensland customs officers have called for an ir~vestigation into allega-
~ tions by McMaguire that cff icers at Brisbane Airport were bribed by the ring.
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, "If it's true, why hasn't something been done about it?" president of the Customs
Officers' Association Queensland branch (Fourth Division), Mr Harry Donoghue, said
~ yesterday.
"The allegation is not new. This matter came up at least a couple of years ago at
the Royal Co~ission of Inquiry in~o Drugs," Mr ponoghue said. -
"It's an allegation by a person implicated in the drug trade. It's a ghost that has
- been haunting us for a while now.
"It's a slur on the integrity of all our off icers. And it lowers the morale and
_ thus the eff iciency, of off icers on the job.
"We would like an open and thorough investigation into the allegation to consider and
_ resolve the situation," Mr ponoghue said. _
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEFS
HEROIN IN HOSPITALS--Canbera--Heroin will be used aga in in hospitals this year after
an absence of about 28 years. A Federal Health Department spokesman said yesterday
_ that preparation for the reintroduction of heroin wa s well advanced and it should be
in use within a f ew manths. This follows the decision of a co~ittee of Common-
wealth and State Health Ministers last Ma~ to allow the use of heroin to ease the
suff ering of terminally ill patients. The powerful narcotic was banned from hos-
_ pitals in 1953 following concern over pilfering and misuse. [TextJ [Melbourne THE
AGE in English 23 Jan 81 p 5]
. BANGKOK TRIAL OF AUS1'RALIANS--A 26-year-old tIelbourne woman pleaded guilty today to
attempted heroin trafficking when her trial opened in the criminal court here. Kay
Ayres had pleaded not guilty when originally charged with illegal p~ssession of 300
grams of heroin with the intention of smuggling it out of T'nailand. She was
arrested last July at Bangkok airport with John Westerny also 26, an Englishman
� who was living in Melbourn~ before the trip to Thailand. Western, who faces the
same charges, has pleaded not guilty. Ayres, of Toorak, Melbourne, said today that
she had decided to change her plea because it seemed pointless to deny it as the
heroin had been found on her at the airport. Captain Suro Surajet Noipun of the
narcotics police said in evidence that he had searched for the two accused in
Bangkok for a month before the arrest. He began searching after advice from the
Australian Embassy that the two accused might be planning to smuggle heroin out of
Thailand. He had been told that Western had once b een convicted of smuggling
- mari~uana. That conviction was in the records of In terpol. Captain Sura~et said
he found Ayres and Western in the departure lounge of the airport as they were
about to board a flight for Manila. They were searched and heroin was found in
- Ayres's underwear. The trial was ad~ourned until March 9. [By Neil Kelly] [Text]
[Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in Engltsh 23 Jan 81 p 10]
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O~IER 5, 200 ACRES OPIUM POPPY DESTROYED
Rangoon THF WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 18 Feb 81 p 8
[Text~
.-R~?rtcooN, t~-: reo- ~ " I~ oider-w~ir?epect the Tlie officials he~d: .
, About g~2to acres of destniction of thc opium ~ b the - De uf
~ opium poppy werc de- poppy, fields, Secretary of Minister went by a heli
stroyed uader Clperation" the Central Narcotics Con- copter and took part in
``TBs-Y~'Pan' ~ p~~ I~ srul Board Deputy Min- the deatruction of io acres
; launched on zs November s3ter for Home Ec Reli- - af opium poppy fields
iq8c~, uader the arrange-� y~hous Affairs Col D~in on Loikyant range ia
ments made . by the vaung, Director-General ~ Monghkoke. village tract,
Ceaval Narcatics Control ~ of the People's- Policx _ Tqanghsat Township,
' � ~ Foroe U T'hein Aun~ and~~ togetha with the woricing
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; ~ Z'he atep was taken in Directar-General of the ' -people. They later ina-
' accoidaace svith a resolu-' Warking People's Settlr ected the opium poppy ~
i tion pseeed by the fourth . ment Drpumnent Col ~~ds bein~ destroyed in
s~sion of the Fimt Pyithu ; Thaa H1a visited Mon- ~ the td~~nship and then
i Hlutta~r~ cxlling for a~ ghsat bp a Tatmad~w air- ' P~~~ed to .Ta~~nggyi.
i national drive to combat`, ~raft. yesterday morning. I Later in. the evening,_
i the _ abuse of narcodc ~ti2a Phillip C Zealey, i Shan State Party Regional
i drugswhich~caa md~ager. Lisisoa Qfficer of UN/ Ca~ittee- Chairman
_ the eatire narien. ,Butma Programme ~or ~~~der of the Eas-
~ . The Tatmadaw, the - - - . tera Comcnand Brig..
I Pwple's PoGce Force and AN~ Abux Control, bfr' ' Gen Hla Oo hosied a
the working peopk uadec ~Be B Sherry~ Deputy ~ dinner for the De-
- the leadership of the Chief of M~s:ion Uniud puty Minister and offi-
respective Towuship States Embasay sad ~~a~g at the . Pang!ong
, Party Unit aad People's ,o6cials also accompanied Yeiktha. .
C:ouncil helped ia des- Mo~~~ . The Deputy Minister
troyia~ theopium poppy.. ~ and officials left Heho
by a Tatmadaw
aircraft and returned to
Rangooa tfus mornirig.
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HEROIN SEIZED IN RANGOON
Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE`S DAILY in English 16 Feb 81 p 4 `
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~~ltu~tauorr, ~i3 'Feb-- Accord' to informa: Sv6:in~pecfor U Nay ~
police' Statidn (~cet tion givea y Dsw 9ein Dun and . party searched
U Kati 14yiat and party the poGc~ contiaued tu Niaung Htaung Htaung
from the Cci~ Prevcntio~ eearch the house of -Ko (z4) of ztst Street at the i
9quad of the Rangoo~ Aye Htaiag aad wife "Ma corner of Latha and Canal i
Division People's Police Tia Tin Nlar, daughux of Streets. and seizc~ two j
~ ~orae raided the howo DaaR.Sein, in S~bechaa 3rd paclcecs of heroin valued
of Ds~w .Seia at No Stra~ U Tin Khaing~ ac K zoo each ' on io
~ 3,. Asbestoe Factory father of Ko Aye Hlaing~ ~ February. ,
, (z) Street~ No - z Wud, surnndered sq pac:kets .
~Ylayitngon Tawnahip, and ~5�S Br~) of heroin. to ~a;ng Townsh~p .
sei~ed S�S grsins oi the po~ice.
heroia oa sZ February.. ~ � According to informa-
~ ~ Aetioa tion given by him, police
~ OE tht _ total, . 2.g ` ~ " raided the house of Daw~ .
~rama of heroin were po)ict ~ ue taking Tan Saw. War (48) of ~
aetzed hom Ms , Sein action against Daw Sein~ ~ Thukha Mvaing.}thStreet,
Seia Htwe ~�(z6) of r2~ ~in Sein Htwe, Ko No. 8 Ward; Hlaing -
Sabechan 3rd Street, Aye Hlain ,:V~a Tin Tin Townahip, aad s~ized Zo
- No ' i~ Ward, Kamayut ~yj~ j 'ria Khaiag packeta (8o grams) of
Toa?as6ip, and the rat tusder Sections 6(b) heroin. Police are taking
from Daw Sein. l~fa Seiq (poa~eion), to (b) (eale)~ a~,tion agunat Daw Tan
_ 9eia l~twe was in .Daw i i(abetment) and i4 (d) 3aw War aad - her
8ein'a houee whea the register for daughtrr Ma Kyi Kyi
police-. _ Conducted tha trpq~) of the Nu- 11~yiat (zo) under Sec-
eearch. . . cotic Druge Law: tioae 6(b), io (b), i i
~ ' ~ - ~ ~ . � and i4 (d) of the Narcotic
Drugs Lavr. Action .was
a18o takeu 'against Maung
Htau.ng~ Htaung, under
_ Sections 6 (b~, io (b)~ I.I
and i� (d), o the Narcotic -
Drugs. Law -(H) � ~
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BURMA
RANGOON POLICE SEI2E OPIUM
= Rangoon MYA~~MA ALIN in Burmese 19 Jan 81 p 6 BK -
[Photo Caption]
[Text] Photograph shows Hla Shwe and Than U together with their 50 ~;iss
[1 viss equals 3.6 pounds] of opitmm seized on 11 Jan~uary from compound No 168,
Zaychodaung Za ward of Moulmein and house No 34 of Hlaing Shanzu ward.
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WUNDWIN TOWNSHIP ARREST YIELDS OPIUM
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 20 Jan 81 p 6 BK
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[Text] Houseowner Daw Than Tin and her daughter U Sin [as published], and
guests U Toe Pwa and Ma Cho seen ai ..t,~e Wundwin police station after
5 viss of opium buried in the house compound was uncovered on the evening
of 8 January at the residence of U Mya Maung and baw Than Tin in Shawpin
village, Wundwin townsh ip.
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MOGAUNG POLICE SEIZE RAW OPIUM
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 19 Jan 81 p 6 BK
~ [Text] Mogaung, 12 Jan--On 11 January, acting on inf ormation, Mogaung
~ township people's council secretary U Yu Tin and a party, together with
Pho Chit Kon village councillors and police supervisory unit, searched
and found hidde:z in a haystack of a farm 31 packages of raw opium, weighing .
31.25 viss [1 viss equals 3.6 pounds]. The opium was to be delivered to
Phakant ~ade mines by Sabaw Shaywae of Lawmon v:Lllage, near Banmaw city.
- Mogaung police station has taken action and kept in custody the opium worth
about 100,000 kyat. Pic~ure is shown below.
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BRIEFS
MARIJUANA SEIZED AT PEGU--Pegu, 15 Feb--Police seized four viss and 70 ticals of
marijuana from a young man at the corner of Mekkatit Road here at about 5 am
yesterday. Police from the No (I) Police Station who were on security duty stopped
a trishaw and searched the young man and found the marijuana in his bedroll. Police
- arrested the young man, identified as Maung Than Lwin alias Kyaw Thet Min of Mazin
Ward No (8), Pegu, and booked him under Sections 6(b) (possession), 7(b) (transpor-
tation) and 10 (b) (sale) of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Text] [Rangoon THE WORKING ~
PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 16 Feb 81 p 1] ~
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HEROIN SEIZURE--Police personnel of Sanchuang township in Rangoon searched I
Aung Chan, 30, at the cornpr of Ma Kyi Kyi Street and Mo-ma-kha Street on ;
28 January and found seven packets of heroin worCh 25 kyat each. On information ~
supplied by Aung Chan. Ma Ohn Ngwe, 28, of Mo ma-kha Street, was also arrested
Iater. Charges have been filed by police under Sections 6.B, 10.B, 11 and 14.D ~
of the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rangoon LOKTHA PYITHU NEZIN in $urmese 29 Jan 81 '
- p7BK]
POPPY SUBSTITUTION--A ceremony was held in Pekon on 3 February to present former '
- poppy growers needy goods for cultivating cash crops in place of poppy.
Speaking at the ceremony, township party unit,and peop~.e's council chairmen
explained the threat of drugs to the nation and d3sclosed that 160 acres of
poppy have been destroyed in the township in 1980-1981 season. [Rangoon
LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmese 18 Feb 81 p 5 BK]
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HONG KONG
CUSTOMS OFFICERS STEP UP FIGiiT AGAINST DRUG TRADE
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORI~ING POST in English 16 Feb 81 p 18
~ /Article by Tommy Lewis in the col~mmn "Monday Focus_'?
i
' /Text7 Customs ofticers Mi11 be .
At the be~inaiag of the ~ Bacawe of the tight sur-
kaping an extra s6arp rear, hi~6 dana~ Cor drugs veillsna at Kai Tak. drug
~ lookout this year for new in Hoa~kon~ encounged boues chan~ed their smug-
' tactiCS which smugglers smail operaton to ractuit Qling tactia again - and .
i will be dresming up to get ~ore couners to brinQ in ordered oourien to return
~ drugs into Hongkong. small qnantitia. from Bangkok to Hon~kong
i Tbe aourien, paa~ u via lest "suspect�� countnd.
~ They said druQ traffickers touri~v, were ~iven fne triq of these vourien
last yar switchcd theu tac- to 13ailand 4nd carrled druts W~ later arrssted - five
tia ~eversl dma in bids to returninQ from the Philip-
beat custoaoa chab. ~~p, pu~ es �and another two from
Custom~ drua-fi~hhters. 'The "hfde and ~aek" pme Taibei.
headed by Senior Superin- then beQan betweea cwtonu ~u ahdea Failcdadrursified
teadeab Jim Prisk and K. S. oPficers and thpe oourier~, B opera-
Ton~. ~aid they "played hide The Mt taatic tried by toro t6en sw9tched to smug-
and uek" with smu~lcrs ~mu~gle~ wu tho ~uitcue 81ing drugs into Hongkong by
during the yar, but cla~med~ with a fabe bottom. ~ny ot ahips arriving From
they ~ot the upper 6and. regioes where dru~ are not
Daspite thesG difficultia. covered by ewtoau ofEicen ~Wn or manufactured.
cuitoms officera arrested i65 who trretted both lopi ind Dapite the new tactic,
pa~ple I11 CODt1CCU0~ wi t 6 forei~a co~rien u~in~ it. ~+~~s officers managad to
vanou~ drus offenca and So .drug.runnan chan~ed ~m+t eiaht xamen and seiz-
seized nace thaa S73 million their ucdp by usin~ men and ~~W ~b moro than S41
worth otdrugs lut year. ~ million from ship lut year
AlthouQh t6ere was a ~~b Kai Tsk iirport ~d ~~.pitof S27 amillion~
slight dcop in the number of a n dru ooncaled in
I arrau, the vslue of drugs. ~bdr
y~~, p worth of drug~ in 1979.
seized wu up by S12 million Cw~~ o~~ i~ w~ Senior Superintendents
~ compared with 1979 uizu?e,~. Tak arratad 73 people and ~k tad Tong said the fig6t
~ ~ Dru~ addicts had to pay d~ worth ~oro t6st~ aQain~t ~mu~{glen would be
; an all-Ume high reoord price S20 millioa daria~ the whole jwt as fierce thii year.
' of 5200 tor a~mall packet of o~ ~~r ~ 19 Sen Su Priak ia in ch4rge
~ heroin aad t6e drug's purity -arrats snd a similar amoiint hile San SuptiTonaBheads
~ plunQed to as low as l0 pa of dru~s seixed in 1979. the tnve~ti ation~ Buresu.
ceat due to an acute shortage Of t6ae arrated at the g
of ~upplies in July. sen Supt Tona, who is one -
ai last yar, eight people, of two 6iRhest�rankina Chi-
The s6ortage was thinb u~~~8 ~WO ~ nese oFficers at customs, '
to the work of customs men Q~~ for internal conceal- admitted that it would be
, and Gce. as. impos~ible to conduct l00 per
But it brought another m~pne man courier acaped pnt uarcha of every vesul
hadache - many addicts ~ bu returo, but tbat entm Honakong.
turned W crime to raise the died of ~n ovaMae wl~en a "Whether veuels searches
cash to buy their daily drugs. p4~ ~in an routine. p4rtial, or full-
� ~cale ~archa have to depend
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~ ~a our intelligence roports,"
~ he said.
H~ said his officers would
oontinue to fight . the local
drug situation and wiil again
_ be worldng closely with their
counterparts in other coun-
trie.c.
Last year. Hongkong offi-
cen gave mformation to the
customs in Thailand and the
P6ilippines which raulted irt
the arrest of siA Hongkong .
residents and the seizure of
drugs mant for 6ere.
Meanw6ile, � ' iatelligence
reports said that there was a
bumper crop in the Golden
Trian~le poppy-growinQ area
laat year, wbic6 w?ll probably
lead to even more drug�smug-
~ glina attempts thu year.
tast year the customs
_ made only one drug uizure
wbere 4he drugq were found
to have originatedfromSouth-
wat Asia uutad of t6e Gold-
en Trisngle.~
Reporta eatimated that be-
twan 730 to 1,000 tons of
narcotip were shipped out of
the Goiden Triaag~ (e in 1975
- but the ahipments had ban
reduad to batwcen 200 to
300 tons each year since
poppy plaaten faad bad har-
vat~ wer the past couple of
yan.
Report~ alto said bxause
, of the bad lurvesu in the
Golden Trianglaover the pa~t
few yeus~ dru~s From South-
we~t Aii~n countria -
Afganistan, Pakistan and
Turicey - have taken over
the Eumpam market in the
put few yars. .
IaulliQena report~ claim-
ed that 570 lu7o~rams of
drug~ wero smu~gled into Eu-
rope in 19f8 oE which 1401ca
wa~ from Southwe~t Mia.
Hut in the foliowin~ ywr, e
toul of SSO ic~ waa shipped,
of which 300~ kg wu from
Southwest Aaia.
For the fiat nine montlu
Isat yar, a toul of 11 I kg ot
- dru~s wa~ imus~icd into Hol�
I~nd ol whiah 87 �kQ came
from Southwat Aiia.
And 2001cQ wu ~mu~led
into Wat Gerrtuny la~t yesr
of which tS0 kg wss found to
have ooma from tbe south-
west, intelli~enca reports uld.
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NEW ~EALAND
RENEWED WARNINGS ISSUED ON Me1RIHUANA'S HARMFUL EFFECTS
Medical Profession
;
; Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 17 Jan 81 p 3
i
' /Text7
I - -
i
~ 'Tht pTOepect o1 a Comple[ ~ {~oi ~male sex hormones for distortion oi central pro-
i heavy har~ eat of � T}~e Government�sponsored I example; to have some ad- ceases, for whatever reasnn,
locslly grown mari- ~ reaearch project ehowed Eew~ � ~~rse efiects on immunola is a reasonable torm of ac-
~ juaea hsa prompted ' studks had been done on ' Rical systems and have a tivity,"
renewed warnings ~ {~Tjbot dama~ng thelr re passages lthan t ba co smok� ~ a~lth ugh aat "e stenunike
_ , over its allegtd harm- productive ~yatenu - ~ 1Ag� mari'uana smaking, it was
- fu) effecte on physical : And there were certainly possi~le to drink alcohollc
and mentsl health. thougb one limited expeM� acouncls for concero about beverage9 for reasons other
ment showed a aharp u~ long-lasting, tt not per�~ than slmply to become Ine-
Recent research into the crease in mendtrual cle da
- effects of cannabis use has tects. ~ , manent, e[Eects on menta{ briated.
p~0~~~� ~ Another warniag agafnat
- been~iragmented and ths re� It was otated there wa~ But Professor 1~Icb~uee~r ~cannabis was given yester-
- sulta have been sometimaa Bood' nason tor concern eaid he believed such eftecta !day by Dr Fraser McDonald,~
I contradictorY. ~ about the poaalbUity ot pul� , Were "rather secondary." superlntendent of Carringlon -
A link with damage to' , monary cancer resultina ~~It I~ through the .popu- ~HospItal. He agreed with,
natural immune ayet~ms has from extended marijuana ~ larisation af marijuana that Professor ;~ScQueen as to iv~
b e e a p
r
e
s e a t e d a s s t r o n g e v
i� u s e ov
e r s e v e r a l d e c a
d
e s a n
d t h e i
dea o f ta king d rugs tor~ likely etfects.
dence against it. for maMjuana was described~ as plea~ure has become accept�. ~~Intoxication in any fxm
examyle, and yet researeh a compkx dru~ ahich coutd he said. ~ ~ ts alwa s likel to be h s~c
done in New Zealand showed ~ eiiect motor caordinacion, . y. Y p y '
the eifect to be trivial. and learting. Diatortion : ally an3 psychologically
Studiea oa posaible mari- i~~ Canaabia waa descr~bed aa~ "We � are now gettina ' panalding," aaid Dr Mc-~
~ juana risb l~ave ~concen� a grave menace to the com� numerous cases of solventj
trated on heavq, rather than ! munity" by Professor E. G.I yniffing - even among chil�i He said it was worrying
casual users and in wme r~ ; McQueen. director ot thel ,dren as young as five or six, that very little reeearch had
~ spectt they have been in- ;National Poisons Informatianl and prescription druQs~ been done on the effects uf
~ conclusive. ~ ~ Centre in Dunedin apd ~and hailucinogens have come I marijuana when used in -
i The present ~ eonaensus !director of the toxieology re- ;Into much more common usel conjunction with alcohol, as
among narcotics experts in ' eeareh unlt ot thte bfedical : ~s a tolerable form o( beha� ~ the two were oEten combined
New Zealand, however, ~s ~ Re~earch Council. viour. ~ and the effects could be�
~ that prolonged use ot mari- ~"The main reason for thls' "But betore the popu- "telescoped" under those~
juana can be dangaroue. ~ is the way it has allowed the lqristtion of mariiuana it conditions.
They have accepted evi- ; poPul~riaation and accepG~ was believed that a person But the research which
dene~ such as that presented ~ ance of the concept of ine�' ~ who {ndulaed in ~uc6 thinRe~ had been done showed that
to the L'nited State~ Con~ess briation for amusement," he ~ rnust be a'nut' - tome sort uncontrolled use of mari- -
last year that dailv use of ; t4id. M drongo." Juana, even on its own, was
marijuana was likely to lead' ~ ProEessor :VicQueen said Protessor hicQueen �saId he likely to be harmful. ~
to lung damage similar to ~ there �were also quite lerriti- ~ wc?uid stick to his vie~e~ even The suggested' deFletion of .
that resulting irom heaw ~ mate concerns over the ph - it it could be ~ho~m th~t~ male sex hormones and simi-~ -
m
rette smokinK. and that it ~siological effects oE canrabs marijuana had no sdverse~ efEects on female repro-;
caussd a reduction in the use. hea~tl~ effects.
sperra count of young male ; it waA "qenerall acc t- ~~I i~ tlht thel ductive systems were worry't
Y ep ing, particula^ly for the po.;�;
users. ~ , jed" to diminish the secretion aible damage to unban chil-~
~dren. ~ ~ -
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' There was also a danger to~ also unfortunate that those Ithat marijuana was harm~ ~i~ers had FoM�� ��~~'-'~^ti+a"
- oeople in adohescence, when' who were most attracted to less, it was no bnger ten- hv recent calls for assistance
hormone levels were crucial~ marijuana were those who able. ~rom sls Yorth lsland fac-
in Ruiding development of a, ,should not use it at all. One o[ the worst aspects tories.
~ tar~ely asexual chi~d into an ~ They were pectple who was that the potent uiq� ~'Phe accident rates at the
aduit male o'r temale ~ ~were using it as a"pseudo re~.lient. THGdelta-9, was so- tactories ~had increased and
To "muck around" with eolution" to stress ar,d to iuble in fat. rather t~an an �'~nfiltration oE cannabis
'cannabis at that critlcal avoid "fronting up to r~ water, and therefore couid luse" had been detected.
stage couid ha~~e unknown ef-' ality," whereas aa intoxicant remain in the system for six He claimed there was
~fects on an individual's ~ was only going to aggravate weeks. A comoarafile dosa~e I"ample evidence" that can-
- xuality, said Dr ~cDonald. I~ei~ problem. ^~~~?~~l would be '`met- 'nabis w�ae physicallv ~ addic-
As such. it would be "crary"~ 'Phe director o[ the Nat~on� flbolised" and be dischareed ~hve anA that it cavsed "~~hat
to take the cisk. el Society on Alcohol and Erom the bndv in six hours. anneared to be b�ain damaee
Aggravate n*ue Dependence, l~ir Rov Mr John~ton said one ef- Where there was heavy, sus-
,Tohnston, sa~d that althou�h I~ect of marijuana in reducinv ained use:'
Dr ~icDonald said it aas the conceot still persisted t~ '~drive" o: motivat~on of
Parliament Speaker
Wellington THE EVEIVING POST in Engiish 4 Feb 81 p 21
- /Text7 Claims that cannabis is harmless Were labelled "ridiculous" by Parliament's
Speaker, Sir Richard Harrison, yesterday.
Sir RkLerd aald tbe claha~ fined to the yoang, bat ie' in the coarse oi hl'e
- aaee witb tnowled~e~no~v Slr
R~k.~r a d. ~~r, de~c.~e ~pcoble~ In IVe~t
available aboat the drng. "'lbe Natlaoal Sockt~ of Al- ?.ealand
~"The m~e t~e re~rcbers coboWm aad Drng Depeo- "Each aaDstance ha~ a,
i n v e s t 1 Q a t e T H C dexe hes reQorted that ~ cbemica~ wh~h aboe~ or
binol) the d~ficaat namber of fac- witb ~ome otber, acts aa
~they 6ad ln tociev ate iindtnQ thet tDe . fbe body to btin~ eboat
- t6e u~a thb ~abetance, o~e d carioabi: b havM~ ~ iome c~ange ln b~bavtonr
_ ead t~e more they caaflrm detrim~eatal efiect on peo- a~tlon, and tbe body
the view espreesed to me wnal healt6, iedastrial may become dependent o0
py ~,eral espest~ trom satety~ and volame and thet chemkal. We ~lso
comtrip with a long 6ir , nl
ll~y~o~pro~~ion. kaow, conilrming re-
tory oi annabla aee, that has s~rch overseaa, that a
this is a anbstance w6ich ~ealt ~ith cases w6ee~e, 1a~'8e WbPo~ioa ot oar
we wonld be anwi~e to add Decan~e o~ a chemlcal-abaaing youth
to ouc lld ot ~rrmltted tne of canoaDb~ have poreab who have
chemkal0." 6e ~ald. ~po+~e, the family nnit h beea Aoing the aame~
Slr Rlch~'d waa addratin~ in crbb. t~ ~9 Y~~ ~
the opeataQ ,esdoo oI the ~~Ia cee rsce d d~ tnowl- proeabIy ~n~g ac8ereac
Natlooal Sodety o( Alco- ed~e and e:perknoe, mi- . c~micaL.
boli~m aod Dru~ Depen- nortty ~e'oap Wll ~eolt to
deace llth smamer ec5ool talk eao~eau aboat can-
held aL t~ Ceat~l In- nabi~. Ai Dr Gerald
ditute a~ Tec~nolo~? In )dilner tiss commeated ln
telatioa to 't6e (3reat.
He poicted~t Wdde~ tes ~farf joana Debatt it i~ a
that tbe dean ot tbe x~ool, ~euersl ~lar erra to
Dt Homphrey RaineY, had ~nppo~e ~be loodeat ca~n-
said a tlow had started oi p1~ fa the pabllc !o
pattecti wlth prnblema be t~ mat an~Om !a ib
~ ~ ~ y~ ~ weliare'," Sir Richard
~b.
~~~~y Cannabi: wa� one oi' a
~ by ~ nnmber oi snh:~anCes
.rnblem_ i~ oa~_caa- ea.~c with N,r sir tt~rd
CSO: 5320
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NEW ZEALAND
BRIEFS
MAJOR COCAINE SEIZURE--A major seizure of conaine, a c]:ass B controlled drug, was
made after a Porirua police stake-out of a house in Pukerua Bay this morning. A
31-year old married woman will appear in the Wellington District Court on charges
relating to the incident. Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Lines said today that _
a combined police and customs operation resulted in the interception of some over-
seas mail this morning in connection with the incident. [Text] [Wellington THE
EVENING POST in English 30 Jan 81 p 16]
HEROIN SUPPLY CHARGES--A man and a woman were yesterday committed to the High Court
for trial af ter a dispositions hearing in the Auckland District Court on charges
- arising from an $11,000 drug deal. Neville Patrick Teichelman, aged 31, a bene-
ficiary of Mt. Eden, and Maria Mavis Seally, also 31, a housewife, of Grey Lynn,
pleaded not guilty to a joint charge of supplying heroin. Teichelman denied nine
further charges of supplying heroin, possessing heroin, offering to supply c.ocaine,
supplying cocaine and theft of two gold chains, a watch and a car radio dasette -
deck. [Excerpt] [Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 5 Feb 81 p 4]
HEROIN SUPPLIER JAILED--A heroin addict was yesterday jailed for six years on each
of two drug-handling charges when he appeared in the High Court at Auckland for
sentence. Steven Dominic Edward Urlich, aged 27, unemployed, had pleaded guilty
after a depositions hearing to possessing heroin for supply,and to supplying an~ -
other class A controlled drug, to a person or persons unknown. The amount involved _
in the heroin charge was 2.01 grams of powder, containing 102 milligrams of heroin.
In 1977, Urlich was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for possession of
heroin f or supply and, while ne was on leave from prison in the course of his
sentence, he was again found in possession of heroin, and his sentence extended
by six months. The terms of six years on each charge were concurrent. [Excerpts] -
[Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 10 Feb 81 p 4] -
LSD, COCAINE SEIZURE--Auckland, Today (PA)--Customs officers seized more than
13,0~0 LSD "tabs" worth $60,000 when they intercepted a Christchurch man at
Auckland International Airport yesterday. The 25-year-old was taken into custody _
shortly after arriving on an afternoon flight from Los Angeles. Customs off icers
_ were still examining today baggage which had been seized at the airport after it
arrived ahead of the man's flight. The LSD, in tablet form, was concealed in
wooden ornaments made in central America and which had to be cut open. The number
and quality of the tablets has yet to be determined. Also seized was about 140
grams of cocaine, which would have an estimated street value of $7000, and a small
amount of canabis. [Text] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 10 Feb 81 p 32]
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THAILAND
~
ADDICT REHABILITATION NETWORK TO INCLUDE GOVERNMENT, ~RIVATE CLINICS
Bangkok SIAM RAT in Thai 17 Jan 8], p 3
~ [Article: "Number of Rehabilitation Clinics Increased Throughout
the Cauntry. Seminars Held For Volunteers Who Will Help Those Who
Are G iving Up Drugs~~]
i [Text] Mr Likhit TYsoetsathlasak, the deputy secretary-general of the
~ Narcotics Control Board, discussed the matter of controlling and
i rehabilitating drug addicts. He said that, to date, the Ministry of
~ Public Health has announced [the opening] of 52 goven~unent and
i private drug addict rehabil itation clinics. These drug addict
rehabil itation clinics are located both at the center and in the
countryside. As for the center, or Bangkok, there are several clinics
such as the ones at the Phra Monkut Klao Hospital, the Police
- Hospital and the Thanyarak Hospital and the rehabilitation center of
- Bangkok Municipality. As for those in the countryside, there are
- rehabil?tation clinics in Chieng Mai and Songkhla provinces and
almost all government hospitals are trying to establish drug addict
rphabilitation clinics. As for the private addict rehabilitation
- clinics announced by the Ministry of Public Health, there are three
clinics: Ane at the Tham Krabok Monks' Institute in Saraburi
Province, one at the Khao Thamthalu Monks'::Institute in Ratchaburi
and ane at the Rehabilitation Center of the Daeng Foundation in
Samut Sakhon Province.
The deputy secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board said that,
i concerning encouraging addicts to give up taking drugs and keeping
I them from taking drugs, besides the fact that the addicts must rely
on their own will power, society and the people can play an
important part in helping the addicts give up drugs or in controiling
drug addiction. This begins with the par.ents, who must diligently
look after [their children]. As for the people, or society, the
people must change their views toward drug addicts. That is, they
must stop viewing such peopie as bad people. They must accept them,
give them attention and help them find jobs, or give them a chance
to reform themselves. Another thing is that the community must be
relied on to provide help. In the community, there may be some
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volunteers who will help by providing guidance and watching over
them. Concerning tnis, the Narcotics Control Board has held many
_ seminars for volunteers so they can help the addicts who are trying ~
to give up their drug habit. Concerning this, an effort will be
_ made to increase the number of such volunteers.
11943
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
NP,RCOTICS REHABII,ITATION INSTITUTE, ECONOMIC COSTS OF ADDI'~TION NOTED -
Bangkok DAO SIr'~M in Thai 29 Jan 81 pp 6, 2
[Pha Chiwit column by Thong Sabatchai: ~~Mr Surat Kriwattana Has
' Spent His Life Thinking and Acting to Get People to Give Up Narcotics
' and Start a New Life"]
i
[Text] "Narcotics~~
~ How serious is the narcotics =
probiem in the world and in our country?
I
~ It is almost unnecessary to state how serious the problem has
become because the drug problem has spread everywhere and there are
i addicts everywhere. There are clear statistics sYiowing that the
i number af addicts is increasing each day.
I
~ This poses a great danger and it is the number one sociai problem
that every country must solve.
i
~ In particul dr, this is a serious problem annong the youths and
students. The good citizens of the country must help each other bear
this problem and they must help find a way to solve the probiem and
limit or halt the destruction of the country�s future manpower
~ through the use of ~'drugs.~~
, It must not be the government alone that is concerned about this .
~ The peopl e too must recognize that the narcotics problem is a -
! disturbing and frightening matter for the people in general with
~ regard to their personal safety and the safety of their families and
~ children.
Because, crimes that stem from the drug problem have greatly
increased in vsolence.
Based on s~atistics compiled by the Office of the Narcotics Contrml
Board, in 1978 there were 1.2 million drug addicts in Thailand. Arid
this does not include the large number of people who were not
incl uded in th~ survey.
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These are figures that should cause the people responsible for the _
country and the people themselves to think about the disaster that is .
taCing the Thai people and that will spread throughout the world if _
something is not done or if ineasures are not taken quickly to -
eliminate narcotics from Thailand.
The fact that there are this many addicts, the figures for which are =
already 2 years old, show the country�s great economic loss because
addicts must spend an average of 100 baht per person per day to -
purchase drugs. That is, they spend 1Z0 million baht per day, or
3.6 billion baht per month, which is 43.2 billion baht per year.
- Thu.s, I would like to return to the naYCOtics problem.
This is a matter that we must think about, take action on and help
_ each other as much as we can.
Thus, today, the column Pha Chiwit is very happy to be able to
~ discuss the story of a young man who has spent his life helping to
revive people who have given up all hope in life, turning them into
new people with new and fruitful lives and restoring them to their
families and to society.
The things that he has done have proven effectisre and it can be said
that he has achieved success with more than 50 percent [of the
addicts] . As for the remaining number, if the families and guardians
cooperate well, it will be possible to solve the drug addict problem. _
This young man is Mr Surat Kriwattana, the head of the Wattanawet
clinic.
This drug rehabilitation clinic tr~eats peopZe using medicinal herbs
under the supervision of the Ministry of Pubiic Health, which -
provides guidance concerning objectives, methods and targets. It is
clear that this is public work that is aimed at creating a new life
for those who have given up hope rather than at some other '~goal.~~
I am impressed with the motto ~that I saw on the s ignboard of the
T~lattanawet clinic, which is located at 135 Phahoyathin Road,
Soi 40-41, telephone No 5791649, because, while the motto is short,
the meaning is clearly in line with the goals. [The motto is]: G ive
up drugs and start a new life.
_ I Porgot to tell you sometr.ing and this concerns how the name of the
clinic has been spread by word of mouth by the people who have -
undergone the resolute psychological rehabilitation methods of Mr
Surat Kriwattana. It takes several years of treatment before good
results are achievecl in the difficult task of rehabilitating drug
addicts.
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- It was as if a compass was directing me so that I could talk with ~
Mr surat Kriwattana, the person who has used his small ~~shoulders~~ ~
to willingly bear this social problem.
Mr S urat Kriwattana's first words to me we~e that he guaranteed that
the [medicinal] drug and physical rehabilitation methods used by
the Wattanawet clinic, which uses ancient Thai herbal treatments
- that have been handed down from generation to generation, obtain =
- 100 percent results. [That is], these herbs definitely neutralize
the ~'poison" and they are different from other types of drugs used
because they do not cause vomit ing, restlessness or any pain.
= Results are achieved after t.aking the medicine just.one or two
times.
But I want to repeat that addicts treated with these drugs are
treated physically. Only 30 percent of thosp treated are cured of
their addiction. Another measure that is even more important ancl
' that must, therefore, be carried out and carried out seriously is
to receive the cooperation of several groups-- parents or c~uardians,
t~achers and [others in the] social environment of the addicts. That
' is, they must be rehabilitated mentally also.
; The personal probl~ms of the addicts must be solved, they must
' develop will power and be given new hope and they must be freed from
; their old environment and not allowed to return to the old situation
' that caused them to become addicted.
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I The most important thing is to g ive these people love and show them
that people are really concerned about them.
.i -
_i Mr Surat Kriwattana also said that he uses a combination of both
methods in treating the drug addicts.
I He no~r has great confidence in the efficiency of these methods and,
~ therefore, he wants to tell others.that, at present, he is
' encountering so many problems in this work that sometimes he feels
li:~e "running away~~ and doing something else because of his
inability to fight all the pressures.
~ He hopes th at someday some kindhearted foundation or wealthy person
who has greater financial. capabilities than he will help carry on -
the program of the Wattanawet clinic.
He does this work gladly because he wants to and he would like to
achieve the desired results. When he reaches these goals, he
will let someone else take over.
What has been described above should be enough to excite [people]
- about this man whose motto is ~~gi~ting alms, cannot compare with
helping to give people a new life."
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THAILAND
MARIHUAtVA FIELDS DISCOVERED II~t NORTHEAST
Bangkok TAWAN SI~i in Thai 28 Jan 81 pp 1, 16
[Article: ~~hoodlums Guarding the Fields Arrested. The Village
Headman Fl ed . Pol ice Ar e S earching Everywhere" ]
[Text~ The Suppression Division has gone into Nakhon Phanom and
seized 15 rai of marihuana valued at 225 million baht abraod. Two ;
people watc:hing the fields were arrested. They shifted the blame to ~
the village headman. [The land] was immediately sequestered. The I
owner of the fields fled and has not been foundo '
At 1000 hours yesterday, Police Ma jor Damrong Watsanasomsit, an
inspector at Section 4, Precinct 7P, and a force of eight other
policemen, together with a~rial policemen. from Nakhon Phanom Province,
searched the area near Rai Na Som Viilage in Phosawan Commune,
Thauthen District, Nakhon Phanom Province. They had learned that up to
15 rai of marihuana was secretely being grown in this area. Calculated
- by weight, there was a total of approximat~l.y 15 tons .
Thus, the pol ice searched these f ields in order to f ind the owner .
They found Mr Prasit Thikaeo and Mrs Sangiem Siriwangsai, who were
in charge of guarding these f ields . They searched their houses and ;
found a rifie, license No N~P. 4/1945. They were told that the rifle
belonged to Mr Nak Pinphu, the village headman in Phosawan Commune.
During the inv~stigation, ~he two suspects stated that this rifle had ~
been given to them by the vi~lage headman so that they could guard
the marihuana fielcls, which belonged to the villac~e headman. The -
police turried the suspects o~rer to Police Captain .Anusak Sirithipyot, ~
the officer on duty at the Thauthen District Police Station for
further handlinc~ of the case. At the same time, the marihuana was
ordered seque~tered and the matter was reported to Police Ma jor -
General Sanguan Khlongchai. The police are seeking Mr Nak Pinpun, the
village headman, for further handling of the case.
As for the 15 tons of fresh marihuana, if it was dried, there would
be approximately 5 tons left, which would have a value of approximate-
~ ly 7.5 million baht in Thailand or 225 million baht i= sent abroad.
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THAILAND
CHONBURI HEROIN TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED
Bangkok DAO ~I~i in Thai 29 Jan 81 pp 1, 16
[Article: "Heroin Valued At 10 Million Baht Was Seized. Police -
, In Chonburi Set a Trap and Arrested the Entire Gang~~]
[Text] Police made plans to arrest a major narcotics gang operating
; alonc~ th~ eastern coast by sending detectives to mak~ contact with
them and set a time to pick up the drugs. At the appointed time,
the police rushed up and arrested the entire gang. But the suspects
denied knowing anything. They said they were only hired to transport
~ the drugs. As f or the heroin, this was good quality heroin. It weigh-
~ ed more than 1 kilogram and had a value of almost 10 million baht
abroad.
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, Conc erning the arrest of this gang that was secretel y sellinq heroin,
~ on the evening of 28 January, a reporter for the newspaper DAO SIAM
in Chonburi Province reported that at 1420 hours that day, a group
~ of poli.ce officials from the Suppression Division headed by Police
; ~aptain Prayun Hongsakun, the head of the Narcotics Control Unit,
~ Division 7, Suppression Division, and a force of policemen from the
~ 5uppression Division went and hid in the parking lot of the Chonburi
i ~Iospital because they had learned that a ma jor nar~o,tics gang ~
' operating along the eastern coast was selling narcotics
- to foreigners, Thus, the police sent a detective to make contact and -
arrange to buy drugs and, at the same time, they stationed forces at
the parkinc~ lot mentioned above.
5omewhat later, a white Niazda pick-up truck, license No B-2715,
Chonburi, with only the driver it i~, arrived and parked in the
~ hospital parking lot. Then,two young women walked up to the truck.
The police h idden therc- watch ed everything and then rushed out and
arrested all three people. The truc}c was searched and a brown paper
bag was found on the front se~t near the driver. When the bag was
opened, three bags of No 4 heroin, including two bags of Super I
heroin and one bag of S ing To Khu Yiep Lok heroin, were found~ Each
bag weighed 350 grams for a total of 1,050 grams or about 1 kilogram.
Al.l three peopl e were taken into custody.
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From th~ investigation it was learned that the man is Mr Somphong
Rotchanaphong, a1e 50, who lives at No 695, Ban Khot Commune, Muang
i~istrict, Chonburi Province. The two wom~n are Niiss Sila Chiunoi, age
32, irho lives at 243, Village 9, Nongpru Commune, nanglamung Dis~ri~t,
Chonburi Province, and Mrs Salon Diching, age 30, who lives at
Nv 23, Koloi Commune, Phanthong District, Chonburi Province. All
three denied [the charges]. Mr Somphong said that he had been paid
50 baht to transpart gdods to the parking lot of the Chonburi
H~spital. As for the women, both told the police that they had
wanted to hire the car on business. The police did not believe their
stories because ~verything matched what the detectives had told th~m.
Besides this, it had been learned that this g ang of heroin traff ick-
ers had been selling na.rcotics for a long time. After tal~ing them and
resisterinc~ their names at the Muang District, Chonburi Province,
= police station, all three were placed under guard, taken to Bangkok
and turned over to the Suppression Division for further
investigation.
As for the three bags of No 4 heroin, officials of the Suppression
Uivision had made arranqements to purchase the drugs for 600,000
baht and hand over the money at the parking lot of the Chonburi
Provincial Hospital. Thus, if these drugs had been sold abroad, their
value would have been at least 10 million bahto
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[Text] Heroin trafficlzers....Police from the Suppression Division
~arrested Mr Chin Saetieu and Mr Lu Saechang, two Haw Chinese. They
were transporting more than 2 kilograms of heroin from the north.
The heroin, valued at 500,000 baht, was hidden in a potato sa~k. It
was being transported to Pak Khlong Talat.
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BERMUDA
SENATORS DISCUSS THREAT OF DRUGS TO BERMUDA SOCIETY
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Hamilton THE ROYAL GAZETTE in English 29 Jan 81 p 5
[ Text ] DruR abues and the crianes "Our perty will Rive Gov: Becauee Government had
~yhich arise from it will de- emment all the aeaietance failed to provide decent
stroy Bermuda's soCiety un- ~ paesible to be able to remove housinA at reasonable rents,
less they ere checked, l9ena- thia evil." said Senator Allen, in many
tor Sir John Plowman ~ ~ families both parente had to
warnxd yeeterday. Seaator Llewellyn Psnia work to make enouRh money
SpeakinR in the debate on ' ton, Parliementary 3ecre- to live, teavinR children '
the Thmne Speech in the ~ for Works~ ARriculture unettended for lonR periode
Senate, the leader of the an Fiaheriee, eaid that Gov- of time.
Government ~roup said; "I exament waa often wronRlY "YounRsters cauainR prob-
believe that there is setioua blemed for the problem. lema now are produ~ts of
' c~ncem throuRh all eectione "It seema to have become a that situation. It's uselesa to
of the community firetly fad for certain intereete to of~ tslk about parental ne~lect,
the druR problem with which ~n end unfairly chide Gov- ' when Governaxent throuRh
we are confronted, end un- ernment ae beinR respoaeible ita neRlect is not aseiatinR
queetionably ariainR from for thia aituation~ wtulet the pa~nta in cominQ to Ret to
that, the serious incidente in- real facta have their ori ~'n m ~ with this pmblem."
volvinR firearma which have . parental neRlect aad "in- ~enator Michael King
occurred i~; recent weeka, discipline, amonR other rea- (U.B.P.) described the druR
These are matters of coacern ~ - ~ ptoblem as Bermuda's num-
to each end every �one of ue, P~oP~e 9eem to have been ~ ber one evil.
and to every member of the duped into believinR thet this particular situ-
public. ~Govemment ahould. in fact, ation there can be no win-
I think thet it ia abeolute- become foeter pacente for ners. We all have to combine
ly vital that theee be the same of 2haee younp~ people our knowledRe and try to
me:imum cooperation be- ~ho diaplay varioua diffi- ~~bat the oroblem."
tween the Police and our cultiea, which� often mani- Senator ~uiaton Edneae,
community in order that festa iteelf throu~hpert icipa- Miniater of Community Af- ~
theae twin evils which are tion in druRs, and appear. fairs, said that druq abuse
. RrowinR in our society and ancea in our courte for other wes not only a youth prob-
will deatroy it unlese infractione." lem.
checked, are daslt with Government had at- "It is an adult problem.
stronRlY~" tempted to meet.some of the There ere those adults in our
3enator Charles Bean, needs of younR people society who choose to prey on
the leader of the� Oppoeition throuich sport, recreatio~end .the weaknesaes ~f others for
Rroup jn the Upper House, youth development pro- the purposes cf money in this
said that while the druA Rsammea, but it could not be druQ trade. It.is the quantity
probiem waa frequently ex~ectedtodoeveryt~ of money that makea it even
mentioned. little ~eemed to 9enator Davld q(lea more despicable."
be done. (P.L.P.) aaid it wae uee- He called for an attack on
"I would like to know that leae for Senator Peniaton- to � the druR problem on three
somethin~i _positive ia beinR talk about parental neRlect, fronts - by ~ducatinR younR
d o n e. W e k n o w t h a t without coneiderinR Govern- people of the danRers in-
they an detrimental ta thie ment's own responeibilities. volved, throuRh ~reater viRil-
community, but it does aeem "Bermuda today is peyinR ance in the detection and
that we are usin~ thia juet for yeara of neRlect. 3ubetaa- prosecution of druQ offen-
_ like a political football, and datd houainR haa been a ders, anc~ throu~h an educa-
not doinR sufficient to try to breedinA p~round for social tion and information pro-
eradicate the use of dru~s. , problema, now built into our Rramme for adults, partic_
g~~m�" ularly parents and those
dealinR with youn~ people.
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New members of the Sen- ~ hae~been a source of pride to 'cism was 9esator Quinton -
ete were rapped on the all~ of us who were privileRed Edness, who said that he
knuckles yesterday by a to participate. I believe the failed to see how the tradi�
lonR-standinA independent publ~c has Arown to accept tional decorum of the House
for turninR the debate into "a and understand the purpose had been violated. "1 will not
political forum". of this body and I, for one, be robbed of my riRht to
And Senator Stanley hope they mey be permitted speak, and I will not be sub�
Gascoigne warned t~at he to continue in their under- jected to paterna~ism."
and the two other indepen- standinR. � Senator Edness said that
dent members of the Upper he hed ~NOrked in the com� .
House would have to consid- "If the type of debate
er their position if the debate which was initiated this munity all his life, and be-
continued to be so explicitly mori?ir.R is to continue, then lieved that the best way he
political. � I can ~nly suRRest that- the could achieve thinRs was
independents appointed to throu~h his affiliation to the
SpeakinR after the Senate this AuRuat body will find it United Bermuda Party.
had returned after the lunch necessary to reexamine their, "I am political. It seems
adjournment, Senator Gas- position very carefullv." very different to express an
coiRne said: "I deplore the - opinion about any issue
manner in which this mom- Senator GascoiRne was without beinR political. I in-
inic's debate waa turned into supported by Seaator Ar- tend to continue beinQ politi-
nott Jacksoa (Ind), who ~
a political forum by repre- $eid: "If we are itoin to exiet cal.'
eentativea of both political merely as an extension of the Senator Edness said that a
partiea Perhapa new- House of Assembly, I ques- recent report on the role of
comers to this assembly have ~~on the validity of the Sen- the SenArP had indicated
either misinterpreted or cho- that it wished to be more as-
ate. In this House, we are
sen to i~cnore the real pur- serti~�e and meaninRful. Now
here to make, in so fer as is
posesoftheSenatesetoutin humenly possible, dis- some members apparently
a recent committee report. wished for some sort of re- ;
passionate examinetion of
, � straint.
' All of our deliberation in what is before us. � He also said that had he ~
the past five years with One of the new membera broken any procedural rules,
which I have had experience
has been conducted with a quick to reapond to the criti- he would be heppy to apolo-
decorum and di~ity which ~3e'
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BERMUDA
TIiREE FOREIGNERS CHARGID WITH SMUGGLING HEROIN
Hamilton THE ROYAL GAZETTE in English 6 Feb 81 pp 1, 5
i
~ [Text] A Turk, a Nigerian national and an American living in Bermuda have all been
~ implicated in a conspiracy to smuggle heroin into Bermuda.
The Turk, 25-y~,ar-old Ali Killi, appeared in court on Tuesday charged with smuggling
heroin into the Island between December 1 and 12 last year.
And yesterday, in a packed magistrates court, the Attorney General, Mr. Saul
Froomkin Q.C., brought heroin smuggling charges against the Nigerian and the
American.
Mr. Froomkin alleges that the American, Kurk Kennedy, 24, conspired with Killi and
the Nigerian, Alexander Seriki, and others not now before the court, to import
heroin into Bermuda from London.
Kennedy, who gave hi~ address as Devonshire, is also charged with importing the
drug into Bermuda between December 1 and 12 with Seriki. And he is charged with
exporting $35,000 in United States currency out of Berinuda without permission on
December 2.
The Nigerian, who lives in London, Alexander Seriki, 22, is charged with conspiring
with Killi and Kennedy and others not now before the court, to import heroin into
~ Bermuda between December 1 and 12 last year.
I
~ Neither man was required to plead to the charges and both were rema.nded in custody.
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i Representing Kennedy was Mr.. Trevor Moniz while Mr. Will Francis was representing
Seriki.
The Acting Senior Magistrate, the Wor. K. C. Nadarajah ordered that both men be
brought back to court on February 19 for mention.
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BERMUDA
BRIEFS
COCAINE CHARGE--Lee David Foggo, 27, of Great Bay Road, St. David's, was yesterday
committed to Supreme Court for trial on charges of importation of cocaine and
possession of cocaine with intent to supply. He was alleged in magistrates court
to have bQen in possession of 11.87 grams of cocaine. [Text] [Hamilton THE ROYAL
GAZETTE in English 7 Feb 81 p 2]
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~ AO1~I.N~,~A
! DOMINICAN LEADER BRANDS DRUGS AS CURSE OF CARIBBEAN
Bridgetown SUNDAY ADVOCATE-NEWS in English 1 Feb 81 p 3
[Text] Roseau, Dominica, Saturday (CANA)--The use of illegal drugs in iche Common-
- wealth Caribbean is growing into curse, said Dominica's Prime Minister Eugenia
Charles here yesterday as she warned of its possible harmful eff ects on national
- development.
But she gave no stati~tics to the gathering of Education Ministers from the less
developed islands of the Caribbean Co~unity.
It is the f irst ever separate conference of Education Ministers from the region's
small islands. They are reviewing standards of education in their territories and
trying to plan together for future growth.
Miss Charles felt that the problem of illegal drugs was one confronting all the
governments, and she urged that this cottference not ignore it.
"The use of drugs is a vital problem...it is a curse which can very much prevent
our gaining the goals that we want to attain."
~
In a general call, she urged that they "iron out" problems and f ind solutions to
matters affecting education development tn the islands. `
;
~ T'he Ministers fram the Windward and Leeward Islands were at conference with their
advisers. The two-day meeting is a result of discussions in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
' last year between Dominica, Grenada and St. Lucia's Education Ministers while "
attending a UNESCO conference.
The role of the University of the West Indies, establishment of an Eastern
Caribbean Institute of Physical Education in St. Lucia, ref resher courses for
technical teachers, and strategies f or dealing with the purchase of text books are
among matters receiving attention during the meeting here. -
Miss Charles advising on the need to tackle the problems regarding educational
~ development of the islands declared "to those for which you can't f ind the solu-
tion, you will have to~find ways around them, but that also is a form of solution."
Admittedly, the islands were all suffering from lack of funds for the things they
want to do in education, '~ut it was impossible for them to develop "unless we
develop our own educational system."
1 "It is for this purpose that we have been looking at our curriculum. It is for this
purpose we have been talking to all persons who can assist us to ensure that we have
_ a system by which we caii give to our people the education they deserve."
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JAMAICA
,
_ BRIEFS
GANJA RAID--Ten acres of ganja plants and three nurseries were destroyed by the
police in an early morning raid at Lionel District in Manchester, on Thursday.
One ton of cured ganja was also seized and Oltver Errington, about 30, of Lincoln,
was arrested and charged with possession of gan~a, report f rom the Police Informa-
tion Center (PIC) said. [Text] [Kingston THE DAILY GLEANER in English 9 Feb 81
p Z~
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MEXICO
TECHrTIQUES TO ERADICATE DRUG CROPS DISCUSSED
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 31 Jan 81 p 8-A
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-i [Article by Isaias Colunga Morales]
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I [Text] Mexico is a country with shockingly extenaive marihuana and poppy
growing and has had to resort to sophisticated control techniques to combat
the international gangs that presently have cultivated acreage almost all over
the republic. -
Drug trafficking has, in fact, been a problem for Mexico's suthorities for the
last 40 years; nevertheless, they have been unable to eradicate it. "Nor will
~ we be able to; the best that we can hope for is to control it," said the head
'i of the Reconnaissance and Verification Unit of the Ongoing Campaign Against
the Cultivation and Trafficking of Narcotics, Mario Tirzo Maldonado, an
engineer.
Unfortunately, Mexico, like Central American countries, contains rough,
mountainous terrain we11-suited to the proliferation of poppy and marihuana
growing and a ready market in the United States that has even classified the
I crops according to quality, for example, "la chicalada," "la cola de zorra"
(fox tail), "Acapulco gold," among others.
The drug traffickers, who in recent yeara have victimized peasant farmers with
their dirty dealings by taking advantage of the poverty and hunger that beset
- them, are developing increasingly sophisticated methods of growing these drugs
~ in a bid to circumvent the Office of the Attorney General of the ltepublic.
I In light of this evidence, the authorities have also resorted to sophisticated
! techniques of combat and control, relying on modern, computer-based detection
devices outfitted in late-model planea, which are like laboratories in the sky.
Javier Juarez, an engineer and the assistant chief of the Reconnaissance Unit, -
accompanied EL SOL DE MEXICO on a tour through the hangar of the Attorney _
_ General's Office, where part of the interesting equipment uaed to detect,
combat and control drug trafficking is located, in this case, a lat~-model
Lear Jet-35, which is of great help in this program.
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The Attorney General's Office acquired the Lear-35 about 4 years ago. It is
_ outfitted with an electronic system called " the sweeper," ~,*hich uses a
powerful camara to detect, quantify and classify growing areas.
- The late-~model executive jet cost about $8 million and can also be used for
other activities, such as identifying crop acreage, quantifying acreage,
irrigation districte, mapping urban areas and multispectral analysis, among
_ other applications.
With the aid of modern computer systems the authorities have been able to
cut marihuana and poppy growing by about 45 percent, especially in the
troublesorae ~uliacan and Oaxaca regions.
The program relies basically on the airborne equipment that the Attorney
General's Oftice has available, which consists of 60 helicopters, 12 Cessna
light planes, two twin-engine cargo plan`s and the 40,000 liters of herbicide
to fumigate the growing areas. The latter j ob 18 not at all easy, because
there are snipers in these areas and therefore a helicopter alwaya has to be
around to provide cover for the detection and crop fumigation activiti.es.
- The Attorney General's Off~ce ia thus doing battle every day with organized
drug traffic, which has taken root in all of the rough, mountainous regions of
- the country and which poses a real challenge that will sooner or later be
vanquished.
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MEXICO
PJF SHOOTS ALLEGED TRAFFICKERS IN TUXTEPEC
Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 23 Jan 81 p 31-A
i (Artic le by Jose Coronado Perez, EXCELSIOR correapondent]
[Text] Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, 22 Jan--The Federal Judicial Police have shoC to death
i five peraoris (two young girls, a woman and two men) who were allegedly
; "involved in drug trafficking."
~
The in cident occurred at 1500 hours in Paseo del.Aguila and Tatahuicapan.
~ After flying over the area, the federal agents decided to land and were greeted
j with gunfire.
_I
In answering the attack they killed Julia Lopez Santiago, the wife of an
- alleged drug trafficker, two 12-year old girla and two as yet unidentified
adult males.
Accord ing to a police report, the Federal Judicial Police were searching th e
area for the Bartolo brothers, Victoriano and Elias Antonio, known marihuana
growers who are fugitives from justice.
It was these two men who fired on the police and then eacaped.
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MEXICO
CAUSES JF DRUG ADDICTION DISCUSSED
Mexico City EL DIA in Spanish 29 Jan 81 p 11
[Text] "The desire to take drugs," the great Osler wrote, "is perhaps the
most striking characteristic that distinguishes man from animals," and as
Huxley has observed, man's longing to tranacend himself has, without question,
existed from time im~?emorial.
In other words, as soon as man learns to feel and think, he inevitably wants ~
to test to what extent he can alter his thoughte and emotions. He thus makes ~
drug addiction a Fart of his life experience, either as a therapeutic habit or ;
- a mystical, magical complement to it. '
But, why does this desire arise? k'hat is it that motivates a person to take
_ drugs? Several psychological hypotheses have been put forward in answer to
these questions.
The desire must be prompted by curiosity. .Playing a preponderan~ role in this
phenomenon are the psychological state of the individual, his feelings of
guilt, shame, anxiety, depression and fear and other such negat~ve emotiona.
It could provide an escape for the individual, whereby he can lose touch with
reality and become disoriented whie remaining relatively aware of what is going
on around him.
Such an escape is often triggered by the internal and, conaequently, external _
- imbalance that an individual suffers from when he loses his sense of self-
proportion and of the reality in which he lives.
This loas of the po~er of reasoning makes a person suggestible and easily
influenced both by the stmu.li of his environment and by the people around him.
These hypotheses should perhapa not be set forth as general rules for all
indzviduals, but they do apply to most, as has been confirmed by prior o
observations in society, by statiatica and by group and individual atudies.
We know that sedatives, soporifics, analgesics, antipyretics, anticonvulsives
and muacular relaxants prompt certain depressions in the central nervous
system. All of them have different applications, and the effects they produce
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on the human organism are different as well. In one wFy or another, however,
. by affecting the central nervous system, they completely al.ter thE behavior of
an individual and gradually bring aboLs- a psychic and at times physical state
marked by, among other things, an uncontrollable urge to continue taking the
drug, thus making the person an addict.
This unrestrainable urge is called dependence, which can be either psychic or
physical. The two kinds of addiction go together; in other words, they occur
in parallel during the process, although the psychic changes are predominant
in triggering this phenomenon.
~
Physical dependence is a process of biological adaptation that the organism
undergoes during the prolonged adminietration of a drug.
Psychic dependence is an uncontrollable and often unconacious urge to consume
~ drugs and is associated with many symptoma of inental illness, such as
_ restlessness, distortion of the senses and irritability. -
In short, t~?e changes undergone by an individual addicted to any kind of drug,
whether medical or not, as in the case of marihuana and certain inhalanta,
alter that individual's interactions with society, and this poses a serious
- social problem,
Drug addiction is a serious problem in our country, affecting large segments
- of the population, especially teenagers, inasmuch as 14 to 18-year olds run
_ the highest risk of susceptibility to this illness, owing to a lack of guidance,
_ inexperience and the suggestibi'lity of this age group.
The transition from childhood to adolescence prompts, in addition to biological
changes, psychological modifications that are moat often not properly dealt with
and that trigger major psychic upheavals in an individual, upheavals that
are clearly reflected in thoughtle~s, violent action and total disorientation -
and that culminate in the state of incomprehension that teenagers so often '
mention. In addition to their lack of a clear-cut character or personality,
adolescents are unquestionably predisposed to suggestion and, therefore, are
easily influenced.
~
To curb this social scourge attacking our people, the Mexican Center of Mental
Health Studies and the General Directorate of Mental Health of the SSA
[Secretariat of Health and Assistance] are conducting research to better
coordinate their psychological, medical and psqchiatric care and guidance
programs, assisted by the health care centers of the same secretariat, which
_ hold social and family guidance talks at schools and for the parents of drug
addicts. Field work is also done, consisting of visits to homes, factories and
- schools. Problems are thus identified, and the individuals affected are sent
to the appropriate health care center.
This research work is con4ucted by a three-person team, a psychologist, a -
nurse ar.d a social worker, belonging to the Mental Health Department of the
Health Care Center. (Summary taken from the Medical Journal published by the
SSA)
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MEXICO
- BRIEFS
HEROIN TRAFFICKERS SEIZED--Drug traffickers Abelardo Lopez Amarillas, Mario Ochoa
Paredes and Victor Manuel Meza Camacho were arrested in the wake of a shootout with
Federal Judicial Police agents; they had 102 grams of pure heroin in their possession.
The three criminals were placed in the custody of the Public Ministry of Culiacan,
~ Sinaloa, where the incident took place. [Text] [Mexico City EXCELSTOR in Spanish `
~r
16 Jan 81 p 33-A) 8743
TWO COCAINE SEIZURES--Agents of the Federal Judicial Police yesterday seized two
shipments of cocaine valued at 10 million pesos at the airport and arrested three
women, one of them Colombian and the other two American, as the traffickers. Aft~r
a flight had arrived from Panama, federal agents detained C~lombian citizen Ester
Julia Vera Martinez, who had hidden two polyethylene bags containing a total of
310 grams of pure cocaine in the shoulder reinforcements of her overcoat and in her
lingerie. Upon the arrival of another flight from Venezuela, police agents detained
American citizens Elizabeth Smith Lee and Rosalyn Mayland Cooper, who had concealed
a half kilogram of cocaine in false-bottomed suitcases and inside the seams of their
overcoats. The two Americans said that they had bought the drug on their own in
Caracas, Venezuela, to take it back to San Diego, California. [Text] [Mexico City
EXCELSIOR in Spanish 5 Feb 81 p 24-A] 8743
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AFGI~ANISTAN
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROVIDED FOR EX-ADDICTS
, Kabul KABUL NEW TIMES in English 17 Feb 81 p 3
~Article by Edward Sackstein~
i
~ ~Text]
~ Tackling the obstacles aim at preparing the for-
~ in his path back to the ma- mer addict to hold down
~ isntream of society, the a job. Selective placeme
; drug-ciepeiident person nt techniq�ues try to mat-
- i may find as much difficu- ch his skills to specific job
! lty in coping with the pr- requirements but these
; ejudices and hostility he measures rarely get a fair
encounters along the way t~~' ~of rthe negat-
as with the addic~ion its� ive attitudes of both emp-
elf. loyers and trade unions.
~ ~Even after the physical ILO experts place voca-
; dependency on drugs has . tional rehabilitation and
j been conquered, the "}un- social reintegration high
i kie" image is hard to sha- on the list of steps that
~ ke and clings to the form- shoul3 be taken by every
er addict as he looks for community that is concer- ~
work and finds all doors ned by the waste of hum-
to jobs closed. As a result, an potential because of
~ he can often sink back in- drug dependence. Proble-
i to a~diction from sheer ms posed by the need to
I discoura~ement and he is rehabilita.xe addicts are co-
, ~ not wholly to blame. nsiderable but not impos-
I Helping the ex-drug- sible to solve. The frequ-
~ dependent p~rsen reinte- ent failure of rehabilitat-
~ ~rate into the community ion programmes may, in
; is a responsibilit,y that has ~art, be traced as much to
to be shouldered b,y ~ the society's own indifference
community , itself, includ- as to the addict's personal
~ ing emnloyers, trade uni- difficulties in social ada-
- ons and ~private or,ganis- ptation. �
ations. Greater and more direct
community involvement
The Vocational Reha- in drug programmes may,
.bilitation Section of the therefore, be one of the
Intei�national Labour Of elusive answers.
fice believes that rehab- Consi,~lering that lifes- "
ilitation efforts should tyles of many of today's
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- societie~ are based on and addict . to keep otf drugs
adversely affected by non- and make a relatively sta~
essential consumption, ca ble social adjustment. Ge-
mmunities themselves as tting people to medically
well as the drug users may break the habit and not
also be troubled and in to sink deeper into addict-
need of help. A commun- ion can be achieved fairly
ity which organises itself easily and quickly, but de-
to deal with a problem su- aling with psychological
ch as drug addiction is al- dependence still represen-
ready well on'Sts way to ts the greatest challenge.
_ streng~hening its own ba- '
se. To be effective, vocat-
ILO experts believe . th- ional rehabilitation meth-
at the lack of such direct ods and techniques shou-
community participation ld provide not only job
in drug rehabilitation pr- training and related serv-
ogrammes has been a vital ices to enable a for'mer ad-
missing link which has no dict to find and keep em-
doubt helped contribute ployment, they should al-
to the poor record of such so aid in helping him to
schemes. restructure his life, deve-
The community may be lap survival skills and set
seen as the whole range soical goals. Follow-up
of its components that help is vitally important
might work together to he- to ensure immediate aid
l~p the ex-addict. includ= during the cruci~l months
- ing ~vocational schools, ch- when he first strikes out
- urches, the press, private again on his own.
groups, individuals, tra- The ILO has been atte-
de unions, enterprises and mpting to formulate gui-
employment exchanges. delines for international
Such a communxty-wi- action in the field of reh-
de approach would certa- abilitation of the drug-
inly be more viable and dependent. One suggested
less costly than creating approach for example, is
institutions which mainly that as a general rule, re-
serve to alienate the add- habilitation programmes
ict from his family and should not be run as inst-
community. It would also ~ itutions requiring large
req~uire that rehabilitation financial investments, nor
_ professionals be prepared should they involve too
to rethink and reshape, to many professionals in pr-
some extent, their tradit- oportion to the number
ional role as merely serv- of peaple they are trying
ice providers and expand to he1p. Above all, addicts
it to include acting as a sho~xld be encauraged to
_ catalyst to involve the va- seek such help voluntarily
rious community comipo- and employers should be
nents. encouraged to study ways
Nlost drug rehabilitation of reclaiming those empl-
programmes on the whole oyees who have been ide-
have tended to be unsucc- ntified as addicts instead
es~ful in helping the ex- of simply firing them.
~ - (IIrTIC)
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KUWAIT
_ ARRESTS MADE IN SEVERAL DRUG DEALING CASES
Kuwait AL-QABAS in Arabic 12 Jan 81 p 6
[Article: "Five Drug Dealers Arrested"]
[Text] Narcotics officers, supervised and directed by General Criminal Investiga-
; tions Department Director Lt Col Fahd Ahmad al-Fahd, have arrested several suspects
~ in four narcotics cases--Muhammad, 'Abd-al-Nasir, Jamal, Mamduh and Salih--as part
of a conc~entrated e�fort made by investigations officers to eliminate some of the
i deviates who are dealing in and pushing narcotics.
I
~ The first and second suspects were arrested when investigations officers led them -
~ to believe that they wanted to buy a package of hashish for 25 Kuwaiti dinars,
I after an arrest and search warrant had been issued. They were arrested at the pre-
~ determined location while handing over the narcotics. The first suspect confessed
to dealing in narcotics, while the second one tried to deny it, even though he had
~ been arrested while pulling a package of hashish out of his pocket.
i The Second Case
~
I In another connection, a narcotics department officer arrested a person called
Jamal whom investigations had indicated was dealing in narcotics. After getting
~ the approval of the General Criminal Investigations Department director, investiga-
; tions officers raided the person's home in Hawalli. Upon searching him, thsy found
I a package of hashish in his pocket and five envelopes of hashish in his clothing.
, The suspect confessed to dealing in hashish, saying that he had gotten it from some-
one named Nabil for 100 dinars, and that he didn't know where this person lived. -
Investigations are continuing.
~ The Third Case
In the al-'Amriyah area, investigations men arrested a suspect called Mamdun with
the help of an undercover man, who, under the department's supervision, led him
to think that he wanted to buy a package of hashish for 25 dinars. He was fol-
lowed to his place of work at one of the big hotels, where he was arrested. When
he was searched. a package similar to the one he had sold to the undercover man
was found in his pocket. He admitted that there were other packages of hashish in
~ his car, and four packages were seized. He also confessed that there was about
half a block of hashish in his home in al-Rabiyah. He admitted to dealing in
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narcotics, and said that the seized narcotics came from a person who would meet him
at the hotel where he worked, whose name and address he did not know. Investiga-
tions are continuing.
.The Fourth Case
In the al~Shuwaykh area, investigation officers also arrested a suspect named
Salih, who tried to escape but was prevented from doing so by the officers. A
search of the suspect and his car revealed about four blocks of hashish under the
_ front seat.
During questioning, he confessed to dealing in narcotics. Investigations officers
are pursuing the source of these narcotics, and are doing whatever necessary to
arrest the other persons involved.
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KUWAIT
BRIEFS
LARGE NARCOTICS HAUL---Two drug-pedlars fell into the police dragnet yesterday, -
when they attempted at completing a so-called transaction. It was for the police,
a big haul involving 28 slabs of the narcotics. Following up surveillance on the
suspects, two plain clothesmen approached the first suspect for the purchase of
24 slabs rated at KD 13,000 in all. The suspect insisted upon a cash down deal.
The police men conceded the demand, but wanted to check the quality of the contra-
band before concluding the deal. The suspect arrived at the Shuweikh Industrial
Area in a van driven by the second suspect, with the narcotics stowed neatly away
in the van. The police arrested them on finding the contraband, which consisted
of 28 slabs. The suspects are under police custody now. [Kuwait KUWAIT TIMES in
- English 23 Jan 81 p 2]
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;
~ LIBERIA
BRIEFS �
NEW MEASURES AGAINST SMUGGLERS--A move to institute strict security measures
, to minimize the rising wave of criminal activ3ties at the Robexts International
Airport has been stressed by joint security forces today. According to today's
issue of the NEW LIBERIAN, from now on, any passenger caught with narcotic
drugs will be whipped 25 lashes on bare back before prosecution for illegal
drug trafficking. Quoting the chief of the Roberts International Airport joint
security forces, Col Daniel Doe, the NEW LIBERIAN said there is an urgent
need for a magisterial court at the Roberts International Airport to speedily
handle cases and render judgment since justice delayed is justice denied.
Colonel Doe further said that b ecause of the influx of dangerous drugs into
_ the country, security forces at the airport have become more vigilant in
cracking down on drug traffickers. [Text] [AB022119 Monrovia Radio ELWA
in English 1900 GMT 2 Mar 81]
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AUS TRIA
UN NARCOTICS COMMISSION ADOPTS FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM
Frankfurt/Main FRArTKFURTER ALLGII~INE in German 13 Feb 81 p 9, 10
[Article by Hanni Konitzer: "Dirty Business Amounts to Billions"J
[Text] Vienna, 12 February--The UN Narcotics Commission, which is located in Vienna,
decided during a meeting to put together a 5-year program for the international
fight against drug abuse and to establish certain priorities for the f irst year. ~
First of a11, it was decided to examine and improve the existing system of inter- I
national agreements for the control of natural and chemical psychotropic narcotics.
In the process, special contr.ols are to be instituted to mon itor the manufacture '
and sale of those chemically produced drugs that were deti=eloped as medicine to be
used as pain-killers and anesthetics and which today, however, particularly in
America, Japan and a few Third WorXd countries--less in West Europe--are used as
narcotics, above all, methaqualon. In this respect, the FRG is more or less the -
accused, because the German chemical industry is one of the foremost producers of ,
such hallucinogens.
To date the German government lacked the legal means to control the production and
sale of psychotropic substances sufficiently and in conformance with agreements.
Consequently, it happens again and again that legal German exports end up in the
wrong hands and are then illegally diverted to the so-called narcotics scene. Most
of the agents are located in Central and South American countries. Ministerial
Councillor Schroeder of the FRG Ministry for Health in Bonn, who is representing the
FRG at the UN Narcoti~s Cammission, promises that there will soon be changes. A
draft which will give the government the authority to control production, import
and export of substances suspected of being narcotics has already been introduced ~
in Parliament and will be adopted in the near future. '
The UN Narcotics Commission also wants to examine and, if necessary, change the raw ;
material agreement concerning the legal trade with raw opium which is used, ~or in- ;
stance, for the pro~�~ction of codeine for cough syrup. At the present time there ,
is a considerable surplus of legally produced opium. Storage facilities in India
and Turkey are filled. Since Australia star~:ed g:owing the opium poppy, India and
Turkey, the long-time producer countries, lost important markets, for instance the ~
German market. Now both states are demanding support from the United Nations be- ;
cause otherwise, so they say, they would not be able to prevent their opiwu produc- _
tion �rom entering illegal channels. ~
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During the Vienna narcotics conference, insurmountable differences concerning the
"blame" far the increasing abuse were again apparent between representatives from
industrial nations suffering from narcotics abuse and those representing producing
countries. It ends just like the dispute between the chicken and the egg, where
one is asking the other which of the two was there first. The Third World countries
were arguing that the narcotics business would decline by itself if the industrial
states were able to prevent the consumption and demand in their own countries. In-
dustrial states, however, said that it was the other way around; the consumption
of narcotics depended mostly on the abundent supply; consec~uently, a reduction in
narcotics production should be the first priority. Finally, it was agreed to treat
_ equally all three components--i.e. production, trade and consumption--in the UN
program against drug abuse and to attend to these three areas simultaneously.
Nevertheless, all the participants know that the UN Narcotics Commission does not
i have the power to i.mplement its program against drug abuse if governments do not
~ cooperate. And this is currently the insoluble problem. Many governments in the
; Near and Middle East countries, in other words, the territory where--according to
i Interpol--90 percent of the narcotics traded in West Europe originates, have no in-
j terest in becoming active against the lucrative narcotics business. On the other
~ hand, there are other governments that want to cooperate, but they do not have ade-
~ quate power of control in their own states to be able to proceed effectively against
narcotics cultivation and narcotics trade. Nevertheless, the moral effect of the
i UN recommendations are expected to be considerable. The world organization can
motivate many governments to do something against narcotics.
Furthermore, the United Nations also has access to those states with whom Western
industrial countries have little bilateral contact. Nevertheless, in practice it
would certainly be an illusion to expect too much from ti~e new long-term strategy
against drug abuse by the UN Ilarcotics Commission. -
i
According to a rePort published recently in Vienna by the International Narcotics -
Control Bureau (INCB), the FRG is the country experiencing the most severe heroin
abuse. To be sure, "only" 494 so-called drug-related deaths were registered here
last year (compared to 623 the preceding year), but the number of addicts continued
to increase--although much more slowly than during the years of 1978/79--and is
estimated somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000. In the opinion of experts, the re-
duction in fatalities is a result of intensive police actions against narcotics
smuggling, because the conf iscation of large quantities of narcotics led to a short--
~ age in the supply of drugs on the Gernian market which, in turn, led traffickers to
"stretch" the offered heroin. As a consequence, however, the danger was reduced o~
~ fatal overdoses for "f ixers."
Last year was a successful year for the German Narcotics Agency, as well as for
Interpol. They were able to crack several narcotics smugglers' r~igs, and the
members were arrested; in the FRG alone the police confiscated 260 kilograms of
heroin. In spite of this success, however, one must not overlook the relative
signif icance. The total amount of drugs that were confiscated in the FRG in 1980
constitutes only one-tenth of the consumed narcotics. Conditions in other West
European countries are similar. Left to themselves, police and customs agents will
� never get a handle on narcotics abuse. An international strategy is necessary, a
mobilization of public opinion in the consu~ing countries and close cooperat=ott
beyond the borders of states and continents. ~
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The report by the International Narcotics Control Bureau is transmitting an impres-
sion of the enormous financial power behind the narcotics business. An official
American estimate is quoted, according to wh:ch in 1978 alone illegal drugs valued
between $44 and $63 billion were sold in the United States of America. Only a sma11
ray of hope is presented in recent communications, according to which the so-called
drug wave in America may have peaked in the meantime; last year the number of addicts
had been the lowest since 1970. In contrast, however, drug addiction in most of the
West European countries is still on the rise. According to an INCB report, the
_ amount of heroin that flowed into or through West Europe was approximately 150 per-
cent higher during the first half of 1980 than during the same period in 1979. Prin-
cipal buyers are the prosperous European states: the Scandinavian countries, the
FRG, the Netherlands and Belgium.
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
CAPTAIN SENTENCED FOR CARRYING 20 TONS OF HASHISH
Frankfurt/Main FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE in German 5 Feb 81 p 9
i
~ [Article by Wolfgang Heyen: "Ship Carries More Than 20 Tons of Hashish--Prison
~ Sentence for Gera?an Ship's Off icers--Second Time in Court Following Sentencing in
! the United States"]
~ [Text] Bremen, 4 February--German Captain Heinrich H., 49 years old, was sentenced
to 4-1/2 years in prison in Bremen for illegal transport of 21 tons of hashish to
I the United States. Codefendant helmsman Wolfgang V., 40 years of age, was sentenced
to 3 years' imprisonment for aiding and abetting in a violation of the Narcotics
Act. The court, a district court criminal division, followed the prosecutor's
petition in essence. The defense had petitioned that the defendants be acquitted
because, in its opinion, they had acted in an emergency when they were "cruising"
- the seven seas with the huge cargo of hashish for months.
More than 2 years ago, the captain and the helmsman were referred to a not-too-
seaworthy looking freighter located in Caracas, Venezuela, by the Hamburg Labor
Office in cooperation with a Bremen broker, whose innocence has been proven. With
a mixed crew of all different nationalities they initially sailed the "cockle shell"
to Cadiz, Spain. There highly modern radio equipment was installed in the captain's
cabin of the old freighter--in its opinion, the Bremen court rated this fact
peculiar--a type of equipment which stood out against the general state of the
freighter. In addition, ownership of the freighter was transferred: it was
reregistered under the flag of the African state of Liberia.
The indictment papers and the hearing of evidence show that the freighter then
sailed in the direction of Lebanon. In the Mediterranean, off the Beirut shore,
I the "Olaug," the ship's name, received a mysterious load in the early morning hours
of 29 January 1979, consisting of sacks into which truck tires~had been sewn. These
tires contained 21 tons of hashish, the illegal value of which is estimated at DM
105 million.
The cargo was loaded at sea. It was delivered by a ship looking like a warship.
_ A so-called supercargo was responsible for the overall load--in this case an
American. Participants in the trial suspect that this owner's representative was
a confidential agent of the principals, who never appeared on the scene and who
. were not identified by the Breffien court.
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I
The contents of the sewn-in truck tires, however, did not go unnoticed by either
the captain or the helmsman. They discovered the hashish independent of one
another. According to the court, the helmsman smoked some of it and had his
picture taken in a type of victor's pose with hashish slabs as a decoration. The
Captain had originally assumed that he was carrying illegal arms.
Soon it was ascertained that the cargo's destination was the United States.
Evidently, however, the U.S. Drug Enf orcement Agency had received word of what was
sailing towards Newark harbor on the East coast on the old "Olaug" freighter.
Crews of the airborne Coast Guard kept an eye on the ship.
When entering the harbor, the Coast Guard closed its trap on 17 March 1979. The
captain, the helmsman and the crew members--among them seven Americans--were
arrested. A U.S. court sentenced the German ship's off icers to imprisonment of 1
and 1-1/2 years. Both of them, however, were deported to the FRG early last year.
In the FRG, the judicial authorities, in spite of the sentence pronounced in the
United States, took the viewpoint that the two Germans would have to stand trial
in the FRG as well. The court accepted their opinions: In the FRG, violators of
the Narcotics Act are subject to much higher penalties (up to 10 years) than in
the United States. Therefore the accused men stayed in detention until Christmas
of last year.
The defense petitioning acquittal claimed that the captain and the helmsman had
acted in an emergency situation because they had involuntarily become tools of an
international smugglers' ring. If they had cracked the gigantic hashish transport,
they would have exposed themselves to the revenge of the one pulling the strings
and ~ would have had to fear for their lives.
The prosecution, however, cla imed that the captain had had the responsibility and -
opportunity, during the long voyage through the Mediterranean and in view of
several changes in his course which were ordered en route, to sail to a harbor and
crack down the "coup." In that case he could have expected to get off unsentenced.
Instead, he had even told the U.S. Coast Guard that the freighter was not carrying
any cargo. The extent of the sentence, the prosecution said, had to take into
- account the health hazards which such a large amount of hashish presented for many �
people.
The court also allowed that the officers had initially tumbled into the crime
without knowing it and that even a possible threat by the U.S. "Supercargo" may have -
played a role. On the other hand, a huge cargo of hashish had been involved, they
said. The captain, the court found, had had the opportunity to inform the competent
authorities ashore, especially since his ship was at anchor with engine trouble off
the shore of Morocco following a storm. Apparently the captain, the court held, was _
- "prepared to take a risk" in his own way as he did not attempt to surrender his
position when the opportunity arose.
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
BRIEFS
FEWER DRUG-RELATED DEATHS IN 1980--Bonn, 4 February--The number of drug-related
deaths last year declined by more than 20 percent as compared to the previous year.
On Wednesday the Federal Ministry for Aealth reported in Bonn that the number of
these victims, 494, declined by 129 compared with the preceding year. According
to the estimates of Federal and Laender drug officers, the number of consumers of
"hard drugs" increased by approximately 3,000 to about 50,000 from 1979 to 1980.
These data, as was reported, approximately coincided with those of the Federal
_ Investigation Off ice, which registered 47,301 drug consumers last year, 6,856 of
those being f irst offenders and 9,920 being repeated offenders. The data showed
that the drug scene had not changed considerably in comparison with the previous
year, according to reports. As reasons for the decline in the number of victims,
= the ministry states a heroin shortage and better drug education of the addicts.
Last year considerably more heroin than in 1979 had been intercepted in transit on
the Balkan route, and the heroin secured in the FRG had increased from 211 kg to
263 kg. This, however, had not been reflected in an increase of the price of drugs,
but had resulted in the "stuff " being diluted more, therefore showing a reduced
effect; thus, the danger of lethal overdoses had decreased.
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TURKEY
SCALE OF NARCOTICS MARKET NOTED
Istanbul TERCUMAN in Turkish 22 Jan 81 pp 1~12
_ [Text] The ma jor role played in drug smuggling from Turkey to Europe by
Armenian "god~athers" who are Turkish citizens has come to light. -
- Ugurcan Elmas and Migirdic Dobrasyon, who~ it is claimed~ are among those
who directed the shipment of the 1.5 tons of dangerous drugs valued at ap-
proximately 16 billion liras that were confiscated in 1980 by Security Di-
_ rectorate GeneraL Narcotics Division teams~ have Eled the country and are
_ now being sought by Interpol. According to intelligence reports, it is
_ believed that the two smugglers of Armenian descent are presently in _
America.
, Cooperation with Arms Smuggler -
_ A man called Nubar~ an Armenian specialist in obstetrics and gynecology and
the right-hand mar~ of Elr~as and Dobrasyon~ who, it has been established,
have cooperated with well-known arms smuggler Abuzer Ugurlu, has been ar- -
, rested in Frankfurt by German police.
It has been determined by police that Suleyman Naci Topuz ~ who was appre- -
hended last year in Holland with 1,450 kilograms of hashish and who is
currently in prison, carried out Elmas and Dobrasyon~s plans. Furthermore~
in a state~ment given to the Dutch police~ Topuz openly admitted that he
~ cooperated with the Armenian ~~godfathers.'~
Drugs Leav~~ Arms Enter
According to information obtained from officials~ Elmas and Dobrasyon dis-
posed oE the drugs they s~nt from Turkey in Germany through the Armenian
obstetrician and gynecologist named Nubar. Later~ Elmas and Dobrasyon made
agreements with Ugurlu, brought arms purchased f,n Bul~aria with the money
in their possession into Turkey by various means, and sold the arms. In
- this way~ the two Armenians of Turkish citizenship killed two birds with
one stone and made millions through the sale of both dangerous drugs and
smugg 1 ed arms.
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First One Man~ Then Doctor Nubar Arrested
In March of last year, Nubar~ a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology
who resides in Frankfurt~ Q�ent a man by the name of Semih Kocakaya to
Turkey to purchase heroin. Kocakaya, who hid 10 kilograms of heroin in
various spots of an automobile bearing license plate No K1-AH-181, was
caught in the act of drug smuggling by police on the Diyarbakir-Elazig _
Highway on his return to Germany.
When Kocakaya said~ while giving a statement to the police~ that he was
_ going to deliver the 3b bags of heroin weighing 10 kilograms that came from
- Iran to Dr Nubar in Frankfurt, the Geraaan police were notified, and Nubar
was placed under arrest. Nubar, the drug dealer, is presently ir. F~ankfurt
Prison.
Turkey Serves as Bridge
Drugs that come f rom countries such as Iran and Afghanistan in which police
and gendarme supervision is minimal change hands in Turkey, which serves
� as a bridge! and then are sent to Europe. In general~ the cities of -
Mardin~ Diyarbakir~ Van~ and Caziantep are pref erred as distribution cen- j
- ters for drugs in Turkey. ~
Transport Fee !
According to police evidence, the majority of the couriers used are Turkish
workers employed in West Germany~ Holland~ and France. In exchange for
transporting one consignment fr~m Turkey~ a courier is gi~�en a nQw automo-
bile and 15~000 to 20,000 marks in cash.
On the international market, a kilogram of hashish is worth 25~000 marks;
heroin, �1.5 million; and base morphine~ ~125~000.
Cyprus, New Smuggling Headquarters
Officials, wh~ pointed out that~ Eolluwing the p eace action, persons from
Lice who directed the processing of drugs in Turkey for 30-40 years erni- "
= grated to Cyprus, said the distribution of drugs manufactured in the
Tuzkish Cypriot sector of the island is being supervised by Greek Cypriots
in the Greek Cypriot sector. One offical noted that the reason this is
= happening is that dangerous drugs are not being manufactured in Turkey as
they were in the past. He said~ "The identities of those who da this type
of work have b~en placed on posters for all to see. Those who leave prison
know that they are under constant surveillance. The fear of coming face
to face with police at any moment leads thesn to work in a new place where
they are unknown. They found the opportunity for this in Cyprus."
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- TURKEY
SUGAR-SUBSTITUTE NARCOTIC MEDICINES BANNED
Is tanb ul C~iURIYFT in Turkish 16 Feb 81 pp 1, 5
[All drug and medicine names given as publishedJ
~ [Text] Ankara, CUMFiURIYET BUREAU Some of the narcotic drugs which are found on
; the market and offered instead of "sugar" in guest houses in some of our provinces
' have been banned worldwide and in our country, it was learned. It was determined
~ that certain narcotic substances whose permits had been cancelled, production
i stopped and stocks destroyed by the Health Ministry are now being produced and that
j drugs being used freely in certain of our provinces are narcotics which quickly
; become addictive and are a threat to society. -
!
~ When Kastamonu Governor Sadullah Erel issued a warning t~ the competent authorities
~ that narcotics were being offered instead of "sugar" in guest houses in certain
; districts of Kastamonu, we asked Professor Dr Kazim Turkler, a teacher on the phar- _
~ macology staff of the Ankara Univ~rsity Medical Faculty, for his views. I~a said
that the drugs mentioned in the governor's notice were very dangerous.
; Drofessor Turkey said that "Revonal Tb." and "'Revonal Retard Tab.," mentioned in
~ the governor's letter, were a preparation which had been brought out as sleeping
j medicine, that the active ingredient was "Metagualon" and that it had been licensed
i in the 1960's. He expressed the following views:
~ "The active substance called Metagualon is a socially harmful substance which
j causzs addiction very rapidly and a person who uses it a while finds it impossible
i to give up. It is at least as dangerous as heroin. It is impossible to under- -
! stand how such a substance, which has been placed on the narcotics list by the
World Health Organization should be produced or sold freely in our country. Those
concerned had better have a scientific explanation as to why the permit for a sub-
' stance with such toxic effects and no benefits has not yet been revoked in Turkey
and why foreign exchange has been allocated to produce this substance."
Cancelled Permits
Noting that Nembutol, a sleeping medication from the "barbiturate" group, is
highly addictive, Professor Turkler pointed out that it is considered necessary _
that drugs in this group be taken only under a doctor's supervision and said: -
"Propilamin Arsan Tab. [as published] this group of drugs whose active ingredient
is a dextroamphetamine had licenses cancelled, production stopped and stocks des-
troyed 6 years zgo when attention was drawn to the fact that they are addictive,
- have no medicinal value and were being increasingly abused among young people at -
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the time when Dr Kemal Demir was health minister and Dr Sadi Bilginsoy was drug-
gists' director general. This being the case, it is impossible to understand how
this drug is being produced in our country now."
- Prof essor Turker said that the active ingredients of "Bloptan Tab.," another drug
mentioned in the letter, were barbiturates, caffeine and pain killers and that
despite reports prepared by the Health Ministry indicating that these drugs were
very dangerous to health, no procedure had been implemented in accordance with
_ the proposals and reports that these drugs should be banned.
World-Banned Drug Sold
Recalling that drugs with the active ingredient "proctalol" had been banned
~ throughout the world and in Turkey in 1976, Professor Kazim Turker said it was a
fact that this drug is now being sold in the drugstores and added:
"A drug containing the active ingredier.t 'Cimetidine' which was also mentioned in
- the letter is about to be licensed in our country. It is necessary that Health
Ministry authorities review the reports by scientists on this substance. It would
be well to consider the future consequences if this active substance is licensed."
Laws from 1928
Pointing out that the basis of drug policy in Turkey goes back to 1928 to law 1262,
' Professor Turlcer noted that this law absolutely must be revised and said:
"Regulations must be placed in the law to put drugs under control from production
to consumption according to the scientific principles of the times. Drugs placed
on the market must absolutely be under control and organizational arrangements
related to doctors, druggists and the Health Ministry in this regard must be intro-
- duced. After licensing, a drug must be reviewed within S years at most with licen-
ses cancellable on the basis of r~sk/effectiveness, cost/effectiveness rates. Leg-
islation to form a board with full powers over drugs is a must."
Professor Kazim Turker added, moreover, that the decree which went into effect in
January 1979 envisaging review of drug licenses in Turkey and their revocation or
the change of formulas had not been implemented to date.
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TURKEY
,
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, SRIEFS
ARRESTS YIELD HEROIN, HASHISH--As the result of a series of operations conducted
by Istanbul Police Department Lighting Teams Chief and Second Branch Deputy
Chief Ugur Gur and his officers, another drug ring has been uncovered. According
to information from the Lighting Teams Command, when it was determined that an
_ individual named Bekir Yedikardes was selling heroin- which he had buried--
through his sons Nezir and Halit (ages 12 and 16), the teams conducted a raid -
on their home, arresting the suspects and seizing 65 grams of heroin. In a
related incident, Huseyin Tellikara, Ayse1 Isik and Davut Kaygusuz, who were
selling hashish in Beyoglu by pusHing it on the market in gradual amounts, were
arrested with 135 grams of hashish. Officials stated that an investigation of
the accused in both cases is continuing and that they were transported to the
courthouse. [Excerpt] [Istanbul MILLI GAZETE in Turkish 17 Feb 81 pp 1, 7]
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