JPRS ID: 9619 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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- 20 March 1981
Worldwide R~ ort -
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS -
(FO~O 1 3/81)
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2 0 Ma~rch 19 81
_ WQRLDWIDE REPORT -
- ~ NARCOTICS AND DANGEROI~S DRUGS -
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- CONTENTS _
ASIA
- AUSTRALIA -
Brief s -
Cannabis Bust 1 -
INDONESIA
= Neighborhood Fearful Due to Marihuana Trafficking
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Briefs
Guilty of Heroin Possession 3 -
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PAKI S7.'AN -
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- Drug Abuse May Become Endemic ~n Nstyon
(BUSINESS RECORDER, 15 Feb 81) 4 -
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- Charas, Hash Oil Seized ,5 .
~ Smuggler Killed 5
- Charas, Opium Recovere~i 5 -
THAILAND ~
Citizenship for KMT Division, Narcotics Intereats Discussed
- (SIAP4 RAT, 4, 5 Feb 81) 6
~ . Chiang Rai Traffickers Arrested in Bangkok
(DAO SIAM, 5 Feb 81) 11
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= Ad~itted Traffickers Acquit~ed of Impdrting
(Ton,y Cote; THE CITIZEN9 3 Feb 81) 1~
Brief , '
- Weapons, Drugs Seized 15 -
- Drug Charges 15
Cacaine Seizure 15 -
- . EAST EUROPE
~iJGOSLAVIA =
Briefs
Yearly Narcotics Seizure Figures 16 -
LATIN AMERICA
BJLIVIA
Bri~fs
- Antidrug C~a~paign 17 .
C~caine Fa.ctories Discavered 17 -
C4caine Seized 17
BRAZIL
Brug Trafficking, Production in Amazon Region Discussed
(.~usto Piernes; HOY, 8 Feb 81) 18
Trafficker Carrying MoY�e Than 7 Rilos of Cocaine S~ized
(0 CLOBO, 1 Feb 81)...~ 20 -
- Rio Schoo.ls BPgin Instruction in Evils of Arugs
- (JORNAL DO BRASIL, Feb 81) 21
~ CHILE
- 3riefs
_ Drug Trafficker Det~iued 23
Drug Traffickers Arre~ted ~ 23
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_ JAMAICA _
. U.S.~ Action To Halt Ganja Airlift Ad~vocated . `
- (THE SUNDAY GLEANER, 13 Feb $1) .............o.........,........ 24
J Black i~Iarket, Ganja, Economy Relationship Discussed
(Morris Cargill; TTiE SUNDAY GLEANER, 15 Feb 81) 28 -
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Bri ~f s
Ganja Field Destructi~n 30 -
- MEX~CO
Colombian Cocaine Smuggler Arrested at Airport _
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 5 Feb 81) 31
- Marihuana Plantation Owner Arrested.in Tamaulipas
_ (EL MANANA, 14 Feb 81) 32
- Opium, Marihuana Trafficker Recaptured
. (EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS, 15 Feb 81) 33 =
Briefs
- Traffickers Escape Jail 34 -
= Poppy, Marihuana Plantations Burned 34 =
- Antidrug Campaign Results 34 =
Marihuana Traffickers Caught 35
Traffickers Sentenced 35
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- Education Ministry Opens School Anti-Drug Campaign
- (ADVOCATE NEWS, 13 Feb 81) 36
VENEZUELA
- Briefs _
- Cocaine Cargo 37 _
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA _
IVORY COAST -
Briefs �
_ Over 1,000 Kilos Cannabis 5eized 38
SOUTH AFRICA ~
Drug Abuse Tren~s Discussed ~
_ (THE CITIZEN, 20 Feb 81) 39
= Brief s
Police Drug Raid 40 _
SWAZILAND
_ Briefs
_ Four Mandrax Suspects Held 41
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WFST EUROPE
DENMARK
New Justice Minister's Comment on Drug Policy Aired
(Editorial; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 23 Jan 81)..................... 42 ~
Turk Gets Nine Years Imprisonment for Smuggling Heroin
- (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 3 Feb 81). 44
Briefs
= Prisoners Protest Search Policy 45
- Heroin Gang Broken [~5
Jutland Gang Smuggled Heroin 45
Greek Led Heroin Gang 46
- Heroin From Pakistan 46
_ FINLAND
Case of Illegal Narcotics Prescriptions Continues
(HFLSINGIN SANOMAT, 24 .;an 8~1) 47
FRANCE
Brizfs
Customs Officials Seize Cocaine 49
= NORWAY =
Svalbard District Governor Worried About Drugs
- (Tore Skoglund; ARB~IDERBLADET, 6 Jan 81) 50 -
TURKEY
Addiction to Medicinal Drugs Sweeps Kastamonu `
(Reha Oz; CUMH[JRIYET, 27 Feb 81) 51 -
UNITED KINGDOM
Briefs
- Heroin Haul 55
Cocaine Charges 55
= Jail Terms Cut 55
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AUSTRALIA
- BRIEFS
CANNABIS BUST--A man and woman have pleaded gailty in an Adelaide magistrate's `
court to having imported cannabis resin worth about $250,000. They have been
remanded on bail to appear for sentence on Monday. The crown prosecutor told
the court that the 27-year-old woman and the 43-year-old man had acted as couriers
for a drug syndicate. He said Melbourne airport customs agents had found the
cannabis resin in two cassette recorders in a luggage compartment of a plane on
flight from Bombay ~.n India to A,uckland in New Zealand. [Text] [OGT262052
Melbourne Overseas Service in English 0500 GMT 26 Fet~ 81]
CSO: 5300
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- NEIGHBORHOOD FEARFUL DUE TO MARIHUANA TRAF'FICKING
- Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian 2 Jan 81 p 3 _
[Text] The people from the Subur Alley, near Dr Sahar~o Street, in the upper Menteng -
region, are very concerned. It appear~ that among the residents, there are persons
who for some time have been involved in mari~uana trafficking to the youth and the
students who are constantly coming in from other places.
- Seve.ral peaple told KOiA'IPAS yesterday that Dd, living at RT O10/RW 08 gave the
marijuana to a group of unemployed youth, An, Ba, among others. These youngsters
smoked mari~uana. and also sold it to whoever wanted it. According to the residents
mentioned above, the drug trafficking was carried out in the afternoon and night.
- Many students wearing their school uniforms bought it. After receiving the money
from their sales, the youths would frequently have a noisy beer drinYing party.
_ "The head of this neighborhood was afraid to take measures or report to the officials. ~
- Some time ago he had received a letter threatening to burn his house from the
people who are handling the marijuana," he said.
The residents are worried because ~hey fear their childrezt might get caught up in
this dangerous activity.
Recently, a young man named A, who had been involved in the mari~uana dealings in -
this neighborhood, said he became a victim of his friends. His parents had found `
out about his involvement. A told them that his parents knew about it, and then they
- wanted to kill him.
= A was taken to Jagorawi Street, where he was thrown out of the car and left behind. -
But he did not die.
~ Their intention had been to kill him so that their activities would not have to fold.
The people in the area appeal to the authorities ~o quickly take this very
_ dangerous problem i.n hand.
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INDONESIA
- BRIEFS
GUILTY OF Ii~AOIN POSSESSION--The Ce~atral Jakarta State Court, yesterday morning
passed a prison sentence of 7 months, minus the time already served since the arres~.
The two defendar~ts, Rudy Patislanu, age 23, and Donald Sinat~; alias Odon, age 24, -
were fcund guilty of using heroin and possessing dangerous weapons. A member of the -
Indonesian Police Force arrested the two defendants last July 15th at Salemba Raya
I street, a day after the above event. The police confiscated a small dagger-like
knife blade from Odon and a box of heroin cigarettes from Rudy Patislanu. During _
earlier questioning, they said that the heroin had been purchased from one of two ~
witnesses, ITmang, for 1.4,900 Rp. During the trial the accused biought charges
against the previous testimony. Ac~ording to them, the heroin and the kn3fe blade
belonged to the second w~tness, Raymond. Since the witnesses, Raymond and Umang, .
could not be brought before the court the attomey's charges cou2d not be proven.
The j udge, Slamet Riyanto, presidin~ over the session, finally passed a 7 month
sentence. Oden is recidivous. He is presently serving a 7 year sentence for a
murder charge in Nusa Kambangan. However after serving 4 years of that sentence, he
escaped in 1980. [TextJ [Jakarta KOMPAS in �ndonesian 7 Jan p 3] 9556
~ CSO: 8323
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_ PAKISTAN
DRtTG ABUSE MAY BECOME ENDEMIC IN NATION
I:arachi BUS,T.NESS REC~RDER in English 15 Feb 81 p 3
[TextJ
ISLAMA~AD, �Feb. 13: "The less tbe dertm,nd for aarootic
= mw~ce aP drug abuat was l~kdy dio~ ws~s reduced ~Y 'bs'io~ a
Lo beoome ~ndepnic in Pa~Cistao abtnAS ta ~he , sttiLtdes aP ttie =
imless conocrtal rfforts were ppop(e. ;'bru~Y~ ~ a~inod ~aar
made W red~ua ti~e daoo~ ~od p~n tbe?r; ++~P~P~Y aa~ am~B
st~p~y of naroo~tic dn~s tiasideo ,aNOUW ~Dcu}~~
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~'al af~an
~Naroo~oe sa~ao~t:al in ~Asi~a
- Coatrol Boazd, Alaadd~ . Maeood caMfEr~~s? i6ckd~B Paacista~?, w~s
ia a' n~ew ~boo0c "Maaashist: Ai~ diPktaat f~al � t3~e da~ebPa'-
Bulwodi Aiai ~ae~i" oa~lti~s. ~ ~si~ ~f ~ ~
Qbserving tb~at drug sceae in oouotries ~ot ham~wniee
PaJcistan was anooh aomp1~c be' eafoma~meaE activitiea w~ith a~
aause of graariaQ nuamber or ad- sures a~+n~ ax ~.re~uc?a~ ~ _
dio~s, cultivat~on~ of ~poppy ia tba mebd'. ~and:. ~PP1Y a~ .
tr~l e~'eas, aat+uel 6~+o~?'t1s o! ~S th~ bxa~use of moreasad
a~bis. Prodi~otioe of n~+ca~tio supplY at l~ame 'i~cir pa~ioes waild
dnr~e from these two pl~ats ~nd ,fdl ~the~b9 increasiag local oa?- _
u?~ugg}iaQ of va~ious diup. sumptt~ .
Mas+~ood im~o~ raview o~f . d~u; '[~e 128 p~e bao1~~ . whi~ is
oomtro} . polioies, whioh be ciaim~ ~ritton ia a smypk' ~a~, ~Q
ed, had not a6awn any Magibb wIW vnrious espects
results despite ian~o~lving aa expeo- abuu, ~.e. their avrf~l cAOSequea-
dittae of over Rs. 60 ffWl~on bY oes~ tbe cauae aod oure eE dc~~ ~
Pakistan Narooti~s .Contr~l Bossd ~aws, a]tetarEira -
_ ('PNCB) alone over the l~et savea ~ dru~ aMae and al~o
- ~H � poin~ted aut t1~t ~~c+z+e ~P~o' ~ f~ao~u~ tbe ~;Y -
- mul~ation of lanYS- an~ thear en- ~Om -
- ionoamen~t woukt aat be able b s ot da+u~R ~Mtie +mooe
ac~iwe desised ro~us as. ~&u- ~~tac4 edacmte t~i ~bart
- ' bazudi~ ot ~ depen~oe. -
- ttatad ~by over 600 yeara old fiis- The book i~ ~epieLe wkb a~obuaf
tary of narootic laws enloroement qy~ hi~tories oi scoce of addiWr
~ the suhcoatiaai~ wh;o6 maka k radio~ m~iob, in-
- E1e~boratinst. he wrote ~t t~n- APP.
_ CSO: 5300
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PAKISTAN
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CHARAS, HASH OIL SEIZED--Customs reported seizure of two unclaimed suitcases
containing 10 kilos of charas and 3 kilos of hash oil from the airport yester-
day. A briefcase found near the suitcases yielded two passports and a PIA _
- ticket for Dubai. The passports were in the name of Saleem of Rawalpindi and ~
Mohammad Islam of Karachi. Also, they reported.arrest of an Egyptian, A1-Syed
- Suleman Ferhat, and a PIA Traffic Assistant, Syed Munawar Ali, in connection
with the seizure of 50 kilos of opium. The Egyptian was to board a Tripoli-
bound plane when intercepted. It is alleged the Egyptian was in collusion with -
the PIA man who had arranged the loading of his suitcase contai~ing contraband
opium. The customs were also investigating a case of misdeclaration in respect
- of a huge quantity of foreign clo.th, electrical goods ai:~i other valuable items
reached at NMB Wharf in a launch from Dubai last weekend. [Text] [Karachi DAWN
in English 13 Feb 81 p 4]
~ SMUGGLER KILLED--A smuggler lost his life in a clash between a gang of smugglers
and the Sutlej Rangers during the night on Friday at Manawan Border. Five of the _
smugglers made good their escape in the darkness leaving behind 34 kilogram of
opium worth Rs 60,000, they were carrying for smuggling to India. The deceased
Amanat Ali Yakhiala, Narang in Sialkot district and five of his companions
- were headi.ng towards Indian Border with the contraband opium late at night. They
were spotted by a"Naka Party" of the Rangers. The smugglers opened fire on the
Rangers which was replied. Amanat Ali died on the spot while others escap~d from
the scene. [Text] [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 15 Feb 81 p 3]
- CHARAS, OPIUM RECOVERED--Sialkot, Feb 14--Sialkot police have recovered and
- confiscated 14 maunds of illicit charas and 20 kilograms of illicit opium worth -
- Rs 2 lakh from a car on Muridke-Narowal Road about 70 kilometre from here last
night. The seized charas and apium were valued at Rs. 2.53 crore in the inter-
national black market. The car driver, Mohammad Aslam resident of Multan, has
= been arrested with a loaded revolver in his possession. The Toyota Corolla car
No 021-429-Karachi 70-71 has also been impounded. PPI [Text) [Lahore THE
PAKISTAN TIr4ES in English 15 Feb 81 p 6]
CSO: 5300
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THAILAND
CITIZENSHIP FOR KMT DNISION, NARCOTICS INTERTsSTS DISCUSSED
Bangkok SIAM RAT i.n Thai 4, 5 Feb 81 ~
[The Sky Above, the Earth Belo~r coluam *~y Chalom: "The 93rd -
D ivis ior~" ] ~
[4 Feb 81, p 4]
[Text] There was a small news item in the newspaper lasi: Sunday that
said that, at present, the government is in the process of -
conferring citizeraship on the heirs of HI~ soidiers of the 93rd
Division Who remair~ed in Thailand.
This Xas disclused by the governor of Chiang Rai Province. He stated -
that this HI~iT division, which wa~ driven i.nto Mae Chan District in ~
Chiang ~ai Province, has now compietely disintegrated. Only the
children ~rho xere born in Thailand remain. ~"here are no more than -
10,000 such peopie and they have no~rhere eise to go. If they are
- grantec~ citizenship, thQre shouid not be any probl.ems ~nd it should _
- be easy to govern them. They have been xell educated.
Almost all of those belonging to the older generation hav~ died. -
Those ~ho have folS.owed the story of the 93rd Division o~ Chiang
Kai-shek, ~rhich ~ras forced out of China and into the mountains in
northernmost Thailand for politicai reasons more than 30 years ago,
~ probably agree with this d~cision by the government to grant -
citizenship to them since this vill solve the problems on~e and for
all. The matter of the 93rd Divisi~n wili be history. The present
generation and their children xili be Thais j,rho s,rill live in
~ viilages and communes in the mountain valieXs just like the many
~ other hiii tribe groups living i.n Thailand today.
- The matter of the 93rd Division is, therefore, a matter of "old -
peaple" who are aimost ali gone and vho are becoming legends for
- their children and the younger generation. Some of th~ old traiis
used by these ~~oid peopie'~ ~hen they first came are probably stiii _
i.n existence in the mountains and fores~s and along the rivers. _
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- Concerning the ~~oid men" c~f the 93rd Division, wher~ they first
= arrived in T~ailand they Kere arourfd 30 years old. Th~~e of them
wh~ are still alive are now around 60 to 70 years old and ~hey can no
- loriger fight .
= The 93rd ~~ivision was a part of the HIKT army of Pr~sxdent Chiang
Kai-shek. When he was stiil in controll of the mair~land, he fought
a war against the communis~ army of a man named Mao Tse-tung o This
= occurred rnore than 30 years ago.
- When Mao~ s army advanced into Ynnnan in southern China and to th~
north of Thailand, Chiang Kai-shek d~cided to secretely send one
d~.vision out of China and into Mae Hong Son and Chiang Rai provinces
in Thailand with the aim of counterattacking Mao's ~mmmunist army
stationed in Yurlnan.
But now this has almost become history. It is said that the 93rd
_ Division of the Koumintang Army ~ras airlifted out of China and that
it landed at Don Muang Airport. I do not }rnow how true this is but
that ~.s what they say,
The 93rd Division entered Chiang Mai and then moved to Mae Hong Son
and Chiang Rai. The Thai government nf that time closed its ~yes to
this becaus~ it did not li3~z the ~ommunists. The 93rd Divisi~n ther~~
- moved bacl~ into Yunnan .
- The path they took toalc them through the area where Thailand, 3urma
and Laos come toge�ther, an important area known as the Go3.den
Triangie.
The war di~ nc~t last much longer before President Chiang Ka~-shekt
had to flee from the ~iainland. He fled to an island called Taiwan
- and the man named Mao Tse-tung tool~ contrQl of China.
_ The 93rd Division was swept away by Chaianan Mao and had to retreat
into Thailand, again livin~ in the jungles and mountain~ of Mae
_ Hong Son and Chiang Rai provinces.
They have i ived there to this day, becoming like ~~mountain people.~~
In the past, these "old people~~ of the 93rd Division still had hope.
- When they were stili young and armed, they believed that one day ~hey
would be able to return to their homes in mainland China and be
- victorious in driving Mao out.
They talk about a lake in Taiwan with the beautiful name of
Suriyan Chantra. On New Year~, each year Chiang Kai-skek sent a
New Year's card t~ the 93rd Division.
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The ~~old people~' who read this ~ili s4y that ~~xe still~~~have hope of
- returning to our homeland some day.~~
A friend of mine who t~ld me this story once travelied to w~hexe the
sold~ers of the 93rd Division were living. i~lhen he went there 10
years ago, he talked with soldiers of the 93rd Division.
~'The old people cri~d and were homesick for their country and loved
ones .
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[Text] The commanding generai of the 93rd Division was Gerieral Limi.
His tti,ro top assistants were General Lao Li and Generai Lao Tuan. All
three of these men were stiii [farily] young when they arrived in
Thailand. If;_[General Limi] was alive tod3y, he would be about 80 -
years old. ~
_ After Nationalist China was formed, these three country~ess wariards
led the 93rd Division he~e and there lilze gypsies. They wandered
in the mountains and jungles along the Thai border and in areas that -
later became important, including the Golden Triangle area.
Besides raising enough vegetables and rice to live on, it is believed
that it was soidiers of the 93rd Division who opened up the Golden
Triangie area and filied , it with a type of fiower that [movie] stars
like to se11 on Veterans' Day poppy. _
The thing that later brought joy to some and unhappiness to other
- influential people in Thailand was this poppy. News reports about -
tY~e opium activities of the 93rd Division and about narcotics and
= opium have spread to all corners of the world because the dz*ugs come -
from the Golden Triangle. -
But where did [their] women come from?
The answer is that many women folloxed the 93rd Division from Yunnan
_ and there were also women from Taiwan. .As for those men who were
- single or whose families were trapped in mainland China, some of them
~ married these women while ojthers married Burmese and Karen hill tribe
women.
As time has~ ~passed, everything has gradualiy changed.
General Limi, th~ir leader, has died. His son, known as Khun Sa, who
inherited his father�s position, led a force out to live in Hurma.
General Lao Li has gone to live in Mae Hong Son while General Lao
- Tu.~n has settled down in Mae Chan District in Chiang Rai Province~
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Both generais have cr~ildren who have became the "lords~~ of their
, territory. It is said that many of the sons and c3aughters of these
- two generals study in the United States .
During semester breaks they return ~:to visit their families.
- And it is also said that, when tk~ey have time, gener3ls Lao Tuan and .
Lao Li come and stay in Chiang Mai City where they go swimming in
their poois.
A friend of mine who once v~~ited them said that mAmbers of the 93rd -
Divisian were later allowed to settle do~rn because of a bargain made -
with the Thai government of that time, whsch wanted this group to -
give up the opium trade. To reach the 93rd Division village of
_ General Lao Tuan, you must travel through the jungle or ride a
horse and this takes many days. ThQre are no roads for vehicles.
Their viliages are~similar to those of rural Thai~ except that they
are located on hill tops and mountain peaks. They are enclosed by a ~
_ bamboo fence and the roofs of the houses are made of teak leaves, _
which are similar to nipa leaves. At night, they use kerosene lamps.
They number about 10,000 people.
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- Another important occupation is hunting. They use the animals for
- food or sell the antlers and hides. -
And even though the high-ranking people such as the "princes~~ can
speak English, the village schools that they have established are
Chinese type schools that teach Chinese.~
Various it~ :s ir~ the villages, from tools to medicines, are modern
goods purchased in the cit ies . As for the princes, they are
ultramodern. They have rock tapes and tapes of the Beatles, which
_ they turn up very loud. -
The remnants of the 93rd Division have never thought, or felt, that _
they would have to ~ove to Taiwan. For more than 30 ~rears, this land
_ has felt more like home to them. Those of the older generation have ~
begun to die and those of the younger generation have grown up '
without the dream of returning to mainland China. This dream re811 y -
came to an end with the death of Chiang Rai-shek, the old lord.
Certainly, there is no problem in conferring citizenship on them.
These people will become Thais in the end.
How~ver, my friend also said that this border area is filled with
_ trade interests kept secret from the governmento For example, there
is the trafficking in and transport of opium and heroin~ there is
trading in livestock such:~~�as cattle and buffaloes and there is trad--
ing in precious stones such as rubies and jade.
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Even though the 93rd Division has stopped growing Qoppy and turned
to g~owing upland field crops, there is still opium and other types
of narcotics and it is believed that the drugs still come from ~he
Goiden Triangle.
Who are the growers, who are the sellers and who are the traffickers?
= My friend told me: Let the answers remain in the Golden. Triarigle.
Do not try to learn too muchl
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- THAILAND
CHIANG RAI TRAEFICKERS ARRESTED IN BANGKOK
_ Bangkok DAO SIAM in Thai 5 Feb 81 pp 1, 16
~Article: Heroin Valued At 100 Million Baht Seized~~]
~ [Text] The Suppression Division arrested a major heroin yang in the =
middle of Bangkok. A detective disguised as a d3amond merchant was -
used to set up a drug transfer in the Siam [Square] trade center. At
- the appointed~time, [police] rushed up and arrested the gang and -
seized drugs valued at 100 million baht. -
police Major General Sanguan Rhlongchai, the commander of the Crim~
Suppression Division, had learned that a narcotics gang from the -
north was going to bring a shipment of drugs into Bangkok to sell
- them. He therefore ordered Police Lieutenant Colonel Nitiphan
f Singhonlaka, th~ deputy head of Precinct 7P, to disguise himself as
a diamond merchant from Mo Village and go meet Mr Prakit Chaicharoen,
who lives at 92/1, Village 1, Mae Ai Commune, Mae Sai District,
_ Chiang Mai Prnvince, at the Lido Restaurant in the Siam [Square]
trade cent~.~ at the appointed time. Both men agreed to a sale of
2 kilograms of No 4 heroin valued at 300,000 baht here or at 100
_ million baht abroad. After arranging a time to transfer the drugs,
the two separated. -
Then, Police Lieutenant Colonel Nitiphan reported this to Police
- Major G eneral S anguan and,together with Police Lieuten~nt Co?onel
Songphon Waenkaeo, Police Lieutenant Colonel Prakat Sataman, Police
Lieutenant Colonel Choengchai Chomthawat and severai nther officials -
� from the Crime Suppression Division, formulated a plan to conceai
policemen in the Siam trade center area in Pathumwan. Police
Lieutenant Colonel Nitiphan disguised himself as the diamond
merchant and went and waited in the A A Restaurant in the Siam
_ Center. Then Mr Prakit, the heroin trafficl~er, arrived in order to
check the mon~ey brought to buy the heroin. Police Lieutenant
Colonel Nitiphan opened his briefcase and showed him the money. When
he was satisfied, Mr Prakit left and telephoned his accompiices.
Then at 1200 hours the same day9 while Police Lieutenant Colonel -
Nitiphan and Mr Prakit were waiting at this restaurant for the heroir~ "
_ to arrive, a green Datsun Sunny sedan, license Number 2K-5104,
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arrivec3 and garked in the parking lot of ~he A A Restaurant. Mr
Prakit too}t Police Lieutenant Colonel N itiphan to this car in order -
= to pick up the heroin. Police Lieutenant Colonel Nitiphan them
signaled the other officials hidden there to come and arrest M~
_ Prakit and the woman who had driven the car containing the heroin.
- It was later learned that she xas Mrs Khanittha Medan, age 30, who
lives at 156 Phahoyathin Road, Muang District, Chiang R~i Province. ~
Two k~.lograms of No 4 heroin were seized; The police took both
suspects to the Crime Suppression Division for further handlir~g of
the caseo
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CANADA
- ADMITTED TRAFFICKERS ACQUITTED OF IMPORTING
Ottawa THE CITIZFN in English 3 Feb 81 p 14
[Article by Tony Cote]
[Text ]
Two men charged in When the proceedinga "i~nowledge doesn't
connection with an inter- began last year. both the make ~ a conspiracy, nor
nationat drug importing accused had offered to does being in the presence -
ring walked away free plead guilty to the traf- of somoone involved," Na- -
Monday, but the Crown ficking charge ~to apare the delle said. , '
immediately served notice . time and expenae trial ~�'gurden of proof always
they'd soon be up on dif- o n t h e m or e: er iou s ~emains with the prosecu-
ferent charges, charge, but the Crown in- ~ion," Nadelle said. "This
- Scott Penney, 26, of sisted on the importing� ~se involves circu~stan-
Winnipeg, and Earl Rose, charges. ' tia~ evidena. (To canvict)
28, of Uplands Qrive in '~he trial began in July, it m~tst be oonsistent with -
Ottawa, were charged 10 and following eleven day~ guilt "
months a o with cons ira- . of testimony over an eight- ,
g p Durin the trial, evi-
c to im ort 5200,000 month period, provincial 8
y p court Judge Jack Nadelle dence was beard from
worth of liquid hashish thtee of tha 20 0 le
from Jamaica. Penney decEared he was "not eatis- ~ p
~ spent the time since in jail w~th the Crown'~ evi- charged in oonnection with
while Rose was free on dence. - the ring, including self- _
"The Crown has proved~~ confessed ringleader Derek
$25,000 bail. Rose. He leaded uilt to
� After the pair were they were both involved the imporpting charge in
found .not guilty M9nday, a trafficWng:~,co~nepir~r,,,..
however, the federal Nadelle said during his July and is sarving seven
Crown attorney told their 30-minute ruling. "And y~~s' �
_ defence lawyers charges of there is evidenct of multi- Two of the witnesses
conspiracy to traffic in ha- ple conspiracies, but I'm werc women used as couri-
shish will be laid later this not satisficd with the evi- ers. One was sentonctd to _
month. dence they are involvai in seven years in jail, ttie oth-
- Both Penney and Rose a conspiracy to import:' er to 16 months. Together, �
- admitted during their trial The judgs admitted evi- they carried eight pounds
_ that they headed traffick- dence was presented t~at of liquid hashish' into Can-
ing rings centred in Win- proved the pair were aw- ada inside the false sidc of
nipeg and Newfoundland, are of plans to import suitcxsea. ~
and Monday they sa~f drugs made by Rose's old- The RCMP began inves- _
they will plead guiltv:r er brotlia Derok. . tigating the ring's opera-
the new charge. 'a tions ie Octaber, 1979,
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when an Amoric~n was ~
; arrested on a dtug ~ossee=
= sion charge in Ottaw~. c
The probe ~ew'~to the
_ point where he waa impli-
cafed .in a n~i~fCb ~:larger
organization, ~ along with
people' in. Newfoiu~idland,
the Maritimes,~~' Quebec,
Ontario, Manitoba, Jamai- -
- ca, New YoTk and Arizo- =
na.,
So far, oniy two, people
haven't been brought to
trial: the original Ameri- ~
can who escapai from an
- U.S. jail shostly after last
April's roundup, and the ~
- .!amaican supplier.
Penney and Rose are
the only ones to have beat-
en the charges.
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CANADA
RRIE FS
WEAPONS,~DRUGS SEIZ~D==A`29-year-old man faces several drug and weapon charges -
today after police seized an estimated $20,000 worth of illegal drugs and two
- handguns Thursd"ay. Members of the Windsor police-RCMP drug squad recovered just ~
over six kilograms (14~pounds)~of mari~uana, almost 1,600 hits of LSD and about -
seven grams ~one-quart~er ounce)~of cocaine. ~tao loaded handguns were also sei~ed
_ at the house in the 400'block of Pierre Avenue. Kenneth Wayne Kirkpatrick, of
Pierre Avenue, was to be arraigned on charges of possession of marijuana and L�SD -
for the purpose of trafficking, possession of co~aine and possession of restricted _
weapons. [Text] [Windsor WINDSOR STAR in English 13 Feb 81 p 3]
- DRUG CHARGES--Two Harrow residents were to be arraigned on drug charges today
after $4,000 worth of cocaine was seized at the Windsor side of the Detroit-
Windsor tunnel early this morning. Peter Gelsthorpe Aston, 34, and Leah Sharron,
31, both of Lake Cre~*_ Beach, Harrow, were arrested at 4 a.m. when a customs
- officer found a quantity of the illegal drug. [Text] [Windsor WINDSOR STAR in _
_ English 23 Feb 81 p 3]
COCAINE SEIZURE--Seventy-two kilograms of cocaine bound for Canada and worth an
estimated street value of $50-million have been seized and 11 people arrested
following a nine-month investigation of an international drug-smuggling ring. -
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, assisted by drug enforcement agencies and
police in the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Bahamas, conducted the
investigation. The cocaine was destined for Toronto and the Canadian drug market.
"To our knowledge, the seizures represent the largest amount of cocaine destined -
for Canada that has ever been seized," the RCI~ said in a statement. "We feel
- the seizures and arrests should have a dampening effect on the flow of illicit -
cocaine to North America from Colombia." Charges of conspiracy to import cocaine
into Canada have been laid against Joaquin Montanchez and Hernando Garcia, both of _
Toronto. Four Venezuelan citizens and one Colombian have been arrested in Caracas, -
Venezuela, for possession of narcotics.� Warrants have been issued for the arrest
of two Colomb ians and two Miami men. Three U.S. citizens have also been charged
~ , in Buffalo with trafficking offences. jText] [Toronto THE GLOBE AND MAIL in
English 28 Feb 81 p A5]
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YUGOSLAVIA
BRIEFS
YEARLY NARCOTICS SEIZURE FIGURES--Dimitroygrad, 24 Feb (TANJL'G)--Last year, 89 `
attemp ts of smuggling were deCected and 1,093 kilograms of hashish, heroin,
marij uana and uiorphium were confiscated at the border crossing of Dimitrovgrad,
Republic of Serbia, Eastern Yugoslavia, at the Yugoslav-Bulgarian frontier. Its
customs officials cut many westward smugglizig canals coming from Syria, Lebanon
and Iran. [Words indistinct] paid them tribute a short time ago for their successful -
struggle against smugglers of narcotics. Further, 95 [word ind3sti.nct] mostly -
deluxe ones, were confiscated uiith the narcotics smuggled. A total of 120 smuggler~ -
~ were sentenced, among whom two-thirds were Turkist? nationals. [Text] [LD250536
_ Belgrade TANJUG in English 1614 GMT 24 Feb 81]
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BOLIVIA
_ BRIEFS
ANTIDRUG CAMPAIGN--President Garcia Meza ssid today in Cochambamba, during the
- peasant rally held on (San Sebastian) Hill in support of his government, that the _
armed forces government together with the peasants are waging an open struggle
, against the drug traffickers in order to finally root out that scourge of mankind.
He observed that the members of the armed forces, being patriotic men, cannoC
_ permit the operation of drug traffickers in the country. It is either them or us
honest men of the armed forces together with our people, he emphasized to the large
_ rally. He pointed out that the severe measures taken by the government to fight
the drug traffic are not aimed at the peasants who produce coca leaves, but against -
the drug traffickers who have discredited and corrupted the country. He explained -
to the peasants that a rationalizat3on of the coca leaf production wi11 necessarll.y -
be imposed so that only the quantity needed by the country will be produced. _
- He also expressed his appreciation to the Bolivian peasants for the support and
_ understanding they gave the executive branch when it approved the economic measures. _
The president stressed that the economic corrective measures imposed by his govern-
- ment are basically aimed at overcoming the economic problems being faced by the
Bolivian people. [Text] [PI'2802036 La Paz Radio Illimani Network in Spanish 0100 GMT ~
28 Feb 81]
COCAINE FACTORIES DISCOVEP.Ell--Officials of the Cochabamba Antidrug Department have ~ -
reported that 9.4 kg of cocaine base were discovered this Monday hidden in the _
tire of a car owned by (Gregorio Escalera Maldonado). The same sources also
indicated that several abandoned cocaine factories were discovered recently in
rural communities. [PY061108 La Paz Radio Illimani Network in Spanish 0100 GMT
6 Mar 81)
COCAINE SEIZED--The Cochabamba 7th Army Division has reported that army personnel
have seized 2 kilo~rams of cocaine and have arrested (Venedicto Armelio Bejarano)
for drug trafficking. [PY051228 La Paz Radio Illimani Network in Spanish 1130 GMT -
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_ La Paz HOY in Spanish 8 Feb 81 p 2
- [Article by Justo Piernes]
[Text] Rio de Janeiro, 6 Feb, TELAM--Brazil has become a trafficking and manufac- ~
- turing site for cocaine, and its entire western border region, which is more than
9,000 km long, has been designated "in a state of alert" by the Federal Police.
At the-end of a 6 month investigation, following the discovery of a twin engine
- plane abandoned in the Amazon jungle in the town of Sao Pedro, 100 km from the
Colombian border, the Brazilian police made important discoveries.
An international organization operati~g in Colombian territory in the heart of the _
Amazon River jungle trained 500 members of the Xingu native tribe to industrialize
cocaine by manufacturing the paste that is then converted into powder.
The Indians, who completed 3 months of st4idy in this "drug manufacturing school," -
learned to make the cocaine paste by mixing chemical substances with the leaves of
a plant known as epatu, which is similar to coca.
According to the police, the Xingus have been using epatu leaves for 500 years to
"give their men energy." The possibility of substituting epatu for coca in cocaine
. manufacturing was discovered less than 2 years ago by a group of traffickers who
~ operate in the Amazon.
The twin engine plane abandoned in Sao Pedro, after having "run out of gas" and
making a forced landing, was carrqing 600 kilos of cocaine paste manufactured by
the Xingu Indians. -
The production of cocaine paste at the source of the raw material--epatu--represents, -
- say the police, "~remendous progress in criminal activity, since with this process
the traffickers avoid transporting the leaves, whose volume requires using many
- vehicles and laborers."
One detail corroborates the above police opinion: from 14 kilos of epatu leaves 1
- and 1/2 kilos of paste are extracted, which are then converted into 14 grams of pure
cocaine.
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The appearance in Brazil of this cente~ for "manufacturing and distributing"
cocaine disturbs the police because it involves a new group that is joined with the ~
existing one and that has its aperating axis where Bolivian territory (Santa Cruz
de la Sierra) joins that of Brazil (Corumba in Mato Grosso). -
It has been known for 10 years that Corumba, which is called "the capital of
- Brazilian co:aine" is the chief point of entry for cocaine iuto Brazil, from where
it is traff icked to San Pablo and Rio de Janeiro, which are the local consumption
markets and the most convenient and easiest gateways towar3 foreign countries. .
But the huge volume of cocaine trafficking through Brazil occurs "in the backwoods" _
through the dense Amazon jungle, along an extended border with Bolivia, Peru, Colom-
bia and Venezuela.
- The cocaine is transported by air in private planes to cover long distances and left '
near the Venezuelan border, where most of the shipments go.
The police are having partial success. Two years ago in northern Amazonas State -
they discovered a 100 hectare plantation of coca leaves, which were burned together -
with another harvest of 200 hectares of marihuana, as was shown on T.V. Globo.
The drug was harvested by the local peasants, who had substituted it for the rice
growing that until then had been their livelihood.
The reason was simple: for 1 kilo of rice they received 7 cruzeiros (10 cents), and
for 1 kilo of illegal crops they received 250 cruzeiros (3.57 dollars). -
Recently the Xingus became aware that for 1 kilo of cocaine paste the traffickers
were paying the equivalent of 30 dollars. -
Besides these police operations, a constant vigilance is maintained at the Corumba
airport, whicr is 600 km by train from Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and has
the only "domestic customs" in Brazil. -
At Corumba all the passengers returning from abroad are checked by special methods _
- of inspection, since cocaine has been found in the soles of shoes, in umbrella _
_ handles, inside an innocuous thermos of water, and even in hidden places on the
persons of passengers employed as drug runners.
The problem is known and is being investigated by the police, but facts and geography
are discouraging.
The batt].e against the manufacturing of and trafficking in drugs in Brazil has to be
� fought in the Amazon jungle, where there are open borders with four countries:
Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela, along a distance of almost 10,000 km, 10
percent of which is impassable. ~
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BRAZIL
- TRAFFICKER CARRYING MORE THAN 7 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED ~
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 1 Feb 81 p 11 .
[Text] Campo Grande--Drug-trafficker Garalda Lopes Fontoura was seized in ~~.a- _
- grante the night before last in the Hotel Jandaia fn downtawn Campo Grande by
- agents of the Federal Police shortly before he wae to leave for Rio de Janeiro
carrying 7 kilos 500 grama of cocaine in a suitcase. The Superintendency of the
DPF [Department of Federal Police] declared that this was the Sth largest seizure
= of cocaine in Brazil and that the merchandize could be sold for nearly 24 million
- cruzeiros. The cocaine, packaged in eight plastic baga, would go to Rio, where it
_ would be delivered to a distributor who, according to the police, is an employee ~
of one of the central agencies of the Bank of tfie State of Rio de Janeiro [BANERJ].
A short time ago Geraldo Fontoura was a farnter in the municipality of Coxim--300
kilometers from Campo Grande--but he sold his entire rice crop last year to go into _
_ the used-car bu~iness--including stolen cars--and the cocaine traffic. He declared _
that he had received the shipment of drugs from a Bolivian named Papy Mendes. ~
"I didn't pay anything for the product," he added, "because I received everything
on consignment in Bolivia for delivery in the Hotel Jandaia ta an Italian who was
. to take the drugs to ~~rope. I would receive from him, for my role as deliveryman,
300,000 cruzeiros a kilo, which would give me appYOximately 2.2 million cruzeiros."
Drug in Suitcase
However, the agents of the Federal Police had already been observing Geraldo -
Fontoura's movement~s for more than a month. In mid-December he left Porto Velho,
_ Rondoni~, carrying one kilo of cocaine in a black suiCcase. The police were in-
formed and in Campo Grande they stopped his sirplane to check up. On that day,
however, the police seized another suitcase of the same deecription, which had ~
been abandoned on the sirplane by a passenger wri~ got off at Corwaba. Geraldo -
- Fontoura continued his flight and was able ta deliver a little more than one kilo -
of cocaine to his coatact in Rio de Janeiro, the BANERJ employee, who has been
closely observed since then by the Federal Police. The trafficker declares that
at this point he took up cocaine-trafficking in the hope of rapidly earning a lot -
of money. Hawever, he had bad luck, aince he was caught while doing his first ~ob.
- His supplier, Papy Mendes, of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia, is the same one
who a few months ag~o was buying Brazilian automobiles from him, stolen or not.
Together with the shipment of cocaine, the Federal Police seized a magnum revolver
_ bought in Paraguay, loaded with explosive bullets. The drug was analyzed in the.lab-
- oratories of the Federal Police and s~iowed a degree of purity on the order of 95
percento
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BRAZIL
RIO SCHOOLS BEGIN INSTRUCTION IN EVILS OF DRUGS
Rio de Janeiro JORr1AL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 17 Feb 81 p 8
[Text] Rio de Janeiro will be the ftrst state in the country to teach preveation
of drug use in the schools. On 23 February, when classes begin, pupils in the
first and second grades, beginning with the fifth series, will have the suh~ect
included in the science and biology*~rogram. "We are transforming one article of
the drug 3.aw into reality," Arnaldo Niskier, the State Secretary of Education, said,
Yesterday, he opened the Educational Seminar on the Prevention of Drug Uae, which
is training 64 teachers representing the municipalities by means of lectures from -
specialists. The 64 teachers are to act as mt~ltipliers, training the other teach- `
ers ~ the way to introduce the subject in the classroom. The first lecture was
- by Judge Menna Darreto, on definition, classification and effects of druga.
FiLSt Stage
= Those 64 teachers will receive 30 hours of seminar training on a full-time basis
and up to Fri~' .y they will meet in the Adalberto Nunes Phyaical Education Center.
During this week they will be oriented by specialists and on Friday they should be
able to draw tk~e conclusions as to how these notions will be introduced into the
- schools, what the curriculum shou3d consist of and what the scheduled teaching
load will be. A proposal already exists from the Curriculum Laboratory of the
- 5ecretariat of Education on how the aub~ect should be treated which also will be
reviewed on Friday, as it may be approved as the official proposal.
- After that seminar, the Crained teachers must attend other aeminars in their own
regions and when classea begin the pupils will have the sub~ect included in the
_ science and biology curriculum. According to Arnaldo Niskier, "the course is the
first step in the training of human resources necessary for the development of a
drug-use prevention program."
When the seminar ogened yesterday afternoon, the secretary aaid that the initiative
of the Secretariat of Education "is a challenge, and the face vf the challenge is
frightful. However, we have confidence that our teachers can give an example of
their capability by facing ~ problem which today is pre~udicial to family and soci-
= etal relations in Brazil with courage and intelligence." He added that the initi-
ative of the Secretariat aims at "forestalling the consumption of drugs so that it
will not be increased, and not to repress their use."
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According to the aecretary, that will be done by the gradual introduction even in
the first grade classrooms of notin;~g which lead to revulsion at the idea of using
drugs. "We can t~ach the child what risks he runs if he ~akea a medicine without
a prescription," he explained. "Conditioning of the child begins there, a condi-
tioning not to swallow thinga which are not given by a person who has the right do
do so: the parent or the doctor. Now beginning with the fifth seriea it is possi-
- ble to begin to show ~he dangers of drugs to the body."
Holding the seminar is based on provisions of Federal. Law 6,368 of 1976, the Law
of Toxic Substances, which establishes by decree the inclusion of teaching relative
to drugs which cause a physical or psychological dependence in the teacher-training ~
programs, Niskier declared further. "However, up to now the decree has b een only
a decree. We are going to turn it into reality."
= The first lecture given yesterday was by Judge Menna Darreto, who explained in a
rather didactic class the definition, classification and effects of drugs. Today,
the judge will give another lecture at 0830 hours on the causal factors of the use
of drugs and on the legislation with respect to the sub~ect. At 1400 hours, psy- _
_ chiatrist Oawald de Andrade will speak on "Drugs: Treatment and Recovery."
Tomorrow at 0830 hours psychologist Maria da Penha Simoes will give a lecture also
devoted ta the problems of drug use. At 1400 hours psychiatrist Talvane Mari.ns
_ Moraes will speak on the psychiatric-legal aspects of drug use, drug abuse and drug
dependency. ~
Part of the morning of 19 February will be dedicated to a panel on rabies, to be
directed by a represen~ative of the Rio de Janeiro State Health Secretariat. That
af ternoon and the morning Qf 20 February, Professor Maria de Lourdes Marcier Medina
will present the action plan on the school-unit level. -
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CHILE .
BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFICKER DETAINED--Sergio Ramirez Maulen, a former soccer player for Colo
Colo, has been caugh*_ in his house with 2 kg of cocaine base and detained by the
police. Ramirez Maulen's detention is related to the capture of a group of drug
traffickers headed by (Gilberto Olmedo Rojas). [PY111920 Santiago Chile Domestic
Service in Spanish 1000 GMT 11 Mar 81]
DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--The police have broken a ring of drug traffickers by
� seizing 40 kilograms of cocaine base and arresting (Veronica del Rosario Casillo) -
and (Ricardo Marquez) in Arica as well as (Gilberto Oliveira Rojas), one of the
most wanted chemists in the country; (Irma Macus); (Victor Alamiro Vagas Orellana);
(Ricardo Roco Perez); and (Jose Luciano Armi3o) in Santiago. A laboratory to produce
cocaine base was found in (Armijo's) house. According to the police the cocaine
~ was produced for the U.S. market and introduced by Chilean (Jose Ogaldes Figueroa).
The head of the group, (Alberto 5algado Salazar), is still at large. The raw
material was brought from Peru. [PY102009 Santiago Chile Domestic S~rvice in
Spanish 1000 GMT 10 Mar 81] ~
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JAMATCA
U.S. ACTION TO HALT GANJA AIRLIFT ADVOCATED
Kingston THE SUNDAY GLEANER in English 15 Feb 81 pp 1, 3
[Text] Which small Third World country has at least 30 international airports?
And only two of them with radio control? The same small country that is setting
_ up a major air crash. The same small island that was a haven for buc:caneers two -
centuries ago, and today provides a bonanza for ganja smugglers.
Jamaica, land the pirates love. Where gan~a planes are taking off every day
and every night: at government airstrips, at private airstrips, and at numerous
unregistered and illicit airstrips all over the island.
88 of these pirate planes were captured last year--but you should have seen the
ones tl:at got away! -
~ The legitimate international airports, Manley and Sangster, do not h3ve radar
- equipment and cannot monitor these flights. Jamaican Air Traffic Controllers
depend entirely on the pilot reporting via radio his position, destination, and -
route. ,
For obvious reasons, ganja pilots do not do this, but they are buzzing about -
Jamaica at all hours of the night. To say that they are a safety hazard is an -
- understatement. Air Jamaica has two night flights, Air Flori3a ha~ one. Any
other airline, if delayed, could be over the island after dark.
_ Ganja planes f ly mostly at night, without lights. It is on the cards that one
cloudy night one of these intrepid little pirates is going to fly smack into one
of these legitimate aeroplanes, and supply us with a major air disaster.
Wi11 the Government of Jamaica wait for this to happen before it gets tough over
the ganja trade and all its related dangers? How much is the ganja trade really
worth? In terms of lives and bad publicity? -
How many?
_ The number .~f illicit--i.e. not registered with Civil Aviation Department--air- ~
strips in Jamaica is uncertain. n,ienty-eight (28) seems a conservative estimate.
_ On a short flight, I identified fourteen of them. -
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I did not count legitimate registered strips like Braco, Kaiser-Discovery Bay,
Llandovery, Gilnock, Punchbowl, Marlborough, etc,, though all of these used,
some of them frequently for illicit flights.
I counted:
1. A strip within a few miles flying time west of Sangster--currently being
asphalted.
2. A long strip on the beach at Coral Spring, plus crashed plane. Strip ~
temporarily out of commission thanks to Hurricane Allen.
3. A strip under construction, in a cow pasture, at Bryan Castle, Trelawny.
Because of a report that this property has been bought by the Coptics, I desig-
nated this an airstrip.
4. A marl strip in the hills a short distance east of Flat Bridge.
~ 5. & 6. Two strips north of Goat Island. The one nearest the coast is impres-
sive.
"Big Daddy" �
On the St. Elizabeth plains there are at least 6 airstrips within a radius of -
6 miles. I counted:
7. & 8. Two 'bush' strips, one red-dirt, one marl, close together between
Nain and Santa Cruz.
9. The "Big Daddy" of them all--the Coptic strip at Elim. Approximately 5,000
feet long ~ d 150 feet wide.
10 & 11. Two strips in the Brumdec development, one blocked by large pipes.
Built, presumably, with Government permission but very handy for ganja-dealers. _
Why do they need two strips?
_ 12. A marl strip north of Black River.
13. A very ~ong strip, rivalling the Coptic one, on the South Coast, a short -
distance west of Negril lighthouse.
14. A strip nearing completion in the hills of Hanover, near Ramble. A short
distance from the main road.
- Much More _
I missed other strips in the territory covered. Information received from pilots
confirms the existence of:
15. A strip in the Barrett Hall area of St. James.
15. A red-dirt strip in the Sligoville hills.
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17. A strip at Goshen on the St. Ann, St. Mary border, complete with two
crashed aircraft.
18. A strip south of Monymusk.
I did not prospect east of Ocho Rios--Spanish Town. However it is reasonable
to conclude that ganja airstrips are j~st as plentiful in that part of the
island.
Obviously, these strips, sprouting like "junju" all o~~er the island, cannot be
- adequately policed. -
Even the legitimate strips cannot be adequately supervised: at Tinson Pen, a
Cessna Titan 404 disappeared while being guarded by members of the Jamaica -
Defence Force.
Control
= Fortunately, there are other ways of controllirig the ganja airlift and ensuring
relative air safety over Jamaica. For example: to legislate control over the
construction, ownership and operation of private airstrips.
As the law now stands, anyone can build an airstrip. In theory, the permission
_ of the local Parish Council is required; in practice it is seldom sought.
Parish Councils seem to be unaware of the construction of illicit airstrips even
when Government equipment is used on the sites. -
_ In 1973, the then Minister of Security, Mr Eli Matalon, issued a directive that
all private airfields must be fenced, guarded, physically clo;ed when not in
use or dug up. This directive has never been rescinded, nor has it (except for
the first months) ever been observe~l.
The present Government can pass legislation, and can institute fines for failure
to comply with these or similar regulations.
At present, only airfields used for scheduled flights and to be licensed by the
_ C.A.D. Why not require all airstrips to be licensed? And make these fines and
= licences subs~i:antial enough to offset the "payola" offered by ganja-operators. -
U.S. Aid
How would these regulations be enforced? By "beefing up" the Air Wing of the
J.D.F. and instituting helicopter patrols.
- How would the integrity of the men doing the patrols be ensured? Difficult--
_ but if Mr Seaga's intelligence system is half as good as his opponents claim it
is, it should not be impossible. Helicopter patrols have been used successfully -
to break the back of Mexico's drug trade.
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Co-operation with the U.S. is necessary, and it is the U.S, that can provide
the knockout to the ganja airlift--because of the route the planes take to
~'lorida. ~ -
_ (In order to overfly Cuba, the pilot must file a fligh~ plan with Air Traffic -
Control in Kingston, must depart from Manley or Sangster, and must stay on =
schedule because the Cubans are informed of his time of arrival. To fly, un-
announced over Cuba is to court death or capture). Therefore, the ganja goes
round the south-east tip of Cuba, via Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas, and
the planes pass well within range of the radar at Guantanamo Bay.
What is to stop the U.S. Navy from challenging these 'phantom'flights? Illicit
flihts can be intercepted, taken into custody, or shot down.
Corruption
What prevents this course of action?
Ot~ly the possibility that the U.S. policy towards the ganja trade is as ambi-
- valent as our.s. Only the possibility that corruption in our Security Forces--
and body politic--that facilitate ganja pirates is mirrored, and magnified, in
_ the U.S.
As Mr Seaga has pointed out, without buyers there are no sellers.
Jamaica may be stuck with the ganja airlift for some time. Until the two
, governments co-operate in a genuine offensive against it.
Until that time comes, you reading this would be well advised not to let night
catch you up ir an aeroplane over Jamaica. Or you just might be present in a
major air ~ ,aster.
You just might be the reason that the U.S. and Jamaican governments finally get
- tough about the ganja airlift. But you won't be around to get your reward.
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JAMAICA
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BLACK MARKET, GANJA,ECONOMY RELATIONSHIP DISCUSSED
Kingston THE SUNDAY GLEANER in English 15 Feb 81 p 5 -
[Article by Morris Cargill: "Black Market Controls and Ganja"]
[Excerpt] There is one reason only for our black market--a ~rast black market
covering everything from television sets, to motor spares, to clothes and food.
This reason is "controls." Everything in the country today is controlled by
the bureaucracy except the one thing which should be controlled, namely, human
reproduction. In consequence, and as usual, the people who are put at a dis-
advantage are the honest traders and merchants.. The black marketeers are mak-
- ing a fortune. They were the only people who, under socialism, were becoming
_ rich, if you leave out the party activists and a few Ministers.
Controls Must Go
_ Honest, straightforward trading will never be restored in this country until
these controls are removed. Moreover, the dual economy under which we now -
operate will never be sorted out. As most of us know, we operate two economies--
the ordinary one, and the Gan3a Economy. Not all the black market is based upon
the Ganja Economy. Much of it is supported by people who go to the Caymans,
or to Miami and New York, and come back laden with goodies bought with hoarded
U.S. dollars, or exchanged for Jamaican fruits and vegetables. But the really -
expensive Black Niarket, covering everything from fairly heavy machinery to a
whole list of consumer durables, is firmly based upon Ganja money.
This wouldn't particularly matter if ttie Ganja money was going through the bank-
ing system. When Mr Seaga told the banks to grab the dollars and not ask ques-
tions, he was tryirig to get this money into the banking system, but succeeded
only in part. The reason for this incomplete success is obvious. The other
rigidly controlled, much of the ganja dollar has to be kept out to the banks to
pay for illicit imports. "No funds" licences cannot cover everything.
As usual, we are in a vicious circle. We need to abolish control, if our coun-
try is to come out of the vast black-market syndrome in which we are caught.
Yet how can we abolish the import controls when we have a dangerous foreign
- exchange deficit? One thing which might help would be zo make the Ganja Economy .
work for the nation.
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~ Were I the Prime Minister (which, thank God, I am not) I would call up the _
big Ganja operatives--you know who they are as well as I do, but one has to
be careful of the law of libel, especially when it comes to religious organ-
izations with bags of money--and say, in effect:
"Now boys. The Jamaican government cannot, for obvious reasons, supply the
U.S. market with ganja, or even appear to be doing so. But we do recognise
- the value of the trade. So, we will put our blind eye to the telescope pro-
vided you channel ALL the money through the banks. If not, we will really ~
fix you." -
At the same time, I would say to the U.S.A.:
"We cannot afford to destroy the ganja trade. If you want us to do so we will,
but it will cost you in free ~rants what the trade is worth to us annually."
In such a case, whichever way the cat jumped, we'd have it made. This may
sound immoral. But what could be worse for us than the present situation in
which we impoverish ourselves at the altar of U.S. prejudice while at the same
time, helping a U.S. based corporation to make a fortune at our expense.
- Morality, as always, is comparative.
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JAMAICA
BRIEFS
_ GANJA FIELD DESTRUCTION--Police on Friday carried out a raid at Wick Walk in
Manchester and destroyed seven fields of gan~a and 12 nurseries. About 127,000 ~
plants in all were destroyed. One ton of ganja was seized and four houses and
J a shack were searched but no arrest was made, the police said. [Text]
[Kingston THE DAILY GLEANER in English 16 Feb 81 p 2]
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MEXICO
- COLOMBIAN COCAINE SMUGGLER ARRESTED AT AIRPORT
- Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 5 Feb 81 p 4
[Text] Mexico City, 4 February (OEM)--Yesterday, a Colombian woman was arrested at
the Mexico City international airport as she was attempting to bring in pure cocaine _
~ worth 30 million pesos in small bags attached to her brassiere.
- The drug trafficker, Julia Viera Martinez, of Colombian nationality, arrived on _
- Aeromexico flight 420 from Panama; but ~rhen attempting to go through customs in
this city she was intercepted by Federal Judicial Police agents, who noticed an
_ "exaggerated" bust. This caused them to be very suspicious, and tt.ey immediately -
asked her to stop for a more detailed search. _
1he guards were greatly shocked when, upon performing their duty, they discovered
several bags of pure cocaine worth 30 million pesos on the black market.
When questioned by the police, the South American woman explained that she had
purchased the drugs in her native Colomhia, through a male friend of hers ca.'~led -
"Javo;' and tha�t her contact in this capital was a North American whom she did not -
know. But he was to approach her with a key word, "flor" [flower], and this would
be an indication notifying her to whom she was to deliver the drugs. -
She later explained that this was the first time that she was involved in a drug -
trafficking activity.
She finally jusCified it by claimfng that she did so out of necessity, to help her
family, because they are living under very povertystricken conditions in her
country.
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- MEXICO
MARIHUANA PLANTATION OWNER ARRESTED IN TAMAULIPAS
Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 14 Feb 81 Sec B p 7
[Text] Upon capturing an individual who was engaged in selling marihuana in the red-
light district of Tampico, Tamaulipas, the Federal Judicial Police discovered a
_ cannabis indica plantation on the E1 Abra communal farm in the municipality of Tula,
Tamaulipas, where they also proceeded to seize several weapons of various calibers.
- The presumed drug trafficker in question answers to the name of Ramon Coronado Reyes,
- from who 325 grams of "zacate" (marihuana) were seized. He had the latter as a
- sample, so as to make suhsequent sales of the grass that he was harvest ing on his
farm.
He was questioried and eventually admitted the foregoing, taking the Federal Judicial -
Police agents to his farm, which was located on the aforementioned co~nunal land. -
~ There, he had a plantation measuring about 50 by 80 square meters, with a density
of 10-12 plants per square meter, and a~height of from 1 to 1.5 meters.
On the same s~ e, the federal agents proceeded to destroy the drugs, at the order of
the Federal Yublic Ministry.
- In a hut located on the farm, the agents discovered a 32-caliber pistol, a 12-caliber
shotgun and another rifle, as well as a(Roman type) scale that was used to weigh
- the drugs, and a motorcycle which apparently had been stolen.
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~ MEXICO
OPIUM, MARIHUANA TRAFFICKER RECAPTURED
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 15 Feb 81 Sec C p 1
[Text] Ricardo Gonzalez Zamora was recaptured by Federal Judicial Police forces,
specifically by agent Jose de Jesus Tovar, in compliance with a warrant issued
by the federal ~udge of the second district court located in Piedras Ne gras, Gilberto
Carlos Canto Lopez. -
The individual in custody is sub~ect to a trial for crimes against health in the
degree of possession and possible trafficking of opium and marihuana. It was
learned that the recapture of Ricardo Gonzalez Zamora was based on the fact th~t
= the eighth circuit associated court located in Torreon, Coahuila, denied him protec-
tion and aid of the federal justice system, thus nullifying the release on bail
that he had been enjoying.
. His arrest took place some years ago, and he was later denied protection. On 27
March 1979, he was apparently concealing drugs in a vehicle; the drugs were seized _
by Federal Judicial Police forces, and the case was turned over to the agent of
= the Federal Public Ministry.
The federal judge ordered the recapture of Ricardo Gon~alez Zamora for the purpose
of reestablishing the judicial proceedings and handing down the sentence that he
deserved.
The individual in custody had bail amounting to 10,000 pesos, which his relatives -
had posted, thus facilitating his legal status for receiving this benefit.
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MEXICO
_ BRIEFS
TRAFFICKERS ESCAPE JAIL--Mexico City, 30 January (INFORMEX)--After a gun battle in
which two guards were wounded, 10 dangerous dttug traffickers managed to escape this
morning from the municipal jail in Agua Prieta, Sonora, and apparently succeeded in
entering the United States. The escape of these convicts, who were serving long
sentences for crimes against health, caused great mobilization among the local
_ police, backed up by Federal Judicial Police forces. The local authorities immedi- ~
ately requested the intervention of those in the neighboring country in tracking
. down these criminals, who may possibly have connections with drug traffickers in
the United States. Investigations were also started to ascertain whether the jail
authorities were in collusion with the fugitives, who used high-powered weapons to
attain their goal. The drug traffickers who succeeded in escaping via a wooden
stairway are: Trinidad Rivas, Eulalio Gonzalez Quintero, Francisco Mendivil Gallardo, -
Manuel Jimenez Rios, Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez, Fraacisco Escalante Figueroa, Lauro
Carvallo Martinez, Ramon Rodriguez, Juan Gomez Negrete and Antonio Lopez Rodriguez.
[Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 31 Jan 81 Sec A p 4] 2909 -
POPPY, MARIHUANA PLANTATIONS BURNED--Four poppy and marihuana p~lantations were des-
troyed by Feder~~l Judicial Police forces in a settlement known as Las Adjuntas
= in the municitality of Villa de Santiago, in the state of Nuevo Leon. These drugs
= were located on an area of 9,300 square meters, with a density of 10-15 plants per
- square meter, and a height of from 1 to 10 centimeters. Those responsible for the -
planting and the "guards" were not caught, because they fled before the destruction
- began, according to the headquarters of Zone 11 of the Office of the Attorney Gene-
ral of the Nation, headed by coordinator Carlos Aguilar Garza. The foregoing
report was issued in a brief press release stating that efforts would continue to
arrest those responsible, because it is presumed that they are members of an inter-
national drug trafficking ring with its real estab lishments in Nuevo Leon and Tamau-
lipas, because its operations are easier to conduct in those states. The Attorney
General's Office coordinating entity also reported that this action is based on
the instructions issued by the attorney general, Oscar Sanchez, to destroy all ~
plantations wherever they are located. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO
LAREDO in Spanish 11 Feb 81 Sec B p 3] 2909
ANTIDRUG CAMPAIGN RESULTS--Despite the fact that the inclement weather in the state -
during January caused a stoppage of the air operations, the activities carried out -
by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic in the battle against drug
~ traff icking brought good results, owing to the action taken by the Federal Judicial -
Police forces. This statement was made by the deputy coordinaCor for Zone 006 of -
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the permanent campaign against drug trafficking, Jose Domingo Martinez Riverol, who
noted that the report on activities last month ?.ndicates that 58 individuals were
arrested in connection wath crimes against health in their various degrees. He
announced that 10 kilograms and 460 grams of marihuana had been seized, as were
2 kilograms and 827 grams of opium gum and 476 grams of heroin, dealing a damaging
blow to the drug traffic, because the marketing of those drugs both in the country
and abroad was prevented. The deputy coordinator said that the seizure of weapons
also had positive results, sinee 12 pistols and 94 useful cartridges of various
- calibers were confiscated. [Text] [Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Sp anish 5 Feb 81
p 8] 2909 -
MARIHUANA TR~4FFICKERS CAUGHT--The illegal activities of tite presumed drug traffickers
_ Raul Morales Zarate, alias "Bruce Lee;' Antonio Lara Mijares and Alfonso Molina
Lopez were thwarted on Sunday by Federal Judieial Police agents, when they were
_ captured in Torreon, Coahuila, with a marihuana shipment. The three ir.dividuals -
had in their possession 50.5 kilograms oF cannabis indica already packed in brick
form. The agency of the Federal Pub~ic Ministry announced that the investigation
of the three traffickers' activities had lasted several weeks. Some time ago, it _
was learned that Morales Zarate and his associates were engaged in purchasing and
- exporting marihuana to the United States, but nothing could be proven against t~hem.
They were kept under surveillance for several weeks, and it was on Sunday that they
were caught in the act. In view of the evidence, they ended up confessing that
they had been engaged for several years in buying and selling cannabis indica; and =
= hence they were placed at the disposal of the Federal Public Ministry agent on =
duty. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 3 Feb 81 Sec B p 5] 2909
_ TRAFF'ICKEF,S SENTENCED--Yesterday, two Reynosa residents captured in January by the
Federal Judicial Police for engaging in drug trafficking received jail sentences
from the second district judge, Cayetano Hernandez Valencia. In trial 39/980,
Francisco Javier Valdez Oste~uin, or Juan Valdez, was found guilty of committing a
crime against health in the degree of marihuana purchasing and transportation, and -
received a jail sentence of l years and 2 months, as well as a fine of 10,000 pesos.
His accomplice, Juan Rodr.iguez Rojas, was sentenced to 7 years ard 6 months in jail
and given a fine of 10,000 pesos, for the purchase of marihuana in the degree of
attempted robbery abroad. The two aforementioned individuals were arrested in Rey-
nosa. On the Reynosa-Rio Bravo highway, the federal agents apprehended Juan Rodri-
- guez Rojas and another individual named Antonio Estrada Castro. The former was
driving a Toyota pickup truck that Rodriguez had stolen in the town of Harlingen,
Texas. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 3 Feb 81 Sec B
' p 10] 2909 I
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ST LUCIA
EDUCATION PiINISTRY OPENS SCHOOL ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
Bridgetown ADVOCATE NEWS in Eng lish 13 Feb 81 p 3
_ [Text] Castries, S.aint Lucia, Thursday (CANA)--Saint Lucia's Education Minister,
Senator Kenny Anthony has announced plans to combat a problem of dangerous drugs
believed to be prevailing in the island's school system.
Senator Anthony, without giving details of the gravity of the problem, said that
his Ministry did not, ana would not accept or condone the smoking of marijuana by
anyone in the island's school system. _
Three years ago, former Education Minister A1 lan Bousquet stunned the nation with
the revelation that there were teachers peddling marijuana to school children.
The allegation was vigorously d enied by the S aint Lucia Teachers Union, which
demanded that Mr Bousquet produ ce evidence to back up his claim. -
_ Mr Anth ony, addressing a meeting of the Schoo 1 Principals Association here, called
for discipline to permeate all levels of the school system and lauded a recent ~
report by~the association on that subject.
He said: "This report is crucial and represents an important contribution to the
development of education in Sa int Lucia."
Mr Anthony spoke of plans for t he preparation ofa manual incorporating a code of
_ behaviour, and the rights and responsibilities of teachers and principals.
, The minister said his ministry had agreed to launch a"discipline awareness
week" to coincide with the commencement of the new school year next September
~ adding that there was need to reestablish clear discipline guidelines of a
- national character.
Mr Anthony said his ministry was concerned about the potentially adverse effects of
- the consumption of marijuana by school children. -
~ "Let me make it abundantly clea r that this ministry daes not and will not accept
or condone the smoking of marij uana by anyone in the system, whether teacher,
' student or principal," he said. The Minister added that he had instructed offi-
cials of the ministry to exercise the full we ight of the disciplinary machinery ~
- within the context of existing regulations on anyone who was found peddling or
smoking mar~_juana during school hours or hours connected to school activity.
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BRIEFS
COCAINE CARGO--Caracas, 24 Feb (AFP)--Police and security agents confiscated
80 kg of U.S.-bound cocainP estimated at $24 million and arrested five persons, ~
it was off icially reported. Government officials said tk~is has been the mos t -
important police action in the Venezuelan struggle against the international
- traffic of cocaine. [Paris AFP in Spanish 1752 GMT 24 Feb 81]
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- IVORY COAST
- BRIEFS -
OVER 1,000 KILOS CArT~dABIS SEI'LED--yesterday morning, the ninth subdivision police
station carried out a successful operation, seizing a Toyota van at the Marcory
Groupement Foncier [subdivision of Mareory, a section of Abidjan] which was
carrying more than 1,000 kilomgrams of cannabis. The four tra.ffickers narrowly '
escaped the policemen from the ninth subdivision, who comprised two police officers,
a warrant officer and two sergeants. The fuur criminals had precipitously left
Villa No 2060 at the Groupement F~ncier where they abandoned the van bearing
licence plates AA 4849 CI-1. Yesterday's operation led to the largest seizure ever -
- in such an exercise in the Ivory Coast's fight against drugs. In this ~egard, it
is noteworthy that in October 1980 the gerdarmer.ie unit based at Adzope won renown
by seizing 600 kilograms of the "cursed weed" at M'Basso, a village in the sub- -
- division of Yakasse Attobrou. Twio traffickers, Issiaka Fafari and Bokary Abiere, _
bearing the Ghanaian nationality, were arrested by gendarmes from Adzope. The -
= Ghanaian network had then been shaken by the M'Basso operation; but it recovered
- very soon, becau$e it managed to carry 1,000 kilograms of cannabis to Marcory this
_ month. [Text] [AB101934 Abidjan FRATERNITE MATIN in French 10 Mar 81 p 1]
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SOUTH AFRICA
DRUG ABUSE TRENDS DISCUSSED
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Feb 81 p 9 ,
~Excerpt~
SOUTH AFRICA faced changes in the trends of
drug abuse whi~h could create serious prnblems
if ignored, Dr S de Mitanda, dire�tar of clinical
services at the Johannesb~arg Socie~ .:of the -
South African Councal: on A~ooholisn~;-~nd Drug
Dependence, said in Pretoria on iN.eduesd~y.
- A survey conducted at-
Phoenix House two _
_ weeks ago showed 13 per- ~rious other -
cent of drug dependents ~p~a~t~ ~,~;cais. It =
experimented with drugs ~ p~ of an adolescent
and alcohol for the first `np~n.
_ time before 12 years of
age. l~pkdd
= This was an alarmin~ in- ~y~.~
crease when rnmpared with p~gnta mated are hooked
a survey rnnducted in 1976 in o on serious and specific drugs
which oNy 2,3 percent of the ~ye~ol
dependents had experienced ~ ~rbituratea" -
alcohol or drugs before the Theae changes spelt trou- -
age of 12. ~ ~ ~ yo~
Dr De Miranda said a p~pie. dyin~ from chemical
further cause for concern in :suDatenpes being injected
South Africa was the ser~i~o~~~~}s ~~o their systems should not
- swing tawards more phy~i= p~~ ~n mere~j+ as an seci-
cally addictive drugs, includ- ~t, btt rather as part of a
ing substances which cauld ~rious rn.
~ ~j~~. Dr De ~anda said the
"When we first looked at a~ ~~eaiftals~ under
the drug p~oblem in South w}uch he induded "iloohol,
Africa in 1970, the sc_ne was ~oWd not be seea as an
- unsophisticated. People were ~~ted youth problem but -
experimenting with a bit of today's chemical~y
dagga, alcohol, pills, rnugh o~~tated aodetv.
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SOUTH AFRICA _
BRIEFS
POLICE DRUG RAID--In one of the biggest raids ever mounted in Natal, the SA.P
_ have destroyed 713 tons of green dagga worth R3,5-million in the Richnond and
_ Msinga districtso The operation ended yesterday and started about three weeks
ago. The party of 70 policemen were assisted by two South African airforce
helicopters in locating the dagga fields which were cleverly hidden in mountainous
- areas. The police used the helicopters to drop into the fields, usually we11
hidden in dense vegetation. D:xring the raid 24 men and 18 women were arrested
- for allegedly dealing in growing green dagga. The police also arrested 292 men
for being connected with faction fighting in the Msinga district and confiscated
- 23 firea.rms which were allegedly used in pitched battles in the area in the last
six months. The Msinga district is notorious for faction fighting. It is esti-
' mated that in the last eight months at least 35 people ha.ve been killed and
another 27 seriously injured in the tribal wars. As a sequel to the raid,
described by a senior police officer as "very successful," those who have been ~
_ arrested will appear in regional courts at Richmond and Greytown. ~by Tim Clark]
IText~ ~Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 3 Ma.r 81 p 11J
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SWAZILAND
BRIEFS
FOUR MANDRAX SUSPECTS HELD--Four South Africans, two men and two women, were ar- ,
rested in Manzini last Monday suspected of being in possession of over 80,000 _
_ mandrax pills. AccQrding to the Assistant Police Commissioner in charge of the
_ Criminal investigations Department, Mr. Sotsha Dlamini, the four are believed to
have been on transit from abroad where they allegedly obtained the drugs and were
on their way to South Africa. The names of the four have not been disclosed but -
- they were due to appear briefly, before the Manzini Magistrate's court. No court
officials were immediately available to comment at the time of going to Press.
[Text] [Mbabane THE TIM~:S OF SWAZILAND in English 27 Feb 81 p 1]
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DENMARK
NEW JUSTICE MINISTER'S COMMENT ON DRUG POLICY AIRID
Copenhagen BERI.INGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 23 Jan 81 p 8
[Editorial]
[Text] It was outstanding television. Erik Qve and Peter Olesen's in-depth look at
Denmark's narcotics problems on TV Aktuelt last Tuesday was grim in all its realism. -
Grim, too, in that it did not contain anything new.
Al1 aspects were presented: police description of how drugs find their way into
Denmark from the Near and Far East; an encount~r with the drug addict's glazed
eyes; infants with inherited defects from the mother--and, not least, almost painful
disagreement among politicians and physicians as to what to do about it.
As we all know, narcotics are not an isolated Danish phenomenon. Developments in
Denmark do not differ essentially from the pattern common to all of Western Europe.
- The situation in Denmark is unique, however, in that the number of deaths due ta
. narcotics is approximately one-fourth of that registered in the Federal Republic
of Germany, which has 11 times as many inhabitants. Conditions in Denmark seem to
- be particularly favorable to international gangster activity in the area of narcotics.
Our response to the TV program must be that the handling of the narcotics problem--
aside from the individual's untiring efforts--is completely irresponsible. Police
- Commissioner Kjeld Petersen, Odense, who for years has spent all his leisure time
giving lectures on drugs, told BERLINGSKE TIDENDE 2 years ago that "idle talk on
the part of politicians, physicians, the Health Department and social authorities _
is the primary reason for the growing number of drug addicts and thP resultant
crimes.." The program left viewers with the impression that this, in its lack of ~
ostentation, is an apt description of the harsh truth.
It seems absolutely incomprehensible that experts directly disagree on the value of
methadone in the rehabiliration of drug addicts. It is incomprehensible that no
position has been taken on the social problems connected with the rehabilitated -
addict's reentry into a drug-free existence. It is a parody that drug-hungry
_ addicts are responsible for 80 percent of all thefts in the Copenhagen area, where
buyers of gold and silver spring up like mushrooms. It is a parody on personal
freedom that no file is kept on drug addicts. It is a parody that police cannot do
what is deemed necessary because of a shortage of personnel and that a mayor can -
regard his efforts as adequate.
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It was Ole Espersen's first appearance on television since he was appointed justice
minister. He will be held to the statement that he sees a need to change course
- with respect to our prisons, among other things. Quick action across a wide front
is what is needed in this complex of wide-reaching problems. EspersPn has a major
_ ro1e. Let others see to medical and social problems as long as ite tends to ju~tic~~
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DENMARK `
- TURK GETS NINE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR SMUGGLING HEROI't1
Copenhagen BERLINGSKE 'TIDENDE in Danish 3 Feb 81 p 3
[Text] The 45-year-old Turk, Sukkru Kalvan from Fredericia, got 1 year short of
the maximum penalty for traficking in narcotics, when a jury in Kolding last Friday
sentenced him to 9 years in prison for extensive traficking in heroin and hashish. _
- His 27-year-old Danish girlfriend, Lisbeth Stolt, got 4 years imprisonment for having
stored the drugs and for having been an accomplice in the traficking of the stuff.
The case against Sukru Kalkavan, who was sentenced for traficking at least 5 kilos _
of heroin and 20 kilo~ of hashish, took place behind closed doors, something rather
- unusual for jury cases. The prosecutor actually went so far tY?at he would give his
- reasons for his wish to have the doors closed, only behind closed doors, i.e., after -
the reporters and spectators had been asked to leave.
The official reason for keeping the case secret was for "inquiry considerations,"
i.e., that the witnesses were not allowed to read each other's evidence, and that
the police probably had not yet finished arresting the group surrounding the Turk.
In the meantime, a number of Danes and Turks have already been sentenced to up to -
6 years imprisonment in, among other places, Kolding, Arhus, Fredericia, Herning -
and Vejle. ~
Sukru Kalkavan and his girlfriend were, however, clearly the head ~eople in the "
Jutland narcotics league until they were arrested in November 1979, after 2 y~ars
of investigation. At that time, the police telephone tap exposed that the couple
was busy importing heroin from Turkey to Denmark.
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llENMARK ~
BRIEFS
PRISONERS PROTEST SEARCH POLICY--Next Monday about 500 inmates in closed prisons will
take action against a new policy which imposes tighter restrictions on visitors.
This policy is the first phase of the stepped-up vigilance against drugs being �
smuggle~ to inmates. Beginning 1 February, prison personnel can search a visitor's
purse and clothing and, if anyone objects to the search; he can be refused entry
intv the prison. The reason for the policy is the almost unlimited possibility of ~
- smuggling narcotics and other things to imprisoned friends and acquaintances. A
Criminal Justic e Department t;:.~k f orce proposed the stepped-up vigilance, with the
stipulation, however, there can be no general search--it cannot be applied to every-
body, only in cases of ~ustif ied suspicion. Most of the inmates at Vridsloselille,
Nyborg, Horsens, Ringe and Herstedvester--all closed prisons--will refuse to work
2 F'ebruary and will also consider further action if these restrictions are cantinued.
~ [Text] [Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 24 Jan 81 p 1] 8952
HEROIN GANG BROKEN--In the wake of unraveling several bank robberies, Copenhagen
police believe to have uncovered a broad-based heroin gang. Following months of
investigation, nine persons were sentenced to prison in closed meetings of the ;
Copenhagen Court nf Justice yesterday. Al1 are charged with drug crimes--reportedly
smuggling, fir. ~icing and selling heroin. Criminal Inspector Per Kanding was most
reluctant to give out any inf ormation this evening. This is b ecause the case is
far from solved. There will be further arrests. Those sentenced include both men
and women and th ey are said to be of Danish, Yugoslavian and Greek nationality.
Al1 the arrests--including several persons who were released after the hearing--
were made Sunday and early Monday in GrQater Copenhagen. The arrests were made
following 3 days of intensive observation--including shadowing, during which
several police officers did not get much sleep. The reason the robbery section was
asked to invest igate the matter and make the arrests is that theft and narcotics
are inextricably connected. "By unFaveling bank robberies, we hit upon narcotics -
and f ollowed that line until we could make the arrests," said Per Kanding and point- -
ed out that the narcotics section had been kept informed all along. [Text] [Copen-
hagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 20 Jan 81 p 2] 8952
JUTLAND GANG SNNGGLED HEROIN--With the arrest and imprisonment of 15 narcotics
dealers and smugglers in Herning, the local police, in cooperation with the State
police traveling team, hope to have dealt a decisive blow to a new and well-organiz-
ed narcotics gang in Jutland. The gang is supposed to have sold mainly heroin and
morphine. All 15 were charged with violation of the hard narcotics section in the _
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' ~enal cod~ and $entenced to k weeke of ieolatian. The~~ gan~ mem'bsr~ ar~ pr~ncipally -
Turks and police believe that the same backers who have been reaponsible for the
narcotics network in Jutland cities are also behind the narcotics delivered to the ~
p2rsons ~ust conv~cted. All the imprisoned gang members appeared in court behind
closed doors and 13 of them appealed their sentence to the Superior Court, which
turned down their appeals, uphold~ing the sentences issued. [Text] [Copenhagen -
~ BERLINGSKE TIDE~~ in Danish 23 Jan 81 p 2] 8952
GREr,K LED HEROIN GANG--A Greek businessman is believed to be one of the principle
figures in a well-organized heroin gang which is presently under investigation in
Copenhagen. Several of those arrested are known for their previous connections with -
the narcotics trade, but the Greek businessman is thought to have been one of the
gang s organizers since he made short trips to Denmark and thus had ample opportunity
to smuggle in the costly heroin. The robbery section of the police department has
strong suspicions that.the gang's trade could be valued at several million kroner
- but, apparently, no narcotics have been confiscated. Some of police's charges are
- supported by the ~act that several of those arrested have pleaded guilty in this
case. Police do not want to give more detailed information, referring to the fact
that nine members of an international gang were sentenced last Monday behind so- ~
called doubly closed doors. Those sentenced are of Danish, Greek and Yugoslavian
origin. [Text] [Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 21 Jan 81 p 2] 8952
~ HEROIN FROM P~ISTAN--A 37-year-old unemployed gas station attendant was arrested
in Kastrup airport on Sunday, as he arrived from Pakis tan with 81 grams of heroin -
hidden in the heels of his shoes and 15 grams of hashish hidden in his eyeglass
case. He was jailed for 2 weeks this year. He denies having any knowledge of the
- heroin. Maybe s~ebody "manipulated" his shoes, he said. He went to Pakistan in
, order to buy 1 k~lo of hashish. T'he profit was to ge t him out of a debt of 60,000
kroner. However~ he became doubtful when he saw the hard life in Pakistan, and
only brought back 15 grams of hashish. [Text] [Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in
Danish 3 Feb 81 p 3] 9667
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FINLAND
CASE OF ILLEGAL NARQ~TICS PRESCRIPTIONS OONTINUES
- Helsinki HELSINGIN SANOMAT i.n Finnish 24 Jan 8]. p 10 -
- [Article: "Narcotic Drugs to Be Placed i~der Effective Control" ]
- [Text~ The abuse of inedical drugs o~ntaining narcotics, particularly methadone, is
becoming more difficult as the proposals of the Central Medical Board's work grouF
are being implemented. The supervision of drug prescriptions has already been
made more effective. ~
The work group is proposing that prescription b lanks for drugs containing narcotics
- be numbered and printed on paper with a watermark. -
_ In the opinion of the work group pharmacies shouJ.d be obligated to submit monthly ~
reports on physicians who have prescribed drugs and on fhose patients who have re-
ceived them for computerized accowlting and observation. -
A portion of drugs affecting the central nervous system should be transferred in
- their entirety to the control of specialized docto rs, and even then the individual
prescribing the drugs should be a patient's personal physician. -
_ When the proposals are implemented, methadone will be used primarily in hospitals
for the treatment of drug dependency. Eventually treatment will be concentrated in .
one hospital. Out-patient care would be given to patients in certain locations
under s~ervised conditions.
The work group points out that supervision cannot be made more effective until the -
ntunber of personnel is increased. Their report states that positions for one new
chief doctor and one attorney should be created in the Central Me dical Board.
On the whole, the renewal of prescriptions for PKV-drugs, which affect ~ the central
- nervous system, was made more difficult for the first time in 1973. The renewal
- of prescriptions by telephone was prohibited. Now the work group proposes that
drugs subject to ex~ensive abuse should in tneir entirety be transferred to the
contbol of specialized doctors. In the prescri.bing of such drugs the personal
- physician system should also be adopted or, in other words, such drugs shauld be
dispensed only as part of a regular healtfi care program.
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If the extensive abuse of PKV-drugs is observed, they should in the future be dis-
- pensed by one and tfie same physician. Then~a physician could only renew a pre-
_ scription written by himself, recoicnnencls tFie work group. _
Under present instructions to keep tfie matter confidential the Central Medical
Board cannot provide physicians with information about suspicions of drug abuse.
~ In the opinion of the work group regulations do not need to be changed, but the _
_ attending physician should have the right to knaw whether his patient has received
iiarcotics or other drugs from another pfiysician.
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FRANCE
BRIEFS
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SEIZE COCAINE--French eustoms officials have seized 1, 900 grams _
of the dangerous and illegal South American narcotic, cocaine, which was destined -
for the Danish market. An Uruguayan was arrested at the Charles de Gaulle airport
- in Paris last Friday, carrying the narcotics in a suitcase with a double bottom.
He came from I,ima in Peru and had a ticket to Copenhagen, 'I'he stuff has lately
been used extensively in Danish drug circles. In December, the narcotics department
in Copenhagen seized almost 1 kilo of cocaine, and shortly after the first of the -
year, the customs officials in Kastrup airport found 800 grams, hidden in a guitar.
A southern gang and a courier are jailed in Copenhagen in connection with those
two cases. On the other hand, there have been no arr.ests in Copenhagen since the "
exposure in France. Drug addicts pay 1,000 to 1,500 kr4ner per gram for cocaine.
Yesterday, a 31-year-old Dane, of whom the police and cu~toms officials became ~
suspicious, was arrested in Kastrup, Ae arrived from Pakistan, carrying no luggage.
A medical examination showed that he, in a contraceptive in his colon, had hidden
= 40 grams of a morphine preparation, probably heroin or morphine base. He wi11 be
brought before the examining magistrate today. [Text] (Copenhagen BERLINGSKE
TIDEN'DE in Danish 29 Jan 81 p 2] 9667
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NORWAY
_l=
; SVALBARD DISTRICT GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS -
Oslo ARBEIDERBLADET in Norwegian 6 Jan 81 p 3
[Article by Tore Skoglund]
~
[Text] Longyearbyen--"Both the Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani and the
- district governor consider the drug case that is currently being expos~d on _
Svalbard very serious."
There are 10 to 15 persons involved and it is the first time the use of drugs has
been discovered in the island group. The case, which only became known on Svalbard
last Monday, has naturally shaken the mining community. ~
By mainland standards, the affair may seem innocent enough, since it involves the
use of hashish. But here in the island group, the matter is viewed m~ich more
seriously. First of all, hashish smoking has occurred in the small mining
community of Svea, where scarcely 100 people work. Second, the use of intoxicants
is a very serious matter in a small mining area where safety is of importance at
all times.
The assistant to the district governor, Bernt Fredrik Moe, told ARBEIDERBLADET
- that the use of hashish in Svea had been suspected for some time, Officials from
" the district governor's office took action on Friday, 2 January. Moe said that
. following this action, it became evident that a limited number of people had
- brought hashish from the mainland to Svalbard, These persons themselves smoked
hashish last fall. They also gave the drug to others, so that altogether 10 to 15 -
persons are invelved who have used the drug. -
_ Moe stressed that at present there is no reason to believe thaC other, harder
- narcotics have been used. It is also toc early to te11 whether this case is
- related to cases previously exposed on the mainland, Moe said. He pointed out
that so far no one has been jailed, but there have already been some admissions _
from the suspects.
District Governor Jan Grondal told ARBEIDERBLADET that the district governor's
office considers the matter very serious, even though this case only involves the ~
_ use of hashish. _
"In the future, will surveillance of planes and boats arriving on Svalbard be
tightened?"
"This is a matter that will be evaluated, but of coLrse it is easy for us to ~
~ make thorough inspections, even with limited resources," Grondahl said.
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- TURKEY
- ADDICTION TO P�iEDICINAL DRUGS SWEEPS KASTAMONU
_ Istanbul CUMEiURIYET in Turkish 27 Feb 81 pp 1, 7
(Article by Reha Oz] -
- [TextJ Stradling both sides of the Karacomak Stream, which passes right through _
the middle of it, Kastamonu is a city wedged between the peaks. Although the view
is that of a city overlooking both banks of the stream, one is captivated by the
forl~idding visage of this over-sized town. As the result of winter's diminishing
waters, the Karacomak slowly flows along side us, carrying sediment and other debris.
- It has a dourness appropriate both to the general milieu of KasCamonu and its peopYe.
- Holding on to railings along the Karacomak, I try to walk amidst the mounds of half-
- melted snow that has turned everything into mud. The sun shines a little but it is ~
cold... It is afternoon. The scene in the schools, which are getting out, is that
_ of hundreds of boys and girls, little children swarming and twittering about. I
walk among them wrapped up in my own thoughts. �
All~ of a sudden I hear a voice speaking in a thick Kastamonu ac~ent. A very small _
- boy with close-cut hair says, "Well, did you get the pill?" I immediately turn around
- to see three youths. They sound as though they are older. All of them have very
short hair. I want to pick out the face of that child at whom the very shrill voice
was directed, but in an instant they disappear among hundreds who resemble them. I
- am horrified. Th~ age of these children was 12 maybe 13?
I pick up a 1oca1 paper and read the following report: "Kastamonu's last folk poet, -
= folklorist, and writer Ihsan Ozanoglu died on Friday afternoon." -
_ Because of my interest in folklore I become curious. I ask a doctor friend. While ~
we are ta]_king he says, "Oza.ioglu was living Kastamonu folklore. He was like a walk-
_ ing library." He pauses and looks at me, "There is something else that would interest
- you." "Tell me," I said. "He also died fr~m pills." I replied that I didn't under-
stand. "Let me explain," he said. He began:
_ "When I first came to the hospital he had paralysis of the bowel. That is, he had
a severe case of diarrhea. Together with the help of colleagues at the hospital we -
struggled and worked hard. Ozanoglu was saved,- He also had a heart ailment. We -
= spoke every time he got out of the hospital. 'Hodja, look, henceforth you cannot -
take narcotic drugs. You cannot Cake baraljin (sic), panaljin (sic), renoval,
nembutal. You cannot have optalidon...' But then Ozangolu would come back 15 days
later. Again the same picture. 'Hodja,' again we would say. 'We won't be able to
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save you later; don't take them.' He improved but came back. He was bedridden in
_ the hospital some 4 times. Ultimately he was hospitalized in the same condition and
this time he couldn't be saved. Even an intellectual and a strong man like Ozanoglu ~
died in Kastamonu from pills. He was 75 but very vigorous. He died from paralysis
of the bowel and the drug toxification that it engendered....because the toxemia
could not be controlled. We said that Ozanoglu needed psychiatric treatment and
that he coul: not live much longer unless he gave up those pills. But, in any event,
Ozanoglu didn't accept this. He used every pill on the market. He also drank. More-
over, when his days grew short, he took the pills along with the liquor."
The recent efforts and petitions sent to various offices by Kastamonu governor
Sadullah Verel has again put on the agenda narcotics--despite their having been
known in this region since antiquity--and especially pills.
- Sadullah Verel began to show concern for this social ill as soon as he was appointed
to Kastamonu at the beginning of last November. Petitioning the Ankara University
Medical Faculty on 27.1.1981 with letter number 763, he wanted research conducted
- at neurologic and psychiatric clinics on narcotic medir.ines used throughout the pro-
vince in order that measures could be taken.
- In his letter the governor stated that several pills that have a narcotic effect are
used as sugar substitutes for guests and at weddings and that they are being used in
the place of liquor, He also wrote "Our province has virtually been converted into
_ a drug-treatment center (taksikomani klinigi) as the result of an addiction that
- aeriously undermines social health with its own material and moral values. As a re-
_ s~lt, he wanted the necessary research conducted and measures in line with this re-
search speedily adopted. He thus drew attention to a bitter reality that has per-
sisted over many years. It is a reality that has not been altered despite numerous -
incidents and that has in the end brought society--even if only in Kastamonu--to the
point of collapse. -
- Clearly, even ~-~fure examining this bitter reality, it is necessary to have a good
= understanding uf the term "toksikomani" used by Governor Verel. What is it?
"Toksikomani" is a term generally used for addiction to narcotic medicinese A"tok-
sikomani" center is a health facility to which an addict (taksikoman) is brought and _
an attempt is made at treatment.
Individuals addicted to drugs cannot live without them. Narcotics have now become
= the primary crutch for these types of people. T,~Then they are not using these medi-
cines their social lives become completely disrupted. According to the circumstance
= they become aggressive or even commit murders... They are so dependent on the medi-
cine that without it they cannot carry on social relations even fo~ a minute. They
cannot do their work or function in society. In one sense, then, the medicine becomes
= a requisite for their b eing able to function at all in society.
-
- Well, is Kastamonu gradually becoming a drug treatment center as Governor Sadullah
- Verel contends?
The doctor, whose name we don't want to reveal, again gives us the answer:
- "For exarnple, I am sitting in the pharmacy; one of them comes in and says, 'Give me
the strongest cough medicine you have.' The reason for the strongest is the fact
_ that it contains codein, destro-hidro-morfinon (sic), and diolin; that is, it is a
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_ derivative of acetylized morphine. The fact that this ill individual asks for such'
medicine demonstrates that these cases do exist. Cases just like this find their
' way to the hospital... When suicidal, extremely aggressive, violent individuals can-
not get the medicine, they often come in here to get it... But the individuals aren't
- aware of their problem. In Kastamonu there is an addiction to these medicines. The
addiction causes ruptures in neighborly relations and friendships. Individuals taking
_ the medicine greatly disturbs their surroundings with outrageous behavior. They dis-
card custom and convention and act contrary to the norms..." -
Kastamonu is an area that is provincial, without any industry in particular, and con- ~
servative. The lack of developed social services, location in mountainoas terrain, and,
most importantly, that fact that the arm of the ~overnment has rarely reached these
areas have contributed to the creation of a closed environment.
This fact is noted in the "Kastamonu Province Yearbook," which was published on the ~
Republic's 50th anniver~ary. It states, "The fact that specific social services have
not been developed as in Turkey's major cities has resulted in a plain and provincial
social existence."
_ Yes, Kastamonu is a small city of 36,OOO,Kastamonu is a city that doesn't contribute
~ much to the country and, we believe, whose people don't make much of an effort to do
so. It is one of our provinces in which emigration has attained extraordinary pro-
= portions. This is illustrated by the fact that there are over 500,000 immigrants in _
_ Istanbul and over 200,000 in Ankara. ,
And, symbolic of this backwardness, you encounter a coffee house on every corner. It
is reported that the number of coffee houses was around 60 in the 1960's but now _
exceeds 100. That is, in this city of ours there is one coffee house for close to -
every 350 people. When you enter the city you see that every one of them is crammed
full. In one sense this indicates the high rate of unemployment. These are men of
the Republic grasping at the railings along the Karacomak but getting almost nowhere.
_ Besides all of this there is a governor struggling to check the use of narcotic pills...
~ There is a pharmacist saying, "Black market drugs are even being sold in the village
- stores, the village market place, in somewhat larger stores in the districts, and in
_ storzs in the city wards..:' There is an Assistant Health Director who writes in a
local paper, "Both ~n my findings and those of my colleagues, psychological abnormal-
ities have been identified stemming from addiction to narcotic medicines. Involuntary -
movement:, moral deviation in which the person does not conform to the customs, norms,
and conventions of society, imbalaace in personal relationships, sexual inadequacy,
slowed mental processes, abnormal births, miscarriages, mental retardation, mentally
retarded children.... Drug levels owing to pill overdoses in the hospital emergency '
_ room are such that comas and deaths result..." Another doctor says, "During our ex-
amination of babies up to now we have identified abnormalities not often seen in other
regions. It is possible to relate these to endogamous marriages in Kastamonu which _
have isolated the region until recently and to a syphilis epidemic that has existed
_ for years. However, we believe that narcotic pills--whose use we r.ecognize as being
wide-spread--have been a major contributory factor to those abnormalities." And in
- the face of all these bitter facts, there are certain intellectuals who remain re- -
luctant te tie ICastamonu's name to pill popping and hope to diffuse the issue by :
. saying, "The same amount is being used in Kastamonu as in other places..."
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The drugs most frequently used in Kastamonu have assumed local names. It is pos-
sible to see all sorts of narcotic pills being taken but here are the most wide-. _
spread with their nicknames:
Revonal (Alakuzu), Revonal Retard (sic) (Alakanat), Nembutal (Sarikiz/Saribomba)~
Proplemin Arsan (sic) (Yedek Sofor/Kriz), Bioptan (sic) (Optin), Efedrin Arsan- _
Efedrin Merc~c (Beyaz), Optalidon (kirmizi).
_ Yes, pill popping in Kastamonu is so widespread that it will become a means of show-
ing hospitality to village guests. Anyhow, the province's geopraphic make-up pro-
- foundly and detrimentally affects the people's health. Besides goiter caused by an
- iodine deficiency in the water and air, and stomach, gall bladder, and bile duct
infections as well as kidney stones all caused by Kastamonu cooking, there is an -
addiction to pills... The toxic effect of this drug addiction is of primary impor-
tance at this moment....
CSO: 5300
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UNITED KINGDOM
BRIEFS
HEROIN HAUL--Customs officers have seized heroin worth at least 50,000 pounds in a -
raid on a Birmingham hotel. Z~ao Asians arrested at the hotel appeared in court
_ yesterday charged with dealing in a prohibited drug. jText] [London THE DAILY _
TELEGRAPH in English 11 Feb 81 p 17]
- COCAINE CHARGES--Fourteen men were remanded in custody by Uxbridge magistrates
yesterday accused of smuggling cocaine through London Airport between February 15
and 18 this year. One of the accused is a police sergeant, Edwin Laurence Cork,
32, formerly of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad. He is stationed at Wimbledon and -
' his home is in Brighton Road, Banstead, Surrey. Z~ao Heathrow airport workers
among the accused are Michael John Ready, 45, of Higham Langport, Somerset, and
Ernest Raymond Hanlon, 31, of Reading, Berks. The other 11 are Jack Frederick
Mott, 49, green-grocer, of Beulah Hill, South-East London; Norman Leonard Barrett, �
32, of Langdown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire; Edward Woolford, 45, of Windsor Court, _
- Beulah Hill, South-East London; David Allan, 35, a cameraman, of Crescent Road,
Barnet, Herts. Paul Andrew Ready, 37, gas fitter, of St Dunstans Close, Hay2s,
= Middlesex; Peter Whitehea~, 31, unemployed, of St Mark's Road, Notting Hill,
London; Peter Birch, 48, builder, of St Clements Close, Cowley, near Uxbridge, -
- Middlesex. Edward John Herron, 30, unemployed, of Algernon Road, Hendon; Robert
Martin Hall, 32, of Westbourne Terrace, Paddington; Denis Paul Cox, 41, unemployed,
- of Edgar Road, Hounslow Middx; and an American citizen, William James Mitchell,
29, unemp loyed and of no fixed address. jText] jLondon SUNDAY TELEGRAPH in
'English 22 Feb 81 p 40]
JAIL TERMS CUT--A retired major's daughter and a paraplegic, jailed for their part
in a plot to smuggle cocaine valued at 200,000 pounds into Britain in wine bottles, -
won sentence reductions in the Cou~t of Appeal in London yesterday. Sarah June _
van Lessen, 27, of Chapel Lane, Swanage, Dorset; and wheel-chair bound Kenneth -
Michael Ford, 44, of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, jailed for six and five years
respectively at Winchester Crown Court on Nov. 20, 1979, for conspiring to import ~
_ drugs, each had their sentence cut to Four years. Three other gang members were
refused leave to appeal against their sentences. They were Stephen Simmonds, 40,
= of Clarence Gardens, Shanklin, jailed for 10 years; Trevor Scattergood, 26, of
- Hayling Island, jailed far eight years, and Peter Williams, 31, of The Ridgeway, -
- Acton, jailed for six years. [Text] [London THE DAILY TELEGRAPH in English
27 Feb 81 p 8]
. CSO: 5320 END
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