JPRS ID: 9726 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFF!lCIA1. USE ONLY ~ JPRS L/9726 11 May 1981 ~ _ Worlr~wid~ Re ort ~ NARCOTICS AND DAN~EROUS URUGS - (FOUO 20/81) ; FBIS FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 NOTE JPRS publications contain information primarily from foreign newspapers, periodicals and books, but also from news agency transmissions and broadcasts. Materials from foreign-language sources are translated; those from English-language sources : are transcribed or reprinted, with the original phrasing and other characteristics retained. Headlines, editorial reports, and material enclosed in brackets are supplied by JPRS. Pr~cessing indicators such as [Text] or [Excerpt] in the first line of each item, or following the last line of a brief, indicate how the original informa.tion was processed. 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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY JPR5 L/9726 - - 11 May 1981 - WORLDWIDE REPORT - NARCOTICS AND DANGEf?OUS DRUGS ~ (FOUO 20/81) CONTENTS ASIA INDONESIA Police Official Cit~s Bali as CentEr for Narcotics Dealing ' (HARIAN UMiJM AB, 14 Mar 81)..,.........o 1 ~ Police in West Java Seize 7.8 Kilogra~ of Hashish 2 " (ME RAEKA, 5 Mar 81)....o Heroin Smugglers Arrested at Halim Airport (SINAR HARAPAN, 7 M~r 81) 3 > Briefs Police Confiscate Morphine 4 MALAYSIA U.S. Na~cot-ics Official Calls on Home Affairs Min~ister (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 31 Mar 81) 5 Custo~s Off icers Have Seized 13.7 kg of Narcotics in 1981 - (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 17 Mar 81) .........................o........ 6 ; Police Seize 6.7 kg of Heroin in Ztao Arrests . (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 4 Mar 81) ..........................s........ 7 Custov~ Officers Make Heroin Arrests at Penang Hotels (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 11 Mar 81).......o 8 Briefs = Heroin Possess ion 9 Heroin Qlarge 9 Heroin Acquittal 9 - Concurrent Sentence 9 Fourth Offense ~ 9 - - a - [III - WW - 138 FOUO] ~+I~T An~+~/~f ~ ? t~(~n A1f7 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 _ FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY , Heroin Arrest 10 - ~ Li~e SentenGe 10 Sarawak Arres ts 10 Sing~pore Arrest ~0 Heroin Sentence ld Possession of Heroin, Morphine 10 H~roin Offenae 10 - Former Policeman 10 PAKIS TAN _ Biggest-~ver Narcotics Haul at Islamabad Aiip art (7HE MUSLIM, 20 Apr 81) 11 Drug Trafficking on the Rise (Sikander Hayat; THE MU'SLIM, 21 Apr 81) .....................e. 1~ , Briefs Opium, Hash Seizec~, Near Amangarh 13 ~ Opium Seizure in Gc~~ra 13 Airport Hash Haul 13 Over 242 Kilograms Qiaras Seized 13 Cus toms Team Sent to Peshawar ~ 4 Cocaine, Heroin Seized in Lahore 14 SINGAPORE Narcotfcs Officers Find Opium Aboard Ship (SiIN, 7 Apr 81) 15 TEIAILAND ' Canadians Arrested With Heroin (DAO SIAM, 27 Feb 81) 16 (hiang Mai Raid Nets 44 kg of RaE~r Opium (POST, 11 Apr 81) .......................e...................... 17 Briefs Drug Smugglers Turning to South 1g LATIN AMERICA BARBADOS Briefs Anti-Drug Proposal lg - b - FOR qFFICIAL USE O1Q?LY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 i FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY BDIAVIA _ International Campaign To Discredit Nation Termed Irrational (Editorial; EL DIARIO, 16 Mar 81)............~ ...............vo 21 New Narcotics Contro 1 Bo ard Eliminates Distribution Centers (ULTIMA HORA, 14 Mar 81) 22 Newly Appointed Official Appeals to Youth To Jo3n Fight on Drugs (PRES II~TCIA, 24 Mar 81) 24 - Drug Control Activities, Preventive Meas ures (ULTI1rPA HORA, 30 Mar 81, Hay, 23, 22 Mar 81) . . . . . . . . o . . 26 Cocaine Laboratories Raided Survey on Coca Cultivation Coca Depositories To Be Established Briefs Antidrug Traffic Law Approved 29 - BRAZIL Major Drug Trafficker in Rural Zone, Sepetib a Arres ted - (JORr1AL DO BRASIL, 27 Mar 81) 30 Drug Treatment Se rvice To Be Initiated on 15 Ap ril ~ _ (0 GLOBO, 27 Mar 81) .............................~....o........ 32 Briefs Arrests Based on Phone Tips 34 _ Drug War in Caxias 34 - Drugs Among Gold Prospectors 35 QiILE - Briefs - Cocaine Traffickers 36 _ Drug 36 MEXICO - Drug Crop in Oaxaca Worth Irbre 'Ihan Legal Crops (Rafael Medina C,; EXCEISIOR, 7 Mar 81) 37 PJF Seizes 22 Traffickers in Various Raids (EL SOL DE MEXI00, 15 Mar 81) 41 NEAR EAST AND NOR~i AFRICA - IRAN He roin Smuggled Into Eurape (Radio Iran, 28 Apr 81) ...............o.....o.................. 42 - C - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFFICIAL U~E OMLY Antinarcotics Developments Reported . (KA~YHAN TNTERNATIONAL, 15, 18 Agr 81, KABUI, NEW TIMES, 12 Apr 81) 44 - Execution of Dealers Afghan Smugglers Capti~red Antinarcotics Clampdawn Briefs Drugs Seized 45 4pium Seized 46 Narcotics Seized 46 - Drug Saugglers Executed 46 Opium Poppies Destrayed 46 Antinarcotic Officials Make Find 46 KUWAIT = Ztao 3.ebanese Arrested in Hashish Cas~ (AI.r-ANBA', 15 Mar ~1) 47 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ~AURITIUS Briefs Opium Found 48 WEST EUROPE - DENMARK Aimost Al1 Hashish in Denmark Sold From Qiristiania (Jorn Mikkelsen; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 23 Mar 81) 49 Police To Increase Effort in Qiristiania To Stem Drugs (Anders Wiig, Lisbeth Wirgowitsch; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 24 Mar 81) 51 Justice Minister: Hard Drugs in Practice Are Legalized a (Chr. Bronum, Lisbeth WirgowiCsch; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, - 26 Mar 81) 53 Copenhagen Police's Narcotics Section To Be Expanded (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 27 Mar 81).......~ 54 Algerian Sentenced for Smuggling S00 Kilograms Hashish (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 2 Mar 81) 55 - d - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFFICIAL IJSE ONLY Study Shows Zhat One-Third of Drug Users Able ~b Stop (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 3 Mar 81)..........a 56 _ Heroin Smuggler Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison ' (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 6 Mar 81) 57 Dane, Netherlander Sentenced for Smuggling Hashi~h (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 7 Mar 81) 58 Study Shaws One in Tive in Special School on Amphetamine~ (Dan Axel; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 22 Mar 81).....o...............0 59 Icelander Arrested in Airport With Amphetamine ( MORGiA~1B LADID, 2 7 Mar 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . ~ ~ . . . . . . 61 Brief~ More on Arrested Icelander 62 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Cocaine Courier Sentenced to 9 Years (Norbert Leppert; FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, 20 Mar 81)..........o. 63 ICELAND Briefs ~ao Smuggled Hashish Oil 65 T[TRKEX He ~ in Seizures Made in T~rkey, Italy (TERCUMAN, 8 Apr 81) 66 ~ Hashish Seizure Made in Istanbul (HURRIYET, 4 Apr 81) ..................o........................ 67 - e - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 zrrnorr~sTA POLICE OFFICIAL CITES BALI AS CENTER FOR NARCOTICS DEALING - Jakarta HARIAN UMLTM AB in Indonesian 14 Mar 81 p 6 [Excerpts] Police Regional Command XI, Nusantara has been unable to break the - network which uses Bali as a center for narcotics dealing. The chief of Police Regional Command XI, Police Brigadier General Pamoed3i, whv will leave that post in a few days to take over as chief of Police Region X, - East Java, told ANTARA on Wednesday that his command had been unable to break the ring because the means and capability of his personnel are limited. He noted that Bali needed several dogs especially trained for narcotics work, and needed personnel with technical training and command of foreign languages. " Singapore, which is the size of Batam, has k0 dogs trained for narcotics work. Pamoed~i indicated ttiat he had reported to his superiors about the limitations of his command's means to detect narcotics. "The problem is tliat trained dogs are very expensive and are difficult to get," he added. He noted that several police personnel have received special training in narcotics work, and have trained abroad. "As has been pointed out, Bali is a center for narcotics transactions, and we have been unable to break the ring." Pamoedji said that it was "logical" for Bali to be a site for narcotics deals. - On a blackboard, he listed the narcotics producing nations in Indochina, and the narcotics consuming nation, Australia, and explained that "geographically, Ba1i is an ideal center for narcotics traffic." Narcotics traffic between Thailand and Australia use several international airfields for transit. The route is Bangkok-Hong Kong-Jakarta-R~li-Australia. "This is a difficult problem. Police in Bali can intercept only a small portion of the traffic, mostly gan~a leaves," Pamoed~i noted. 9197 CSO: 5300/8329 1 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - INDONESIA POLICE IN WEST JAVA SEIZE 7.8 KILOGRAMS OF H~?SHISH Jakarta MERDEKA in Indonesian 5 Mar 81 p 2 [Text] The research unit of 832 Police Regency, Karawang recently siezed 7.812 kilograms of hashish, and arrested three distributors. The three suspects are Suk, 27; H Bah, alias Ud, 45; and H. Day, 45. � Po7ice Sergeant Tisna Bukti, a member of *_he research unit, told MERDEKA in his office Monday that Suk was arrested in Karawang at 0900 on Fridly. !i. Day and H. Bah were taken in Bogor Reg~ncy. Seven tins of narcotics were siezed. The arrests were made after an informant revealed that the goods were in the Jonggol area of Bogor Regency. According to the informant, Suk was to bring the goods to Karawang, and sell them at 3~4 million Rupiahs per tin. The informant later pretended to seek to buy the narcotics, and reported to a i member of the Karawant Research Unit. - Police lst Lieutenant Kurniawan, chief of the research unit, ordered several unit members to perform the arrest. Suk was arrested at about 0900 Friday, along with a tin containing 1.116 kilograms of hashish. Under interrogation, Suk revealed who owed the drugs. Based on his information, the owner, H.Day, was arrested in the Jonggol area of Bogor Regency. The police also siezed six tins of narcotics, each containing 1.116 kilograms of hashish. Moments after H. Day was arrested, the Karawang Research Unit arrested H. Bah, a suspected link in the distribution of rhe hashish. _ Interrogation of the suspects revealed that Day had obtained the hashish from - H Bah, who had acquired it during a religious pilgrimage to Mecca last year. 1 The Police Headquarters Criminology Laboratory in Jalc~rta is currently studying the evidence. The three suspects are now under detention in Karawang. 9197 CSO: 5300/8329 . 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 INDONESIA ~ HE~OIN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED AT IiALIM AIRPORT Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 7 Mar 81 p 2 - [Excerpts] The case involving the smuggling of 5 kilograms of heroin through - Halim Perdanakusumah Airport in May 1980 has been concluded, and will go to _ - trial in the Court of First Instance, East Jakarta. r ~ The suspect and his accomplices planned to smuggle 20 kilograms of heroin to - - The Netherlands. Customs officials at Halim arrested Mrs SRU with the first 5 Kg " shipment. ~his was followPd with the arrest of CKS. The source of the drugs, TKH, who is based in Medan, escaped arrest. Another accomplice, CAM, a connecting - link in the smuggling ring, is reportedly in detention in Amsterdam. On 2 Ju1y 1979, the gruup met at Hotel "S," Jalan Batu Ceper, Jakarta, and _ agreed that CAM would turn over the heroin to TKH in Malaysia, for transport to Medan via sea. The heroin would then go to Jakarta, and be flown to Amsterdam. _ The plan was confirmed at a 3 July 1979 meeting between TKH and Mrs SRU in Hotel "M," Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta. It was decided that TKH and Mrs SRU would bring the heroin to Amsterdam. Mrs SRU would take 5 kilograms of heroin in the initial stage. She was to get 5 million Rupiahs. _ 'Phe plotters intended to transfer the heroin to CAM in the Hilton Hotel, Amster Amsterdam, on 4 or S May, 1980. Customs officials siezed the heroin, worth $25 milli~on, from Mrs SRU's luggage, and arrested Mrs SRU and CKH, who accompanied her to Halim. A SINAR HARAPAN source said that Mrs SRU would be called only as a witness. ~ 9197 CSO: 5300/ 8329 3 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 INDONESIA . BRIEFS POLICE CONFISCATE MORPHINE--The research unit of Police Regional Command, - Mezropolitan Jakarta siezed 32 measures of morphine and arrested the - possessor. HDJ, 24, was arrested at his home on Jalan Manggla yesar IX, Tangki Ward, West Jakarta, and is now undexgoing interrogation. Inforination indicates that narcotics use is heavy in that area, but users manage to elude police raids. There are def~.nite code words to use in narcotics deals, so that thp distributar will know. "We have arrested several narco~rics traffickexs f rom that area, but new ones quickly emerge," said an official of the research unit - of 703 Police Regency, West Jakarta. [Text] [Jakarta MERDEKA in Indonesian 7 Mar 81 p 3] 9197 � CSO: 5300/8329 _ 4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYSIA U.S. NARCOTICS OFFICIAL CALLS ~JN HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER - Kuala Lumpur NL~J STRAITS TIMES in 'ngiish 31 Mar 81 p 10 [Text] KUALA LI~MPUR, Mr Taylor ~e.td hia buj Mon. - Drag syndl-� nw W~ch was active cakea have atepped, jn several countrie~ up fheir productlon. waamonitortngthesit, o f op1 um 1 n t h e� ~~1on aud working out� - Golden!�Triangle' ~lntions to the prob-~ countrie~, the Uni!- lem. ed StBtea Bur~au of He satd his b~eau ha I n t e r n a t i o n a 1, the co-operation Narcotics Matters many countriea, i cluding Malayaii?. - said today. . " We are advocatlng fhe - The Buresu'a ~eputy eelsure ot propertiee 3ecretary. Mr Gle6ade and~ assets o[ all tn~ _ Taylor, said Golden� votved in drugtrattlek-~ Triangle countrias ing," he said. ' were now producing- Mr Taylor said in the about 600 to 700 tona of UNted 3tatee,'~ ~ru~ opium per year. , problem took a aharpy He said the ayndlcatesJn- decline after the Viet-~ volved were now tn- nam war in 197b. Ther~ creaatng the ciraula- waa at that tiine some tion o! a drug calted - 800,000 addicts and - Mandre~c. � about 1T,000 peo le had 'Thta drug, put lnto pill died trom dru~ over= torm, i, ns become quite doaea, ea~lly available in the "Lately, the problem United.3tates and oth- seems to be increaeing - er covntries," he aald alightyy: he said - Mr Taylor dibcloeed thls Mr ,Taylor aleo diaclosed after call~ng on Fio~se that Tan Sri Ghazali Gtfairs Mfniater, Ta~ Shatie would be viait- 8ri Gha.satli 3hatie at. in~ the United ~$tatee his oMce here today. shortly and would He expreased feara thar meet top ofAclala re= the Increaae in prod- garding the drug pro~ uction ot drugn from lem. the Goldea Trfangle He aaid hiacountry had a - woul'd have adveree e~- lot to learn tro~ the - t e c t a n o t o n I y t n. mea~urea adopted by neighbouring coun~ ~dalqsia to help over- t~~tes but ~o throughV � opme the drug pro~ out the,world. , l~m; . CSO: 5300 5 ' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYSIA CUSTOMS OFFTCERS HAVE SEIZED 13.7 KG OF NARCOTICS Il: 1981 - Kuals Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 17 Mar 81 p 15 [Text] KUALA LUMPUA, Mon. - Customs of- ficers have seised about 13.7 kilo- grammes ot dadah worth about ~ mll- lion~ this year Cue- tom~ Iatt~ector-Gener- al Datuk Abdul Rahim bin Datulc Ta~ said here today. _ Their big~est haui wa~ - tive kilogeemmes ot her- oln wortb abont ~1.5 m!1� 1Lo~. The otficen alsn re- covered 27 kilogramme~ ot opium aad aboLt six kilogr~smmes ot gsaJa, a!1 worth about p0.000. Datuk Abdnl Rah(a~ ~ pralaed oMceis oi We Preventiye Branch tor - thetr etforta !n curMa~ tbe dadah meaace. ~Ni c~.,~~,r,..eu m o~r M.r aa.~n.c a.aab tr~tfickert, Tl~l~ l~ ia- I daed a~ood ~tart tor the year," he ~aW. The Cu~toms De- putment plan~ to in� crea~e t1ls pre~ent - strength oi 1b entorce� ment o!llcx~r~ partlcuiar- ly tor the Y'reventlve 8ec� tion. . "Our dru6-detector dog ualt will also be a~t� panded to co~mter the various tactip employed by tratlicker~." he ~aid He added t~at more of� 8cers would be eent to tbe ~.ac ~n~~r along the alaysian- Tha1 border b curb da- - dah tra[!lckin~c. He a:ao s~3d the de- partment would mala- taln clwe coatacts v?ith - G~stoms suthorltles in _ other oountries to track ~ dovm interaatiocal dru~ traftlckert. - � CSO: 5300 ~ 6 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYSIA POLICE SEIZE 6.7 KG OF HEROTN IN TWO A,ZRESTS Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 4 Mar 80 pp 1, 28 [Text] KUALA LU~PUR, ~~w~r&inaios.ea~waat Tues. - Pollce etruck� ~o~ t tor louat con.ump. a hesvy blo~w e?t drug In eelsure Na r The ttedtlokertl when they followfng dsy. Penang s e i s e d 8. 7 k 1 I o- poup~ ~ved a tIp-oif _ grsmmes oi heroin _ woCth about ;1.4 mil- nbout gan~n belag. 1bn. They believe the dumpe~ on Taniuag heroin aiaa meant for 8i~'s~' b���h� Polloe watted fa aon- overeeaa marketa. buih tor tlva hours aad Pollce have also selsed when no one turned up to 11 gunny sxcks of ~an~a. collect the tlve saob ot welghla~ 11L1 k6 aad. g~~a, Mhich were cov- worth about ;20E,000, ered ~v1th coconuL leaves, whioh have been ~muB- they carbed them away. gled ln trom 8umatr~ Datuk. Rahmaa eafd: Director ot CID Com- ~e belJeve there may bt :nlasfoner. Datuk Abdu! a connea2foa !n bot.h the Rahman bin Ismail aald ~slsure~ ln Pena~o~ sad - todwy: "VVe have detained s~~ patan! and we rdne awpecte includl�g a ~�Ct the gan~a could Thai ~lace Feb. 19 - flve ht�e come from one ~ ot thsm on ~wplclon ot �ource eomewhsre in $umstra." - trsltlckinB ln heroln aad ~ Ia ~eisure No. J: Pollae = the rest tn gs?n~,� raoelv~d a tip~off about a In thaaking the publlc ~th tour men head- for Weir caoperatfoa, he� ~ tor Buttetworth on uid 'The1r eupport )w pbh 90. A~ po7lce pertY helped ui to Afp the ~v~: g~t Amen pollce traMakert In the bud." � headquarten led by A8P In ~elsure No. 1: A po~ gap~r 81a~h then wsited Ilc6 p~rty led Dy 8un~d in ambush near the Re~e P~taal OCPD 8upt AI~ cinema about i pm. ~ b1n Abu Balcar, wslted 1n ~~es Istar, a car ambu~h on s besch at turned up and the poHce Koti? Kuala Muda In 3un- detalned four men. They ~d Pntaai from 11.l6 am. eesrohed the car snd ,'I~vo hours ister a cer tound 10 lb~ of herofn fn appeared and stopped for the boot worth about s few minntei near a howe. r~ No. 4: Leut _ Police pouaced on twa p~dsy s polloe party led men !n the car before 1t by Iaap. Hu~esln bin could be drfven ofL Has~an dete~ined a man They then aearahed 6th iloor ot a hotal the cnr aad found llve� ~n J.alan Klang Lama `~Y ~r g~ia' ' here and eeized a brlet In s Lollow-up opera- cate contafnfn~ tive t1on, 8upt Ali ~nd hls ~~s ot heroin worth _ men plcked ug two'moro rutpecta, ona of them a po~~~ ~~e 6.T k6 of Thnt natfonal, in t6e area. heroin could produce They ~earched the sbout i.b mil]!on shoti. eres and found another �~e 21L1 kg ot gaaia eack ot ~e?n~a. ~Wd ~ ~ato 81,199 Pollce belipve tht gsn-. mAs co~tln~ ~.60 each. CSO: 5300 ~ 7 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYSIA _ CUSTOMS OFFICERS MAKE HEROIN ARRESTS AT PENAN~G HOTELS Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 11 Mar 81 p 32 THE State'a Customa oificere bagged their [Text ] biggest heroin haul eo far thia year, in two aeparate anEi-dadah operationai here today. The haW totalled 11 packeta welghing 6 k'g , - Pe Cuetom~ BeNor Assistaat Dlrector Ah- meul~ullab ae~id in a� Preae couterence. Three swpected da- - _ . dah trsKickers have also - been detalned. he added. However Enclk Ah� - mad decllned to state how much the haul wa~ - worth. Both the operations~ - besan trom publlc t1r ofti. - In tha ilrst ca~er elx (~stoma ot!lcera, led by Supt Low Tak Ptim. laid - - an ambush near a Geor~etown hotel about 9.s0 am. Aa� honr later, they' N?w s ~u~ entering the hotel lo by. The ~uepect sp- prosched s table oe ahlch there wsa a - packst, whlch wtu later conllrmed to be heroln ~ "The offlcers then claed In. arre~ted the ~uspset and seised the ~ pac]~et," he uid �The same Preventive . Branch (Marine Dlvl~ion) otflcere, in an- other caie. eelsed a a~an. - carryins a pleatfc bag 1n an internatlonal beach - hotel 1n Batu Ferrtnghl about 4.Z0 pm. ~ Sa~cik Ahmad eaid the ottfcera hauled in ~Nb gm Morth ot heroin W the tlr~t Ceue and bagged 4:6 k~ !n the second. � " He ~aid parS of the hsul could have been meant tor the lnterna- tfonal 6eroln mr.rkets. ~ 'lwvo dsdah syndlcatee msy hsve been lnvolved CSO: 5300 ~'�th c�~��. � 8 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 M~.LAYS IA = BRIEFS ~ HEROIN POSSESSION--Tan Ban Ning, 20, of Jalan Machinda, Lutong, and Riam Road, Miri, has plead guilty to a charge of heor3n possession and been fined M$ 600 by a Miri magistrate. Tan was found carrying 18 tubes containing a white substance in Miri on 15 July 1980. Examination showed the tubes contained 0.21 grams of heroin. [Kuala Belait BORNEO BULLETIN in English 21 Feb 81 p 12] HEROIN CHARGE--Wee Beng Hiung alias Ah Sion, 23, of Pujut Road, Miri, has been pro- visionally charged with possession of hero3n by the Miri court. On 30 January 1981 he was found in pos~ession of 11 straw tubes containing a light brownish substance ~ ~ believed to be heroin. [Kuala Belait BORNEO BULI.ETIN in English 21 Feb 81 p 12] ~ HEROIPI ACQUITTAL--The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has acquitted Lim Seng Chye, 26, and Gunasekaran Muniandy, 26, both keymakers, on a charge of illegal possession of drugs. They were charged with possessing 6 plastic packets, 20 plastic tubes and a straw tube containing 15.88 grams of heroin. The alleged offense was committed at a house on 3alan Sungai Besi on 3 September 1980. The defense attorne~� said _ that the two men did not reside in the house and were not in physical custody of the drugs and so could not be found guilty of possession. The court president said - = that the prosecution had failed to make a prima facie case against them. [Kuala - Lumpur NEW STRATTS TIMES in English 5 Mar 81 p 7] CONCURRENT SENTENCE--The Penang Sessions Court has sentenced Lim Boon Wah, 23, a vegetable seller, to 3 years in ~ai1 and 6 strokes of the rattan for possession of - 26.183 grams of heroin. He will serve the sentence concurrently with a 20~month sentence already received on another drug charge. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 13 Mar 81 p 15] _ FOURTH OFFENSE--The Ipoh Sessions Court has sentenced Azmi Zainuddin, 28, a laborer, ~ to 4 years in ~ail and 6 strokes of ehe rattan. Azmi plead guilty to possessing 5.55 grams of heroin at the Tanjong Malim police station on 20 June 1980. Police report that this is his fourth offense in 5 years. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TI.~S _ in English 14 Mar 81 p 5] - 9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 HEROIN ARREST--Johore Baru police have detained 4~men and confiscated about 40 grams - - of heroin. Police estimate the heroin can be converted into 8,480 shots and is worth M$ 60,000. One of the suspects was arrested at the Mandarin Mas Hotel on Jal~n Terus with six packets of heroin in his pockets. Police then raided a hau~e at Jalan Tombak 4 in Taman Sri Tebrau where three suspects were arrested. Forty- eight straws of heroin were found here. The names of the suspects were not released. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 14 Mar 81 p 11] LIFE SENTENCE--The Ipoh Sessions Court has sentenced Police C~nstable Daud bin M. _ Ibrahim to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rattan for trafficking in 565 - grams of cannabis at a shop on Jalan Telok Gedong in Pangkor on 13 October 1980. The prosecuting attorney said the suspect's contact in Pangkor was a man named Hassan. [Kuala Lumpur Nh'W STRAITS TIMES in English 14 Mar 81 p 11] SARAWAK ARRESTS--Kuching police arrested eight people on drug charges during the second week of March, and five people during the third week. Youths 13 and 14 years of age have been caught in recent raids. The drug rehabilitation center in Kuching . is now treating 50 addicts. Fourteen of the addicts are under 21 years of age, ~ 34 (including 3 women) are in the 21-29 age group, and 3 are over 30. [Kuala Belait - BORNEO BULLETIN in English 28 Mar 81 p 6] SINGAPORE ARREST--A Malaysian, Leo Hai Hock, 40, has been charged in Singapore with trafficking in one kg of diamorphine on 16 March. The case will be heard on 24 March. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TTMES in English 18 Mar 81 p 9] HEROIN SENTENCE--Ong Siaw Heng, 33, has been sentenced by the Malacca Sessions Court to 6 months in jail for possession of six straw tubes of heroin on 4 Februrary 1981. The offense took place at the bus station on Jalan Kilang in Malacca. [Kuala Lumpur ; NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 18 Mar 81 p 18] POSSESSION OF HEROIN, MORPHINE--The Magistrate's Court in Johore Baru has sentenced Mohamed Hashim bin riohamed Salleh, 32, unemployed, to 12 months in jail on two counts of possession. The defendant plead guilty to possession o� 11 plastic tubes of her- oin weighing 0.203 grams and 11 straw tubes of morphine weighing 0.026 grams. The offense occurred on Jalan Datuk Dalam in Johore Baru on 25 January 1981. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 23 Mar 81 p 14] HEROIN OFFENSE~-A transvestite was fined M$ 1500 by the Magistrate's Court in Penang for possPSSion of 1.354 grams of heroin. Puteh bin Mat Akir, 49, admitted having the drug atPerlis Road 3 on 28 January 197~. His attorney urged the court not to jail Puteh, as his client had been taken advantage of when he was last in prison. - [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 25 Mar 81 p 19] FORMER POLICEMAN--Two packets of `:eroin were found near the body of a former police- ~ man who was found dead in his car on 6 March 1980. Inspector Takdir Ahmad told an - inquest in Kuala Lumpur that he had found the body of Lee Tai Heng, 45, and that there were no bloodstains or in~uries on the body to suggest a stru~ggle. He said that Lee had resigned from the force and that the police were aware of his activities - as a drug pusher. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 27 Mar 81 p 11] _ CSO: 5300 - 10 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 PAKISTAN BIGGEST-EVER NA,RCOTICS HAUL AT ISLAMABAD AIRPORT Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English 20 Apr 81 p 3 ~Text~ � ISLAMABAD, April 19: The also claimed that mon "sensat- the third wcassflil attempt of Airport Customt authodt~es seized iorul revelations and dlaooveries" customs authorities to foil smu- hashish, heroia, antiques and are expected. ~g of nazcotics to the United - old coais from a London bound dom. pas~en?~er of a Bdtuh Auwaya Ppl adJ: The alleged narcodcs smuggler tlight at the Islamabad Int~r� The Deputy (:oUector ~t B~IHussain, 40, was reportedly natioi~l Alrport, this aftemoon. ~~0~~ ~9~od Ahmed said going to London for the first Acc~rdmg to the Ctistonu auth- ~izun of narcotlcs iaclude time and hn paaaport was orities, Baseer Hus~ain Qureshl of ~0 ~0~~ ~f heroia powdor, on March 24 this year from _ Peahawar was tryiag to smuggk 30 k~ogruns of hashiah slabs and his native city KohaG narcotlci and u?tiques to 20 klto~ranu of haahish oD. The accused bought retum , London and had hid them in a The value of heroiapo wder has air cicke4 from Peahawar suitca~e. The accuaed. a relative of a b��n estimated at 36 million Yester- - high�ranking offlci8l, was leaving dollaart, ah~e ha~hish totallL~g 60 dY~~i Huuain, registered as - for London with his family on the k~ognm~ haa bee� estimst�d ~ndurtriallst in hu pastport, - pretext of a summer hoiiday in at 14 millioa dollan in internat- W~ ~ and quiet in the cvsto- Europe. ke~1 underground narcotics mar- dy and there was no sign oC any _ Basar, a graduate and a worry on hu faa. partner of Lubna [ndustries of Accqrdfag to details, folbwing 6eshaar~.r, nfuted the allegations of ~ mformation reaived by Meanwtule, after a thorough - smugg.Wig bad said he was innocent. ~~t CoUector Zafu Majad, of Ba~aer forelgn currency But the CLstoms authorities insi~t a~~pecial raiding teun headed by W~ recovered. which inctudes that the goods were recovend Abbas Ali. Depury Superin- 600 pounds and 1,850 dollars. from the suitcau in poaseWon ot tendent and Superinundant Ch. The acw~ed hid the narwtics - Baxer Hussain, who also handed ~o~`ith Inspecton F.K. ~~~e four suit caaea and over the key of the witcase to jadoon and A.F. Lodhi, was hand bags and also in the false deputed to intercept bottom the suit caaes Customs offlcials for checkin~. ~yh~ Baseer Husaaia, before rne ~seizun was conducted at Tha Cuatoms authorities de} departure for London alongwith a Btitich Airways fligttt BA-222 cribed the accuxd u a member hm family was spotted in the at 1.30 p.m. this afternoon and the of an intersatioml gang of ~noms hall, the narcotics was a~xd was looking after a wheet narcotics smugglers and told the ncovend from hn suit ca~es and chaired old man who was to fly newunen that the pria of two haad bagA In sddltbn, anti- for Londoa. rocovered goods was around 50 9ue~ and coins wen also ncovered Acrnrding to preliminazy - million doDara in the international from hn possestioa investigations ropoct, the accused market. It is believed that the accv~ed 'u quoted' as saying that he Ba~eer haa beea booked under was a curier of aa internatioaal was a"carrier". It is aot yet the Smu68ling Act and lnve~tigat- organised gang of dtug ~rnugglers. known who were the smugglers ion~ were claimed to be in and he was triasporting the narco- behind the nazcotics unuggling to progna~, Family memben of ttu tics for its disposal in tha inter- United Kingdom and how they accustd wero also ot~'-loaded from aational muket on a much higher managed to pass on such a big . th alrcraft. but weie set fne after pcice. quantity of refined narcotics. pt~1~.Y 1a~~ti~� It may be mentioned hen that Further investigations are The CS~stom.+ authorities have during the put 72 hours, thu wa~ ia pro~ess. Cso: 5300 11 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 PAKISTAN ~ DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE - Islamabad THE MUSLIM ?n English 21 Apr 81 p 1 - ~Articl~ by Sikander Ha.ya~] ~Text~ .1SLAMABAD, April 20: Drug- inwlvement in drug-trafficking.His trafficldng has increased in alleged parmer in Wn business Pakistan because the disturbed has alcad~' b~enconvicud. Tho Paidrtaa Inoetnatimal Air- conditions along its western tines at~ff aad me ctew' of the border have closed on xt the National Sh~ppng Corporation aze tradiGor?al carrier ioute~ of ~Pa~d to bc ~molved in this Af t]i4tan arid 1rat1, it' weS ~ a d6 way. In 1980 B~ alrne mae Bun a da�en ship~ of - , learnt here today. the Cocporaam were intorcepoed An equally important rasm for and fauad anying illicit dtuga to the steppeda~p artflow of the porb in the Wes~ern countries. conuaband is reporuAy the fantas- ~au~ ~a~ ~ noWiong to ric street vtlue of the aarcotia in ~~t pfghan refl?gaa' imolvo- ~Western Europe andNorthAmeric:a. ment ~n thit tn~do~ bot 't1?ey are Prices abro~~ are :.:.pty �raeat- Yay ~ika~y to t,e uaed as carriers' , able; said an officiil who mointon ~d ~ o@'~cial, the dirxtions oC th's lllicit trade. ' pa{~y~~$ ef'('orb to discoutage _ The big seizura at the Islam- Bow,~ poppy which u the abad Airport thn weok, said to be m~ ~rce of opium by offec~nB accidental, only indlcau dut mare ~n~~n~~ ~~e subtiws crops Paldataais are joining the interna- are rePocted ' to have succeeded tional networb thst are now busy ~~e Saat area, but these ef[orts - to take away the lion's shue m hi~ yet to pnu the ust ot ceality. Paki~tan's 120-ton opium produo- don in 1980. The test is that in uibal belt According to foreig~ sourca, aud other poppy ~owing areas the ~ howevar, the production of opium cultivaton have no qualms about ib {n the trib~l areas and a small put cu(nvatim, ~nd poppy i~ the only of Baluchbt~n ir many dma morc, crop which caa sustain the majority and since there u sttict ban on ib ap ~e yn~ll landholden. uu in Pakistan large part of it u being smug~led out to Westan The intanational opinioa n - counuie~. sympithetic u was indicated by a Foreign Rres~ rrnorts also indi- Vice~resident of the Inumational cau that more ra'faataais aze being Nucotics Control Board, Mis~ hdd abroad on chuges of drug Hetty Gough, but in mataialistic smuggling, term it b too litde and tao.ranote. Pakistan Fonign Service per� According to s report the sor_ne! h:ve .lso come unde: strict INCB wIl1 di~cuas the outcome of survalla~e in Western Europe last month's vist hce of Miss af'ter tbo apprehEmion of a sacmd Gough at its meeting ia Nea Yak sxretary in'I1io Hague for ~lleged next montt~. , CSO: 5300 12 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 PAKISTAN - BRIEFS OPIUM, HASH SEIZED NF.AR AMANGARH--The Customs anti-smuggling mobile squad, _ Nowshera, led by Deputy Superintendent Mohammad Iqbal Khan, raided bus No. RIE-4557 on G.T. Road neax Amangarh and recovered contr.aband opium, charas and foreign cloth worth about Rs. 1.3 lakh. The Foods were being smuggled to - Punjab. Driver Aziz Gul has been arrested. [TextJ ~Islama.bad THE MUSLIM in Engliah 19 Apr 81 p 6] OPIUM SEIZURE IN GOJRA--Toba Tek Sing, April 14--A combined team of local police and excise staff raided a house in Gojra and recovered 3,200 gram of opium from _ Bashir Ahmed and arrested him. ~Text~ Ilslamabad THE MUSLIM in English 15 Apr 81 - p 6~ AIRPORT HA.SH HAUL--Islamabad, April 19--The Airport Customs authorities, early this morning, seized 26 kilograms of charas, valued at 6.50 lakh dollars in international underground narcotics market, at Islamabad International Airport, - being smuggled to London by a PIA flight and arrested two persons including a British lady. Custom authorities said both the alleged narcotic smugglers, Mrs Hether Ressy, a British national and Nasir Mirza, resident of Mirpur, Azad - Kashmir, now studying in United Kingdom, smuggled charas from Azad Kashmi.r for onward transportation to London. According to details, following an information received by Deputy Collector Zafar Majeed about charas smuggling, a raiding team . consisting of Deputy Super3ntendenCs, Raja Abbas 41i and Ch. Riasat Ali, along _ with Inspector Abul Jabbar was deputed to intercept. The raiding team spotted a suit case, which was owned by Mrs Hether and was available with Nasir Mirzao On - aearch, 26 kilograms of charas was recovered from the suits:ase, which was being transported to London by a PIA flight PK-785.--PPI ~Text~ ~Islama.bad THE MUSLIM _ in English 19 Apr 81 p 3~ OYER 242 KILOGRAMS CHARAS SEIZED--Over 242 kilograms of charas was seized in three separate hauls by the Customs anti-smuggling staff. About 199 kgs of charas was hidden in Khuddi Creek area, 30 miles off Karachi for smuggling it out through launches, due to arri~e from Dubai, 43 kgs of charas was seized by the drug enforcement squad from a ship, and another 7.5 kilograms from the possession of three foreigners who were to board Rome-bound flight. They were identified as Moll Peter, Lymberopoulos and Kurt Sutter wl:o concealed it in a tape-recorder, - shoe heels, leather saddle and false linings of suitcases carried by them.-~APP - ~TextJ ~Karachi DAWN in English 24 Apr 81 p 18~ 13 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 CUSTOMS TEAM SENT TO PESHAWAR--Islamabad, April 22--The Airport Customs author- ities yesterday despatched a special investigation team to Peshawar to trace out _ the links of alleged narcotics smuggler, Baseer Husain Qurshi, caught on Sunday wi~h drugs valued at 50 mil_lion dollars at the airport before flying for London. ' Customs sources told pPI that all-out efforts are afoot to unearth the drug - smugglers gang wt~o used Baseer as "carrier" for huge quantity of refined na.rcotics for its onwards transportation to United Kingdom. Meanwhile, these sources in reply to a query about the Thursday narcotics haul in which two persons including a British national lady were held said that the parties were also des~atched to _ Peshawar and Jhelum to trace their other collea.gues. Miss Hether Ressy and a resident uf Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Nasar Mirza, were arrested while attempting to - smuggle 26 kg of charras to London. Both the accused persons were still in custody of customs authorities and would be produced before the court on April 25. - The British Embassy in Pakistan is reported to have been passed on the details - - of alleged drug smuggler Miss Ressy to relevant authorities in United Kingdom.-- PPI ~Textl (Karachi DAWN in English 23 Apr 81 p 4~ - COCAINE, H~'ROIN SEIZED 1N LAHORE--Customs Intelligence Staff seizQd 11 phials of - Cocaine and 350 grams of heroin worth over Rs. 60,000. The raid was conducted at Garden Town. Mohammad Nazar and Sarfraz Ahmad of Katcha Ravi Road were arrested. The ~taff also seized sumggled plastic reflectors of Iranian origin valuing Rs. 30,000 in the local market. The plastic goods were smuggled from Quetta. [Text] [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 30 Mar 81 p lOJ = CSO: 5300/45a7 ~ 14 _ ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 , SINGAPORE NARCOTICS OFFICERS FIND OPIUM ABOARD SHIP = Colombo SUN in English 7 Apr S1 p 4 [ Text ] Ap~t 8(Be+a Central Narcotics Bnreau The 42 year~old Sinll~ttapcreaa trr)-N~reWa o~e~rr ha~ve (CNB) otEicers, acting on a waa belteved to be workinlt for sefsed opinm worth one mlillon tip~oS, boarded the Singapore- a powecful dcug syndicat~ Sin~pore , dollars (alaat regiatere~ Goldea Fortune based in Kararhi. he added, ~ - 508~000 ; U.3.) tr~m a aoon efteir it anchored at the The oPium, estimated a - Stn~ppoean aboard a earRS Singapore harbour yesterday about 40 kilos, came from th~ ~Mp w61eh tre~lved beee inm and arrested a man "handli.n~' Golden Crescent area of Af- - HatarM, an eQkial eool~efmto three bozee fliled wtth opium, ghanistan, Iran and Iraa, h~ - eaid tud~ the spokeaman said. said. - CSO: 5300/4933 ? - 15 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 THAILAND CANADIANS ARRESTED WITH HEROIN Bangkok ~AO SIAM in Thai 27 Feb 81 pp 1,2 [Excerpts] Two international heroin trafficke rs of Canadian nationality were - arrested while they were in the act of placing e.i_ght "Michai" condoms filled - _ with heroin in each other's anuses. This took place in their room at a hotel in the middle of Bangkok. They were preparing to take a night flight out of ~ the country. Police from the Metropolitan Narcotics Control Unit had learned of this and took a force of 10 officers there. They broke down the door and caught the men red-handed. They seized eight pouches of heroin valued at 8 million baht. This resulted from an i.nvestigati.on by Police Captain Amaretrit Wattanaphibun and Police Captain Surachit Noiphan, officers with the Narcotics Control Unit of the Commissioner's Office of the Metropolitan Police. They had learned that _ - two foreigners who were members of an international narcotics gang had entered Thailand posing as tourists. They had purchas ed heroin and made preparations to sell it abroad. At the time of their arres t the two foreigners were staying in Room 97 on the second f loor of the Astra Hotel on New Phetburi Road in Mag- _ kasan Precinct, Huai Khwang Ward. They were readying the heroin for transport abroad. They were going to take a Pan Am flight that was to leave at 0100 hours on 26 February. Thus, at 2300 hours on 25 February, Police Cap tain Amaretrit took a force of _ - 10 policemen to Room 97 of this hotel. The officials interrogated both foreigners and learned that they were Mr Jillet - Masricot, age 27, and Mr Michell Longpri, age 26. Both are Canadians. 11943 CSO: 5300 16 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 THAILAND CHIANG MAI RAID NETS 44 KG OF RAGT OPIUM Bangkok POST in English 11 Apr 81 p 3 , _ ~Text~ Chiang Mai--Police over the past two days seized a total of 44 kilo- - grammes of raw opium during raids in Chiang Dao and Mae Ai districts. Following a tip-off on Thursday, 20 Border Patrol Policemen went with a tracker ; dog to 5oi Sam Mhuen village in C~iiang Dao District. - = The dog led them to the house of 45-year-old Jabchai sae Jang. Police scarched the ~ouse and found 26 kilogrammes of raw opium in 11 packages, an informed = source said. Jabchai was arrested and charged with possession of opium for sale. Early yes terd~y police raided a hilltribe village known as "Jana," located on a mountain range in Mae Ai District, I Entering the village, the police saw a Muser tribesm~n running away and carrying ~ a bag . - The source said police shouted at the man to stop, but he kept running and fired a M-2 carbine at his pursuers. Police returned fi re and the tribesman took cover. After a ten-minute gun battle, the tribesma.n's rif le went silent and police advanced to his hiding place. The tribesm~n, later identified only as Jajo, was found dead with a bullet in the neck, - the so~irce said. - He said 18 kilogrammes of opium in ten packages were found in the bag Ja~o carried. CSO: 5300 17 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 ~ THAILAND BRIEFS DRUG SMUGGLERS TURNING TO SOUTH--Phuket and Hat Yai have become major transit - points for drugs being smuggled abroad, parricularly for lleroin, the secretary- - general of the Office of the Narcotis Control Board, Pol Ma.j-Gen Pow Sarasin, _ said yesterday. H~ said that both Phuket and Hat Yai were well served by i4~d, - - air and sea routes, and poia~ted out that the South is still short of policemen er.perienced in drug im~estigation. Ma3-Gen Pow said, however, that the ONCB was _ doing all it could to help provide courses on drugs and trafficking for officers in the southern provinces. He was speaking at the op~ning of one sucn course in Phuket. The ONCB secretary-general also met the Governor of Phuket, Mr Mani _ Walyapet, to discuss education on drugs in schools and colleges. ~Text~ [Bangkok POST in English 19 Apr 81 p ll . - CSO: 5300 18 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 ~ BARBADOS $ RIEFS ANTI-DRUG PROPOSAL--The Democratic Labour Party (DLP} is concerned abou t the - drug use and its abuse in Barbados, and has suggested the setting up of a National Committee on Drug Abuse. Oppositicn MP, Mr Evelyn Greaves, said in zhe House of Assembly on Tuesday night that the DLP was concerned aboLt this. He called for the strengthening of the Customs Department, "to ensure that all avenues which exist for the illegal bringing in of drugs should be blocked out - ~ in order to control drugs from that ~ource." He said that the DLP was particu- larly concerned about the use of drugs by young people. The MP noted that al- 4 ready there was legisl:ation on the Statute Book, but he added that the DLP would like to see "every effort made on a national level." Mr Greaves said the drug abuse had reached such a proportion that there ought to be a national awareness. - He said that the Customs Department should b~~: complimented for the way in which = it had been ferreting out persons who bring r.~arijuana into the island. He also _ queried the importation of garments illegally into Barbados. The MP said that - he had seen and heard complaints about compa~:~es ~rsporting goods here in contra- vention of certain acknowledged arrangements. [Text] [Bridgetown ADVOCATE-NEWS in English 20 Mar 81 p 13) CSO: 5300 - ~ ~ ?9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO DISCREDIT NATION TERMED IRRATIONAL La Paz EL DIARIO in Spanish 16 Mar 81 p 2 [Editorial] [Text] Just when it looked as if the campaign against Bolivia in important news media were winding down, reports from abroad began to step up the effort, adding new ingredients, to give the impression that in Bolivia the processing and mark~ting of cocaine has the backing of the government, or at least of key government figures. There has been no proof of these charges; everything is based on assumptions and speculation stemming from possible clues. This demonstrates that there are ulterior motives involved here, bordering on the irrational. Most worrisome is the fact that this entire campaign, instead of discrediting men and politicians, has sullied the reputation of a whole nation, co such an extreme ~ that these days the name Bolivia is almost synonymous wi~h cocaine and drug addiction. This unjust and vile accusation deserves clear, irrefutable and definitive answers aimed at unmasking the real objectives of the campaign. On another occasion we pointed out objectively that no one denies or doubts that Boli- via has traditionally produced coca, a plant used by the aborigenes of these re- gions since time immemorial. In a way, coca is part of ~he habitat. But the idea of making cocaine was not born in Bolivia; it is an inve ntion that came from out- side our borders. The marketing and trafficking of the drug began when men bearing dollars came here and began to awaken a commercial interest among some natives. What at first seemed to be very insipid, almost a small adventure, in time became the tremendous drug business of today. But what has motivated and stimulated this illegal attitude? First of all--one need not be a specialist to realize this--there is a consumer market. Where is the market? The answer springs up immediately, because it is so easy ~o pinpoint on the map: i_n the great urban centers, where economic and social development ha~ reached almost inconceivable levels. In other words, the consumer ele~;.~~nt exist;; where there is an abundance of money to pay the high cost of the drugs, and where society has reached that point of satisfaction and ennui with normal life, and - people begin to look for other ingredients to deride their idleness and boring, routine lives. It is there also where the large organizations are created to carry out the importation and marketing of the drug. Those are the elements who have reached Bolivia with fistfuls of dollars to organize bands to manufacture ; cocaine. At first they engaged in routine activities, but later they began to 20 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 employ tremendous technical resources. Within this large conglomerate, there are probably Bolivian citizens who have been tempted by the promise of easy winnings. It is certain that even humble peasants have been skillfully lured into these traps, but that is not enough to incriminate an entire natior nor should it be a _ motive to oppose a government, no matter what its origin and composition. In view of this depressing situation, what we need is a coordinated effort by the countries that produce the raw material and those where the drug is sold (il- legally, of course). Only with an effort of this sort will the anti-drug campaign be s:~ccessful. Until then, the struggle of a single country--Bolivia in this _ case--with meager economic and technical resources is hopeless and painful. Moreover, we must conf ront the international offensive that has drawn the active _ participation of clearly identified political elements and ideological sectors that mistakenly thought they had found a disgraceful way to combat a government. - 8926 CSO: 5300 ; ~ ~ 21 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA - NEW NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ELIMINATES DISTRIBUTION CENTERS La Paz ULTIMA HORA in Spanish 14 Mar 81 p 9 [Text] In one of its first communiques, dated yesterday, the new Council on the ` - St~uggle against Drug Trafficking, in cooperation with the Department of Control, Supervision and Marketing of Coca, has closed down all the coca distribution centars. The communique contains the following measures: 1. All coca distribution centers in the country will be shut down as of this date because they do not have the Registration and Census documents recessary for their operation, and because the distribution network has been modified. There- fore, no distribution center is authorized to operate. , 2. All coca marketing licenses for the categories of sellers or intermediaries are now null and void, since it has been found that the former are speculators who e xploit the product, and the latter are directly responsible for the - trai~sp ort of the raw material to places where iC is processed into the drug commo.n ly known as /cocaine/ [word enclosed in slantlines printed in boldface]. 3. All licenses issued as of 15 December 1980 for the retail category are still v~lid, because it has been found that the people in this category merely sell coca by the pound, and have nothing to do with the scourge of drug trafficking. _ In or der to purchase coca, from now on they must go to the Central Coca Depositories that are being set up in Chuquiaguillo, La Paz and Sacaba, Cochabamba. 4. All coca producers in Los Yungas, Chapare and other production regions must take t heir products to the Coca Depositories that are being created as of this date. In no case should the producers sell their product outside these depositor- ies. V iolation of this provision will lead to the confiscation of the product. 5. Fo r the transf er of coca to the interior of the country, local depository bran- ches are being set up i.n the following cities: Oruro, Santa Curz, Potosi, Sucre, Tarija, Trinidad, Uyuni, Tupiza, Cobija, Desaguadero, Copacabana, Puerto Acosta, Villa z on, Yacuia, Bermejo, Puerto Suarez, and Guayaramerin. Retailers may go to - those branches to purchase the product for daily sale, at a rate of six cylinders - per month. 22 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ 6. ContracCors accredited with the Department of Con~rol, Supervision and Market- ing of Coca to supply the Mining Corporation of Bolivia (COMIBOL), the National Mining Chamber and sugar mills, must update their documents and deposit the neCessary bond under this new system. 7. The retailers who until now have been selling coca witrout the necessary author- ization must obtain a license from the Department of Control, Supervision and Mar- keting at the central office in La Paz. 8. The producers who have not obtained a census registration must go to the Coca - Control Department and submit their property deeds, and then obtain the registra- - tion. It will be granted provisionally until the census of coca growers, soon to be initiated, is finished. As a result of these measures, which are effective on this date, and with the elimination of the intermediaries, coca will return to its normal value instead of the speculative price that prevailed until yesterday. This step is highly bene- ficial to the poorer classes who really chew coca. 8926 CSO: 5300 23 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICIAL APPEALS TO YOUTH TO JOIN FIGHT ON DRUGS La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanish 24 Mar 81 p 4 _ [Teat] Santa Cruz, 23 March--Calling upon youth the join the battle against drug trafficking, the new chief of the narcotics office, Lt Col Lucio Loayza, took office in this district. Loayza is replacing Col Jose Carnacho of the National Guard for Public Security (GNSP), who was accused by drug trafficking suspects of being an accomplice in this activity and engaging in a cover-up. Col Camacho requested an indefinite leave of absense shortly after being accused, in order to prepare his defense. He maintained that the accusation was vile and slanderous, and that he would file criminal charges against his accusers. - In a press conference called by the Eighth Army Division, where ten suspects were turned over to regular justice officials, ~he narcotics chief was accused of being involved in these activities. At least two of the suspects claimed to - military authorities that Col Camacho knew about a large-scale cocaine �acCory that was raided by the army on the highway to Camiri. Military Actions Meanwhile, the army continues to carry out its sweep-up operations in this district, using troops with special training in anti-guerrilla warfare, the so-called Green Berets of the Ranger Regiment. Tne local press, quoting "reliable source s," reported today on new operations by - the Manchego regiment. Since Monday, it was reported, at least six more coczine - factories have been discovered. . _ This means that more than a dozen factories have been discovered and raidcd by the army since the armed forces announced their participation in the baltle against cocaine trafficking. - In a related development, a committee of the National Commission on the Struggle = against Drug Trafficking, recently created, is operating in Santa Cruz. It is headed by Col David Fernandez, former minister of the interior, who reportedly - came to inspect the regional offices and to coordinate activities. ~ 24 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Ranger Claim - The commander of the Manchego Ranger Regiment, engaged in drug control activities, claimed that a meeting of drug trafficking and cocaine processing ringleaders was - held recently. ~ Col Moises Chirique stated that in recent days in Mon~ero, the second-largest city of the department, there was a meeting of drug trafficking leaders. They agreed to send two emissaries to Brazil to hire gunmen. The measure supposedly was designed to counterract the intensive effort by the armed forces, and to eliminate those who are leading the repression effort, said : Col Chirique. _ 8926 CSO: 5300 J 25 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA ~ DRUG CONTROL ACTIVITIES~ P REVENTIVE MEASURES Cocaine Laboratories Raided La Paz ULTIMA HORA in Spanish 30 Mar 81 p 9 [Text] According to a police communique, spe~ial investigators with the National Office for the Conl-rol of Dangerous Substances had an armed confrontation in the early morning of 25 March, a Wednesday, in Pampajasi, Loayza Province in the department of La Paz. There was no bloodshed in the operation, but the suspects fled, abandoning their facilities. The laboratories, a total of ten, were - searched and then burned on orders from Dr Anibal Miranda, penal district attorney assigned to narcotics. The following goods were seized: a motorbike, two radios and a Polaroid camera. Trucks Seized On 12 March at 1400 hours in Guayaramerin (on the Brazilian border), Brazilian _ Federal Police seized five trucks loaded with acetone and ether, a total of 100 _ 200-liter cylinders. The trucks were stopped for noC having export licenses or consular visas. Cocaine In an operation by specialized personnel of the National Office for the Control of Dangerous Substances on Friday, 20 March at 2030 hours in the city of Cochabamba, 950 grams of cocaine were confiscated. In the same district, on 22 March, another drug shipment was seized and several traffickers were arrested. Investigations are underway. Another Factory . Also in Cochabamba, on 24 March at 1430 hours, specialized personnel of the National Otfice for the Control of Dangerous Substances discovered a fully operational cocaine factory. They seized 3,150 grams of wet cocaine-base sulphate, and arrested sever.al suspects. The district attorney on duty at rhe time _ participated in the operation. 26 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 Survey on Coca Cultivation La Paz HOY in Spanish 23 Mar 81 p 4 [Text] A survey is being conducted in E1 Chapare to determine the incidence ~f coca cultivation, reported officials of the Ministry of Peasant Af�airs. = According to the preliminary data compiled so far, they said, during the last 2 years the groduction of coca in this region has increased fivefold over that of the immediately preceding periods. Land under Cultivation All the data indicate that most of the arable land in the region has been used - for coca cultivation. In recent years citrus fruits, rice and other food products have been replaced by coca in this manner. Survey The survey will determine for certain the degree, to which coca production has overtaken other crops. For this purpose, the last 2 years are being used as a base period, and in the near future a study will be made of the last decade, so as to undertake a compara- tive analysis of the region's agricultural and socioeconornic situation. This research, they stated, will also reveal to what extent local peasants and settlers can replace those crops, and with what other products, to assure them of a srable income. The survey is about to be finished, and once it is completed the data will be processed by computer. Later a similar study will be made of other areas of coca leaf production. Coca Depositories to Be Established La Paz HOY in Spanish 22 Mar 81 p 9 - [Text] Two large cocaine depositories will be established in order to control the marketing of the leaf. This information was obtained from the explanation provided by authorities of the National Council on the Struggle against Drug Trafficking, an organization whose goal is the total eradication of the illicit activity. In recent times drug trafficking has attained dramatic proportions. - The Department of Control, Supervision and Marketing of Coca is now undertaking the necessary studies to enable it to set up the depositories, which will be loca- ted in Los Yungas, La Paz and E1 Chapare, Cochabamba. 27 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 The marketing of the leaf will be allowed only for the purpose of traditional - consumption, and the principal market for such consumption is in the rural areas and mining districts. According to the report put out by the authorities, one of the reasons for the growth in the processing and marketing of cocaine is the uncontrolled production - of coca leaves in the above-mentioned areas. The control effort will take time, because the illegal activity cannot be eradi- cated immediately, given the complex organization of the drug traffickers that are operating in the country. By next week the complete team of the National Council on the Struggle against Drug Trafficking should have been formed, with representatives of all the agencies designated by the Supreme Decree. - This council will determine the policy to be followed and the manner in which strategies will be implemented in order to control the illegal activity in this country. 8926 - CSO: 5300 28 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 ~30LIVIA - BRIEFS ANTIDRUG TRAFFIC LAW APPROVED--La Paz, 23 Apr (AFP)--The Bolivian government today approved a law against the drug traffic, Information Secretary Fernando Palacios has announced. The punishments provided under the law, which is designed to control dangerous substances, will be equally applied to both Bolivians and foreigners. The law punishes the manufacturing, traffic and sale - of drugs, especially cocaine~ Palacios noted that the enactment of this new law is another effort made the government of national reconstruction to eradicate ~ the drug traffic from the country. The Nationa'1 Antidrug-Traffic Council--which is headed by Colonels Doria Medina, Fernandez and Cossio--will be charged wi~h _ conducting a campaign ta eliminate this illegal activity. At the end of a ~ meeting, Colonel Doria Medina, who is commander of the important Tarapaca armored uni.t, stated that the law will be instrumental in undertaking a more effective ;truggle against the drug traffic. He also reported tt?at the United Nations had - sent a delegate who will serve on the National Antidrug Traffic Council. [Text] ~ - [PY240315 Paris AF'P in Spanish 0230 GMT 24 Apr 81] i ~ i_ CSO: 5300/2307 - 29 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ BRAZIL MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER IN RURAL ZONE, SEPETIBA ARRESTED Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Pt~i>rtuguese 27 Mar 81 p 12 f [Text] Led by an anonymous tip, police of the Narcotics Division i ~ arrested drug trafficker Waldir Ferreira, known as Waldir Orelinha," in Campo Grande yesterday. Ferreira, aged 43, is one of , the major suppliers to lesser traffickers who operate in the Rural ~ _ Zone and in Sepetiba. As he left his luxurious residence at Rua Hildegard Noronha 34, handcuffed and accompanied by his '~rother Walter, who was also arrested, Ferreira shouted to a group of neigh- bors: "The w.awb,.m~.� ` _ _ y(the police) are trying to ruin me; you are witne~ses, it's all a frame-up!" _ Earlier, the'police had arrested Federal Highway patrolman Jose Gomes Mendonca as _ he was leaving the house. Mendonca, abed 25, was armed with a.38-caliber - revolver and was charged with possession of a firearm. Explaining his presence _ - there, Mendonca said he had come to buy a taxi from Waldir (he showed 55,000 cruzeiros), but that Waldir had not transferred title and the deal was not con- su~nated. At that time, the police learned that "Oreliiiha" was known to Mendonca - as "Horatio." - Several packets of cocaine were found--about 28 grams--as were envelopes of mari- huana, many cancel.ed checks, bank deposit receipts, check stubs, a scale, a 12- gauge shotgun, and two .38- and .22-caliber revolvers. Accusation An anonymous tip led to the arrest of Waldir Orelinha, who says he is an estab- lished businessman in Campo Grande, at Estrada do Lanneirao Pequeno 98. The in- dividual who reported him gave investigator Nelio Machado the name and address of the trafficker, claiming Waldir was responsible for supplying drugs to traf- fickers in the Rural Zone and in S~:petiba and that he only dealt in large quan- tities. The informant added that the drugs were stored in Waldir's hous e, and - that he only delivered them personally to the traffickers, at previously arranged - - locations. - The accusation 1ed to 10 days of investigation, until the police were certain that the narcotics were stored in the house. The police were impressed by the - movement around Waldir's house, especiall.y automobile traffic and especially in 30 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 the early morning hours, when even more people appeared. Delegate Walterson Botelho requested and obtained a search warrant. When the police arrived at the house, they arrested highway patrolman Mendonca and ordered hi~ to call Waldir out. When Waldir saw it was the police, he attempted to prevent the agents from entering, but he had to yield to force. In one of the bedrooms, in two dresser drawers, police found a shotgun with the inscription "Signal Pistol Mark 5 R. F. Sedgley Inc 19441," and two revolvers, as well as arnmuni- tion for the latter and sixteen 9-mm bullets. - In the same place the police also found 28 grams of cocaine, small packets of marihuana, check stubs, deposit receipts, tickets and other papers. Another packet of marihuana was found in the kitchen, under the refrigerator. From the bedroom, the police also confiscated an automobile radio, five tape players, a tape recorder, three amplifiers, money and three checks. In one of the base- ment rooms they found a scale, which was also confiscated. , Confession - The search of the house lasted about 2 hours, in the presence of Waldir, his wife, his brother Walter, Walter's wife, and patrolman Mendonca. Seeing that further denial would be futile, Waldir decided to talk. He said that shortly _ before the c.srnival period, in Sepetiba, he had bought 250 grams of cocaine _ from traff icker "Toninho Biagio," whose real name is Antonio Marcio Biagio. lie paid 750 cruzeiros per gram, to be sold at 1,250 cruzeiros. He added that he had a few kilos of marihuana, but he refused to name his sup- plier. He said the marihuana found in his house was for his owu use. _ - Waldir has three automobiles, a duplex apartment on the Estrada do Lameirao - Pequeno and a"Kombi" [van]. He has owned bars, bakeries anc~ warehouses. The house he lives in belongs to his wife, who inherited it. Waldir's police file, forwarded by the Felix Pacheco Institute, indicates that - he has already been charged with one hold-up, two assaults, possession of a _ weapon and one charge of corruption of minorG. The charged were all brought _ in the 35th Police Precinct in Campo Grande. 6362 - CSO: 5300/2239 31 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 BRAZIL DRUG TREATMENT SERVICE TO BE INITIATED ON 15 APRIL Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 27 Mar 81 p 12 [Text] On 15 April, a drug treatment and rehabilitation service will go into operation in the Narcotics Division. The plan for creation of the service was - appro~red by Gen Waldyr Muniz, secretary of security, who dEtermined that it should be executed as quickly as possible. Two psychiatrists, a social worker, a psychologist and a nurse's aid, as well as trainees in their last year, will be on duty in the Drug Division. One of the - main functions is to provide guidance for parents and to present lectures in high schools and colleges on the dangers of drug use. Psychiatrist Osmar Santos, who is responsible for execution of the program, said _ that the dependents are younger and younger, and the critical problem is now in the 13- to 18-year age bracket. Chief Rogerio Monte Karp, director of the DPE [Specialized Police Department], and Valterson Botelho, chief of narcotics, = joined Osmar Santos in explaining how the service will function. A similar service has already functioned in the Narcotics Division in Niteroi. It was created by Monte Karp in 1971. On suggestion of Botelho, the same team that worked there is being transferred to Rio, where the servic.e will be ex- pand ed . Karp declared that student Mauro Roberto Franceschi da Silveira, who died last week of a drug overdose, might have been saved if the service had already been in operation. - = Karg said that, with the new drug law, the addict who has been convicted could be obliged to ~*:dergo treatment for up to 2 years. ' "We want to create a new philosophy. With Chis service, ~.nstead af going to _ jail, the degendent would see a psychiatrist. Thus, even during the police phase, he would receive adequate treatment. It would not be necessary to put him in a cell together with dangerous criminals, which is always bad." The chief explained that, later, the dependent would be sent to a clinic of IASERJ, INAMPS [National Institute for Social Security Medical Assistance] or _ _ 32 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 IPASE jWelfare and Aid Institute for Civil Servants], where treatment would con- tinue until the police investigation was completed. Generally, there should be nd internments in the Narcotics Division service. The DPE director also explained tihat he would direct all police precincts ta send addicts directly to the Narcotics Division on their arrest. _ "Either because of the effect of the drug or because of withdrawal, he could have _ an unexpected reaction to his arrest. For this reason, it is not advisable to put an addict in a common cell." ~ Parents ~ Valterson Botelho said that lately he has had visits from parents seeking advice ; because their children are drug addicts. This was one of the reasons that led him to order expansion of the existing service in Niteroi. Psychiatrist Santos said the results obtained in Niteroi were very good. "Among the men, we achieved a recovery ra~e of between 70 and 80 percent. As _ for the women, the rate was 30 to 40 percent. The female addict always presents a higher profile of affect. [She may be suff~ring from] the loss of virginity or unrequited love. Hence her recovery is very diff icult." Santos said that, until recently, 80 percent of the addicts treated were mari- ' huana users. Now, he observed, there has been a considerable increase in the number of cocaine addicts being treated. i Santos called attention to the use of shoemaker's glue and "lanca-perfumes" [et her atomizers]. . "Lately, the use of the 'lanca-perfume' has increased greatly, to enhance enjoy- ment of a certain kind of music. It c~eates a psychological dependency. They have banned the music of Baby Consuelo, who sang about 'baseado' [marihuana], but the 'lanca-perfume' is stilZ around." ' Among the plans for the Narcotics Division service is creaCion of the First Anti- ~ drug Week, during which various professionals will undertake to explain the dan- gers of drugs, through lectures, slide exhibits and displays of drugs. Emphasis will be on prevention. 6362 CSO: 5300/2239 ~ - 33 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BRAZIL ~ ~ BRIEFS ARRESTS BASED ON PHONE TIPS---Relying on anonymous calls to telephone numbers 263-6130 and 283-8236, �olice of the Nar::otics Division yesterday made arrests - and drug seizures in Rua Sao Martinho, Estacio; Rua do Livramento, Saude; and _ Taquara, Jacarepagua. On Avenida Sernambetiba, Barra da Tijuca, Argentin~~ student Pablo Alejandro Tortola, aged 20, was arrested o:ith 5 grams of cocaine and a Facket of marihuana in his possession. The Argentine, the only suspect who was not reported by an informant, was arrested in a police roundup of *_he Second Operatianal Sector of SORFA (Automobile Robb eries and Thefts). On ques- tioning, he said he bought the cocaine for 10,000 cruzeiros and received the marihuana as a"bonus" (a "present"). Alejandro said his suppliers were Ricardo ~ ~arros Belloti, aged 21, and a man. wearing a yellow shirt, later identified as Antonio Jose Pereira de Freitas, aged 26. The two men were arrested, but denied the allegation. On Rua Sao Martinho Estacio, Narcotics Division agents arrested retailer Reginaldo dos Santos, ''China", who sold cocaine in frout of house No 30 . [on that street], and two men who were with him; Edvaldo Joaquim Nascimento and , Carlos Alberto dos Santos. The police established that the latter two men had no connection with the case, but they want to question them as trial witnesses. ~ House No 30 is the resident of Emilia Delfiaa Caetano, aged 51, who had fled on arrival of the police but had dropped her i.dentification. According to Carlos ~ Alberto, she is the oldest drug trafficker in the area, having inherited the _ drug sales point from her husband Toninho de Vinte, who died some time ago. In front of Building No 177, Rua do Livramento, Saude, Laudelino Miguel, a 52-year- old dock janitor, was arrested with 2 packets of marihuana in his pockets. His suppliers escaped, however. [Text] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 26 Mar 81 p 17] 6362 DRUG WAR IN CAXIAS--Three drug rings were warring over cantrol of the drug traf- fic in Duque de Caxias. According to police who are familiar with affairs in Lower Fluminense, the result has been an increasing number of murders in the region. The rings are led by Jorge Antonio Batista de Oliveira, "Jorge Bola"; Carlos Ivan da Silva, "Balao"; and Reginaldo dos Santos Barbosa, "Gica". The last named has already been eliminated, howe ver; last Wednesday, two men--one of the.n may have been Bolao himself--killed Gica on a bus in Bairro Pantanal. Police feel that recent battles between gang memb~rs indicate that Bolao's henchmen are gaining the advantage. According to investigations conducted re- - cently, Bolao�s gang murdered Jose Ailton de Souza and Sergio dos Santos, both - henchmen of Jorge Bola, and Gerson Alves de Oliveira, a member of Gica's ring. 34 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Yesterday afternoon, the body of a white male, approximately 25 years old, wearing a cream-colored shirt, checkered pants, ar.d house slippers, was thrown - out of a white "Kombi" on Rua Almirante Nidase, Jardim Gramacho. Expert ~ Gilberto and Inspector Aroldo, of the 59th Police Precinct, verified that the uuidenti~ied man had taken eight bullets, of various calibers, most of them in the head. Yesterday, led by Lieutezant Ambrosio, police of the 59th Military Police Battalion had a gun battle with criminals barricaded in House No 150, Rua Paranapanema, Vila Sarapui, Gramacho, Duque de Caxi~s. In the exchange of fire, one gangster was killed and sever were captured; one soldier was wounded. [Text] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 28 Mar 81 p 8] 6362 DRUGS AMONG GOLD PROSPECTORS--Belem (0 GLOBO)--Athos Treptow, regional chief of police of Lower Amazonas, this week seized about 2 kg of marihuana from gold miner Alexandre Amorim, who was charged with possession and taken to Itaituba. ' According to the police chief, the drug is traded very easily at the Alto Tapajos gold min~2s for wunt of effective monitoring of si:rangers entering the area. Last year the Federal Police confiscated over 6 kg of marihuana in the Mato Grosso mine. It was being sold for 1 milli~n cruzeiros per kg. Despite - growing darg use in the mines, police action is very rare because of the dis- tance and the expense of using a plane, tha only means of acce~s to most of the Tapajos mines. [Text] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 28 Mar 81 p 6] - 6362 CSO: 5300/2239 , 35 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 ~ r,H rT,F BRIEFS - COCAINE TRAFFICKERS--ThrQe Peruvian drug traffickers have been arrested in Arica carrying 3 kg of cocaine. They are: Eusehia Cristina Morales Virueta, 52; Agripina Chura Ramirez, 33; and Romulo Turpo Alanoca, 27. They were arrested . in downtown Arica while attempting to deliver the cocaine to a Chilean contact who would take care of selling it. With the proceeds, they intended to help ~ obtain the relFase of the gang of Peruvian traffickers arrested in March in - Santiago. The drug was again smuggled into Chile across the Tacna-Arica border in Turpo Alanoca's truck. [PY220154 Santiago Chile Domestic Service in Spanish - 0100 GMT 21 Apr 81 ] DRUG TRAFFICKERS--The Santiago police succeeded in detaining two drug traffickers after a car race and shootout in downtown Santiago last night. Those detained are (Jorge Casti.llo del Oro), who is seriously wounded, and (Juan Camilo Milanau). ~ The police confiscated 250 grams of cocaine 3.n their possession. [PY251409 - Santiago Chile Domestic Service in Spanish 1100 GMT 25 Apr 81] - _ CSO: 5300/2306 = 36 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MEXICO DRUG CROP IN OAXACA WORTH MORE THAN LEGAL CROPS Mexico City EXCELSIOR in SFanish 7 Mar 81 pp 4-A, 20-A [Article by Rafael Medina C.] [Text] Food crops amount to 3.6 billion; marihuana and poppy crops to 10 billion. The state is a new market for the exploitation of narcotics traffickers . Almost all of the Mixes are engaged in drug cultivation; "it's what produces an income." Oaxaca, Oax., 6 March--The cultivation of dope in this area exceeds lawful cultiva- tions by more than 7 billion pesos and makes this state the No 1 cultivator of marihuana and poppies in the country. Previously the main producer was the state - of Sinaloa. The planting and harvesting of corn, sorghum, kidney beans, rice, wheat, sesame, and cotton, among other things, represented an income during the 1980 spring-summer season of a little more than 3.6 billion pesos, according to official reports fur- nished by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. In the meantime, if the marihuana and poppy crops destroyed by the air fleet of the Off ice of the Attorney General of the Republic and members of the Mexican army had reached the centers of consumption, they would have yielded more than 10 bil- lion pesos. The poverty and isolation in which 90 percent of the 2.8 million inhabitants of - this area are located, between the mountainous Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental, provide a 95,000 square kilometer area for a new market of exploitation for drug traffickers. Taking advantage of the poverty and ignorance, the lack of roads, and the neglect of the people of Oaxaca who are grouped in 570 municipalities, drug traffickers offer them big amounts of money to plant marihuana and poppies, give them very effective means of taking care of the planting, and assure them that "it is on orders of the government." 37 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ The drug traffickers attain their illicit afms by offering up to 150,000 pesos to the peasants of the central valleys of the state to have them rent their land exclusively for the planting of marihuana. Th~ planting of corn--392,277 hectares were harvested, with a yield of 400,000 tons; sorghum--2,707 hectares were harvested, with a yield of 5,523 tons; kidney beans--12,727 tons; rice--3,463 hectares were harvested, with a yield of 7,224 _ tons; wheat--2,719 hectares, with a yield of 13,576 tons; sesame--13,441 hectares, - with a yield of 9,205 tons; cotton--3,023 hectares, with a yield ,~f 10,570 bales-- among other things--yielded the peasants 3.6 billion pesos. In the meantime, if the planting of 2,077,469 square meters of marihuana--about 206 hectares--had not been destroyed, it would have yielded ~he drug traffickers about 7.176 billion pesos. The planting of the destroyed poppies would have - meant an income of a little more than 3 billion pesos. - "The fight against drug trafficking in the area," acknowledges Celso Ordonez, the regional coordinator of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, "is difficult. The drug traffickers take advantage of the ignorance of the peasants, - the lack of roads, the poverty of the people, the fact that the federal auth~ri- ties cannot reach many of the sites in the mountain ridge. they give the peasants = - money to sow death." ~?e states that in many places--"I can tell you there is an infinity of them, so I ~ will not name them"--the drug traffickers arrive like conquerors. "They give them - equipment, money, aid, and above all, assurance, adding thai they are from the gavernment; that later, when the peasants gather the harvest, they will give the - peasants more money." Celso Ordonez points out that many times when they arrive to fumigate large extents - of marihuana and poppy plantings, "the people receive us with applause and greet- ings from below. They think we are the same people who invited them to plant mari- huana. When we land and tell them that that is bad, they agree, explaining that the ones who gave them seed and money also were in helicopters and were well armed." A survey made by EXCELSIOR in the area of the central valleys of Oaxaca made it possible to ascertain the poverty and neglect of thousands of peasants. _ - In Nuevo y Viejo Santiago Tula, under the jurisdiction of the town of Zacatepec Mixe, 54 air minutes by helicopter from the capital of Oaxaca and 620 feet above - sea level, located in the lower part of the Sierr.�a, some 600 Mixes timidly observe = the arrival of the helicopters of the Office of ihe Attorney General of the Repub- lic. _ Members of. the army protect the landing of the helicopter ~rhich moments before destroyed 3 hectares of planted marihuana near that place. Two persons are now under arrest. ~ Only the Mixe childr~n and wom~n approach the spot. The mEn, menacing, wait at a distance to find out what is happening. 38 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Ciro Antonio Justo, principal of the federal rural school, "Ninos Heroes," speaks - f irst, because he speaks Spanish and Mixe--Zapoteco, in talking with the envoys. ~ Iie says that almost all the Mixe people "are engaged in the planting of marihuan~. They do so because it is the only thing that brings them an income. Here," he - says as he points around him, "no one helps us. Therefore, when they arrive and offer us money, we agree to plant marihuana. I do not do so, because I am the - teacher, the one who must educate them, get rid of their ignorance." - Ciro Antonio Justo, who lives in sub-human conditions, without a budget for the maintenance of the school--in a wooden hut covered with asbestos sheets, where the heat is unbearable--cannot describe their poverty. "I teach and that is all I know. We are worn out, but the government has promised to help us, to bring us new desks and a blackboard. That will help to rid the children of ignorance." Some 80 small children attend the forgotten small schoolhouse. All of them want to "rid themselves of ignorance," but other~ also want to go up in the helicopter that takes away those who, because of ignorance, plant marihuana. Wide-eyed, 6-year-old Gabino ~amacho Garcia, with a half-smile that he covers with his hands, refus~:s to talk with the news reporter. Gabino is the center of at- traction of his s~,:~ll school. He is asked if he knows Spanish yet and in reply he cries. He does not speak, twists his whole body, and puts his hands up to his face. Such is not the case with 10-year-old Marta Torres Camacho, his cousin. She is fair, has a cleft chin, thin lips, and large, light brown eyes. She is perhaps the daughter of strangers who visited the area to offer mor~ey for the planting of marihuana. "I can read and write. I also know Spanish," she says, coming forward after hear- ~ ing the question. But most of the small children do not know how to read and write, in spite of the teacher's efforts. Many children attended only a few classes and then, on orders of their parents, no longer went to school. The school is located in an open space on a hill that is guarded by members of the army and where t_h_2 helicopters of the PGR [Office of the Regional Attorney General] land. Again, only the children and the women go near the place. They wait for the two , persons who were arrested for planting marihuana to go into the helicopter. There is great expectatier.t~hen it does happen. The children run when the propellers begin to turn at high speed and raise an enormous cloud of dust. The two planters of marihuana are observed from below by everyone. The children would like to go up iu the helicopter. Maybe they will, tomorrow. 39 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 ~ Nuevo y Viejo Santiago Tutla, as in the case of a great numher of little villages ~ and communities clustered in the sierra and located within the group of 570 municipalities, can be designated as producers of marihuana and poppies. The drug tr~ffickers make an easy prey of the villages and the consequence is already ap- - parent: Oaxaca is now the chief producer of marihuana and poppies in the country, according to the statistics of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic. 8255 CSO: 5300/2246 _ 40 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MEXICO PJF SEIZES 22 TRAFFICKERS IN VARIOUS RAIDS Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 15 Mar 81 p 8-A [Text] Early yesterday morning the Federal Judicial Police arrested 22 narcotics traffickers and confiscated 788 kilos of marihuana, 30 and 1/2 kilos of poppy ' seeds and 3 vehicles. - In separate actions and within the framework of the continuing anti-drug trafficking campaign, police officers, accompanied by members of the Mexican army, - raided the following states: Tamaulipas, Guerrero, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Baja California Norte, Jalisco, Sonora, E . and the territory of Quintana Roo. In the city of Madero, Tamaulipas, the police captured Adolfo Soto Rangel and Santiago Marquez Trevino, who shot at the police. Finally both offenders were arrested; the former was wounded in the right knee. Also, 700 "cart loads" of marihuana were confiscated. Reynaldo Cuenca is another offender who was arrested with 1 and 1/2 kilos of poppy seeds. In the city of Obregon, Sonora, Cesar Pena Gazcon and Juan Gilberto Fimbres Garcia, who were in possession of 1/2 kilo of marihuana, were arrested. - - Federal police officers confiscated 7 kilos of marihuana, packed in plastic bags, - from the "luggage compartment" of the North Truck Transport Line, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Following are other arrested persons, who also had small quantities of marihuana: , Ma~nuel Montanez Medina, Carlos Castellanos Campos, Mario Gonzalez Carlos, Alberto - Paredes Felix, Carlos Humberto Ron Camacho, Jesus Valenzuela, Jose Ochoa Fernandez, Ricardo Negro Mata, Juan Bravo Franco, and Vicente Zepeda Contreras. North Americans who were also arrested are: Martin Edward Veytia, Robert Arthur Broths, Ben3amin Luois Farwer, and Ralph Ortiz. The arrested persons and the druo were placed at the disposition of the police of - the Federal District Departmen~ of each of tY,ie respective states. 8255 CSO: 5300/2246 _ 41 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 IRAN HEROIN SMUGGLED INTO EUROPE NC290738 (Clandestine) Radio Iran in Persian to Iran 1300 GMT 28 Apr 81 [Report by Radio Iran's corr~spondent in Paris--live or recorded] [Text] The French public's strong rage has been aroused against the ruie _ - of the clergy because of the smuggling of heroin from the Islamic Republic. This heroin has, up to now, either killed, blinded or paralyzed a large number of people. The French people recently realized that the heroin smuggled from Iran has increased (?twentyfold) since Khomeyni started his rule, and that at present Iranian heroin takes up 80 percent of the entire West European drug market. During the past regime the government had been successful in limiting, as best as possible, the smuggling of drugs. For years and years Iran's heroin formed only between 3-4 percent of the European drug market, a percentage which was falling each day. _ It is interesting to note that when numerous massacres were carried out by executioners such as Sadeq Khalkhali, there were some simpletons who be- lieved that ~Chomeyni's regime was truly working toward the eradication of drug smugglers and drug addiction, However, the truth is that drug smugglers have never been so free to act as they are now, and this in itself shows - that Sadeq Khalkhali's lahel "the antidrug campaign," pasted on Khalkhali's massacres, was a pretext by which political opponents could be removed. Undeniable facts and figures do not allow the regime's leaders :o continue their demagoguery much longer and to continue to claim that they are fighti:lg - againa.t smugglers. In a discussion with a spokesman for the large antidrug and addiction center . in Paris, he stated that the smuggling of Iranian heroin has increased so - much that ~ddicts throughout Europe--especially in Holland, Britain and - France--can easily find heroin, cheaply and abundantly. But wha+. has enraged Europe's public is that the heroin manufactured by the Islamic Republic was poisoned. An extremely large quantity, which arrived in 42 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Europe from the Islamic Republic 2 months ago, showed that the heroin con- - tained a fungus which could kill or blind the user. Up to date, a large number of users in [words indistinct] and addiction center and of the Public Health Ministry in Paris have asked rddio stat3ons to broadcast repeated statements at specific hours asking addicts, who may have used this type of heroin, ~to immediatel3~ report to the nearest h ospital f or a checkup. According to doctors, the poisonous fungus conta ined in th is heroin either blinds, paralyzes or kills the user. Interpol believes that the abundance of Iranian heroin is not a natural _ phenomenon. Informed experts believe that Iranian smugglers have _ collaborators among influential government officials, such as th e revolution [word indistinct], the clergy or the cotimmittees, since the manufacture of _ heroin needs large laboratories, which are practically impossible to hide unless these laboratories are (?guarded) on orders of the revolution guards, committees and clergy. CSO: 5300/5568 _ 43 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 z~ ANTINARC;OTICS DEVELOPMENTS REPORTED Execution of Dealers Tehran KAYHF~N INTERNATIONAL in English 15 Apr 81 p 1 [Text) Tehran, April 14 (PARS)--Followinq the decisive campaign against narcotic dealers throughout the country, the Anti-Narcotics Court today sentenced seven no- torious amuqglers to death on charqes of tiaving long record in drug trafficking. The group of seven, including Seyyed Mehdi Baliqh, a very notorious international - qangster were put before firing squads this a~orninq in Tehran. Among the group was a w~oman, also charqed with prostitution, and was executed in Tahran's Qasr Prison. Afghan Smugglers Captured Kabul KABUL NEW TIMES in English 12 Apr 81 p 1 - [Text] Kabul, April 12 (TASS)--Iranian newspaper "Kayhan" has reported the seizure, after an arnaed clash, of anoth~r qroup of Afghan counter-revolutionaries whom some figures are trying to present as "defenders of Tslam". . Seized from the bandits were weapons and 14 kg of heroin which they tried to smug- _ gle across the border in the region of the town of Teyebad. Radio Teheran also reported the arrest of a drug dealer in the town of Nehavend. Over 500 kg of opium valued at 15 million rials were found with these thieves. Antinarcotics Clampdo-rvn Tehran KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL in Enqlish 18 Apr 81 p 1 LText] Tehran, April 17 (AFP)--Seven executions on 14th April for drug offences-- six men and a w~oman--provided ample proof, if any were needed, that Iran is not , letting up on its war against drug addicts and pushers. Since the former drug squad chief, Ayatollah Khalkhali quit his post five months ago, 35 drug offenders have been executed tn the provinces. i 44 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 The authorities now claim that poppy cultivation from which heroin is extracted has ended in the country. Cultivation was banned in September 1979, and wheat and bar- - ley crops now occupy the 30,000 hectares previously devoted to poppy growing. Before the Islamic Revolution the poppy crop was estimated at between 400 and 600 - tons annually, placing Iran am~onq the world's top producers. 4,2 tons of drugs, including 54 kilos af heroin, seized over the last five months from about 5,000 people come mostly froan Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey, according to Hojjatole- slam Zargar, special prosecutor f~r drug offenses. More than 1,000 people facinq execution had their sentences reviewed, and about 85 percent were given additional discharges, Mr. Zargar said. He pointed out that, in addition, nearly 2,000 drug offenders had been freed to mark the second anniversary of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian New Year on _ M.1rch 21. But he also recoqnized that Ayatollah IQzalkhali's strongarm methods had dismantled most of the major drug netw~rks in Iran. The clampdown had also pushed up drug prices and consequently cut down the number of drug users, he claimed. _ - Mr. Zargar praised Iran's methods of handling drug offenders. In the first in- stance, he said, they were taken ~o a drug center--up to 70 a day to the Tehran center alone. . _ They were judged on ths spot and simple "users" were often either sent home to their families or to rehabilitation centers. CSO: 5300/5569 ~ 45 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 - IRAN BRIEFS DRUGS SEIZED--Behb.han revolution guards have seized 11.354 kg of opium, 2 pistols, 1 hunting rifle and a great deal of amtnunition from six smugglers in Ganaveh Port. [GF251652 Ahvaz Domesti~ Service in Persian 1330 GMT 25 Apr. 81 GF] OPIUM SEIZED--Five kg of opium have been recovered from Golestan Village by Shiraz Islamic Revolution Guards. According to the public relations department of the FARS Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, Gholam Sakhi and Ebi Nurani have been arrested - - and detained. [GF271933 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1830 GMT 27 Apr 81 GF] NARCOTICS SEIZED--During the past month, Shiraz police have arrested 143 thieves and pickpockets and have seized more than 6 kg of hashish, opium and heroin. [GF281645 Shiraz Domestic Service in Per sian 1530 GMT 28 Apr 81 GF] DRUG SMUGGLERS EXECUTED--By verdict of the Islamic Revolution Court dealing with drug smuggling cases, 10 smugglers were executed in Tehran and Karaj . today. [LD290420 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1030 GMT 28 Apr 81 LD] , OPIUM POPPIES DESTROYED--Mamasani Revolution Guards have discovered 3 hectares of land on which opi~ poppies were being grown. The poppies have been destroyed by th e revolu~ion guards. [GF301934 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1830 GMT 30 Apr 81 GF) ANTINARG~iIC OFFICIALS MAKE ~IND--Nahavand KEYHAN Correspondent. Gendarmerie officers of Nahavand have found 6~ kilograms of special apiates for making heroin inside a minibus. The passengers of this minibus--whose names are '~,bdollah Ansari, 'Ali Rahim Taksavari, and Kavus Sadeqi--were arrested t~y the officers. Also, Gendarmerie officers of Nahavand succeeded in finding 536.5 kilograms of : opium in a Mercedes automo~ile on the Nahavand-Boru~erd highway. The driver of tl~~.s automobile, named 'Abdi Kiyani a resident of the village of Kiyan, was arrested and 3ailed. On the other hand, the Revolution Guards Corps of Nahavand hzs found 35 kilograms of opium in a Niss an car being operated by N~jaf 'Ali - Kiyani and Ja'far Kiyani. Mashhad: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of _ Sabzevar succeeded in a series of successful operations in seizing 150 kilograms of opium from three smugglers--named Akbar Shirkhani, Ha~j Qasem Shirkhani, and his wife--and turned them over to tYie proper authorities. In other operations, the Revolution Gua.rds Corps of Sabzevar seized eleven grams of pure heroin in - the house of a suspected fu~itive. [Text] [Tehran KEYHAN in Persian 8 Apr 81 p 1J , 46 CSO: 5300/5566 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 KUWAIT TWO LEBANESE ARRESTED IN HASHISH CASE ` - Kuwait AIa-ANBA' in Arabic 15 Mar 81 p 4 [Text] The security police arrested Hasan M. and Mahmud M., both Lebanese, for trafficking in drugs and promoting the same in Kuwai~. The arrest, which occurred at the homes of the two suspects in al-Salimiyyah and al-'Umriyyah, resulted in the confiscation of 3 ki~ograms of hashieh which they had intended to distribu~e among their agents after acquiring the hashish from a sister countrt~. Information rec~ived by the security systems had gointed co the visi'iile activities of each ot the suspec~s in the drug trafficking fie11. As part of the plan to catch them redhanded, one secret source was handed 650 dinars, marked by the secret policy. He was told to go to the first suspect and pretend that he wanted to buy a large amount of drugs. The source then carried out his mission and got the suspect's approval, followed by his accompanying him to the al-'Umriyyah area where the suspect entered a house. He reCurned after a short period and handed the source the requested drugs. At the mcsment of pick-up, which occurred in the al-Salimi.yyah area, and by means of the previously agreed upon signal, the secret - - police members arrested the suspect. Upon searching him, the marked maney was found - in his possession. Tt~ie drugs which he had just delivered to the source were also con- , fiscated. ~ Upon confronting the suspect with the confiscated ma.terials, he first tried to deny everything. However, he later confessed his guilt, pointing out to the existence of = - a similar amount, about 2 kilograms of Hashish, with his partner in distributing drugs - , in Kuwait, and which they consecutively bring from Lebanon. In the ligt~t of these confessions,.the secret police hurried to the latter suspect'~ home in the 'Umriyyah area, where the~ found the abovementioned amount of drugs hidden in his briefcase. Upon confronting him with the accusations directed at him, _ he confessed and referred to his participation with the first suspect in bringing drugs from outside and txafficking in the same in Kuwait. = The two suspects and the confiscated goods were referred to the.offices of the pro- - secutor general, who ordered that they be placed in detention pending imvestigations. _ ~ 9455 CSO: 5300/47~5 - 47 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - MAURITIUS BRIEFS ~ OPIUM FOU~ID--Police are still im~estigating th,~ discovery on 21 January of 23 kilos of opium, valued at 1 million rupees, found in an unclaimed suitcase coming from India. [Port Louis LE MAURICIEN in French 23 Mar 81 p 1] _ CSO: 5300/4943 48 a ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 DENMAFK ALMOST ALL HASHISH IN DENMARK SOLD FROM CHRISTIANIA Copenhagen BERLIN~SKE TIDENDE in Danish 23 Mar 81 p 3 - [Article by Jorn Mikkelsen: "Almosi All Hashish ir. Denmark Is Sold Through Christiania"] - [Text] "Almost all the hashish that is smoiced in Denmark goes through Christiania. Both the politicians and the policp know that, but they all pretend not to see the ~ problem because it is such a horrifyingly big one." ` ~ So says Hans Lovetand, who formerly lived in Christiania for 4 years and was a spokesman for the residents, but moved away because drugs totally wrecked the nsighbort~ood. Now he can sit in his apartment axid look over into the free city. "On summer days, there can be as many as 30 people, each with his little stall, _ selling hashish. It is so undisguised that anybody can see what is going on. There are even the police, too, who make an example of somebody now and then and impose a fine. There is a sort of tacit agreement between the distributors and the police, who do not make a body search if the distributor turns over the dope = - voluntarily. Quite simply, there is nat enough manpower to keep Christiania free from 3rugs," Hans Lovetand says. ' Checking is Easier - He thinks it is most convenient for the authorities to havP hashish selling con- - centrated in one place. That makes checking the community easier, and it saves a large number of people the unpleasant experience of observing the degrading condi- tions unde~ which many drug addicts live in Christiania. "But it would not do any good to close down Christiania. The community of hashish addicts would simply move somewhere else. Hashish will always be available in the _ places where it is smoked," he says. The discussion of Christiania flared up aqain after the residents themselves stated that 20 kilograms of hashish valued at 750,000 kroner are sold in the free - city every day. That agrees with the amount reported b,y the Disturbances Patrol _ of the Copenhagen Police. In all, a quarter of a billion kroner worth of hashish is sold in Christiania. 49 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Bourgeois politicians now want clear information regarding the government's atti- ~ tude toward the hashish problem. Annalise Gotfredsen, of the Conservative People's Party, wants to have Minister of ~Tustice Ole Espersen consult w~th the Legal Com- ~ mittee. The Liberal Party wants Minister of the Interior Henning Rasmussen to Cdnsult with it regarding the correlation between the effects of hashish and the - use of hard narcotics. 9266 CSO: 5300/2243 50 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 DENMARK POLICE TO INCREASE EFFORT IN (:FiRISTIANIA TO STEM DRUGS Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 24 Mar 81 p 3 [Article by Anders Wiig and Lisbeth Wirgowitsch: "Increased Police Effort Against the Selling of Drugs in Christiania"] [Text] "If an in~rease in the police force and many technical resources are needed to deal with the drug problem, I am sure that there is parliamentary backing for providing the police with the means required to solve the problem," said Minister of Justi.ce Ole Espersen yesterday at a meeting on the subject of "merchants of death by narcotics" axranged by the Legal Discussion Club of the University of _ Copenhagen. Ole Espersen said that the financial cost of strengthening the police in their work is infinitesimally small by comparison with what it costs to treat a drug ad- d~ct. "The community spends 50 million kroner every year to treat addicts, and if the problem can be solved by strengthening the police, it must be done for that reason," said Ole Espersen, who described the drug problem as the most important one this spring where the Danish Farliament is concerned. - The executive body of the police force wants to increase its efforts directed against crime in Christiania. Police Commissioner Poul Eefsen and his leading as- - sociates, in the light of disclosures that 2,800 people had made pickups of hashish - in the "free city" on Friday, held meetings on the drug situation in Christiania all day Monday. The Police Commissioner met with leaders of the Disturbances Patrol, ithe Narcotics Section and the chief of the Criminal Police, Deputy Police Comissioner Ole Nor- " gaard, among others. A vigorous effort to render the pa~rolling, police raids and - other methods of checking on the residents of the so-called "free city" effective can be expected in the i.mmediate future. It has been known for many years in the - Copenhagen police headquarters that people are dealing in narcotics--principally - hashish--in Christiania, and the Disturbances Patrol, in particular, has evinced very intense interest and carried out raids and undercover patrollings in civilian - clothing which time and again brought storms of protest from the residents. In fact, a drug raid was carried out yesterday in Christiania. It was concentrated on the Woodstock tavern and the area around it. It developed into an attack on the members of the Disturbances Patrol with fists and throw~n stones and bottles, so that they had ~o call for help from the uniformed police. 51 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 - In recen~ days, Christiania has again been the subject of intensive press comment _ because, among other things, no less than three members of the Folketing have de- manded explanations from both the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice. There was a demand for consulta~ion from Annelise Gotfredsen, of the Conservative Peop le's Party, who is a member of the Legal Committee, as was ex- - pected yesterday. In it she demands that the police force be increased and given greater powers, if necessary, so that narcotics laws c3n be enforced. 9266 CSO: 5300/2243 52 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DENMARK JUSTICE MINISTER: HARD DRUGS IN PRACTICE A�.E LEGALIZED - Copenhagen BERLINGSI~ TIDENDE in Danish 26 Mar 81 p 1 [Article by Chr. Bronum and Lisbeth Wirgowitsch: "Hard Drugs and Hashish Legalized in Practice"] - [Text] "The use af hashish and hard narcotic materials is legalized in Denmark in practice." That is what Minister of Justice Ole Esperson told the BERLINGSI~ TYDENDE after the hash~sh festival in Christiania last weekend in which 2,800 people participated. - "The police have only limited means at their disposal, and therefore they must as- sigii priorities in their work," says Ole Espersen. "The police simply do not have the ability to take thousands of people into custody in Christiania. Furthermore, I think that I, and other hashish opponents, must consider wl.iether the problem cannot be tackled in ways which do not involve the use of the police and the ju- dicial system--through more extensive educational work, for example." Ole Espersen stresses the �act that the police must put their manpower into action against the most serfous crimes first. "Thus, for example, the criminal code re- ~ gards heroin smuggling as a more serious thing than hashish smuggling. The police take action against both of these offenses, but if less serious violations of the criminal code are involved the police must ass iqn priorities, and I believe that, with the resources the police have at present, priorities were properly assigned." At a meeting in the I.egal Discussion Club on Monday, Ole Espersen stated that the _ police will be given the needed means in the form of increased manpower and tech- nical resources in the �ight against the abus e of hard drugs. Ole Espersen said that there was support in the Folketing for giving the pc~lice additional financial . means. 9266 CSO: 5300/2243 53 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 DENMARK - COPENHAGEN POLICE'S NARCOTICS SECTION TO BE EXPANDED Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 27 Mar 81 p 2 [Article by "bba." and "cb": "Narcotics Poliee Being En3arged"] - [Text] The strengtn of the Narcotics Section of the Copenhagen Police is now being increased by the addition of 12 policemen. "The decision to increase the strength ~f the Narcotics Section was arrived at by the executive body of the police in Copenhagen recently, and that occurred in view of the steadily increasing figures which clearly indicate that drug offenses con- - stitute a growing ~roblem," says Ole Norgaard, the deputy police comanissioner. The present strength of the Narcotics Section is 76 people. "But even if we were to increase personnel to 450 people there would always be the same quantity of heroin in the streets," says Ole Norgaard. "The only thing that would happen would be that we would qet more cases a+nd would confiscate a larger amount of - dr.ugs." In regard to the problem of arresting users of drugs, Jimmy Stahx, the chairman of the Legal Committee of the Folketing, says, "If the police were to arrest users of hashish and hard drugs, we would have to build an unprec~dented number of new _ prison cells. As the situation is at present, we quite simply have no space for hashish users and narcotics addicts." : In saying that, Jimmy Stahr confirms what Minister of Justice Ole Espersen to~d the BERLINGSKE TIDENDE yesterday. Ole Espersen stated that the use of hashish and ' hard drugs is legalized in Denmark in practice. The justice minister's stateraent regarding the system's impoter_~e with respect to druq addicts gave rise to a number of questions in the Foll~eting yESterday and can be expected to be taken up in a discussion in the Legal Committee with the Minister of Justice and Minister of the Int2rior Henning Rasmussen. Jimmy Stahr states that the question of increased resources for treating drug ad- dicts is one of the things being c~nsidered as a poasible way of combatting drugs _ more effectively. A number of Folketing members who are on the Legal Committee and the Social Committee will try to get the problem claxified at the Justice Ministry`s big hearing on narootics on 6 April. 9266 CSO: 5306/2243 ~ 54 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ v~rrMaRx ALGERIAN SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING 500 KILOGRAIrS HASHISH - Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 2 Mar 81 p 3 _ ' jText] One of suspected chief f igures behind the smuggling of at least 500 _ kilograms o~ fiashish was imprisoned in Copenhagen yesterdap. He is the 34 year old Algerian, known to the narcotics police and among hashish smugglers as "Mr. Interpol." Af ter a dramatic police chase he was s~ized in Paris on 2 Oct 1980, - - where he has since served out a sentence for document falsification since he used " a Palse TD card. Police Judge Michael Lyngbo received the suspect in Paris after a Danish extra- dit~on request had been received. He is su~pected of being one of the 'oagmen for the hashish smuggling of about 30 Algerian and Danish couriers. He denied in the court kno~ring about anp smuggling, which also lead to the arrest of his wi;:e. He ma,intains that he supports himself legally as a mover, but the police base their - susp icions an among other things statements bp a number of guilty couriers and taps oP telephone conversations. _ A wave of arrests of largely unemployed Algerians started on 12 August at the Kastrup Airport. At that time the police got their hands on a trunk in a baggage - ch~ck room containing 350,000 kr, plus a lik~ amount, a couple of false passports _ and a pistol in a hired car which three arrested Algerians were driving. The pol~ce believe that the money was to be sent by courier ~o Switzerland in payment for fiashisfi deliveries. T[ius, a score of hashish smugglers were caught in the police and customs net in Kastrup. This occured even if the leaders of the band must have known that large = sums were already lost and several couriers exposed. From telephone taps the police got the impression that individuals in the ranks were suspicious regarding some of their leaders and suspected the couriers to spying on each other. That was the explana tion to, among o ther things, the disappearance of one of the band's leaders when he went from London to Copenhagen to pick up money. Actually, he was arrested and imprisoned secretly. - Since the expose began, about 20 couriers have received long prison sentences. ~ _ 'I'ile ILasish was shipped from Pakistan, packed in trunks, with no effort to camou- flage the contents. A courier was sure to be detected if the customs made a ~uperPicial, routine examination. Hence, the narcotics police have called the falgerian couriers suicide pilots. 6893 CSO: 5300/2245 _ _ 55 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DFNMARK ~ STUDY SHOWS THAT ONE-THIRD OF DRUG USERS ABLE TO STOP Copenhagen BERLTNGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 3 Mar 81 p 3 _ [Text] A study of how 300 young people who misused narcotics in~ Copenhagen in the course af a 7-gear period fare, shnws tfiat 45 of them are dead. At the same - t~ne, more than one--tt~rd of the young people have stopped drug abuse. The xe~a~nder are mo~e or less dependent upon narcotics. The study involves some 300 morphine addicts, who in 1973 sought help for their addiction either f rom the Copenhagen's Municipal Social Help Service at Halmtorv or from the Copenfiagen County Hospital Nordvaag (then the state fiospital in _ Golstrup~ . it is now published in a report, "Young Addicts--Seven Years Later," which was - yesterday~ made available to the pu~lic by the mayor for social affairs, Pelle Jarmer, and soc~al d~rector, Paul Hviid Kristensen. i i ~irs t B~g S tudy I The study is the f irst big Danish reexamination of young morphin~ addicts. It - _ was undertaken by chief physician and medical direct~r Soven Haastrup, Dr. Peter W. J'apsen, and the social workers, director Anders Gormsen., educator Steen _ Nielsen, educator Inger Scheibye, and social counselor Lis Scheibye. Despite th.e sobering figures on fatalities, the results of the investigation - are encouraging. They support tfie claims of previous researchers that it is _ possible to break the addiction at any point during the period of addiction, and that addicts with a long period of misuse behind them actually have a greater chance of ending their addiction tilan addicts with a short period of mistise behind them. - The very ~reat skep ticism which treatment of older addicts generally gives rise - to seems therefore hardly to be ~ustified. b893 C~O: 5300/2245 56 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DENI~IARK ~uRO~N' SI~u%GLER SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON - CopenI~agen BERLTNGSKE TJDENDE in Danish 6 Mar 81 p 8 [Text] A sentence of l years imprisonment for smuggling heroin was imposed by - tfie Eastern High ~ourt. In imposing tF~,e sentence the cou.rt put no weight on the - international cllaractex of the crime. _ The individual sentenced is 27 year old John Erik Petersen, who was found ~uilty of smuggl~ng in 740 grams of beroin, attempting to smuggle in 4-5 kilogran~ heroin, as we11 as for being the monetary courier for professional narcotic dealers. He had been, as it was e.xpressed in the Helsinge court, "close to the top" in _ _ organized, professional, narcotic crime. He maintained in the high court th~t on 3urisdictional grounds he should be found innocent regarding the transport of money, but the high court rightly found him gutl.ty for these things. He was the messenger for big narcotic dealers, and the _ deals were not concluded until thP money w3s neliv~red. J'ahn ~r~k Petersen was arrested in Schweiz in connection witTi transporting heroin in February o~ last year. 6893 CSO: 5300/2245 5' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 DENMARK AAIQE., PIETHERLANDER .;EAITENCED FOR SMUGGLING IiASHI.Sli _ Capenfiagen BERLTNGSKE TTDENDE in Danish 7 Mar 81 p 4 ~ [Text] An arrow on the dock in Uddevalla harbor along with. the activity of two frogmen tfi.ere fias cleared up a matter involving 103 kilograms of sunken hashish _ ~thich was to have been smuggled into Der~mark and sc~1_d there. One of the two divers, ~he 33 pear old Dane Soren Juel Berg, has been ~entenced to 3-years imprisortment by the I~inn:cipal Court of Copenhagen. The other, a Dutch citizen, Taco ~'tolk, is ~n prisoxz in T[ze Hague. , Tt was Swedish customs~ employees whn became suspicious in October 1980 concerning tfie two divers who pretended to be practicing diving in the cold water. The - customs people sent their own divers down and they found on the bottom af the sea tfie above-named hashish wrapped in a water-tight bag. It was discovered that the Pak~stan ship Moenjudaru had ~ust been tied up to the 3ock. The two divers who fiad to identify themselves since it is forbidden to dive ~Cn the harbor ~ for security reasons were arrested and extradited to Dernnark and the Netherlands ~ respectivelp. ; ; Berg had been snught since 22 December 1979 when he tried to smuggle into Copenhagen ?.7 kilograms hashish from India. It failed because the trunk was sent by the wrong flight from India. Berg explained cor~cerning the trip that - before it he had played cards w~.th four others in Copenhagen as to who would travel to India to get the "Christmas hashish." He l.ost and traveled for the o ther s . In addition, he t~ad remained in the East from January to July last year with his little daughter. He was invited to do so by a Pakistan bi~sinessman, "a big man in the oil branch," with whom he had a homosexual relationship. After he came ~ hon:e, he was in Amsterdam on behalf of the Pakistani, where they met again. It _ was on this trip that he met Stolk.. The court found him guilty of diving for the hashish but held that he had not financed the trip to Uddevalla or that he would undertake the sale of the stuff in Dernnark. 6893 CSO: 5300/2245 - 58 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DENMARK _ ~ 3TtJDY SHaWS ONE IN FIVE IN SPECIAL SCHOOL ON AMPHETAI~NES Copenfiagen BERLTNGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 22 Mar 81 p 3 [Article by Dan Axel] ['re.$t] Evexy fifth, student at Arhus CountyRS Special Pedagogical Center is " txeated today~ w~th strong narcotic substance amphetamine. ~ Tf~s is ev~dent from informa.tion witii Arhus County`s Municipal Education and Culture Admin~.stration has given to County Board member Mogens Engsig Karup - - (~'ocial~st Paoplers Party} . S'ixteen of the 80 children who are taught in very ~mall, spec~al classes are already under medical treatment when they come to the center . "And this is disturbing," psychologist Knud Erik Pedersen, M.A., Arhus, told BERLINGSKE on Sundsy. "Tfiese children do not have a ch.ance to profit fully from _ their education. Tt is children who are hyperactive who are treated as if they are brain-damaged." _ Psychologist Knud Erik Pedersen took up the fight against treating over-active - cYiildren with ampl~atamines when the Board of Health on 1 July 1980 sent out a c~rcular liberalizing the use of narcotics for children. The matter has been - up in the parliament but there has not yet been a rul~.ng that it is necessary to have a countrywide im~estigation as to the extent of such treatment. Tnaccurate Figures _ "The Board of Health has made known that such treatment was used in the case of 65 children in all of Denmark in 1980. I knew immediately that that was ~ncorrect," Knud Erik Pedersen says. In Arhus alone at that time 65 children were being treated with amphatamines and retalin. Not included here are the figures from c].asses in the center. . _ th~e figures from Arhus are applied to the whole country, in all 650 childran _ axe i~eing treated with amphetamines- more than 10 times mure than Che Board of ~teal.tii stated af ter a sample investigation. - 59 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - "It is still possibLe that an especially large number of children in Arhus are being treated with amphetamines," Knud Erik Pedersen said to BERLINGSKE on Sunday. "CTiief Physictan Niels Hansen from the Children's Psychiatric Hespital in Risslcov wae the pioneer in this treatment, and many of his 'fl.ock' has adopted this meChod of treatment, and use it diligentlp." '1'he Arhus County Council has considered the matter several times, but the reaction of the Board of Health is being awaited before undertaking an investigation in the Arhus region. 6893 CSO: 5300/2245 ~ - 60 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - DENMARK = ICELANDER ARRESTED IN AIRPORT WITH AMPAETAMINE Reyk~avik MORGUNBLADID in Icelandic 27 Mar 81 p 2 [Article: "Icel~nder Caught at Kastrup: The Ph~tograph Was the Drug-Smuggler's _ Downfall"] - [Text] Photographs which the Narcotics Squad in Reykjavik sent ~o Denmark resulted in an arrest of a 23-year old Icelander at the Kastrup Airport on Thursday last week. The man was carrying a J.ittle over 300 grams of narcotics. Ae was coming from Amsterdam in Holland and had the narcotics in plastic bags whfch he glued to his back. Most of the narcotics were - . amphetamines and not heroin, according to inform,at ion - t~iORGUNBLADID received in (:openhagen yesterday. The man is now in custody and it is expected that a verdict will be passed in his case in the Copenhagen Municipal Court in about 10-15 days. This aforementtoned man was quite involved in an Extensive narcotics case that the narcotics department in Reykj avik was handling last February. It was considered _ necessary to get him extradited from Denmark where he was sought and where photo- graphs of him were posted in all police stations. He was later reported to be in Holland carrying a large amount of money. Control was then tightened and last Thurdsay he was caught at the Kastrup Airport as he arrived from Amsterdam. A policeman, who had scrutinized hi~ photograph, noticed him among the air passengers _ and he was immediately arrested. Qn his r~dy he had hidden 300 grams of amphetamines, almost one gram of cocaine and 20 grams of hashish. The sale value of those narcotics is about 60 thousand Danish kroner or about 6 million Icelandic kr.or~er. When questioned, the Icelander claims to have carried the narcotics for some En.glishmen but the p~lice do not believe that - story. Zt is considered lik~ly that the narcotics were intended for sale in nenmark. The Icelander has repeatedly been involved in narcotics cases in Iceland, as well as in Denmark, where he has kept company with Icelandic and foreign drug dealers. 95P~ CSO: 5300/2252 61 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 . ~ DENMARK BRIEFS MORE ON A..kRESTED ICELANDER--The Icelander who was arrested at the Kastrup Airport - recently with ~ large quantity of amphetamines will probably be handed over to ' Icelandic authorities soor~ according to information MORGUNBLADID re~eived in Copen- hagen yesterday. As came forth in the paper yesterday, Icelandic authoritiea had = requested that the man be handed over, as he was connected with an extensive nar- - cotics case that was under investigation in Reykj avik in February this year. The Icelander, is now under custody in the VPStre prison in Copenhagen, and it is _ - expected that a verdict will be passed in his case soon. He was arrested with 300 - ~J grams of amphetamines and smaller quantities of other narcotics. According to Danish law, the penalty for such an offense can be up to 18 months imprisonment. [Text] [Reykjavik MORGUNBLADID in Icelandic 28 Mar 81 p 48] 9583 - CS 0 : 5 300 ~ 62 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY COCAII3E COURIER SENTENCED TO 9 YF~ARS - FrsnY..furt/Main FRANKFURTER RUNDSC4iAU in German 20 Mar 81 p 15 [lirticle by Staff Writer Nbrbzrt Leppert: "Narcotics Discovered by Specially TraanNd Aog"] - [Text] The Frankfurt Land Court sentenced a 26-year-~ld pastry-cook from Amsterdam to a 9-year jail term for his get- rich-quick-scheme of attempting to smuggle in 10 kilo,grams of cocaine from South America. Cliff, a dog specially trained to sniff out narcotics, sounded the alarm when in May of last - year the accused's two false-bottom trunks were passed through the cuatoms at Rhein-~iain Airport. - Evidence recently made public in the case be�ore the 13th Criminal Court, has revealed that the Dutch courier arrived fro~n La Paz (Bolivia) with the trunks ~ containing cocaine. After a stopover in Frankfurt he intended to go on to Brussels, - where he was allagedly to be met by his client with $5,000 as payment for his _ service. Even though the accused attempted to convince the judges of his inno~ence in the _ 2-day long trial he did not succeed in presenting a credible case. His deposition - before the court was so full of contradictions that, after sentence was passed, Helmut Bauer, the presiding judge, observed that smugglers of narcotics coulu hope _ for clemency only if they confeased of their own free will who the principals of illi~it drug trade were. - The man from Amsterdam stated that he met Harry, his alleged client, in a night club. To make some extra money the trained pastry cook moonlighted in the establish- _ ment as a waiter. He wanted to go into business for himself an~. open a pastry shop - in Canada. And Harry just happened to fit into his plans by enquiring whether he - would be willing to act as an occasional courier to make some money. The 26-year- old man claimed that he did not realize that he would be smuggling narcot3.cs, all he thought of was the money. While the accused admitted that he had been aware that what was expected of him was "not quite legal" he was asked to refrain from "asking too many questions" and just stick to his instructions. 63 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 In view of the numerous contradictions in his testimony the court found this claim unconvincing. Moreover, the court voiced the suspicion that the accused was covering up for those who were behind the DM 2 million �ransactiion (the black _ market street price of 10 kilograms of cocaine). In this connection a certain nr A. from Cochabaraba in Eolivia allegedly played a central rol~. - While the prosecution asked for the maximum jail sentenc~ of 10 years for the Dutch courier the defense was of the opinion that, by accepting the assignment, the - accused was guilty merely of groes neglect, for which the appxopriate ~ail sentence was less than 1 year. 8664 - CSO: 5300/2240 - i 64 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 I CELAND BRIEFS ~ TWO SMUGGLED HASHISH OIL--Interesting smuggling methods were used in a narcotics case that was under investigation recently. Accoxding to the police, two men _ admitted to havi,ng smuggled hashish oil in their stomach into the country. They put the hashish in condoms and swallowed them shortly before take-off to Ic:eland. tiThen they arrived home, the wait began, longer for one of them, but in both cas~s the comdom~ passed through the digestive system. Such methods are said to be quite common abroad but are rare here in the country. [Text ][Reykj avik MORGUNBLADID _ in Icelandic 27 Mar 81 p 48] 9583 - CSO: 5300/2252 - ~ 65 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 TURKEY HEROIN SEIZURES MADE IN TURKEY, ITALY , Istanbul TERCUMAN in Turkish 8 Apr 81 pp 1,12 [Text] NEWS CENTER "Operation Seyithan," which Narcotics Branch squads from - the Istanbul Security Directorate began in Hakkari and ended in Istanbul, resulted in the seizure of 6 kilograms of heroin, with a market value of 150 million liras, intended for smuggling abroad. Three narcotics smugglers were also arre sted with the heroin during the operation. - Narcotics Branch detectives had intelligence that some narcotics would b e smuggled to Europe from Iran via Turkey and went to Hakkari where the heroin was to enter our country. The detectives learned after extensive effort~ that the heroin which - a person named Mehmet Siddik Aytek was to get from Iran would be brought to Istan- bul by a truck belonging to Tarik Cicelt and began tailin~ these persons. The her- oin, brought the day before in a truck with license plate no 21 DD 630 belonging to Tarik Cicelc, was seized by detectives staked out earlier at Topkapi. Found in - the search of the truck was 6 kilogra~s of pure ~.ieroin with a market value of 150 million liras. Mehmet Siddik Aytek, Tarik Cicek and Saidin Mercan who were in the truck and determined to be smuggling narcotics were arrested and placed in detention. ~ In Italy Elsewhere, Italian police apprehended an international heroin ring, 5 members of which were Turkish, and seized $5 million (approximately 500 million Turkish liras) in heroin as the result of two operations. In the first operation, police seized 3.5 kilograms of heroin hidden in the engine compartment of an automobile and arrested a Turk named Ali Ozturk, age 24, in con- nection with the incident. Security authorities announced that Ali O~turk had been wanted for a long time by West German, Belgian, Dutch, French and Ital.ian police. Ozturk's Italian girlfriend was also taken into custody. the second operation, one Lebanese and two Italians were arrested by security forces when 1.8 kilograms of heroin and opium were found in their BMW car. 8349 CSO: 5300/5561 66 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 TURKLY HASHISH SEIZURE MADE IN ISTANBUL - Istanbul HURRIYET in Turkish 4 Apr 81 p 15 [Text] An operation by Na,-co*ics Branch detectives in Istanbul netted 110 kilo- ~ grams of powdered hashish with a market value of 6 million liras. A truck driver maned Ismail Saruhanlioglu who supplies the hashish market in Istanbul was arrested by police. Yet another was added to the continuous operations being conducted throughout the - nation in order to save young people from the evils of narcotics. A large nar- _ cotics ring was discovered as the result of weeks of work by Narcotics Branch squads from the Istanbul Security Directorate. The white poison merchants who - were bringing hashish from Bursa and putting it on the market in Istanbul where - they sold it to dealers among whom were children of middle school age were appre- - - --hended together with 110 kilograms of powdered hashish. Narcotics Branch detectives discovered that the notorious smuggler Necati Roslanci, known as "Kasimpasa Necati" and who was arrested some time ago in pos- session of 420 grams of pure heroin, had placed a large order for hashish from Bursa. The detectives conducted very secret investigations, learning that a truck driver named Ismail Saruhanlioglu was b*:inging the substance by truck to Istanbul from Bursa via Gemlik. Detectives secretly kept a constant tail on the red Bed- _ ford truck and Iearned that the substance was brought to a house in Kasimpasa and hidd,en there. - The house in Kasimpasa was imm~diately raided and Ismail Saruhanlioglu was arrested with 110 kilograms of powdered hashish. It seems that after "Kasimpasa Necati" was arrested, Ismail Saruhanlioglu had taken over the ring and continued distcibution without interruption. The 110 kilograms of hashish found ~n the search of the house in Kasimpasa is - understood to be of the highest quality, the kind called "fiubar" by narcotics types. It was reported that the powdered hashish, known as "Bursa Stuff [heroin]" - and which sells for up to 55,000 liras per kilo on the market, has a total value of 6 million liras. Narcotics Branch authorities announced that the operation is continuing in Istan- bul and Bursa for the arrest of other agents of the white poison smuggling ring. 8349 CSO: 5300/5561 END - 67 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFFIICIAI. 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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY JPR5 L/9726 - 11 May 1981 - WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS i (FOUO 20/81) CONTENTS ASIA INDONESIA Police Official Cites Bali as Cent~r for Narcotics Dealing (HARIAN UMUM AB, 14 Mar 81)............o 1 - Police in West Java Seize 7.8 Kilogra~ of Hashish " (MERAEKA, 5 Mar 81) . . . . o . . . . . . . . 2 I Heroin Smugglers Arrested at Halim Airport (SINAR HARAPAN, 7 Mdr 81) 3 , Briefs Police Confiscate Morphine 4 - MALAYSIA U.S. Narcotics Official Calls on Home Affairs Min~ister _ (NEW STRAITS ZZMES, 31 Mar 81) 5 CustouB Off icers Have Seized 13.7 kg of Narcotics in 1981 - (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 17 Mar 81) .........................o........ 5 ; Police Seize 6.7 kg of Heroin in Ztao Arrests , (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 4 Mar 81) ..........................e........ 7 Custo~ Offi~ers Make Heroin Arrests at Penang Hotels (NEW STRAITS TIMES, 11 Mar 81).......o 8 Briefs - Heroin Possession 9 Heroin Charge 9 Heroin Acquittal 9 - Con current Sentence 9 Fourth Offense ~ 9 - - a - [III - WW - 138 FOUO] , . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 _ FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY , Heroin Arrest 10 _ ~ Li~e Sentence 10 Sarawak Arrests 10 Sing~pore Arrest ~,p Heroin Sentence 1d Possession of Hemin, Morphine 10 H~roin Offenae 10 - Former Policeman 10 PAKISTAN _ Bi,ggest-~ver Narcotics Haul at Islamabad Airpart (THE MUSLIM, 20 Apr 81) 11 Drug Trafficking on the Rise (Sikander Hayat; THE MU'SLIM, 21 Apr 81) l~ . Briefs Opium, Hash Seizec~, Near Amangarh 13 ~ Opium Seizure in Gc~~ra 13 Airport Hash Haul 13 Over 242 Kilogra~ Qiaras Seized 13 Customs Team Sent to Peshawar ~4 Cocaine, Heroin Seized in Lahore 14 S INGAPORE Narcotics Officers Find Opium Aboard Shig ~ (SUN, 7 Apr 81) 15 THAILAND ' Canadians Arrested With Heroin (DAO SIAM, 27 Feb 81) 16 Chiang Mai Raid Nets 44 kg of RaE~r Opium (POST, 11 Apr 81) .......................e...................... 17 Briefs Drug Smugglers Turning to South lg LATIN AMERI CA BARBADOS Briefs Anti-Drug Proposal 19 - b - FOR qFFiCIAL USE OI~L!' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY BOIAVIA - International Campaign To Discredit Nation Termed Irrational (Editorial; EL DIARIO, 16 Mar 81)............~ ...............~0 21 New N3rcotics Control Board Eliminates D3stribution Centers (ULTIMA HORA, 14 Mar 81)... 22 Newly Appointed Official Appeals to Youth To Jo3n Fight on Drugs (PRE~ENCIA, 24 Mar 81)..... 24 - Drug Control Activlties, Preventive Measures (iTLTII~fA HORA, 30 Mar 81, Hoy, 23, 22 Mar 81) . o.... 26 Cocaine Laboratories Raided Survey on Coca Cultivation Coca Depositories To Be Established Bri.efs Antidrug Traffic Law Approved 29 B RAZIL - Major Drug Trafficker in Rural Zone, Sepetiba Arrested ( JOR2~IAL DO BRASIL, 27 Mar 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Drug Treatment Serv.t.ce To Be Initiated on 15 April � (0 GLOBO, 27 Mar 81)....... ......................~....a........ 32 B rie fs Arres ts Based on Phane Tips 34 _ Drug War in Caxias 34 - Drugs Among Gold Prospectors 35 QiILE - Briefs - Coca.ine Traffickers 36 - Drug 36 MEXICO _ Drug Crop in Oaxaca Worlh More Than Legal Crops (Rafael Medina C, ; EXCELSIOR, 7 Mar 81) 37 PJF Seizes 22 Traffickers in Various Raids (EL SOL DE MEXI00, 15 Mar 81) . . . . . . . . . . 41 NEAR EAST AND NOR~i AFRICA IRAN Heroin Smugg,led Into Europe (Radio Iran, 28 Apr 81). ..............o.....a.................. 42 - C - FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFFiCLAL U~E ONLY Antinarcotics Developments Reported (KA~YHAN TNTERNATIONAL, 15, 18 Apr 87., KABUI, NEW TIMESa 12 Apr 81) 44 Execution of Dealers Afghan Smugglers Capti~red Antinarcotics Clampdawn Briefs Drugs Seized 46 Opium Seized 46 Narcotics Seized 46 - Drug S~ugglers Executed 46 Opium Poppies Destroyed 46 - Antinarcotic Officials Make Find 46 KUWAIT ~ Ztao i.ebanese Arrested in Hashish Cas~ (AL~-ANBA', 15 Mar 81) 41 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ~'AURITIUS ~ Briefs Opium Found 48 WEST EUROPE - DENMARK Aimost All Hashish in Denmark Sold From Christiania (Jorn Mikkelsen; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 23 Mar 81) 49 Police To Increase Effort in Qiristiania To Stem Drugs (Anders Wiig, Lisbeth Wirgowitsch; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 24 Mar 81) 51 Justice Minister: Hard Drugs in Practice Are Legalized y ((~r. Bronum, Liabeth Wirgowitsch; BERLINGSI~ TIDENDE, " 26 Mar 81) 53 Copenhagen Police's Narcotics Section 7.b Be Expanded (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 27 Mar 81) 54 Algerian Sentenced for Smuggling 500 Kilograms Hashish (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 2 Mar 81) 55 - d - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 FOR OFFICIAL (JSE ONLY Study Shows Zhat Qne-Third of Drug Users Able Zlo Stop (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 3 Mar 81)..........o 56 _ Heroin Smuggler Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison ' (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 6 Mar 81) 57 Dane, Netherlander Sentenced for Smuggl3.ng Hashi~h (BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 7 Mar 81) 58 Study Shows One in Five in Special School on Amphetamines (Dan Axel; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 22 Mar 81).....o ...............0 59 Icelander Arrested in Airport With Amphetamine (MORGUNBLADID, 27 Mar 81) ........................o.....~~...... 61 Briefs More on Arrested Icelander 62 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Cocaine Courier Sentenced to 9 Years (Norbert Leppert; FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, 20 Mar 81)..........o. 63 ICELAND Briefs Two Smuggled Hashish Oil 65 T[JRKEY Heroin Seizures Made in Turkey, Italy (TERCLTMAN, 8 Apr 81) 66 Hashish Seizure Made in Ist~bul (HURRIYET, 4 Apr 81) ..................o........................ 67 - - e - FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 INDONESIA POLICE OFFICIAL CITES BALI AS CENTER FOR NARCOTICS DEALING - Jakarta HARIAN iJM~TM AB in Indonesian 14 Mar 81 p 6 [Excerpts] Police Regior~al Command XI, Nusantara has been unable to break the - network which uses Bali as a center for narcotics dealing. The chief of Police Regional Command XI, Police Brigadier General Pamoedji, who will leave that post in a few days to take over as chief of Police Region X, ~ East Java, told ANTARA on Wednesday that his command had been unable to break the ring because the means and capability of his personnel are limited. He noted that Bali needed several dogs especially trained for narcotics work, and needed personnel with technical training and command of foreign languages. - Singapore, which is the size of Batam, has 40 dogs trained for narcotics work. Pamoed~i indicated ttiat he had reported to his superiors about the limitations of his command's means to detect narcotics. "The problem is tliat trained dogs are very expensive and are difficult to get," he added . He noted that several police personnel have received special training in narcotics work, and have trained abxoad. "As has been pointed out, Bali is a center for narcotics transactions, and we have been unable to break the ring." Pamoed~i said that it was "logical" for Bali to be a site for narcotics deals. - On a blackboard, he listed the narcotics producing nations in Indochina, and the narcotics consuming nation, Australia, and explained that "geographically, Bali is an ideal center for narcotics traffic." Narcotics traffic between Thailand and Australia use several international airfields for transit. The route is Bangkok-Hong Kong-Jakarta-Ra,li-Australia. "This is a difficult problem. Police in Bali can intercept only a small portion of the traffic, mostly gan~a leaves," Pamoed~i noted. 9197 CSO: 5300/8329 1 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - INDONESTA POLICE IN WEST JAVA SEIZE 7.8 TtILOGRAMS OF Ht~SHISH Jakarta MERDEKA in Indonesian 5 Mar 81 p 2 [Text] The research unit of 832 Police Regency, Karawang recently siezed 7.812 kilograms of hashish, and arrested three distributors. The three suspects are Suk, 27; H Bah, alias Ud, 45; and H. Day, 45. ' Po?.ice Sergeant Tisna Bukti, a member of *_he research unit, told MERDEKA in his office Monday that Suk was arrested in Karawang at 0900 on Fridly. K. Day and H. Bah were taken in Bogor Regency. Seven tins of narcotics were siezed. The arrests were made after an informant revealed that the goods were in the Jonggol area of Bogor Regency. According to - the inforuiant, Suk was to bring the goo ds to Karawang, and sell them at 3~4 ~ million Rupiahs per tin. The informant later pretended to seek to buy the narcotics, and reported to a i member of the Karawant Research Unit. - Police lst Lieutenant Kurniawan, chief of the research unit, ordered several unit members to perform the arrest. Suk was arrested at about 0900 Friday, along with a tin containing 1.116 kilograms of hashish. Under interrogation, Suk revealed who owed the drugs. Based on his information, the owner, H.Day, was arrested in the Jonggol area of Bogor Regency. The police also siezed six tins of narcotics, each containing 1.116 kilograms of hashish. Moments after H. Day was arrested, the Karawang Research Unit arrested H. Bah, _ a suspected link in the distribution of rhe hashish. _ znterrogation of the suspects revealed that Day had obtained the hashish from - H Bah, who had acquired it during a religious pilgrimage to Mecca last year. The Police Headquarters Criminology Laboratory in Jak~rta is currently studying the evidence. The three suspects are now under detention in Karawang. 9197 CSO: 5300/8329 . 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 INDONESIA i HE~OIN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED AT T~ALIM AIRPORT Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indanesian 7 Mar 81 p 2 - , - [ExcerptsJ The case involving the smuggling of 5 kilograms of heroin through - Halim P erdanakusumah Airport in May 1980 has been concluded, and will go to _ - trial in the Court of First Instance, East Jakarta. r - The susp ect and his accomplices planned to smuggle 20 kilograms of h~roin to - - The Netherlands. Customs officials at Halim arrested Mrs SRU with the first S Kg ' shipment. This was followPd with the arrest of CKS. The source of the drugs, TKH, who is based in Medan, escaped arrest. Another accomplice, CAM, a connecting link in the smuggling ring, is reportedly in detention in Amsterdam. On 2 Ju.ly 1979, the gruup met at Hotel "S," Jalan Batu Ceper, JakarCa, and agreed that CAM would turn over the heroin to TKH in Malaysia, for transport to Medan via sea. The heroin would then go to Jakarta, and be flown to Amsterdam. _ The plan was confirmed at a 3 July 1979 meeting between TKH and Mrs SRU in Hotel "M," Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta. It was decided that TKH and Mrs SRU would bring the heroin to Amsterdam. Mrs SRU would take 5 kilograms of heroin in the initial stage. She was to get 5 million Rupiahs. _ The plo tters intended to transfer the heroin ta CAM in the Hilton Hotel, Amster Amsterdam, on 4 or 5 May, 1980. Customs officials siezed the heroin, worth $25 mil lion, from Mrs SRU's luggage, and arrested Mrs SRU and CKH, who accompanied her to Halim. A SINAR HARAPAN source said that Mrs SRU would be called only as a witness. ~ 9197 C SO : 5 300/ 8 329 3 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 INDONESIA . BRIEFS POLICE CONFISCATE MORPHINE--The research unit of Police Regional Command, - Mezropolitan Jakarta siezed 32 measures of morphine and arrested the - possessor. HDJ, 24, was arrested at his home on Jalan Manggla Sesar IX, Tangki Ward, West Jakarta, and is now undexgoing interrngation. Infor~ation indicates that narcotics use is heavy in that area, but users manage to elude police raids. There are def~.nite code words to use in narcotics deals, so that thp distributor will know. "We have arrested several narco~~ics traffickers from that - area, but new ones quickly emerge," said an official of the research unit of 703 Police Regency, West Jakarta. [Text] [Jakarta MERDEKA in Indonesian 7 Mar 81 p 3] 9197 � CSO: 5300/8329 _ 4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYSIA U.S. N~RCOTICS OFFICIAL CALLS ~JN HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER - Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in 'nglish 31 Mar 81 p 10 [Text] KUALA Li~MPUR. 1Kr Taylor ~a,id hls bu=' Mon - Drag eyndi-� ~ wblch waa active. cakea have atepped, 1n several countrie~ up their produetion, ~+'ed monitoring the ai~. o t opi ul m i n t h e: ~on and working out � - Golden!�Triangle' �0~~~~ to the prob-~ countrie~. the Uni!- lem. ed 9tatea Bur~au of He satd his biu~esu ha I n t e r n a t i o n a 1. the co-operation Narcotics Matters maay countriea, i - said today. . � We sre advocat & the - The Bureau'a ~eputy aeisure of propertiee 3ecretary, Mr Gleaade and~ asaets ot all in~ _ Taylor, said Golden� volvedindrugtratflck-r Triangle countries ing," he said. ~ were now producing Mr Taylor aaid in the ~ about 600 to 700 tons of Udted 3tatee,'~he ~ru~ op~um per year. _ problem took a aharpy ~ He sald the ayndlcatesdn- decline after the Viet�~ volved were now tn- nam war in 187b. There~ creaeing the circula- ~ was at that tiine some tion of a drug called ' 800,000 addicta and - Mendrez. ~ about 17,000 peo le had - 'Thia drug, put into pill died from dru~ over= torm, i. ~ become quite doea. eadly available in the �Lately, the problem Uaited. States and oth- seems to be increaning - er co~triea," he aaid. allghtly." he said. - Mr Taylor diacloeed this Mr Taylor aleo diacloaed after calllag on Ho~e that Tan Sri Ghazali Gt[alrs Mialater, Ta~ 8hafie would be vlait� 8r1 Ghasali Shatie at, in~ the Untted ~Statee hie ot9ce here today. ahortly and would He expressed feara thah meet top oftlciala re= the Increase in prod- garding the drug prob- uction ot druge from lem. the Golden Trfangle He said hiacountry had a - woul'd havc adveree et- lot to learn tronm the t e c t a n o t o n I y t n. measurea adopted by nelghhouring coun~ Hala~sia to help over- u~tes but AL~o throughll ~e drug prob out the,world. , i~m; . CSO: 5300 5 ' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ MALAYSIA J CUSTOMS OFFTCERS HAVE SEIZ~ED 13.7 KG OF NARCOTICS I1. 1981 - Kuals Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 17 Mar 81 p 15 [Text] KUALA LUMP~UR. %on - Custome oi- ticera have seised about 13.7 kilo- grammea ot dadah worth about ~ mil- lion, this year Cua- tom~ D{~r~ector�Gener- al Datuk Abdul Rahim bin Datulc Tak eaid here today. _ Thetr blg~est haul aas - tlve kllogrammee of her- Oln woetb aAout ~l.5 mil- lio~. The ottic~rs alsn re- coveled 2T kibgramme~ of opium aad aboLt dx kllogr~mmes ot gaa~a. all worth about it0.000. - , Datuk Abdnl Rahbn : praised otIIceis ot the Preventfye BrsncD for - their etfmrt~ in curbin` tbe dadah menaos. "All thi~ ansur~ weU tn our wu a6alntt d~dah traffickeri. Z'hl~ i~ fa- _ I deed a~ood ~taet for ths year," hs sald. The Cu~tome De- partment plan~ to fn- crea~e t!!s pre~ent - atrength of !b eoforce- meat oMceFS partfcular- !y tor the Yreveatlva 8ec- tioa . "Our dru6-detector dog uNt wfll al~o be au- ~anded to co~mter the varivus tacttcs employed by trettlcken.� he said He added tliat mon ot- 8cere would bs seat to t0e ~ast Coa~t. ~articularly along the ltalsystan- Tltai border b et~rb da- - dah trafHcklns. He aleo said the de- - partment would main- taln close contacts wiW Cuatoms suthorltle~ in _ other countries to track ~ down lnteraatior.al dru~ traftlclcers. ~ CSO: 5300 ~ 6 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYS IA POLICE SEIZE 6.7 KG OF HEROTN IN TWO A~RESTS Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 4 Mar 80 pp 1, 28 [Text] KUALA GU~PUR, ~+~a~r&IaaloB.eR~;waa1 Tues. Police etruck� uo~ t tor loua! corwmp. a hssvy blaw st drug No. x The trl?ttlokeTS when they tollowfng day, Peaang s a! s e d 8. T k! 10 - pou~ ~v~ s t1p-oct _ grammes of heroin about gan~a beln woTth e~bout ~.4 m91- dumpet on Tsn~uag 1lon. They believe the ~h heroin ~ias meeat for Pouoe walted la sm- overeeaa mai'keta. bu~h for riva houre aad Pollce have alw sefsed when no one turned up to il gunny eucks of gan~a. collocl tha tlve saob ot weighla~ 91L3 kg and. g~n~a phlch were cov worth about t203,000, ered with coconut leaves, whlch have been imug- thsy oart~ed lhem away. ~led 1n trom 8umatrb Datuk . Rahman sald: Director of CID Com- We bel~eve there may bt missfonea. Dstuk Abdul a conn~atfoa In Doth the Itahmw liln Ismail sald ~slsure~ !n Penart~ and - todwy: "We have detained 8~~ P~~ ~d we rdne nupecta including a �~~t the gaaia could Tha1 dnce Feb. 19 - ifve have come from one ~ of tMm oa ~wplcion ot ~ource someaheee fn - traflSckin6 la heroin aad- $umatra." = the rest la gso~" In ~eisure No. S: Poiloe In thaaking the pub!!c ~�O�1�"~ a tip~oK about a car avith tour men head- tor W~dr eo-operatlon, he� ~ for Butterworth on raid: Thefr aupport tw P'eb. 90. A~ po7lce P+u'tY helped u~ to Atp the ~v~: trom Buklt Amaa police tratflahsrr In the bud." � headquarte� led by ASP In ~eisure No. 1: A po~ g~r 81nrh then waited llc6 p~rty led by 8un~d 1n ambush near the Re~e PataN OCPD 8upt AIF cinema about 1 pm. ~ bin Abu Bakar, walted In ~~es later, a car aanbwh on s bee~ch at turned up end the poHce Kots Kuala Muda !n 3un- d~v~ tour men. They ~a! Pstaaf from 14.46 am. senrohed the car and .Two hours Ister a cer 10 Ib~ of herofn 1n _ appeared and stopped tor the boot worth about - s !ew minutet near a howe. ?n salsure No. 4: L.sat _ Poltce pounced on twa p~day s polloe parly led men 1n the car bsiore It by Iaap. Hu~asln bin couid be drlven oft. detalned a man The.y then eearahed ~ 6th floor ot a hotel the car and found flve� ~n J.alan Klang Lam� ~tutnY ~acks of g~n~a' � here and eeized a brlet In a tollow-up operr ca~e contslnfn~ tive tlon. 8upt Al! wd hls ~~s of derofn r?orth men plcked up two'mon ~ ~ nupecta, one ot them a police etld the 6.T k6 of Thainatlonal,lnthearea. heroin could produce They ~earcbed the sbout i.b mflllon shots. area snd found another �~e 211.1 kg ot gen~a eack ot ~aq~a. ~Wd ~ ~~e lnto 81.199 Pollce beUpve th! gitr?�. mJle co~in~ ~.60 each. CSO: 5300 ~ 7 F. .,.:t1 r ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MALAYSIA _ CUSTOMS OFFICERS MAKE HEROIN ARRESTS AT PENAN~G HOTELS Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 11 Mar 81 p 32 TF~ 3tate'a Cu~toma ofiicers bagged their [Text ] biggeat heroin haul ~o far thia year~ in two ~eparate anEi-dadah operations here today. p Tlie hs~oma~eSenior Assis ant Director AFi- mad~ull~h ssid in a� Prese coatereace. Three su~pected da- - dah trafifckers have also - beea detained. he added. However Encik Ah- - mad declined to state how much the hsul was - worth. Both the operations~ - besan trom publlc t1~- otf~. - _ In the� flrit ca~er slz ~toma otflcers, led by Supt Low Tak P1w. laid - - sp ambuih near s Geor~etown hotel about ! 9.s0 am. Aa� hour lster, thay' ww a tu~ entering the hotel lo by. The �~spect ap- proached a table oa whlch there was a - psclcet, whtch waa later conllrnaed to be heroin - "The otflcere then clwed fn. arreited the ~wpeM aad sei:ed the - packM,." he rald. - �The eame Pz'evenUve . Sranch (Marine Dtvlsion) ottlcere, in an- other ceae. ~elsed a man. - carrylni s plaatlc bag in an international beach - hotel 1n Hatu Ferringh! sbout 4.40 pm: � ~ncik Ahmad aaid the oSfcers hauled 1n !46 gm worth of heroin !n the fIM ca~e and bagged !:6 k~ !n the second. � " He ~aid parS of the haul could hsve been - meeu~t for the Interna- tlonal heroln mr.rkets. 'lwvo dsdah ayndlcate~ may hsve been lnvolved CSO : 5300 ~n Dcth cnl~es. � 8 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MP.I.AYS IA = BRTEFS ~ HEROIN POSSESSION--Tan Ban Ning, 20, of Jalan Machinda, Lutong, and Riam Road, Miri, has plead guilty to a charge of heor in possession and been fined M$ 600 by a Miri magistrate. Tan was found carrying 18 tubes con ta3ning a white substance in Miri on 15 July I980. Examination showed the tubes contained 0.21 grams of heroin. [Kuala Belait BORNEO BULLETIN in English 21 Feb 81 p 12] HEROIN CHARGE--Wee Beng Hiung alias Ah Sion, 23, of Pujut Road, Miri, has been pro- visionally charged with possession of heroin by the Miri court. On 30 January 1981 he was found in pos�ess3on of 11 straw tubes containing a light brownish substance ~ believed to be heroin. [Kuala Belait BORNEO BULLETIN in English 21 Feb 81 p 12] ~ HER~IPI ACQUITTAL---The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has acquitted Lim Seng Chye, 26, and Gunasekaran Muniandy, 26, both keymakers, on a charge of illegal possession of drugs. They were charged with possessing 6 plastic packets, 20 plastic tubes and a straw tube containing 15.88 grams of heroin. The alleged offense was committed at a house on 3alan Sungai Besi on 3 September 1980. The defense attorne3~ said that the two men did not reside in the house and were not in physical custody of the drugs and so could not be found guilty of possession. The court president said - that the prosecution had failed to make a prima facie case against them. [Kuala - Lumpur NEW STRATTS TIMES in English 5 Mar 81 p 7] CONCURRENT SENTENCE--The Penang Sess ions Court has sentenced Lim Boon Wah, 23, a vegetable seller, to 3 years in ~ail and 6 strokes of the rattan for possession of - 26.183 grams of heroin. He will serve the sentence concurrently with a 20~month sentence already received on another drug charge. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 13 Mar 81 p 15] _ FOURTH OFFENSE--The Ipoh Sessions Court has sentenced Azmi Zainuddin, 28, a laborer, ~ to 4 years in jail and 6 strokes of the rattan. Azmi plead guilty to possessing - 5.55 grams of heroin at the Tanjong Malim police station on 20 June 1980. Police report that this is his fourth offens e in 5 years. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TI.~S in English 14 Mar 81 p 5] - 9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 HEROIN ARREST--Johore Baru police have detained 4'men and confiscated about 40 grams - = of heroin. Police estimate the heroin can be converted into 8,480 shots and is worth M$ 60,000. One of the suspects was arrested at the Mandarin Mas Hotel on Jal~n Terus with six packets of heroin in his pockets. Police then raided a hou~e at Jalan Tombak 4 in Taman Sri Tebrau where three suspects were arrested. Forty- eight straws of heroin were found here. The names of the suspects were not released. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 14 Mar 81 p 11] LIFE SENTENCE--The Ipoh Sessions Court has sentenced Police C~nstable Daud bin M. _ Ibrahim to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rattan for trafficking in 565 - grams of cannabis at a shop on Jalan Telok Gedong in Pangkor on 13 October 1980. The prosecuting attorney said the suspect's contact in Pangkor was a man named Hassan. [Kuala Lumpur Nh'W STRAITS TIMES in English 14 Mar 81 p 11] SAR.AWAK ARRESTS--Kuching police arrested eight people on drug charges during the second week of March, and five people during the third week. Youths 13 and 14 years of age have been caught in recent raids. The drug rehabilitation center in Kuching . is now treating 50 addicts. Fourteen of the addicts are under 21 years of age, , 34 (including 3 women) are in the 21-29 age group, and 3 are over 30. [Kuala Belait - BORNEO BULLETIN in English 28 Mar 81 p 6) - SINGAPORE ARREST--A Malaysian, Leo Hai Hock, 40, has been charged in Singapore with trafficking in one kg of diamorph3ne on 16 March. The case will be heard on 24 March. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRATTS TTMES in English 18 Mar 81 p 9] HEROIN SENTENCE--Ong Siaw Heng, 33, has been sentenced by the Malacca Sessions Court to 6 months in jail for possession of six straw tubes of heroin on 4 Februrary 1981. The offense took place at the bus station on Jalan Kilang in Malacca. [Kuala Lumpur ; NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 18 Mar 81 p 18] POSSESSION OF HEROIN, MORPHINE--The Magistrate's Court in Johore Baru has sentenced Mohamed Hashim bin riohamed Salleh, 32, unemployed, to 12 months in jail on two counts of possession. The defendant plead guilty to possession of 11 plastic tubes of her- oin weighing 0.203 grams and 11 straw tubes of morphine weighing 0.026 grams. The offense occurred on Jalan Datuk Dalam in Johore Baru on 25 January 1981. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 23 Mar 81 p 14] ' HEROIN OFFENSE~-A transvestite was fined M$ 1500 by the Magistrate's Court in Penang for possPSSion of 1.354 grams of heroin. Puteh bin Mat Akir, 49, admitted having the drug atPerlis Road 3 on 28 January 19`!~. His attorney urged the court not to jail Puteh, as his client had been taken advantage of when he was last in prison. - [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 25 Mar 81 p 19] FORMER POLICEMAN--Two packets of `:eroin were found near the body of a former police- man who was found dead in his car on 6 March 1980. Inspector Takdir Ahmad told an - inquest in Kuala Lumpur that he had found the body of Lee Tai Heng, 45, and that there were no bloodstains or in~uries on the body to suggest a stru~ggle. He said that Lee had resigned from the force and that the police were aware of his activities - - as a drug pusher. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 27 Mar 81 p 11] _ CSO: 5300 - 10 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 PAKISTAN BIGGEST-EVER NARCOTICS HAUL AT ISLAMABAD AIRPORT Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English 20 Apr 81 p 3 ~Text~ ISLAMABAD, April 19: The also clauned that mon"sensat- the third succes~flil attempt of Airport Customt authodties seized ional nvelations and diacoveries" customs authorities to foil ~mu- hashish, heroin, antiques and aze expected. gqW~g of nucodcs to the United - oW coins from a London bound ppi ad~: 1Gngdom. pa~en~er of a Brituh Aicways The alleged nercotici smuggler flight at the Lslamabad Inter- Th~ Deputy C'ollector ~t BaseetHussain, 40, was reportedly nadowl Airport, thu ai'ternoon. ~~0~~ ~9~od Ahmed safd eoiag to London for the fust Acoording to the C~stow auth- ~e seizure of narcotics include time and his paaaport was oritie~, Bauer Hustain Qure~hi of ~Ae kilograms of heroia powdar, on March 24 this year from _ Peahawar was tryina to smuggle 30 kilograms of hashish slabs and his native city Kohat. nar~odct and antiques to 20 kllo~ns of hashish o~7. The accused bougttt return , Londqn and had hid them ia a The value of heroin powder has air dckee from Poshawar suitcau. The accuaed, a reladve of a~n estimated at 36 million Yeater- - hlgh�ranlcing offlcial, was leaving doiluut. whfle ha~hish totalling 60 dY~~r Huuain, registered as for London with his family oa the k~0grun~ hat been estimated ~dust~iallst in his pretext of a summer hoiiday ~ at 14 miWon dollan in internat- W~ ~ and quiet in the~cvs o- ional underground narcotics maz- Europe. k~~ dy and therc was no sign of any _ Basar, a graduate and a AccordIag to details� following WOm' on hu faa. partner of Lubna Industries of ~ mformation received by Ee nfuted the allegations of ~~t Collector Zafu Majeed, Meanwtu7e, aRer ~a thorough - smu sad said he aas innoant. a ecial raid team headed b 50~~ of Hateer fore cuaenc But the Cu~toms authorities insist ~ ~ y wa~ aiso rocoverod, which inctudes that the Roods wece tecovered ~~a Abbaa Ali. Deputy Superin- 600 pounds and 1,850 dollars f~om the suitcase in posr~ion o[ ~0ndent and Superinundant Ch. The accu~ed hld the narwtics - Baaeer Hu~eain, who also handed ~ongwith Inspecton F.K. ~ y~ ~e four suit casea and over the key of the witcaae to J~OOn and A.F. Lodh~, was hand bag~ and alw in the faLse deputed to inurapt bottom the suit caaes. Customs offIcials for checkin~. Wh~ Baseer Hussaia, before ~e ~seizun was conducted at The Cuatoms authorities det deputure for London alongwith a British Airways tlight BA-222 cribcd the accuxd as a rtumber hu family was spotted m the at 1.30 p.m. thu afternoon and the of an international gang of ~noms hall, the narcotics was accuaed was looking after a wheel narcotics smugglen and told the KCOVered f:om hn suit cans and chaired oid man who was to fly new~men that the pdce ap two haad bags In addition. anti- for Loadon. rocovered goods wa~ around SO 4ues and coins were also recovered According to preliminazy million dollara ia the inurnational from hn posaesaoa investigations roport, the accused muket. It ia believed that the accuud 'u quoted' as s~ying that he Ba~eer haa beon booked under was a curiec of an iaternatioaa! was a"carrier". It is not yet the Sa~u68ling Act u?d lnvestlgat- organi:ed gang of drug smugglers, ~nown who wen the smugglars ioni were claimed to be in and he was ts~nsporting the narco- behind the narcotics smuggling to pmgmafc Famfly members of the dcs for its disposal ia the inter- United Kingdom and how they accus~d wue alao off-loaded from national muket on a much hlgher managed to paas on such a big th alrcnft. but weie set fne after price. quu~rity of refined narcotics Prdim~ut.Y m~~~+. It may be mentioned hen that Further investigations are The C~stom.~ authorities have during the put 72 hours, thu wae in pro~ess. Cso : 5300 11 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 PAKISTAN ~ DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE - Islamabad THE MUSLIM =n English 21 Apr 81 p 1 ~Articl= by Sikander Haya~~ ~Text~ .1SLAMI~BAD, April 20: Drug- inwivanent in drug-trafficking. His - trafficldng has increased in alleged parmer in cHi~ business Paldstan because the disturbed h~ ~a~' b�en convicud. The Paldrt~a Inoecaational Air- condidons along its western ~;ne, staff and the crew' of che barder have closed on xt the National Shippng Corporatiaai are traditiot131 carrie! ioute~ of ~'ePa~d to be ~nvolved in this Af ~tan and 1ran, iC wes ~ a big way. In 1980 B~ alane mae dun a do�en ships of - , learnt here today. the Corpondm were innrcepad An equalty important rwm for aad fauad arrying Wicit diup to the steppeda~p wtflow of the porb in the Wesbern countries. conuaband is reporu~y the fantar '~'hough thae n noming to tic street value of the aarcodcs in ~~t pf~?an ref'uga~' imolvo- Western Europe andNorth America. ment ~n d~~s tncb. but `they ace "Prices abro,~~i Are :.:.ply irraeut- ~ay ~~ely to t~e uaod aa carriers". aWe; seid an official who mointon ~d an offxial. the dicxtions of th's llicit tmde. ' Paldstan's efforb to discouiage _ 1'he hig uizura at the lalam- the growth poppy which is the abad Airport thi~ weck~ said to be m~ ~rce of opium bY offerinB accidental. only indicate dut mare incendves in We subtiws crops Paldstaai~ aze joining the interna- aze reported ' to 1~ave succeeded donal networks that are now busy ~~e Swat area, bue these efforts - to take away the llon's shue m h1~ yet to pas~ the test of ceality. Paldetan's 120-ton opium produo- tion in 1980. The test is that in uibai belt According to foreigt sourca. ~d other poppy Bowing areas the , however, the production of opium cultivators have no quaLn~ about ib in the trib~l areas and a small put cutdvatim, ~nd poppy i~ the only of Haluchbtu~ e many dmes mon, crop ahich caa sustw~ the majority and since there a stiict ban on ib ap ~~~d~~. uu in Pakistan lazge part of it is being smug~led out to Western The iatanatianal opiaiaa is - counuies. sympathetic a~ was indicaud by a Foteign Rres. rrnorts also indi- Vice~resident of the [ntemadonal cax that more ra'laataaii aze being Nucotic~ Con~ol Baard. Mlas hdd abroad an chuges of drug Betty Gough, but in materlali~tic smuggling, term it b too litde and too.ranooe. Pakistan Fonign Seavice per- According to a report the sonnd h:le ~lso come under strict INCB will diuuas the outcome of surve~llance h~ Western Europe tast month's vi9t hce of Miss - af'ter tho apprehemion of a sxoad Gough at i~s meeting in New York sxretacy in Tlio Hague for ~lleged next month. , CSO: 5300 12 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 PAKISTAN - BRIEFS OPIUM, HASH SEIZED NF,A,R AMANGARH--The Customs anti-smuggling mobile squad, _ Nowshera, led by Deputy Superintendent Mohammad Iqbal Khan, raided bus No. RIE-4557 on G.T. Road near Amangarh and recovered contr.aband opium, charas and foreign cloth worth about Rs. 1.3 lakh. The oods were being smuggled to - Punjab. Driver Aziz Gul has been arrested. [Text~ Clslama.bad THE MUSLIM in English 19 Apr 81 p 6] OPIUM SEIZURE IN GOJRA--Toba Tek Sing, Apri 1 14--A combined team of 1oca1 police and excise staff raided a house in Gojra and recovered 3,200 gram of opium from _ Bashir Ahmed and arrested him. ~Text~ ~Is lamabad THE MUSLIM in English 15 Apr 81 p 6J AIRPORT HASH HAUL--Islamabad, April 19--The Airport Customs authorities, early this morning, seized 26 kilograms of charas, valued at 6.50 lakh dollars in international underground narcotics market, at Islamabad International Airport, being smuggled to London by a PIA flight and arrested two persons including a British lady. Custom authorities said both the alleged narcotic smugglers, Mrs Hether Ressy, a British national and Nasir Mirza, resident of Mirpur, Azad - Kashmir, now studying in United Kingdom, smuggled charas from Azad Kashmi.r for onward transportation to London. According to details, following an information received by Deputy Collector Zafar Majeed a~out charas smuggling, a raiding team consisting of Deputy Superlntendents, Raja Abbas 41i and Ch. Riasat Ali, along _ with Inspector Abul Jabbar was deputed to intercept. The raiding team spotted a suit case, which was owned by Mrs Hether and was available with Nasir Mirza, On - aearch, 26 kilograms of charas was recovered from the suits:ase, which was being transported to London by a PIA flight PK-785.--PPI ~Text~ ~Islama.bad THE NAJSLI24 _ in English 19 Apr 81 p 3l OYER 242 KILOGRAMS CHARAS SEIZED--Over 242 kilograms of charas was seized in three separate hauls by the Customs anti-smuggling staff. About 199 kgs of charas was hidden in Khuddi Creek area, 30 mi.les off Karachi for smuggling it out through launches, due to arri~e from Dubai, 43 kgs of charas was seized by the drug enforcement squad from a ship, and another 7.5 kilograms from the possession of three foreigners who were to board Rome-bound flight. They were identified as Moll Peter, Lymberopoulos and Kurt Sutter wi:o concealed it in a tape-recorder, - shoe heels, leather saddle and false linings of suitcases carried by them.-~APP - ~Text~ ~Karachi DAWN in English 24 Apr 81 p 18~ 13 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 CUSTOMS TEAM SENT TO PESHAWAR--Islamabad, April 22--The Airport Customs author- ities yesterday despatched a special investigation team to Peshawar to trace out - the links of alleged narcotics smuggler, Baseer Husain Qurshi, caught on Sunday ~ wi~h drugs valued at 50 mil_lion dollars at the airport before flying for London. - Customs sources told PPI that all-out efforts are afoot to unearth the drug - smugglers g~ng wt~o used Baseer as "carrier" for huge quantity of refined narcotics for its onwards transportation to United Kingdom. Meanwhile, these sources in reply to a query about the Thursday narcotics haul in which two persons including a British na.tional lady were held said that the parties weYe also des~atched to _ Peshawar and Jhelum to trace their other colleagues. Miss Hether Ressy and a resident of Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Nasar Mirza, were arrested while attempting to smuggle 26 kg of charras to London. Both the accused persons were still in custody of customs authorities and would be produced before the court on April 25. - The British Embassy in Pakistan is reported to have been passed on the details - - of alleged drug smuggler Miss Ressy to relevant authorities in United Kingdom.-- PPI ~Text~ ~Karachi DAWN in English 23 Apr 81 p 4~ - COCAINE, HEROIN SEIZED TN LAHORE--Customs Intelligence Staff seized 11 phials of - Cocaine and 350 grams of heroin worth over Rs. 60,000. The raid was conducted at Garden Town. Mohammad Nazar and Sarfraz Ahmad of Katcha Ravi Road were arrested. The ~taff also seized sumggled plastic reflectors of Iranian origin valuing Rs. 30,000 in the local market. The plastic goods were smuggled from Quetta. [Text] [Lahore THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 30 Mar 81 p 10] _ CSO: 5300/4587 ~ 14 . ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 , SINGAPORE NARCOTICS OFFICERS FIND OPIUM ABOARD SSIP - Colcmbo SUN in English 7 Apr S1 p 4 [Text ] ~G~~� A0~ 8(8ew Central Narcotics Bureau The 42 year-old SinRaparean _ ter)-NaeeNlea oRke~rr ha~ve (CNB) of[icers. acting on a wae belteved to be workintc foc sefsed opium eurth une mNllon tip~off, boarded the Singapore~ a powerful dru8 syadicat~ 9in`spoee � dolisrs (aboat regis4ere~ Golden Fortune based in Kararhi. he added, ~ - 509~000 a U.3.) tr~m a aoon efte'r it anchored at the The oPium, estimated a - Singapotaa aboard a tarRs Singapore harbour yesterday about 40 kilos, ceme frnm th~ �W~ whleh ~ed hece t~nm and arrested a man "handli.n~' Golden Crescent area of Af- - Harac~l. an eAklal spolee~man three boxes fllled wlth opium, ~hanistan. Iran and Iraq. h~ - eald tadas. the apokesman said. said. _ CSO: 5300/4933 ? - 15 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 THAILAND CANADIANS ARRESTED WITH HEROIN Bangkok ~AO SIAM in Thai 27 Feb S1 pp 1,2 [Excerpts] Two international heroin traffickers of Canadian nationality were - arrested while they were in the act of placing eight "Michai" condoms filled - _ with heroin in each other's anuses. This took place in their room at a hotel in the middle of Bangkok. They were preparing to take a night flight out of ~ the country. Police from the Metropolitan Narcotics Control Unit had learned of this and took a force of 10 officers there. They broke down the door and caught the men red-handed. They seized eight pouches of heroin valued at 8 million baht. This resulted from an 9..nvestigati.on by Police Captain Amaretrit Wattanaphibun and Police Captain Surachit Noiphan, officers with the Narcotics Control Unit of the Commissioner's Office of the Metropolitan Police. They had learned that _ - two fareigners who were members of an international narcotics gang had entered Thailand pos;ng as tourists. They had purchased heroin and made preparations to sell it abroad. At the time of their arrest the two foreigners were staying in Room 97 on the second floor of the Astra Hotel on New Phetburi Road in Mag- _ kasan Precinct, Huai Khwang Ward. They were readying the heroin for transport abroad. They were going to take a Pan Am flight that was to leave at 0100 hours on 26 February. Thus, at 2300 hours on 25 Feb ruary, Police Captain Amaretrit took a force of _ - 10 policemen to Room 97 of th is hotel. The officials interrogated both foreigners and learned that they were Mr Jillet - Masricot, age 27, and Mr Michell Longpri, age 26. Both are Canadians. 11943 CSO: 5300 16 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 THAILAND CHIANG MAI RAID NETS 44 KG OF RA~1 OPIUM Bangkok POST in English 11 Apr 81 p 3 _ ~Text] Chiang Mai--Police over the past two days seized a total of 44 kilo- - gra~es of raw opium during raids in Chiang Dao and Mae Ai districts. Following a tip-off on Thursday, 20 Border Patrol Policemen went with a tracker ; dog to 5oi Sam Mhuen village in Chiang Dao District. - , The dog led them to the house of 45-year-old Jabcha.i sae Jang. Police searched the hause and found 26 kilogrammes of raw opium in 11 packages, an informed _ ~ource said. Jabchai was arrested and charged with possession of opium for sale. Early yesterd~y police raided a hilltribe village known as "Jana," located on a mountain range in Mae Ai Districto i Entering the village, the police saw a Muser tribesm~n running away and carrying ! a bag. The source said police shouted at the man to stop, but he kept running and fired a M-2 carbine at his pursuers. Police returned fire and the tribesman took cover. After a ten-ma.nute gun battle, the tribesman's rifle went silent and police advanced to his hiding place. The tribesman, later identified only as Jajo, was found dead with a bullet in the neck, - the sot~rce said. - He said 18 kilogrammes of opium in ten packages were found in the bag Jajo carried. CSO: 5300 17 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 THAILAND BRIEFS L~RUG SMUGGLERS TURNING TO SOUTH--Phuket and Hat Yai have become major transit - points for drugs being smuggled abroad, parricularly for heroin, the secretary- - general of the Office of the Narcotis Control Board, Pol Ma.j-Gen Pow Sarasin, _ said yesterday. H~ said that both Phuket and Hat Yai were well served by i~.~d, - air and sea routes, and poia~ted out that the South is still short of policemen er,perienced in drug irivestigation. Ma j-Gen Pow said, however, that the ONCB was _ doing all it could to help provide courses on drugs and trafficking tor officers in the southern provinces. He was speaking at the opening of one suc'h course in Phuket. The ONCB secretary-general also mQt the Governor of Phuket, Mr Mani _ Walyapet, to discuss education on drugs in schools and colleges. ~Text~ [Bangkok POST in English 19 Apr 81 p 1~ . - CSO : 5300 18 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 I ~ BARBAL~pS $ RIEPS ANTI-DRUG PROPOSAL--The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is concerned abou t the drug use and its abuse in Barbados, and has suggested the sett:~ng up of a National Committee on Drug Albuse. Oppositicn MP, Mr Evelyn Greaves, said in the House of Assem~ly on Tuesday night that the DLP was concerned about this. He called for the strengthening of tne Customs Department, "to ensure that all avenues which exist for the illegal bringing in of drugs should be blocked out - ~ in order to control drugs from that ~ource." He said that the DLP was particu- larly concerned about the use of drugs by young people. The MP noted that al- ready there was legisl:ation on the Statute Book, but he added that the DLP would like to see "every effort made on a national level." Mr Greaves said the drug abu~e had reached such a proportion that there ought to be a national awareness. ~ He said that the Customs Department should b~~: complimented for the way in which - it had been ferreting out persons who bring r.~arijuana into the island. He also _ queried the importation of garments illegally into Barbados. The MP said that - he had seen and heard complaints about compa~:~Ces irzporting goods here in contra- vention of certain acknowledged arrangements. [Text] [Bridgetown ADVOCATE-NEWS in English 20 Mar 81 p 13] CSO: 5300 - y. ~ ~9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA INTERNATIONAL CAMPAICN TO DISCREDIT NATION TERMED IRRATIONAL La Paz EL DIARIO in Spanish 16 Mar 81 p 2 [Editorial] [Text] Just when it looked as if the campaign against Bolivia in important news media were winding down, reports from abroad began to step up ~he effort, adding new ingredients, to give the impre~sion that in Bolivia the processing and marketing of cocaine has the backing of the government, or at least of key government figures. There has been no proof of these charges; everything is based on assumptions and speculalion stemming from possible clues. This demonstrates that there are ulterior motives involved here, bordering on t~e irrational. Most worrisome is the fact that this entire campaign, instead of discrediting men and politicians, has sullied the reputation of a whole nation, co such an extreme ~ that these days the name Bolivia is almost synonymous with cocaine and drug addiction. This unjust and vile accusation deserves clear, irrefutable and definitive answers aimed at unmasking the real objectives of the campaign. On another occasion we pointed out objectively that no one denies or doubts that Boli- via has traditionally produced coca, a plant used by the aborigenes of these re- gions since time imrnemorial. In a way, coca is part of the habitat. But the idea of making cocaine was not born in Bolivia; it is an invention that came from out- side our borders. The marketing and trafficking of the drug began when men bearing dollars came here and began to awaken a commercial interest among some natives. What at first seemed to be very insipid, almost a small adventure, in time became the tremendous drug business of today. But what has motivated and s[imulated this illegal attitude? FirsC of all--one need not be a specialist to realize this--there is a consumer market. Where is the market? The answer springs up immediately, because it is so easy ~o pinpoint on ~he map: i.n the great urban centers, where economic and social development ha~ reached almost inconceivable levels. In other words, the consumer ele~;.~~nt exist:: where there is an abundance of money to pay the high cost of the drugs, and where society ha~ reached that point of sat isfaction and ennui with normal life, and - people begin to look for other ingredients to deride their idleness and boring, routin~ lives. It is there also where the large organizations are created to carry out the importation and marketing of the drug. Those are the elements who - have reached Bolivia with fistfuls of dollars to organize bands to manufacture ; cocaine. At first they engaged in routine activities, but later they began to 20 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 employ tremendous technical resources. Within this large conglomerate, there are probably Bolivian citizens who have been tempted by the promise of easy winnings. It is certain that even humble peasants have been skillfully lured into these traps, but that is not enough to incriminate an entire natior nor should it be a _ motive to oppose a government, no matter what its origin and composition. In view of this depressing situation, what we need is a coordinated effort by the countries that produce the raw material and those where the drug is sold (il- legally, of course). Only with an effort of this sort will the anti-drug campaign be ssccessful. Until then, the struggle of a single country--Bolivia in this case--with meager economic and technical resources is hopeless and painful. Moreover, we must confront the international offensive that has drawn the active _ participation of clearly identified political elements and ideological secrors that mistakenly thought they had found a disgraceful way to combat a government. - 8926 CSO: 5300 - ~ 21 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA r- NEW NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ELIMINATES DISTRIBUTION CENTERS La Paz ULTIMA HORA in Spanish 14 Mar 81 p 9 [Text] In one of its first communiques, dated yesterday, the new Council on the ' _ St~uggle against Drug Trafficking, in cooperation with the Department of Control, - Supervision and Marketing of Coca, has closed down all the coca distribution centars. The communique contains the following measures; 1. All coca distribution centers in the country will be shut down as of this date because they do not have the Registration and Census documents necessary for their operation, and because the distribution network has been modified. There- fore, no distribution center is authorized to operate. , 2. All coca marketing licenses for the categories of sellers or intermediaries are now null and void, since it has been found that the former are speculators who exploit the product, and the latter are directly responsible for the - transport of the raw material to places where it is processed into the drug commonly known as /cocaine/ [word enclosed in slantlines printed in boldface]. 3. All licenses issued as of 15 December 198p for the retail category are still v31id, because it has been found that the people in this category merely sell coca by the pound, and have nothing to do wiCh the scourge of drug trafficking. _ In order to purchase coca, from now on they must go to the Central Coca Depositories that are being set up in Chuquiaguillo, La Paz and Sacaba, Cochabamba. 4. All coca producers in Los Yungas, Chapare and other production regions must take their products to the Coca Depositories that are being created as of this date. In no case should the producers sell their product outside these depositor- ies. Violation of this provision will lead to the confiscation of the product. S. For the transfer of coca to the interior of the country, local depository bran- ches are being set up i.n the folloving cities: Oruro, Santa Curz, Potosi, Sucre, Tarija, Trinidad, Uyuni, Tupiza, Cobija, Desaguadero, Copacabana, Puerto Acosta, Villazon, Yacuia, Bermejo, Puerto Suarez, and Guayaramerin. Retailcrs may go to those branches to purchase the product for daily sale, at a rate of six cylinders per month. 22 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ 6. Con~racCors accredited with the Deparlment of Control, Supervision and MarkeL-- ing of Coca to supply the Mining Corporation of Bolivia (COMIBOL), the National Mining Chamber and sugar mills, must update their documents and deposit the neCessary bond under this new system. 7. The re~ailers who until now have been selling coca witrout the necessary author- ization must obtain a license from the Department of Control, Supervision and Mar- keting at the central office in La Paz. 8. The producers who have not obtained a census registration must go to the Coca - Control Department and submit th~ir property deeds, and then obtain the registra- - tion. It will be granted provisionally until the census of coca growers, soon to be initiated, is finished. As a result of these measures, which are effective on this date, and with the elimination of the intermediaries, coca will return to its normal value instead of the speculative price that prevailed until yesterday. This step is highly bene- ficial to the poorer classes who really chew coca. 8926 CSO: 5300 23 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICIAL APPEALS TO YOUTH TO JOIN FIGHT ON DRUGS La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanish 24 Mar 81 p 4 _ [Text] Santa Cruz, 23 March--Calling upon youth the join the battle against drug trafficking, the new chief of the narcotics office, Lt Col Lucio Loayza, took office in this district. Loayza is replacing Col Jose Carnacho of the National Guard for Public Security (GNSP), who was accused by drug trafficking suspects of being an accomplice in this activity and engaging in a cover-up. Col Camacho requested an indefinite leave of absense shortly after being accused, in order to prepare his defense. He maintained that the accusation was vile and slanderous, and that he would file criminal charges against his accusers. - In a press conference called by the Eighth Army Division, where ten suspects were turned over to regular justice officials, ~he narcotics chief was accused of being involved in these activities. At least two of the suspects claimed to - military authorities that Col Camacho knew about a large-scale cocaine �actory q that was raided by the army on the highway to Camiri. Military Actions Meanwhile, the army continues to carry out its sweep-up operations in this district, using troops with special training in anti-guerrilla warfare, the so-called Green Berets of thc Ranger Regiment. The local press, quoting "reliable sources," reported today on new operations by - [he Manchego regiment. Since Monday, it was reported, at least six more cocaine - factories have been discovered. _ This means that more than a dozen factories have been discovered and raided by the army since the armed forces announced their participation in the baltle against cocaine trafficking. - In a related development, a committee of the National Commission on the Struggle = against Drug Trafficking, r~cently created, is operating in Santa Cruz. It is - headed by Col David Fernandez, former minister of the interior, who reportedly - came to inspecC the regional offices and to coordinate activities. ~ 24 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Ranger Claim - The commander of the Manchego Ranger Regiment, engaged in drug control activities, claimed that a meeting of drug trafficking and cocaine processing ringleaders was - held recently. Col Moises Chirique stated that in recent days in MonCero, the second-largest city of the department, there was a mEeting of drug trafficking leaders. They agreed to send two emissaries to Brazil to hire gunmen. The measure supposedly was designed to counterract the intensive effort by the armed forces, and to eliminate those who are leading the repression effort, said : Col Chirique. 8926 CSO: 5300 25 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 BOLIVIA DRUG CONTROL ACTIVITIES~ P REVENTIVE MEASURES Cocaine Laboracories Raided La Paz ULTIMA HORA in Spanish 30 Mar 81 p 9 [Text] According to a police communique, special investigators with the National Office for the Conl-.rol of Dangerous Substances had an armed confrontation in the early morning of 25 March, a Wednesday, in Pampajasi, Loayza Province in the department of La Paz. There was no bloodshed in the operation, but the suspects fled, abandoning their facilities. The laboratories, a total of ten, were - searched and then burned on orders from Dr Anibal Miranda, penal district attorney assigned to narcotics. The following goods were seized: a motorbike, two radios and a Polaroid camera. Trucks Seized On 12 March at 1400 hours in Guayaramerin (on the Brazilian border), Brazilian _ Federal Police seized five trucks loaded with acetone and ether, a total of 100 _ 200-liter cylinders. The trucks were stopped for no~ having export licenses or consular visas. Cocaine In an operation by specialized personnel of the National Office for the Control of Dangerous Substances on Friday, 20 March at 2030 hours in the city of Cochabamba, 950 grams of cocaine were confiscated. In the same district, on 22 March, another drug shipment was seized and several traffickers were arrested. Investigations are underway. Another Factory . Also in Cochabamba, on 24 March at 1430 hours, specialized personnel of the National Office for the Control of Dangerous Substances discovered a fully operational cocaine factory. They seized 3,150 grams of wet cocaine-base sulphate, and arrested sever.al suspects. The district attorney on du[y at the time _ participated in the operation. 26 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 Survey on Coca Cultivation La Paz HOY in Spanish 23 Mar 81 p 4 [Text] A survey is being conducted in E1 Chapare to determine the incidence ~f coca cultivation, reported officials of the Ministry of Peasant Affairs. = According to the preliminary data compiled so fa r, they said, during the last 2 years the groduction of coca in this region has increased fivefold over that of the immediately preceding periods. Land under Cultivation All the data indicate that most of the arable land in the region has been used - for coca cultivation. In recent years citrus fruits, rice and other food products have been replaced by - coca in this manner. Survey The survey will determine for certain the degree to which coca production has overtaken other crops. For this purpose, the last 2 years are being use d as a base period, and in the near future a study will be made of the last decade, so as to undertake a compara- tive analysis of the region's agricultural and socio economic situation. This research, they stated, will also reveal to what extent local peasants and settlers can replace those crops, and with what ot her products, to assure them of a stable income. - The survey is about to be finished, and once it is completed the data will be processed by compu[er. Later a similar study will be made of other areas of coca leaf production. Coca Depositories to Be Esta blished La Paz HOY in Spanish 22 Mar 81 p 9 - [Text] Two large cocaine depositories will be es tablished in order to control the marketing of the leaf. This information was obtained from the explanation provided by authorities of the National Council on the Struggle against Drug Traf ficking, an organization whose goal is the total eradication of the illicit ac tivity. In recent times drug trafficking has attained dramatic proportions. - The Department of Control, Supervision and Marketi ng of Coca is now undertaking the necessary studies to enable it to set up the dep ositories, which will be loca- ted in Los Yungas, La Paz and E1 Chapare, Cochabamba. 27 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 The marketing of the leaf will be allowed only for the purpose of traditional ~ consumption, and the principal market for such consumption is in the rural areas and mining districts. According to the report put out by the authorities, one of the reasons for the growth in the p rocessing and marketing of cocaine is the uncontrolled production - of coca leaves i n the above-mentioned areas. The control eff o rt will take time, because the illegal activity cannot be eradi- cated immediately, given the complex organization of the drug traffickers that are operating in the country. By next week the complete team of the National Council on the Struggle against Drug Trafficking should have been formed, with representatives of all the agencies designa ted by the Supreme Decree. - This council w i 11 determine the poiicy to be followed and the manner in which strategies will be implemented in order to control the illegal activity in this country. 8926 CSO: 5300 28 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BOLIVIA - BRIEFS ANTIDRUG TRAFFIC LAW APPROVED--La Paz, 23 Apr (AFP)--The Bolivian government today approved a law against the drug traffic, Information Secretary Fernando , Palacios has announced. The punishments provided under the law, which is designed to control dangerous substances, will be equally applied to both ~ Bolivians and foreigners. The law punishes the manufacturing, traffic and sale - of drugs, especially cocaine~ Palacios noted that the enactment of this new law is another effort made the government of national reconstruction to eradicate _ the drug traffic from the country. The Nationa'1 Antidrug-Traffic Council--which - is headed by Colonels Doria Medina, Fernandez and Cossio--will be charged wi~h _ conducting a campaign ta eliminate this illegal activity. At the end of a meeting, Colonel Doria Medina, who is commander of the important Tarapaca armored uni.t, stated that the law will be instrumental in undertaking a more effective :,truggle against the drug traffic. He also reported t~?at the United Nations had _ - sent a delegate who will serve on the National Antidrug Traffic Council. [Text] ~ [PY240315 Paris AFP in Spanish 0230 GMT 24 Apr 81] ~ _ I ~ ~ CSO: 5300/2307 - 29 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ BRAZIL _ MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER IN RURAL ZONE, SEPETIBA ARRESTED Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Pt~i,z'tuguese 27 Mar 81 p 12 - - [Text] Led by an anonymous tip, police of the Narcotics Division ' i~ ~~;z~: arrested drug trafficker Waldir Ferreira, knowzi as Waldir Orelinha," in Campo Grande yesterday. Ferreira, aged 43, is one of , the major suppliers to lesser traffickers who operate in the Rural _ Zone and in Sepetiba. As he left his luxurious residence at Rua Hildegard Noronha 34, handcuffed and accompanied by his ~rother Walter, who was also arrested, Ferreira shouted to a group of neigh- bors: "The M~ddN~OnMiNAe� _ _ y(the police) are trying to ruin me; you are witne~ses, it's all a frame-up!" _ Earlier, the'police had arrested Federal Highway patrolman Jose Gomes Mendonca as he was leaving the house. Mendonca, aoed 25, was armed with a.38-caliber - revolver and was charged with possession of a firearm. Explaining his presence _ - there, Mendonca said he had come to buy a taxi from Waldir (he showed 55,000 cruzeiros), but that Waldir had not transferred title and the deal was not con- summated. At that time, the police learned that "Oreli~iha" was known to Mendonca - as "Horatio." - Several packets of cocaine were found--about 28 grams--as were envelopes of mari- huana, many canceled checks, bank deposit receipts, check stubs, a scale, a 12- gauge shotgun, and two .38- and .22-caliber revolvers. Accusation An anonymous tip led to the arrest of Waldir Orelinha, who says he is an estab- lished businessman in Campo Grande, at Estrada do Lau~eirao Pequeno 98. The in- dividual who reported him gave investigator Nelio Machado the name and address of the trafficker, claiming Waldir was responsible for supplying drugs to traf- fickers in the Rural Zone and in Sepetiba and that he only dealt in large quan- tities. The informant added that the drugs were stored in Waldir's house, and - that he only delivered them personally to the traffickers, at previously arranged - - locations. - The accusation led to 10 days of investigation, until the police were certain that the narcotics were stored in the house. The police were impressed by the - movement around Waldir's house, especially automobile traffic and especially in 30 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 the early morning hours, when even more people appeared. Delegate Walterson Botelho requested and obtained a search warrant. When the police arrived at the house, they arrested highway patrolman Mendonca and ordered hi~ to call Waldir out. When Waldir saw it was the police, he attempted to prevent the agents from entering, but he had to yield to force. In one of the bedrooms, in two dresser drawers, police found a shotgun with the inscription "Signal Pistol Mark 5 R. F. Sedgley Inc 19441," and two revolvers, as well as ammuni- tion for the latter and sixteen 9-~ bullets. - In the same place the police also found 28 grams of cocaine, small packets of marihuana, check stubs, deposit receipts, tickets and other papers. Another packet of marihuana was found in the kitchen, under the refrigerator. From the bedroom, the police also confiscated an automobile radio, five tape players, a tape recorder, three amplifiers, money and three checks. In one of the base- ment rooms they found a scale, which was also confiscated. . Confession - The search of the house lasted about 2 hours, in the presence of Waldir, his wife, his brother Walter, Walter's wife, and patroYman Mendonca. Seeing that further denial would be futile, Waldir decided to talk. He said that shortly _ before the c3rnival period, in Sepetiba, he had bought 250 grams of cocaine _ from trafficker "Toninho Biagio," whose real name is Antonio Marcio Biagio. Iie paid 750 cruzeiros per gram, to be sold at 1,250 cruzeiros. He added that he had a few kilos of marihuana, but he refused to name his sup- plier. He said the marihuana found in his house was for his owu use. - Waldir has three automobiles, a duplex apartment on the Estrada do Lameirao - Pequeno and a"Kombi" [van]. He has owned bars, bakeries and warehouses. The house he lives in belongs to his wife, who inherited it. Waldir's police file, forwarded by the Felix Pacheco Institute, indicates that he has already been charged with one hold-up, two assaults, possession of a _ - weapon and one charge of corruption of minorG. The charged were all brought in the 35th Police Precinct in Campo Grande. 6362 - CSO: 5300/2239 31 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 BRAZIL DRUG TREATMENT SERVICE TO BE INITIATED ON 15 APRIL Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 27 Mar 81 p 12 [Text] On 15 April, a drug treatment and rehabilitation service will go into _ operation in the Narcotics Division. The plan for creation of the service was - approved by Gen Waldyr Muniz, secretary of security, who dEtermined that it should be executed as quickly as possible. Two psychiatrists, a social worker, a psychologist and a nurse's aid, as well as _ . trainees in their last year, will be on duty in the Drug Division. One of the - main functions is to provide guidance for parents and to present lectures in high schools and colleges on the dangers of drug use. Psychiatrist Osmar Santos, who is responsible for execution of the program, said that the dependents are younger and younger, and the critical problem is now in the 13- to 18-year age bracket. Chief Rogerio Monte Karp, director of the DPE _ [Specialized Police Department], and Valterson Botelho, chief of narcotics, _ joined Osmar Santos in explaining how the service will function. A similar service has already functioned in the Narcotics Division in Niteroi. It was created by Monte Karp in 1971. On suggestion of Botelho, the same team that worked there is being transferred to Rio, where the service will be ex- panded. Karp declared that student Mauro Roberto Franceschi da Silveira, who died last week of a drug overdo se, might have been saved if the service had already been in operation. - = Karp said that, with the new drug law, the addict who has been convicted could be obliged to ~dergo treatment for up to 2 years. ' "We want to create a new philosophy. With this service, instead of going to _ jail, the ae~endent would see a psychiatrist. Thus, even during the police phase, he would receive adequate treatment. It would not be necessary to put him in a cell together with dangerous criminals, which is always bad." The chief explained that, later, the dependent would be sent to a clinic of IASERJ, INAMPS [National Institute for Social Security Medical Assistance] or _ _ 32 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 IPASE jWelfare and Aid Institute for Civil ServantsJ, where treatment would con- tinue until the police investigation was completed. Generally, there should be tlo internments in the Narcotics Division service. The DPE director also explained that he would direct all police precincts ta send addicts directly to the Narcotics Division on their arrest. _ "Either because of the effect of the drug or because of withdrawal, he could have _ an unexpected reaction to his arrest. For this reason, it is not advisable to put an addict in a common cell." ~ Parents ~ ~ Valterson Botelho said that lately he has had visits from parents seeking advice because their children are drug addicts. This was one of the reasons that led him to order expansion of the existing service in Niteroi. Psychiatrist Santos said the results obtained in Niteroi were very good. "Among the men, we achieved a recovery ra~e of between 70 and 80 percent. As _ for the women, the rate was 30 to 40 percent. The female addict always presents a higher profile of affect. [She may be suffEring from] the loss of virginity or unrequited love. Hence her recovery is very difficult." Santos said that, until recently, 80 percent of the addicts treated were mari- huana users. Now, he observed, there has been a considerable increase in the number of cocaine addicts being treated. i Santos called attention to the use of shoemaker's glue and "lanca-perfumes" ~ [ether atomizers]. . "Lately, the use of the 'lanca-perfume' has increased greatly, to enhance enjoy- ment of a certain kind of music. It cieates a psychological dependency. They have banned the music of Baby Consuelo, who sang about 'baseado' [marihuana], but the 'lanca-perfume' is still around." ' Among the plans for the Narcotics Division service is creation of the First Anti- _ drug Week, during which various professionals will undertake to explain the dan- gers of drugs, through lectures, slide exhibits and displays of drugs. Emphasis will be on prevention. 6362 CSO: 5300/2239 ' 33 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 BRAZIL ~ ~ BRIEFS ARRESTS BASED ON PHONE TIPS~-Relying on anonymous calls to telephone numbers 263-6130 and 283-8236, ~~olice of the Nar;:otics Division yesterday made arrests - and drug seizures in Rua Sao Martinho, Estacio; Rua do Livramento, Saude; and Taquara, Jacarepagua. On Avenida Sernambetiba, Barra da Tij uca, Argentin~_ student Pablo Alejandro Tortola, aged 20, was arrested with 5 grams of cocaine and a Facket of marihuana in his possessi~n. The Argentine, the only suspect who was not reported by an informant, was arrested in a police roundup of *_he Second Operational Sector of SORFA (Automobile Robberies and Thefts). On ques- tioning, he said he bought the cocaine for 10,000 cruzeiros and received the marihuana as a"bonus" (a "present"). Alejandro said his suppliers were Ricardo Barros Belloti, aged 21, and a man wearing a yellow shirt, later identified as Antonio Jose Pereira de Freitas, aged 26. The two men were arrested, but denied the allegation. On Rua Sao Martinho Estacio, Narcotics Division agents arrested retailer Reginaldo dos Santos,''China", who sold cocaine in front of house No 30 [on that street], and two men who were with him; Edvaldo Joaquim Nascimento and , Carlos Alberto dos Santos. The polic~ established that the latter two men had no connection with the case, but they want to question them as trial witnesses. ~ House No 30 is the resident of Emilia Delfiaa Caetano, aged 51, who had fled on arrival of the police but had dropped her identification. According to Carlos Alberto, she is the oldest drug trafficker in the area, having inherited the drug sales point from her husband Toninho de Vinte, who died some time ago. In front of Building No 177, Rua do Livramento, Saude, Laudelino Miguel, a 52-year- old dock janitor, was arrested with c packets of marihuana in his pockets. His suppliers escaped, however. [Text] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 26 Mar 81 p 17] 6362 ARUG WAR IN CAXIAS--Three drug rings were warring over cantrol of the drug traf- - fic in Duque de Cax ias. According to police who are familiar with affairs in Lower Fluminense, the result has been an increasing number of murders in the region. The rings are led by Jorge Antonio Batista de Oliveira, "Jorge Bola"; Carlos Ivan da Silva, "Balao''; and Reginaldo dos Santos Barbosa, "Gica". The lasC named has already been eliminated, however; last Wednesday, two men--one of the~.n may have been Bolao himself--killed Gica on a bus in Bairro Pantanal. Police feel that recent battles between gang memb~rs indicate that Bolao's henchmen ar~ gaining the advantage. According to investigations conducted re- - cently, Bolao�s gang murdered Jose Ailton de Souza and Sergio dos Santos, both henchmen of Jorge Bola, and Gerson Alves de Oliveira, a member of Gica's ring. 34 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - Yesterday afternoon, the body of a white male, approximately 25 years old, wearing a cream-colored shirt, checkered pants, ar.d house slippers, was thrown - out of a white "Kombi" on Rua Almirante Nidase, Jardim Gramacho. Fxpert ~ Gilberto and Inspector Aroldo, of the 59th Police Precinct, verified that the uuidentified man had taken eight bullets, of various calibers, most of them in the head. Yesterday, led by Lieutezant Ambrosio, police of the 59th Military Police Battalion had a gun battle with criminals barricaded in House No 150, Rua Paranapanema, Vila Sarapui, Gramacho, Duque de Caxi~s. In the exchange of fire, one gangster was killed and sever were captured; one soldier was wounded. jText] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 28 Mar 81 p 8] 6362 DRUGS AMONG GOLD PROSPECTORS--Belem (0 GLOBO)--Athos Treptow, regional chief of police of Lower Amazonas, this week seized about 2 kg of marihuana from gold miner Alexandre Amorim, who was charged with possession and taken to Itaituba. ' According to the police chief, the drug is traded very easily at the Alto Tapajos gold mines for wunt of effective monitoring of si:rangers entering the area. Last year the Federal Police confiscated over 6 kg of marihuana in the Mato Grosso mine. It was being sold for 1 million cruzeiros per kg. Despite ~ growing darg use in the mir~es, police action is very rare because of the dis- tance and the expense of using a plane, th~ only means of access to most of the Tapajos mines. [Text] [Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 28 Mar 81 p 6] - 6362 CSO: 5300/2239 ~ 35 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 ~ r,N r1,F BRIEFS - COCAINE TRAFFICKERS--ThrQe Peruvian drug traffickers have been arrested in Arica carrying 3 kg of cocaine. They are: Eusehia Cristina Morales Virueta, 52; Agripina Chura Ramirez, 33; and Romulo Turpo Alanoca, 27. They were arrested . in downto~an Arica while attempting to deliver t~e cocaine to a Chilean contact who would take care of selling it. With the proceeds, they intended to help ~ obtain the relFase of the gang of Peruvian traffickers arreste~ in March in - Santiago. The drug was again smuggled into Chile across the Tacna-Arica border in Turpo Alanoca's truck. [PY220154 Santiago Chile Domestic Service in Spanish - 0100 GMT 21 Apr 81] DRUG TRAFFICKERS--The Santiago police succeeded in detaining two drug traffickers after a car race and shootout in downtown Santiago last night. Those detained are (Jorge Casti.llo del Oro), who is seriously wounded, and (Juan Camilo Milanau). ~ The police confiscated 250 grams of cocaine in their possession. [PY251409 Santiago Chile Domestic Service in Spanish 1100 GMT 25 Apr 81] - _ CSO: 5300/2306 = 36 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MEXICO DRUG CROP IN OAXACA WORTH MORE THAN LEGAL CROPS Mexico City EXCELSIOR in SFanish 7 Mar 81 pp 4-A, 20-A [Article by Rafael Medina C.] [Text] Food crops amount to 3.6 billion; marihuana and poppy crops to 10 billion. The state is a new market for the exploitation of narcotics traf f ickers . Almost all of the Mixes are engaged in drug cultivation; "it's what produces an income." Oaxaca, Oax., 6 March--The cultivation of ~ope in this area exceeds lawful cultiva- tions by more than 7 billion pesos and makes this state the No 1 cultivator of marihuana and poppies in the country. Previously the main producer was the state - of Sinaloa. The planting and harvesting of corn, sorghum, kidney beans, rice, wheat, sesame, and cotton, among other things, represented an income during the 1980 spring-swnmer season of a little more than 3.6 billion pesos, according to official reports fur- nished by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. In the meantime, i.f the marihuana and poppy crops destroyed by the air fleet of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic and members of the Mexican army had reached the centers of consumption, they would have yielded more than 10 bil- lion pesos. ' The poverty and isolation in which 90 percent of the 2.8 million inhabitants of - this area are located, between the mountainous Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental, provide a 95,000 square kilometer area for a new market of exploitation for drug traffickers. Taking advantage of the poverty and ignorance, the lack of roads, and the neglect of the people of Oaxaca who are grouped in 570 municipalities, drug traffickers offer them big amounts of money to plant marihuana and poppies, give them very effective means of taking care of the planting, and assure them that "it is on orders of the government." 37 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 _ The drug traffickers attain their illicit aims by offering up to 150,000 pesos to the peasants of the central valleys ~f the state to have them rent the ir land exclusively for the planting of marihuana. Th: planting of corn--392,277 hectares were harvested, with a yield of 400,000 tons; sorghum--2,707 hectares were harvested, with a yield of 5,523 tons; kidney beans--12,727 tons; rice--3,463 hectares were harvested, with a yield of 7,224 _ tons; wheat--2,719 hectares, with a yield of 13,576 tons; sesame--13,4 4 1 hectares, - with a yield of 9,205 tons; cotton--3,023 hectares, with a yield ,~f 10,570 bales-- _ among other things--yielded the peasants 3.6 billion pesos. In the meantime, if the planting of 2,077,469 square meters of marihuana--about 206 hectares--had not been destroyed, it would have yielded the drug traffickers about 7.176 billion pesos. The planting of the destroyed poppies would have - meant an income of a little more than 3 billion pesos. - "The fight against drug trafficking in the area," acknowledges Celso Ordonez, the regional coordinator of the Office of the Attorney General of the Repu~ lic, "is difficult. The drug traffickers take advantage of the ignorance of the peasants, - the lack of roads, the poverty of the people, the fact that the federal authc~ri- ties cannot reach many of the sites in the mountain ridge. they give the peasants = - money to sow death." Ne states that in many places--"I can tell you there is an infinity of them, so I ~ - will not name them"--the drug traf�ickers arrive like cor~querors. "They give them - equipment, money, aid, and above all, assurance, adding tha~ they are f rom the gavernment; that later, when the peasants gather the harvest, they wil 1 give the - peasants more money." Celso Ordonez points out that many times when they arrive to fumigate large extents - of marihuana and poppy plantings, "the people receive us with applaus e and greet- ings from below. They think we are the same people who invited them to plant mari- huana. When we land and tell them that that is bad, they agree, expla ining that the ones who gave them seed and money also were in helicopters and wer e well armed." A survey made by EXCELSIOR in the area of the central valleys of Oaxac a made it possible to ascertain the poverty and negl~ct of thousands of peasants. _ - In Nuevo y Viejo Santiago Tula, under the jurisdiction of the town of Zacatepec Mixe, 54 air minutes by helicopter from the capital of Oaxaca and 620 f eet above sea level, located in the lower part of the Sierr~a, some 600 Mixes timidly observe = the arrival of the helicopters of the Office of ihe Attorney General of the Repub- lic. _ Members of. the army protect the landing of the helicopter ~hich moment s before destroyed 3 hectares of planted marihuana near that place. Two persons are now under arrest. Only the Mixe children and womun approach the spot. The mEn, menacing, wait at a distance to find out Pahat is happening. 38 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Ciro Antonio Justo, principal of the federal rural school, "Ninos Heroes," speaks - first, because he speaks Spanish and Mixe--Zapoteco, in talking with the envoys. ~ Iie says that almost all the Mixe people "are engaged in the planting of marihuan~. They do so because it is the only thing that brings them an income. Here," he - says as he points around him, "no one helps us. Therefore, when they arrive and offer us money, we agree to plant marihuana. I do not do so, because I am the - teacher, the one who must educate them, get rid of their ignorance." - Ciro Antonio Justo, who lives in sub-human conditions, without a budget for the maintenance of the school--in a wooden hut covered with asbestos sheets, where the heat is unbearable--cannot describe their poverty. "I teach and that is all I know. We are worn out, but the government has promised to help us, to bring us new desks and a blackboard. That will help to rid the children of ignorance." Some 80 small children attend the forgotten small schoolhouse. All of them want to "rid themselves of ignorance," but others also want to go up in the helicopter that takes away those who, because of ignorance, plant marihuana. Wide-eyed, 6-year-old Gabino ~amacho Garcia, with a half-smile that he covers with his hands, refus~:s to talk with the news reporter. Gabino is the center of at- traction of his s~,:~ll school. He is asked if he knows Spanish yet and in reply he cries. He does not speak, twists his whole body, and puts his hands up to his face. Such is not the case with 10-year-old Marta Torres Camacho, his cousin. She is fair, has a cleft chin, thin lips, and large, light brown eyes. She is perhaps the daughter of strangers who visited the area to offer mor.ey for the planting of marihuana. "I can read and write. I also know Spanish," she says, coming forward after hear- . ing the question. But most of the small children do not know how to read and write, in spite of the teacher's efforts. Many children attended only a few classes and then, on orders of their parents, no longer went to school. The school is located in an open space on a hill that is guarded by members of the army and where ti_:~ helicopters of the PGR [Office of the Regional Attorney General] land. Again, only the children and the women go near the place. They wait for the two , persons who were arrested for planting marihuana to go into the helicopter. There is great expectatior.tahen it does happen. The children run when the propellers begin to turn at high speed and raise an enormous cloud of dust. The two planters of marihuana are observed from below by everyone. The children would like to go up in the helicopter. Maybe they will, tomorrow. 39 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Nuevo y Viejo Santiago Tutla, as in the case of a great numher of little villages and communities clustered in the sierra and located within the group of 570 municipalities, can be designated as producers of marihuana and poppies. The drug trgffickers make an easy prey of the villages and the consequence is already ap- - p arent: Oaxaca is now the chief producer of marihuana and poppies in the country, according to the statistics of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic. 8255 CSO: 5300/2246 40 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 MEXICO PJF SEIZES 22 TRAFFICKERS IN VARIOUS RAIDS Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 15 Mar 81 p 8-A [Text] Early yesterday morning the Federal Judicial Police arrested 22 narcotics Craffickers and confiscated 788 kilos of mar ihuana, 30 and 1/2 kilos of poppy ' seeds and 3 vehicles. - In separate actions and within the framework of the continuing anti-drug trafficking campaign, police officers, accompanied by members of the Mexican army, - raided the following states: Tamaulipas, Guerrero, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Baj a California Norte, Jalisco, Sonora, ' . and the territory of Quintana Roo. In the city of Madero, Tamaulipas, t~e police captured AdolfoSoto Rangel and Santiago Marquez Trevino, who shot at the police. Finally both offenders were arrested; the former was wounded in the right knee. Also, 700"catt loads" of marihuana were confiscated. - Reynaldo Cuenca is another offender who was arrested with 1 and 1/2 kilos of poppy seeds. In the city of Obregon, Sonora, Cesar Pena Gazcon and Juan Gilberto Fimbres Garcia, who were in possession of 1/2 kilo of marihuana, were arrested. - - Federal police officers confiscated 7 kilos of marihuana, packed in plastic bags, ~ - from the "luggage compartment" of the North Truck Transport Line, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Following are other arrested persons, who al so had small quantities of marihuana: = Manuel Montanez Medina, Carlos Castellanos Campos, Mario Gonzalez Carlos, Alberto - Paredes Felix, Carlos Humberto Ron Camacho, Jesus Valenzuela, Jose Ochoa Fernandez, Ricardo Negro Mata,Juan Bravo Franco, and V i cente Zepeda Contreras. North Americans who were also arrested are: Martin Edward Veytia, Robert Arthur Broths, Ben~amin Luois Farwer, and Ralph Ort iz. The arrested persons and the druo were placed at the disposition of the police of - the Federal District Departmenc of each of tt,~e respective states. 8255 CSO: 5300/2246 . 41 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 IRAN HEROIN SMUGGLED INTO EUROPE NC290738 (Clandestine) Radio Iran in Persian to Iran 1300 GMT 28 Apr 81 [Report by Radio Iran's corr~spondent in Paris--live or recorded] [Text] The French public's strong rage has been aroused against the ruie = of the clergy because of the smuggling of heroin from the Islamic Republic. This heroin has, up to now, either killed, blinded or paralyzed a large number of people. The French people recently realized that the heroin smuggled from Iran has increased (?twentyfold) since Khomeyni started his rule, and that at present Iranian heroin takes up 80 percent of the entire West European drug market. During the past regime the government had been successful in limiting, as best as possible, the smuggling of drugs. For years and years Iran's heroin formed only between 3-4 percent of the European drug market, a percentage which was falling each day. _ It is interesting to note that when numerous massacres were carried out by executioners such as Sadeq Khalkhali, there were some simpletons who be- lieved that ~Chomeyni's regime was truly working toward the eradication of drug smugglers and drug addiction. However, the truth is that drug smugglers have never been so free to act as they are now, and this in itself shows - that Sadeq Khalkhali's lahel "the antidrug campaign," pasted on Khalkhali's massacres, was a pretext by which political opponents could be removed, Undeniable facts and figures do not allow the regime's leaders :o continue their demagoguery much longer and to continue to claim that they are fightiag - againa.t smugglers. In a discussion with a spokesman for the large antidrug and addiction center . in Paris, he stated that the smuggling of Iranian heroin has increased so - much that ~ddicts thraughout Europe--especially in Holland, Britain and France--can easily find heroin, cheaply and abundantly. But what has enraged Europe's public is that the hero3n manufactured by the Islamic Republic was poisoned. An extremely large quantity, which arrived in 42 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Europe from the Islamic Republic 2 months ago, showed that the heroin con- tained a fungus which could kill or b13nd the user. Up to date, a large number of users in [words indistinct] and addic tion center and of the Public Health Ministry in Paris have asked radio stations to broadcast repeated statements at specific hours asking addicts, who may have used this type of heroin, ~to immediatelS? report to the nearest hospital for a checkup. According to doctors, the poisonous f ungus contained in this heroin either blinds, paralyzes or kills the us er. Interpol believes that the abundance of Iranian heroin is not a natural _ phenomenon. Informed experts believe that Iranian smugglers have _ collaborators among influential government off icials, such as the revolution [word indistinct], the clergy or the cotrmiittees, since the manufacture of _ heroin needs large laboratories, which are practically impossible to hide unless these laboratories are (?guarded) on orders of the revolution guards, committees and clergy. CSO: 5300/5568 _ 43 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 z~ ANTINARC;OTICS DEVELOPMENTS REPORTED Execution of Dealers Tehran KAYHF~N INTERNATIONAL in English 15 Apr 81 p 1 [Text] Tehran, April 14 (PARS)--Following the decisive campaign against narcotic dealers throughout the country, the Anti-Narcotics Court today sentenced seven no- torious smugglers to death on charges of liaving lonq record in drug trafficking. The group of seven, including Seyyed Mehdi Baliqh, a very notorious international - gangster were put before firing squads this ~orninq in Tehran. Among the group was a w~oman, also charqed with prostitution, and was executed in Tehran's Qasr Prison. Afghan ~nugglers Captured Kabul KABUL NEW TIMES in English 12 Apr 81 p 1 - [Text] Kabul, April 12 (TASS)--Iranian newspaper "Kayhan" has reported the seizure, after an armed clash, of another group of Afghan counter-revolutionaries whom some figures are trying to present as "defenders of Islam". _ Seized from the bandits were weapons and 14 kg of heroin which they tried to smug- _ gle across the border in the region of the town of Teyebad. Radio Teheran also reported the arrest of a drug dealer in the town of Nehavend. Over 500 kg of opium valued at 15 million rials were found with these thieves. Antinarcotics Clampdo�~vn Tehran KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL in Enqlish 18 Apr 81 p 1 [Text] Tehran, April 17 (AFP)--Seven executions on 14th April for drug offences-- six m.en and a w~oman--provided ample proof, if any were needed, that Iran is not , letting up on its war against drug addicts and pushers. Since the former drug squad chief, Ayatollah Khalkhali quit his post five months ago, 35 drug offenders have been executed fn the provinces. i 44 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 The authorities now claim that poppy cultivation from which heroin is extracted has ended in the country. Cultivation was banned in September 1979, and wheat and bar- - ley crops now occupy the 30,000 hectares previously devoted to poppy growing. Before the Islamic Revolution the poppy crop was estimated at between 400 and 600 - tons annually, placing Iran amonq the world's top producers. 4,2 tons of drugs, including 54 kilos af heroin, seized over the last five months from about 5,000 people come mostly fxom Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey, according to Hojjatole- slam Zargar, special prosecutor f~r drug offenses. More than 1,000 people facing execution had their sentences reviewed, and about 85 percent were given additional discharges, Mr. Zarqax said. He pointed out that, in addition, nearly 2,000 drug offenders had been freed to _ mark the second anniversary of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian New Year on _ M.~rch 21. But he also recognized that Ayatollah IQzalkhali's strongarm methods had dismantled most of the major drug netw~orks in Iran. The clampdown had also pushed up drug prices and consequently cut down the number of drug users, he claimed. _ Mr. Zarqar praised Iran's methods of handling drug offenders. In the first in- stance, he said, they were taken to a drug center--up to 70 a day to the Tehran center alone. _ They were judged on ths spot and simple "users" were often either sent home to _ their families or to rehabilitation centers. CSO: 5300/5569 ~ 45 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 - IRAN BRIEFS DRUGS SEIZED--Behb.~han revolution guards have seized 11.354 kg of opium, 2 pistols, 1 hunting rifle and a great deal of amimunition from six smugglers in Ganaveh Port. [GF251652 Ahvaz Domesti~ Service in Persian 1330 GMT 25 Apr. 81 GFJ OPIUM SEIZED--Five kg of opium have been recovered from Golestan Village by Shiraz Islamic Revolution Guards. According to the public relations department of the FARS Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, Gholam Sakhi and Ebi Nurani have been arrested - and detained. [GF271933 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1830 GMT 27 Apr 81 GF] NARCOTICS SEIZED--During the past month, Shiraz police have arrested 143 thieves and pickpockets and have seized more than 6 kg of hashish, opium and heroin. [GF281645 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1530 GMT 28 Apr 81 GF] DRUG SMUGGLERS EXECUTED--By verdict of the Islamic Revolution Court dealing with drug smuggling cases, 10 smugglers were executed in Tehran and Karaj _ today. [LD290420 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1030 GMT 28 Apr 81 LD] , OPIUM POPPIES DESTROYED--Mamasani Revolution Guards have discovered 3 hectares of land on which opi~ poppies were b eing grown. The poppies have been destroyed by th e revolu~ion guards. [GF301934 Shiraz Domestic Service _ in Persian 1830 GMT 30 Apr 81 GF] ANTINARG~iIC OFFICIALS MAKE F'IND--Nahavand KEYHAN Correspondent. Gendarmerie officers of Nahavand have found 6.~ kilograms of special opiates for making heroin inside a minibus. The passengers of this minibus--whose names are '~,bdollah Ansari, 'Ali Rahim Taksavari, and Kavus Sadeqi--were arrested ~,y the officers. Also, Gendarmerie officers of Nahavand succeeded in finding 536.5 kilograms of : opium in a Mercedes automobile on the Nahavand-Boru~erd highway. The driver of th~~ automobile, named 'Abdi Kiyani a resident of the village of Kiyan, was arrested and 3ailed. On the other hand, the Revolution Guards Corps of Nahavand has found 35 kilograms of opium in a Nissan car being operated by N~jaf 'Ali - Kiyani and Ja'far Kiyani. Mashhad: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of _ Sabzevar succeeded in a series of successful operations in seizing 150 kilograms of opium from three smugglers--named Akbar Shirkhani, Ha~j Qasem Shirkhani, and his wife--and turned them over to tYie proper authorities. In other operations, the Revolution Guards Corps of Sabzevar seized eleven grams of pure heroin in - the house of a suspected fugitive. [Text] [Tehran KEYHAN in Persian 8 Apr 81 p 1] , 46 CSO: 5300/5566 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 KUWAIT TWO LEBANESE ARRESTED IN HASHISH CASE ` - Kuwait AL-ANBA' in Arabic 15 Mar 81 p 4 [Text] The security police arrested Hasan M. and Mahmud M., both Lebanese, for trafficking in drugs and promoting the same in Kuwait. The arrest, which occurred at the homes of the two suspects in al-Salimiyyah and al-'Umriyyah, resulted in the confiscation of 3 kilograms of hashish which they had intended to distribute among their agents after acquiring the hashish from a sister countrj�. Information received by the security systems had gointed co the visi'i~le activities of each ot the suspec~s in the drug trafficking �iel;i. As part of the plan to catch them redhanded, one secret source was handed 650 dinars, marked by the secret policy. He was told to go to the first suspect and pretend tYat he wanted to buy a large amount of drugs. The source then carried out his mission and got the suspect's approval, followed by his accompanying him to the al-'Umriyyah area where the suspect entered a house. He returned af ter a short period and handed the source the requested drugs. AC the mament of pick-up, which occurred in the al-Salimiyyah area, and by means of the previously agreed upon signal, the secret ~ police members arrested the suspect. Upon searching him, the marked mdney was found - in his possession. Tixe drugs which he had just delivered to the source were also con- ~ fiscated. Upon confronting the suspect with the confiscated materials, he first tried to deny everything. However, he later confessed h3s gu~lt, pointing out to the existence of ' - a similas amount, about 2 kilograms of Iiashish, with his partner in distributing drugs - , in Kuwait, and which they consecutively bring from Lebanon. In the ligt~t of these confessions,.the secret police hurried to the latter suspect'~ home in the 'Umriyyah area, where the~ found the abovementioned amount of drugs hidden in his briefcase. Upon confronting him with the accusations directed at him, _ he confessed and referred to his participation with the first suspect in bringing drugs from outside and txafficking in the same in Kuwait. _ = The two suspects and the confiscated goods were referred to the offices of tk~e pro- - secutor gen.eral, who ordered that they be placed in detention pending imvestigations. ~ - 9455 CSO: 5300/47~5 - - 47 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - MAURITIUS BRIEFS ~ OPIUM FOU~ID--Police are still imtestigating th~~ discovery on 21 January of 23 kilos of opium, valued at 1 million rupees, found in an unclaimad suitcase coming from India. [Port Louis LE MAURICIEN in French 23 Mar 81 p 1] _ CSO: 5300/4943 ~ 48 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 DENMARK ALMOST ALL HASHISH IN DENMARK SOLD FROM CHRISTIANIA Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 23 Mar 81 p 3 - [Article by Jorn Mikkelsen: "Almos~ All Hashish ir. Denmark Is Sold Through Christiania"] - [Text] "Almost all the hashish that is smoiced in Denmark goes through Christiania. Both the politicians and the police know that, but they all pretend not to see the - _ problem because it is such a horrifyingly big one." ~ ~ So says Hans Lovetand, who formerly lived in Christiania for 4 years and was a spokesman for the residents, but moved away because drugs totally wrecked the neighbort~ood. Now he can sit in his apartment a~nd look over into the free city. "On summer days, there can be as many as 30 people, each with his little stall, _ selling hashish. It is so undisguised that anybody can see what is going on. There are even the police, too, who make an example of somebody now and then and _ iunpose a fine. There is a sort of tacit agreement between the distributors and the police, who do not make a body search if the distributor turns over the dope = voluntarily. Qui.te simply, there is nat enough manpower to keep Christiania free from 3rugs," Hans Lovetand says. ' Checking is Easier - He thinks it is most convenient for the authorities to havP hashish selling con- centrated in one place. That makes checking the community easier, and it saves a large number of people the unpleasant experience of observing the degrading condi- _ tions unde~ which many drug addicts live in Christiania. "But it would not do any good to close down Christiania. The community of hashish addicts would simply move somewhere else. Hashish will always be available in the . places where it is smoked," he says. The discussion of Christiania flared up again after the residents themselves stated that 20 kilograms of hashish valued at 750,000 kroner are sold in the free city every day. That agrees with the amount reported b,y the Disturbances Patrol of the Copenhagen Police. In all, a quarter of a billion kroner worth of hashish is sold in Christiania. ~ - 49 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 Bourgeois politicians now want clear information regarding the government's atti- tude toward the hashish problem. Annalise Gotfredsen, of the Conservative People's Party, wants to have Minister of ~Tustice Ole Espersen consult with the Legal Com- ~ mittee. The Liberal Party wants Minister of the Interior Henning Rasmussen to cdnsult with it regarding the correlation between the effects of hashish and the ' use of hard narcotics. 9266 CSO: 5300/2243 50 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 DENMARK POLICE TO INCREASE EFFORT IN C:HRISTIANIA TO STEM DRUGS Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 24 Mar 81 p 3 [Article by Anders Wiig and Lisbeth Wirgowitsch: "Increased Police Effort Against the Selling of Drugs in Christiania"] [Text] "If an in~rease in the police force and many technical resources are needed to deal with the drug problem, I am sure that there is parliamentary backing for providing the police with the means required to solve the problem," said Minister of Justice Ole Espersen yesterday at a meeting on the subject of "merchants of death by narcotics" axranged by the Legal Discussion Club of the University of _ Copenhagen. Ole Espersen said that the financial cost of strengthening the police in their work is infinitesimally small by comparison with what it costs to treat a drug ad- dict. "The community spends 50 million kroner evpry year to treat addicts, and if the problem can be solved by strengthening the police, it must be done for that reason," said Ole Espersen, who described the drug problem as the most important one this spring where the Danish Farliament is concerned. - The executive body of the police force wants to increase its efforts directed against crime in Christiania. Police Commissioner Poul Eefsen and his leading as- sociates, in the light of disclosures that 2,800 people had made pickups of hashish - in the "free city" on Friday, held meetings on the drug situation in Christiania all day Monday. The Police Commissioner met with leaders of the Disturbances Patrol, ~the Narcotics Section and the chief of the Criminal Police, Deputy Police Comissioner ole Nor- " gaard, among others. A vigorous effort to render the patrolling, police raids and - other methods of checking on the residents of the so-called "free city" effective can be expected in the ~.mmediate future. It has been known for many years in the - Copenhagen police headquarters that people are dealing in narcotics--principally - hashish--in Christiania, and the Disturbances Patrol, in particular, has evinced very intense interest and carried out raids and undercover patrollings in civilian - clothing which time and again brought storms of protest from the residents. In fact, a drug raid was carried out yesterday in Christiania. It was concentrated on the Woodstock tavern and the area around it. It developed into an attack on ' the members o~ the Disturbances Patrol with fists and throw-n stones and bottles, so that they had to call for help from the uniformed police. 51 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014422-2 - In recen~ days, c'hristiania has again been the subject of intensive press comment _ because, among other things, no less than three members of the Folketing have de- manded explanations from both the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Jus tice. There was a demand for consulta~ion from Annelise Gotfredsen, of the _ Conservative People's Party, who is a member of the Legal Committee, as was ex- - pected yesterday. In it she demands that the police force be increased and given gr eater powers, if necessary, so tha~ narcotics laws can be enforced. 9266 CSO: 5300/2243 52 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DENMARK JUSTICE MINISTER: HARD DRUGS IN PRACTICE ARE LEGALIZED - Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 26 Mar 81 p 1 [Article by Chr. Bronum and Lisbeth Wirgowitsch: "Hard Drugs and Hashish Legalized in Practice"] - [Text] "The use af hashish and hard narcotic materials is legalized in Denmark in practice." That is what Minister of Justice Ole Esperson told t..he BERLINGSI~ TYDENDE after the hash~sh festival in Christiania last weekend in which 2,800 people participated. - "The police have ox~ly limited means at their disposal, and therefore they must as- sigii priorities in their work," says Ole Espersen. "Z'he ~olice simply do not have the ability to take thousands og people into custody in Christiania. Furthermore, I think that I, and other hashish opponents, must consider wl.iether the problem cannot be tackled in ways which do not involve the use of the police and the ju- dicial system--through more extensive educational work, for example." - Ole Espersen stresses the fact that the police must put their manpower into action against the most serious crimes first. "Thus, for example, the criminal code re- ' gards heroin smuggling as a more serious thing than hashish smuggling. The police take action against both of these offenses, but if less serious violations of the criminal code are involved the police must assiqn priorities, and I believe that, with the resources the police have at present, priorities were properly assigned." At a meeting in the I.egal Discussion Club on Monday, Ole Espersen stated that the _ police will be given the zeeded means in the form of increased manpower and tech- ~ nical resources in the fight against the abuse of hard drugs. Ole Espersen said that there was support in the Folketing for giving the palice additional financial , means. 9266 CSO: 5300/2243 53 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DENMARK - COPENHAGEN POLICE'S NARCOTICS SECTION TO BE EXPANDED Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TIDEIVDE in Danish 27 Mar 81 p 2 [Article by "bba." and "cb": "Narcotics Police Being E~~arged"] [Text] The strength of the Narcotics Section of the Copenhagen Police is now being incre ased by the addition of 12 policemen. "The decision to increase the strength ~f the Narcotics Section was arrived at by the executive body of the police in Copenhaqen recently, and that occurred in view of the steadily increasing figures which clearly indicate that drug offenses con- - stitute a growing ~roblem," says Ole Norgaard, the deputy police commissioner. The present strength of the Narcotics Section is 76 people. "But even if we were to increase personnel to 450 people there would always be the same quantity of heroin in the streets," says Ole Norgaard. "The only thinq that would happen would be that we would get more cases a+nd would confiscate a larger amount of - dr.ugs." In regard to the problem of arresting uaers of drugs, Jimmy Stahr., the chairman of the Legal Committee of the Folketing, says, "If the police were to arrest users of hashish and hard drugs, we would have to build an unprec~dented number of new = prison cells. As the situation is at present, we quite simply have no space for hashish users and narcotics addicts." In saying that, Jimmy Stahr confirms what Minister of Justice Ole Espersen to~d the BERLINGSKE TIDENDE yesterday. Ole Espersen stated that the use of hashish and hard drugs is legalized in Denmark in practice. The justice minister's stateraent reqarding the system's impoter.~e with respect to druq addicts gave rise to a number of questions in the Foll~etiiig yESterday and can be expected to be taken up in a discussion in the Legal Committee with the Minister of Justice and Minister of the Intarior Henning Rasmussen. Jimmy Stahr states that the question of increased resources for treating drug ad- dicts is one of the things being cr~nsidered as a possible way of combatting drugs _ more effectively. A number of Folketing members who are on the Legal Committee and the Social Committee will try to get the problem clarified at the Justice Ministry's big hearing on narcotics on 6 April. 9266 CSO: 5306/2243 I 54 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 - DENMARK ALGERIAN SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING 500 KILOGRAI~S HASHISH - Copenhagen BERLINGSRE TIDENDE in Danish 2 Mar 81 p 3 _ IT~t) One of suspected chief figures behind tlie smuggling of at least 500 - kilograms o~ I~ashisn was imprisoned in Copenhagen yesterdap. He is the 34 year - old Algerian, known to the narcotics police and among hashish smugglers as "Mr. _ Interpol." Af ter a dramatic police chase he was s~ized in Paris on 2 Oct 1980, where he has since served out a sentence for document falsification since he used - _ a false TD card. = Police Judge Michael Lyngbo received the suspect in Paris af ter a Danish extra- dit~on request had been received. Iie is su~pected of being one of the 'oagmen for the hashish smuggling of about 30 Algerian and Danish couriers. He denied in the court knoyring about anp smuggling, which also lead to the arrest of his wi::e. _ ~e ntaintains that he supports himself legally as a mover, but the police base their auspicions on among other ttiings statements by a number of guilty couriers and taps oP telepfione conversations. - A wave of arrests of largely unemployed Algerians started on 12 Avgust at the = Kastrup Airport. At that time the poa.ice got their hands on a trunk in a baggage ch~ck room c~ntaining 350,000 kr, plus a like amount, a couple of false passports - and a pistol in a hired car which three arrested Algerians were driving. The pol~ce believe that the money was to be sent by courier zo Switzerland in payment for tiashish deliveries. Tfius, a score of hashish smugglers were caught in the police and customs net in _ Kastrup. This occured even if the leaders of the band must have known that large - sums were already lost and several couriers exposed. From telephone taps the police got the impression that individuals in the ranks were suspicious regarding some of Cheir leaders and suspected the couriers to spying on each other. That Was the explanation to, among other things, the disappearance of one of the band's lea.ders when he went from London to Copenhagen to pick up money. Actually, he was arrested and imprisoned secretly. - Since the expose began, about 20 couriers have received long prison sentences. ~ - 'I'Eie tiasish was shipped from Pakistan, packed in trunks, with no effort to camou- flage the contents. A courier was sure to be detected if the customs made a s>uperEicial, routine examination. Hence, the narcotics police have called the f~lgerian couriers suicide pilots. 6893 CSO: 5300/2245 - 55 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2 DFNMARK STUDY SHOWS THAT ONE-TIiIRD OF DRUG USERS ABLE TO STOP Copenhagen BERLTNGSKE TIDENDE in Danish 3 Mar 81 p 3 _ [Text] A study of how 300 young people who misused narcotics in~ Copenhagen in the course ~f a 7-gear period fare, shnws that 45 of them are dead. At the same tim~ more than one--third of the young people have stopped drug abuse. The xe~a~nder are more or less dependent upon narcotics. The study involves some 300 morphine addicts, who in 1973 sought help for their addiction either from the Copenhagen's Municipal Social Help Service at Halmtorv or from the Copenfiagen County Hospital Nordva:~g (then the state hospital in Golstrup~. it is now published in a report, "Young Addicts--Seven Years Later," which was - yesterday~made available to the pu~lic by the mayor for social affairs, Pelle Jarmer, and soc~al d~rector, Paul Hviid Kristensen. i _ ~ First B~g Study I T[ze study is the first big Danish reexamination of young morphine addicts. It - _ was undertaken by chief pl~ysician and medical direct~r Soven Haastrup, Dr. Peter W. J'apsen, and the social workers, director Anders Gormsen., educator Steen _ Nielsen, educator Inger Scheibye, and social counselor Lis Scheibye. Despite the sobering figures on fatalities, the results of the investigation - are encouraging. They support the claims of previous researchers that it is possible to break the addiction at any point during the period of addiction, and that addicts with a long period of misuse behind them actually have a greater chance of ending their addiction than addicts with a short period of mistise behind them. - The very great skepticism which treatment of older addicts generally gives rise - to seems therefore hardly to be ~ustified. 6893 CSO: 5300/2245 56 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010022-2