JPRS ID: 9777 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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_ NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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8 June 1981
WORLDW I DE REPORT ~
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 25%81)
' CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Conrt Hears Charges Against 11 for Smuggling HeroiR
(THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 8 May ~81) 1
Charges Dropped Against One of Seven in Heroin Hearing
(THE AGE, 7 May 81) 2
HONG KONG ~
Briefs
Drug Addiction Figures 3
Drug Seizure Statistic$ 3
_ New Drug Bureau Head 3
Raw Opium Trafficking 3
_ Triad Bosses Held 3
Morphine Smuggler Sentenced 4
Morphine Trafficker Jailed 4
Four Face Drug Charge 4
Drugs Smuggled From Bangkok . ~ 4
NEW ZEALAND
Briefs
" Heroin Seizure 6
Police Drug Raids 6
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LATIN AN'~RICA
BRAZIL
Briefs
Large Marihuana Shipment Seized 7
~ Marihuana Plants Burned 7
Student Arrested With Cocaine 8
COLOMBIA
Northern Task Foree Seizes Marihuana on Traia
(Walter Martinez P.; EL TIEMPO, 26 Apr 81) 9
Railroad Employees Investigated ss Traffickers
(Walter Ma~tinez; EL TIEMYO, 28 Apr 81) 10
Actions of Police Antinarcotics Group Summarized ~
(EL ESPECTADOR, 25 ~Ypr 81) 12
Briefs
Police Tried as Traffickers 13
Marihuana, Weapons in Santa Marta 13
Marihuana Burned in La Gua~ira 13
`fEXICO
'Operation Condor' Results for March-April Cited
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 15 Apr 81)........ 14
Drug Plantation Destruction Activity To Be Tntensified
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 7 Apr 81) 15
PJF Raids Guadalajara Toxic Pills Lab
(EL DIA, 7 Mar 81) 16
Report on Z~ne 06 Poppy, Marihuana Plantation Destruction
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 3 May 81) 17 '
I'ederal Judicial Police Destroy Marihuana Plantation
(EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS, 23 Mar 81) 18
Trafficker 'A Legend' in Underworld
(Jose Vilchis Guer~ero; EL SOL DE MEXICO,. 22 Apr 81)............ 19
Trafficker Suspected of Kidnapping Child
(Eduardo Chimely; EXCELSIOR, 21 Apr 81) 20
Presumed Traffickers' Bodies Found in Plane
(Jose Vilchis Guerrero; EL SOL DE MEXICO, 16 Apr 81)............ 21
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced to 8-%ear Jail Term
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 30 Apr 81) 22
Briefs
.Traffickers Among Students Arrested ~3
Prison Of f icial Arrested 2 3 `
Colombian Traffickers Seized 23
PERU
PIP Steps Up Offensive Againet Drug Traffickers -
(EL COMERCIO, various dates) 25
International Rings Captured
Cocaine Laboratory Seized '
Cocaine Gangs Arrested
VENEZUELA
Brief s
Cocaine Traf f ickers Arrested 2 g
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NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ~
IRAN
Ten Narcotics Smugglers Executed 13 May .
(Tehran Domestic Service, 14 May 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Briefs
Drug Smugglers Executed 30
- Opium Seizure 30
Shiraz Drug Haul 30
Estahbanat Traffickers Arrested 30 `
Shiraz Narcotics Figures 30
Opium Seized 30
ISRAEL
Briefs
Hashish in Yafo 31
SYRIA
Briefs
Damascus Narcotics Arrest 32
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WF5T ~EUROPE
NETHERLANDS
Report on Drug Problem in Amsterdam `
(NRC HANDELSBLAD, 6 r~y si) 33
SWEDEN
Briefs _
Campaign Against Hashish in Schoola 35
Tougher Cannabis Sentence~ 35
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AUSTRALIA
COURT HEARS CHARGES AGAINST 11 FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 8 May 81 p 12
[Text] A man who had already been charged with supplying heroin allegedly gave
an air ticket and $1,000 expenses to a woman who intended to return to Australia
with heroin, a court heard yesterday.
Mr K. Waller, SM, was hearing charges in the Central Court of Petty Sessions
against 11 people allegedly involved in conspiring to import heroin from South-
East Asia.
Ten of those charged are William Andrew Conino, 44, storeman, of William Street,
Granville; Patricia Louisa Smith, 41, invalid pensioner, of William Street, Gran-
ville; James Robert Copland, 34, motor dealer, of Jacaranda Drive, Georges Hall;
Mary Blanch Copland, 27, of Jacaranda Drive, Georges Hall; Suzanne May Hall, 22,
of Durham Street, Carlton; Terrance William Whatley, 29, labourer, of Pyrmont
Bridge Road, Camperdown; Paul Michael 0'Connor, 35, storeman, of Rawson Road,
Guildford; Jeanette 0'Keefe, 25, of Anglo Road, Campsie; Andrea Jean Henderson,
33, entertainer, of Durham Street, Carlton; Warren Austin Richards, 30, company
director, of Edenholme Road, Abbotsford.
These people were each charged with conspiring with each other and other persons
to import heroin at Sydney and elsewhere between November 1, 1980, and April 9
this year. Richards is also charged with having $2,478 which is suspected of
being stolen or unlawfully obtained.
Also in court was Dennis jdalter Cox, 30, labourer, of Durham Street, Carlton,
- who was charged with being knowingly concerned with the importation of heroin
between January 31 and April 9 this year.
It was alleged in an earlier hearing that James Copland was the principal in a
conspiracy to import heroin by mail and hidden on the bodies of women.
No please have been entered. [as published]
Mr J. Deakin, f or the Crown, told the court yesterday that Andrea Henderson had -
been arrested at Sydney after returning from Hong Kong, and had admitted that
the purpose of the trip was to buy drugs. He said she admitted that Copland
had provided her with a ticket and $1,000 for expenses, and that she intended
to return to Australia with heroin.
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AUSTRALIA
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ONE OF SEVEN IN HEROIN HEARING
Melbourne THE AGE in English 7 May 81 p 17
[Text] Al1 charges against a man allegedly involved in selling $1.6 mi"lli_on
worth of heroin were withdrawn in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterd.av,
Mr Anthony Ellis, SM, ordered that all charges against Stephen Alex Taylor, 28,
of rn fixed address, be withdrawn at the request of the Crown Prosecutor,
Mr D. W. McLeod.
Mr McLeod produced a document signed by the Attorney-General, Mr Storey, in-
demnifying rir Taylor against crimina.l proceedings already filed.
Objections from defence counsel were overruled by Mr Ellis.
Seven people are appearing before Mr Ellis charged with having conspired to sell
and traffic a drug of addiction between 1 December 1979 and 1 December 1980.
They are Robert Maxwell McClure, 35; Cheryl Joy Cornish, 27; Donna Lee Morphett,
24; Ingreda Kornouchovs, 19; Cheryl Lee-Anne Heinrich, 24, ~'~ayn.e Anthony Buttery,
21; and Pir Taylor, all of no fixed address.
The court was told that Mr Buttery and Miss Cornish had t~~!~~n orders for heroin
under assumed names, and delivered to customers. .
John Hyatt Spendlove, 28, hairdresser, or Anchor Place, ~?,~ih~ar, told the court
that he had "scored heroin" from two people he knew as ~M,:a`:.iy~ or 'Cheryl' and -
'Shane.' Mr Spendlove identified Miss Cornish and Mr Bu ~.ery as the two.
Mr Spendlove said his girlfriend Maureen McManamny, 27.. t~.:rarian, also of
Anchor Place, Prahran, had introduced him to a wom.a~, r�~t.e~ "Cheryl" at Fitzroy
Street, St Kilda in May last year.
He and his girlfriend had regular cantact with Mi~: Cc~rn;sh and Mr Buttery to
buy heroin from them. They met at the South Yarr> i~c,~t G:fice, the Trak' arcade
in Toorak, Windsor and Ripponlea railway sta. ~~..;.a u~ac~ r~e corner of High Street
and TJilliams Road in Prahran.
Mr Spendlove said they bought one "cap" of hp~:~~r! a~ Each meeting for $50. They
met about three times a week for two months. ~i~~ S.~i3c'.' Prahran police had told him -
that if he and Miss McManamny cooperated wi~'+ C}~em thc~,~ would not be charged with
anything. The hearing is unfinished.
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~ HdNG KONG
BRIEFS
DRUG ADDICTION FIGURES--The total drug addict population in Hong Kong is in the
region of 40,000 to 50,000, according to the Commissioner for Narcotics, Mr Peter
Lee. About 64 per cent are above 30 and fewer than four per cent are under 20.
The proportion under 15 is minimal--less than 0.2 percent. There are also
encouraging signs that more drug addicts are seeking treatment voluntarily.
About 6,500 drug addicts visit methadone treatment centres a day. [Text] [Hong
Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 21 Apr 81 p 18] 9070-E
DRUG SEIZURE STATISTICS--Police action against illegal gambling eatablishments, ~
vice dens and drug divans resulted in the arrest and prosecution of 1,881 people
last month. Police also seized 803.3 grams of heroin, 357.2 grams of opium
and small quantities of morphine and cannabis and rounded up 535 people. [Excerpts]
[Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MOItNING POST in English 27 April 81 p 5] 9070-F'
NEW DRUG BUREAU HEAD--A policeman with expert knowledge of the workings of the
international narcotics rings ~ ill soon take over the Police Narcotics Bureau. He
is Chief Superintendent John Morris who served for several years as the Royal
Hongkong Police representative at Interpol headquarters in Paris. In this role,
Mr Morris, who is fluent in Spanish and French as well as Cantonese, gave advice
to the police forces of the Western world on the underworld trade in drugs. Under
his direction the strong links Hongkong police have with drugs-fighters overseas
will continue to bear fruit. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English
27 Apr 81 p 8] 9070-E
RAW OPIUM TRAFFICKING--Two unemployed men were sent to prison for trafficking in
raw opium when they were convicted by a~ury in the High Court on Thursday.
Mr Commissioner Jones sentenced Chan Yung-hoi (32) to prison for four years. He
was convicted of trafficking in 3,568 grams of raw opium on July 25 in Kowloon,
and of possession of the drug for trafficking on the same date and place. Wong
Yau-leung (40) was convicted on the trafficking charge and was sant to prison for
seven years. The jury took two hours to reach their v~rdict. tiext] [Hong Kong
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 18 Apr 81 p 7] 9070-E ~
TRIAD BOSSES HELD--Triad Society Division detectives yesterday made a pre-dawn
swoop on 23 addresses on both sides of the harbour and served sum~nonses on 11
top officials of Hongkong~s largest triad society. The 11 were summonsed to
. police headquarters for interrogation. Among them were the chairman, treasurer
and incense master of the estimated 28,000-strong Wo Sing Wo triad society, whose
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members are known to dominate areas in Western Distr~.ct, Shamshu~po and Tsun
Wan. The triad officials were interrogated by detecCives. Infoa~n?ed sources said
that detectives found that a triad official, who claimed to be unemployed, had
$180,000 in his account. Detectives found on another of~icial a small quantity of
heroin. Ten of the 11 officials were released after questioning. The other is
expected to be charged with possessing dangerous drugs. [ExcerptsJ [Hong Kong
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 22 Apr 81 p 1] 9070-E
MORPHINE SMUGGLER SENTENCED--A ha~aker was sentenced to six years~ imprisonment by
Mr Commissioner Jones in the High Court yesterday for smuggling $600,000 worth of
dangerous drugs into Hongkong. The drugs--414.82 grams of a mixture of salts of
esters of morphine--were concealed in a secret compartment in a bag carried by
Mok Yiu-kau (38). Mok pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing the dangerous
drugs for unlawful trafficking. But a jury found him guilty after deliberating
for 1 1/2 hours. Evidence had been given that on August 30, Mok returned from a
trip to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. While he was waiting for a taxi outside the
airport terminal, customs officers searched his bags and found the drugs in a
false bottom of one of them. Mok said in his def ence that he did not know of
the presence of the drugs in the bag. [Excerpt] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST in English 23 Apr 81 p 15J 9070-E
MORPHINE TRAFFICKER JAILED--A ballroom manager was sentenced to seven years'
imprisonment by Mr Justice Garcia in the High Court yesterday for possessing $1
million worth of dangerous drugs for unlawful trafficking. The defendant Wong
Kam-hung (30) had pleaded not guilty to possessing 2,498 grams of a mixture of
salts of esters of morphine. But a jury after five minutes' deliberation returned
a guilty verdict. Wong was intercepted by customs officers on November 3 in Oad
Street, Kowloon, when he was about to board a taxi. He was at that time carrying
a brief.case containing 106 packets of dangerous drugs. [Excerpt] jHong Kong SOUTH
CHINA MORNING POST in English 24 Apr 81 p 21] 9070~E
FOUR FACE DRUG CHARGE--Two Chinese and two Thai merchants appeared at Causeway
Bay Court yesterday charged with conspiracy to traffic in about 12 kg of esters
_ of morphine worth $7.2 million in the retail market if converted into No 3 heroin. -
No pleas were taken and Mr Alex Lau ad~ourned the case to May 1,. The four were
remanded in jail custody. They are: Wong Ho-him (55), Chong Ming-sing (39),
Saman Tosompak (53) and Surachat Tantisangaroon (47). It is alleged that they, on
or before April 12, conspired with other people not in custody and others unknown
to traffic in about 12 kg of esters of morghine. It is also alleged that Wong
possessed the amount of drug in a taxi on April 12. [Excerpt] [Hong Kong SOUTH
CHINA MORNING POST in English 25 Apr 81 p 7] 9070-E
DRUGS SMUGGLED FROM BANGKOK--A 33-year-old man who smuggled $675,000 worth of
dangerotis drugs from Bangkok was sentenced to six years' imprisonment yesterday.
Yuen Wing-man pleaded guilty before Mr Justice 0'Connor in the High Court to
possessing 501.64 grams of a mixture of esters of morphine for unlawful trafficking
on August 30. Crown counsel Miss Jane Plumptre told the court that on Autust 26
customs officers saw Yuen meeting three men in a restaurant in Shamshuipo. Later
that afternoon he appeared at the departure lounge of Kai Tak airport carrying
a traveller's bag. On August 30 customs officers saw him walking out of the
arrival hall of the airport carrying what appeared to be the similar bag. When
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intercepted, he put up a struggle but was overpowered and taken to the customs
investigation office. There his bag was searched and a layer of white powder was
found at the bottom. Yuen had seven previous convictions, but none of them was -
related to drugs. Defence counsel, Miss Corinne Remedios, said in mitigation that
Yuen was a mere courier and had been promised $3,000 and certain entertainment in
Bangkok. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 29 Apr 81 p 17]
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NEW ZEALAND
BRIEF~
HEROIN SEIZURE--Detectives have seized 15 grams of cahat they believe to be heroin
in the biggest drug haul in Wellington for some time. The street value for heroin
is $1200 to $1500 a gram--putting the weekend seizure at around $22,000. ~ao men
have been arrested. They will appear in court this week on charges related to the
raid. [Excerpt] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 4 May 81 p 1] 9071-E
POLICE DRUG RAIDS--Quantities of cannabis, LSD, and heroin, with an assessed street
value of $70,000 were seized today by police in a series of dawn raids on 40
houses in Wellington and Manawatu. By mid~morning, 50 people had been arrested in
the largest drugs operation in Wellington for many years. Today's massive operation ~
started at 6am when 225 police swooped in Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua, and
Manawatu. They found larga quantities of cannabis and LSD and smaller atnounts of
heroin. The operation leader, Detective Inspector Brian Hartley of Wellington
district CIB, said most of those arrested had been or would be charged with
serious drug-dealing offences, including heroin, LSD, hashish, and cZnnabis. Most
came from Wellington and will appear in the District Court tomorrow. fExcerpts]
[Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 6 May 81 p 1] 9071-E
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BRAZIL
BRIEFS
- LARGE MARIHUANA SHIPMENT SEIZED--The truck was apparently carrying a load of lumber,
but under the two-by-fours and planks were concealed 484 kilos of marihuana, being
transported from Pedro Juan Cabalero, in Paraguay, to Rio de Janeiro, for delivery
to a man lmown as Antonio Bras. The seizure of what was considered one of the larg-
est shipments yet discovered by the police in the interior took place on Monday
night, in Tupa, when f ive members of another drug traff ic ring were arrested. At
about 12Q0 hours on Monday, the highway police stopped a Chevette, Zicense No IA-5583,
of Ponta Pora, for speeding. When the three occupants of the car nrotested, the
police decided to take them in to the Tupa police station to make a statement. They
finally confessed that they were making the run--as "lookouts"--for a truck carrying
marihuana, which was following a few kilometers behind them on the same road. At
2200 hours, an Alfa Romeo truck from Presidente Prudente passed the highway patrol
post and Egidio Santos and driver Jose de Souza Lima were arrested. Inside the
truck were 484 kg of marihuana. This was the second shipment transported by Egidio _
and would have earned hi.m 400,000 cruzeiros. He received 100,000 cruzeiros for the
f irst shipment. In addition to these two men, "lookouts" Nivaldo do Oliveira '
Souza, Gilber Ponte Silva and Cesar Sataiva were also arrested. [Text] [Sao Paulo
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 8 Apr 81 p 9] 6362
MARIHUANA PLANTS BURNED--Sao Luis--In the small village of Copa Setenta, at Km 29
on Federal Highway 222 (Santa Luzia-Acailandia), federal police confiscated 137,000
marihuana plants, growing in 37 clearings, a stock of 250 kgs put up in bags for
sale, and 3.5 kgs of seed to expand the business. Five truckloads of marihuana
were carried away and burned by federal agents in the furnace of a steam engine in
Imperatriz. In an action taken in Acailandia in March, nine people were indicted,
three of whom had been arrested in flagrante. Federal Police Superintendent
Valdomiro Lawrynhuk said the agents did not arrest more growers because the "cipo"
(a sort of jungle telegrapfi, spreading the warning of the police presence by word of
of mouth) stilY operates eff iciently in the region. According to the superintendent,
the investigation was conducted on foot. The agents spent 8 days in the jungle,
covering almost inaccessible iegions until they found the 37 clearings in a 20-
hectare area. According to Lawrynhuk, who recently assumed the superintendency in
- this capital, despite the success of the antidrug operat ion, "just as soon as the
marihuana is eradicated in Maranhao, more plantations are started, with new camou-
flage techniques. Nowadays marihuana is even stored on river bottoms, protected
by plastic bags," he said, noting that the drug goes out by every route--land,
water, etc.--and goes everywhere in the country and abroad, mainly to the Guyanas,
whence it goes to Europe and the United States. [Text] [Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO
PAULO in Portuguese 8 Apr 81 p 12; 6362
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STUDENT ARRESTED WITH COCAINE--Student Ivaldo Antonio Martins, aged 19, was arrested
at 0930 hours yesterday on Rua Francisco de Moura, Botafogo, with a"packet" of
cocaine. He was arrested by PATAMA (Tactical-Motorized Patrol) squad 520021,
led by Sgt Joao Batista de Lira ~`ilho, which took part in a"raid" by the 2d
Military Police Battalion. The student was taken to the 10th Police Precinct in -
Botafogo, where he was booked by officer Werter Losso. Martins said he had oought
the packet with money his father had given him before he left to travel in the
interior. He added that he did not know the name af the person who sold iiim the
cocaine. Martins showed signs of needle marks on his arms. [Text] [Sao Paulo
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 11 Apr 81 p 12] 6362
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COLOMBIA
NORTHERN TASK FORCE SEIZES MARIHUANA ON TRAIN
Bogota EL TIF~MPO in Spanish 26 Apr 81 pp 1-A, 2-A
[Article by Walter Martinez P.]
['rext] Santa Marta, 25 Apr--The Northern Task Force seized 2,500 bundles of
marihuana during a bloody shoot-out while it was baing transported on three rail-
road cars.
The narcotics squad's action was carrisd out this morning in the "Don Jaca" sector,
by the sea, and during this operation two railroad employees were in~ured and seven `
narcotics traffickers, whose names have been withheld, were arrested. They also
seized three automatic pistols, four 38-caliber revolvers, one Magnum and one
carbine, in addition to three Ranger vehicles and 200,000 pesos contained in an
attache case.
Duxing the police raid Alfredn Pena Camargo and Henry Cuellar, both locomotive
engineers of the railroad company, were in~ured. According to the inforaiation
provided by Col Humberto Arbelaez, the commander of the Coastal Narcotics Group,
headquartered in Santa riarta, the marihuana was transported to the site in railroad
cars by railroad company employees, including those who were injured. It is not
knowa what the point of origin was of this large shipment, which was going to b e
transshipped from its point of discovery on the Santa Marta coast, near the Simon
Bolivar Airport. The marihuana's value was initially estimated at 300 miilion pesos.
The authorities said that this is the most spectacular seizure effected by the
Northern Task Force, as well as the one with the highest cash value. This is the
first time, in the many years that the government has been combatting narcotics
traffic, that use has been made of the technique of transporting marihuana by rail
to the place where it is to be transshipped for export to foreign markets, where
this drug is highly prized. _
Col Arbelaez told the press that the locomotive and railwa;~ r.ars wi11 not be re-
turned to the railroad company until the investigation of t-tiiis unique and surprising
case has been completed.
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COLOMBIA
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES INVESTIGATED AS TRAFFICKERS �
Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 28 Apr 81 p 8-A
[Article by Walter Martinez]
[Text] Santa Marta, 27 Apr--Col Humberto Arbelaez, commander of the Northern Task
Force, announced today an investigation to determine whether there is a link be-
tween National Railroad employees and drug traffickers in this region of the country.
This officer suspects that, in addition to the two locomotive engineers implicated
in the shipment of 300 million pesos worth of marihuana that were seized aboard
three railroad cars last week--both of whom were in~uxed--other employees of the
staterun railroad.may have served as contacts for collecting and transporting the
marihuana.
Col Arbelaez revealed that in the course of the investigation already 19 peraons
have been arrested, including a Cub an.
The list of those arrested is as follows:
Ricardo Perez, a Cuban citizen; Manuel Blanco Salcedo, Daniel Suarez Bor~e, Ezequiel
_ Salcedo, Edilberto Ortega, Antonio Cotes Riascos, Juan Ramon Amador, Manuel Julian
de la Cruz, Rafael Rubiano Ibarra, Carlos Pare3o, Pedro Gregorio Vargas, Martin
Chuiquillo Me~ia, Orlando Jose Atencio, Anacreonte Romero, Jorge Gutierrez Lozano,
Jose del Carmen Barrios, Javier Eduardo Uribe, Alfredo Pena Camargo and Henry Cuellar.
The latter, along with Alfredo Pena, received bullet wounds. Both of them, as well
as Juan Ramon Amador and Antonio Cotes, are railroad employees.
The police indicated that the railroad cars conta3r~in~ the marihuana were being
pulled by locomotive number 744, which is nnw in the possession of the authorities
investigating the case, as is also a boat in which it is assumed that the marihuana
was going to be transshipped to a vessel that was to pick it up at some point along
the coast of Santa Marta.
Colonel Arbelaez opened an investigation to establish the poesible conaecti~n that
other railroad employees may have with the owners of the marihuana, because there
still is no explanation as to why the convoy left the railroad yards to take on the
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marihuana and transported it to the transshipment point. It is believed that
the owners of the drugs are part of a well-organized international drug traffic
ring, because they operated with modern radio communication gear, automotive
vehicles, sutomatic weapons and all the equipment necessary for this type of criminal
activity.
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COLOMBIA
ACTIONS OF POLICE ANTINARCOTICS GROUP SU1~IARIZED
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 25 Apr 81 p 20-A
[Text] The Antinarcotics Group, organized by the National Police to combat the
mafia organizations operating in the country, has had significant results from
its operations since the time that it began operating on 20 December of last year.
Bearing in mind that the Atlantic Coast is the area where organizations specializing
in drug traffic are most active, the General Direction of the Police established
the group's headquarters in the city of Santa Marta and subc~ivided it into seven
companies, with bases in Riohacha, Maicao, Santa Marta itself and Valledupar. It
also established other companies in the Western Pla~ns, the Department of Meta, and
in Leticia, the capital of Amazonas, a city which wae also chosen by the mafia
organizations as their center of operations.
A Series of Hits
During the few short months that it has been in operation, the specialized organiza-
tion`s units have conducted successful hits against organized crime and have
arrested more than 200 of its members, including a good number of foreigners.
The total amount of drugs seized by the group in various parts of the country,
especially along the Atlantic coast, is valued at $638,100,000, while the number of
clandestine airstrips that have been discovered and rendered..useless amounts to 8Q0;
the mafia organizations operated their airplanes from these strips to transport the
drugs to the United States and other countries.
Two Other Companies
Ear1y next month two other companies of the Antinarcotics Group will go into opera-
tion in the departments of Cauca and Narino, where an increase in drug traffi;; has
been noted, especially of coca leaves and paste, as well as of the processed alkaloid
itself.
The group is composed of commissioned officers, noncommissioned officers whose service
records were carefully reviewed, and who Cook specialized courses on druga under the
supervision of professional experts in the sub~ect.
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BRIEFS
POLICE TRIELI AS TRAFFICKERS--Bucaramanga--Members of the San Martin police ataCion
charged with complicity with drug traffickers began trial at a court martial
hearing. Policemen Carlos Buitrago Roa, Jose Gabriel Malpica Lizarazo, Jose del
Carmen Hernandez Calderon, Luis Ale~andro Prieto and Jorge ~Ortiz Chavez have been
brought to trial before a court martial after a long investigation. The above
policemen were c~ught red-handed with a shipment of marihuana appraised at 2 million
pesos on the police station premiaes in September 1980, while they were assigned to
the San Martin police station, in the muaicipality of Rio de Oro, south of Cesar.
The court martial is taking place in the office of the commander of the Santander
Police Department, under the direction of Capt Luis Alvaro Laserna, commander of
the F-2 in this area of the country. (By Alonso Heredia Duran] [Text] [Bogota
EL TIII~O in Spanish 5 May 81 p 9-A] 9661
MAHIHUANA, WFrAPONS IN SANTA MARTA--Santa Marta, 21 Apr--The Northern Task Force
seized 1,200 pacbcs of pressad marihuana in this city and in the Department of La
Gua~ira. Three trucks with Venezuelan license plates, which were transporting
1,100 paclcs of marihuana were saized on the road.between Valledupar and La Gua~ira.
Six men were arrested and several weapons were confiscated. Antinarcotics Group
officers seized 81 packs of marihuana which were about to be loaded on a yacht,
aboard which its owners fled, in the Playa Slanca tourist sector, while another
20 packs, which apparently had been abandoned, were found ati a site near Taganga.
(By Walter Martinez P.] [Text] .[Bogota EL TIEI~O in Spaniah 22 Apr 81 p 9~AJ 9661
MARIHUANA BURNED IN LA GUAJIRA--One hundred tons of marihuana of various qualities,
which on the U.S, market would have been valued at approximately $20 million,
were burned yesterday in La Gua~ira by units of the police in the presence of the
new director of police, Gen Francisco Jose N+~ran~o and of the director of the
Antinarcotics Group, Col Reinaldo Mart3nez Diaz. The marihuana was transported
in pressed form to strategic spots along the Riohacha-E1 Braeil and Maicao-Uribia
roads, where the blocks were destroyed with machetea and set on fire with airplane
fuel. Theae operations were ordered by ~udges in La Gua~ira. During the G months
that the police have been combatting drug traffic in La Gua~ira, the Antinarcotics
Group has been able to seize a total of 435,000 kilos (435 tons) of marihuana, 500
kilos of inethaqualone (for making Jumbo pills) and 2,227,000 Jumbo pills ready for
shipment to the U.S. In addition 236 persons have been arrested and 38 vehicles,
125 weapons and 3,400 rounds of ammuaitioa of varying calibers have been seized
during the eame period. [Text] [Bogota EL ESPECTADOx in Spaaish 23 Apr 81 p 11-A]
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MEXICO
'OPERATION CONDOR' RESULTS FOR MARCH-APRIL CITED
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 15 Apr 81 pp 1, 3
[Text] "We do not have the official report yet concerning the withdrawal of task
force 'Operation Condor' from this state, but the Office of the Attorney General of
Justice of the Republic will continue to battle the drug traffic through the coordi-
- nating entities that are established in the country."
This statement was made by Hector ~viles ~astillo, coordinator for Zone 006 of the
permanent campaign against drug trafficking, who a~sured this morning paper that the
battle being waged by the entity to prcvent the proliferation of these activities
would continue relentlessly on its part.
Attesting to all the foregoing are the results accrued durfng March ~.~a thus far in
April, a period wherein 140 persons connected in some way with the planting, cultiva-
tion, harvesting, production or distribution of drugs were capCured.
One ton, 312,930 kilograms of marihuana, was seized, as were 1 kilogram of seed of
that grass, 989 grams of poppy seed, 39 gr~ms of opium gum, 242 grams of heroin and
= a total of 9,929 toxic pills. As for the weapons that were confiscated, Aviles Cas-
tillo said that six long-barreled and eight short-barreled weapons were seized, as
well as 1,613 bullets of different calibers.
Two clandesCine laboratories and processors of opium gum were destroyed, and 11
vehicles and one small plane, all used in some way for marketing drugs, were seized.
The Zone 0~6 coordinator also mentioned the destruction of plantations, reporting
that 2,287 poppy plantations covering an area of 5'19,080 square meters were destroyed
by fumigation, wh~le 40 marihuana plantations on an area of 23,880 square meters
were razed, as w~ere 11 mixed plantations over an area of 11,700 square meters.
The manual destruction included 4.,341 poppy plantations on an area of 3,180,737
square metezs, and 99 mar3:huana plantations on an area of 92,240 square meters;
while the mixed plantations which wexe destroyed numbered three, covering 3,625
square meters.
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ME.`CICO
DRUG PLANTATION DESTRUCTION ACTIVITY TO BE INTENSIFIED
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 7 Apr 81 p 6
[TextJ After stating that over 2,500 marihuana and poppy plantations were destroyed
by Mexican Army forces during the first 3 months of the year, and 70 persons engaged
in the growing, harvesting and� marketing of drugs were turned over to the competent
author ities during that period,. the ~ommander of the Ninth Military Zone, Brig Gen
Javier Vazquez Felix, remarked that the action taken against those operations would
be intensified to the maximum extent. ~
General Vazquez Felix also noted that the.disarming campaign is still bringing ~
excellent results, and that vehicles., tractors and.other facilities used to engage
in criminal activity have been seized.
The instructions issued by the secretary of national defense, Gen Felix Galvan Lopez,
are str ict to the effect that operation Canador (Cannabis-Opium Poppy) is to continie
relentlessly, and that the col:utnns o~ Army troops are to tour all possible areas of
the Sinaloa mountains destropiag any plantations that they discover on their route.
He added that the tours being made daily by columns of troops are taking pla,ce in the
various locations previously traced by those in charge of coordinat ing the activities,
so that the searches may be made and the goal attained without subj ecting the troops
to diff icult journeys that will not actually bring any positive results.
Finally, he remarked that the starting points for the troops going to the mountains
are assigned for each military station,set up in various settlement s located therein;
which is why the aforementioned.results�have been accrued, and as a consequence of
which the activities are to be intensified, reinforcing them in an attempt to eli-
minate the activ~ties as rapidly as possible.
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MEXICO
PJF RAIDS GUADALAJARA TOXIC PILLS LAB
Mexico City EL DIA in Spanish 7 Mar 81 p 8
[Text] On instructions from the Office of the Attorney General, agents
of the Federal Judic~.al Police [PJF] in Guadala3ara, Jalisco, have located and
dismantled a clandestine laboratory for the preparation of the toxic pills known
as mandrax.
The assistant commander of the Federal Judicial Police, Margarito Mendez Rico,
reported that investigation into the case had begun 2 weeks ago, and that they
had succeeded in arresting its owners, Baltazar and Esteben Tirado Escamilla.
They also arrested the general manager of the "laboratory," Rafael Tover Amezquita,
and the chemist Rafael Javier Pulido Valdivia, as well as the employees who acted
as distributors, Clemente Martinez Garcia, Rafael O~eda Torres and Arturo Lira
Vidrio.
Mendez Rico stated that the laboratory in question was operating in a residence
at 1677 Cipres St, in Fresno Colony of Guadalaj ara, Jalisco.
He added that inside the laboratory the federal agents confiscated nine plastic
bags containing the substance for making up the toxic pills, which weighed 87 kg;
four cardboard boxes containing 80,000 toxic pills; 2 kg of phosphate of codeine;
149.8 kg of avicel; 16.4 kg of inethaqualone; 16.5 kg of stereate; 10 kg of
diazepam; 16 doses in pill form; 17 long and 15 small doses; 16 quaalude-type
doses; 15 mandrax type molds; 12 quaalude-type doses with 6 molds; 47 benzedrine-
type doses; 4 quaalude type rollers for pressing. The agents also picked up a
late model Datsun automobile which they were using to distribute the toxic pills.
The Federal Public Ministry, in charge of the Federal Judicial Police agents,
arrived at the residence in question, and after carrying out appropriate formali-
ties began an investigation of the case.
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MEXICO
REPORT ON ZONE 06 POPPY, MARIHUANA PLANTATION DESTRUCTION
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 3 May 81 p 8
~ [Text] The intensification of activities to detect marihuana and.poppy plantations,
added to the fumigation thereof, has made it possible to achieve a considerable
reduction in crops and the presence of stringent control in Zone 06 which, to date,
has had 110 poppy plantations and nine of the in~urious grass, which wi11 be destroy-
ed in 2 days of fumigation.
In making the foregoing statement, Hector Aviles Castillo, coordinator of the perma-
nent campaign against the drug traffic which the Office of the Attorney General of
the Repiiblic has established, noted that the daily flights made by the Scanner air-
craf t throughout the length and breadth of the countryside, in addition to the
reconnaissance flights made by the forces under his command, have made it possible
to locate the plantations and proceed to destroy them.
Moreover, he remarked that the marihuana problem is more serious in the state of
Oaxaca than in this state; but he admitted that poppy groc~ing is more widespread
in both Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango; and.therefore the vigilance must be carried
out constantly, so that the plantations which are spotted may be immediately destroy-
ed .
In commenting on the monthly statistics, Aviles Castillo said that only 16 kilograms
and 420 grams of marihuana were seized during April, as well as 989 grams of poppy
seed, 812 grams of opium gum and 242 grams of heroin, a palpable sign of the fact
that the results accrued at present could not be better.
He explained that, last month, 64 individuals were remanded for crimes against health
in their various degrees, and that three long-barreled weapons and six short-barreled
ones (pistols), 344 useful rounds of ammunition, seven vehicles and one airplane
_ were seized from them, as was a laboratory in which th~ opium gum was being processed.
With regard to the destruction of plantations, Aviles C~stillo reported that 1,817
poppy plantations, 29 of marihuana and nine mixed ones were destroyed by fumigation;
_ while the totals for manual destruction were 1,667 marihuana and 29 poppy, respective-
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MEXICO
FEDERAL JUDICIAL POLICE DESTROY MARIHUANA PLANTATION
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 23 Mar 81 p 2
[Text] Members of the Federal Judicial Police detailed to this town succeeded in
locating a marihuana plantation in full production in the downtown area of the
neighboring port of Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila.
The foregoing information was given yestexday to EL DIARIO by sources in charge of
the Federal Judicial Police, who s~id that the investigations being conducted in Ciu-.
dad Acuna as part of the permanent campaign against drug trafficking resulted in the
discovery of the plantation which Homero Juarez Beltran had in the backyard of his
residence.
Juarez Beltran was caught as he was watering his plantation, at his residence at 150
East General Celeda. The marihuana plants were seized and taken, with Che individual
in custody, to the Federal Public Ministry agent, Xavier Elizondo. The subject under
arrest was said to have a record of marihuana purch~sing and distribution and, to
prevent problems, he was harvesting it at h~s own residence. According to the reports
and records kept at the federal office, this action took place the Sunday before last.
~I` I R~.
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,i ,I
Homero Juarez Beltran was arrest ed by the Federal Judicial.Police for having main-
tained a marihuana plantar;~n at his residence.
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MEXICO
TRAFFICKER 'A LEGEND' IN UNDERWORLD
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 22 Apr 81 p 9-A
[Article by Jose Vilchis Guerrero]
[Text) They call him "El Cochiloco" jthe mad driverJ and he has become a legend
in the underworld of narcotics. To date t[~ey have not been able to catch him
because of his ability to elude the police.
He is resp ected throughout the State of Sinaloa for his ability to carry out big
narcotics transactions without having to meet the Federal Judicial Police face to
face. He even lacks a criminal record.
It i~ possible that no c~ne will know for some time who he is because even long-
time assoc iates deny knowing his identity. And they themselves say that it is
better not to know him too well because otherwise it would go bad for them.
Four years ago, when an article appeared in this newspaper in which Sinaloa was
described as a small replica of Chicago in the time of the great gangs ters, he
was very active although the Judicial Police did not know of his existence. "El
Cochiloco" has kept his identity to himself since. He has had no problems with
the law, and when he has, he has known how to hide or manage them, despite the
legend that has formed around him through friends he knew in the big shoot-outs
with Che Judicial Police, who fancied themselves "Superman," because of the large
caliber weapons they used in the struggle against the narcotics traffickers.
It is poss ible that "El Cochiloco" will never s ee the inside of a jail if he main-
tains his discretion, which until now has been envied by those of the underworld
who have not possessed it and have ended up in a~ail cell whenever they have had
problems with the law.
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MEXICO
TRAFFICKER SUSPECTED OF KIDNAPPING CHILD
Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 21 Apr 81 p 26A
[Article by Eduardo Chimely]
[Excerpt] Guadalajara, Jal, 20 Apr--A man named Gastelum, who is implicated in
narcotics traffic in the State of Sinaloa, is the princi~al suspect in the kid-
napping and murder of a minor, Luis Alberto Perez Davalos, according to the police,
who meanwhile have increased their watch over the home of businessman Juan Jose
- Rivas Diaz, kidnapped last Wednesday and feared to b e in grave danger.
This morning agents of the Federal Security Office and the Judicial Police search-
ed Gastelum's home in the Colonia Chapalita section and found a 9 mm automatic
weapon and 500 rounds of the same caliber. According to the autopsy performed on
the body of the dead minor, the latter died from six shots from a 9 mm automatic
weapon. Gastelum has been connected with trafficking in narcotics in Sinaloa.
Benjamin Perez Davalos, father of Luis Alberto, owner of a pharmaceutical chain,
and a moneylender, told pol:ce that Gastelum was a longtime enemy and at one time
threatened to Lske revenge "in a way that would hurt me very much." At present,
that individual, it was learned at his home, has been on vacation since last
Thursday, the day the 14-year-old was murdered.
The police are also looking for a 1980 Chevrolet Caprice, in which the photo of
Luis Alberto was taken--blindfolded and bound hands and feet--which the kidnappers
left, together with a taped message containing the voice of the youth, in the
mailbox at the Perez Davalos residence at 586 Terranova Avenue in Colonia Provi-
dencia.
Meanwhile, the police are questioning friends, enemies, and debtors of Perez
Davalos and have requested assistance from the Sinaloa police, where Gastelum is
b elieved to have fled.
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MEXICO
PRESUMED TRAFFICKERS' BODIES FOUND IN PLANE
Mexico City EL BOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 16 Apr 81 p 8-A
~ [Article by Jose Vilchis Guerrero]
[Text] Agents of the Federal Judicial Police have found a light airplane abandon-
ed on a clandestine airstrip in the middle of the Sonora desert with the bodies
of two presumed narcotics traffickers aboard, who are believed to have been vic-
tims of international gangsters.
The airstrip is located in an area known as Los Papagos in the Altar Desert of
Sonora. It is here where the Cessna 182-P, registry No XB-YFO, was found, with
the two corpses in a state of decomposition. There were residual traces of mari-
huana on the floor of the plane.
Upon investigation, the police established the identities of the bodies as those
of Manuel Leopoldo Rodriguez Ramirez, of Nogales, Sonora, and Miguel Elzy, of
Douglas, Arizona.
Meanwhile, the federal police learned that the aircraft had been reported stolen
from the airport at Caborca, Sonora, and later was found in front of the offices
of the airport in Hermosillo, Sonora.
Accompanied by a detective of the Public Ministry headquarters office, the local
Federal Public Ministry officer recorded the facts, and it was indicated yester-
day in the Attorney General's office that the investigation, which is in charge
of the Federal Judicial Police, is still open. _
Those responsible for the double homicide are being sought, as is the motive for
the crime, which it is believed was brought about by a double-cross among the
narcotics traffickers themselves in their struggle to gain control of the traff ic
in the northern part of the country.
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MEXICO
HEROIN TRAFFTCKER SENTENCED TO 8-YEAR JAIL TERM
Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 30.Apr 81 Sec B p 5
[Text] The federal offender Ernesto Garcia Garcia was found guilty of a crime against
health in the degree of heroin possession and, yesterday, the second district judge,
Cayetano Hernandez Valencia, imposed on him an 8-year prison sentence and a fine of
20,000 pesos or, in default�thereof, an additional 60 days of incarceration.
According to the information in the possession of the district judge who brought
proceedings 238/980 against him, Ernesto Garcia Garcia was arrested by members of
the Federal Judicial Police detailed to the port of Reynosa.
The Federal Police had been given a"tip" concerning a heroin purchase and sale
transaction that was about to take place at Porfirio Diaz and Morelos Streets.
They posted a guard on that site and, at 1500 hours on 21 July 1980, they captured
Ernesto Garcia Garcia, along with Antonio Nuncio Flores, both of whom were in a 1969
Plymouth station wagon~, dYiven by the first-mentioned individual.
Under one of the seats, the federal agents discovered two "receptacles" containing
brown-colored heroin.
Garcia Garcia confessed that he had been provided with the drug by someone in McAllen,
and that he intended to sell it to two Americans for the sum of $5,000.
The drug trafficker told the authorities that Antonio Nuncio was merely going to
act as his interpreter, and for that reason, he was acquitted.
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BRIEFS
TRAFFICKERS AMONG STUDENTS ARRESTED--A ring of drug traffickers was discovered this
weekend in a student boarding house in the Roma Colony and in Copilco, in the
vicinity of the University City, and the two main suppliers were arrested. The
Federal Judicial Police, in reporting this, explained that the arrest and
discovery of this ring of drug sellers was made possible by Che cooperation of
the neighbors in Roma, who reported that quarrels �requently went on in that ~
place. Therefore, the police began inquiries, leading to the arrest of Alvaro
Martinez Vazquez and Agustin Mendez Alvarez, who apparently have connections with
other criminals who distribute marihuana and toxic pills among the students who
live in Copilco next to the University City. The arrest was made by the
PJF in a house at Colima and Tonala Sts in the Roma. Colon,y. 3uan Manuel
Barron Favela was also arrested, with a polyethylene bag containing 1/2 kg of
marihuana, a glass bottle with 40 toxic lysergic acid pills, a small packet with -
more acid, a package of paper for making cigarettes and a strip of 20 toxic
diazepam tablets. [Text] [Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 9 Mar 81 p 8-A]
8131
PRISON OFFICIAL ARRESTED--Puebla, 11 Mar--The chief of security for the local
penitentiary, Fernando Romero, "El Cura," was arrested today by agents of the
tederal Judicial Police [PJF], and charged with being one of the main traffickers .
in drugs in the prison. E1 Cura has held his post for 24 years. He is undergoing
intensive interrogation from the PJF. It was reported that large quantities of
marihuana in cigarettes and packets, toxic pills, and alcoholic beverages had
been introduced into the prison by various persons. After a thorough investigation,
it became clear that Romero was the main supplier of the drugs. [TextJ [Mexico
City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 12 Mar 81 p 29-A] 8131
COLOMBIAN TRAFFICKERS SEIZED--A gang of Colombian drug traffickers who had made
Mexico their center of operations for the United States and Canada was discovered
yesterday, when two of its members were arrested with 4 kg of pure cocaine valued
at 155 million pesos in the black market. The arrest was made by the ~udicial
police, thanks to an informer's tip, which as on other occasions produced good
results, alerting the police to the illegal activity of drug traffickers. On this
occasion, the two Colombians reported that at first they operated only in that
country, but that later on they observed that because of Mexico's geographical
location it could be turned into a distribution center for North America; and so
approximately a month ago they were sent by their boss, a certain Jairo Vergara,
to study the activity at certain hours in customs at~the Mexico City
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International Airport. The arrested men explained today that once this first step
was completed, they reported to their boss that everything was ready to start up
business in our country, and that initially operations would be carried out from
a hotel, where they w~o uld package 3 kg of cocaine for shipment to New York and
San Antonio, Texas. The arrested men, Jesus Orlando and Alfonso Leon Ortiz,
aged 20 and 22 respectively, were taken into custody inside the Hotel E3ecutivo
in this capital, along with two suitcases containing the cocaine and 96
_ polyethylene bags, as well as a small set of scales. [Text] [Mexico City
F�L SOL DE MEXICD in Spanish 10 Mar 81 p 8-A] 8131
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- PERU
PIP STEPS UP OFFENSIVE AGAINST�DRUG TRAFFICKERS
International Rings Captured
Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 1 Apr 81 p 45
[Text] Three drug trafficking organizations made up of Colombians, Canadians and
Peruvians, connected with an international network which had its base of opera-
tions in Montreal and Bogota, were broken up by the Peruvian Investigations Police
[PIP] .
In these antidrug operations 12 traffickers of raw, washed paste and hydrochlorate
of cocaine were caught, and drugs worth 200 million sols were seized from them,
stated PIP General Berly Baca Valdivia, national director against illegal drug
trafficking.
At Jorge Chavez International Airport, two Canadian citizens, Danielle Clerq, 21,
and Andres Richard, 27, were arrested as they were trying to transport 300 grams
of PBCL in polyethylene bags taped to their bodies.
Subsequently an Italian citizen, Josip Muhvic Pintar, 34, the organization's
_ leader, and 700 grams of raw, washed cocaine paste were confiscated from him.
Continuing with their investigations, the PIP arrested Miguel Estuardo Lastre
Roncayulo, 22; Arnulfo Villon Roque, 38; Luis Felipe Pedemonte Manrique, 35; and
Alejandro Armando Zapata Moron, 29, who, taking advantage of their ~obs as super-
visors of freight, luggage and employees at CORPAC (Airports and Commercial Avia-
tion Corporation) extracted 4 kilos of PBCL from a suitcase shipped as freight
to Bogota.
In additian, personnel from PIP's Division Against Drug Consumption broke up a
band of Peruvian and Colombian traffickers in San Juan de Miraflores that con-
centrated on marketing hydrochlorate of cocaine.
In this operation PIP agents arrested Carmen Rosa Ramirez Zapata, 24; Nancy
Cristina Banda, 26, and Toribio Condori Tipula, 28, as they were getting ready
to sell 2 kilos of hydrochlorate to a Colombian who escaped, together with the
group's leader, Juan Carlos Milla Sotelo Riquelme.
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Cocaine Laboratory Seized
Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 3 Apr 81 p 49
[Text] In an elegant building i~ San Isidro members of an international gang had
set up a secret laboratory to manufacture hydrochlorate of cocaine, which they
were selling abroad.
Three members of the gang were arrested by PIP agents after a rapid operation.
Six months ago the gang members had rented apartment~No 1001 on the lOth floor of
a building on Anchorena Street in San Isidro. Also found in the apartment was -
a whole arsenal of modern arms and 2,000 cartridges of ammunition, including 400
Dum Dum bullets -
The persons arrested are the North Americans John Weesley Cooper and John Christi
Hages and a Colombian, German Escobar Pardo. Those still at large are the "chem-
ist" Manuel Loyola Leon or Cesar Ayala, the Peruvian businessman Larry Slater and
a third North American named Clin Donovan.
Information about the activities and operations of the drug traffickers was dis-
closed yesterday by the chief of the second region PIP, Gen Oscar Chuquisongo.
It is estimated that the gang marketed cocaine worth 500 million sols, which was
brought in as raw paste from Huanuco and converted into hydrochlorate of cocaine
in the San Isidro building. Then the drug was taken to Madre de Dios, from where
it was sent abroad, probablg in small airplanes that landed on hidden fields.
Personnel from the district PIP office in Lima, including three policewomen, par-
ticipated in the arrests.
Weesley Cooper, who was found with modern gold tracking equipment, is thought to
be a mining student. John Christi Hages escaped from a jail in Los Angeles, -
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Cocaine Gangs Arrested
Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 8 Apr 81 p 45
[Text] The PIP district headquarters in Junin and Huanuco have broken up six
international gangs of drug traffickers from whom 200 kilos of raw cocaine paste
were seized, along with orders, instruments for manufacturing cocaine, several
million sols in cash, several houses and three vehicles, for a total va~ue exceed-
ing 1 billion sols. Altogether 50 persons have been arrested. .
The Junin PIP broke into a building on Avenida Libertad (Sapallanga, Huancayo)
where they found two concrete pits where coca leaves were mashed, which later
were converted into raw cocaine paste. There they arrested Justa Vila Lavado,
22, who was working as a carrier.
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Later, in the suburb of Incho (Tambo, Huancayo) PIP agents arrested a whole
family, identified as: Pablo Vilcahuaman Colonio, 60, and his children Claudio,
27, Justina, 24; and Luis Vilcahuaman Hilares, 20. They were found in possession
- of 20 kilos of PBC, a large quantity of arrobas of coca leaves and false stamps.
Finally, in the suburb of Racracancha, in the province of Andahuaylas, Sixto
Pomailla Quispe and Juan Flores Tello were arrested. They had in their possession
a large quantity of raw cocaine paste. Subsequently the following persons were
arrested: Eleuterio Leon Yauri Bastidas, Mauro Socualacha Cerron, Arturo Cipriano
Ma.ndujano and Zozimo Camilo Torres Rafael. -
Authorities from PIP district headquarters in Huanuco, under the direction of PIP
Colonel Mario Anamaria Ortega, continuing with its Operation Cocaleca, have ar-
rested Pablo Perez Maiz and Ignacio Aranda Cabrera in Cerro Azul--Tingo Maria.
In Santa Rosa de Shapamguilla and in Castillo Grande, PIP authorities arrested
Marino Cervantes Fernandez, Eliseo Fernandez Cervantes and Luis Gonzales Inocencio.
Later, in the hamlet of Sortilegio and in Balle Alta de Tingo Maria the following
persons were arrested: Dario Vasquez Frucros, Jose Bonifacio Avila and Jose
Ambicho ~Alvarez, who had in their pbssession nearly 100 kilos of raw cocaine paste,
several tons of coca leaves and four secret factories.
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VENEZUELA
BRIEFS
COCAINE TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Caracas, 4 May (AFP)--Canadians Guilio Cesari, 28,
and Francesco Ianuzzi, 21, were arrested here today by Venezuelan police. They
were found with 4 kg of cocaine on arrest at Caracas' intemational a~.rport.
[PA261530 Paris AFP in Spanish 2126 GMT 9 May 81]
CSO: 5300/2335
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IRAN
TEN NARCOTICS SMUGGLERS EXECUTED 13 MAY
LD141340 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1030 GMT 14 May 81
[TextJ According to the Central News Bureau, 10 narcotics smugglers were executed
yesterday in Tehran, Kazvin, Kara~ and Gorgan on the order of the Islamic Revolu-
tion Courts. The following list of those executed and the charges against them
has been issued by the antinarcotics court:
(Mostafa Baba'i), son of (Mohammad), charged with possession of 745 grams of
heroin and with selling and (?hiding) narcotics.
(Qasem Alamdeyzi), son of ('Ali), professional trader of contraband in Urumiyeh,
charged with having contact with [as heard] 43 grams of heroin and with having
a narcotics record.
(Ya'qub Kashi), son of (Ra~ab), charged with being in contact with 43 grams of
heroin and having 12 previous convictions for selling and (?hiding) narcotics.
(Hoseyn Chelekchi), son of (Mohammad Ebrahim), charged with selling and distri-
buting heroin and with possession of 3.5 grams of heroin. He had eight narcotics
convictions.
(Jamshid Rostamzadeh), son of (Seyfollah), charged with selling 7 5-centigram
packets of heroin. He had 10 previous convictions, 2 of which were after the
revolution.
(Safar Ja'fardokht Shahpu'i), son of ('Ali), charged with possession of 1000 grams
of heroin. He had three previous narcotics convictions.
(Yurof Qadimi), son of (Mohammad), charged with possession of 20 5-centigram
heroin packets. He had five previous narcotics convictions.
(Qolamhoseyn Mahi), son of (Yusof), charged with possession of 500 grams of hQroin.
He had 17 previous narcotics convictions.
(Mohammad Hasan Qoliabadi), son of (Mohammad Taqi), charged with being in contact
with 1075 grams of heroin. He was one of the famous smugglers in (Torkamanestan).
(Sha'bani 'Ali Mirza'i), son of (Mohammad 'Ali), charged with being in contact
with 1075 grams of heroin. He was one of the main vendors of narcotics in
(Torkamanestan) and was arrested in connection with (Mohammad Hasan Qolfabadi).
CSO: 5300/5575
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IRAN
BRIEFS ~
DRUG SMUGGLERS EXECUTED--According to a report by the central news unit, the
public rela tions office of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps 'Aliabad has
announced that~two smugglers named Mohammad Hasan Qoliabadi, alias Hasar.. Taghar,
and 'Ali Neyrava'i were sentenced to death after a trial on charges of narcotics
peddling at the special court of the center. The sentence was carried out
yesterday in 'Aliabad by the Guards Corps of this town. Also, according to a
report by the PARS NEWS AGENCY, with the efforts of the antinarcotics personnel
and the I.~lamic Revolution Guards Corps of Sistan and Baluchestan 2 kg of heroin
were seized from a smuggler and were confiscated.. [Text] [LD160544 Tehran
_ Domestic Service in Persian 1630 GMT 16 May 81]
OPIUM SEIZURE--Accord~.ng to the central news bureau, the Islamic Revolution Court
of Borujerd and Naha~rand announced: The antinarcotics squad of the Islamic
Revolution Guards ~,orp.e of Nahavand seized 364.5 kg of opium from a truck loaded
with waterme lons. C~ne person was arrested in this connection and is being
legally pros ecut.~~ri [Text] [LD240403 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 0730 GMT
23 May 81]
SHIRAZ DRUG HAUL--The Shiraz antidrug squad has recovered 60 kg of (?antipyrine)
used in the manufacture of heroin, 261 grams of hashish, 2 kg of snuff and some -
prepared heroin. The violators have been arrested. [GF240350 Shiraz Domestic
Service in P ersian 1500 GMT 23 May 81]
ESTAHBANAT TRAFFICKERS ARRESTEI}--The Estahbanat Islamic Court sentenced two per-
sons for carrying and distributing more than 1.013 kg of opium and 20 centigrams
of heroin to 15 and kh years imprisonment respectively. [GF240350 Shiraz Domestic
Service in Persian 1S00 GMT 23 May 81]
SHIRAZ NARCOTIC~ FIGURES--During the period 21 April-21 May 1981, Shiraz police
recovered 10 kg of h:roin, 6.9 kg of burned opium, 139 grams of opium residue and
315 grams of h~~hish. [GF251924 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1500 GMT
25 May 81]
OPIUM SEIZED--According to a report by the Central News Bureau, due to the
efforts of the personnel of the Nurabad gendarmerie a total of [figure indistinct]
kg of opium juice was discovered in an orchard 3n Nevazabad village. According
to the same report the Revolution Guards in 'Ali-Godarz discovered 2.3 kgs
of heroin f rom a narcotics band near Azna and also arrested three Pakistanis
in this connection. They have been prosecuted. [Text] [Tehran Domestic Service
in Persian 1630 GMT 12 May 81 LD]
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~ ISRAEL
SRIEFS
HASHISH IN YAFO--1rwo men in a motorboat yesterday noticed a floating plastic bag
in the water off Yafo Port. After fishing it out of the water and finding that
it contained hashish, they handed it over to the police. There were about 35
kilograms of hashish, though most of it was wet and rotten. The police estimate
its dry worth at tens of thousands of shekels. They believe it had been in the
water for some time, and was probably part of a smuggling attempt originating in
Lebanon. [TA180540 Jerusalem JERUSALEM POST in English 17 May 81 p 2]
CSO: 5300/4747
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SYRIA
BRIEFS
DAMASCUS NARCOTICS ARREST--Members of the antinarcotics branch of the Criminal
Security Department in Damascus captured a British truck carrying license number
SRB 748 R with 460 kg of narcotics which were hidden in a corner of the truck.
They confiscated the narcotics and arrested the driver of the truck, (Patrick
Andrey McGrory), carryin g British passport No 605766. A source from the anti-
narcotics department said the confiscated narcotics' value amounts to 5 million
Syrian pounds. [Text] [JN182050 Damascus Domestic Television Service in Arabic
1700 GMT 18 May 81]
CSO: 5300/4745
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NETHERLANDS
REPORT ON DRUG PROBLEM IN AMSTERDAM
Rotterdam NRC HANDELSBLAD in Dutch 6 May 81 pp 1, 2
[Article: Heroin Use Starts at Increasingly Earlier Age]
[Text] Amsterdan, 6 May--One of the conclusions of an invest igation by the Founda-
tion of Scientific Research of Alcohol and Drug Use (SWOAD) is that in Amsterdam
the use of heroin is apparently beginning at an increasingly earlier age. The
foundation worked with 632 clients of the City Health Department. It appeared that �
45 of them have been using heroin since the age of 13 or 14.
The SWOAD report, the first with carefully obtained and applied data on the nature
and intensity of drug addict ion, also states that the average addict needs 1,550.00
guilders per week to obtain the necessary doses.
The group under investigation alone turns over 1 million guilders per week, money
which has to be obtained largely through criminal action (theft or sales by the
addicts themselves). In view of this amount further research into the use of
drugs, which is also costly, ought not to encounter many objections, according to
SWOAD. It recommends giving priority to young addicts so that they can be treated
at an earlier stage.
It appears that addicts seek help only when they are about 18 years old; addiction
is then long established,
�
SWOAD is also asking for urgent attention to children of addicts. One-fourth of
all addicts, who are mainly between 22 and 29 years old, are married and a not
inconsiderable number of them have children.
Although it is often assumed that heroin users have not had much education, SWOAD
found out that more than half have completed their education. However, in spite of
this reasonable level of education, and the fact that more than half the patients
have a profession, only 18 percent claim to have a job. "Because most patient s do
not work it seems reasonable to assume that many of them qualify for social benefit
payments. Nevertheless, 30 percent receive no benefit payments," according to the
investigating team.
It is also remarkable that the current image of the addict from a broken home,
with no place to lay his head, is not supported by the statistics; three-~ourths
of the group under investigation live independently, with family or friends.
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Also contrary to current ideas it appears that two-thirds of the group have not
broken off relations with parents and family. These f igures are probably influenced
by the many Surinamese addicts, since their family ties are usually much stronger
than those of the Dutch.
The Surinamers, who comprise more than half of the group under investigation, use
the most heroin per addict, i.e. 7.6 grams per week. Their methods also deviate
slightly from the normal pattern of drug consumption: they often smoke hero in or
sniff heated vapors ("chinesing").
As far as the future is concerned G. Sijbing, author of the SWOAD report, notes
with a measure of anxiety that the Surinamers do not stick to their own Sref idensie
foundation. Without this founc3ation, the .Jellinek clinic, and other helpful organiza-
tions it is impossible to give them the help they need.
The group under investigation consists of heroin addicts participating in the
Amsterdam Health Department's methadone program. The investigators co:nclude that
there is a great need for an easily accessible distribution program.
Seventy percent of those under investigation have a police record, the main offenses
being theft and possession of drugs.
Only since 1979 has the Health Department been confronted by the first addicts who
obtain the funds they need by way of prostitution. This is a group with no help,
or hardly any, from other organizations.
~
Sixty-six women and 45 men who reported to the Health Department were prostitutes
or involved in prostitution. More than 20 percent appeared to have children and
more than 30 percent were married. One-third of the so-called heroin whores appeared
to have a second job. ~
_ SWOAD will conduct three similar research projects. The foundation is also waiting
for data from Utrecht and Haarlem.
Because of the large num'oer of Surinamers in the group under investigation, it is
diff icult, according to SWOAD, to compare the f igures for Amsterdam with the situa-
tion in the country as a whole. ~
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SWEDEN
BRIEFS
Ct1biPAIGN AGAINST HASHISH IN SCHOOLS--Forty youngsters in new drug tangle. Thanks to
strong parental commitment the criminal police in Huddinge have been able to break
up a drug gang, which since last summer has distributed a large amount of cannabis
among students in Salem. Last weekend 19 young persons were seized, of which 14
were arrested on Monday. According to Gunnar Hellgren, Inspector, about 20 more
- young addicts and dealers will be aeized later. Hashish abuse among teenagers in
the Salem residen~ial area has spread like an avalanche and the Huddinge police
have received many pleas f rom parent groups and other organizations. Since the
_ County Drug Squad in Huddinge was heavily burdened by other investigations, the
chief of the criminal department had to disengage six men from the Burglary Divi-
sion to take up drug investigations in the affected area. Last Friday, when the
_ first seizures were made, it was confirmed to the police that some addicts and
dealers made frequent trips to Sodertal~e and Stockholm to buy cannabis that was
sold and distributed among teenage gangs. Thefts and other crimes have resulted
from the abuse. The police have seized an increasing number of youngsters in the
age group 16 to 22 and on Monday 14 were arrested. It has been confirmed ~hat
some of the most severely incriminated have sold drugs outside schools. The
students have bought drugs and then been affected during classes. Four of the
- arrested are suspected of having sold several kilograms of car~n.abis as well as
more limited amounts of amphetamines~ It will probably be requested th.gt they be
jailed. According to Inspector Hellgren, the investigation is sti.ll.at an early
stage, but it is certain that some 20 more youngsters will be seized. The police
also hope that those youngsters that are co-operative during questioning will give
the police information enabling them to hit the big dealers in Sodertal~e and
_ Stockholm. Last Monday, the local Salem branch of a political party invited to a
discussion about drug abuse and one representative of the police force was sent
there to report on the serious situatioz~ in the residential area. [Text] [Stockholm
DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 5 May 81 p 12]
TOUGHER CANNABIS SENTENCES--This Wednesday 10 persons are facing trial at the
Gothenburg District Court for possession of between 0.1 to 0.3 gram cannabis. The
ur.usual thing is that the lawsuits in all cases are classified as drug felonies -
not misdemeanors. ~onsquently the prosecutor intends to ask for jail sentences for
the Violat:Ions. The reason is that the confiscations were made among the inmates
- of a penitentiary--Dkogome--outside Gothenburg. "This is a very serious problem
and we have to start a discussion about it," Christer Folelberg, the prosecutor,
_ says to TT [Press Wire Service, Inc~]. The drug problem in the penitentiaries is
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severe. The prosecutor now wants to test the regulations presently in force. "It
can never be considered a minor crime to have drugs in prisons. The inmates who
want to get away from drugs must have an incentive to say no. It is not sufficient
tahen possession is classified as a misdemeanor, oaly resulting in fines. They have
to feel that it is too expeneive to continue handling drugs." "The drug trade in
the prisons is based on the principle of decentralization. Deliveriea are made
regularly and frequently. As soon as the drugs are iaside they are divided and
distributed in very small portions," Fogelberg says. [Text] [Stockholm DAGENS
- NYHETER in Swedish 22 Apr 81 p ll] 9608
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