JPRS ID: 9813 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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JPRS L/9813
25 June 1981
Worldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CF~UO 28/81)
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JPRS L/9813
25 June 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 28/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
MAI,AYSIA
Five Major Ilrug Syndicates Uncovered
(NEW SUNDAY T1MES, 26 Apr 81) 1
Eighty Percent of Narcotics Used in Country Is Imported
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 20 Apr 81) 2
Rehabilitation, Chaxacteristics of 1?rug Addicts
~ (N~T STRAITS TIMES, 20 Apr 81) 3
Brief s
Life Sentence ~
Heroin Fossession ~
Opium Seized ~
- PAKISTAN
Bri ef s
Qpium, Hashish Seized 5
EAST EUROPE
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YUGOSZAVIA
Bri ~'s ~
Drugs at Yugoslav Borders i 6
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I~ATIN AMERICA
BAHAMAS
Briefs
Maxihuana Haul Statistics 7
BERMUDA
Brief s
Cocaine Import Sentence $
JA.~IAI CA
Bri ef s
Probe of Coptics 9
MEXICO
PRG, Army Destroy Hidalgo Poppy Plantations
(Jose Luis Martinez Vazquez; EI, SOI, DE MEXICO, 21 Ma~ 81) . 10
Briefs
Peasants Killed by Traffickers 1?
I~1I CARAGUA
Brief s
Drug Traffic to U.S. 13
PERU
Civil Guards Seize 11L~ Kgs of Cocaine Base
(EXPRESSO, 28 May 81) 1l.~
Briefs
Narcotics L�boratories Discovered 15
Cuban Refugee Involved in Drugs 15
Rival I1rug Traffickers 15
NEAR E~T AND NORTH AFRICA
Ai~GtIAN1STAN
Bri ef s
Alarcotics Seized 16
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IRAN
- Briefs
Seizure of Opium 17
Drug Executions 17
I?rug Arrest 17
Opium Seizure 17
SUB-~AHARAN AFRICA
NIGERIA
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Trader Fined for Possessing Poisonous Drugs
(NEtiJ NIGERIAN, 19 May 81) 18
Professor Urges Tighter Controls f~r Drugs
(NEW NIGERIAN, 28 Apr 81) 19
Bri ef s
Drug Abuse Measures 20
- Cash, Arms, Hemp Recovered 2p
SWAZILAND
Chief Justice Calls for Uniformity in Drug Sentencing
(THE TIMES OF SWAZ2LAND, 1t Jun 81) 21
WEST EUROPE
NETHERLANDS
Pol.ice Official on Drug Problems in Rotterdam
(J. A. Blaauw Interview; HET VRIJE VOLK, 12 May 81) 22
SWEDEN
Police Break Up Gang Which S~nuggled Heroin From Netherlands,
(Leii' Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 27 May 81) ?1t
Drug Smugglers Dump Cargo Off Gothenb~~rg for Zater Pickup
(Leif Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 22 May 81) 26
Narcotics Official Warns of Increasing Hashish Use
(Katrin Hallman; SVENSKA DAGBLA.DET, 17 May 81) 28
Briefs
Swedish-Greek Heroin Gang 30
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TURKEY
Narcotics 51nug~ling Operation Broken Up
(CUN~iURIYET, 24 Apr 81) 31
Brief s
Bolvadin Alkaloid Factory 32
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MALAY S IA
FIVE y1~,.TOR DRUG SYNDICATES UNCOVERED
Kuala Lumpur NEW SWiDAY TIMES in Englis?~ 26 Apr 81 p 1
(Text]
PENqNG, Sst. - given prforit to the Prevent the ftt5~v of d8dah
Mala aian ~e Y from hls car.
elimination of the a ndi� into the reepective coun-
the ~}~g~ ~ol1Ce tind cates. y trles," the communique ~g;g fish~
arcotics The meetin~, which added.
Control Board have Mennwhtle, 900N
uncovered at leg,yt five held at Hotel Merlln, gOON P1i1N re orta N~'cotica officers be-
mnjor dadah traPfick- Waa a tollow�up to the one p I leved that aome em-
held In Phuket last De- from Johore Baru that ployera purpoeely get
ing syndicates operat- cember, many operators of illegal their girla hooked" on
ing between Thailtind It w~ almed nt dia- massage parlours and dndah to control them.
and MalaysIa, cuaeing dadah traf[ick- brothela are reaorting to "Onee the
This was dlacioaed in a the uee of dadah to "con� Y get en-
ing between the two coun-� uol" their girls to pre- tangled with parlour ope-
jolnt communique lseued triea and "iliicit tralfick� rators they are hooked
nfter a two�day meeting ing problems of acetlc. ~ent t6em from quitting., and almoat impoaelble to
uf Malayaian po~jce of- Narcotica: qtflcers~ leave after beln
ficials led by CID direc- anhydrlde and other came�to this conclusion B Blven
tor Datuk Abdul Rahrnan aceteleating aubstances aftcr tlnding out that d~~y doses ot dadah,"
Iamail and Thallanct tor use In the procesaing more thaa 80 per cent ot7 said an ofllcer.
Narcotica Control Board of opium tnto morphine the girla wero on dadah. Their boeaee uaually
offlcials led by boxrd aec� And heroin." They were alao found tell them that the white
retary-general Gen. Pow T h e c o m m u n! q u e either supporting thelr Powder would glve therM
3ara,yjn, sYated that it had been energy and make them
declded that offfcersi of loved ones who were on more aexy to their cus-
The statement said dadah or pushing [t to tumere, and theretore
rirther investtgatlons ~th partie9 stntloned at thelr cuatomera.
would be carrled out the border arete would ~urceesaldthedadah bigger tipa.
beforeappropriateaction 'NOrk cloaely w;thln the� conneclton was dis� TheStateGovernment
could be taken uccording framework of the lawa or covered ufter some of the 18 ~'gtching the aftuation.
to the laws of each coun- ench country. ~ girle complnined that cloaely.
try. The meeting la aware they were e;icouraged to Mentri Beaar Tan Sri
The communique said that there is a bumper take "some w~hite powder HB~j Othman recently
the syndlcates were un- crop of opium tn the which will make them Prompted to aay he
covered '�di:rfng the ex� Golden Trtangle area more sexy" to iheir cua� auapected aome VIPa
covcring Burmn, Thai- tomers. were involved in the traf-
chnngc of lntelllgence" at land and I.uva whlch will. dcking o[ dadah because
the talka, which ended to� no doubt lncresae the Narcotica oftlcera are of the huga eume of mon-
dgy' flow of opium, morphlna ~'~'orried that thla prectice ey involved.
Datuk Abdu! Rahman and heroin into Malayala might become wlde- Narcottea offlcers
9#~~ lhe tWU sldes hgd and other countriea. ~pr~~' have been unable to catch
'ome detall~ g Yesterday, pollce
bout the seized more thnn;200,000 the "big' tiah." It la
~yndlcatea, lncludtng th~ ~O~Q$p~~~d worth ot heroin Prom n learnt that they arc
peOP~~ 1nvolved. houae at Satu Pahat and tightening thelr neta and
hnd alread COde names "Thia cnila for greater two dayd earlier, they de� ~t ls only a matter of time
the s Y been g~~~n to combined eiforts o! both talned a nlghtclub man- they wlll tall into the
yndicatea uncovered Q~orcement agencies to ager and aelzed about trap.
and the two torcea had
585.000 worth of heroin
cso: s3oo/s3ai
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ZiALAYS IA
EIGHTY PERCENT OF NARCOTICS USED IN COUNTRY IS IMPORTED
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 20 Apr 81 p 8
KUALA LUMPUR, Anewering another
[ Text ] Sun. - The drug prob- questlon, Encik Muetatfa
lem in Malaysi$ is S~d the lucrativeneaa ot
"imported", the secre� t h e d r u g t r a d e i n
tary general of MB~ayaia wae only a
Pamadam, Encik ghad�`N~ ita lucra-
Mustaffa Ma said to- tiveness abroad.
day Thls accounted tor the
This ia because over 2~ Malayaiane who are
80 r cent of the da- serving ~entencea in tor-
~ elgn pHsona tor drug ut-
dah uaed in the coun- fencea
try - heroin - is,im- Encik Mustatfa eald
ported, he said. the Malaysian pasaport
Heroln, along with uaed to be a very "ueeful"
opium and morphine, are document, allowtng
- � !mp orted [rom the Malaysians to enter
'Golden Triangle' coun- many~countries without a
triee ot Thalland, Laoe viae.
and Burma and the 'Sil- The situation was now
ver Creacent' countrles ot c h a n g e d, w i t h
Atghanistan Turkey,Iran Maleyslana being ~ub-
and Pakistan. j~~ to thorough and
Encik ]suataffa Ma humlllattng body aearch
said this when replying at the check polnta of tor-
to questione on drug sup- ei countrles.
ply !n Malayata whlch a Reaponding to a query
partlcipant at an antl- trom the Iloor on whether
drug abuse aeminar had the etteats of dru were
ralsed. L~al trreveraibie, anotHer
apeaker, Dr N. Ganeaan,
The aeminar, with a eald a rehabilltated drug
panel ot olght apeakera, ~dtct could never be the
was organised by the Lio- sAme as he wae betore
neas Club ot Kuala Lum- ~diction. ,
pur, and the L.lone Cluba D~g addiction. even
ot Kuala Lumpur North up to three yeara, would
and Shah Alam. impair a peraon's mental,
Enclk Muataifa said phyalcat snd sexual
there was no evldence ot ~apabillties to "some" ex-
poppY plante gruwing in tent.
Malaysia, mainly be- - The Kuala Lumpur
cause the climate here la ~PO Daatuk Abdul
not aultable. Kudus anewered a quea-
However gania, also tton trom the tloor on ~he
known ae cannabl~ and Poaelble reaeons why the
marijuana~ was grown in Producers ot opium, the
the countty, especfally in hill trlbea, were not ad-
the south-weatern dp of dicta themaelvea.
Johore in Pontian, artd Datuk Abdul Ku3ua
aome !n Perak and M+ho had been to the
Kelantan. Goldan Trlangle, and met
- Moat ot the p~y- the trfbee, aafd the hill-
chotroptc druge used tribea were addicta, but
here, he added, were Im- they only uaed raw
ported but there was opium. They did not r.on-
evidence lndicating that aume the re[ined torma ot
some of them were man- the drug, which are much
/ ufactured or reprocesaed I more potent, such as her-
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' MALAYSIA
REHABILITATION, CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 20 Apr 81 p 8
[Excerpt] ,
- K U A LA L.U M P U R j 12,o00'A~aicta regia-
Sun. - About 82 penj tered with the Mtn-
cent of drug addict9~ istry. About S,0o0 of
ln the country haveq them had undergone
some form of em- treatment at re-
ployment, a seminarJ habilltation centres.
on ~ci-a~,g abuse~ Opium smokers
was told this morne
ing. e Federal Tetritory police
Rehabilltation Is there- chtet Datuk Abdul
tore geared towards~ Kudua Alias said
helping drug addict~ before 1870, drug ad�
regaln cheir contidencei dicta were primaril
and aelf-esteem, and~ elderly Chineae opium
not aimed' direetly at � smokera.
teaching them a trade] The pattern hea changed
The actlvitlea In a rea since. Drug addiction
habilltation centre~ is now a problem in-
whlch atart about f1v9 volving youths ot all
every morning, are tn.+ races and a wider
tended to keep them~ range ot drugs are
buay and help thertv being used.
keep their mtnds oft Over 90 per cent o[ drug
drug~, sald a Welfar~ dependenta are helow
3erviccs Mlnletry rep� the age oi 30 and heavy
reaentalive, Mr Lealiei users are between 16
I.ee. . and 2~.
A drug addict, he addeds. Datuk Abdul Kudue eaid
is someono who is aick. therewasevidenceof,a
emotionally: He rejects dlrect correlation be-
l~imeelf and cannot tween crime and drug
l[ve without chemical addiction becauae of
aubetancea te "prop", the high pricea of
, hlm up. ; drugs.
They shou!d not be identi: A hard core addict needa
tled as crimtnals, he between ala and eight
added. tubee ot heroln a day,
The Mfniatry runs four one tube costing;30.
rehabilitation centres To aupport thetr hablt,
with tacfllttea tor over male addtcte are
30o people. in another drlven to commlt
two yenra, two more crtme - pick�pocket-
centrea will be ready. ing, bag-anatching, ex-
Mr Lee sald that over the tortion - while temale
paat Live yeare, about addicts go into proati-
tutlon ~
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MALAYSIA
BRIEFS
LIFE SENTENCE--The Kangar High Court toda: sentenced a Thai national to life imprison-
- ment and six strokes of the rattan for trafficking in narcotics. Yusoff bin Mohamed,
24, a rubber tapper from Satoon province in South Thailand was found guilty of traf-
ficking in 1,105 grams of cannabis at the Padang Besar railway station. Bate of the
oEfense was August 7, 1978. [Kuala Lumpur PIEW STRAITS TIMES in English 16 Apr 81 p 28]
H~ROIN POSSESSION--An unemployed Singporean was sentenced to 15 months' jail by the
magistrate's court today for possessing 27 tubes of heroin. Chian T.iang Seng, 27, ad-
mitted committing the offence at a sawmill store at Lorong 5-C, Tampoi, at 10 pm on
Dec. 16 last year. [Text) [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 22 Apr 81 p 14]
OPIUM SEIZED--A member of the special anti-smuggling unit seized a plastic package con-
taining 8,500 gm ot opium at Je~awi, Perlis, during the weekend. The opium, worth
mor.e than $17,000, was abandoned by two suspects who saw a unit member who had gone to
tlie place following a tipoff. The suspects, one carrying the package, were on a motor-
cycle when they stopped at Jejawi. They escaped into the nearby jungle after abandon-
ing their machine and the package. [Text] [Kuala Lumpur vEW STRAITS TIMES in English
29 Apr 81 p 6J
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
OPIUM, HASHISH SEIZED--The anti-burglary squad of the Civil Lines Police recovered
over 60 kg of charas and opium and arrested one Nabi Shah Pathan during a raid
at his godown in Kashmir colony yesterday. [GF131855 Karachi DAWN in English
12 Jun 81 p 18]
CSO: 5300/4606
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YUGOSLAVIA
BRIEFS
DRUGS AT YUGOSLAV BORDERS--Belgrade, 15 Jun (TANJUG)--The travela of drug
smugglers this year also usually end at Yugoslavia's border crossings. Over the
past five monthe, Yugoslav customa officials, with the full cooperation of
interior affaira oxgans, discovered o~er 96 kg of hashish and over 75 kg of heruin
among the baggage of so-called kouriats. According to some unofficial reports in
1978 Yugoslavia ranked fifth in Europe in the quantity of impounded heroin: one
af the moat [word indis~inct] destructive drugs. The "catch" of heroin in 1980
indicates that one-third of the heroin impounded in Europe was the reault of the
efforts of the Yugoslav customs authorities. Over 298 kg of heroin, 3.7 kg of raw
opium, over 15 kg of marihuana and over one thousand kg of hashiah were discovered
in 1980. As by rule, the druga are destined for buyers in Weatern Europe--Sweden,
the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland and some other
countriea--while Yugoslavia is only a transit area. Over the past 10 years,
702 drug smugglers were discovered in Yugoslavia and 18.3 kg of raw opium, 36.8
kg of morphine base, 111.2 kg of heroin, 58.3 gk of marihuana and 11.8 thousand kg
of hashish were found on them. [Textj [Belgrade TANJUG Domestic Service in
Serbo-CroatiEn 0907 GMT 15 Jun 81]
CSO: 5300/3009
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BAHAMAS
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA HAUL STATISTICS--With the largest seaborne drug bust in Bahamian
history made over the weekend, over $130 million worth of marihuana--290 tons
_ in al1--96 persons and 24 boats have been apprehended in Bahamian waters by
members of the Bahamas def ense force in the past 2 months. Since 9 April to
9 June, nine separate arrested have been made by the Bahamas defense force in
waters off New Providence, Andros, Acklins, Bimini and the Berry Islands with
the lat~st arrest having been made on Sunday. [ExcerptJ [FL121500 Nassat~
THE TRIBUNE in English 9 Jun 81 n 1 FL]
CSO: 5300/2366
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BERMUDA
BRIEFS
COCAINE IMPORT SENTENCE--A carpenter who imported cocaine in the heels of his
boots was jailed for four years yesterday. And in passing sentence on 28-year-
old Lee Foggo, Puisne Judge the Hon. Justice Melville made a lengthy statement
on the evils of drugs. The jury had been told that the cocaine was valued at
$46,000. It was calculated that Foggo brought in enough for 1,864 "doses" of
35 percent purity. Foggo claimed he did not know he was carrying the drug when
arrested at the Airport on December 8 last year. The boots, he said, had been
lent to him in Boston by a man called Chico. [Excerpts] [Hamilton THE ROYAL
GAZETTE in English 29 May 81 pp 1,2]
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JAMAICA
BRIEFS
PROBE OF COPTICS--The Council of the Jamaican Bar Association has called on the
Minister of National Security to investigate alleged breaches of the Dangerous
Drugs Law by the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. [Excerpt] [Kingston THE DAILY
GLEANER in English 29 May 81 p 1] The police are investigating the possible
involvement of the Coptics in ganja traffic "very extensively," Commissioner
Wilbert Bowes told a press briefing at his Old Hope Road headquarters yester-
day. The investigations will cover many aspects of the international traffic
"as may have taken root in St Thomas and St Elizabeth" Mr Bowes said. Mr Bowes
said the police were cooperating with Interpol on the international aspects of
the traffic. The amount of ganja recovered since tihe beginning of this year was
about two tons, the briefing was told. This is valued on the open U.S. market
at $2 per ounce or a total of just over J$250,000. On the drug scene in general
there is no problem with hard drugs--cocaine, heroin, etc-~Jamaica being used
mainly as a transshipment port in this regard; though there might be one or two
pockets where these drugs were being used, the brief ing was told. The Commis-
sioner said there was some linkage between the ganja traffic and the general
crime situation particularly in instances of mass killings which sometimes
derived from gang disputes over the sharing of loot. [Excerpts] [Kingston
THE DAILY GLEANER in English 30 May 81 p 1]
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. MEXICO
PGR, ARMY DESTROY HIDALGO POPPY PLANrATI4NS
Mexico City EL SOL DE MEXICO in Spanish 21 May 81 p 3-F
[Article by Jose Luis Martinez Vazquez, EL SOL DE HIDALGO correspondent]
[Text] Pachuca, Hidalgo (OEM)--Poppy crops covering a total of 50,000 square meters
have been destroyed in various municipalities of Hidalgo by the national attorney
general's office and the army of the 28th military diatrict in the country.
These actions against the planters have occurred mainly along the banks of the
Moctezuma River within the b�orders of the states of Queretaro and Hidalgo.
Jose Abel Corona Munguia, an agent of the federal public ministry in the area,
reported the above and added:
"We have instructions to prevent the area from becoming a drug producing center."
While being interviewed in his offi.ce, Corona Munguia staCed that during the past
20 days 67 poppy fields have been sprayed.
The federal official called attention to the fact that the plants, from which opium
and cocaine are obtained, were 90 centimeters ar:d even 1 meter high.
The official said that they were almost ready for harvesting.
He said that up to now no one has been arrested for growing the drugs.
He added, "The main thing is to destroy the drugs and later to investigate who is
responsible for this illegal activity."
Corona Munguia asserted that~in the municipalities of Mision Pisaflores and Jacala
a large number of poppy fields have been destroyed.
He said this is also true of the municipalities of San Bartolo Tutotepec y Agua
Blanca, Tenango de Doria and others.
He said that Mario Alberto Cuevas Cerpa is in charge of the campaign against the
drug traffic. He has five helicopters under his command, three of which are sprayers
and the other two for support, as well as a good small plane.
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}{e spoke of the excellent cooperation on the part of elements of the 28th military
district. ~
He stressed that Gen Roberto Heine Rangel has been of assistance in carrying out
this task. ~
Corona Munguia pointed out that the cli.mate of Hidalgo, and especi\lly that of the
municipalities named, is ideal for growing poppies and for this rea~on inspections
are made periodically to locate poppy fields.
He also said that a fight is being waged to prevent Hidalgo from becoming a center
for the production of drugs.
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MEYICO
BRIEFS
PEASANTS KILLED BY TRAFFICKERS--Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 19 May--Four peasants from the Rio
Verde de Santa Maria Chimalapa Ranch in the municipality of Matias Romero were
riddled with bullets by presumed drug traffickers who were attempting to force them
to plant marihuana. Gilberto Lievana Palma, state district attorney, reported
that the murderers were identified as Eustaquio Canela Machuca and Jaime Lopez
Santillan, who buried the bodies clandestinely. The victims were Gregorio Cruz,
Gregorio Flores Luna, Alvaro Flores Sala and Antonio Lopez. Justo Monroy Mexicano,
an agent of the Public Ministry, reported that when the cadavers were exhumed in
- order to perform an autopsy they revealed multiple bullet wounds. The state security
organization cordoned off a broad section of the municipality of Matias Romero and
several patrols are searching for the murderers. [Article by Felipe Sanchez J.,
EXCELSIOR correspondent] [Text] [Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 20 May 81 p 8-D]
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BRIEFS
DRUG TRAFFIC TO U.S.--The judge of the Third Criminal Court has ordered the
arraignment of inembers of an international drug trafficking gang who were captured
recently in Nicaraguan territorial waters. The gang members, Alfredo Miranda,
a Colombian, Jose Felope Zelaya, a Cuban from M~ami, Ruben Antonio Casais, an
Uruguayan resident in the United States, and Alonso Garay Escorcia, a Colombian,
were captured aboard a yacht off the coast. Firearms, radio equipment and other
items were found aboard. The criminals were returning from the United States,
where they had delivered marijuana. [Managua Radio Sandino in Spanish 0300 GMT
4 Jun 81]
CSO: 5300/2356
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CIVIL GUARDS SEIZE 114 KGS OF COCAINE BASE
_ PY111413 Lima EXPRESSO in Spanish 28 Mav 81 p 31
[TextJ Decisive and energetic actions conducted by the 9th civil guards detachment
headquartered in Ayacucho have led to the seizure of 114 kg of cocaine base and
the arrest of 20 drug peddlers in one single week.
Among the confiscated goods were also 222 liters of sulfuric acid and 134 bushels
of coca leaves, all of which amounted to almost 90 million soles.
The first lot of goods were seized on 9 May in San Francisco District where drug
traffickers Leandro Acasio Valero Fabian, 37, Guillermo Rivera Media, 20, wanted in
La Mar Province and Amador Huallpa Galindo, 30, were arrested.
These persons were carrying 39 kg of cocaine base hidden in the gasoline tank of
the pickup truck bearing the license plate PY-5676.
On 13 May the peddlers Jacinto Jeri Nahui, 32, and Maximo Leandro Hilario, 24,
were arrested along the bank of Quimbiri river in San Francisco, carrying 70 kg
of cocaine base, while they were waiting for the buyer.
Later, on 14, 15, 16 and 17 May personnel of the same civil guards detachment
sezied cocaine base, sulfuric acid and coca leaves and arrested the following manu-
- facturers and drug traffickers; Guillermo Rivera Miguel, 21; Pedro Morales Guevara,
18; Leonardo Cabrera Gamboa, 30; Grimalda Yance Ayala, ~+0; Diana Antezana Ovalle, 41;
Elias Fernandez Valdez, 28; Victor Valle~o Quispe, 29; Roberto Villacrey Paucar, 18;
Narciso Salco Lizana, 47; Idilio Villa Chavez, 20; Sonia Rey Sanchez Santa Cruz;
and Rafael Jara Quispe, 54.
= The prisoners and the confiscated goods have been placed at the disposal of the
appropriate authorities according to the press communique released by the public
relations bureau of the 2d region located in Ayacucho.
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BRIEFS
NARCOTICS LABORATORIES DISCOVERED--The Peruvian investigations police has discovered
four laboratories for making cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base in luxury apart-
- ments in the outskirts of Lima and arrested ten persons but their names have not been
released. [PY142000 Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 5 Jun 81 p 49]
CUBAN REFUGEE INVOLVED IN DRUGS--The Peruvian investigations police have arrested
Octavio Gonzalez Macuran, Cuban refugee living in the Tupac Amaru Camp and who was
released from jail only 15 days ago, for trying to sell cocaine base. [PY142000
Lima EXPRESO in Spanish 3 Jun 81 p 10]
RIVAL DRUG TRAFFICKERS--It has been reported that two rival powerful bands of drug
traffickers got involved in an all out fight in an effort to take over drugs from
four laboratories located in different parts of Lima and in Tinge Maria. The fight
began when members of the two bands arrived to the laboratories to get 24 kilograms
of cocaine base and 5 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride. The drug was later con-
fiscated by the Peruvian investigations police. [PY142000 Lima EXPRESO in Spanish
5 Jun 81 p 15]
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AFGHANISTAN
BRIEFS
NARCOTICS SEIZEB--Eight hundred seventy-five kg of opium were captured by the
officials of the Department of Campaign Against Smuggling and Narcotics. The
captured opium is valued at over 3 million Afghanis. [LD130436 Kabul Domestic
Service in Persian 1230 GMT]
CSO: 5300/2
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IRAN
BRIEFS
SEIZURE OF OPIUM--According to an announcement by the Public Relations Office of
the State Gendarmerie, 420 people ha.ve been arrested between 30 May-6 June by
gendarmerie officials in connection with smuggling. The contraband goods seized
by the gendarmerie during this period are as follows: opium, some 215 kg;
cigarettes, 120,000 pack,Pts; cigarette paper, 15,000; 15,000 playing cards;
2,000 decks; soap, 5,000; cloth, 100,000 meters; tea, 16,000 kg; radio, television
and video sets, 118; cooking oil, 16,000 kg; and other goods, like watches, shoes,
toys and cosmetics, 215,000. [Text] [LD150424 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian
0730 GMT 14 Jun 81]
DRUG EXECUTIONS--According to z. report by the Central News Bureau, by a verdict of
the Islamic Revolution Court in its battle agains~ narcotics, 10 drug traffickers
were declared guilty of being corrupt on earth and were sentencad to execution for
dealing in narcotics and causing disorder in the system of the Islamic Republic
of Iran. [Excerpt] [LD040428 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1630 GMT 2 Jun 81]
DRUG ARREST--According to the Central News Bureau, the gendarmerie personnel
discovered 92 kg of opium in a Peykan van, driven by Ashraf 'Ali Khederi, and handed
over to the judicial authorities. Also, last 21 April-21 May, 34.960 kg of opium,
12.880 kg of opi~n juice, 718 gr processed opium juice, 733 gr of ha.shish and
979 gr of heroin were discovered in H.amedan provincial towns by security officers
and handed over to the Office for Narcotics' Supervision of the province. [Text]
[LD040428 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 0730 GMT 3 Jun 81]
OPIUM SEIZURE--According to the Central News Unit, officers of the Kameh gendarmerie
post in Torbat-e Heydariyeh seized 92 kg of opium which had been concealed in a
van. [Text] [LD050310 Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1630 GMT 4 Jun 81]
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TRADER FINED FOR POSSESSING POISONOUS DRUGS
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Ma.y 81 p 15
~Text~
A PATENT medicine dealec, team and other witnesses present
Augustine Okoye, of No. 1 Matazu duringthesearchingexetcise.
Road, Tudun Wada Kaduna, was at go~ ~~ct�. and lhe
the weekend fined 200 Naira or to go _~-b w,~.e later
to prison tor one year in default, brough[ to the State CID where the
having been found guilty of unlaw[ul coavlet mede a~written statement
possession of poisonous drugs. pp~~ ~ connection with the
A Kaduna Senior Magistrate, ~gs ~vered from his shop.
Malam Saifullahi Muntalce Coo- A1so arraigned before the senior
massie, was told by the prosecuting maglstrate for being in an unlawtul
police sergeant, 'Biodun Ariyo, that possession of two halt sack-full and
on October 29, 1980, the ahop of the three rolls oi substance suspecled
convict was searched by a team ot ~ pe Indian hemp was a housewife,
detectives. During the , searct~ing ~tu~istiana Owen of Kawo
exercise, various drugs suspected to Village, Kaduna.
be poisonous were recovered in t~ie The court heard that the suspect's
convict's shop, the court turther house was searched on June 21 1980,
by a team of detectives from the
A prosecution witness, Sergeant Kaduna State CID and during the
Pius Ochogbu attached to the search led by Police Inspector
Kaduna State CID told the court that Ibrahim Yar'adua, the substance
on Octc~ber 29,1980, he was among a were recovered.
team o[ detectives sent lo search the On September 9~, 1980, the
ahopoftheconvict. recovered substence was sent to
The team, he depo~ed, was led by the Government Chemist, Kaduna
Police lnspector Ibrahim Yar'adua for examination and that a report
and in company of one inspector of collected from the Government
dru~s trom the Kaduna State Chemist on Decembet 8, 198U
Ministryof Health. revealed that the substance was
After the discovery . of the Indian hemp.
poisonous drugs,' he further Ttu~ee prosecution witnesses
deposed, the search warrant was gave evidence betore further
endorsed by all members oi the hearic~ was adjourned to June 11,
this year.
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' NIGERIA
PROFESSOR URGES TIGHTER CONTROLS FOR DRUGS
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 28 Apr 81 p 9
[TextJ
T~ x~aa.~oc :�n~enc..a ~?tm a ~,?�t ~c ~
Couimunity. Health an~ Nutritlon � emerB~ncY bealtb umfs in all local'
at the Utriversity ot 1te, Pt~af~sor Ba?~ent arees. ~ "
Taiwo Daramols. has called for Such ludts. he sai~, should be
tt~e establlshment d a nsfiaoal ~ lid~ed by radio to the central .
drug advisorq co~mmittee iit tbe ema'Benc3? service ~
country. . Pi^ofessor Da~. anola e~tpreased ,
DeIIvesiag an inaugural lecture ~.suzp~ise that 'e:pensive buildings'
at the UNversity of Ife~. Pratesaor ' with sapl~aticated equipmeat put �
Uaramola suggested that� tl~e . up in some statea, in implementing .
committee s6ould. be ~respo~sible , the basic. health scheme 6ad not
for `the tightening o[' cegulatlaos. , tieen commissioned because af ~
on th~ mainifa~ture~ distribution lack of pezsonnel.
and admin~tration of' dn~gs and~ He said that the lacal govern-
Control of narcotics. - menb whictt were supposed to be
He said indigcriminate use of the focal points- of, the scheme~
drugs . in oar saciety sho~ild be ,leck+ed manpower and fund4. .
~scauraged because it conetituted ~ Zt~e ~ivptsify doa sug~ested .
8 t~lth hazard. ~ ~ tbe use of inedical experts who 6e -
He also said that the aa4ion's said, were coxentrated in the
heaith service lacked the facility, medical . schools~ ia consultancy
for taking care of emergenc.y services td atad~ hospitals, local
cases `and t~at lives tlmt cauId: governmeats.. miasion . hospitals'
have been saved had, as a reault, ' a~induatries.
- been los~ . TZ~e lecture was tifled "The
Hp thea called for the establish- challenges of providing rompre-
ment of a central emergency hentive health care for Niger. ians.'
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NIGERIA
BRIEFS
DRUG ABUSE MEASURES--The Oyo Government is to tackle the menace of drug abuse
from the grass root, Governor Bola Ige, has assured. He said that the current
move was aimed at checking the people who usually rush to produce drugs without
considering how and when such drugs should be used and what their side effects
would be. The governor was delivering an address at the opening ceremony of
a week long Drug Abuse Control Week at Mapo Hall, Oja-Oba, Ibadan, when he said
this. He said that four zones, namely, Ibadan/Ibarapa, Oyo, Osun and ife/
Ijesha had been set up in the state to fight the menace of drug abuse. Chief Ige
declared that the Oyo Government had embarked on free health care service pro-
gramme in a bid to build a virile and prosperous state. It would not be wise
for the public to indulge in self-medication of any form since "no one in this
state pays any money for drugs" the governor stressed. Chief Ige said "The
more serious aspect, affects the school children, especially at the grammar
school, polytechnic and university levels." "The aftermath of such self-medica-
tior. was mental illness and failure in examinations which further ruined the
health and well being of the patient," he observed. The governor then appealed
to pharmaceutical drug houses not to distribute drugs indiscriminately "3ust for
the sake of the financial returns." [Text] [Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 9 May
81 p 23]
CASH, ARMS, HEMP RECOVERED--At least 10,000 Naira cash, two automatic pistols,
78 rounds of live ammunitions and a large quantity of Indian Hemp have been
recovered by the police during road checks within the last one-month. Also,
about 152 persons including 32 robbery suspects were arrested within the period.
This is in addition to the 400 suspects arrested for various offences a couple
_ of weeks ago. Lagos State Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr F Kwa3afa, dis-
closed this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the Police in the last
30 days in the state. He said 19 vehicles out of the 32 missing ones had been
recovered and released to their rightful owners. According to him, some of the
robbery suspects who had made useful statements to the police have been charged
to court and remanded in prison cus~ody. Other suspects, he said, were arraigned
before different courts for various affences and the ones who pleaded guilty
were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment or fines in li.~u. [Mike Opara]
[Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 25 Apr 81 p 9]
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SWAZILAND
CI-IIEF JUSTICE CALLS FOR UNIFORMITY IN DRUG SENTENCING
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in English 4 Jun 81 p 1
CTextJ
THE CH1EF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice C.J. Nathan has once
again pointed out that courts of�~aw in 3wazilan~ should
endeavour to achieve uniformity and consistency in the
sentences they impose. At the same time. he said, it is
unsaFe co adopt a purely mathematical approach as the
appropriate yardstick. .
Mr. Justice Nathan was commrnting on a submitsion
made to him by a Mbabane Magistrate in his reasoas for�
judgement regarding two cases in which two people wae
convicted of contravening the drugs and opium habit
forming act.
The two, Mavis Mavuso and Maliwalive Dtamini were
charged with iUegal possessioa and cultivatiort of dagga.
Mavuso waz found.with 3.4kg of dagga and 586 plants. She
was sentenced to a fine of ES00 ot S00 days imprisonment, In regard to Maliw~alive Dlamini's case, the Magimate
the cwo counts being taken as one for the purposes of agreed that the sentence was heavy for the cultivadon of
sencence. only 40 piants aznd he suggested that the sentencc be altered
Dlannini was charged for illegal cultivation of 40 plants. to a fine of EI00 or !00 days impr,sonment or that the case
She was convicted and sentenced to a fine of E300 or 300 be remitted to him to pass sentence afrah.
days imprisonment. In his roview judgemrnt, Mr. Justice Nathan said that if
In reply to a query by Mr. Justice Nathan concerning the it be acapted that the sentence (E200 or 200 days} imposed
weight of the seMences imposed on the two people, the in a case wNere the accused was �convicted for the
titagistrate sta[ed that large number of such cases come cultivation of 138 plan[s was a reasonabie one, then the ~
before him and that he mey have forgotten what sentenca sentence impoxd in Mavuso's case is such as not to call for
he imposed in ocher cases. interfueace or alteradons by the High Court.
"Ia reQard to Maliwalive Dlamini I think there is no
doubt that the senience imposed by the Magistrate is unduly
harsh and that it ca1Ls for alteration. Even the sentences of a
fine� of EI00 or t00 days imprisonment suggested by the
Magisuate appears to me to be too heavy, having regard to
the personal circumstances of the accused." The Chicf
Justice said.
He also pointed that Dlamini has no fingers arSd is
supporting nine children.
In thr result, he confirmed the conviction and sentence
passed on Mavuso. The sen[ence on Dlamim has been
altered to a fine of E75 or 75 days imprisonment.
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NETHERLANDS
POLICE OFFICIAL ON DRUG PROBLEMS IN ROTTERDAM
Rotterdam HET VRIJE VOLK in Dutch 12 May 81 p 3
[Report on interview with Police Superintendent J. A. Blaauw: "Heroin Trade
Becomes More Brutal All The Time"]
[Text] Rotterdam--According to police superintendent J. A.
Blaauw the heroin problem in Rotterdam is still growing at
an alarming rate. The Rotterdam police is forced to
operate with its back against the wall because of failing
� government policies and drastic cutbacks.
He says: "The smouldering ma.rihuana fire of the sixties has been fanned into a
, big heroin blaze, and the fire brigade (read: narcotics brigade) can only try
' to keep adjacent buildings wet."
The superintendent blames the political parties for their lack of attention to the
heroin problem. Blaauw says: "All they want do to is help. However, the
cause of the heroin wave can be found in the countries where it is produced.
Nothing is being done about that. This problem should be dealt with on an
international levea., ox as a European Community effort."
There is an urgent need for a European information center where the various
narcotics services can share their experiences, according to the Rotterdam
policeman. But a lot more ought to be done. "There should be uniform legis-
lation to fight smuggling rings effectively. Together we should be able to make
a fist."
Uf late there has already been close cooperation on a regional level in Rotterdam
and its environs. Since about a year ago the police narcotics departments of
Rotterdam, Schiedam, Vlaardingen, and Maassluis have established a system of
cooperation.
~ This system, which will probably be expanded to include ozher cities in the
Randstad, led in January to the liquidation of a Turkish organization.
T~aelve persons were arrested and 9 kilos of heroin were confiscated. This
cooperation is still in an experimental ~tage but according to Blaauw it has a
"good chance of success."
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Weapons
ihe Rotterdam police regularly finds weapons during raids on heroin locations.
Blaauw says: "We are seriously worried about it. Heroin circles are becoming
m~re and more aggressive."
Rntterdam has about 2,000 heroin addicts. Seven hundred of them are foreigners.
Although ever younger persons are using heroin, the average addict is between
2~ and 30 years of age.
Blaauw ca11s the last-mentioned data somewhat relative. He notes: "They often do
not get older than 30 years."
During the past few years many people have also become addicted to cocaine. Its
price is about the same as that of heroin. The superintendent tells us: "Formerly
cocaine was used a lot in artistic circles, but in the meantime it has come down
to street level."
10,319
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SWEDEN
POLICE BREAK UP GANG WHICH SMUGGLED HEROIN FROM NETHERLANDS
Stockholm llAGENS NYHETFR in Swedish 27 May 81 p 15
[Article by Leif Dahlin: "Narcotics Gang Seized: Chief Wanted to Buy a Tavern for
Profit"]
[TextJ A large new narcotics ring has been broken up by the
Stockholm criminal police. Twelve persons were arrested and a
pair have already been sentenced. The ring is suspected of
having smuggled several kilograms of amphetamines from Holland
to Sweden. One of the leaders used two kiosk owners in a suburb
of Soder as pushers. The chief himself had plans to buy a
tavern business in which he had already invested money.
Both leaders, 33 and 40, were sentenced in 1978 for the robbery of a homeowner in
Nacka. They committed the robbery for a third person who needed money immediately
for a profitable narcotics transaction.
When both robbers had served their sentences early this spring the narcotics police
received information which caused them to decide to check the men out further. The
police learned that the men traveled to Holland to buy four kilograms of amphetamines
in Amsterdam. They traveled in a car together with another man, who was not allowed
to enter Holland because his personal documents were not in order.
It was intended that this man would take two kilograms of amphetamines, while the
man who had planned the robbery ir_ Nacka would take the rest. But because of the
complications with the travel documents at the Holland border, only two kilograms
of amphetamines were purchased and smuggled to Stockholm.
As recently as last week the police obtained an address in a suburb of Soder. One
ot the leaders was seen entering a house. He went up to the attic where the police
ar.rested him redhanded. He was holding a pair of scales, and 150 grams of ampheta-
mines were found in the attic.
At First the man claimed innocence, but when the police established that his finger-
prints were on one of the narcotics bags he confessed to participation in the crime.
Some of the smuggled narcotics were found in two other places. Altogether about
one-half kilogram of amphetamines was seized.
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One of the leaders, suspected of having smuggled in large amounts of amphetamines,
is being sought internationally. He is believed to be in hiding in an African
country.
'Ttie trial of 12 of the approximately 20 members of the ring will begin in Stock-
holm District Court next week. A branch of this ring is believed to have dealt with
significant amounts of heroin. The investigation, however, is still in the early
stages.
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SWEDEN
DRUG SMUGGLERS DUI~ CARGO OFF GOTHENBURG FOR LATER PICKUP
Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 22 May 81 p 12
[Article by Leif Dahlin: "Smugglers Dumped Narcotics into the Sea"]
[Text] Swedish police have now seen with their own eyes how
narcotics smugglers dump narcotics from ships out at sea.
It happened last Sunday near Trubaduren Island in the
Gothenburg Archipelago. A 23-year-old man who was smuggling
on a ferry trip Gothenburg-~msterdam-Gothenburg threw a
package over the railing. The package, which contained
amphetamines worth 50,000 kronor, was picked up by a man
in a fast motorboat. Both men are now being held.
Several months ago the police in Uddevalla received a tip that two brothers, 23 and
39, made frequent ferry trips to Amsterdam and bought amphetamines which were then
sold in the narcotics traffic in Gothenburg and Uddevalla.
The 23-year-old was placed under discreet surveillance. The police followed his
movement on board the passenger ferry to Amsterdam at the end of last week. Swed-
ish police were in Dlace at the ferry terminal in Amsterdam and the surveillance
continued. He was followed to a hotel and was observed me~ting with a ivetherlander
wtio had previously been suspected of selling narcotics. The Swede left the hotel
trailed by his observer. He boarded a Tor Line ferry for the trip home to Gothen-
burg. There were four or five police observers on board.
- The liaison office at Uddevalla was notified, and when the ferry approached the
Swedish coast late Sunday afternoon the smuggler began to stroll impatiently on the
a�ter deck. The police observed that he had a package inside his jacket. The
police on shore had the brother's fast motorboat under surveillance all day Sunday,
and not far away a police helicopter was on standby.
When the ferry neared Trubaduren Island the police saw through binoculars that a
motorboat was approaching at high speed. At the same time the smuggler looked
around to see that nobody was nearby, then took out the package and threw it into
the sea. He was immediately surrounded by police.
The brother in the motorboat picked up the package and set course for a fishing
har.bor.
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The police helicopter was now in the air, and from there the police could see that
the man in the boat was hiding something under a seat. He drove at high speed to
an islet with the helicopter "hanging" over him. The man became panic-stricken,
jumped ashore, and attempted to hide. The helicopter landed and a policeman with
drawn pistol took up the pursuit. The man was arrested without resisting .:.nd was
taken to the Uddevalla police station. Both brothers have now confessed and the
police to not exclude the possibility that they could have carried out several
similar smuggling trips and brought significant amounts of amphetamines to the
west coast.
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SWEDEN
NARCOTICS OFFICIAL WARNS OF INCREASING HASHISH USE
Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 17 May 81 p 6
[Article by Katrin Hallman: "Difficult to Motivate for Treatment: Increasing
Number of Youths Using Hashish"]
[Text] The consequences of the increased flow of hashish last
spring are now being felt. "We are seeing significantly more
young, heavy drug abusers on hashish. And sometimes they are
more difficult to motivate for treatment than heroin addicts,"
- said Ove Radberg of the Stockholm County Council's drug
addition treatment section.
At Maria Outpatient Clinic for Youths the number of cannabis addicts (hashish and
marijuana) is now three times larger than it was in July 1980. More youths than
before have psychotic traits, are confused and lack a conception of reality in a
way that resembles schizophrenia.
"Just since January we have received 60 new cannabis addicts. Many are 15-16 years
old, some even younger," said Ann Palmgren-Keijser, who has worked for 8 years in
admissions at Maria clinic in the Soder section of Stockholm.
Pertiaps 60 does not sound like very much, but the youths seldom arrive at Maria
clinic after their first hashish smoke. The obvious addicts are sent there by the
district social bureaus, the police or the schools.
There has even been a changed attitude toward hashish.
"More youths come here voluntarily. More parents are beginning to understand that
hashish is a drug, but many parents still know too little about hashish and belittle
the risks."
Changed Attitude
The attitude at Maria clinic has also changed. When Ann Palmgren began wurking
there they had a casual attitude toward hashish and other forms of cannabis.
' "Sometimes it was pure confusion. The kids could have girls in their rooms and
vice versa. They could go out in the evenings if they returned the next day."
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Today tlie 12 treatment rooms in the youth clinic have locked doors. The days are
scheduled along the lines of the Hassela Collective.
"We have set up clear regulations, and we must also follow them ourselves. I can
not be late for a meeting and later demand that others be on time."
Some of Maria clinic's youths will later go to the Hassela Collective.
"The waiting period is several months. But we desire to have a sensitive relation-
ship with the youths for 6 months before they move on to a treatment home.
New Confidence
It is largely a question of building up confidence. Most of them who come to Maria
clinic never leave. Most of the treatment consists of the youths coming in for a
conversation once a week.
"Of those that we treat, 70-75 percent turn out right, meaning that they entirely
c~uit using hashish or other drugs. We do not distinguish between those who smoke
hashish every day and those who smoke once a month. In both cases it is drug abuse.
"The problem is that we do not have more room. Our dream is to start a Maria lI
in the northern part of the city," said Ann Palmgren.
Those who break the rules and skip the conversation sessions are forced to return
by means of the Child Welfare Law.
"When we have built up a contact and later the youth leaves, we can not just sit
and watch while he drugs himself to death."
The law is now going to be changed so that preventive measures can not be carried
out with force, but it will still be possible to send the youths to a treatment
home.
9287
CS0:5300/2343
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SWEDEN
BRIEFS
SWEDISH-GREEK HEROIN GANG--Huddinge District Court has sentenced four members of
the Swedish-Greek narcotics gang which was broken up last winter by police in the
Stockholm area. The gang dealt with heroin. A Greek citizen was senteaced to 3.5
years in prison plus lifetime expulsion for his part in the narcotics trade. Three
Swedish gang members were sentenced to between 10 months and 2 years in prison.
[Text) [Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 17 May 81 p 6] 9287
CSO: 5300/2343
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TURKEY
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NARCOTICS SMUGGLING OPERATION BROKEN UP
Istanbul CUMHUAIYET in Turkish 24 Apr 81 p 7
(Text] Heads of a smuggling ring whose members were arrested as they at-
tempted to smuggle a large amount of drugs into Marseilles aboard the
Gaziosmanpasa~ a Maritime 3ank Sea Transport Corporation ship~ have begun
- to be apprehended. As a result of a series of operations, suspects ac-
cused of engaging in the smuggling of narcotics have been apprehended.
Among them are merchant Hasan Tahsin Mete~ who is one of the leaders of
the ring~ and seven accessories~ who were seized along with various types
of evidence and then were sent to Izmir.
Immediately after the Maritime Bank Sea Transport Corporation ship~ the
Caziosmanpasa~ left Istanbul en route to Izmir and Marseilles~ Istanbul
� Security Directorate Narcotics and Finance Department detectives learned
that a large quantity of drugs were aboard the ship. The Izmir Security
Directorate was apprised of the situation~ and it was requested that mea-
sures be taken. While this wes being done~ the Marit~ime Bank Sea Trans-
- port ship~ the Mithatpasa~ docked. In a search of the ship~ smuggled
electronic equipment and parts were confiscated. Found hidden in secret
compartments on the Gaziosmanpasa~ which arrived on 17 April 1981, were
624 kilograms oE hashish, 5 kilograms of base ~rphine~ and 2.015 kilo-
grams of pure heroin. Ten�additional persons were taken into custody on
charges of being involved in the smuggling incident. They include Necati
Kambur, Hasan Kut, Osman Sivri~ Kaya Taspinar~ Mustafa Abay~ Ramazan
_ Yilmaz~ Arif Albar~ and Abdurrahman Kul. The identities of the remaining
two suspects were not diclosed so as not to jeopardize the invesrigation.
The ring~ which engaged in drug smuggling~ is said to be the largest ring
apprehended to date. It was stressed that the operation conducted in
Istanbul extended to leaders for the first time. Istanbul Security Direc-
torate Narcotics Department detectives found the permit of Mete, one of
- the heads who directed the drug smuggling ring~ and arrested him. Later,
seven additional persons who worked with Mete were placed under arrest.
The suspects accused of smuggling who were apprehended by the narcotics
department were sent to Izmir under the supervision of a special police
team.
11673
CSO: 5300/5573
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TURKEY
BRIEFS
BOLVADIN ALKALOID FACTORY--Ankara--On 29 April 1981, the smokestack of the alkaloid
factory in Afyon's Bolvadin District will begin to smoke. This factory, which is
to obtain morphine from the processing of opium capsules, has the distinction of
- being the world's second largest alkaloid factory after the one in Holland. The
factory, which will employ 260 persons, will produce 90 tons of morphine. The fac-
tory will be supervised by the directorate general of security. Construction of
the factory was begun in 1978, and it was scheduled to begin production in 1978.
However, due to delays`it was put into production only this year. The morphine ob-
tained from the opium capsules to be processed in the factory--built at a cost of
350 million lira--wi11 be used in the world drug industry. Officials, who indicated
that the world drug industry required 180 tons of morphine per year, stated that
henceforth, half of this requirement would be provided by Turkey. [Text] [Diyarbakir
YENI YURT GAZETESI in Turkish 17 Apr 81 p 6]
CSO: 5300/3 ~D
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