JPRS ID: 9885 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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31 July 1981
Worldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 35/81)
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JPRS L/9885
31 July 1981
WORLDW I DE REF~RT
NARCOTICS A(~D DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 35/81)
~ CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Inquiry Established To Investigate Drug Ring's Activities
(Steve Perkin; THE AUSTRALIAN, 1 Jul 81) 1
Queensland Premier Raps ALP for Soft Marihuana Stand
. (THE COURIER-MAIL, 3 Jul 81) :2
Seven on Trial for Smuggling Heroin From Malaysia
(THE AGE, 8 Jul 81) 3
Doctor Tried for Smuggling Heroin in Hair Spray Can
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, 23 Jun 81) 5
Briefs
Drug Use Decline 7
Army Discharges 7
Heroin Smuggling Trial 7
BURMA
Police Raid Nets Heroin in Rangoon ToFm ship
(LOKTHA PYEITHU NF.ZIN, 12 Jun 81) $
HONG KONG
Hunt Mounted for Heroin Importers
(THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 3 Jul 81) 9
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INDONESIA
Marihuana Cache Found in Riau Islands
(SINAR HARAPAN, 3 May 81) 10
JAPAN
Arrested Drug Users Increase by 8.9 Percent
(THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 3 Jul 81) 12
MALAYSIA
Crackdown on Traffickers Cuts Arrests Abroad
(THE ~JORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 26 Jun 81) 13
Kuala Lumpur Police Search for Heroin Plant
(THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 26 Jun 81) 14
Briefs
Drug-Supplying Syndicate Smashed 15
NEW ZEALAND
Part of Thai Heroin Haul Thought Bound for New Zealand
' (THE NEW ZEAI~AND HERALD, 11 Jun 81) 16
Briefs
Drugstore Burglaries 17
Drug Dealer Sentenced 17
PAKISTAN
Pakistani Heroin in Great Demand in West
(Mujtaba Alchter; DAWN, 10 Jul 81} 18
Statistics on Contraband Goods Seized During 1980-1981
(MORNING NEWS, 4 Jul 81) 19
Briefs
Karachi Hashish Seizure 20
Customs Hashish Seizure 20
Hashish Found at Port 2~
Charas Recovered 20
Charas Seizure 2~
Karachi Heroin Seizure 20
Karachi Charas Haul 21
Karachi Heroin Haul 21
Nineteen Addicts Held 21
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SOUTH KOREA ~
Government Boosts Narcotics Control
(Barbara Conway; FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 3 Jul 81)........ 22
SF.I LANKA
Drug Trafficking a Big Problem to Sleuths
(Trevine Rodri~o; SUN, 2 Jul 81) 23
TH~;ILAND
Heroin Traffickers From North Arrested
(BANGKOK POST, 25 Jun 81) 2~
, Briefs
Restaurant Owner Seized 26
- Lao Refugee Seized 26
Italian Gets Life Sentence 26
Italian Gets 16-Years 2~
Finnish Heroin Smugglers Arrested 2~
Office Drug Raid 2~
Heroin Find in Backyard 28
EAST EUROPE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Briefs
Marihuana Grower 29
LATIN AMERICA
BAiiAMl~S
Special Police Steps Taken To Fight Drug Trafficking
(THE TRIBUNE, 30 May 81) 30
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Briefs
Heroin Trial 32
BOLIVIA
Briefs
Officer Charged With Drug Trafficking 3~
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Widespread Police Raid Nets 100 on Narcotics Charges
(Peter Balroop; TRINIDAD GUARDIAN, 22 Jun 81) 34
VENEZUELA
Traffickers Arrested With Cocaine, Mandrax
(EL NACIONAL, 20 Jun 81) 36
Briefs
Two Arrested, Cocaine Seized 38
WEST EUTtOPE
AUSTRIA
Briefs
Heroin Dealers Arrested 39
DENMARK
Briefs
Nordic Ministers Discuss Narcotics 40
FEDE?tAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Controls Yield Fewer Foreign Drug Dealers
(FRANKFCTRTER ALLGEMEINE, 23 Jun 81) 41
- Briefs
Heroin Addicts 42
FINLAND
Briefs
Users Believed Leaving Country 43
_ FRANCE
Drug Ring Smashed in Paris
(THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 6 Jul 81) 44
ITALY
Briefs
Two-Ton Drug Haul 45
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Ma~~zi~.e R: por.ts In;iian ll:iplamats Smuggle in Narcotics
~un~tar A. :TChansen ; ARBEIDERBI.ADET, 18 Jun 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
E~�ie~s
llr~.igs ltoute Through 5weden 4~
SWEDEN
~1~~er:cy ;.~tudy :'roup Urges Continued Use of: Nlethadone
(Wi~ily Silb~r.stein; SVENS~:A DAGBI,ADET, 23 Jun 81) 49
Prisnn Offi:_ials Step Up Effort To Combat Drug Use
(Thomas Nordegren; DAG~NS NYHFT~R, 2 Jul 81) SI
`r'~ve Tndic:ed for Sm~ggling Heroin From NeL-herlands
(Claes von Hofsten; DAGENS 1VYH~TER, 24 Jun 81) 54
Pnlice Arrest Britishers for H~roin Smuggling
(Claes von Hofsten; SVENSKE`~ DAGBLAD~T, 24 Jun 81) 56
Briefs
_ Narcotics Factory P'oun;l 5g
Cannabis Smu~gler Arrested 5,g
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AUSTRALI9
IN~~JIRY ~STAELISHED TO INVESTIGATE DRUG RING'S ACTIVITIES
Canberra TH~ AUS'i:ZALIAN in English 1 Jul 81 p 7
[Article by Steve Perkin]
[Text] The federal, Victorian, NSW and Queensland governments have established
a judicial inquiry into the Australian operations of an international drug ring.
The inquiry will examine evi.dence of drug trafficking by Terrenc~ John Clark,
wh o is on trial in England over the murder of the "Mr Asia" drug boss, Christo-
pher Martin Johnstone.
It will hF lleaded by Mr Justice Stewart, of the NSW Supreme Court, and will port
by June 30 nexr year.
A group of federal and Stdte police and lawyers will assist the inquiry.
The Pr:imt: rfinister, Mr Fraser, announced the inquiry in September, 1980, after
the findings of an inquest on Douglas and.Isabel Wilsor~.
The Wilsons were heroin couriers for a drug ring. Their bodies were found a.t
Rye, Victoria, in 1979.
In a joint statement yest2rday, the Acting Prime Minister, Mr Anthony, and the
premiers of Victoria, NSW and Queensland said: "The Victorian coroner's report ~
on the deathsof Douglas and Isabel Wilson found that a criminal group involving
Terrence John Clark (also known as Alexander James Sinclair) existed in Australia.
"The coroner (Mr K. Mason, SM) noted that a huge drug empire had grown up within
Au~~ral~.a under the leader.ship of Clark involving many other persons.
"The judicial inquiry may be given supplementary terms of reference referring to
the activities of other drug trafficking groups should the occasion arise."
The present terms of reference include determining: [1] The extent and nature of
the drug-�related activities of Clark and his associates; [2) The identity and
:invo~lvement of people associated with Clark; [3] The ring's methods of operation.
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AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND PREMIER RAPS ALP FOR SOFT MARIHUANA STAND
Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 3 Jul 81 p 2
[Text] Labor Party proposals ;:o relax Queensland's mari-
huana laws "sent shivers up the spine of every parent in
the state," the Premier, Mr Bjelke-Petersen, said yesterday.
~ "The ALP has ignored the lesson being learned arotind the world that when you make
the so-called soft drugs more accessible the hard d~ugs that wreck so many lives
flow more strongly," he said.
"Just ask social workers and doctors. They will tell you direct that one drug
leads to others and the results in human terms are awful."
The state ALP conference in Brisbane this week established the decriminalisation
of marihuana and its production for personal use as party policy.
The marihuana issue was promoted at the conference by the Amalgamated Metal-
workers and Ship~or~_~;hts' Union.
The conference decision as party policy is binding on all state Labor Parliamen-
tarians.
"I guess the only good thing about tt1P. conference decision is that it is sure
to keep the ALP out of government in this state," Mr Bjelke-Petersen said.
He said he stood by his election policy speech promise last year to protect young
first offenders against the state's drug laws.
Mr Bjelke-Petersen said he would introduce legislation allowing first offenders
under 18 years to apply to have their conviction struck out after five years
without further convictions.
"But this proposal is not a weakening attitude towards drugs and I promise I
will not decriminalise marihuana," he said. The Deputy PremiE Dr Edwards,
said evidence showed marihuana impaired driving ability and reproductive func-
tioning. A recent public opinion survey showed that most Australians wanted
stricter controls on marihuana, he said.
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AUSTRALIA
SE~'F,P: Jv 'CitIAL FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN FROM MALAYSIA
~Ielbourne 'C13E AG~ in English 8 Jul 81 p 5
[Te:t] A Malaysian man liad been indemnified against a charge of heroin traf-
fic'~c.ing so he could give evidence in a committal involving seven people charged
with conspiring to import ttie drug, Melbourne Magistrates Court was told yester-
d a~ .
Senior Sergeant Roger Norman riiddleron, oi the Federal police drug bureau, told
ttie court that the Feder.al Attorney-General, Senator Durack, had indemnified
the Penang man, known as "Alan," who ~aas alleged to be the defendants' sole
suppliF~i- c~f heroin fur impor.tation to Austral.ia.
Serior Sergeant Middleton told the court that "Alan" was due in Melboiirne in the
next two days, under che supervi.sion of Malaysian police, to give evidence at
tfie committal.
Ct~arted with two counts of having conspired to import heroin into Australia are
!)er,Zis Jai~ Sof ianus , 30, of Lennox Street , ilawthorn, Dennis William Green, 22,
and Marcus John Braszell, 2'L, both of Greville Street, Prahran, and Bernard
Ldward Doll, 34, of. Harris Street, Springvale.
Charged with one count o~ conspiracy are William Robert Senior, 38, Bengalla
Road, Muswellbrook, NSW, Kay Munro Halley, 29, of Rushall Street, Fitzroy,
Valerie Joy Coy, 24, of Oak Street, Flemington, Shona Marion Jean Gilbert, 19,
of Lenr~ox Street, Hawthorn and Debra Sue Crompt, 21, of Cuthbert Street,
Broadmeadows.
T}lomas William Alfo-rd, 30, of Lewisham Road, idindsor, and Ernest Maxwell Heyne,
of Ebb Street, Aspendale, both char.ged wi[h two counts of conspiracy, have been
sent tor trial.
~~1~~: ~~r~secutor, Pir Graeme Cant~~ell, said it would be alleged that between
`.;nuarv 1979 and March 1980 the def endants had organised or conducted 10 heroin
irnnc>rcations,totalling 1880 grams, or 66 ounces of the drug, into Australia.
Mr ~;antwell told the court that the Crown would allege that Mr Braszell had made
r}~le ~.nitial import~.cions of heroin and was later joined by Mr Sofianos who had
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In releasing this information, Col Octavio Serrano Gualderon, head of the intelli-
gence and antivice division of the Metropolitan Police, said that the gang was made
up of a brother and two sisters: Miriam Josefina (18), Yasmin (20) and Luis Alfredo
Zabala Piartinez (25) and an accomplice, Hugo Ivan Quintero Galvis (25). ~
The arrests were made on E1 Porvenir Street in the E1 Observatorio district of 23
January in an unnumbered house being used by the gang as general headquarters.
"At the time of the arrests, the agents confiscated 68 cakes of marihuana, 80 grams
of cocaine, 96 mandrax tablets, a number of bags of marihuana, 12,530 bolivars in
cash, $100 and a 7.65-caliber pistol. It is estimated that the total figure is more
than 90,000 bolivars," the colonel said.
The dissolution of the gang occurred when police intelligence agents were following
the trail of three other members of the gang headed by Enriqun. Zabala, brother of
the Zabala Martinez group, for the alleged implication in the death of a minor which
occurred a few weeks ago in E1 Observatorio district.
A search warrant was given to the police by the Seventh Criminal Court.
Yesterday, the case was handed over to the Narcotics Bureau of the PTJ [Judicial
Technical Police].
It was also learned that the drug traffickers were selling marihuana, cocaine and
mandrax tablets at various high schools and colleges in the western part of the city.
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VENEZUELA
BRIEFS
TWO ARRESTE~, COCAINE SEIZED--A couple made up of a Venezuelan and a Colombian was
captured by members of the Metropolitan Police; in their possession at the time
were a certain quantity of cocaine and a hallucinogenic substance contained in 45
glass tubes. The alleged drug traffickers were identified as Rosa de La Cruz
Gonzalez (32 years old) and Eliecer Barbera Arteaga (26). The couple fe11 into
the hands of the police on San Antonio Street in Sabana Grande and were taken to
Ptetropolican Police headquarters where they are being questioned at present. The
polic.e said that the arrested couple had in their possession a certain quantity of
cocaine and a yellow package containing 45 tubes of a crystalline liquid labeled
"Xileston .'-35," It was also learned that Rosa de La Cruz Gonzalez and Eliecer
Barbera el~teaga have a long prior record of arrests. As part of the antidrug
- operation carried out by the intelligence branch of the Metropolitan Police, police�
agents also arrested Jose Pastor Sanchez (22 years old) and Jose Gregorio Garcia
(19) in whose posseesion they found 16 bags of marihuana. The latter couple was
arrested at the intersection of Miracielos and Hospital streets. [Text] [Caracas
EL UNIVERS:IL in Spa.nish 19 Jun 81 p 4-38J 8568
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HEROIN DFALERS ARRESTED--"This week 1 1/2 kilograms of the purest Turkish
heroin, which would have been diluted to at least double the quantity before
sale to the final constnners, was discovered by Salzburg police in a flower
box at a house in Salzburg-Lehen. The drug had been buried by two Turks
who were arrested after the police had successfully rummaged in the flower
box. "The two Turks, 25-year-old Sebahattin Ceyhan and 22-year-old Ali Osman
Canan, botli from Istanbul, claimed to know nothing of the matter and
_ described themselves as 'guestworkers looking for jobs, According to
pol~.ce, ttiz value of 1 1;2 kilograms of heroin of this quality is some
1.5 r~illion schillings on the European wholesale market. The two smugglers
from Istantiul had come to Salzburg disguised as unskilled laborers in a bus
filled with their compatriots from Turkey. They had been watched burying
the drug. [Alfons Gann] [Summary] [AU061743 Vienna KURIER in German
4 Jul 81 p 18]
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DENMARK
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NOTcDIC MINISTERS DISCUSS NARCOTICS--More Nordic policemen in the countries producing
narcotics, uniform penalties for narcotics crimes, and the same view of hashish.
In this way the Nordic ministers of justice wish to create a common front against
narcotics abuse in the North. The main topic at the just concluded meeting of Nordic
ministers of justice at Bornholm in Denmark was the struggle against narcotics
abus~ and narcotics crime. Sweden has two policemen abroad--one in Bangkok and one
i.n the Hague. They work in close cooperation with the local police and forward
information to Sweden on narcotics criminality directed againsC the Nordic countries.
"The work of the Swedish policemen has produced very good results," says Lars
Dahl.lot, information secretary to the head of the Swedish delegation, Carl Axel
Petri. "Several large gangs have been broken up as a result of their work." The
Nordic ministers of justice have now decided to expand the forei.gn operations of
the narcotics police. Together with the Swedish police, the other Nordic countries
will station narcotics policemen in countries, where it is hoped the narcotics traffic
to the North can be stopped, "It is not yet clear which countries will be involved,"
says Lars Dahllof. "At the meeting we discussed North Africa, South America, and
, Wiesbaden i:~ southern Germany." To obtain a more unified view of narcotics crime
an~ abuse, ~he ministers proposed uniform punishment. At the present time different
~ sentences are meted out in each country, jText] [Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET
; in Swedish 19 Jun 81 p 11] 11,256
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
COI~I'TRi)LS i IELD FEWER FOREIGN DRUG DEALERS
Frankfurt FRANKFURTER ALLGErIEINE in German 23 Jun 81 p 7
[Article: "Every Fourth Person in the Drug Traffic Is a Foreigner"]
[Text] Frankfurt, 22 June (dpa)--Almost every fourth so-called suspect in drug
traffic is a foreigner; approximately 35 percent of these foreigners are from
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. This is based on the reply of the Federal
Ministry of the Interior to a parliamentary question by Dieter Weirich, CDU member
of the BLmdestag. In the first 3 months of this year a considerably smaller
qunntity ~7f drugs was seized, the communication states. The n;imber of Turks
arrested ~or drug trafficking--20 from January to March--is supposed to have gone
down distinctly in comparison with the past year. At the Federal Ministry of the
Interior it is surmised that this decline is due botn to stricter border checks
and to an information campaign which was conducted around New Year's especially
to point out the dangers of illegal drug trafficking to Turkish guest workers.
In the past year 140 Turks were arrested in connection with the seizure of larger
quantities of heroin (1 kilogram or more); approximately 80 percent of these had
residence permits �or the Federal Republic.
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
BP,IEFS
HEROIN ADDICTS--Bonn, July 7(DPA)--Heroin addicts are estimated to consume
between two and three tons of the drug each year in West Germany, the Interior
Ministry sources said. State Secretary Guenter Hartkopf told a Chr:istian Demo-
cratic opposition parliamentarian, M.anfred Langner, in reply to a question that
a recent government study had provi-.ied this figure. It was based, he said, on
the ass~ption of a daily average consumption of 100 milligrams per addict,
meaning that there were some 68,000 addicts in the country. Their habit, the
State Secretary said, netted deale~s between 650 and 900 million marks annually,
based on current street prices. Last year, he said, narcotics agents had seized
267 kilos of heroin in raids or between nine and twelve per cent of estimated
turnover. [Text] [Colombo SUN in English 8 Jul 81 p 4J
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FINI.AND
BRIEFS
USERS BELIEVED LEAVTNG COUNTRY--The Finnish narcotics markeC is unusually quiet,
rc~gorts public prosecutor Ritva SanCavuori of the Helsinki mur~icipal court.
Santavuori saysthat many addicts have moved to Sweden or Denmarlc, where it is not
a crime to take injections. Hard narcotics have not yet gained a foothold in Finland.
Santavuori points out that the imports of heroi:~ that have caused concern have
dried up. Only a few grams of heroin have been seized this spring. In Sweden,
hero-in addiction is many times higher than in I~'inland. Santavuori points o~.t that
thz attempt at hashish smuggling made this spring by a group of Moroccans was an
excepti~n, The Spanisll authorities seized about 21 kilograms of hashish. The
narcoti~:. ~~r:is .intended for tl;e Finnish market. tJarcotics shortage in Finland:
_ Ccmmissioner `rarsti Koskinen, head of the narcotics team of the Iielsinki police,
sayG that t:tanks to international coo~eration it has Ueen possible during the winter
to chart all narr_otics channels. Only the group that imports small quantities of
hashish eluded the charting. Koskinen points out that today there is a shortage
of r~arcotics ~n Finland, in partic~lar of hashisti and marijuana. In Finland as
we]1, there is considerable private cultivation of mari~uana, and in the fall the
crop will increase the supply. Kaskinen points out, however, that the law does
not deal in a more lenient way with home growers than with others. [Text]
f i+.elsinki. HUFViJD~TADSBL.ADET in Swedish 21 Jun 81 p 12] ii, 256
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FRANCE
DRUG RING SMASHED IN PARIS
Rangoon THE WORI~ING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 6 Jul 81 p 6
[Text]
PARIS~ x July-Police here seized heroia
valued at ~.q millIon fraacs (~ar,ooo dol-
lara) sad asrested niae Aeians and a young
Gerinan womsa dur~ag the last 48 houra
Yn a crackdowa on nn interaational drug riag,
informed sources said today.
The band was led by dollars), was to be aold ia
Fang Tung, formerly of 'Amsterdam, the sources
Hong Kong who now livea said,
in the Paria suburbs, and At the suburban homes
another former Hong of the rinR's Paris leader
Kong resident, Lam Po, and the financier, police
now living in Amsterdam, also arrested the
the sourcea said. German woman, Aime
`I'he two men were ar- de Lam Po, two Cambo-
restcd along with the dians three Laotiaas and
band's finanaer, another a,ZOther Chi~ese from
Chinese, Tang Kuang, Hong Kong.
last night while passing a Cuatoms officials at
two-kilogrsunme (�.4- Paris Roiasy Airport to-
pound) packa~ge of heroin day also arrested two

~ in a Paris cafe, the re- Chinese nrriving from,
port said. Singapore who wcre
Investigators cracke3 carrying six kilo-
the ring on a tip fron, grammes (i~ pounds) of
$angkok, from where the heroin to . Fang . TunR,
horoin arrived in two- sources said.-NAB/AFP
kilogramme packagea via
Malayeia artid Singapore~
according , to ~ reporte.
The hcroin, which wa
seized along with. 30,000
francs (more than s,ooa
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' ITALY
BRIEFS
TWO-TON DRUG HAUL--Trieste--The Lombardy drug dealers' market has been reduced by
almost 2 tons of narcotic substances. Carabinieri, customs officials and the anti-
drug unit of the Trieste police headquarters stopped a"Tir" refrigerator trailer
truck, with a Lebanese cargo, in which were hidden 4,488 packages of good quality
hashish, equivalent to 1,892 kg, not to menti.on another 16.8 kg of heroin, probably
as a sample for future deliveries. The drugs, after the initial suspicion which had
led the carabinieri of the Rabuise Pass to stop the motor vehicle, were discovered
by the two dogs of the customs officials, Bucron and Fata, which are firained to de-
tect the presence of narcotics. They immediately arrested the driver of the Tir,
Yousef E1 Kcuri Milan, 41, of Lebanese nationality. Then, during the course of the
search, r:~a police arrested two more of his accomplices, a couple of kilometers from
t:~e pas~; they are Alvar Amin Batrounik, 29,.and Naid Joseph Yrmani, 24, who were
supposed to serve as replacement drivers of the refrigerator truck, officially empty
until the outskirts of Milan. Also, in Turin, heroin worth 250 million was confis-
cated and 13 people arrestecl. The organization had already been operating for 3 or
4 years. The cover behind which the organization operated was a firm specializing
in "waterproofing roofs." [Text] [Milan CORRIER~ DELLA SERA in Italian 6 Jun 81
p llJ [COPYRIGHT: 1981 Editoriale des "Corriere della Sera" s.a.s.] 8956
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NORWAY
MAGA'i. ~hT~ REnOFTS INDIAN DIPLOMATS SMUGGLE IN NARCOTICS
Oslo ARBEITiERBLADET in Norwegian 18 Jun 81 p 10
[Article by Gunnar A. Johansen]
~!ext] Foreign diplomats are smuggling narcotics from India to Scandinavia.. This
was maintained by the reputable news magazine INDIA TODAY. Because of the diplo-
, mats` status, the authorities are unable to do anything about the trafficking.
"So f~r we have not discovered any smuggling by diplomats to Norway," police in-
spec.tor Arne Huuse of the narcotics division told ARBEIDERBLADET. "But this does
not ~ean r~~,~~t narcotics smuggling by diplomats does not occur," Huuse said.
The Indian news magazine claims that Indian authorities have information on a
special drug route from India to Scandinavia. The method is quite simple. The
smuggling takes place in the following manner:
~ A diplomat from a third country accredit~d for a country in Scandinavia travels to
Indi.a. There he meets a colleague from the same country who is accredited in
~ India. They travel back to Norway or Sweden together.
The diplomat who is accredited in India takes the drugs out of that cour.try. The
other one brings them into Norway or Sweden, depending on which country has
accredited him. The system is protected by the immunity that accompanies the
status of a diploma.t. The authorities can do nothing.
The Indian magazine names no particular Scandinavian country as a target for this
traff.icking. Since narcotics tra�fickers view Scandinavia as a ma.rket, it is
reasonable to believe that large portions of the narcotics end up on the Norwe~ian
market.
Police inspector Arne Huuse of the narCOtics division told ARBEIDERBLAbET tha.t no
narcotic~ smuggling to Norway by diplomats has yet been discovered.
"But that does not mean that the informaLlon supposedly coming from Indian authori-
ties is ir.correct. Over the years we have discovered many methods of smuggling.
Ob.~~~~tively speaking, the method o� using diplomats is among the most favorable
Frr riarcotics couriers," Huuse said.
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"Does this mean that you have no reason to believe that di~lomats are smuggling
drugs to Norway?"
"In this business nothing can be ruled out."
The Indian news magazine claims that Indian authorities are unable to do anything,
even though they are fully aware of the trafficking. Formally, there is nothing
to prevent one from stopping an illegal activity carried on by a diplomat if so-
called adequate grounds for suspicion are present. All experience shows, however,
that the police must have solid evidence if they are to apprehend a person with
diplomatic status.
Press secretary Geir Grung of the Foreign Ministry said there was no informa.tion
indicating that narcotics smuggling to Norway was occurring with diplomats as
couriers.
"To my knowledge, we have not been informed by Indian authorities that any such
smuggling is occurring," Grung said.
~ Because of political instability in Southeast Asia and in Afghanistan and Iran,
India is becoming one of the most important transit countries for narcotics from
Asia.
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NORWAY
BRIEFS
DRUGS ROL":i; TH:tOUGH SWIDEN--Sweden is still an extremely important transit country
for na.rcotics to Norway. Last year 135 Norwegian citizens were apprehended with
narcotics by Swedish customs officers and during the first 5 months of this year 40
Norwegians have been apprehended on the same traiisit routes from the continent.
Most of the confiscations have been made in Helsingborg, where ferrie s arrive fre-
quently from Helsingor in Denmark and, especially on the express tra in from
Copenhagen to Oslo, large quantities of drugs are seized by customs officers. The
Swedish cusr_oms station, which makes many confiscations, is one of Norwa.y's most
import~nt lines of defense against the wave of narcotics, officer Oddvar Saether of
the Customs Directorate told NTB. It is primarily small-time smugglers who are
apprehended--people who have been in Denmark or on the continent and have bought
drugs for their own use or for sale to acquaintances. Much ingenuity is revealed
and drugs are found in everything from yogurt containers to body cavities,
Saether said. [Text] [Oslo ARBEIDERBLADET in Norwegian 17 Jun 81 p 2] 9336
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SWEDEN
AGENGY STliDY G~tO~?' URGES CONTINUED USE OF METHADONE
StockhoJ.m SVENSKA DAGBI.ADET in Swedish 23 Jun 81 p 7
[Article by Willy Silberstein: "Methadone Is Still a Good Means of Treatment"]
[Text] Say yes to methadone. The government received that suggestion yesterday
from a working group whicii studied the question for the National Social Welfare
Board. Methadone is given to drug addicts who have been abusing narcotics for a
long time. It takes away the craving for dope. At the same time, metha.done it-
self is a drug.
The debate as to whether me thadone should be included in the Swedish treatment of
drug addicts has been going on for a long time and has been verq heated.
As an experiment, the Ulleraker hospital in Uppsala has had drug addicts who have
abused narcotics for a long time drink methadone every morning since 1967. As a
result, they do not feel a physical need for drugs. They also do not get "high"
or. methadone and can return to a norma.l life.
Ti1e idea is that the individuals who go to Ulleraker for treatment will cut down
' their drug consumption af ter a while and also get rid of their dependency on metha-
~ uon~:, but progress has been very sluggish up to now: 28 out of 170 individuals
taking methadone are comp letely free of drugs now.
Normal Life
In an investigation carried out by Pro�essor Lars-i~i. Gunne at Ulleraker a few
years a~o, 3 individuals out of 4 could return to a normal life after treatment
with rn~thadone. But many people are critical. Thus, for example, Sven-Ake
Linugren said, when speaking at the National FederatiLon for Assistance to Drug
Addicr.s:
"We tt:ink treatment must not involve the use of any drugs. Therefore it is a mis-
take to r_reat drug add~cts with dope, and that is what methadone is.
"Tne danger exists that society henceforth will invest unilaterally in methadone
: instead o� expanding the treatment. The fact that we have a bad situation at
p-escnt wher_e treatc~ent is concerned should not be used as an argument for keeping
~:~;;ple in a conditioi: of continuing addiction."
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But Professor Gunne, who is behind the pro~ect at Ulleraker, stresses the fact
that it is only the worst addicts--those who ha.ve been taking drugs for a long
time and have repeatedly tried, in vain, to stop taking them--who can have metha-
done.
During the period when methadone has been under investigation, Ulleraker has
stopped taking in new patients.
Gunne says, "It is time for us to be getting the answer. Drug addicts have died
because they could not be treated with methadone."
The methadone question has not been finally decided as of the present moment. The
National Social Wel�are Board's working group has only presented a suggestion to
the government, and the latter is to make a decision.
Ii the go-ahead signal is given soon, Professor Gunne believes that the activity
can be gotten under way this fall. According to the working group's suggestion,
from 150 to 200 patients at a time, at the most, are to get treatment with metha-
done.
"Before we get started, I also want to have a promise from the opponents of
methadone in social welfare offices, among others, that they will not refuse to
help our patients--a thing that has happened previously. That ha.s sometimes
simply amounted to a death sentence," says Yrofessor Gunne.
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SWIDEN
PRISUI~ Or'FICTALS STEF UP EFFORT TO COMBAT DRUG USE
Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 2 Jul 81 p 4
[Article by Thomas Nordegren: "Urine and Comradeship against Narcotics"]
[Text] The situation in Swedish prisons where narcotics are concerned is un-
imaginably revolting. Many young, petty thieves get their first injections in
correctional institutions. In a rough atmosphere under the control of the Criminal
Police, prison life becomes a hopeless period of incarceration with drugs and
pornography. Subjective pleasure and the giving of full expression to one's
feelings are replaced by the hazy relaxation induced by hashish, masturbation ac-
compl,ished by stimulants and the prison doctors' sleeping tablets. That sort of
treatment of offenders makes it certain that the prisons will have a stable
clientele--an institutional population which continually relapses into crime.
Absurdly enough, from the point of view of prison management, keeping the inmates
under the influence of drugs means a calm and pleasant working atmosphere, with
no disturbing elements, no prison uprisings and nothing but well-behaved and
amenable inmates.
But the rapid deterioration of the drug situation in the prisons has also been
catastropi~ic ~or the effort to rehabilitate prisoners. The Mutual Trust Council,
KRUNF [expansion unknown] and FFCO ~expansion unknown] have had more and more
trouble attracting prisoners, even by means of limited local appeals.
T'ne National Prisons Board's method of responding to political demands to put a
stop to narcotics has consisted, in general, of stricter control and restrictions--
a. policy which, taken as a whole, has been unsuccessful. No matter how severely
t::e inmates are isolated and the walls are built up, it always appears that there
is some shLewd inma.te or prison guard who is out ahead of everybody else in smug-
g:iing technique and the ability to bribe people.
Iwo Strategies
Well, how should one attack the problem of narcotics abuse? At the Osteraker
prison, directly north of Stockholm, they have applied two entirely different
strategies in two different sections.
In the so-called "Paragraf," which is a section for "especially dangerous" in-
mates whc have been specially assigned in accordance with Paragraph 7:3 of the law
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on the treatment of offenders in ins.titutions, the inmates themselves took the
initiative in the effort to come to terms with a lj.fe dominated by drugs.
Challenged, in part, by R's [expansion unknown] pocket newspaper INTERNT (No. ~i/79),
].0 inmates decided, quite simply, Co help each other achieve a raeaningful and drug-
free life by their own efforts, in comp~ete unity. The prisoners' sturdy declara-
tion that, without "treatment" Uy the National Prisons Board, they themselves would
tackle drugs, addiction to drugs and their own rehabilitation, was greeted by most
people with great skept3cism, but their cJOrk produced results. The inmates got the
prison personnel on their side and a cariters` workstiop was started with the as-
sistance of volunteers from outside. The noted, acrobatic and avant-gardist
Friteater arranged physical training programs and dramatic rehearsals. The section
was seething wi.th life and grandiose plans for plays, writings and social come-
- backs by individuals caere devised. Even the Cultural Council presented a contribu-
tion for the Friteater's activity at the institution.
For a good year, that section of the prisan, which previously had been heavily
dominated by narcotics, was kept practl.cally free of drugs.
But, of course, cohen the inmates in the "Paragraf" section awakened from their
drug-induced lethargy, portiuns of the old mess came back again. Conflicts be-
tween inmates, the prison personnel anci the prison administration on big and
little questions made work necessary when the drug screen was taken away.
Urine Checks
The National Prison Board's program to block drug abuse--the so-called "Project"--
was implemented in another section. Treatment there is based on individual
checking of the inmatesT urine. Prisoners serving long sentences who want to stop
taking drugs can volunteer for the "Project." The inmate must sign a contract in
which he presents himself to the sectionts''supervisors, on condition that he will
undergo the checki.ng. If the check indicates the presence of narcotics in his
body, the inmate is suspended from the project.
In his book "Osterakersprojektet" [The Osteraker Project] (Bonnier Fakta),
Robert Nilsson, with the aid of his fellaw-prisoners, describes the "Project" in
an unaffected, well-substantiated and convincing manner. In several biographical
sketches, some of which, however, are tantalizingly brieL- in the central section,
we get to become acquainted with the fortunes of nine different prisoners. Here
the lack of a critically inquisitive intervie~oer is felt.
The book is most convincing in its depiction of the urine checks themselves, which
become an almost sacred ritual for both the prison personnel and the inmates.
To pass one's urine, stark naked, under the close supervision of a guard, is
almost too obviously, a symbolic act of submission. However, some of the inmates
point out that the degradation involved in that act is nothing compared with the
degradation involved in lying in the gutter, rendered unconscious by dope.
The prisoners' ~ow-voiced criticism of the fixation on urine checking is becoming
an effective and delicately-shaded censure of the National Prison Board's multi-
million-kronor project. Instead of being a means, the ritual urination is becoming
the main element of the treatment. Nevertheless, Robert Nilsson and manp of his
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comrades seem to be holding theix ground in their radical departure from their
former way of living. Tn spite of its imperfections, the project has given them
' a breathing space and a chance to discover something new in their lives Iater on,
by their own efforts and with the help of their closest associates.
How have the two narcotics projects at the Osteraker institution made out?
The "Project`s" experts formerly felt threatened by the inmates' own activities
' in "Paragraf." The personnel and the inmates were played off against each other
by siandering and persecution. The leaders o� the "Paragraf" sectfion were arbi-
trarily transferred to other institutions.
The "Project" had difficulties in November 1980, when a new method of testing
urine was introduced which also was able to detect the presence of hashish. That
presence was demonstrated in the bodies o~ 17 out of 38 individuals entering the
section. At present, the '~Paragraf" has been broken up by the authorities. The
Friteater has sent back its one-thousand-kronor notes to the Cultural Council.
The "Project" is continuing to operate with a relatively large amount of back-
sliding, but it nevertheless gives some people an important chance to avoid the
narcotics addiction which prevails in the rest of the corrections system.
The conflict between the "Pro~ect" and the "Paragraf" secticns almost too obviously
shows the point at which two dif~erent ideologies cotne together.
Whether or not the corrections system ever gets the narcotics situation in the
prisons under control, the inutatest own struggle against dope must be supported,
rather than merely relying on technical control.
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SWEDEN
FIVE INDICTED FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN FROM NETHERLANDS
Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 24 Jun 81 p 7
[Article by Claes von Hofsten; t�An Ordinarl� Swedish Family' Ra.n a Drug Center"]
[Text] Five people were indicted on Tuesday in the Sollentuna district court for
serious narcotics crimes. The indicted individuals dealt in heroin worth millions
of kronor. The heroin was smuggled in from the Netherlands and sold to addicts in
Sweden.
In that connection, an Ostermalm couple constitutes an odd element in this drug
case. They gave the impression of being a campletely ordinary Swedish family.
Neither of them used drugs. They have grown children. He worked as the caretaker
of property for a big company. She was a housewife.
They constituted the center in Stockholm, in that same plant, for the drugs
imported from the Netherlands. Chief Prosecutor Georg Norman suspects the couple
of narcotics offenses covering between 2 and 3 kilograms of heroin worth at least
5 million kronor when sold on the street.
The couple was soon arrested, and they were imcprisoned for 7 months. They admitted
the validity of the charges against them, in substance, although the husband, at
least, is trying to moderate the extent of their crime.
Large Sales Network
It appears from the results of the investigation that the couple began their
criminal activities in March 1980. At that time, they received a first delivery
of approximately 3 hectograms of heroin. After that, additional consignments ar-
rived or were picked up once a month.
The 5 people who were indicted on Tuesday were elements in an ~xtensive sales net-
work which was run from Amsterdam and Corfu, in Greece. The ring consists of
Swedes and Greeks. One of the suspected leaders is a man who lives on Corfu. He
has been placed under arrest in absentia and is on the international wanted list,
but Prosecutor Norman has little hope of picking him up.
The other suspected leader is also a Greek. He runs activities from Amsterdam.
He was deported from Sweden earlier after serving a sentence here for narcotics
offenses. For the new narcotics deals, he made use of some of the contacts he ma.de
while in prison at that titne.
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The Policc: Watched for a Long T~me
The Swedish ~~.~1jce ~aatched these a.cti.v~ties fox a long time in arder tp be �able to
char~ th~m ~;:�~,~ce ~7oving in at the er_d of November.
Another deliver; w:is oa the way at that time. The brother of the ring~s leader on
Corfu had visited the couple on Ostexmalm and talcen awa.y 120,000 kranor. He went
to flmstardam with that money and prepared to make the delivery. During that time,
the brother back in Greece had instr~cte~ a uephew to go to Amsterdam to do a
se.- r, f ur h i~ uucle. The nephew went tu Norway ~~ri.th 353 grams of heroin. There
he: ~~r, =un~~,~;e~; t~~ meet the hou.sewife from Stockholm, who also traveled to Norway
with ~U,'~""~ '--~-on--~r in her purse, but the Swedish narcotics observers had also in-
stituted a program of practical cooperation with their Norwegian colleagues in
Norway, and ~.cnsequently both the courier and the woman from Stockholm were cap-
tured.
The husband was seized the next day ~n Stvckholm. The ~olice caught the uncle who
wa~~ delivering the money to Amst~rdam a bit later. He was extradited from West
Germar.v .
`ihe fifth individual indicted is the only addict in the group. He was a distributor
for t}ie Ostermalm coup~e. He was not thei.r only distributor, but he was the one
who did the most selling.
- Furthe~rnore, that man was caught once last ~all wher he was on the way to Amsterdam
to buy a consignment of heroin in the co~any of the caretaker. In a routine check
on Kastrup, it was discovered that the two had 135,000 kronor in cash in their
possession. They said they were on the way to France to buy a house, The Danish
poli::e r_onf.iscated the money but let the two Swedes go.
In :eg;~rd ta the husband and wife, Chie~ Prosecutor Norman has called for them to
forfeit 7UU,000 kronor--the equivalent of the profit, at a low estimate, which they
are assumed to have made in their dealings in narcotics. In addition to 265,000
kronor in ca.sh which was found, Georg Norman has asked that the couple be prevented
from disposing of a weekend house they acquired recently.
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SWEDEN
POLICE ARREST BRITISHERS FOR HEROIN SM[1GGLING
Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 24 Jun 81 p 7
[Article by Claes von Hofsten: "Another Heroin Ring Broken Up in Stockholm;
Smugglers Provided Photographic Evidence"]
[Text] Three Englishmen who distributed heroin across the Stockholm area for more
than 3 years helped the police by taking the responsibility Por some of the
evidence themselves. The Englishmen took pictures of themselves with the money
they had made in their dealings.
When the police raided the BritishersR hideout, they also found a camera--in
addition to the Englishmen. The ~ilm fn the camera was developed, and, to the
great amazement of the police, documentation was produced by that means which may
turn out to be especially valuable in the continuing investigation.
This is the most recent in a series of heroin rings which have been broken up in
the Stockholm area. This time it is the Burglary Division of the Huddinge police
which, in cooperation with the Narcotics Division of the National Criminal Police,
is responsible for the discovery.
Forty-Nine Arrested
This success is the result of a program o~ investigation which was continued on an
urgent basis after a cocaine networlc which had been observed was exposed last
winter. In that way, the police gradually were able to capture more and more drug
distributors. In all, 49 suspected oPfenders are being or have been arrested in
that network. Several of them ha.ve already been sentenced.
One of the 3istributors who was unmasked told the police that he picked up dru~;s
in a house in Roslagen. The police took the man from the jail in Visby and made
him point out the house.
The police surrounded the house and sat down to wait for the Britishers who had
rented the house to turn up. They did so a few hours later.
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Eight Kilograms of Htishish
Th~~ police ar.r::sted the B~itishers, confiscated the camera and also discovered
8 kilograms uf ~~.~shish witi~ the help of Frida, a dog trained to detect drugs.
;'c�;o uL- the th~ee ~5--year-oId Englishment have previously been sentenced abroad for
narcotics offenses. They came to Sweden because they had heard that there was a
good *.narket for heroin here.
They are ~uspected of havino smuggled heroin into Sweden by the kilogram. Each
kilogr2Li:is worLi; approximately 2,5 million kronor when sold on the street.
Were Supposed to Close Down
Wher. their retailers w2re arrested by the police one after another, their ability
to get heroin out onto the market was reduced. According to Superintendent Hugo
Nyberg of *_he National Criminal Police, they consequently were thinking of closing
down their activities in Sweden. Hawever, before they did that they were to
carry out a flnal operation. That was the consignment of hashish the police
succeeded in confiscating in the house in Roslagen.
"Whe:i ti~ey nad lost their heroin consignees, it was easier. for them to try to sell
hashish without any special contacts," Flugo Nyberg says.
Where the revealing photos are concerned, Gunnar Hellgren, the chief of the
Criminal Police in Huddinge, says that it still is too early to give an opinion
on their value as evidence, but that they certainly are going to be extremely
~iseful as far as determining the extent of the Aritishers' drug dealings is con-
cerned.
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SWEDEN
- BRTEFS
NARCOTTCS FACTORY FOUND--Goteborg (TT) A 35-year-old chemistry student in
Goteborg has been indicted for manu~acturing narcotics at home. The police conf.is-
cated quantities ot glass flasks, pipes, tubes and filtering and drying apparatuses,
a large quantity of chemicals and an extensive description of the way to manu-
f.acture amphetamines. On 20 occasions, the man purchased raw materials for manu-
facturing amphetamines from a chemical firm in Goteborg. However, people in the
firm became suspicious and contacted the police, The police do not yet know how
large the amounts were which were produced. The market value of amphetamines is
approximately 200 kronor per gram. The tnan is now imprisoned on suspicion of a
serious narcotics offense and preparing to comwit such an offense. [Text]
[Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 24 Jun 81 p 6] 9266
CANNABIS SMUGGLER ARRESTED--Goteborg (TT) With a good 1.2 kg of cannabis resin
taped firmly to his back and thighs, a 25-year-old citizen of Goteboxg tried to
pass through customs in Goteborg a~ter a recent ferryboat trip to Amsterdam. On
Tuesday, he was indicted by the Sixth Goteborg District Court under suspicion of
felonious smuggling of commodites and narcotics offenses. The man has confessed
and says that he bought the consignment for approximately 4,000 kronor at a pub in
Amsterdam and was going to make use of it ~or his own consumption. [TextJ
[Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 24 Jun 81 p 6] 9266
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