JPRS ID: 10160 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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3 December 1981
Woridwide R~ ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
~FOUO 55/81)
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3 December 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
- (FOUO 55/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
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BANGLADESH
Briefs .
Chittagc~ng Druga' Seizure 1
HONG KONG ~
Recent China Arri.vals Join Triads in Drug Trafficking
(Tommy Lewis; SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 28 ~ct 81) 2
Interpol Arresta Thai Wanted in Holland on Drugs Charge
(Tommy Lewis, Janita Wong; SOUTH I;HINA MOxNING POST,
29 Oct 81) 3
Thai Wanted in Netherlands on Druga Charge Refused Bai1
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 3 Nov 81) 4
Experimental Treatment of Addicts With New Drug Urged.
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 6 Nov 81) 5
~ China Represented at WHO Courae on Drug Addiction
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 28 Oct 81) 6
' INDIA
, Report on Delhi Confexence on Drug Abuae
(THE HINDU~ 21 Oct 81) 7
Briefa
Heroin From Afghanietan $
Poppy Huak Opium Subatitute 8
Char~s Smoking Widespread 8
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NEW 2EALAND
Details of Drug-Buying `Tripe Around Aeia Bared at ~rial
(THE PRESS, 23 ~c~ 81) 9
Briefs
_ Drug Dealer, Distributor Jailed 11
PAKISTAN
_ Customs Still Awaiting Promiaed Dogs for Drug Detection
(MORNING NEWS, 3 Nov 81) 12
Briefs
Charas, Opium Seizure 13
Opium Seized Near Afghan Border 13
THAILAND
Khun Sa's Reward for Information on Narcotiea ~genta ~
(POS'~, 27 oct 81) 14
Briefs
Drug Informer Killed in Hat Yai 16
' Drug Suppression Efforts 16
Southern Drug Haul 16
City Heroin Haul 16
Hunt for Drug Mastermind ~17
Poppy Field Eradication Campaign 17
Narcotica Traffic Via Beijing 17
New Drug Law Supported 18
_ Drugs Courier Geta 20 Years 18
Policeman on Heroin Charge 18
Two Heroin Scmigglers Arrested 18
CANADA
RCMP Seizea $200-Million Drug Cache
(THF. CITIZEN, 16 Oct 81) 20
Police Break 'Major' Cocaine Ring
(THF. WINDSOR STAR, 24 Oct 81) 21
Police Raid Nets Hashieh; Seven Charged
(THE CITIZEN, 19 Sep 81) 22
Abundant Supplies of Good-Quality Heroin Appear i.n Vancouver
(Glenn Bohn~ THE VANCOUVER SUN, 16 Oct 81) 23
- Use of Importing Charge Criticized as Uneven
(Zuhair Kashmeri; THE GLOBE AND MAIL, WEEKEND EDITIOIV,
- 24 Oct 81) 25
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Briefa
Heroin Ch~rge 27
Conviction on Heroin Counts 27
LATIN AMERICA
BOLIVIA
Satellite System Suggested Means To Combat Drug Trafficking
(HecCor Valdivia Rodriquez; PRESENCIA, 22 Oct 81i 28
Draft Bill To Control Coca Production Highlighted
(EL DIARIO, 21 Oct 81) 31
- Chapare Region Cited as Major Cocaine Center
(PRESENCIA, 18 Oct 81) 33
Peasants Demand To Know Deatination of Caca Seized
(LOS TIEMPOS, 20 Oct 81) 34
BRAZIL
Federal Police Said Ta Be Connected With Cocaine
(Various sources~ 4, 21 Oct 81) 36
Former Superintendent Allegedly Bribed
Network of Intriguea
Plastic Surgeon Involved in Cocaine Trafficking
(Various sourcea~ various dates) 39
Arrested in Paraguay
Attempt To Extradite Trafficker
Doctor Escapes From Prison ~ �
Doctor Still at Large
Briefs
Traffickers Arreated in Minas 43
ECUADOR
- Interpol Agenta Seize 12 Kiloa of Cocaine, Arrest Nine
(EL TIEMPO, 19 Oct 81) 44
PERU ~
Drug Traffickers', Terroriats' Speedy Trials Ordered
(EL COMERCIO~ 7 Oct 81) 46
Briefs
Large Cocaine Seizure 47
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NEAR EAST AND NORTA AFRICA
IRAN .
Guards Round Up 1,000 Addict$ in South Tehran
(KEYHAN, 3 Nov 81) 48
Briefs ~
Figures for Narcotics Seizurea 49
Neyshabur Narcotica Haul 49
Guards Seize Opium 49
� Torbat Drugs Haul 49
Drug Den Raided 49
Opium Seized in Birjand . 49
Heroin Seized 49
Druge Seized in Mashhad 50
WEST EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
~ Alarmin~; Increase in Drugs From Netherlanda Noted
' (FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE, 'L8 Oct 81) 51
ITALY
Mafia, DC Deputy Accuged of Drug Traffic Involvement
(L'UNITA, 30 Sep 81) 53
DC Lashes Berlinguer, Attilio Ruffini Interview
Sicily Named as Drug Traffic Center,
by Luigi Cancritzi
PCI Leader's Statement on Mafia Drug Connections
(Enrico Berlinguer; L'UNITA, 25 Sep 81) 59
PSI Mayor Advocates Decritr,inalization of Heroin
(Piero Valentino; LA REPUBBLICA, 27-28 Sep 81) 61
Ti1RKFY
Joint Operation With FRG Bxeaka Up Heroin Smuggling Ring
(TERCUMAN, 22 Sep 81) 63
- New Program To Combat Narcotice Smuggling
(;TERCi1MAN, 22 Oct 81) 65
Briefs
Asala Heroin Trafficking 66
Aolvadin Alkaloid Factory 66
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UNITED KINGDOM
Court Told MI6 'Used Shop-Owner To Bug IRA Drug Ring'
(THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 27 Oct S1) 67
Ex-Drug Squad Chief Sacked After Inquiry Into Cannabis Plot
(John Weeks; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 12 Nov 81) 68
Briefs
Heroin Hail 69
Drug Squad Raid 69
Liverpool Cannabis Raid 69
Heroin Smuggling Sentence 69
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' BANGLADESH
BRIEFS
CHZTTAGONG DRUGS SEIZURE--Chittagonq, Oct. 3--Chittaqonq Sea Customs seized 24
kilograms of hashish and 28 pounds of marijuana vaiuea at Taka over one crore fzom
Banglar Mita, a ship of the Bar.qladesh Shippiag Corporation yesterday. The captain
of the ship an Indian national Mr. S.M. Pat~l and a Pak~stani citizen the Chief
E~gineer of the ship Mr. A.G. Si.ddiqui have been arrested in this connection. The
Sea Customs actinq on secret information raided the ship at 5 p.m. yesterday and
found the hashish inside the engine panel. The hashish was loadeci for smugglinq
abroad. The hashish and marijuana are understood to have smugqled into Bangladesh
from Pakistan thr~ugh India by land route. A well organised chain af smugglers
are said to have invulved in this smu~glinq. The ship M.V. Banqlar Mita loaded
witlz jute qoods was bound for cantinent.~tl countries in a few days. The ship came
to Chittagong after unloading qenernl carqo at Calcutta port. [Dacca THE BANGLA-
DESH OBS~RVER in English 4 Oct 81 p 1]
CSO: 5300/7006
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HONG KONG
RECEtiT CHI~JA ARRIVALS JOIPI TRIADS IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
Hong Kong SO~JTH CHIVA MORNING POST in English 28 Oct 81 p 12
[Article by To~ny Lewis]
_ [ Text ] I~ccent arrivals from Detective Chief Inspector Tan
China are not only involv- Seabourne. raided two prem-
ed in armed robberies but ~sas in Kowloon ,nd arrated
havc already established ~he aven people and uized
links with local triads en- l20 4tams of deroin frocr, the
gaged in the distribution of gang s main storage centre in
dangerous drugs in various Cheung Ning Strat, Tokwa-
distncts of Kowloon. wan.
One of the arrested men
. This wu discloud yater� was fouad in possession of
day when ofGcers from the 520,000 - in T10 and 5100
- District Crime Unit 1, Kow-� notes.
loon Police HeadquartErs ar� Detectives raided a flat in
rested seven people - includ- Cheung Ning Strat, To~wa-
ing two women in two sepa- wan, shortly before 7 am and
rate raids - and seiud her- made the drug seizure after
oin. arrating four men and a
Thra of ~those arrested woman on the premises.
were found to be "green They lrter raided another
chop" holden and are beluv- flat in Tung Choi Street.
ed to be memben of the Big Mongkok, and arrested
Circle Gang. another man and a woman,
None of the "green choD" b~~~~'~ ~o be members of the
holden is an addict and po- same gang:'
Memben of the Big Circle
lice believe that they became Gang are believed to have
involved in drug trafficking to ~ken charge of delivering
make money which would en� narcotict to distncu in Kow-
able them to pa gang mem-
- bers "advances~' for future ~~n for distribution tu the
pedlan.
crimes. Sourcea close to the police
_ Previously police had y~~d last night it apPeared
thought the B~g Circle Gang that members of the Hig C~r-
v~as only involved in arrned cle Gan~ were putting their
robberia. finQen into " every pie"
But now a drugs trafPick- where profits are to be made.
ing link has been eatabli9hed Meanwhile police said last
between the gang and the night that the pnce of heroin
notorious l4K tr~ad society. had dropped on the local mar-
Yesterday's raids followsd ket in recent months, which
several weeks of investiga� indicated there is a.steady
tions. ~ow oP drugs into Hongkong
Officers from the District from the Golden Triangle,
Crime Unit l, Kowloon Pa whicb had a bumper harvest
lice Headquarters, headed by this year.
CSO: 5320/9099
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HONG KONG
I:ITERPOL ARRESTS THAI WANTED Iid HOLLAND ON DRUGS CH.ARGE
Hong Kong SOUTH CHI:1A MORNING POST in English 29 Act 81 p 1
[Article by Tommy Lewis and Janita Wong)
[Text]
A Thai engineer wanted in Coun at 9.30 am todsy. ' and depositioris in ~support of "'On Friday, Mr O'Donnell ~
HoUand for alleged drug traf- Police said last ni~ht that alleged offenca committed released three depositioas
ficking yeacerday walked out a new set of pa~ers properly by him. which did not have the offi-
of Western Court a free man authenticated w~ll br� obtain- He said the court could ~~a~ of the Netherlands
after a magistrate said !hc ed from Holland in time for_ ~ot accept such a comprEhea- Minister of Justia to enable
documents produced for his tht extradition hearing -�his si~1e ovenight of authentica- ' the Crown to roctify the da
eatradition had not been duty chird. , tion of daumenu. ' fects. ~
auchenticated, When releasing Vonchai ~ The iuue of the authenti- Vonchai is w~nted in Hol-
But Vonchai Tumtunkit- y~terday !r(r P,H. O'Donnell cation uP the foreegn ~vanant iand for alleged, involvement
� kul's taste of Fradom was at Western Court said the I was a matter of substana. i~ itlegal ua~cking o2' Sl
shorclived - he was arre~ted documents produced as and the court was not pre� ~~~af ~eroin thera.'
by officers f~om the lnterpol exhibits. including the foreign ~ pared to oxercise iu discre- was tbe,second time
Bureau.two hours later. warrant for hu arcest. had tion to release fuKher docu- h~ had beent2U00 to Prast and he �
out nt the ne~~l af~er he cussed the pussibility of him :new the ~niced States cur-
became uneaay. about i~. going t~ Thailand to "look rency he had left in Singa-
The man. w�ho has bc~en around to see ii something pore wouid probabl~~ tie used
- gi~~eu name suppre~~i~~n and co~ld be bought." prior to his tor the next trip.
immunii~ tn~m rur:her , leavtng New Zealand. The witness: a con~�icted .
i pr~isecu~iun. ~old ~he Courc ic He said he arranqed to bup narcotics cunrier. had earlier
�~a; turtuna~e ~ha~ he left heroin from a Bangkok taxi ~escribed a_nrcession of
Th:,iland ~~~heru~i~~� he �~~uld dri~~er whom he met one :lrugs-bucin� tnps :n Singa-
ha~�e beer. ~ta~ in~ in a Thai �~gh~� p~rf. Pe~ang. B~�mbz~~ and
pnson no~~ in~~ead ut one in Af[er the driver brought RanEkok.
~ew� Zealand. him a sample of the druqs. HP said he ~~as instructed
he paid him a deposit of on several runs to bring the .
Hc was gi~�~ng e~~idence � Sfi000. But he felt uneasy and drugs into New Zeaiand on '
under crn,s-examination by ~ leFt the c~untry without the particular Air ~ew 2ealand
~1r Barry 1~'ilcQn. detenr.e herv~in. Elights trom Sydney.
counsel for une of t~e Tne witness said he did not The flighcs he had tu catch ~
accused. Culin James Prast, trv to sEe the contac[ ~gain were anes which im�olved an
aRed 41. compam director. and get his money back aircrait flying w
of Hillsborough. because ot his "uneasy feel� Christchurch. then qoing on
Prast and n~s co-accused. ing," to Auckland K~ithin a few
Glenda Fa~�e titanzies. aged ' I jusl wanted to get out of huurs. The Christchurch-
~~n, ~n iin~mplo~ed bank the place." he said. . Auckland leg was clas~ed as
t~�Iler. :~~undalc. have dan� A search by customs at ; an internal fl~ght ty~ cusroms.
ica a ~oim cnarke o( impor~� Bangkok w�hen he �as leav- Un one occas~on. the wit-
ing heroin on ~larct~ 9 at ing had upset and frightened nes~ ~aid. he Irft drugs be-
Christchu~ ~h ~nd tlvo coun~s lum. hind an a~rcraft toilet panel
~~f impurunR mnrphine on A~ a result he did not want to be collected b~� an Air
Derember : and .apr~I 11. to c~rry tt~e balance ot the Vew Zealand stew�ard.
Prast ha> deniecl a turrher _ash back w�ith him and left The witness, described
charge of importing mor- t in a box ~~+Ith a switcn� earlier b}~ ~1r ~[orris as
nh~ne on Sepiember "4 last ~lade knife i~ a Singapore Prast's ~~second lieutenant."
- ti�ear. ~ocel tor an Air New Zealand told the jur}� that he had
~ Thev ~ ha~�c al~o denied :abid crew steward iname pleaded guilty and been sen-
chree ~ rounts ot ~upplying, ~uppressedl to pick up. tenced on charges of import-
rwo of ron,piring t~ suppl}�. On che way back' through ing and conspiring to impoct
and cw~c uf c~~n~piring t~ iydne~ he said he s~ayed drugs.
import herrnr and mnrphine. ~'ith friends with a�hom he He said he u~r.d three false
The ir;~i. he;ore ~Ir ,Jus� ~as involved in another busi� pas~p~rts as �ell a~ his true
~~ce Hulland, surrnunded b}� iess venture. pass~rrt on different irips to
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~sia o~rw�een aepiemner. ~he travel expenses and the Seprember, 19~iU. and bought
_ I9;u. :,nu ~Dril th~s ~�ear. wicness was !o make contact a kiingram of murpnine Frum
T~�n o; ~t~ Fal~e pas~pu~ts �~~h an Indian named a taxi-driver named. Rajan
were in names allegc~f h~� the ~tunna. On his return he said after he ~~as unable to con-
Cr~~a~n iu hace been taken he iol~i~ Prast'c~,at ~�heroin. tact ~t~nna.
fr ~m ~;r ~.~�.~.~ime: in Auck� morphine artd hash" were ~n ~he re[ur~ trip he w�as
land cemerenP.. availab(e from ~funna. Latar able this ~ime. he said. tu
Thc ~ei~nrss ~aid he i1~N' IQ in ihe month he flew back to upen the toilet air vent panel
_ f'~~nNng o? a false pas~port Bomb~y, hou~ht a kilnq~am and he had been told that
in late Septemner .1979, to uf morphine for SNZiAUiI and "someone in the airline"
meet a 7'ungan man called .et ou! tor `ew Zealand a�ith �ould handle it from that
Taca. it packed in hi~ .having kit. puint.
Pra,t :~rransed the rr~p This irip was atso at On cne flight Erom S~dney
~r.d agreed ~n pa}� hir~ S'lUUO. Pr~;t; insugatinn, he sa~d. to Chns[church, he said. "an
he ,aid. ~ Prast had supplied the Air Yew Zealand scewart
Ne iaid �e recei~~ed St+000 m~~ne~� and told him to put contacted me when I was in
ca,h in Siu biils [he day the drugs inro an overhead a First�class seac."
b~rnrE~ he fefr. The money air ~�ent o[ a cuilet in the "He asked me hu~� many
~~amr. ~rnm f'rasi. re said, tirst�clacs section of an Air r.ontainers :here Here and I
and he ��a; rn~d tn get New Zealand fliqht from tuid him."
�nmwn ru~ k~" ~a s~rain uf Svdney to ChristchurEh. T'+e witness said h~ made
hriuinl ' a s~milar ~ri co Bomba~ in
He said Prast had given P S
~c 51(IL~A~1(1rn ;,P �,~�~nt. as him a square�headed imple� ~~o~~~mber. 1a80, carrying
~naruc~e~ iu a~�rr~~in ment to unscrew a panel to xNZHrn~U to buv more drugs
r.ionN~~~ch;,n�rr in �(:hange che air vent but he was from Rajan.
_ :~fley" and cum~Nr[ed [he unable to open the ~~ent and In February he went to
rash in~~~ ~talaysian cur- left the drugs, as alterna- ~ Sinqapore again and then to
renc~~. tiveiv arranged, in a cup- Bangkok after a man in
~ He ~a~d he :ollowed board under the handbasin. Singapore failed to keep a
_ f ra;c': insrrnctions tn a It was pre�arranged, he ~ rendezvous at a place called
hPach hnrel ai Penang where said, thal he �~ould fly from "The ~Jockey Club."
ne me~ Ta~~a. Sydney to Christchurch in a' In Bangkok. he said, he
Taca bough~ che heroin plane which "tH~o huurs or so paid between SNZSOUO and
trom ~ tri~hau� dri~~er and iater flew to Auckland as an 3NZ6000 to a taxi-driver ~vho
the Kic~ess cook it back ~o internal ilighi." uffered tu ~uppiy him. But he
Sin�apnre. He said he and He said he left the drugs in "felt uneasy" about the dea;
Ta~�a pac�ked the drugs into a the plane, cleared rustoms at and� flew back to Singapore
tape rpcorder and sent it as Christchnrch and caught the without collecting the drugs.
unarcompanied hagg~be to saine p}ane back to ~luckland When he told Prast what
Tonga. where he was met at the had happened. he was asked
La~er, he caid, he wa~ told airport by Prast. to make another trip to India
thc heroin arri~ed in a ship ytr Stuart Crieve, for the to make up the ioss.
at Onehunga. ~e~ti~ Zealand. Crou�n, asked: '~From whom The witness said he made
ln ~tav, t960, he said he did you learn it became ae another trip to Bombay in
flek� co ~Bombay co investi- in[ernal flighc after l~farch and was returnmg
gate the drugs available Christchurch'" . from yet another when he
th~~re. The witness said~ �From was arrested by Customs
He said it u�as Prast's idea ~1r Prast." oificials at Wellington Air-
that t~e should go. Prast paid The man said he made port on April il.
another tnp to Bombay in
CSO: 5320/9101
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NEW ZEALAND
BRIEFS
DRUG DEALER, DISTRIBUTOR JAILED--Wellington, 13 Nov (AFP)--A New Zealand drug finan-
cier and dealer was today jailed for~17 years for importing and distributing heroin
and morphine. Colin James Prast ot Auckland was handed down the heaviest pris~n
term ever imposed on a New Zealand drug boss. A high court ~udge called his crime
the gravest of its kind to come before a New Zealand court. Prast's chief distribu-
- tor, 26-year-old Glenda Fave Menzies, was jailed for 12 years. Prast, a 41-year-old
company director who was the organiser, financier and brains behind the drug ring,
admitted eight charges of importing and supplying morphine and heroin. Menzies
was found guilty of supplying both drugs during her three we~k trial. [Hong Kong
AFP in English 0552 GMT 13 Nov 81 BK]
CSO: 5300/4558
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PAKISTAN
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CUSTOMS STILL AWAIT_ING PROMISED DOGS FOR DRUG DETECTION
Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 3 Nov 81 p 5
- [Text] The Custom's drug enforcement agency in the city is still trying to sniff
out the whereabouts of the much promised German "drug detective dogs."
Mr G. A. Jehangir, member CBR (Customs) had stated in September that the dogs, with
their handlers, would assist the local drug detection cell.
The dogs were expected to assist the customs agencies but the Karachi and
Hyderabad collecturates, it is learnt, still do not have the services of these
trained dogs.
A German team visited Pakistan last year and a comprehensive training programme
was planned for the interception of narcotics with the help of dogs espectally
trained to sniff out drugs. The dogs were to be used at all the airports in the
country, first at Karachi, to detect narcotics. They were also to be utilised in
special raids by the drug detection squad.
Pakistani custom officers are to leave for Germany, next year to be trained in
- handling these drug detective doga.
However, to date, the dogs have, apparently, still not scented their way to the
Karachi airport drug detection cell.
The custom officers are still awaiting their promised canine support, in their bid
to check the illicit drug trade, through the country.
- CSO: 5300/4556
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
CHARAS, OPIUM SEIZURE--Islamabad, Oct 31--The Customs suth~~rities yesterday
recovered 32 Kgs of 'charas' and three kilos of opium from a vehicle found
near village Mehra Aku, Golra. A customs squad, or~ a vigilan~e duty, tried
to check a car on G.T. Road, but the drive�- ignored them and tried to abscond.
The Customs men recovered Ehe 'opium' and 'charas` worth about lakhs of rupee~
from the car. A case against the said driver has been registered under the
Customs Act and the police were trying to trace him. [Text~ [Islamabad THE
- MUSLIM in English 1 No~~ 81 p 3]
OPIUM SEIZED NEAR AFGHAN BORDER--Islamabad, 19 Nov (AFP)--Police seized 55 kilograms
(121 pounds) of opium in an operation against drug pedd'lers in the Malakand District
bordering Afghanistan, official sources said today. The centraband drugy valued at
$50,000, was concealed in four cannisters in a car near Takhtbai last night. The
driver was reportedly arrested. The opium was being sffiugg?ed into Fakistan for on-
ward transportation to an unnamed foreign country, the sources said. [Hong Kong
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THAILAND
KHUN SA'S REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON NARCOTICS AGENTS
= BK271456 Bangkok POST in English 27 Oct 81 p 3
[Text] Chiang Rai--hotorious golden triangle drug kingpin Khun Sa has offered re-
~ wards for information on about 30 narcotic~ agents based in the north, a~. suthar-
itati~=e source said yesterday.
Khun Sa} alias Chang Chi-fu, o�fered 5,000 to 10,000 baht for details and background
on the top Thai and foreign narcotics agents based in Chiang Mai, the source said.
He also ordered his troops to fight back if they encounter government forces in
- futurP, said the source. In the past the troops usually just fled the scene, some-�
times leaving behind mules carrying loads of opitmn.
Khun Sa's order came after a 700-man drug caravan belonging to him clashed wit}~ a
platoon of rangers from Pakthongchai District of Nakhon Ratchasima. A fierce battle
raged fro 2 days, 8-9 October, and four of his caravan guards were killed.
The source also said that Khun Sa was believzd to have set up a new stronghold at
Ban Payapai on the Burmese border close to Thailand, under the protection of about
2,000 armed Shan United Army irregular troops.
- He reportedly moved the troops and a number of people from his Ban Hin Taek strong-
hold to Ban Payapai and Ban Mae Mor in Burma after his drug caravan clashed with the
ranger forces.
His wounded caravan guards were reportedly sent for treatment at the hideout of a
close aid in Ban ga Mued, close to Mae Sai District.
At present, only about 200 people, mainly women and children, were left at Ban Hin
Taek, the source said.
The drug kingpin also ordered his men to collect and destroy the leaflets announcing
half a million baht rewar~ for his capture, airdropped last month in Ban Hin Taek,
the source added.
_ Meanwhile, the fate of a member of a 39-man ranger platoon who was reported missing
during the clash with Khun Sa's caravan guards remains unknown, but he is believed
ta have been captured by Khun Sa's troops, the source said.
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Border patrol police unit 508, based near Ban Hin Taek, was assigned to locate him
- after government troops moved to clear the battle scene near Ban Hin Taek and Ban
_ A Hai sh~rtly after the clash.
- The unit helped take 8 rangers who were wounded in the clash for treatment. The
rangers reportedly told authority that they went to Khun Sa's area on a special
- mis~ion to arrest him, on the ~rders of "high superiors." They claimed that their
= unit would receive 12 million baht reward if th~ mission was accomplished.
The mission, which was meant to be secret--no provincial officials or border patrol
_ police in Chiang Rai were notified--was a disaster. Ten rangers were killed, eight
: injured and one is still missing.
The battle came when Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanon was in the United States. Nar-
cotics problems were among major issues he discussed with American leaders.
Last week border patrol police unit 508 tried to fi.nd the missing ranger in the area
of Ban Muang Song, abaut 10 kilometers northeast of Ban Hin Taek, where it was thought
he was being held.
When the BPP unit arrived they were told that Khun Sa's troops just left the village.
They reportedly went to join Khun Sa at his new stronghold in Ban Payapai, the source
said.
In September, Khun Sa offered to cooperate with the Thai Government to e.~d opium cul-
tivation and drug trafficking in the region. His 12-page proposal was sent to nar-
cotics authorities, iacZuding the chaiz~nan of the office of the narcotics control
board., Gen Prachuap Suntharangkun.
Gen Prachuap immediately turned down the proposal, saying Thailand will not make any
deal with Khun Sa, and will work only with the Burmese Government as far as suppres-
sion of opium cu'ltivation and drug trafficking are concerned.
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THA~LAND
BRIEFS
DRUG INI'ORMER KILLED IN HAT YAI--Hat Yai--A hotel worker who acted as an informer for
the U.S. drug enforcement administration was fatallq wounded in a shooting in Muang
= District yesterday afternoon, police said. Police said Naowarat Watcharabut, 29,
was shot on Niphat-Uthit 3 road at 2 p.m. by two armed men on a motorcycle. Narowarat
was rushed to the District Aospital where he died at 4:45 p.m, from bullet wounds to
the chest and right shoulder. Police said they believed that Naowarat's killers
were hired by drug traffickers who had learned that he was an informer. They said
_ information provided to the DEA by Naowarat, who worked in the Amarin Hotel in Hat
Yai, had led to severaY drug arrests and narcotics aeizures in the south this year.
[Bangkok POST in English 20 Nov 81 p 3 BK]
DRUG SUPPRESSION EFFORTS--Interior Minister Sitthi Chirarot told newsmen at the
� interior ministry this morning that ther.e is no need to amend the present narcotics
laws because they already carry heavy penalities. The authorities are doing their
utmost to suppress narcotics, but rarely can they arrest the culprits. However, he
~ said, Prime Minister Gen Prem Tinsulanon pledged during the recent cabinet meeting
to make serious efforts to wipe out opium cultivation and heroin production in Thai-
land. Thailand will cooperate with the international police forces from the United
States and Burma in this matt~r. Asked ~bout new suppression measures, the interior
minister said that there will probably be no n~eed for new measures as the authorities
are continuing their suppression operations against opium growers and heroin pro-
ducers whi1P the naroctics contrAl board office, with police cooperation, is taking
action against drug trafficking in the country. [Excerpt] [BK290847 Bangkok Domestic
Service in Thai 1300 GMT 28 Oct 81]
SOUTHERN DRUG HAUL--Songkhla--Police yesterday arrested two men and a~cused them of
possessing 5.8 kilogrammes of No.4 first grade heroin and 560 grammes of morphine
worth about 3 million baht at a house in Muang District, police reported last night.
Police identified the suspects as Wirot Chonchit, 33, and Chun Thipwalak, 36, and
- said they had ~ust arrived in ttee province from Bangkok by train. The two men denied
possessing 14 bags of double u-globe heroin and two morphine blocks allegedly found
hidden in the house. [Bar.dkok POST in English 27 Oct 81 p 3 BK]
CITY HEROIN HAUL--Anti-narcotic police yesterday arrested three men and sei~ed 54 kg
of pure heroin on Wiphawadi Rangsit Road after a year-long intensive investigation
and surveillance of the network. Deputy Prime Minister Prachuap Suntharangk~n said
. the heroin was worth at least 10.8 million baht locally and its price could go up
= to 2,000 million baht in black market in the United States. Po].ice said the three
suspects, one of them a real estate investor, belonged to an international drug
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trafficking rin~ with connections in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Europe.
Locally, they normally supplied narcotics from the north to the south through the
southern city of Hat Yai and they were planning to expand their racket into the
United States, police said. Police said the No 4 heroin was taken to Bang~cok from
the Northern Province of Lampang. The heroin was neatly packed in 121 packages.
' Police identified the leader of the group as Kitti Rungphara, 4G, the manager of Maha
Nakhon housing estate on Wiphawadi Rangsit Road. They said thc~ xesidence of Kitti
who is ethnic Chinese was in Soi Nuannoi off Ekkamai Road. Tfao others, Loephong
Tangphaisan alias Ku, 45, and Chalong Thipdecho, 40, said they had been hired to
drive vehicles transporting the drugs several times. They said they received 40,000
baht for each assignmEnt. Loephong, also an ethic Chinese, lived on Worachak Road
while Chalong's re~idence was in Thung Mahamek, Yannawa. Police said they had
followed the drug racket for over a year and learr.~d that the suspects collaborated
with Haw Chinese in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in drug
trafficking in both local and overseas markets. [Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English
_ 28 Oct 81 pp 1, 10 BK]
HUNT FOR DRUG MASTERMIND--Folice yesterday ordered a manhunt for the mastermind be-
hind a drug trafficking network that was involved in one of the biggest drug seizures
on Tuesday. Three sus~ects including a real estate investor were arrested with 54 kg
of ~ure heroin but police believed there must be a"bigger person" who controls the
racket which has an international connection in Asia and Europe. Zone 3 provincial
pclice commissioner Pol Lt Gen Det Khattaphan said 690 drug suspects were arrested in
- the north between July and September during which the so-called "Intharathep 1" plan
was launched. Police also arrested 1,014 persons for illegal possession of arms and
another 58 for owning war weapons under the plan aimed at extensively suppressing
crime. Pol Lt Gen Det expressed concern on the trend of increasing crime rate in
the north, saying this year's crime rate will be at ~east 16 percent higher than last
year's. [Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 29 Oct 81 pp 1, 14 BK]
POPPY FIELD ERADICATION CAMPAIGN--Chiang Mai--Anti-narcotic and profincial officials
have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy fields here by supplying hilltril~e people
with bean and sweet corn seedlings in exchange for their poppy seedlings. Informed
sources in the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) said that hilltribe people
in 51 villages had submitted 41.76 kg of poppy seedlings to authorities and in return
took away 15 tons of bean seedlings and 800 kg of sweet corn seedlings. The 51
villages are included in the plan to "eradicate" the poppy fields here. Another 10
villages here are targets oi a campaign by ONCB which plans to send policemen to
destroy all the poppy fields th~re next month. Director of the substitute crops
dividion Aran Suwanbuppha said everything was ready for the campaign to start next
month and all local hilltribe men were getting seedlings to substitut~ their poppies.
Infcrmed sources said that no defence volunteers or village scouts will be employed
in the campaign to destroy the poppy fields. "We will also avoid using soldiers but
will employ policemen," one of them said. However, if necessary a small number of
- soldiers will be mobilized to help in the campaign, he said. [BK060343 Bangkok
NATION REVIEW in English 31 Oct 81 p 2]
~tARCOTICS TRAFFIC VIA BEI.JING--Thailand has detected a ehift from Hong Kong to Bei~ing
as a transit point being used by narcotic traffickers to avoid the re~ional law en-
forcement dragnet, a regional conference was told recently. The report was made by
the Thai delegation head, police Maj Gen Pow Sarasin, during the Wellington meeting
of the Far East region operation heads of narcotics law enforcement agency between
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19-23 October. Diplomatic sources said that the Chinese Government recently informed
the Thai Embassy in Beijing that a number of drug traffickers from Bangkok had used
� Beijing as their new transit point. The Thai Embassy in the Chinese capital has in
turn rerorted the "new trend" to the Thai Government. The regional conference also
� agreed to a long list ~f recommendations including better coordination and exchange
~ of intelligence among law enforcement agencies among member countries. [Bangkek
NATION REVIEW in English 10 Nov 81 p 1 BK]
NEW DRUG LAW SUPPORTED--International narcotics suppression officials have been given
full support to Thailand's plans to empower drug enforcement officials with the right
to confiscate the assets of convicted drug traffickers. This was announced by police
Maj Gen Pow Sarasin who recently returne~ from an international meeting on narcotics
suppression in Wellington, New Zealand. rie revealed that Thailand's tough new law,
which a subcommittee of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCBZ first started
drafting more thar~ a year ago, is r..early complete. According to the proposed law,
once a trafficker is convicted, his assets and bank balances will be frozen until it
= ca~i be proven that they were not acquired through drug-dealing. If it fs proven that
- the assets were obtained from narcotics, they will be confiscated by the state. He
- added that the ONCB is also considering plans to amend the 1979 Narcotics Act. The
proposed amendment will focus on altering the penalties for drug addicts who volun-
tarily seek treatment without being arrested. [Bangkok POST in English 12 Nov 81
p 6 BKJ
DRUGS COURIER GETS 20 YEARS--A Chiang Mai drug courier, who was arrested in Thon
Buri last November with 1~ kilogrammes of morphine and 88 kilogrammes of raw opium
smuggled from the north, was sentenced to 20 years ~ail yesterday by the criminal
court. The court convicted Chaloem Bunyarit, 41, on charges of possessing the drugs
with intent to sell them, but dropped charges against his 19-year-old-son, Kamon, for
lack of evidence. Kamon was travelling ixi his father's car when it was intercepted
- by officials of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ON~B) on 2 November last
year. The drugs were found in a specially-made campartment under a 200-litre oil
barrel. Chaloem admitted that he was hired to deliver the drugs to a rendezvous in
- Phuket for a fee of 250,000 baht, while Kamon denied any knowle3ge of the drugs.
[BK200251 POST in English 20 Nov 81 p 5]
POLICEMAN ON HEROIN CHARGE--Ubon Ratchathani--A police corporal attached to Muang
District police station ha~ bee~i arrested on a charge of selling heroin, police re-
ported. He was identif ied as Ong~at Nachomtian, 26. Police said he was arrested in
Ban tlatsuanya in Tmbon Kamnamsap on 4Jarinchamrap District on Wednesday, with heroin
in his possession. Police said the arrest followed a tip-off that a policeman was
selling heroin the village. Ong-at was taken to Warinchamrap police station for in-
terrogation. [BK200251 Bangkok POST in English 20 Nov 81 p 5]
TWO HF.ROLN SMUGGLERS ARRF.STED--A Hong Kong Chinese and an Akha tribesman were held
at the wee~-,end in separate drug arrests which yielded a total of more than two kilo-
grammes of top grade No 4 heroin. On Saturday [14 November] night, customs investi-
gation officials at Don Muang air.port arrested the Hong Kong National, Chol Wing Cho,
_ 21, after allegedly finding 1,350 kilogrammes of heroin in his luggage. Th~y said Cho,
~ who was about to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt when he was detained, had
allegedly hidden the heroin in 4 boxes of Chinese dolls. The heroin, in six packages,
was found in custom-made seci~et compartments. Cho, who arrived in Bangkok early this
month on a tourist visa was charged with posaesaing drugs with intent to seil and
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attempted smuggling. The Akha tribesman was arrested at Hat Yai railway station
yesterday after southern narcotics suppression unit police allegedly found 700 gravmes
of heroin in his possession. The tribesman, identified as Ngo Sisombat, allegedly
told police the heroin was a"sample" whicl, he was hired to bring from Chiang Mai to
deliver to a prospective buyer who was interested in ordering a larger shipment.
[BK200251 Bangkok POST in English 16 Nov 81 p 2]
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CANADA
RCMP SEIZES $200-MILLION DRUG CACHE
Ottawa THE CITIZEN in Engllsh 16 Oct 81 p 14
[ Te xt ]
~ aM ' air...~~, i.~ .
TORONTO �(CPj, 7'iini~i sa~d polioe are tnanifoiing~''"~"`oocupan~s
RC.I~iP officers seized~ 'artaia ~~the idendty of of the van arrived on the
illegal drugs with a street � th~e of tha plane's occu- Kxne as the plane's occu-:
xalue estimated at 5200 pants and, believt _they panfs prepared for takwff.
rnillioa Wednesday follow- know the identity of the "Orre . of our members
ing a~ gun, battle at Col- . fourth. All. are believed to , fved a warning shot an~:
lingwood Airport, ~ 120, km:. be. L~.S. raidettts.. , - , �:i shouted. = `Police, ~stop,, : "
nerthwes~ of hae.. ' � Charged are Neil ~ L,ewis?.~. G,inther said. ~�":But thcy
� Four occupants �of _ '27, ..of Whiteboro,. =N.]..; (the four suspects) ,proba-
Laura Hymns, -2T, o~4iear-? bly didn't hear the. shot
small private . Qlane~ over. the lane. en iee.
- e,~capai during the shoot-~ by Mississauga:.and �,Jehni . p g;
'out wh~ch uneovercd an in-. Ho Lin, 40. of Toronw.' . He said' two ~ RCMP
ternational po6ce operation ~ The monEl~a-bn8 ~P�l~ce~, ~ officeis, aiming af the .
a'gainst a major drug- opesation reached a clim~c~ p~nds dres, fired a totar .
smuggling ring,~ police said, about 12:30 e.itt: Cdodna-~ of 12 sbots, and an unk-
.'~hursday.:,` day: se .Collingwoo~d~ nown~ number of shots
_ ~ . Insp." S~frin Ginther,'�, air~o~= ~ ~ ~ .were returned'` from� the
t~ead of the RCMP's Tor-~ Ginther said .two RCMP; p~ne, wbich took off'with-
'opto drug� scction, said: officxrs not involved in the ~t
three suspects.were arrest-� investigation had landed. p s~all portion of t~e
c~ scparately in Toronto their small plane to refuel~ dru~ y~i~ W8e found in
and chargcd with conspira- ~ at the, airport- ,
whi~T~ia` the abandoned, van while
'c~? to traffic in m~:thaqua-., nnat~ffed and rarely ~ has tbe rest wer~ found at a
lone. Police have ~ seized. night air traffic. Toronto home.
= about 5,800 kilogr~ms o~' '~ey ~ad a"casual con- ~ Authorities in the Ncth-
~the drug, pressed into pills v~rsation" with-two people,
- ~cnown as quaeludes. I who said the were vrait- erlands, Austria, _ Wesc
Germany and .North
; i The drugs had noc. bcen ing for "frei t" to be do- America have ban involv-
- precisely weighed, but livered to their plane~ ~~a ~e three-month in-
~ tbeir street valus has beGn Ginther said. ~ vesti ation into a major
Then a van arrived and 8
estimated ac about 5200~ two more people imme= drug-smuggling ring oper-
million. Ginther said. - diately began loading: ating betwan Ewope and
Police and airports on, boxes ~ ihto the plane, the United States, with
both sides of the Canada- which had its eagines nm- Toronto as the North
U.S. border. bave been ~~ng . American distributi~on cen-
aterted to watch for . the Within "a very few min- tre. ~ �
plane, which escapsd after utes," Gintha said, nine
a smal! quantity � of the: �~,~Mp of~cers who a'e~e.
_ drug was,loaded oa to it.
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CANADA
POLICE BREAK 'MAJOR' COCAIIVE RING
Windsor THE WINDSOR STAR in English 24 Oct 81 p 3
- [Test] ~
tiarcotics agents say they've broken up a"major co= charged with one count of trafficking in a narcotic; one
- caine distributing ring" after a raid an an Essex Gounty count of possession oi'a narcotic for the purpose of traf-
home. - ~cking, and one count of possession of a restricted drug
Cpl. Lance Hodgsonof the Royal Canadian Mounted fortheparposeoftrafficking.
Police said investigators seized what they suspect is~ Karen Susan Gruber. 22, of RR 3, Leamington. was
cocaine with a street value of about S6,000. - charged with one count of possession of a narcotie for
F'our persons have been arrested on various drug thepurposeoftrafficking.
charges. Jimmy Joseph Ingratta, 23, of 25 Crestview Dr.,
The combined Windsor Police-RCMP drug squad Leamington. was charged with one count of posstssiori
began i~s raid at a house on Con. 4, Colchester South of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking, and one
Township, about 9 p.m. Thursday. "~'he investigation countofpos.~essionofanarcotic.
continued overnight with four persons arrested and The four were arraigned in court Friday and Pendle-
cha rged Friday. . ton and Brklacic held in custody for a bail hearing.
Hodgson said a quantity of other drugs was seized in
the raid, including what police suspect i~ LSD with a~ ~
street value of about 5600. " �
COLCHESTER South potice assisted the narcotics
- agents in the raid, Cpl. Hodgson said.
Cpl. Hodgson said the investigation is continuing.
throughthe weekend.
Ciark Brklacic, 27, Af Con. 4, Colchester South Town-~
Ship, was chzrged Friday wilh one count o~' possession
of
a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking and one
count oP possassion of a restricted drug for the purpose
of trafficking. '
Dell ~tarie Pendleton, 21, of Detroit, Mich.. was
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CANADA
POLICE RAID NETS HASHISH; SEVEN CHARGED ,
Ottawa THE CITIZEN in English 19 Sep 81 p 3
[Text]
~ About `522,000 worth of hashish~ 'botli of RegionaT"Road~24. Cumtier- ~
seized from' a Cumberland homc Iand. Paul McNally,� 24, Qf Camer-
during a raid this wak by Ontario. on Strat~ ~ Cumbetland, Jacqud Sc-
' Provincial Police officers from guin. 27, of Ba~+crest Strat, Otta-
Rockland and Ottawa has resultcd~ wa; Alaun ~ Bela~r, 20. of Magnus
in traffcking charges, against uven Avenue, Ottawa, aad Navan rt-
area residents.. sidents Rheal Pariaieq, 19, and
Setge i.avergru, 23, ~ ~
The seven, who made a prelimi- �
nary couct appeara~a Friday, have ~ Yvon Belair was also charged
been remanded in custody - uAtil with possession of a~s uarcgisiered
Monday when they are to scheduled arid restrictod weapon. . � ~
to appear in provincial court. ~'In connoction with the raid, po-
Policx, who had the house on Re- licx also hit a Baycnat Drive home
gional Road 34 under �surveillanus early f ridsy~ morning, rr.r.~vering
for some tima, also'seiud a hand- S150 worth af drugs anid charging
� gun in the Thursday night raid. 26-yaar�old Ginette Joneau w~th
"It was pretty obvidus what was' p~~ of druga. ' "
- going an there~" said an OPP .
spokesman in Rocicland. "People
were ~lways Bround the house."
Chargcd with poesession oP drugs
for the purpose of trafficldng and
conspiracy to traffic drugs are Yvoa
Beiair,� 21, . and . Paul Auberg. 20,
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CANADA
ABUNDANT SUPPLIES OF GOOD-QUALITY HEROIN APPE.t~R IN VANCOWER
Vancouver THE VANCOWER SUN in English 16 Oct 81 pp A1-A2
[Article by Glenn Bohn]
[Text ]
- More abundant supplles uf 'good- ~iaven't been 'ustng' ior quite a, 3~_page boolclet titled Trends in Her-
quality heroin appear to be flowing while, but now heroin is available o~ tJ~,
inWVancouveronceagain. We havea't seen many~ Aithough the report was released
Heroin users and some profes- pog~s'~~on~f�hemin charges com- early this month it was completed in
sionals said during interviews that ing across our desk for several July, justasthenewheroinwas sup-
new heroin began appearing ih late years, but now there seems to be a posedlY hitting the streets. At that
s-If heir observations are accu- lotofthem." time, researcher f3etty Davis sug-
rate, it would be the first ma jor S8t� Morrls Coll of the city police gested that hemin purity was declin-
change in tbe hemin scene since the drug s4uad said the ~quad arrested ing in Vancouver. But she added
early 1970s, w~ea the quality and ~~ple on hemin-related chargea elsewhere ia the rsport that, if the
availability was reduced dramati- ~~p~~�~r, compared to 15 in Au- large opium harvest in Southeast
cally by a series of arresta. ~St� Asia reaches B.C., t6ere would be a
Said one user, contacted throngh Coll said the additional~arrests re- correspondiag tncrease in heroin
- one of the provinclal methadone IIect a greater supply o. heroin on availabilityandpurity.
treatment clinics: "It's just like the ~e streets and a resulting inerease Ten or 15 y~ars ago; hemitt on the
� in trafficldng. And since suppli~s streets was 20-per-cent pure. But
ol P~fessionals who keep an eye on are more abundant, he said, the during the '70s, the interaational
the 6eroin commualty ofiered coo- 9uality has also impmved because trafficldng network weakened and
flicting opinions on the availability dealers are not diluting supplies as supglies became more sporadic.
much. By 199Q, street hemin was only
of hernin. He said the street baroin capsule two or tha~ee�per-cent pure. It was a
- But pQlice said they had been ea- bas increased in quality since the trend t6at forced some users either
pecting that abundant supplies summer to three- or four-per-cent to quit, wrn to other drugs or alco-
would enter Vancouver this snmmer heroin fmm 1.5~per-cent heroin. hol, or z~eplace their heroin addiction
or fall, and Nick Puma, one ot the Supt. Lyman� Henschel, head of with fi dependence on the drug
most experienced drug counaellors the RCMP's drug section in Greater meth~done, a narcotic substitute
here, said it has already arrived. Vancouver, said international police that is legally avallable at govern-
Puma Is a former heroin uxr now at reports show that a bumper crop oi mec,t clinics and private medical
Conaections, che longest continuing opium poppies was harvested this practiczs and can be purchased ille-
streetworker program in Vancou- spring ia the Golden Triangle - a Sa~y oa the streets. '
ver. mountainous region straddling AnoEhsr choice was to buy more
Said Puma: "The good stuff has ~~and, Burma and Laos. b.eroia caps to maintain the same
hit Vancouver There's an The most recent B.C. health
ample supply af heroin on the miaistry report on the subject is a
streets again.,'
The same trend has been noticed
by probation officer Helen Thorn-
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level' of addicf i4n, an option that Some 6eroin users~ howe'ver,
a
d'~ y~:' .
some usera emphasized has m~ant some people on methadone are rs- He said "certain people" provide
turaing to crime. turning to h~min, the drug of their him witb two to six samples of her-
Henschel said the most recent sei- ~ first choice. ~ an each ~eek for testing.
- ztues are stIIl in the two to three- One ex-heroin user described two ~i~c months ago, the samples wern
per-cent range, although one samgle frienda on a methadode program as low as .5-per-cent pure. Today, he'
was mnre than eight-per-ceat pure. who are "using" ance agai~n: "Until said~ "an awful lot of the stuff is
"It woulda't surDrlse me if we're lately, if they scored six caps, they ' very- good, as much as 30 per cenk" ,
seeing a new trend," he aaid. "If it's wouldn't get anythin8 out of it. That Such quality is dangerous. unless
occun3ng, it would be the moat sig- waa all the mare rea~aon for them to the user is aware of It and use's the ~
ni~cant change in sears. The last maiataiathemselvesonmethadone. appropriatedosage~hesaid. ~
time we ~ally had aa abundance of "But tbe other day they went out Schulze, like Mitler and drug .
the drug was in 1974." , and tued three capa apiece, They counsellor Puma, see a trend to
It was the long droaBht that led were on the nod (a state o~ semi-con- ~".poly~rug use" - the use of a wide
some hemin users to turn to metha- sclonsnesa brought about by a� variety of drugs, depending' on
done, a drug that heroln users say is atroag dose.of hemin). My friend availabillty. and price. Today, they.a
equally as addictive as heroin. aaid it Was~the tiest they've had~in eaid, people who use heroi~+ are,
'I'hree years ago, the pmvincial go'v- Yeara:"' ~ mor~ ~lilcely to use barbiturates and ,
ernmedt stopped acceptin8 n~w'pa-' Aaother source of informatioa on alcohot as well. � '
tients on its methadone meintt herQln purity ia Dr. Robert Schulze, Mitler and Puma are concerned
nance prngram. Dr. Aon Mitler of a medf cal maverick aho belleves that the Vaacouver hemin scene wi11
the Alcohol and Drug Comausaion fhat ruthless policemea and vio- follow a trend In the~U.S., where-
sald abouE 110 peoFle ate on this ~ro- ~ lence that result~ irom heroin's ille- middle and upper-class cocaine
gram now in Creater Van~ouver gal atatus tias more damage than ~ eaperimenting with'high- �
_ and 30 more are ~on a three~mo~ thedrug: - ' qual[tyheroin: .
methadone withdrawal program. Schnlze earned the maverick " . Mitler said there have been re-
He eadmated that 15D more PeoPle label in ]979 when he publicly an- po~ of 90- to 95-per-cent pure her-
are given methadone by physicians nonaced he had prescribed a mor- o~ ~ San'Francisen. The,new group
in prieete practices. � phine maintenance program for a oi usera s~qrt the ~eroin, incorrectly
Mitler said doctors on the govern- patient, contrarq to approved prac- a8s~ning they will not become ad- ~
me~ program have aot detected an tic~. He waa aubsequeatl~ barred , dicted if they don't i~ect the drug
increase fn the qualitp of herout:_ irom, prescrlbing aarcotics for one iato the~r bloodstregms. .
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. CANADA
f ;
USE OF IMPORTING CHARGE CRITICIZED AS UNEVEN
Toronto iHE GLOBE ~ND MAIL, WEEKEND EDITION in English 24 Oct 81 p 12
_ [Article by Zuhair Kashmeri]
[ Te xt ]
When a 23-year-old U. S. woman, Airport are flrst handled, said~ during Miss B~ldwin were arrested today,
the daughter of a railway executive, a bail heanng for two students she pmbably would not be facing the
was caught bringing ;18,000 w~rth ot charged with importing a pound and a seven-year minimum sentence; even
~hashish into Canada, she was sen- halt of hashlsh oil that it the charge importing 40 pounds of marijuana
tenced to three years in prison.� went to triat, it would represent "a would not necessarily result in an
When a poorly educated, 20-year-old' perversion of justice." Recalling an~ importing charge, he said.
Jamaican woman smuggled in i6,000 other case in the same year (1978) in He said under nation-wide guide-
worth ot hasAish, she was sentenced whlch a Jamaican accountant carry- lines created in the mid-1970s, prose-
to seven years. � ing 13 pounds ot mari juana was cutors look at ' the amount of drugs
A Jamaican man received two spared the importin~ charg~~ Judge Involved (whether the smugglers are
years less a day tor bringing in ~,000 Langdon said: "This is not the first invoived in a"significant commercial
worth of marijuana, while a woman time. this court has noted ....this venture"), the method of smuggling
ti~om the same country got seven whimsical, capricious and arbitrary (w6ether someone else is being used
years for smnggling the same exercise of the prosecutorial discre- as a courier), the accused's back-
amount. tion." ground (including criminal record)
Another Jamaican woman, smug- In one celebrated case, Darlene and whether the accused caoperates
gting s6,000 worth ot marijuana, got Baldwin and two friends ilew into with police.
seven years. So did a 21-year-old Toronto in Aprit, 1978, carrying three But the application of the guidelines
Dutch woman carrying xi0,000 worth pounds ot hashish ofl, worth 315,000. has shifted. Mr. McCracken says that
of hashish. This week, Mlss Bald~in, a 24year- in September, 1980, prosecutors began
_ Importing narcotics into Canada is old Etobicoke v~oman, started serving to apply the guidelines in a differen[,
a crime carrying a mandatory sen- her seven-year sentence, aiter losing ~ess string2nt tashion.
tence o[ at least seven years in prison. an ap~a~, Even judges cannot find out how the
Sut not everyon~ caught bringing � One ot her accomplices was sen- p~utors make their decisions.
drugs into the country is charged with tenced to 12 months and released on a Judge Langdon said this week: "The
_ importing. temporary absence pass a~ter two court never knows what factors are
weeks; the other disappeared during used to exercise the discretion. In the
his trial and has never been tocated. past, in some ot the cases that came
D~cisiort Rests With Six months atter Miss Baldwin was before us it did not appear to be
~ Prosecutors sentenced last year, two young Lon- equita'~le.
don, Ont., women were allowed to "And, when it dces not appear to be
The. decision whether to charge P~ead guilty to a lesser ot[ence for equitable, then justice does not ap-
someone with im rtin or with a~ bringing in 550,000 worth ot h~shlsh � pear to be done."
Po B oil. They received sentencPs o[ one
lesser otfence lies with prosecutors in year and 15 months repectively. ~ Zm ortin Char e
the federal Justice Departmens, who m~ (~m India who bro~aght in ~86,- p g g
have been accused by lawyers and ppp Wo~ ot hashish was tried tor Eventually Dropped
judges over the past five years ot ~~sion (or the purpose o[ traffick- _
applying their discretion unevenly, ~g, His sentence was two years less a The "nammer of prosecutorial dis-
whimsically and capriciousty. day, ~ creCion", as one lawyer dESCribes' it,
Judge Kenneth Langdon ot Bramp- ~rald McCracken, the chiet feder- is often used to press accused smug-
ton Provincial Court, where drug al criminai pru~ecutor in Toronto, glers into co-operating. In 1979, 365'
cases trom Toronto International ~~d in an interview this week that it people were charged with importing
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~ cannabis (hashish, hash oil and mari= ~n~mtoRable teeling when I know a
juana) into Canada. OnIV ~ Were person shouldn't get seven years, an~l
convicted - for many of the others, my hands are tied." But he does say
the importing charge was eventually the the exer~cise ot the prosecutors'
dropped in tavor ot a lesser charge, in discretion seems to be improving.
return for co-operation. Malcolm Steinburg, senior Ontario
Prosec=~tor lan Collins has said: "It member ot the National Parole
is an established principle of law that gaard, sa:J the minimum sefitence is
consideration should be giren to an one factor taken into account when~
accused who is willing to assist the considering parole by exception,
law." which can be granted before a pnson-
That principle was demonstrated ia er has tinished a third of his or her
a 1976 case when David Cripps wgs sentence.
allowed to plead guilty to conspiracy In the first siYt months ot 1981, the
to traffic in a ton ot imported hashish. ~ard approved~ll such early paroles,
He was sentenced to seven yeats, but all tor inmates serving the mmimum
was parol+~d after 10 months - a year sentence for drug importing.
and a halt betore he wou~d normailyr The existing m~nimum sentence tor
be eligible for parole - in return tor importing was established in 196a61,
his testimony against the ringleader when Parliame~lt {irst passed the
ot the conspiracy. Narcotics Contro[ Act. It superseded a
But Cathefine Klein, who volun- 1929 drug law; under which the mini-
teered the names ni her Toronto con- mum sentence tor importing was siz
ta~ts as soon as she was arrested months - the maximu,n was seven
bringing 5200,000 worth ot cocaiAe into years.
the counuy, was not ailqwed to plead �Justlce Minister'Jean Chretien has
guilty to a tesser charge. She was prvpQSed removing the seven-year
seMenced to seven years. m~nimum in a bill that would also
Prosecu:ors deny their discre:~~n is decriminslize marijuana possession.
used artritrarily or unfairly, and point ~3~epartment oHlcials hope ihe bill will
out that few importing cha~ges are ~~e introduced in Parliament before
- laid any more tor so-called "soft ~~~hristmas, but an adviser to Mr.
drugs." In 1979, 265 peopie across '~h~�etien said the minister's mail is
Canada were charged with importing nin~-to-on~ against the prvposal.
cannabis; in 1980 the total dropped to
152.
_ The seven-year minlmum sentence
was sharply criticized by Provincial
Judge Stephen Borins, who refused to
lmpose the minimum in a 1975 case.
_ ~le called tne seven-year term cruel
and unjust; contrary to the Bilt ot
- Rights.
'fhe Supreme Court ot Ontario
struck t~is ruling down, sayin8 a triat
)udge canrrbt question the prosecu-
tor's d~cisiUt~ to !ay one ctfarge or
another.
Judge Lsngdon said in the inter-
view that it gives him "an acutery
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CANADA
BRIEFS
HEROIN CHARGE--A 35-year-old Australian was charged Thursday with importing 55
gra~r,s of heroin into Canada, North Vancouver RCMP said. Police said Alan Keith
~ Ellison was also char~:.: ~r~th possesaion for the purposes of trafficking. RCMP
from Mississauga, Ontario, worked with the North Vancouver drug squad on the
investigatior_. Wayne Norman Oliver, 34, of Coombs, B.C., was also charged with
possession for the p~rposes of trafficking. The RCMP spokesman said the heroin
_ was high grade, with a street value of $500,000. [Text] [Vancouver THE VANCOWER
SUN in English 16 Oct 81 p A17] ~
CONVICTION ON HEROIN COUNTS--Victoria (CP)--Four men were convicted in county
court Saturday on drug conspiracy charges in connection with ttae seizure of more
than a kilogram of heroin worth an estimated $7.5 million on the street. The
jury deliberated for 12 hours before convicting Lee Snyder of Central Saanich,
Patrick Snyder of Surrey, Kiril Mazurek of Montreal and Steven Bramwell of
= Edmonton oi conspir~ey ~c~ tr~fLi~ ii. ~civi~. Frau,wc~1 ar.u L~a Snyder also were
found guilty of conspiracy to import heroin into Canada between May and November
of last year. [Text] [Vancouver THE VANCOWER SUN in English 26 Oct 8I p A3]
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BOLIVIA
~ SATELLITE SYSTEM SUGGESTED MEANS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAF'FICKING
La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanista 22 Oct 81 sec 2 p 1
[Article by Hector Va~.divia Rodriquez]: "A Multiple-Use Satellite"]
[Text] In a PRESENC7A articl~ published on 6 June 1971 under the title "Let
Us Use Our Rivers," and written by this reporter, the need was � su~ested for
the first time of replacing coca plantations with others of greater export
value, such as coffee, cacao and fruite, which we could raise in variety and
abundance in areas of such replacement in the aubtropical part of this department.
That article, which is already 10 years old, suggested the installation in
Hierbani, near Unduavi, of an industrial plant for fruit processing and canning,
coffee roasting and other activities; the ~ite even offers advantages for a
specific infrastructure: excellent water quality from spring thaws, a pleasant
climate, a highway junction from the two Yungas and Beni and nearby transportation
to E1 Alto de La Paz for the convenient distribuCion of the products manufactured.
A rapid review of that article would lead us to consider other facilities now
availabte: the proximity of a paved highway under conatruction to Beni, as an
important factor in the coltection and distribution of products by heavy transport,
and of the planned Sakawaya hydroelectric dam, which will gener~te electricity
for the industrial plant in Hierbani.
At the time the article was published, the degrading effects of cocaine were not
known here, and it only called further attention to protecting our peasants from
tubercul~si~. The chewing of coca le~~~s aneathetizea the digestive system,
reduces the appetite for food and prolongs physical strength for the difficult
work in the fields, and that is why so many people in our high mountain altiplano
and valley regions suffer from the disease.
Nobody, then, bothered to conaider, much less study at any great length, the
possibilities offered by the plan for promoting the industrial progress of an
important productive region of the department; in addition, much time was spent
trying to prevent the consumption of coca leave~ and gradually to eradicate its
cultivation.
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It is well known that the cause of the rapid spread of drug use in the world is
due to mafias which for their own profit also encourage the vice in order to create
a greater demand for it; this dappened particularly after the Korean and Vietnam
wars. Now lives ruined by cocaine and other drugs rpovide harsh evidence to
governments of all countries favoring the eradication of this brutal traffic.
Transportation: In our country, the transportation o� the drug in small plastic
packets by the peasants a method used by the traffickers in addition to land
vehicles and other ingenious and unsuspected ways, is easier to control than
the use of aircraft to cover long distances between countries; these small air-
craft, then, require a more rigoroua control because of their short sojourn i.n
any one place, the speed with which t~~ey can flee and their larger cargo capacity.
If, to understand this better, we look at a statist3.ca1 graph of the ICAC
- [International Civil Aeronautica Organization], according to which Bolivia, with
592 landing strips, places eighth among the first 10 cnuntries of the world, we
can say that this is relative, since there could be more than 1,000 airstrips well
camouflaged by nature itself, given the huge, flat expanse of Seni Department.
ICAO
Countries Air orts and Landin Stri s
United State~ 13,728
Brazil 1,645
Mexico 1,262
- Canada 853
681
a France 675
Colombia 666
Paraguay 592
Bolivia 461
Guatemala 460
Australia
The lc~cal press has already reported, on sevPx4il. occasions, the accidental dis-
covery of planes used by the traffickers simply because they had engine trouble
or because of delays in the arrival of gasoline supplies. We will never know how
many of these planes will continue to fly and to land furtively in Bolivia. We
would need many planes and other apecial E~~uipment, as well as several radar
installations, to facilitate such an investigation, which because of the cost would
be a very ticklish problem for us.
Bolivia's case is not so isolated; thue the other countries of the Andeaa Group--
Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and even Venezuela, where coca plantations are also
cultivated on a major or minor scale, have similar problems and in addit3.on to co-
caine are struggling tenaciously with other types of druga just as dangerous or
more so.
Satellite: To present the case we must quote a few paragraphs from the biblio-
graphy on artificial satellites.
"The techniques applicable with arti~icial satellites are of very particular
interest since they permit us to combine for the first time a number of related
functions, such as telecommunications, emergency operations, air and ground traffic
control, the transmission of ineteorological data and marit:~me, river and air radio-
navigation.
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- "Different surfaces of the same satellite can satisfy a great variety of combi-
nations and needs. Obviously, it remains in the hands of individual governments
to decide whether it is posaible for a satellite system to be used for one or
several purposes, a decision which must take into account political, financial
and social considerations."
We already know the variety of services we can utilize from a satellite and its
admirable sensory power.
- It has been a concern of UNESCO to interest the countries of the Andean area in
the benefits and low cost of education via satellite, given the more or less
homolagous levels of education of those who make up the Andean Group, especially.
Now let us go back to the original premise: that of preventing or intercepting
t:ne aerial transportation of the inhuman drug traffic, and let us say, ratherm
= that among the Andean Group countries there is~the desire to increase the educa-
tional benefits of a satellite; but also, by equipping it with a civil air con-
trol system and another for meteorological information for the agricultural sec-
tor, they can thus satisfy some of their other prime needs.
Several cauntries have educational satellites. The satellite to which the Andean
Group aspires would have a triple function: educational, civil air control and
' agricultural meteorological information, these last two through a steady succession
of infrared photographs covering a total area of 4,648,000 square kilometers. It
would be ideal if each country had two educational television channels to transmit
and receive its own respective programs, but this is very expensive for each country.
A minimum system might result in only two educational television channels, with the
- receiving channel open to cover the five countries. To serve the three systems,
a central land station w ould be installed in one of the five countries.
Something tells us that the United 3tates, as an interested party, might cooperate
without cost to the Andrean countries, in the launching and placement of the
"Bolivarian" satellite in a previously chosen place in space.
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BOLIV7A
DRAFT BILL TO CONTROL COCA PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTED
La Paz EL DIARIO in Spanish 21 Oct 81 p 3
[Text] According to the Draft Bill for the Control of and Campaign Againat Dan-
gerous Substances, which will take effect soon, plantations of coca in all de-
_ partments except La Paz and Cochabamba are declared clandestine-and illegal.
"As a result," the law states, "the National Council for the Ca~npaign Againat the
- Narcotics Traffic is instructed to proceed with the systematic destruction of such
coca plantations without compensation in cases where the owners have failed to do
- so within the 90-day periad."
To establish the number of hectares used for coca cultivation, that council is
obliged eo sponsor and finance, every 3 years, a Census af Producers of Coca
~,eaves, which is considered a basic instrument in the control and implementation
of the respective policies and standards.
Repl~cement ~'olicy
With regard to the policy of replacing coca plantations, the National Council
for the Campaign Against the Narcotics Traffic must take~into consideration the
following points:
_ Integrated rural development in such a manner as to be a1~le to achieve the optimum
use of ~he material and human resourcesin the region; the transfer of new te~ch-
n~logies so that improved or new species can be established according to the soil
quality of each microregion, using the aforementioned transferr.ed technology to
give the peasants a balanced income from the cultivati,on of perennial as well as
annual crops.
Another point refers trs the establishment of a cooperative agroindustry, so that,
insofar as possible, the peasent family may benefit from the resulting higher total
value, as well as being assured of a market for his primary crop. Also important
is ths concession of developn?ent credits, including so-called operating capital
and necessary technical assistance, without interest or at low interest and
long term, so that the former can be paid off under the new produc tion.
In addition, the National Council for the Campaign Against the Narcotics Traffic,
through its National Directorate for the Replacement or Diversific~tion of Crops,
will program annually the reduction of areas under coca cultivation in the
traditional producing departments of La Paz and Cochabamba, with the result that
in the medium term, supply and demand will be balanced for the purpose of traditional
chewing and for medicinal and pharmacological use.
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- Coca 5urpluses
~ The Draft Bill for the Control of and Campaign Against Dangerous Substances makes
special mention of the destination of coca-~eaf surpluses, concerning which the
document indicates:
Should the collection centers and substations have filled the purchase volumes
planned for each leaf harvest and there be an excess supply in the hands of the
producers which c:annot be purchases because of I~tck of resources, written and
numbered notice will be given such producers that the purchase of their product
~ has been rejected, and such notice will specify the qu~ntity rejected. Such
notice will serve to give the rejected producer free transit within the producing
department and to keep the leavea in sCorage until such time as the council can
purchase them.
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BOLIVIA
CHAPARE REGION CITED AS MAJOR COCAINE CENTER
La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanish 18 Qct 81 p 11
[Text] Cochabamba, 17 Oct--The reginnal director of the Nar~otics Office here,
Juan Vac~flor, said in a press conference that the Che.pare region has become an
auspicious area for the manufacture of cocaine due ta t~he ease with which coca
leaves can be obtained and the denae vegetation which prevents d3.scovery of
factories located there.
~ He added that more than 93 kg of cocaine has been seized by his office since
last April and that the operations carried out by special brigades were not con-
fined only to the Chapare area, but also included airporta, bus and railway ter-
minals and some private homes.
Colonel Vacaflor emphasized that the factories are in the Chapare because the
traffickers find it easier to hide there and to obtain the raw material and other
it~ms needed to manufacture the drug.
Agents seized 30,315 grams of cocaine sulfate in 18 operations, and another
36,570 grams were taken in other isolated actions.
According to the chief of narcotics operations, the traffickers have serveral
ways to escape surveillance. They often bring the druge from the Chapare in beer
bottlea, or they leave their vehicles and come in to the settlements on foot.
There was even a case of one zruck owner who built a c anpartment between the cab
and the platform of his vehicle.
It was announced that control has been increasedin the Chapare and that the army
- and navy are cooperating, but even so it is difficult to achieve total success,
since the very size of the Chapare.region favors the traffickers.
The legal department of the Narcotica Office says that 60 cases have been tried
and that there are 133 persnna in the San Sebastian ~ail charged with the traf-
fic and manufacture of cocaine.
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BOLIV'~A
PEASANTS DEMAND TO KNOW DESTINATION OF COCA SEIZED
Cochabamba LOS TIEMPOS in Spanish 20 Oct 81 p 7
[Text] No one knows what becomes of the coca seized by s~ents of the Narcotics
Office and the Office for the Control of Coca Sales in Chapare, peasant leaders
in the area known as Villa Litoral have indicated.
They said that agents from those offices in the settlements of V illa Tunari,
Paracti and Sacaba abuaed their authority in seizing even an 8-pound shipment
of coca for which there was an authorization for transportation to Cochabamba
signed by leaders of the Tropical Farm Federation under an existing agreement
between the Office for the Control of Coca and the Chapare producers.
= They said that between 10 and 15 loads of coca, with an average ~alue of 80,000
Bolivian pes os, are being seized daily; however, the destination of the confiscated
coca is unknown.
"To date, we do not know where Lhe coca is being taken, and we think the narcotics
authorities should inform us," one of the leaders in Villa Litoral told the
editorial staff of LOS TIEMPOS.
In addition, firms which legally export coca leaves have denout~ce~d :the frequent
hijacking of their shipments, in apite of security meaeures.
Recently one of them was the victim of a hijacking of more tlian a truckload of
coca. It is presumed that actions which involve such large quantiti~s must be
the work of narcotics traffickers, and for this reason greater surveillance by
control office agents and even by the army is needed.
The legally exported coca is destined primarily for pharmaceutical firms and
_ manufacturers of carbonated beverages.
Meanwhile, narcotics officials and those from control of sales have to date and
since the first of the year made no official statement aboutthe volumes of coca
seized.
Attempts by LOS TIEMPOS to get any information were in vain, since the head of the
coca control office was not in his off ice yesterday.
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In addition, the leaders accused agents of those offices of having become, in the.
last few weeks, the chief buyers of coca leaves, canpeting with the businessmen
who have credentials and authorization from the National Directorate for the
Cantrol of Coca.
~ They indicated that the agents visit the peasant fiestas and the Izinuta and
Zinahota fairs and force the peasants to sell them the coca for 4 Bolivian pesos
a load, and then it is possible that they resell it to the merchants for double
the price.
They recalled that the activity of the narcotics agents and of the office of coca
_ sales recently caused an incident at Zinahota, where the peasants refused to sell
their product to the agents; the reacti:on of the latter caused the peasants to
join forces against them, and the agents fled in search of reinforcements.
Finally, they said that the higher government authorities will be noCified of all
these facts so that such aberrfltions maq be corrected and official wrongdoing
ended.
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BRAZIL
FEDERAL POLICE SAID TO BE CONNECTED WITH COCAINE
Former Superintendent Allegedly Bribed
Brasilia CORREIO BRAZILIENSE in Portuguese 4 Oct 81 p 16
[Text] It is being rumored in Manaus that Ivo Americano, former regional super-
intendent of the Federal Police Department [DPF], is invoZved in cocaine traffick-
ing in the Amazon River region, according to vast documentation presented in
Brasilia at the beginning of this year. This led to the establishment of a com-
mittee of inquiry to make a detailed investigation of the accusation that Ivo ha.d
received 18 million cruzeiros of the 20 million demanded by his own off ice in
keeping with certain arrangements made between him and Dr Gustavo, an attorney
of Portuguese nationality. Those arrangements occurred in June 1980 after the
crash of a private plane--call letters OP-L502--in the Xibaru area, in the
municipality af Barcelos, with a large shipment of cocaine coming from Santa
Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Ivo is charged with having softpedaled the involvement of gangsters who had been
arrested and tried at the DPF, according to an accusation made by Colombian traf-
ficker Benito Tavares Villacorta, a fugitive from the Central State Penitentiary,
who made a statement confirming the deal Ivo had made with Dr Gustavo in which it
appeared certain that Dr Gustavo had remov~d the drug from the plane without in-
terference by federal agents. In the verbal agreement it also bscame certain
that those responsible for transporting the cocaine would not be bothered by the
agents.
However, except for the ramoval of the cocaine from the plane, the agreement was
not carried out inasmuch as all the members of the gang, including Benito Villa-
= corta, were arrested, beaten and tortured at the DPF.
At the end of his statement, signed and recorded in the files of Brasilia~s
second legal office, Benito revealed that he had contributed $12,000 to help
reach the amount of 20 million cruzeiros demanded by Ivo Americano. Of the
20 million demanded, the gang membere scraped together only 18 million.
This is the most serious accusation made against Ivo Americane who, on Thursday
of last week, was relieved of his responsibilities and confined to his residence,
80 meters frasn the building housing the DPF's regional superintendency in Manaus.
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When the committee arrived and announced his dismissal from office, including in-
structions for him to remove all his belongings from the office in 30 minutes,
the federal agents were over~oyed and even celebrated the good news in bars and
restaurants.
This was a clear indication that Ivo Americano was not well-liked by his subordi-
nates as a result of his constant harassment. The contacts Ivo had was only with
deputies, although a few times he chatted with officers not so high up on the
scale.
During Ivo Americano's administration, six fed~~ral agents were dismissed from
their dutie~s on the charge that they were involved in crimes of corruption.
_ Deputies were removed and others transferred to other states, as in the case of
Deputy Elivaldo Farias, now assigned to Porto Velho. It was he who assembled
documentary proof that Ivo was involved with the cocaine mafia.
The quarrel between the two began last year over the case of the cocaine which
fell in r.he Xibaru area on board a private plane with the call letters, L 1502.
Ivo tried to accuse Elivaldo Farias of demanding money from the traffickers.
However, Farias gave proof that this was not so and prepared the necessary docu-
mentation, particularly in keeping with the statements signed by trafficker
Benito Tavares Villacorta.
Nelson Marabuto is not granting any interview; he is limiting himself to hearing
and verifying the reports coming to his attention. In keeping with the abundance
of facts and accusations, more than 15 persons have already been heard, among
whom are f ederal agents dismissed by Ivo Americano who circulated the news that
- he, ivo, had received money from the cocaine gang for having softpedaled the in-
volvement of traffickers during investigations. Since there is more than one
accusation considered serious by the co~cnittee of inquiry, all cases involving
~ inquiries will be reviewed and, if it is verified that someone benefited from
Ivo's protection, that person will definitely be dismissed from the DPF and will
become simply an unemployed citizen in addition to being tried in the future for
any impl.ication in a crime of corruption.
Next Wednesday, Deputy Elivaldo Farias, now asaigned to Porto Velh.o, is scheduled
to arrive in Manaus to make a statement at the DPF, since he was the author of
the denunciation made against Ivo in Brasilia.
Network of Intrigues
Sao Paulo VEJA in Portuguese 21 Oct 81 p 34
[Text] Amazonas--For some weeks, cocaine and DPF agents in Manaus have been en-
gaged in worrisome intimacy. While a Brasilia team has been investigating the
involvement of several agents based fn Manaus in drug trafficking--an undercover
force has already brought about the dismissal of Ivo Americano from the superin-
tendency of that area--three DPF officers wexe arrested at the Manaus airport
i when embarking for Belem with 1.2 kg of the product. The operation, unleashed
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on 11 October, was f.avored by chance: alerted about the possible arrival of
smuggled gold, Depu~y Roberto Alves and a few assistants were intrigued by the
passage through thc: embarkation gate of three men carrying sma.ll plastic bags
containing a white powder. It happened to be cocaine. And the three--Ricardo
_ Yano, Jose Cardoso and Jose Carneiro Araujo--were DPF officers in various areas
of northern Brazil.
In addition to the summary expulsion of the trio within the next few days, it is
not known exactly what will happen in Manaus. Because of the mystery with which
the DPF surrounds investigations, the principal case--Americano's possible in-
volvement with cocaine smuggling--is founderirg in hypotheses and suspicious
versions. One federal deputy maintains thati the only definite accuser of
Americano, Colombian Benito Alvarez, allegedly met with Deputy Nelson Marabuto
on Colombian territory to confess that he wrote the denunciation under pressure.
"In that case, nothing is proved against him, thank God," Interim Supt Roberto
Alves presumes. Manaus agents are also whispering that Americano's ma~or enemy,
Deputy Elivaldo Farias, frightened at Benito's alleged confession, askQd to be
dismissed from his post in Porto Velho. "That is not true," Farias proclaimed.
"I am continuing to work normally." In Manaus, to string the press along,
Deputy Alves promises interviews in Brasilia, but Col Moacir Coelho, DPF's
director general, denies that this will occur.
In tl~e midst of discordant stories and the tranquil acceptance of the thesis that
a DPF deputy can do business with a fugitiv~ from Brazilian ~ustice--Colombian
Benito escaped from the ~ail in Manaus--there is at least one contented man, Ivo
Americano himself. "I had nothing on my conscience. Never did i fear the result
of the inve~tigations," the deputy said frankly. Before retiring next year, he
~ wants to fulfill one last desire: "I shall not leave here with this image. I
must show that all was planned by people ~~hom I controlled." If the DPF does
not change its methods, the most he will achieve is to circulate rumors that he
was no~ in error.
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CSO: 5300/2039
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BRAZIL
PLASTIC SURGEON INVOLVED IN COCAINE TRAFFICKING
Arrested in Paraguay
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 6 Oct 81 p 17
{Text] Rio de Janeiro--Plastic surgeon Hosmany Ramos, who was arrested in marica,
city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, on the charge of having stolen a plane and
suspected of murder and the trafficking of cocaine paste, has again been arrested,
this tir.ie in the Paraguayan city of San Bernardino, 35 lan from Asuncion, where he
- arrived in another stolen plane pilated by Ricardo Augusto Mascarenhas Varicelli.
There were two young Paraguayan women on board the craft, who were also taken by
the local authorities to the Criminal Investigation Department [DIC].
- Hosmany confessed to the police that the Seneca twin engine plane in which he was
traveling and whose original call letters, KED, had been changed to KECP, was
stolen in Dourados, Mato Grosso, and that he had decided to flee to Paraguay be-
cause he was being threatened with death by a gang of cocaine traffickers from
Itio. With regard to his attempted escape, he said that he had hired pilot
Mascar.enhas Varicelli--who had made other flights to Paraguay--with whom he had
left the country by the southern route and arrived last Saturday in Presidente
Stroessner. In t:~at city he and the pilot met two young women and then decided
- to go on to San Bernardino; they were arrested yestWrday the moment the plane
landed.
On the same day the Paraguayan police advised that they would hand Hosmany and
the pilot over to the Brazilian authorities and said that tne plastic surgeon
had admitted having stolen a plane belonging to Carlos Alves Lobo, or Lobinho,
but not confirming whether he had murdered the pilot or not.
Not until 2000 hours yesterday did Attorney Arthur Lavigne know anything of the
plasCic surgeon's arrest, or eveu if he "was still Hosmany's attorney"; he also
said he did not know what charges were being le~ied against his client. He ex-
plained that he had made the surgeon only a"promise of possible assistance"
when the surgeon was arrested by the Marica police last month but that he had had
- no subsequent contact with Hosmany, who "had disappeared." Lavigne admitted that
the "case is rather nebulous" and said he had met the doctor through a friend.
He then went to Marica in northern Rio de Janeiro State and got his client re�-
leased through a writ of habeas corpus. Arthur Lavigne said that whatever else
he knew about the case he had learned only "through the newspapers."
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Today, Deputy Ircalino da Fonseca of the 82d Precinct in Marica is to send
Judge Jose Eustaquio Cardoso the paper of inquiry in which the doctor is ac-
cused only of "misappropriation," even though, in addition to stealing the
aircraft, a twin engine plane belonging to a ranch owner in Douradas, fie is
also suspected of having killed pilot Carlos Alves Lobo and of hav~ng brought
~ 80 kg of cocaine paste to Marica to be distilled.
The deputy said he believes the ~udge will not handle the case but will hand it
over to a court of justice in Mato Grosso do Sul where it all started. The doc-
tor landed at the time in Marica accompanied by his brother, Jainesio Ramos, and
another pilot who possibly boarded the craft in Sao Paulo. The surgeon had
entered the plane alleging that he was going to purchase it. The pilot, Lobo,
_ a personal friend of the plane's owner, is still missing.
Attempt To Extradite Trafficker
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 7 Oct 81 p 20
_ [Text] Yesterday, Dourados Police Deputy Cid Arau~o, accompanied by a colleague
from the DEIC [Criminal Investigations Department], went to Asuncion, Paraguay,
to try to extradite plastic surgeon Hosmany Ramos and others involved in drug
traff icking.
Because of inechanical problems in the plane in which he was traveling forcing
the pilot to land, Hosmany Ramos was arrested Monday, 40 1~ from Asuncion in the
vicinity of Lake San Bernardino. Besides Hosmany, the following were also ar-
rested: the pilot, Ricardo Vasconcelos Baricelli; and Englishman, Davi Link;
and two Paraguayan women. All were traveling in the Seneca plane stolen in
Mato Grosso, which had taken off from Porto Stroessner bordering on Foz do Iguacu.
The Paraguayan police discovered that the doctor's contact was Miguel Verino who
was handling all business matters for the gang accused pf drug trafficking, bring-
ing foreign cars into Brazil and stealing planes. With the arrest of Hoamany, we
should have the explanation of the disappearance of pilot Carlos Alves Lobo, whose
plane, a Iieechcraft, call letters ZP-POS, was stolen in Abitaia and found in
Marica, Rio de Janeiro State. We still do not know the whereabouts of Commander
Lobo, last seen on 16 September in Abitaia.
Last week, a Seneca plane was stolen fram the airport of Santo Antonio do Leverger,
50 lan from Buiaba, by pilat Ricardo Baricelli, former employee of an air-taxi firm
in Mato Grosso's capital. An unidentified person was traveling with the pilot,
and it is preswned that this was Hosmany Ramos. According to information supplied
by Cdr Luiz Duarte, both boarded the plane and took off.
From Santo Antonio the Seneca was flown to Aragarcas, in Goias, where it was re-
fueled and then disappeared until found in Asuncion.
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Marihuana ,
For having been caught with 35 marihuana plants tn their back yard at Armacao
Beach, in Flor3:anopolis, an Argentine couple--Claudia Maria Rita Camo~rano,
aged 31, and Osmar Eduardo Taverna, aged 34--were each sentenced to 3 years in
prison, the sentence to be served in the local penitentiar}r.
The police were tipped off by the couple's neighbors. The Argentines and
another couple, friends, were arrested after being caught red-handed, but
only the former couple were unable to convince the Narcotics Bureau police
that they had not planted the marihuana. .
Doctor Escapes From Prison
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 20 Oct 81 p 1
[Text] Plastic Surgeon Hosmany Ramos escaped from his cell at Federal Police
headquarters after subduing four police officers who were visiting him, and
"calmly left the prison via Avenida Venezuela." Not until yesterday did the
Superintendency of Federal Police admit the escape, which occurred, according
to a communique, Sunday evening about 2000 hours.
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