JPRS ID: 10320 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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11 February 1982

~ Worldwide Re ort
p
- ~1~RCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DkUGS
_ (FOUO 8/~82)
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~ 11 February 1982
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(k'OUO 8/82)
- CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Drug Inquiry Corrnnission Told Federal'Police I11 Trained
(THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, ~.2 Nov $1, THE AGE, 1!~ Nov 81) 1
Research Officer's Charge
Police Associa~ion Ag~rees, by Matthew Stevens
- Federal Police Guidelines Stress Combating ~afficking
(Ted Knez; THE AUSTRALIAN, 19 Nov 81) 3
Drug Dealer's Claimed Access to Police Re.ords Denied
(Aileen Berry; THE AaE, 13 Nav 81) 1~
Seizure of Financial Proceeds of I?rug Tragfic Weighed
(Aileen Berry; THE AGE, 1L1 Nov 81) 5
I Heroin More Available in Sydney~ Strength Greater
(Jenny Cooke; THE SYDNEY MORNING HERAI,D, 11t Nov 81) b
Joint Task Force To Fight North Queenslsnd Drug Trade
(THE COURIER-MAIL, 21 Nc,v 81) 7
Former Prime Mir:is~er Gorton Backs Reform of Drugs I,aw
(THE SYLQVEY MORNING HERALD, 16 Nov 81) 8
Brief"
South Australia's Biggest Drug Haul 9
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BURMA
Poppy Flantations Destroyed 10
Opium, Heroin Seizure 10
HONG KONG
Alleged Major Figure in Huge Drug Syndicate Convicted
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, various datesj 11
~ Op~ning of Tr~al, by Winsome Laxie
Drug Pickups Described
Opium Cargo l7isappeams
_ More Pickups Related
- Pro. ~cator's 5wYar?ation
Jury- Finding of Guilty
Narcotics Chief: 5eize Assets of Convicted Traffickers
_ (~hristopher Wood; S4UTH CHINA MORNING POST, 6 Jan 82) 7-?
Drug Offenses by Young People Mare Than Doubled in 1981
~SOUTH CEINA MORNING POST, 21 Jan 82) 19
Three Involved in Smuggling Heroin From Bangkok Jailed
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 12 Jan 82) 20
Boss of Heroin Smtlggling S~mdicat2 Gets 12 Years' Jail
;SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 21 Jan 82) 21
INDIA
Brief s
Gang of Hashish Smugglers Arrested 22
- MAI,AYSIA
Increased Flow of He:oin Into Sarawak
(NEW STRAITS TIl~IEES, 22 Dec 81) 23
Drug Arrests, Confiscations Increase in 1981
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 19 Jan 82) 2~
Nationwide Operation To Arrest Drug Addiets
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 30 Dec 81, 1 Jan 82) 25
- Areas Arrests Repo.rted
Inadequate Detention Facilities
PAKISTAN
Heroin Addiction in Alarming Pro~ortions Reported
(MORNING NEWS, 21~ Jan 821 27
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BBC Report Denied on Source of Pakistan Drugs
(MORNING NEWS, 11t Jan 82) 29
Brief s
- Sind Heroin Haul 31
Opium Production Decline 31
PHILIPPINE5
Dangerous Prug Bill Approved
(C. Valmoria; BU?~LETIN TODAY, 27 Jan 82) 32
= Brief s
Antidru~ Measures 33
Marihuana Plants Uprooted 33
SRI LANKA
Six Acres of Ganja Destroyea
(DAII,Y NEYJS, 12 Jan 82) 31t
THAILAND
- Briefs
Corrunittee To Tackle Opium 35
' CANADA
Heroin Seizure Called Ottawa's Largest Bust on Record
(THE CITIZEN, 28 Dec 81) 36
EAST EUROPE
YUGOSI,AVIA
Drug Controls on Yugoslav, Bulgarian Border
(Andre De Kromme; DE TELEGRA.AF, 31 Dec 81) 37
LATIN AMERICA
CHILE
Bri ef s
Narcotic;3 Confiscated 4i
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COLONIBIA
Briefs
Cocaine Laboratories Discovered Lt2
Maxihuana Shipment Confiscated Ll2
Marihuana Seized 1~2
Army Captures I?rugs, Arma 1~2
JAMAICA
Bri ef s
Seaga on Marihuana ~3
- MEXICO
Trafficlcing Said To Continued in IVation~s Prisons
(EL FRO1vTERIZO, 6 ~an 82) L.tl~
Brief s
- New PJF Co~nander Reports 45
Marihuana Traffickers Arrested 1~5
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT
Intensified Efforts Reduce Urug S~nuggling
~Ahmad Mustafa; UKTUBAR, 6 Dec 81) 1~6
IRAN
More TYxan One Ton of Heroin, Opium Seized
(Bakr:tega.n; ETTELA'AT, 18 Jan 82) 50
_ Briefs
Year's Narcotics Seizures Totaled 52
ISftAEL
Briefs
Heroin Data 53
Heroin Seized 53
SUB-SAHARAN AA~tICA
SOUTH AFRICA ~
Briefs
Cocaine Haul 54
Dagga Pa,tches 54
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WEST FUROP'E
NETHERLANDS
R~tterdam Port Expects Increase in Heroin Synuggling
(HET VRIJE VOLK, 13 Jan 82) 55
NORWAY
~relve Arrested in Largest-Ever Amphetamines Seizvse
(Knut Johnsen; ARBEIDERBI~ADET, 7 Jan 82) 56
Briefs ~
Narcotics Stolen F~om Pharmacy - 57
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AUSTRALIA

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URUG INC~,UIRY COMMISSZON TOLD FEDERAL POLICE ILL TRAINED
Research Officer's Charqe
Perth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in English 12 Nov 81 p 29
[TextJ yyDNEY: A prlvate submisslon to'the royal -commission lnto
~ drug trafficking alleged yesterday that the federal pollce were
produc[ng !11�trained Iaw-enforcement otticers snd that.Ehe lorce
dlc~ not attract people of htgh callbre. -
t~ 1.... L.L:..'.i.L %I ~
Ttre allegation was who were expected to of the Australian Capital
made by hIr Roger handle compllcated fa~ Territory pollce force. .
Shand,~ oi Canberra, who $ues-. without proper ~ pn investi~atlve tntel��
is a senior research ofii� ~eer development�� y ligence organisation.
ce= with the lederaT{ TRAINIl`d � ~ Shand wrote that
, p�lice' ~ Insult to lrtlury waa a~ since 1974 there had been
He was appearinQ in a ded by giving the otii� nine royal commisstona,
, private capactty,, a_ u~ted tralninQ-10 and one commisslon o!
~ He7'Yormeriy worked Mreelcx o! Qeneral pollce~ inquiry. into the adminis-
with the Federal Narcot� ~rult tralning. tration oi the Australtan
ica Bureau and the Jolnt hla recommenda~ ~'iminal ~ustice . ayatera
IntelliSence Or~anisa�. ~o~~ Mr. Shand pra ~d news media~ revela-
flon poaed three new or~ani� ~ona that indicated a big
Ii1s 13~page aubmisslon y~~ons to carx'y out the ,u~~�
contained proposals for re~nt functions vi the I.ittle had been done~ by
the restructurin~ ot the ~ederal police. the law~enioroement bod-
federal pollce to try to He wrote that these tes in li~htlnQ this sub-
get a functional, modern �,ere: Culture.
and IIexible system . Thereiore, ~ there was
" He~ wrote that thrc~u~h � A P~tectlve�service ~omethinQ wronQ wlth
no fault oi one individual force'on the ltnea ot the ths law~enforcement or-
or ~roup ol lndtviduals U.S. Secret Servlce !or QanissUons.
the iederal pollce were Phys~cal and human aec� ~e hearing wW contin~
producing IIl tralned urtty purpoaea. ue today.; .
lawenforcenien~. pillcera; � The re � establtshment '
Police Association Aqrees
Melbourne THE AGE in English 14 Nov 81 p 5
(Article by Matthew StevensJ
[Text] The federal poike force ls al� ~Z'he whole concept ot. Feder-
moat incapable of operating nt pollca torce should be reconsid-
efflciently, according to th~ ered. Ualess the torce fa qulckly
and ext~~n~tvely resuucted tt will
Federal POllce Offlcers Asso- never opecate properly;' the as-
Ciation. eocladon'a tederal secretary~ De-
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teCtive Sentor Constable Pat Cur= ann unaet dlfferent condldons o(
tin~ sald in Sydney yesterday. employmeat - thev even wrar
ditterent uniforms. ft is a crazy,
He said the Federal Police Qi- unworkabie situation.
flcers Association had decided to ~~inistration is a mess.
make a coma?ent after evidence~
cridcisii~ the force had been gtv- It la ~n a~haotic state at the
en to the Royal Cocnmissiou on mmnervt and is only adding to the
drug trafficking by a witness on divisiveness and confusi~n in the
Wedl;esday. :ks� It Is only the aedication af
A senior research offlcer witl'~ ihe indlvidua! police offi~ers
the Federal police, Mr Roger which keeps Lhia force going at
Shand. told the~commission that a1% .
the force was a retarded law en- 'The criticism of our trafning
torcement instrument, producing procedures was also Justified.
offlcers expected to handle cora� ~ere has �been n.o continuity of
plicaced~~issues withou~ adequate trafning during the two years ot
~a~n~g ' our exlsteace. The approach has
Mr Shand also crlticised tt~e changed at least three times
force'a administratlve structure, wr{th no consultation within tfi~e
training praeduzes and recruit-
ment base. torce or wt~ the association.
Mr Curtln aaid the force wa! "Tralning s quite adequate tor
riddled with problems. He sald producinY the average pol~ceman.
morale had reached "rock ;3ut when thcy move into more
bottom" and that train{na an~ r,omplex areas ~f cr~me, for ez-
adminis:rative arotedures had ample compu~ter crimes, alt too
lett many men contused and otten our otftcers flnd themselves
angry. ~ out of their depth. Onr training
"A Jot of potentlsl recrults ara procedure~ should be moving with
being los! to ua because o[ the the t~Tnea'~~
confusion arising out ot the lntei- Mr Curtln said the Federnl Go-
nal divisfon of che rank and tile vernment had been Coid many
policemen," he eaid. ~ ~~~,s that the admin{stration ot
"We have two typea ot con-~ the for~e wns not operating
stables. They belong to elther the eP6ciently, but the association's
protective services or the general
services divisions. They are em- call for changes hnd been !q�
ployed at ditferent rates of pay norr.d. ~
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AUSTRALIR
FEDERAL POLICE GUIDELINES STRESS COl4PATZNG TRAFFICKING
Canberra THE AUSTRALZAN in English 19 Nov 81 p 5
[Article by Ted Knez)
~ [Text J THE Federal Goverr.:nent has hit nn obsta.cle in its plans a~~
d~~m~ ~V~ y gatgon
to combat crganised crime and drug trafilcldng with some ~~ion and iuu co-operat~o~
States and tax offlcials opposed to widening the powers of the ~ 3 re the inteQritY of he force
FederalPollce. � �~~ig maintained and is seen to
Under government propo~als recuinmended by the Wllliams be maintained".
royal commissiun, the Federal Police would 'have access W � Task forces were "targeting
income cax records ot suspected crlme figures or drug trafftekers. in on central figures im-
Buc ck~e Mlnlster for Admintstrative Servtces, Mr Newman, plicated in organ!sed crime" in
disclosed }~esterday that some States had ob)ected. , operations taking up to two
Taxacion o[ficials also h;~d "reservations" abo'ut the sensitive years and usin8 civilian exper-
question of opening up personal tax records. tise.
~Ir Newman said he thought thls pawer had a"very high ~ These operations were
priortty" and a special federa]-State committee se4 up to examine either "overt or covert" a~ith
the royal commission recommendations would continue seektna police in aome instancea de-
a solution to the lmpasse. . tached irom normal p~ilice or-
He released a set of guidelines ior the Federal Po?fce, designed ganisattons to operat~ in an
to give Lhe commissioner, 61r Colin Woode, "elear ob~ecttves" on under-cover cap~?city.
which to develop operations, meastiTe perforinanCe arid eqhance � The Federai Police were
co-operatlve eftorts both here and abroad. permitted to tap telephones ln
drug ceses only after "due
One of the main featares ot Federal Po1lce whlch, tn recent D~~~'~ ~d reterence to the
the guideltnes ls tlte emphesis tlmes, haa been troubled with AtWrney-(3~nerat and Minis-
on ~~common policin~" or task morale problema, a polnt con- ter Sor Adminiatrsttve 8ervi-
.torce operatlons involvlnQ fed- sldered by Mr Neovm4n in ces.
� Top prtority would be glven
eral and State poltce as well as dcatllnB the Quidellnes, to combatlna dru� trafficking,
experts in areas such as bank- Mr Newmaa aald judletat !n- ~=~n~ conapiracies and or-
lnb, con~puters or flnance. , quL ies ~nQ roysl commisaions ~ed crime as well as pro-
Mr Newman described this~ had shown thaG organfsed. t~~Q yips providing
as� "qutte a brand new ap-� crlme` and drug trafftekin~ counter-terrorist pc~uce actton
proach to ilghting crime", were a"verY serlou~ probtem . ~ the ACT and support(ng
whlch would be bolatered by� He aatd: 'It simply caanot be gtate police forces in their,
an expanded internatlonal. overstressed ~ust how sertous ~unter CerrorLst roles.
intelliQence networlc. the problem is. Asked why it was necessary
He aafd Sir Colln had intro- to apell out the need for main�
duced a system ot posi,::.g Fed- GUIDELIIVES t~~g ~teQzity and honesty,
eral Poltce "llalaon ofttcers" ~~This seriea of Qutdellnes wl]l ~ Newman said: "You have a.
overseas, parttcutarly in help th: Federal Police to do look around at some of the,
- South-east Asia, to work with p&~ ~ ~p~battng that other police forces around the
local pollce forces to chennel problem:' ~ country. .
intelllaence back ta Australia. In the Qutdelines: ~'I don't want to Qet into the
Mr NEwman said 2~ liaison of- ~ HtQh priorlty had been Act ot critleising other State
iicer as working aith Inte~- ~ven to ensurin~ the inte�rity police forces, obviously.
pol snd the Qovernmen: and� honesty ot tha Federa! ~ gut riQht now there is a se-
would soon announce a postr police v?as malntalned, espe- rlous investlgation into the
in~ in the U8. cially becsuse of the "situa- gauch Australl$n Pollce
The guidellnes are a ma~or, ~~ion" in some Sta~te Dolice for- Force:'
step in the development of the ~a
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AUSTR~LIA
DRUG DEALER'S CLAIMED ACCESS TO POLICE RECORDS DENIED
Melbouzne THE AGE in English 13 Nav Eil p 5
(Article by Aileen BerryJ
[Excezpts J SYDNEY. 'I'he former head He~prepared a statement tor the~
Royal Comr~isslon. in order to
af the Federal Na~~ticE Bureau deny allegations by the Wilsons
yesterday denie ' clalms by that either the head or the sec�
members of the Mr Asta heroin guresuc wt oe they ~had d
sc
~bed
syndicate Lhnt' drugs million- as "an embittered cynIca] old cop-, ~
a~re Terrence John Ciark had a per" was paid by Clark. ~
ta~ on the bureau's computer. Mr Mullaly told the commis-
Tha syndlcate members, Daug- S~on that he did not known Clark,
1as and lsabel Wilson, made the by that or any other name, ex-
cla'uns in June 19'78. The former Cep~ ~r~~ his reading of offi-
bureau head, Thomas James M~~� cial Narco;.ics Bureau documents.
kly, said that at that time th~a HQ s~d he had never made con-
bureau did not have direct access tact with Clark or the Wllson~.
to a computer. '~I have ni~ver had any person
The Bureau ot Custoa~s, t~, app~ach me or make an otier
whkch the Narcotics Bureau be', of payment t,~ disclose informa�
longed, had on~ly one computer ~~ating ~'.a the Wilson~ or
system, knoam as the Passengec ~ark or any other.suspect wlthin
Automated Selection System. Ha the records kepc by the thea Nar-,
said this wa~ operated onl~ by ro~jca Buresu," he said.
- Customs of~cers at Australla ~ !n~
ternationai airports. � I,N
jd ~tormatfon trom nwSthin
In March 1979, he ~aW, a~ec- tha Narcotlcs Bureau to any per-
ond systom - the Information eon. I have never on any occesfon
Retrfeval and Inteltlgence System received any money fram ~ny per�
- was lnuoduced. ~on in re~pect ot dutlea I petform-
"I put to this Inqulrq thet any ed wr{~In tha bure~u other than
clalm~ thet Gark ~maY have mada my salary,' �
to the Wblson~ or any other _~~alle~nge
~i~ aesociates prior to June 19'TS
reco ds ~cgou?d not ~posaibly~hntve Mr Mullaty also ceailenged al�
related to IRIS and could only legations by the asslstant com-
have related to PASS, co w~hkh miss~oner ot the Victoria P~llce,
Narcotics Bureau members in NIr Rod Hall, af a consplracy
Sydney had no dlrect acces~," l~e pmong tormer members ot the
~~a. Narcodcs Bureau "to deteat the
Detective Chief Inspector Mul- course ot Justice speciflcally in
~a~y ;s now the offlcer fn chargu relation to hia prosecution of two
of the Federal golice's divisionat former Narcot~s Bureau mem-
criminal investigatlon branch, bers.
which ls bnsed 1n Redfern, Syd- Mr H'a11 headed a joiat pollce
ney. At the beglnning ot June task force which invesigated the
1978 he was second�in�charge of allegations made by the ~Vlisons
the bureau. On 16 June he took and the ieakin8 ot those allega-
~~~d, ~ uons to Terrence Clark.
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AUSTRALIA
SEIZURE OF FINANCIAL PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFIC WEIGHED
P�Selbourne ',CHE AGE in English 14 Nov 81 F 9
(Article by Aileen BerrY J
[Text ] . . C1~tk or h(~ ~roup can be Uaced and
SYD~NEY. - The Roy~l Com- ~r.}t~caud."
Mr Jus~iee Sttwart a}so asked the
missian on dtug traf~icking is po~tce oe9cer, Ch~ef Superintendent
- looking 3t Che pOSSibility o! Ratph Dudley Mastera, d Chere
legislatSon ecrabling the po~Ilce would De any edvancage ln legisla-
or the Government to stiza the ~~on which would require any police
financial oceeds o? i}te al ofRc~r or ocher Govermneni e~n-
pT 8 PbY~ ~1 A~ssfon d a 1arge sum
drug traf~iC. - ' 3~D
llliciti
~o~bta
neds co prav~~
ho~w~
A aenior New South Walea pol~a he or she gct i~
oti9cer told the commission yesterdey
that if such leglslation were oBered He ~olcited out to SuperMtendent
he would "grab the opportunity with Mtstesrs that he knsw this was step-
h~s . � inQ on dangerous ~round on the
- Mr Justice Dannld Stt~wrt sa:d ~10~b� iiberwa, and sald: "Bu.t
tha4 undrr th~ com~dssba'~ lt wouid be very hu~dy, would it not,
terrtrs of reference, he was cequired '~f You wen investigdtiag somebodY
~ to look at the flnanciii statu~ of the who you be]teved to be a oorruPt
'Terrerrce Jot.n Clerk dcuY syndicate� p�l~A~ �Ad y�u w'ere able to heve
a look at his bardc accwnt aad i[ he
"The man Clark ttood trial !n htd a mansiqtt at Yauclwe and drove
' Lancaster in England ~nd wu oom a Ro1lrRoyce for hlm to bave
viccad ot murder;' he said. "It ha~ qy whera he ~ot lt trom?"
been sald chat he had accumulated g~~~~~nt MsaterY, vWho 1s
vasc asse~s. Whecher that is uue or the ofAcer tn charYe of ths poltce
not remains to ba seen, but eerulnly iMernel ~Qaln branch, replted: "As :
it hu been said.
"One of the mattera that I lntend proteasional yoilceman I would have
to look at, pursw~t to the tecros ol to uy I would ~rrb the opportunity
reterence, J~ whether to recommend wlth boch h~nda. As an ordinary
some act ot ParU~ment or some ttxmber of the community, I thlnk I
means by whlch i21�gotten `ains such mlght vote a~ainat t2ut on a refe~r-
~s are ~ald co have been �otten~ by eedum question;' ~
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AL'STRALIA
~ HEROIN rIORE AVAILABLE IN SYDNEY, STRENGTH GREATER
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 14 Nov 8i p 5
[Article by Jenny Cook~)
[Excerpts] ;.~~I-~tioiti~ $ad ~ b'ecome~ ~fficire- the,�"Govarinaent ~Analyat;''heroin~
readll ~ available - in Sy~ney norinsl~q ran~ at a sueet
streng,th of ;
Y nbarnt{t0. 11~ .12 per ,ctnt.. aad . as
and thc' Government Ana yst ladi - aak� L':,-was .
tast ~veek estimatcd the .street� lnforsqs,d by ~ the Gb~ertu~tent
sttcngth, of ~ the . drug.,. was An~i`~hat,the,sueet.'3EVel'qf ha ~
gre~tzt, now ihan in � recent roin w�a~13 to ~0~p'er~~cent whicb~ .
Veats, the joint Federal-State would indicate to me that there ia
Ro al Coml7lission int0 Dlug ~ore heroin availabte Aow than�
y there has been in past years;' Ser-~
_ Trafficking~ was ~ to4d ~ yesEer- ~ geant Willis told t6e comm~ssion.
- day. ~ ; . ' . ~ , . SerQeant Wiilis asid figu~es,
The' anal~st estimated the strat showed the current heroin prica~i~;
- strength~of ihe drug was as h?Bh ay Sydney �Were 5122 for a strcet�
- 20 per ,ant purity a6a?nst 10 to_ 12 ^ram. S300 to 5400 for a� .weight.
� per ca:t in recent~ years, the com ~ ~~1.~~ to. 53,000 for a
14 ~~ram ba~ .
- rqissioe.,w~s W1d. , r ~ � � ''he !?eroin ia marketed in si~ver
_ � Detective SerIIeant Jamet Wi11is, ~ foil 8or the street trade and
of thc N..~' dru~s~. squ~d,,prexnt- ~~~1 p~~tic ba4s in the 10~
ed t ~tatement detailinQ riatiscica~ am uantities, he said. x
onehe~pin~ charges in the~past. five ~ 4 _
,yar~. He said the stat~stics In 'other avldence yesterday~.
appeued to ehow that 1976 K~ s Ch~Q{ ~ tendent R
~fumpbr year foc hero'in use.n qc' ~,{~~~s, otf cer�ln-char~e ot t e~
eu~piiero tn NSN. w NSW police internal affair~
Although thi~ coincided .with the b~anch, presented a document set-;
hey day of thc ~ir Asia druQ tina, out evidence of polia officen.
syndicate'a~ operaticna in Awvalia under inveadgadon: tor drng-ro-~
�.'~r~ Tertence lohu Ctark, who. ~8ted zctivit~es, �in t~e past five
een!enced to life`imprisoament y~, . . M.,; , . ~
Fnal.+^~ earlier tliis year, Ser� ~e doeument was tendered as`
~ean. Willis sald,lle .~.Ill, OQt kaow coafidentiat a~ it ideatified the 20
n,;;;,;appa~ent dcctine'~~o~n� liamen eoncerned and in eome
relite~'. otfences since~�1 8� was ~
y~c~ ~urt Qrocedinas were ia.
due� !a' the .demise of fia Clarlc ~~plete.: �
~yndid4t~. ~ . T~e RoYal Commission rauma
",?tttt"iran conyenations~ I' have on MondiY�~~ . ~
h~d.ot'2~te Yc'~n. and, reC~atly.~?~ith .
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' AUSTRALIA

~J JOINT TAS..FORCE TO FIGHT NORTH QUEENSLAND DRUG TRADE
Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 21 Nov 81 p 4
~Te"t~ SATELLITES, iroquois h~licopters and patrols alonq Queenslond shipping
lane~ wil) b~ employed by a joint Commonwealth-State task forc� in an
~ ~ attempt to stop illicit dwg traders i n north Queensland.
The eetebltahment of s Jotnt "The kfd ~loves came otf lona tackllnQ the northern druQ prob-
anti-drug task force by the ABo. and thkiae are go1n~ ta Qet a lem. "Signlficant results" had
Queensland and Federal Ciovern- lot tougher for anyone lnvolved been achieved by aim114r forces in
ments wae aKreed to yesterday �t in illeQal drug traiflckinQ in other atata.
the Australtan pollce minletars' north Quaenaland." Mr Hinu aaid Commonwealth
conference 1n Hobarc. Mr Filnse aald Jotnt operatlotu ~ur~�eillance equlyment lncludln~.
The Queensland P:~llce Mln- alresdy undertaken by the two I~quola heltcopters, patmt boats
lster, rIr H1nze, to'..? the confer- Police forcea in recent weeks hsd s n d the lateat technolo$tcal
ence the cultlvatio~~ and lmporta- nsulted !n a slgntflcxnt number ~~pment would be avaUable to .
tfon of illegal drugs 1n north o f a r r e ~ t a on druQ�related the task force.
Queenslend had reached "alarm- charaee.
~g p~~~~o~: ~ In a Jaint statemant, Mr HSnze Controla over north Queenal~nd
'~The joir~t resources of the �nd the tederal Admtnlstrative ehipptna ltnea would be tlaht-
State snd Commonwealth police Bervice~ Minlster, Mr Newm~n, sned, the lanei betng poestbly one
forces will enable some of the lat- ~atd tnatructlona h4d been lseued of the a~~te's maJot drop-oft
est technologicsl equlpment ta be . snd the taak torce would be oper- pointa for lllicit druQa.
uaed 1n the detection of 111e�al ationel aoon, ' Satellites would be employed ta
drug crops;' btr Hinze eald out- The mintaken utd a Joint taak detect llle~~l cmps ot msrlhuana
~tde the conference. , force wu the~ beat method of !n northern areas. .
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AUSTRALIA
FORMER PRIME MINISTER GORTON BACKS REFORM OF DRUGS LAW
Sydney THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 16 Nov 81 p 3
[TeXt~ CANBERRA'.' - The� pe~- cannot wipe out the prob3em with
sonal use and ~sion Of ~ha Dt~unt methods - there coo
much money in the business here'
marihuana sho d uut be a and overseas," he said.
~ti~nin31 pfftOCe atld httoitl '�If addicts were re~istered and
should be available legally to had accass to the le~ally dispensed
~ addicts, a former Primc Minis� drua ic would caj;e ou~ cbe profic
from the trade and ~ut out the
ter, S'It John GortoII, said }'es- criminat involvemem:'
- u[d3y. Sir ]oha said the de�criminal-
Sir John aaid he favoured the in- . ~~tion of marihuana seemed to be
s thocou6iily scnsible thin� to do,
tro~ setion in Australia of a pro-' Sit Juhn said that while nobody ~
~ata to cope aith the heroia pro- should ux marihuana the~ drun
bletn aimllat� to thai which ezi~ted did not seetri~� to be addictive arsd
in BYttsin ahero the drug was ~~s eifect was similar co an over-
leQally {iis~nsed to re~istered. ad- dose of alcohol.
'�Whv then makc its usc a
diets- ~ criminal offence." he said.
' In ~tine ~with his belief, he has "By gettin4 police to go and find
' a~eed to be tHe patron of a gxoup the stuff aad then take it out of
callod NORML - The National circulation an aarument can be
Orasaisation for thc Refam oE made that the resulting shortage
~larihuana I,aws. only pushes people to use hazder
~ ~It seems .to ma tbat'j+ou' just and more danYerous dru~s:'
u~~y~~
r�novai ot Au
uimkwl p~n~ltlss p~ht~t ~fis
� , p~rsonai u~ snd po=sassion
ot mariluana�� .
- The Rt. Hon. Sir John Gorlon, �
K.C.M.G., C.H. ~
Ofl+cr'al Patron, Norm!(Aust.) ~
Sir John Gorton's cndorsement on t6e \orm! advertisement.
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEFS
SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DRUG HAUL--Marijuana with a potential street value of at
least S30 million ~vas seized early yesterday from a farming property south of Ade-
laide in what is believ~d to be South Auatralia's biqgest drug haul. Drug Squad
detectives swooped on the property near Tooperang about 60km from Adelaide at dawn
' and discovered at least 80,OOO.imma~ture plante growing for lkm alang a river bed.
Senior police last night declared tha plantation the most elaborate and profession-
al yet uncovered in South Australia. Extensive earthworks had been carried out on
~he bed and banks by a bulldozer and the crop was watered by an intricate pressur~
_ feed irrigation system using water from a dam. Detectivea said th~ plantation
_ w~uld have been almost impossible to spot from the sir because of the winding
course and thick cover from river qums. Pipes leadinq from the dam had been camou-
- flaged until they reached a secondary pumping point where petrol engined pumps were
used to feed high pressure sprinklers. The immature plants, many in bunches of
more than five, were estimated by botanists to be about one month old, and detec-
tives said the growers w~ould soon have had to cull the plants. No arrests had been
made last night. [TextJ [Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 26 Nov 81 p 3]
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BURMA
~
BRIEFS
POPPY PLANTATIONS DESTROYED--Police peraonnel under operation "The Bloom of Hell
Phase II," together with about 200 villagers destroyed 27.65 4cres of illicit
poppy plantations in Hopang Township between 16 and 19 January. [BK050200
Rangoon Domeatic Service in Burmese 1330 GMT 31 Jan 82 BK]
OPIUM, HEROIN SEIZURE--On 14 January, a narcotic auppreaeion squad arrested Aik
Swe, age 26, of Man Waing Village, Namean Township, on a Lashio-Mandalay train
along with 346.3 grams of heroin hidden in a milk can and a glucose bottle and
_ 3.80 viss [1 viss equals 3.6 pounds] of black opium. The seized heroin and
opium were found in a shoulder bag carried by Aik Swe. Two plastic bags stamped
with a single lion and double lions brands for wrapping heroin were also seized
from Aik Swe. Charges have been filed against him by the police under Sections
6.B, 7.B and 10.B of the narcotic druga law. [BK050200 Rangoon MYANP~lA ALIN in
Burmese 27 Jan 82 p 4 BK]
~ CSO: 5300/5628
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HONG KONG
ALLEGED MAJOR FIGURE IN HUGE DRUG SYNDICATE CONVICTED
Opening of Tr1a1
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 6 Jan 82 pp 1, 24
[Article by Winsome Lane: "Drugs Case Fugitive Arrested")
(Text] Cheng Ah-kai ' ~ 2s~ ^e jumped bail nnd. veuels in watars ouuide
went to TQiwan. HonQkonQ.
(53), ~'ho is alleged Nine men were charged, The quentity of drug~ was
to have been one of including Chen~ Ah�kti, but axuemely large, said counsel,
only four actually went on ~nd in, the case of two police
three~ major figures trial. The other five had ab-' ~iZUra of the drug, each
~ eontrolling a m a s- sconded, � oonaiQnment v4as a lorryload
Thne men Wore.istercop- wei hin~ at lea~t 144 tons.
sive drugs syndicate victed, �but their convtetion~~ �$The monay involved wa:
were quashed on appeal' a 1 ~i~ ~ enormous;' said coun-
that was smashed by ~nths later. ~~.p y ~
poliee in 1978, WCt1i ~~owQ counsel Frederik Following u on iniorma-
Whitehouse toid Mr Jwtice lica in
o~ trial in the High ~ c;a++ ~a~~~~ y~
Hooper and a jury ye~terdey j976, a IarRe ouerat~on was
Court yesterday OIl ~6at ~t was the Crown't ase y~un by the Narootia Bu-
d ru g t r a f f i c k i n g ~h ~am~ an~the chargae rau with e view to breaking
char es. s th~Ma syndicate.
$ e member of the Ma brothers It resulted. in 1978 irt the
Cheng was said by orgini~tion., arrat of nine dafendants, in-
Crown Counsel to have Acoord'ina to the Crown, cludin~ C6eng.
been the close associate ~b~~S ~m~ involved in the ~~e of the men artated
of the Ma brothers, Ma syndiate in 1967. 4t that time would be call~d
'�It is a1leQed he was a firat a~ prosecution witnaus, said
Sik-yu and Ma Sik- liautenant to Ma Sik-yu, ' ~unsel.
chun. ' u~d ~nu~� ` The evidence would be
Chen~ is char~ed with "lt u not 411eged he was ~~~rn~ only with those ac-
conapiracy to deal in danger- ~ the brtine behind the or~ani. tivitia of the ~yndicau tn
ous drug~ and to traffic in iation but' wu 1he man who Wh~cb thtre was evideaa t6at
~ d~:iQerouc druQs bctwoon would trran~e thipments of Cben4tookadirectpart.
Januiry 19,67 and 1anu~ry ' nw opium into Hon~kon4 v1a' M~ Whitehoure then Qave
1969. Macau and when thin8~ W~~~ details of s6ipmenta of raw
Chen~ Was eerestod re- wron{, he helped to put them op~um brought into Hon~�
cently when a plsne on which ri~ht,' counsd said. konQ by Maeau CuhinR vd-
he wu trtvell~n4 from Thai� ?he Crown would ~ay that ~~a which resulted in utturea
land to Toiwan itopped in ChenQ waa in the continuow by po?;ce from fi~hin~ .asels
Hon~kona (or refuellin~, employment of the MQ syndi- in Aberdeen in ear y 1968
Officeri of the Narcotia cate between 1967 `nd 1971. and et the Yaum~ii typhocA
Bureau had been tipped off The tyndicste imported shelter in mid�1969.
that Cheng would be o~ riw opium which was grown Ha ssid that 35 sacks of�
botrd: in the Golden Triangle and the o ium which had been
- When police investigations Was brought bere through hidden in the oil tank of a'
tightened on the syndicate in ganglcok. . juak were hijacked by a rival
(978, Ma Sik�yu went to Tai- p ~~~fer was made in syndicete from Aherdeen.
wan beforc a warrant Was intemational waters to fishing But they were subuquent-
issued for his arrest. from Macau which ly recovered by the Ma ayndi�
His brother, Ma Sik-chun. brou~ht the opium into Hong� cate. '
then the proprietor of the kon . Evidence would be given
Oriental Daily News,. W3S '~he ~yndicata w~s involv- that Cheng was san wich
charged with two druQ traf- ~ in the importation of re~u- both the Ma brothen and to
ficking offenca, ~`r shi menu o~ Thai trawl� be carrying out thcir orders
Shortly before his tr~a~ W~ich transfened their and actin$ on the~r behalf. ~
was due to be~ie oo ~~1�m' illicit carRo to Maau CshinQ The v~al oontinud today.
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Drug Pickups Described
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 7 Jan 82 pp 1, 12
[ Tex t] ;~"An elderl~ Gshe; man iden~ cwo piecas' of the banknote '
'tiCied the dcrendant in a drug . w6ich matched.
trat~icking crisl in t6e High.~ Chan said he then trans-
Cour. yesrerda as "Bald-.� ferred the goods to Leung
Y .s Chung ; boat.
head~d Chens,' one ~of the, Chsn said he was paid
boasa of an op~um smhggling~ ~~pp fm ~3ch of the pieces he
~yndiceta ' � ' - tud delivered.
Cheng Ah-kei� (5~3) i~ on~ p y~Qr or so after this, he
_ ~ial for con~piracy to deal in . iQid, he wa~ aske3 to arrange '
danY.-tous druYs a~a to traf- tnother boat co pick up
fie in dangeroua drugs. ~nother cargo.
He u sllesed by tho About'this time he vi~ited
Crown to have been ~n 0e- panQ Lap's home. Other mcn
sociate e! the Ma brothon - he had already met were
Ma Sik-yu and Ma Sik�ehun present as well as two stranE-
- in a massive drug~yndi�
�ate thtt was scna~hed by� Chan said he was told thai
pclioe in 1978. ' one was named Pui and th~
Th~ fisherman, Ch4n other wns Cbeng Ah-kai, an~i
Han�hin, said he arranged hc wat told that thae werc
fl~hinQ junks to take chip~ th,�, two bossee of the synd~-
menb of r4w opium [rom cate. ,
'fhal tr4wlers in international These t~vo men took part
waters, then delivered them in discussioni about collecting
to Kowloon and Aberdean. ' gnother consignmcnt o[
He said he had been given goods, Chen said.
immunity irom prosecution He said. he subsequently
by the AltorneyGeneral on met another Tha~ trawler
condition he gave full and south of Man Chau. '
true evidcna. He knew the vasel ba
Chan said that in carly cauu oE a prearranQed ~ignal
15~67, when he was workinQ - the captain wns wearing a
u v ~sherman batweon yeUowcap., �
Hongkortg and ?Aacau, he Chan said he'took another .
met ~ man called Ptns Lap. , oon~i;nme.nt' of , oods from
P~nQ r~ked~him to ~rran~e ~u+~~ 4pd ~ck to
Aberdan.
tor i fljhinQ junk to plck up 'I'he Qoods were 40 bags of
artain car o from ~'I'ha1, opium.
tn~ler wut~ of fi~ten CAau. : After unloadinQ they were
He would be p~id 5700 for tr~nsferred to cardboard
ach piaoe of tl~e ctr~o. boxq to look more innocent
Later, he snid,. he received. wheu loaded on to a lorry, he
itutructions that he must ~et uid.
- ~ail on th~ 12th l.unar month. Chan said that later the
Accocding to thc~e in- car be was travelling in wich
itruction~, he then met a Thal two other men was stopped by
man in Macau. He wu intro- the police and he wat arrest�
duced him by Pen~.
� Chin uid he took his junk He waa told that the police
't._:_.___._
out to sea for this meetin~. had uized the lorry and ~u
About 30 ua mila south � contents.
of Man Chau, he met a Thai On being questioned by
traMler and took on board 22 Crown counsel, Chan said
- pieca of cargo. ` that at an identification pa-
He then returned W Kow� r~de in a pa1ia station he
. loon Bay,.Chan said. identified Cheng Ah-kai as
He ~a~d he htd previously one of thc bosses of the syndi-
met a man to wbom be mwt c~te~ callod "b~~d�headed
deliver the ~;ads. Chen~."
He ui~ he had� torn a Ctown coun~el Frederik
banknote in half and ~iven White6ouse prosecutw.
one half to this men, named Mr Aathony Sed~wick de-
Leun Chun~. . fend~.
~ea he resched Kow� The hearin~ contiau~
loon Boy, he met this man tod~y. �
aQain and they oompared the
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Opium Cargo Disappears
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 8 Jan 82 p 17
[Text ] ~partment house. he said. ~
A'fiiherman told the % He said Ah Cheng told
H;~h Court yesterday that~ him to wait there and while
.,Ms Sik-yu, alleged boss of 6e wa~ waiting, introduced
a drug syndicate, held his him w Ma Sik�yu. '
son captive and threatened . i,eun said he later ar-
his life because a cargo of ran~ed ~or anocher Ciahin
~ raw opium had disappear-; veuel to piclc up a cargo o~f
ed from a fishing jVnk. drugs from a Thar boat south
'Fhe fiiherman, Leun~ ~ of Man Chau.
` Chau-yun (62). .was givin~ I.attt it wat discovereQ
~evidena at the trial of Chen~ that the car~o.of opium was
Ah-ksS (33) for conipiracy to miuina from h~s boat and Ah
traffic in druss and to deal in ~ Chen4 took him to ue Ma
Sik�yu in che Shamrock Hotof
dN in Kowloon, he taid.
~un~ told Mr Juedco He ~tid that ofter takin
HooQer snd � jury, thst i him into Ma'~ room, A~
ChanQ mtroduced hfm to tha Chen waited outsida, peer-
Ma brotbea and ~ve him' in in
from time W time.
instructiont to pick up a lond ~ j~~~ said Ma was not
. of raw opium. : v easant and said words
Leung uid ha met a man : ~
- caUed PanQ Lap some time in ; to c~s effect that he (Leung)
1967. � was in trouble bocause the
The fisbin~; busin~s was ~ goods had disappearcd.
~ at that t~me and Pang ; Ma showui a bad t~mper '
P�df and told :~im that he was
mtroduced him to another ~ holdin his son, Leung Kam�
man called Chan Man�hing ' hei, w~o would be detamed iC
- who tag~dted he pick up : he did aot locate the consign-
wme ucks o[ dcugs 4t 5700 a ment, LeunQ said.
uck. He uid MQ alw said if the
Leung wid he was based ~ were not rocovared, he
~in~?6e3een at t6'e tune. LeunQ) wouid have to take
One dey toward~ the end hit own'life by jumping from
- of the Lunar Yerr, he berth- ' ~ b~~~~,
ed his boat in Mecau and L,eun~ saW he told Ma he ,
around midnight, thra ~men had notbing to do wit6 it, but
arrived in a sampan a nd Ma would not believe him.
moored alongside his ve~ul. He was ia the room with
They had about 20 sacks Ma for two doun and at one
of opium on the sampan and point Ma's younger brother
theae were then losdod on to � came in, he said.
hi~ boat. At ~not6er time two peo-
Leung uid he sailod back p~e~ who were said to be the
to Hongkong with the load on ownen of the g~od~, arrived.
the followinQ day a~d wu They were both Thai men.
given 52,000. ^ Leung said the goods wore
,J He then berthed Eis vessel later found and after a time
ia Kowloon Bay. 6e was asked to arrange a
in Pang'~ house in M~can fiihinQ vessel to pick up
he was introduced to two o! anothe~ consignment. ~
the basa of t6e iyndicate, He aid Ah Chen~ was in
~nd he wu told they wera ' touc6 with him about this and
ulled Ah C6en and Ah Pui. Qove him instructions.
l.ater Ah ~henQ intro- The trial continues today.
ducod him to a man called Crown counul Frederik
M~ Sik-yu and he was told he Whitehouse prosecuta.
was the boas. Mr Anthony Sedgwick de-
This inuoductioa took fends.
plaa at the Lun~ Fung
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More Pickups Re.lated
Hong Kong SOUTH CHIN~ AtORNING POST in English 12 Jan 82 p 14
(TextJ . A witness told the High On this occasion he failsd Leung said he ~reported"
- Court yueerdny that he pick- to pick up any goods a~ sca , what had happened to other
ed up loeds of raw opium for and when he got back to ~ membera of the syndicete,
a drug syndicate and brought Macau ha saw Chrng again. and then took his bott to
them~to Hongkong. He was told the goods had A~When he went back to his
Leung Wing-min~ was been picked up by someone
testifying at the tr~al of else, but they would be trans- boat he found that the four
Cheng Ah-kai (53) on, ferred to his boat to~be taken�~ remaining, sacks had becn
chargu of conspiracy to trnf- back to Hongkong,. �1~ deposited in the uabed just
fic in. drugs and to deal' in Leung sa~d he was Qiven underneath where hic boat
drugs. several thousand dollars out was moored, he said.
Leung told Mr ]ustice of which he had to pay 51,500 He seid a few days lator
to fo~is to help him. he was told the boss wa~
Hooper� and a ur}~ that ta � investigating the matter.
wards the end o~ 1967 he was . The .goods were then He was interviewed by the
givea inscructiuns to pick up a trensferred to his vessel and ~ss, s man surnamed Ma, at
load of opium from a Thai he sailed back to Hongkong. the home of anothcr member
boat from 20 to 30 km south The opium was in 40 sacks of the syndicate, he said.
of Man Chau Island. which he concealCd in the oil, Leung snid he told, him he
He said he was given the tar,ks of his boat. knew nothing of the missing
instructions in an apartment Thirty�six of 'the saclu
were put in one tank and foar The trial rnntinues toda
house in Macau, Y;
There were several men ~n the othe~, he said. Crown counsel Frederik
- there et the time, including ~~er h~; laarned Irom hii Whitehouse prosecutes.
foki~ all th~ sacks had disap- Mr Anthony Sedgwick de-
ChenQ. , peared from one. oil tank, fends.
leavins four in the othor. ~
~
- Pro~ecutor's Su;nmation
Hong Kong SOUTH CF~I;1A MORNING POST in English 19 Jan 82 p 14
[ Text ] The Ma brothecs or- the period o? tlie conspiracy, was a top man attached to
~anisation brought huge C6ena wat a momber of the headquarters.
M~ or niiatlon. He was a very useful man, '
quantities of opium into a man of man arts, Mr '
Hongkong and traded in You may feel certain y'P
that e huge conspvacy ~to im� Whitehopse said.
drugs on an enormous rl drugsheaded b Ma Sik� He arranged bosu from
seale, Crown counstl ~ did ex~st," counsel~told the \~iacau to Hongknng to ~ick
Fredetik Whitehouse told ~~ry, ~~a~ the quantity that up the opium when a consign-
the High Court yesterday. was involved was enotmous." ment was duc to arrive. And
Evideace had been given when the Qoods were missing
Givina his Cinal address to p he took an active part in the
the Jury ~n the trial of ChenQ in caurt of five thi ments ot. ~n ui which fol{owed, he
Ah�kai (53), alleged to be the r4w optum each of whlch was 9~Y
No 3 man in the MQ brothen' a lorrylosd, tx~ng brought in addcd.
by the ~ta orQanisation. Counul went on to say
or~eni~ation, Mr Whitehouse And the court had heard chat Cbeng's role in the or- ;
~aid thia masaive syndicate ~iy put of the atory becauu g~nisation was an important
ezf~ted uadu the nose: of the ~~u~~on had concen- one And he was important to
polia end with the knowl- on evidence which con� boeh Mac.
odQe of certxin policemen. ~~d Chen d~rectly with Mr Whitehouae said the
He added that thi~ was in Q. bosses were much too clever
.t6e late 1960~ and earl the dru~ shipments. Mr
r Whitehouse said. to get involved in the dirty
t97a' He uid it had been proved work; other people of the type
Hopefully, it could not that Chen wu one of the of Cheng were employ~d to
hsppen today, he said. do this.
Chea is on trial for con- men who s reliod upon to ~
g A masaive organisation
spinry to traffic in druQs and do hu dlrty Wa~k. ~uch as t6e Mts wore runnin~
to dal in drugs, Chen~was not an old fah- ~uld not have o rated un-
Mr Whitehouse said the erman w o~ot the rotten }ob ~e like Chen existed
Crown aJ1eA~ ~at durina of picklnQ up the druas with � ~o ~P~P~~ ~~d.
all tbe Inherent dsn~en - he
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Counsel admitted it was a double-dcaling sr~d deceit ~and
very old cau and that wit- might rightly come to the
nesses had bezn askcd to de- conciusion that most oF the
~ scribe evenu in the late 1960s wilnesses were not honest
aad early 1970s. men.
:'It is not the fault of the They might, however, be
Crown that the Mar and aU tellinR the truth, he said.
- their cohorts are not sitting in They might be rascals, but
; the dock on trial today;' sa~d this did not mean they were
counsel. � liars, said counsel.
He said the Crown had to He said it was difficult to
" rely on the evidence of �ras- see what they had to gain by
' wls and villains" and this was lying: if they had wished to
_ necessary because drug syndi� frame Cheng, they could have
- cates were by their nature made up much more convinc-
- secret organisations. ing stona.
They had heard a story of~
-
.
,o!kj,~~
. j' y
_ A~ ~
h-~ ~ ~
~ ~
/ 1.
V~ ~
Cheng Ah-kai
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- Jury Finding of Guilty
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 19Jan 82 p 14
[Text ] � Cheng Ah-kai (53). a have�been the No 3 man in , raw opium into Honglcong�
fw'met cook all ed to the orQanisation. He aaid � that shipments
~8 seized by the palice cons'~sted
have been one of the iead- C6en jumped btil in July of sevenl tons of opium that
ing members of a massivc 197fl~ ~went to'fhailand. ~uld be measured by the
drugs syndicate smashed He w4s artated by uffi- ~ ~~d
b the lue in 147T, was ~ of e6e Narcotia $ureau �~o~~a ~~t these
Y P~ last month when a plane on ~~~~ties bad besn
yeaterday convicted by a
High Court jury of con- Whicb he wu travePling from brou ht in at frequent inter-
sptracy to traffic and to T~~~and to Teiwan touched vals ~y Thai trawkrs.
desl in dangerous druga. ~Wn tor refu411in8 in HoAQ- .'ihe~crown aUeged~hat
konQ. C6en~ as the man rea nsi-
He' wi11 be ~entencad by The h4rcotia Bunesu bnd ble for orQanis~ng Hongkong
Mr ]natice Hooper r_~ Friday. ~n tipped off thai he w4~ on and Macau fiihermen to pick
Cheng, who a alleQed to up the shipments of drugs
bave been the first lieutenant Ma Sik�yu, named by po- from tbe trawlen in their
of the notorious Ma brothers. ~ice a~ "Mr BiQ" in the or- Cuhing junb.
wu found Quilty by a unani- ~a ni~tion and a multi-mil- In hu summing up to the
a~ew. vote of the ~ury after (;onaire, teft Hon~kon for jury yesterday, Mr lustice
juat over two houn delibera- Taiwan in Feb?u4ry 19~~ as Hooper po~nted out mconsist-
tion. � police closed in on t~e ~yndi- encies and contradictions in
He was defended by Mr ptt. t6e evidence oF prosecution
AnthonySedgw~ck. Hii younger broiher, Ma. witnesses.
Nine men were anuted S~-chun. alle~ed to _be sec- He drew their attention to
when the opium imuQ~ling ond in command snd their the fact that a police witness
s ndicate wai smaihed. nephew, Ma Woon-yin, wero had tatified that Cheng,
Y when arrated, had very little
arrated and charQed with
Thv leaden were alleQod traffic~ina in dru~s, but wero moneY and Was IivinQ m mod-
to be the brothen, Ma Slk-yu ~ranted bail. est circurtutanca.
and Ma Sik-chun. The left Hon~kong to- "A fint lieutonant in such
an or nisation miQht be ex-
Durin~ his trial Cheng gether or Taiwan ~ust one .
wu said by the Cro.vn to wee~ beforo their tnal wa~ to be a wealthy man,'
due :o be~in in the Hi~h said the judge.
Coun in Sepumber 1978. All the events described by
Durin~ Chena's trial, witnwa for che Crown took
Crown counsfl Frederik p~~~x in the late 1960s and
Whitehowe ~aid the Ma early 1970~.
brothen'syndicato had for n Chan~ chae not to Qive
. number o( yan been smuQ- evidence m his own behalf.
~lina eaorawu~ amounu of
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HONG KONG
NARCOTICS CHIEF: SEIZE ASSETS OF CONVICTID TRAFFICKERS
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 6 Jan 82 p 9
(Article by Christopher Wood~
_ [ Text ) The ass~ts of convicted Drug money can be laun- port on the Narc;otia Divi-
drug traffickets aed their dered throu~h various IeQiti-' sion'~ Central Re~istry, of
rtlati~�es should be seized, mate in~csement vehiclea and Dru~ Abuse, a wmputerised
the Commissloner for a~~ through relatives, mak� sy~tem which recervw and
Narcotics, Mr Peter Lee, ~~B it neceasnry to include analyus~ data supplied by
them m any scheme ot asset ~me 40 Government and
said yesterday, repeating a uizurF. . voluntary agencia, including
call for a change in the law Consequently, only one , the police and welfare organ~-
- he t'irst made so~ne five, convictod drug ~runner has satioru.
_ years ago. ever received a heavy Cme in Covering a tive�yearperi-
He said he will be seeing a Hongkong, Mr Lee said, al- od, from September 1976 to
~ though the ma~cimum penalty June last year, the report esti-
- member of the Government s for drug trafficking is a SS mata Hongkong's total num-
legal branch in the nfxt few m~~~~an fine and life ~mprison� ber of addicts at around
days to puroue the ~uue af inent. 40,000.
sequatrat~on of assets, par- ~ They are overwhelmingly
ticularly the� problems that One country that has malc (94 r certt and 62 r
have prevenced any action made progresa' on the ques- P~ ~ P~
being taken so Far. tion of trac~ng drug laundered ' cent are aged over 30.
Moat people, said Mr Lee, money is the United States. . This is the result oC a
do not apprec~ate the "enor- There the authoritia are continuing downward trend in
mit " of tHe rofits ained in hel by more regulatory , the number of newly register-
thii 'stinkingp rade.'~ legis~lation, for example banks ed addicu, from 13,000 in
To deter the traff ckers it have to report any transaction 1977 to 2.800 in 1980.
is necessary to go beyond the of more than USS10,000 Mr Lee was particularly
preunt custodial deterrent. ~about HKS55,000) to ehe encouraged , by~ the scnall
The very foundation of the ~ovetnment. , number of addwts falling into
business, the enormous surtts Although commenting_. the under 20 ege group; fewer
boing �aped, has to be at- ~h4~ such 4 measure wouid be than five per cent w~th a
tacked, he said. a"non�starter" here, h:r L�.e minute 0.2 per cent under the
Talking after holding a rcmtias convinced action cen age of 1 S.
, press conference on the latat ~~~1~ be taken compatihle with The report said: "While
- statistics on drug abuse in ~{on~kont'~ open ea;nomy. the problem of teenage drug
Hongkong, ~1r l.ce said the- :,a sa~d: 'l have been addiciton is said to be mush-
quation of asaet seizure w~s tryin~ for several years to rooming in many developed
now becoming an internation- secure an zmendment to the and developing countrios,our
tl issue. lia which would sequestrate eztremely small prqportion of
The main obstacle was the assets without much pro~rws. young drug add~cts pomts to
prscticai one uf cnforcement. "I am still pushing.' the fact that Hongkong is not
Even under present law, But despite the continuing .follewing this trend."
he said, if the p~osecution Problems faced by the author- Another hopeful feature
wants a heavy fine imposed it itiet in tracking down the ill- signaUed by ;~tr Lee is the
has to prove a convicted gotten gaint of large syndi- continued hiEh attendance at
trafficker has sufficient cates, Mr Lee was able to Guvernment clini~s for
means to pay. report some encouraging methadone outpatient treat-
And this is often extreme� progress in Hongkong's own ~ ment.
~ ly difficult. dru~ problem This is despitc the sharp
He. baied his fi$ura on fall in the street price of her-
the findings oF the eighth re-
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oin this year after a two-year' is~t year, 89pe r cent of all
period where thc drug was in~ newly reported addicts were
scarce supply. hooked on heroin. ~
The wholesale price for The recent severe shortage
100 grams of number three of~the drug has also led to a'
grade heroin is now about change in method o( use. '
57,000, with the strat price' . Faced with a limited sup- �
some three tima es much. ply, addicts have increasingly
Thia comPara with a m~ected heroin, to obtain the
wholaale price of. some fullest effect, as opposed to
S23,000 in the summer of the treditional pract?ce of
1979. inhaling.
Yet, said I~ir Lee, the at- The report a)so noted that
tendance at clinics has not use of codeine and tilidine is
dropped with the fall in price. on the inerease, especially as
About 71 par cent of those� a secondary drug.
registered attend the 22 Gov ' Female addicts fall into a
ernment clinics regularly - lower age group than men,
thi~ figure includa two more witb nearly 60 per cent of
opened this wak at Shaun reg~stered cascs under 30 at
and Yuen LonQ as the resvlt the time of their first report.
of evidence of a growing drug Women are less willing to
prob:em in the IYew 'tecrita seek voluntary treatment,
ria. . with most of their cases~txing
This shows growing confi- reported by the police.
dbnce among addicts in the Thii, suggests !he repo~t,
" ability of inethadone, a hecoin may be because they are em-
subatitute, to help them over- Ployed as "prostitutes" or
come their problem, Mr Lee 'dance girls" and so arc able
said. to afford to maintain their
Heroin remains by far Che ha~it.
most popular drug with inci- "It is therefore possible
dencu of opium addiction on that drkg addiction among
the decline, according to the females in Hongkong is wme-
report, what under�reported," the ra
. In the first six months of port says.
CSO: ~320/9115
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HONG KONG
DRUG OFFENSES BY YOUNG PEOPLE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN 1981
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 21 Jan 82 p 10
[Text ~ The Secretary for~.Security, Mr Lewl~ Davia, rwealed
that dru~ offencts by people under the a~e of 21 more than
doublod over thapa~t yeat.
He wa~ asked for the statistic~ and fot detaits of the
Government'~ anti-narcotics campeiQn by Dr Ho Kam�fai.
Mr DQVies uid that 693 people under 11 were pro~ecuted
for drug offenoa last year out of a total of 7,706 charged
i with such offences.
The comparative Cgura for 1980 were 304 out of 5,609.
Mr D4vies s4id the anti�narcotici education and publicity
ectivitiea were caordinated by a sub-committee for preven-
tive xtucation and publicity of the Action Committee Against
Nfircotics. � �
'Thit sub-committee is under the chairmanship of an
Unofficial member and its memben include represeatatives
from Qll relevant Government departments and voluntary �
agencies;' he said. �
"The Commissioner for Narcotics asaists in tho co-
ordination work and 'u the executive agent of the sub+ '
- committa.' ~
T6~ programme of the sub-committee embraced a wide
range of community involvement projecu and publicity
material, plus distnct campaigns, partwip4tion m youth
programmes, discussion groupe, inter�school compet?t~ons,~
alebrity conceru. � - "
CSP" ~320/9115
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HONG KONG
THREE INVOLVED IN SMUGGLING HEROIN FROM BAIVGKOK JAILED
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 12 Jan t;2 p 14
( Excerpt J Three ~~men, ~including ~ On April ] 0, Flyna ~ar-
two Thais, who took part . rived from Ban$kok carry~ng
in a conspiracy to smuggle 25 IM of heroin m a mail bag.
into Hongkong heroin base He wa~ noe stopped be-
which could be turned into cause he claimed diplomatic
heroin:worth 57.2 million, privile~o.
were yesterday ~ach sen� He took che drugs to a
tenced in the High Court Causeway Bay hotel where he
to 1 S ears in eil. met Surchat and Saman who
Y 1 had arrived one daY~earlier.
The two Thais, Sunc~hat Mr Flynn was to be paid
Tantisangaroon alias Chan~ 500,000 baht by the syndicate
- Hing-lung (48) and Saman � in Bangkok for carrying the
Tosompak alias Wong Muk� drugs.
chuen (52), adestone mer- However, Surchat and
chhnts, plea~ed guilty tb a Seman told Mr Flynn they
charge of conspiracy to traffic were not able to pay 6im and
in dangerous drugs. thet they could not contact
The third defendent, the person in Hongkong to
~ Chong Ming�sing (34), also a whom the drugs .wera to be
jadestone merchant, pleaded handed ovar.
not guilty to the consp+racy Surchat ehen got 6old of
charge and was tried by a Chong who in turn contacted
- u!y before Mr Justice Pen- a Wong Ho-hin.
~ington last.week. ' Both Chong and Wong
The jury found him guilty wenC to the hotel on April 12.
oE the conspiracy char4e as The drugs were'repacked
weU as another count of re� into a case and handed to
sistina airat. ~ Won~ who took it and bo4rd�
The praeecution's case wai � ed a ttxi. . ~
thAt the two 7hais were mem- However, the defendants
- ben of .a drug syndicate in movement~ were ke~t under
Thailand ~nd Chona was the watch by' officers [rom the
head of the distribution eide customa and exci~e oFfice.,
of the syndicate in Hon~kong. They arreated Wong.
The court hnard t}tat an Chon was arrosted out-
American undercover agent, side the ~otef aiter putting up
Mr Rbbert Flynn, ,enterod a atru~le with the officen.
into neQotiatlons wtth the The other defendanu were
Thai defendants an~ some alto artatod at the hotel.
other people in BanQkok in ~y~g Was ari~inally joint-
April to smuggle 6eroi~ to ~y charged with the defend-
HohgIcon~. ~nts for conspiracy, but he
The arrangement wa~ th4t dj~ while in custody.
Mr Flynn would brin~ in the
. drugs himself.
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~
BOSS OF HEROIN SrN GGLIVG SYNDICATE GETS 12 YEARS' JAIL
Hong Kong SOUTH CHIVA MORNI~IG POST in English 21 Jan 82 p 12
[ Excerpts ] The boss of a syndicate' they fied~recruited tbe couri� ;
that brought heroin into� en and recovered the druga .
Hongkong in condoms fromthaminHongkong.
The were each sentenced
eoncealed in the bodies of Y
courie~9 was yesterday toei htyean'imprisonment. '
sent to prison for 12 years. ~QU Chi-keun�~ (21)
pleaded Quilty to the same
Lam ChunQ�ho (33) waa charge. ~ '
untenced by Mr Justice Bew- The judge said Yau had
ley who told him: "I intend to been caught while acting as a
pess a sevete sentence to courier:�
mark society's condemnation He told Ysu: "ln your
of anyone who proC?ts from cau, there is some mitigntton.
tuch a lucrative and evil busi- You pleaded guilty and you.
neas:' � � were ~ Qullible country boy~
The judge said that the who was tempted by the rc- �
evidence had ahown that Lam ward oE SS,000." ~
was the boat of a syrtdicate Yau waa sent to prison for
formed to import heroin base four yeara. �
from Bangkok into Hongkong_ 'fhe jury Cound Li Hafai
and the valu~ of the drug~ 23) and Fung Sheung�sang
handled by the syndicate� waa ~21~ not ~uilty oF the char~e_'
enormous. During the ttial ev?dence
Lam was convicted of con- was given that the ringleadas
spiracy to traffic in dangerous tecruited couriers who were
drugs by a~High Court ~ury ive~ condoms full of heroin
on Tueaday, ~e in a Bangkok hotei.
Crown coun;el Peter Ca- They were told to insert
hiU had told the court that the condoms into their anuses
the total value of the heroin, and brin~ them into Hong-
which could have been ~old ai kong.
a reault of the tctivities at the Cu~toms officen at Kai
tima it was operatinQ in Octo- Tek were tipped oFF and stop-
ber 1980, was 51,006,176. ped the men carryinQ the first
Two oeher men, Hui Yuet� ~nsignment.
chuen 3l) and N Yuk�ton They were taken to hospi-
( ~ ul where the .condoms were
( 2 t), were also convicted o removed.
conspiracy to trafCc tn dru~s.
� DwcribinQ them a: Lam's
lieutenants, the judge said
CSO: 5320/9114
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INDIA
BRIEF'S
GANG OF HASHISFi SMUGGLERS ARRESTE~--Bombay, Jan 14 (UNI)--The Bombay Customs today
claimed to have busted an international gang of hashiah smugglers with the arrest
of an American and two Australiane including a girl--all stated to be fugitives
- from Australia. The American Chriatopher Sisney, wae arrested in Cachin on 4 Jan-
uary when he was, about to take a flight for Bombay and the Australians, Reginald
Spiers and Barbara Tobin, were nabbed the following day from a hotel in south Bom-
bay on a charge of trying to smuggle hashish out of In~91a in steel containers by
attaching them to the hulla of Australia-bound Indian veasels, the customs said.
Diving equipment and two specially-fabricated steel containers totally valued at
over Rs 80,000 and 25 kg of hashiah, worth about Rs 70,000, were seized from them.
Customs officials had acted on intelligence reporta that Christopher and Reginald
had made unauthorised scuba-diving operations in Cochin harbour near MV 'Vishwa
Mohini' and MV 'Vishwa Nandini', both bound for Australia. Tha three were today
produced before chief inetrolpoli~am m~gistrate C S ICQtwal here, who remanded them
to jail custody. They had earlier been arrested in Australia for smuggling hashiah
from India, but had jumped bail and come to India with fake passpozts, the customs
added. [New Delhi PATRIOT in English 15 Jan 82 p 4]
CSO: 5300/7017
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M,ALAXS IA
TNCR1:nSLD ~T,OW Or III:P.O~N INTO SARAWAK
Kuala laimpur NLW S7'1tA1'fS 1'IM1:S in Lnglish 22 Dec 81 p 3
- ['1'ext] -
~Y~UCHINli~ Mon. - Po� that the menaoe would
~ltoe sre alarmed by the ?uve to be aipped betore
1'~lcrewsln~ supply o! her� It ~p~as~d~ turther. ~
~o1n ~n ~anM'ak e~nd hwve Thare ~ some d00 re~�
'detalned bu~ w~peoted 1~lared dru~ oddlqf~ here
~ traftloken and sel~ced s� but We aotua! tl~nre of
~laewble ~mount ot the dru tMcerr 1~ esptnsted
d~u` over the pnd week. Rt ~~000 In the Flrst
L~st BundAy, they Dlvlslon alone.
~ ;ploked up three people, Thou6h thls tlgura
i Including ,a woraan ln may seem small com�
S~ntulu ~nd ~elsed 108 pared to those In Kuala
~fubes (abqut 6 Bm) of I~umpur, Ta~l Bri Hanlf!
heroln. Aas stteseed that the po�
,,On Frlday they de� lloe must not walt utltfl ft
A1ned a WeaL Malayelan ww tou Iate.
here and selsed 700 tubes ahe~~ks have to ~ ba
(about SO sm) of the more strfngent at the at~�
dru6. port ti~ou6h aourlers are
In boLh ca~es lt wss expeoted to uee all sorts
evldent that t6e heroln ot me4n~ to ~muggle fn
wore brou dt lnto the the drte~. The heroln
g ~el~ed trom the swpeot
i 'i3tate by oourlers snd at aa~nter Btreet here
~ smusgled through the
' ,~Irport trom Penlnsular on Frlday rva~ In three
~ �Mal4y~la. P~~~~a p+?a~atr hldden
Aooording to OID ~M~de a hslr�orenm oon�
ohlef 9upt. HaJI Malek ~~ne~.
' ahmsd, the~ dru` ~ M tha drug trade la
~ielsed at Blntulu oould ~uoratlve tube of hero�
bsvc been tor addlot~ 1� �O~t~ f20 here - twlae
yrorlclnK In the lset de- ~he prloe fn Kuala Lum�
~velopln~ w~on. Thle ww pur) ~he trwttlakers were
one o! the r~?re xel:ures not expeoted to �low
tn Blntutu. down. .
. Tba rel~ure over the
Now pollca pre Lry1nR w~eek ws~ worth at lesst
to ests?Dit~h the llnlc be� ~1b,000 aaA tor p tee
tween the traftlokers oaurlen are wllling to
from We~t Malaysla and risk atythln6 to brinq It
the pueherx {n the 8tete. to Kuohlns.
The inNpector�(iener� 6everln Ide drug link
at ot Pollce, Tnn Brl betwean ~uali Lumpur
Hanfff Omar, only re� and Kno6lns may not be
Contly announoed that rn ewNy ta~k but pollce
the drug problem In the have Inorea~ed opera-
9latA had Increaxed by tions and bope to xond
"IPapK xnd boundk" ove? ~everal of trattlekere to
tho paxt two year~ and Pulau JereJsl~ aoon.
(:tiO : 5'SUU/~;31G
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MALAXSIA
DRUG ARF,ESTS, CONFISCATIONS INCFEASE ZN 1981
I:uala I.umpiir N1:W ST1tAT.TS TIMES in ~nglish 19 Jan 82 p 4
- ['Cex t J
KUALA LU1I~PUR. Mon. rlim"
-~oltee arre~te4 8ad9 D a t u k ~R~a h~i1 s'n
people tor vsriow dadah warn~d that thoagfi there
oKa~ce~ 1art year. inal~td� wau s co:uld~'~W,e, l0�
!n~ 18~ for traftfokfiig, orea~e in ~elsure~ and ar�
the dlreator of CID, Da� ~wta 1t dld aot meon that
tuk Abdul Rahmat~ , I~� thepo
ltoe lIM besb ~uo+
mail, ~afd here tod ~tul ia � the
They al~o telsed i mMSea
kilos uf drug~, facl~~ ' He ~aid o! the 8,9A9 ar~
hernln. rNta laat ylar, lE4 wetd
Datuk Aahman ~ald: las~'tr~1 q~ x~h~d h ~:oth�
"Thle s11�round per� es96L~Ya~Aa~Apu.hing.
tormance ~vae due to the He ~lik!!1 .3p~~980;
~ llce
extension of narootiee a~~
unlta and efforts ot otlfer oi cA 89 aerd
dlvldons to ~uppreas th~ tor trafdbkln and 169 for
dadsh probiem in out ~i~, q, A the reet
countr ppy~y
"What we hsve be~n w~e
amaunt. o`f aadah
more ~ucoe~~ful !n l~ to
make the publta nall~e ~elsed sl~o ~howsd a
the problem at hand and ~~0�
that unle~u ~reater ei� ~ yearpoIlo~ reised
torta are placed by w the 101.9 kila oi iraw opium
chanoe~ of ersdfcnting ~ compared'to 4.7 kila
the dadah mentoeare tn 1980.
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NATIONWIDE OPERATION TO ARREST DRUG ADDICTS
Areas ArrPSts Reported
huala Lump~ir NGW STRAITS TIMIsS in ~nglish 30 Dec 81 pp 1, 2
-i
[ Lxccr~~ ts ]
KUALA LUMPUR, Tu~ae. - Police Tiave pleked up t~atPerak CID chiet Haji
another 460 auspected drug addlets in the continuing 8hameurl bin Ar~ha~d .
nationwide operatlon which began yesterday. ~ I~ P~NAN(i,po lice of-
� � ftcer~ .from the sntt-
The operation code-named Ops Berkas ie expected nu.~~~ divisfon ot the
; to go on indefinitely. A total of 660 auapected drug a e o r e to w n p o~ 1 ~ e
addicts have been picked up. raide~ suspected drug
i haunta.
While the police operation is in full swing there are Pol[ce are otill compll-
fears that the hospitals~ detoxification and reha.bilita~ i~the ltat of suspacted
~ tion centres will not be able to co e vVith thia~ ~udden ~~~~t, aecai~0a.
P In KUALA 'TBENG�
~ increase in addicts seeking treatment. GANIJ, police detalned 38
~ Alreaci olice in Perak are havin roblema in a~g aaa~~ce.
~ Y p g P ~ A pollce epoKeeman
~ finding accommodation in rehabilitation centres for s~a chat the operation te
the 150 drug ad~ also befng carried out in
' dicts rounded up ~t In tKUANTAN, SAnt1-
~ in the state over drug enforcement unita
in all the districts 1n the
; t h e p A, 8 t 2 6 etate are ~oln~ all�out to
~ ho~ara. ' curb the Q:vg ne.ce.
' In KUALA LUM- The antt-narcouca
P U A, C 1 t y p o 1 i c e branch here pleked up a
rounded u another drug addlct and two oth�
p' er men tor hsvlng heroin
111 suepeated drug during ralds 1n the town
peddlara and addiot~, ~a~t nlght.
brf nging the � totsl to I n N E(i K[ E M�
Z81. BILAN,po lfce have alro
In IPOH, polioe are launched tholr
faoing a problem ot ac� crackdown on drug ad�
commodatlon !or the 160 dicta.
drug addfets who were In JO~ORE, 80 eus�
rounded up throughout pected dadah addicte
the 8tate during the paet were detalned and 11
28 houre. tubee ot dsdah recovered
"We don't have enough in a three-hourpo ltce op-
epace to accommodate eratlon here today.
thas~ addiqj~lAthe pOllco
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(nad~c~uAt.c~ 1)ctention I~ac~.l.it.t.c~t~
K~i,zl laimpur NF.W ~TItAl'PS '1'IMtiS in I:n~;lish 1 Jan 82 p 3
[Text] The Kusla I{ubu
K U A L A. L U M P U R, g~ centre, whiah nor-
T h u r a. - O p e ras { mally houses betweea 190
Berka~ (det lsliy ~d 180 Addlcts, now ha~
aoon become e?'4+~ ~70 lnmatea.
BeIw.Y (relettse). ~ pner a eimilar polioe
About 1,000 ~u~pected operatt~fn-. in Ootober,
- drug addicte picked up 1979, the MW~try'a re-
over the paet three days habilit oa cqntrds were
have nowhere'to go. ' a~~ ~th w~t~villlng in-
Police souroes eaid y~a~, ot. ~R,bo~p
Welfare otiicen in the wers hsrdcare ~adQiot~
Federal Territory were. ~~ords. '
"grumbltng" whon the Ofiloer~ ;�l~~t . unt to
police sent them tho f1r~t ~~.ly~~~ ~veral in-
80 addioti oa whom urine w,~ ~~owJy in�.
te~t~ were posltlve. ~
Baid the ~ouroe~. "Tbe i In the HNUt Ce~
e, a
offlcer~ ~!d they oould ~y w,~ ~~e~,~
not~ aope wlth ro bt` a Tht~ tlme, Wellare ot~
number. iloer~ an d~termfY?ad to
- ~w~~ted~dru~ addiot~. e hardoore or
We o~annot ~u~t kbep th~m ~ t 4~.
in the look�up, ~o onae th~ p~n~~y for
urlne te~t~ prov~ podtlve thetn elther.
we will refer thsm to the l~[esnwhile, the pri~-
Welfsre popartment" ppa are already over-
The Welfaro ~Inl~tey pr,pwded sad the riew l~wr
hat only t~ree rehsbilit~� whfoh court~ oat~
tton centres on the we~t aq~mmtt at~ addld taprL�
cout to oope wlth the po- ap~ ~~y tor beWg a~t
ltce ewoop. add~at~ Ta~ yat' :to 1~e
Two oi them are LI� ~d ~ parils~nt, ,
ready tull. QoAtir.med a;ddia s
$ a i d t h e 8 uP e r- netfpd.lt~-Openaal8e~
lntendent of the Bukit osn ortly be ~ent to ri~oh
Merta~am rebabtlltation tf they are ahar~ wlth
centre whioh eerve� pd~eMioa or tr lekin~.
Penang md th~ northern The#h mad~ra oentrb
8tatee: �We are tull iq t~h~ T~deenl'XTetrlto~y '
houae." ' l~ , tu11~ ~R1thoA h 'ft
Hl~ centro ha~ 108 in� N~ !n Ka�
mate~ and ha ha~ yat to ~~?K ~d 8eremban.
bo told whether he wlll Ths Batu Glyah Help
have to eQuacse in any ot de-
the es suspected drug ad� llve of thp ~
- dicts rounded up by tiln~d b~t pOllce in Perak
Penang police. at~d canaot Aope wlth
Tha Tampln centre b ~ ~
tull, aocording to report~ The b~ ~ bat Aiunber of
from Johore and ~o hs~ ~w~~~~' tiotal-
itu ~i,:*+ere pioked up
no plsce tor tM addld~, frp~ ~~,otty.
In Johore Bahru lock�up, Mof~pr 806 were d~-
"We haye roor~ tor 190 tatnod tn P~ralc, tpllowed
more," a?!d 3[r Oar~ew~ by ~ tn Johor~, about 8z
ot the Kuala Kubu Sahru. fn Penang and *6 in
oentr~. x~~~ .
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- PAKISTAN
HEROIN ADDICTION IN ALARMING PROPORTIONS REPORTED
Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 24 Jan 82 pp 1, 8
I
[Text] ISLAMAHAD, JAN. 23: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
~ FOR HEALTH, MAJ.-GEN� (RTD) M. SHUAIB, TODtIY SOUNDED A NOTE OF WARNING OVER THE
GROWING DRUG ABUSE AND SAID THAT HEROIN ADDICTION HAD ASSUNiED AN AT~ARMING PR -
~
~ TION IN PAKISTAN.
I
i Addressing a Press conference, he said the us~ of drugs had spread rapidly in
i Karachi Baluchistan and the NWFP, particularly the tribal area.
I Also present at the news conference were Chairman of the Pakistan Narcotic Control
~ Board, Mairaj Husain, and members of the Coordination Committee, Dr. M.H. Mobbashar
I and Dr. Nasir Qureshi of Rawalpindi, Dr. M.M. Zaheer Khan (Karachi), Dr. Hyder A.
j Kazi, Dr. Ijaz Bakhsh (Gilgit) and senior officials of the Baard.
~
' Maj-Gen. Shuaib said a survey to asses the situation of heroin addiction would be
i conducted soon, but added that circumstancial evidence did exist to show a rapid
growth of this menace.
~ Dr. Shuaib said heroin addiction was the worst kind of addiction and difficult ~o
treat. He expressed his concern over ~he general and cheap availabilii:y of the
drug in the underground market.
Tribal Area
He further said that the tribal areas are inaccesoable for the authorities and it
is difficult to control the production of this ca;,anodtty ~hsr~.
The recently started production of heroin ie rt h:i.clhly azmina facL , ss ~he opium
addicts are easily curable � but heroin addici:~ urE veky difficuZt ~.c cure.
One of the officials also informed that this n~er.ac~ has now gan~e as r:ar as places
like Karachi, and other large cities. Thera have a.lso been reparts al~out its in-
creasing use within the students of educational iiistitutions, includi.r.g medical
colleges and universities.
Heroin is made from opium, through a chemical proces~� There have also been re-
ports of small factories set up at various places within the *ribal areas of thE
NWFP.
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zn tha laet eix months as many ae 160 cases of haroin addiction have been brought
for treatment to one of the PNCB detoxification centree~ located in different pazts
of the country.
This does not mean that the actual number of such addicts is not far more than
this figure.
Another medical expert from Gilgit i nformed about the opium addicts in the Northern
Areas, however no heroin addicts have been reported so far.
There are also reparts of drug addicts among the Afghan refugees, who are located
in some parts of Northern Areas, Baluchistan and tdWP'P.
A leading psychiatrist of the country, and a member of the National Coordination
Committee, Dr. Mubashir, expreseed his grave concern ov~er thia situation and said
that once this problem ~akes place, it will be very difficult to control it.
He said that use of drugs resulted in mental aicknesa in most of the casea and drug
addicts who had been cured or were under treatment should be considered as mentally
handicapped people and should be given jobs out of the 2 per cent quota for jobs
recently fixed by the President General Mohamnad Zia-ul-Haq.
He also emphasised the need for better health care facilities to be introduced for
curing drug addicts throughout the country.
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PAKISTAN
BBC REPORT DENIED ON SOURCE OF PAKISTAN DRUGS
Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 14 Jan 82 p 5
[Text] Pakistan is becoming 'the ma~or centre~ for the traffic of illegal narcotic
trade, according to a recent announcement by the BBC. However, the local drug
- enforcement sources categorically claim that Chis observation is false.
It was reported on the BBC's "News About Britain," this week, that a record
seizure of heroin was mada in Britain in 1981. Most of this narcotic seized by
the British Narcotic Control officials had been coming through Pakistan, which
~ is now becoming the 'ma~or centre' for illegal narcotic trade.
However, Mr M. Mubeen Ahmed Khan, Superintendent of the Drug Enforcement Cell
(Preventive Services), has said that this news report is totally false.
M~ost of the heroin, he said, was being transported through the 'Golden Triangle,'
, comprising Thailand, Burma and other South Aaian countries.
' "Tribal people in these countries," he said, "are growing opium which they con-
vert into heroin. A major portion of the illegal drug traffic is also through
Turkey," he added.
Besides, much of this heroin trade, he stated, was also through India as couriera
found smuggling of narcotica through India much eaeier than Pakistan, because in
India the export of opium wae officialLy allowed which aerved as a cover for
smugglers.
Ban on Opium Export
Mr Mubeen Khan said that the Pakiatan Government did not pe.rmit the export of
these drugs under any form.
lie believed that 1,000 t~ns of opium was being grown in certain Asian countries.
International smugglera, with connectiona all over the world, were finding it
- eaeier to transport these narcotics through other countries, instead of Pakistan.
It may be stated that the Cuatoms seized contraband narcotics in Pakistan, esti-
mated at Rs 930 million on the foreign market, during the year 80-81.
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Ztao inepectore and one Customs sepoy of the Collectorate of Central Excise and
Land Customs, Peshawar, and one sepoy of the Quetta Collectorate were killed in
encounters with narcotic smugglers. '
In 1981, there were record seizures of heroin, including clandestine heroin manu-
facturing laboratories, discovered in slum areas and the auburbs of Karachi.
CSO: 5300/4610
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PAKISTAN
~ BRIEFS
SIND HEROIN HAUL--Sind crime branch made a seizure of 14 kilograms of heroin
worth over Rs.15 million (Rs.150 million in etreet value) at Rhe Karachi sirport
on Saturday night. [GF051223 Karachi DAWN in Englieh 1 Feb 82 p 1 GF]
OPIUM PRODUCTION DECLINE--The production of opium has declined from 800 metric
tons during 1978-79 season to 85 tone in 1979-80, following concerted efforts
of the government, a report on growth and conCrol of opium and cannabis
cultivation prepared by Pakistan Narcotice Control Board said. One of the
factors was banned on opium cultivation imposed in F�:bruary 1979, it said. PPI
[Text] [GF031308 Karachi DAWN in English 31 Jan 82 p 8]
CSO: 5300/4612
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PHIL IPP INE S
DANGEROUS DRUG BILL APPROVED
Manila BULLETIN TODAY in Engl ish 27 Jan 82 p 1, 3
[Article by C. Valmoria, Jr.]
~~~~T-...w-n?....~~.
( Text 'i'he Batasang Pamban� 3 ~'coca"'"'Te'e?t' and'itS"BArlva='";~
, ea added teeth laet night d ~'tivee;~.p.a~ti:cut~irly~~ ;
to the . nationwide cam- cocaine, and Indian hemp
' paign againat dr'Gg abuae ; ~or mari~juana and its de- .
when it plugged loopholes , rivatfyee::� ~ ~ ' �
in the Dangeroue Drugs The changee ~n the law ;
Act of 1972. ~ ~ ,~;were: introduced ~ by the
Ae approved � b~ . the � ~ late F~ealth Mini~ter En- '
assembly, mere posaes- ~ ,rique 1VI. Garcie. As chair-.,,,';
sion of maruuana and ' man of the ~ Batasan?
opium eeeds will be ~ committee on health,'
punishable witli' tinpris- Garcia reported out the
~ onment af, frora 12 yeara = bill for appmval. '
- to 20 yeara and ~a fine of , A s a.e m b 1 y m a n~ .
from l14,000 to. r30,000, ' Leopoldo Diaa (KBL,''
It was observed ,that ~ Central Luzon), minie-'
'pereona found in posses-. ~ ter of atate for health
sion of these seeds had and vice chairman of
been acquitted hy the ~ the health committee~
court8 because this ia not sponaored the bill on
covered by the lew. the floor.
The amendmente to the The authority givea '
law aleo define the liabil- to the food and druQ
- ity of . the owner of the admit?istration under�
lend on which the planta . Presidential Decree
are grown. ~ ' 280 to order the clo-
The bilt, which amenda. ' sure, auspension, or re-
Republic .,Act 6428, waa vocation of the licenee '
ap~roved in record time and permit of a drug
- after President Marcos ~ eatablieli?nent dealifid
challenged the Bats~san to ~ iri danaerous dr~g~
enart the measure in 48 waa transferred to t6e
houra. dangerous druga
The President had boazd.. ,
threatened to issue a de- ~ V..
cree if the assembly failed
to act on the bill on time
because of ite urgency. `
Under the law, prohi-
bited drugs include oplum ~
and its active components
and derivatives such a8
heE'Rin , and ~}io~Ehine*. . .
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PHILIPPINES
BRIEFS
ANTIDRUG MEASURES--The Batasang Pambansa approved last night the bill providing
for a tougher law to curb drug abuae in the country. The bill amended the
dangerous drugs law of 1972 to provide stiffer penalties and widen the scope
of the law. Under the amendment, th e possession oF permitted drugs [as heardJ,
cultivation and possession of seeds of all kinds of narcotics plants are
punishable with up to life imprisonment and fines reaching 30,000 pesos. The
bill now goes to President Marcos for his approval. The Batasan approved the
measure after a clause that allows as evidence the refusal of a suspected
drug user to undergo laboratory teats was removed, after it was opposed as
unconstitutional. The bill was passed 1 day before the expiration of th e
deadline imposed by Preaident Marcos on the Batasan. The president, in
stressing seriousness of the drug problem, said he would use his decree-
issuing powers to enact the bill if the Batasan failed to approve it in
1 week. [Text] [HK260032 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company in English
2330 GMT 25 Jan 82]
MARIHUANA PLANTS UPROOTED--Camp Alimanao, Tuguegarao, Jan. 7--Military au~horities
uprooted and seizc~d today eome 30,000 fully growm m~rijuana plants worth sev~eral
millions of pesos in a three-hectare plsntation in barangay Bugnay, Tinglayan,
Kalinga-Apayao. Brig. Gen. Vicente Custodio, PC Reqion 2 commander, said the plan-
tation was bel~eved owned arid cultivated by the New People's Army headed by Ernesto
Garado alias "Ka Sungar" Custodio eaid the cultivators fled minutes before the ar-
rival of a raiding team led by Lt. Col. Benjamin Aguinalcb, Kalingr~-Apayao PC
commander. The raiding team found a marker identifying the alleged cultivator as
a certain Panoy Dawing, a resident of Bugnay, Custodio said. Tinqlayan is one of
the identified havens of diseidenta in the Cordillera range, he added. Bugnay,
where the plantation was located, ueed to be headed by barangay captain Macliing
Dulag, who hogged the limelight last year when he was murdered at the height of the
Chico dam ~ontroversy. [Manila PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS in English 8 Jan 82 p 3]
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SRI LANKA
SIX nCRI:S t)F (,AN,TA DES'I'ROYED
(;u L~,tnho I)~ f LY NI?WS i n l:n};.l I sli 12 Jan 82 p 7
~'C~~ y L~ UDAWALAWE Tious pluce tor Qaa~a
In a Qan~a raid oon- culttv~ttan, ~
ducted last Nee1c Uda? ~rdin~ to t~e Po-
wwls~?e p~olioe Were ,
sblo , to add another Uce th,en were about
plx~aores to the v~at 76,000 fna~s pla~ts fn
acrea~e slre4dY : d~ the duna but aU o1
_ troYed in thn IIdaw4 them had prevbu~slY
1$ae, NaLional ~k ~n out aad ramoved
darin~ the six~9ay. a~e- ~ly the atubs.
ratlon C3an~a th~re 1a Neverthelees everythin~
mid-December. ww uprooted and dea-
The rafd coaductad ~py~ by yollaa.
_ on a ttq-off ~iven by
a a,an who Wae'taJ~en Bub~Iaapeator W~e-
into ouato~Qy on the Tfm Ps~, ~~r fn-0hsrqe,
bolketfya -Tansmslwilla Udawslawa polioe dir-
road while tranapcrt- ~~d ~ �D~~On
- inQ b8b,000 ~'alna ot und was ~ted bY
ganJa in two Qu~nY Polioe Bergapta Rat~nar
t~?Qe. The aueDeot had Ps~~ W~eairlp~rdsae
1ed the polioe partq und ca~tabid ~ma~'
alx miloe thrott~h Et~e nay~te PremadW~?, 8�'
~unale to w chena at masir! uad Mahinda-
Mu'wanpelea4e,. a noto' Di�~'at ~ '
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_ THAILAND
BRIEFS
CO1~fITTEE TO TACKLE OPIUM--A high-level. co~aittee has been set up to solve problems
in connection with opium growing by hilltribes people. This followed the prime
minister's order dated 15 January. The committee is chaired by Deputy Prime Minister
Prachuap Suntharangkun. It is empowered to review~ improve and correct policies and
meaeures as we'l1 as varioua orders iseued in connection with attempts to solve the
opium growing problem. The cornmittee is also empowered to set up a subcoffinittee to
help it with its work as found necessary. 'i'he new~committee comprises members of the
military, the National Security Council, the local administration department and
- other agencies of the civil service. [Text] [BK010657 Bangkok Domestic Service in
English 0000 GMT 1 Feb 82]
CSO: 5300/2158
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CANADA
HEROIN SEIZURE CALLED OTTAWA' S LARGEST BUST ON RECORD
Ottawa THE CITIZEN in English 28 Dec 81 p 1
_ [Text ]
An estimated S2-million worth our squad is analysing it.
of heroin was scized by the '"[t's one of the worst drugs
Royal Canadian Mounted Police out on the market."
during the weekend in Ottawa's He wouid not speculate on
largest heroin bust on record. wtrether heroin use has increased
One pound of the drug was in thls area. � .
ibund Christmas Eve .in a van The Ottawa RCMP detach-
spotted tr~veqing near,the .inter- ment has a 45-man drug squad
section of Bronson Avenue and and senior narcotic ofCcers de-
Catherine Strect at 10 p.m. cided to form a speciat unit to
The drugs wero packaged in investigate the beroine . drug
several plastic bags. . ~ trade. .
A handgun was alsa found. in_ 7he heroin will be analysed by
the vehicle, but there wae no re� federal health officials this week. ~
sistance at "the time of arrest, After examination, the drug
said RCNf~' narcotic division , W~~~ ~ taken to the Bureau of
Sgt. Ken Kelly. Dangerous~ Drugs where it will ~
The arrests came after an in- be burned. ~
vestigation by a'four�man drug , rwo Edmonton residents,
- squad formed in late Sepfember. Ahmad Watfa, 26, and Basstm
"Top priority has been given Bassil, 31, have been charged
to . heroin use in the area," said with possession of heroin for the
Sgt. Kelly. "And this is our first purpose of trafficking.
big bust. � Watfa and Bassil are to
"The heroin line is one of the appear in provincial court Tues� ~
. biggest in the drug business and day at 10 a.m. :
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~
YUGOSLAVIA
DRUG CONTROLS ON YUGOSLAU~ BULGARIAN BORDER
Amsterdam DE TELEGRAAF in Dutch 31 Dec 81 p 15
[Article by Andre De Kromme: "Yugoslavia, Europe's Biggest Heroin Trap"]
L Text7 As the struggle againat druga gete harder, customs anfl border
police, too, are changing their tactics. Their atrategy is directed
more now towar~ia attacking the men behfnd the scenes, which pro-
duces a dangerous aituation because of the billions at atake.
What is found at the borders is important primarily as an indi-
' cation of what is entering Europe. Our reporting team has fo1~-
lowed the wearisome battle against drug smuggling for five days
and nights in Ihnitrovgrad, on the Yugoslad/Bulgarian border, a
primitive corner of the Ba~kana, where the drug amugglers run the
highest ri.sk in all of Europe. In Yugoslavia there are more than
300 imprisoned drug couriera. According to West European statis-
tics and data from Interpol, Yugoslavia ia now conducting the most
successful f ight.
Dmitrovgrad, Thursday--The motors of the road grants, which take the slippery
grade at a crawl, growl tiresomely. The chains bite into the icy layer which the
heavy trucks themselves press from the constantly falling anow. Frequently the wheels
slip through and the modern caravan on the Bombay-London crossing comes to a halt.
At the same place on the age-old Mesopotamian trade route caravans used to travel to
Europe with mules and horse-drawn and ox-drawn wagons with spices, precious metalwork,
hides and carpets. Then armed merchants accompanied their coatly trade goods, con-
stantly exposed to robbers and quick-flaring conflicte in the Balkans.
Now battle is once again being done in this rugged area and detectives and uniformed
customs men are lying in wait for one of the most expenaive materials on earth: heroin,
one gram of which about 2,000 kilometera further along, in Frankfurt or Amsterdam, is
worth at least 250 guildere. They are fighting the preventive battle against the
misery of tens of thousands of addicts and increased atreet crime.
P ile of Trash
The halts on the mirror-slick road leave the faCigued drivers, many of whom already
~have a few thousand kilometers behind them, as cold as the weather outside. They are
used to it and know that in a few hours it will become a complete pile of trash, when
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they land on the notorious Autoput in Nis~, a largely ill-maintained two-lane asphalt
stretch on which once a,^,ain all the freight traffic from Greece and Alba~iia, along
with tene of thousands of passenger cara, bounces along to Auatria and Western Europe.
For their part, the Yugoslavian border patrol members are not concerned about the con-
dition of the drivers. "We are not standing here for the fun of it," says border post
chief Gradimir--"0'Grady"--Hadzinladzic. As a seasoned practical specialist in fight-
ing drugs at the borders, he is proud of his nickname, for the only real "Mr. 0'Grady"
- in this little world is an internationally famous narcotics expert from the American
_ "Drugs Enforcement Administration."
"On our borders, we catch nearly one-third of all heroin found in Europe. In Amster-
dam and Frankfurt, they estimate that about 10 percent is uncovered. But we think
that it is about 2 percent or even less, because even though we make the lion's share
of discoveries, they are based purely on spot checks. By agreement with Austrian,
_ West German and Netherlands narcotics brigades, from time to time we allow suspect
vehicles to pass through to be able to take a look behind the scenes at the destin-
ation."
A few days earlier while we sat in the (over-) heated Ministry of Information of Ael-
grade, it was made clear to my colleague Will Dekkers and me that the detective in-
stinct of the customs man is the best means of detection. Vido Popadic, chief of
investigations for the federal Yugoslavian customa: "Because of our lack of modern
equipment, we have ~ust turned in a request for f inancial assistance with the nar-
cotics department of the United Nations in Vienna. We particularly need freezer
cabinets, so that we can also take a close look at refrigerator trucks. For, to
express it carefully, we have the strongest suspicion that a lot of heroin is also
entering Europe by way of frozen foods.
"The fact that my men are doing spectacular work despite the primitive circumstances
is because they have taken a special course in drugs detection at our customs school
here in Belgrade. Technology is important, but it is precisely because of the lack
of that technology that sae have built up the experience that the discovery of a drug
shipment is primarily a matter of psychology, of knowing people. The behavior of
the drivers and other occupants is an important indication and the 'nose' of a cus-
toms man reacts better than the nose of a heroin dog.
"Furthermore, most recently pure, practically odorless heroin is coming in instead of
raw opium, so that we now know that once again the laboratories are located in the
production areas themselves. But ,just like the delivery routes and the smuggling
methods, that can change from one day to the next. Our opponent is both intelligent
and quick. We recently discovered heroin in shipment of corn. That meant that some-
- where in Europe there had to be a special filtering system through which the corn
could be sifted without leaving any dangerous traces of heroin behind, Unfortunately,
our theory quickly leaked out and was publ~.ehed, after which the trick with the corn
- was pulled out of the bag of tricke."
- By Sea
According to Popadic, it is also because of the observation of behavior that Yugosl~-
vian Customs is now on the track of a new heroin route by sea. "In our harbors on
the Adriatic Sea, not only are we faced with the same problems as in Rotterdam and
elsewhere, but we also have regular auto-bridge connections with Turkey and the Middle
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East. Last summer, we drew a bead on people who came to pick up autos from the twice-
weekly ferry from the Syrian port of Tartus. We already lmew that it had been a hash
route, but now we have discovered that it has become an important heroin route. I
al~ays say: We took our basic training from the hash couriers, we are rounding out
our education with the heroin smugglers, but we cannot graduate yet because we etill
have not gotten to see the professors of this criminal science."
On the Yugoslav/Bulgarian border it wae proven that top customs man Vido Popadic has
a right to be proud. Tn five times 24 hours, the customs men were successful three
times: Once at the han~dog Dmitrovgrad station, where the express from Istanbul to
Western Europe encounters its longest delay, ~solely because of sharpened drug.~ con-
trol, and twice in spot check in the column of trucks and passenger cars at the net
on the "Bombay road." Here, my colleague Dekkera and I saw how heroin was uncovered
from under the aeats of a passenger and from a--to custams eyes--remarkably hidden
space between the rear axle and the floor of a truck.
Spare Batteries
"Dumb," say Gridimir Hadzimladzic, "but these hid,ing places are still used, even though
less often. The newest method, which we got onto 4 months ago, is carrying things
in spare batteries. On th~se long distances, both trucks and passenger cars almost
always carry all kinds of spare parts, such as contact points, a distributor cap,
belts and tires, spark plugs, and a battery. Because it is normal, we never pa~d any
attention to it until the end of August, when we were so good as to help a Turk who
worked in West Germany with his starting problems. When we could not get his Mercedes
230, which would not run because of the heat, and which he said ran on gas, to start
either, we wanted to take a look under the hood and at the gas tank in the trunk.
When the Turk gestured that that was too much trouble, we became more interested.
Everything appeared to be mounted properly, and if he had not been so nervous, we
would never have found the 12 kilograma of heroin in the gas tank. The car simply
ran on gasoline...."
That experience of 27 August set the Yugoslavian cuatoma on the track of the usual
spare parts, particularly the batteriea. In 4 montha' time, a total of 41 kilograms
of heroin have been turned up that way. The refinement of this trick-with-the-battery:
under the hood, everything looks normal. The spare battery sits in the trunk along with
the other spare parts, packed in with suitcases, cans, and bags. But there are two
holes bored in the bottom of the spare battery, invisible at first look. The two holes
are also in the rubber mat on the floor of the trunk. The rest is a matter of re-
fined wiring: the "spare battery" is the actual source of current; the "real" battery
contains heroin.
Last Seals
Yugoslavia's customs chief, Vido Popadic; "The methods are becoming inereasingly more
refined and are changed faster and faster, and when we further realize that the Bul-
garians on the Greek border, too, are discovering one new trick after another, we
sometimes ask ourselves what we are doing. With a watertight contro]., all traffic be-
tween Europe and the Near East would come to a halt. We also have to deal with the
problem that frequently the last goods are loaded in Istanbul and it is there that the
last lead seals are applied. Here the last seals, which are 'holy" to a customs man,
weigh the heaviest, because Istanbul appears to be the point of departure, while the
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trucks often come from Pakiatan, Iran, Afghanietan or from deep inside Turkey. [The
term: "The last seals weight the heaviest" ia also a proverb meaning "It's the last
straw that breaks the camel's back." Here the meaning is both literal and f igurative.
- TR.] Now we are also highly interested in what happens before or in Istanbul. From
wh~t we have discovered from spot checks, that must be something which would make the
most exciting television crime show pale into a kiddy show."
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~ CHILE
BRIEFS
NARCOTICS CONFISCATID--Santiago, 31 Jan (AFP)--It was reported here today
that the Chilean investigations police confiscated 28.7 kilograms of
cocaine, 255.7 kilograms of marihuana, 2,762 i.uiits of other manufactured
drugs and approximately $120,000 during 1981. [PY031129 Paris AFP in Spanish
1602 GMT 21 Jan 82 PY]
CSO: 5300/2150
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- COLOMBIA
BRIEFS
COCAIN~ LABORATORIES DISCOVERED--Bogota--The police aeized 8.5 tons of marihuana
in the municipality of Fundacion, Magdalena department, the police department
_ has announced. In the area known ae (La Guarapera), San Jose Del Guajiare,
5,000 cocaine plants were aeized and 4 cocaine proceesing laboratories were
discovered. [PA301735 Bogota Domeatic Service in Spanish 1730 GMT 25 Jan 82 PA]
MARIHUANA SHIPMENT CONFISCATED--Barran~uilla--In the past few houra the anti-
narcotics police seized another 10-ton cargo of pressed marihuana ready for ship-
ment, presumably to Central America. This was at the Cristalina farm, Fundacion
Municipality. No arresta were made. The authoritiea will burn the marihuana.
[PA301735 Bogota Ca~ena Radial Super in Spanish 2330 GMT 25 Jan 82 PA]
MARIHUANA SEIZED--Medellin--The Colombian authoritiea today seized 9 tons of
marihuana worth 40 million pesos, in the region of Pueblo Nuevn, Uraba, Antioquia
- department. [PA301735 Bogota Cadena Radial Super in Spanish 2330 GMT 29 Jan
82 PA].
ARMY CAPTURES DRUGS~ ARMS--Rio Hacha, Colombia--Units of the 2d brigade head-
quartered in Barranquilla and membera of the narcotics squad, today aeized a
large amount of maxihuana and an arma cache near Rio Hacha. On a aearch miseion,
the soldiers in a houae 1 M-1 rifle, 2.30 cal Smith rifles, magnum revolvera
of different calibers, 10 .26 gauge [as heard] shotguns, 3 communications radios
and several army uniforms. A total of 19 metric tons of marihuana and 100 kg
of marihuana aeed were seized in the eame operation. The arma and druge were
turned over to the proper authorities. No one was captured in the operation.
[Tex~] [PA281408 Bogota Cadena Radial Super in Spanish 1730 GMT 27 Jan 82]
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JAMAICA
BRIEFS
SEAGA ON MARIJUANA--Toronto, Dec. 21 (CANA)--There are only about 2,000 acres of
marijuana (gan~a) being cuZtivated in Jamaica and marijuana farming is not as
extensive as the foreign news media desc~ibe it, Jamaica's Prime Minister Edward
Seaga said. [Text] [Kingston THE DAILY GLEANER in English 22 Dec 81 p 1]
CSO: 5300/7523
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MEXICO
TRAFFICKING SAID TO CONTINUE IN NATION'S PRISONS
Ciudad Juarez EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 6 Jan 82 pp 1, 5
[Text] "So long as there are drugs on the market, there will be trafficking in ther
CeReSo [Social Rehabilitation Center] and in all of the nation's prisons." This
� statement was made by Antonio Lopez Buatamante, director of the detention establish-
ment,upon being questioned on the sub~ect.
He claimed that it is extremely difficult to eradicate the drug traffic inside
prisons and, furthermore, it is "absurd" to try to do so; noting that 90 percent
of the inmates are drug addicts.
The institution's director remarked: "Moreover, even though on both the general and
~ con~ugal type visiting days an inspection is made of peraons co~aing to see their
relatives or friends, they are quite often found to have in their possession large
amounts of toxic pills of the so-called 'prodoline' type."
Lopez Bustamante noted that medium-aized cane containing marihuana and toxic pills
are very often discovered, but deapite the fact that this problem appears frequent-
ly, he claimed that there has been a decline in the drug traffic in comparison with
~ other years.
He said that this is because "I am enacting retention" for all inmates caught with
drugs; adding that from August, when the first retention took place, until the
preaent, 19 inmates have received retention owing to their bad behavior, disobedience
of orders from superiors or drug trafficking.
The retention conaists of increasing the period of time in ~ail to twice what has
been given in the sentence. He said that the inmatea whose term has been increased
are prisoners sentenced for various crimes.
Although the official reported that, to date, there has been no reply to the messages
sent to the state capital and to Mexico City, becauae this is the first time in the
prison's history that retention has been applied to the inmates, the measure was
necessary because of the bad condu~t shown by certain prisoners: "They had to be
made to realize that wherever they are they must behave like normal persons."
He said that despite the fact that "I have received approval from the director of
crime prevention and from some directora of other prisons, I have not had a reply
to the messages." Ad~ustments must be made to the prison laws, adding the applica-
tion of retention for inmates who do not obey the prison rules.
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MEXICO
BRIEFS .
NEW PJF COMMANDER REPORTS--Yesterday, the office of head of the Federal Judicial
Police was aseumed by Comdr Rodolfo Moises Calvo, who was groug chief of this
police entity, replacing Comdr Carlos Mondragon Olguin. Comdr Moises Calvo stated
that, thanks to the campaigns which the government has conducted against drug produc-
tion throughout the entire republic, the clandestine growing of drugs has gradually
been disappearing. He cited as apecific examplea the states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua,
places which until a few years ago had been considered critical areas, owing to the
high rate of drug production. Now, he claimed, from the 100 percent that the latter
represented, the volume has dropped to 8 or 10 percent at the most. In connection
with Sonora, Cqmdr Rodolfo Moises Calvo said that our state does not represent any
problem, because it is categorized as a passage way toward the towns bordering the
United 5tates. Noting that the invasion1of different types of drugs is currently
very slight in the urban areas, he said that they occur only in the abandoned urban
locations; but that this is nothing compared to what it was during the 1970's in
the universities and schools. [Text] [Hermosillo EL IMPARCIAL in Spanish 7 Jan 82
Sec A p 11] 2909
MARIHUANA TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Nogales, Sonora, January 9(PH)--Another blow was
dealt to the drug traffic, this time in Agua Prieta, by the Federal Judicial Police
- in the northern section of Sonora yesterday, when they seized 60 kilogramsr of mari-
huana and arrested those presumed responaible for the illegal ahipment. The enti-
ty's group chief, Carlos Silva Urrutia, reported that the first to be arrested was
- Ale;jandro Peralta Mata, who was carrying a little over 1 kilogram of the injurioua
grass in a~~an type Ford truck with state of Arizona license plates ZNW-310. After
arresting Peralta Mata, the Federal Judicial Police agents searched his house,
found the rest of the drugs and in the same action arrested Jose Dolores Villegas
- and Matias Lopez Acosta, the forr,ier's accomplices in the crime of drug possession
and trafficking. The marihuana was carefully concealed in five packages in a
suitcase inside the residence that was searched, where those now under arrest had
presumably stored it for some time, so as to sell it later in the United States.
Its origin was the El Zumbido farm in the municipality of Janos, Chihuahua. Those
presumed liable were moved to this border and placed at the disposal of the agent
of the Federal Public Ministry. [Text] [Hermosillo EL IMPARCIAL in Spanish 9 Jan
82 Sec D p 2] 2909
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EGYPT
INTENSIFIED EFFORTS REDUCE DRUG SMUGGLING
Cairo UKTUBAR in Arabic No 267, 6 Dec 81 pp 64, 65
[Article by Ahmad Muatafa]
[Text] Why has "al-Bataniyah," the section of Cairo most notorious for narcot-
ics dealings, become completely empty of "big dealere," retailers, and even the
"Nadur~iyah," who are the "young kids" who act as an alarm system and warn the
dealers of "raids" by the narcotica squad?
Why have the prices of drugs risen, although few are present? The price per
"piaster of hashiah" has risen to 30 and 40 pounds, when it had been 7 pounds.
Why has the price of a"piaster of opium" risen from 60 to 200 pounds? What is
the secret behind all of this?
Is there a"substitute" or "substitutea" for hashish and opium which citizens
can take? Wha~ are they?
What can the state and the various agencies do to stamp out these terrible drugs
once and for all? The official report of the Narcotica Agency in Cairo says:
"During the past 9 months, 157 kilograms of opium were seized, while in the same
period of the pre~eding year more than 3,147 kilograsa were confiscated.
As for hashiah, during these past 9 months, more than 50 tona were seized, while
in the same montha of the preceding year only 12 tons were seized.
Now, druge have definitely disappeared, and their prices have risen drastically.
Secret of Drug Disappearance
Does the secret lie in the efforta of the border patrol of the armed forces, who
patrol all of the bordera of Egypt along the sea and in the desert to prevent
smuggling?
Does it lie in the concentrated efforts of the narcotics agents and the investi-
gators in all of the governorates of Egypt?
Does it lie in the continuous campaigns conducted night and day by police offi-
cers and investigators as they search some cars on the desert and farm roads,
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and police "undercover" men who are stationed on bridges and in many areas within
the cities, searching some private and rental cars and trucks looking for weapons
and sometimes fincling drugs in these vehicles?
Opinion of Minister of Interior
I sought the opinion of Muhammad Nabawi Isma'il, deputy prime minister and minis-
ter of the interior. He said: "There ia no doubt that the border patrol of the
armed forces has a very large role in combatting smuggling of drugs into Egypt.
I would also like to say that there is very firm cooperation between the armed
forces and the Ministry of the Interior in this field. As for combatting drugs
within Egypt, the UN has given Egypt some modern equipm.ent and apparatus, includ-
ing airplanes to observe the movemente of smugglers and look for their positions
in the mountains or on the farms, and also to look for fields planted in opium."
I left the deputy prime minister and minieter of the interior preoccuplad with
_ his many reapansibilities. I sympathize with his efforts as he reads the dozens
of dossiers piled around him in his office, all of them describing activities of
members of terrorist organizations. I directed my questions to Maj Gen Mamduh
Salim Zaki, director of the Narcotics Agency, to seek his opinion.
Rising Price of Drugs
He said: "As to the rising price of drugs, I would like to say that narcotics,
like any commercial commodity offered in the markete, are sub~ect to the law of
supply and demand. If the cost rises, that ie a sign that the supply oI drugs
is diminishing.
"If the price goes down, that i.s a sign that there are large quantitites of
drugs on the market. The disappearance of drugs from the market in all of Egypt
is attribtztable to the firm cooperation between the drug combatting apparatus on
the national level and the forces of the border guards, 'the first line of de-
fense,' on whom the Ministry of the Interior relies to stop drug smuggling.
Very, very large quantities have been seized, especially in recent months." He
added: "This is in addition to the major efforts by the officers of the nar-
cotics units in Cairo and all of the governorates to follow scientific methods
and to arrest ma~or drug deal~~rs and smugglera, especially in the recent period,
which has had a very great in?'luence on the disagpearance of drugs and their
absence among the citizens."
I asked: "Do you expect some dealers, the 'little guys,' to reyume their ac-
tivitiea after things calm down and the security and stability situation returns
to normal?"
_ Ma~ Gen Mamduh 5alim Zaki replied: 1�I believe that the crime of dealing
drugs is a social crime which can be stopped for a time but then will reappear.
It is like any other crime which cannot be completely wiped out."
He added: "However, it is very possible to put a stop to the activities of
smugglers and drug dealers, large or amall, by scientific planning and other
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methods such as precise and constant monitoring of their activities, and also
supervision of other narcotic eubstances which can entsr Egypt as 'drug
substitutes"'.
_ Addict is Weak Person
I asked the director of the narcotics agency: "Do you believe that the drug ad-
dicts will stop taking or smoking hashieh, opium, or other types of drugs in
light of the scarcity of these drugs?"
He said: "I would like to tell you that drug addicts are weak and cowardly
_ human beings who ~.snnot keep themselves from using drugs. Therefore, if the
drugs are absent, they start to look for a aubstitute for this type of drug,
even if it is medication that contains certain types of drugs auch as codeine,
which people take to relieve coughs. Thus, it is now ueing noted that there is
a ma~or shortage of certain medicines in pharmacies, medicines which contain
codeine."
He added: "There are other typea of substancea which affect the mental state of
people or drug uaera such as methaqualone makston fort, which are smuggled
into Egypt from some European countriea where they are produced. During the
past 9 months of this year, more than 188 kilograms of solid substancea of these
types and 179,016 centimeters of liquid substances were seized."
Question: "Is Egypt considered a drug-consuming state?"
Answer: "Yes. The most widespread drug in Egypt is hashish, which is smuggled
into Egypt from Lebanon. In recent months, huge shipments have poured into
Egypt. More than 50 tons were seized during the past 9 months, the largest
quantity.seized in the history of the narcotica apparatus. This indicates the
huge quantity of hashish produced in Lebanon and the intensity of the efforts
exerted to put an end to operations to smuggle it into Egypt. This is more than
four times the quantity of only 12 tons aeized last year.
- "As for opium, it is smuggled into Egypt from Turkey. In recent years, Egypt
has tried to foil the plan of Turkiah smuggling rings to flood Egypt with opium
by concealing it in secret hiding places in cars shipped with some members of
the Turkish smuggling rings to Egyptian porta. When the Narcotica Agency checked
these attempts, the ring membera resorted to individuals of other nationalities
(German and British~. They were all apprehended, with the help of officers from
the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. They passed themselves off as American diplo-
mats and were able to mingle with the smugglers and make them believe that they
were willing to help them smuggle drugs into Egypt."
The director of the Narcotics Agency said: "There is something important that
I would like you to know. There is complete cooperation between the Narcotics
Agency in Egypt and its counterparts in America, England, Germany, Holland, Pak-
istan, and a large number of other European states. This cooperation played a
large part in arresting the rings of dangerous smugglers who were smuggling
hashish and opium in hiding places in luxury cara which were being shipped from
certain states to Egypt and, also, in secret compartments in luggage and shoes."
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Finally, I asked Maj Gen Mamduh Salim Zaki: "Can the state take advantage of
this climate in which drugs have disappeared and direct some young people toward
wliolesome activities to divert them from such drugs?"
He replied: "There are two aspects to preventing the spread of drugs.
"The first is fighting them. That is complemented by prevention and treatment
by the various information media, such as television, the press, radio, movies,
etc."
"If the media acted in solidarity and cooperated, with sound guidance from the
state, young people could be guided to sound ways to serve the nation and could
be prevented from turning to drugs or substitute pills which can cause mental and
nervous disorders and even death."
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IRAN
MORE THAN ONE TON OF HEROIN, OPIUM SEIZED
Tehran ETTELA'AT in Persian 18 Jan 82 p 2
[Report by Col Bakhtegan, chief Af the Antinarcotics Department]
[Excerpt] Off icers of the Antinarcotics Department of the National Police of
the Islamic Republic of Iran [IRI] have seized more than one ton of heroin
and opium.
Hojjateleslam Nateq-Nuri, minister of the interior, and Col He~azi, chief of
the National Police of the IRI inspected the narcotics seized.
Colonel Bakhtegan, chief of the Antinarcotics Department~ in regard to these
seizures, stated: "This year, officers of this department have sei~ed about
2,250 kilograms of heroin and morphine and 3,240 kilograms of opium and
hashish." He added: "The activities of this department in comparison to
the number of its personnel are tremendous."
While pointing out the inadequacies of this department, Col Bakhtegan said:
"The ~ob of th e personnel is 100~percent police work and sometimes strike-force
work, according to plans made in advance. As a matter of fact, we have control
from a distance, and we keep watch on the country's bordera from here. And the
important thing about this i:~ that in making these massive seizures we do not
have many caeualties, 9o that during this period of activities we have suffered
only one casualty along with several persons shat and wounded--and that was due
to their own lack of experience. Every time theae consignments change hands,
more than 30 armed men accompany the shipments, whereby our officers are faced
with certain dangers."
Regarding the distribution of narcotics in Iran, Col Bakhtegan said: "This
problem has several causes, one of which is lack of control at the borders--
whether air, water or land--as if we were leaving the faucet turned on and
then trying to collect the water coming out of it; and this is very difficult!
Instead of this, we should turn off the faucet completely so the water would
not flow out. We should destroy the source of the heroin. Another difficulty
consists of the 2 million Afghan refugees whom, even at the best, we would say
that 200,000 of them are smugglers who play a very active role in smuggling
narcotics into Iran."
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"Anuther problem is unemployment which causes a number of people to engage
in smuggling in order to support their families; for this work is very
prof itable. On the Afghan border, a kilogram of heroin sells for 1 million
rials, and when this heroin reaches Tehran, it is sold for about 20 million
rials retail, thalt is, after being augmented with various additives.
"Yet another problem is the war imposed by Iraq, which has engaged most of
our law-enforcement organizations. We hope that the war will end soonest
with victory for us and that these forces can handle the narcotics problem,"
In another part of his remarks, Col Bakhtegan said: "In order to combat this
ruinous plague~ we have submitted plans to the authorities which, unfortunately,
have not been carried out. Narcotics are not a traditional crime but an
international crime. All smugglers conduct a certain kind of operation on a
worldwide level, and their job is to de~troy human societies."
Colonel Bakhtegan then said: "Officers of Team Eight of this department, in
connection with these seizures, have arrested four international smugglers.
~ [see photo] One of these smugglers is Haj Abdolghani Kamalzahi, known as
Haj Allahdad, who has a force of more than 5,000 men; and for 20 years the
police officers had not been able to arrest him. Another one is Naser Soltani
wtio had been active in this field for a long time; and two Afghan persons
were also among them; their names are Seyyed Hasan Madares and Bank Lalmir.
_ They had been bringing narcotics into Iran and smuggling out gold bars."
~ Four International Smugglers Arrested, With Narcotics Seized
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Naser Soltani;
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IRAN
BRIEFS
YEAR'S NARCOTICS SEIZURES TOTALED--Tehran, Jan 13 (IRNA)--Last year, 13,456 kgs
of various kinds of narcotics were seized by the Anti-Narcotics Squad of the
Islamic Revolutionary Public Prosecutor's Office. From this amount 922 kgs
were destroyed and the remainder was used for medicai purposes. The Anti-
Narcotics Squad of the Islamic Revolutionary Public Prosecutor's Office also
destroyed 644 kgs of various kinds of inedically worthless narcotics dur ing
the three past months. These narcotics included 469 kgs of hashish, 34 kgs
_ boled opium and 113 kgs of other uacl ess narcotics. Meanwhile, a large number
of published materials ~udged to be contrary to public morals and also
40,000 opium smoking pipes were deatroyed. [Tekt] [Tehran KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
in English 14 Jan 82 p 2]
CSO: 5300/5360
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ISRAEL
BRIEFS
HEROIN DATA--About 14 kg of pure heroin were seized in Israel in 1981. This
- was reported by the police inspector general. He said that the police have
difficulty coping with the trade and smuggling of this drug since no complaints
reach the police. Inspector General Arye Ibtzan was speaking in Netanya.
[Text] (TA200742 Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew 1400 GMT 20 Jafl 82]
~iEROIN SEIZED--Thia week one of Tel Aviv's largest drug amuggling gangs was
uncovered by the police. A large amount of heroin apparently purchased in
Turkey was seized. Its value ia reported to be 8 million ahekels. [TA200742
Tel Aviv HATZOFE in Hebrew 20 Jan 82 p 4 TA]
CSO: 5300/4710
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_ SOUTH AFRICA
BRII:FS
COCAINE HAUL--A 27-year-old Cape Flats man has been arrested by police and is
expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's court this morning in connec-
tion with 8.64 g of cocaine, worth R10,000, seized by police on Wednesday.
Brigadier Dries van den Heever, Divisional CID Chief for the Western Cape,
said yesterday drugs like cocaine "are becoming a problem" in Cape Town,
because they have enormous value on Che black market. [Text] [Johannesburg
RAND DAILY MAIL in English 15 Jan 82 p 3J
DAGGA PATCHES--Middelburg--The Lowveld narcotics squad, in a 10-day swoop,
cleared 150 dagga patches, spotted from the air. Altogether 95,000 plants,
some more than two metres high, were found in the Baberton, Nelspruit, White
River and Hoedspruit mountains. The dagga was estimated to be worth more
than R100,000 and weighed 4,000 kg. In addition, the two squads found
37 illegal stills, and 11,000 1 of illicit liquor were destroyed.--SAPA
[Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jan 82 p 2]
~ CSO: 5300/5624
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NETHERLANDS
ROTTERDAM PORT EXP~CTS INCREASE IN HEROIN SMUGGLING
Rotterdam HET VRIJE VOLK in Dutch 13 Jan 82 p 17
[Text] Itotterdam--Customa in the Rotterdam port f ear a hefty
increase in heroin emuggling in the coming months. They base
thie fearful predtction ~n information about a very rich poppy
harvest in the Golden Triangle, an area in Thailand, Burma and
Campuchea.
Last year the customs only intercepted 7 kiloa of heroin. H.M. Huiaman, head of
the Rotterdam Custome detective service: "That is because last year the heroin
was imported mainly from Turkey, and that route runs overland. For smuggling from
the Far East, on the other hand, Rotterdam is a prominent port of entry and exit."
The seven kilos of heroin is presumed to be only 10 percent of the total quantity
which passed through the port last year. Customs, which is prepared for the coming
of the new wave of heroin, hopea to catch a few more kilos this year, which will
also be assumed to be only 10 percent. In fact, the inspectors at the port have ~
nothing more to go on than their own "finger-tip feeling."
"Certainly not every container gets opened," says Huiaman. Even though not much of
the highly addictive heroin is intercepted. a great deal of illegally imported
- luxury goods such as hash and mariJuana are found. Customa caught a total of 3890
kilograms of hash and 1362 kilograms of mari~uana laet year.
Customs detective Huisman: "I am surprised each time at the inventiveness of the
- smugglers. Still, it all doea come down to the same thing: making room in
'normal' articles in which you can hide your goods. We are currently encountering
hash and mari~uana, particularly that which comes from Ghana and Columbia, fre-
quently in loads of household goods.
The special attention of customs is accorded to such apparently common articles as
televisions, furniture and packages of dried shrimp. In the case of the 10 kilos
of mari~uana which was recently found in the arms and backs of cane chairs from
Ghana, it was the highfreight b ill which raised the suspicions of cuetoms.
6940
CSO: 5300/2132
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NORWAY
T{9ELVE ARRESTED IN LARGEST-EVER AMPHETAMINES SEIZURE
Oslo AR~EIDERBLADET in Norwegian 7 Jan 82 p 3
[Article by Knut Johnsen]
[Text] Twelve persons have been put in prison and a million
kroner's worth of narcotics confiscated in Langangen. There are
two Finnish narcotics wholes:ilers with quarters in Skien who
have now been uncovered, and ~wedish police are working i.m der
great pressure to break through to the source of the amphetamines.
The two Finns played a reckless game �or months, with the police at close range.
It is unknown how much amphetamine and possibly heroin they managed to sell off
_ while they could still stay on top of the game.
Courts on E 18
The whole thing came apart at Christmas when the investigators got tips that the
Finns were getting their supplies by the use of courts and hiding places on E 18.
Six armed policemen took the 2 Finns by surprise at Langangen on 22 December--
after several days of standing watch. It was learned later that the Finnish
couriers, who had been sent out from Sweden, had put half a kilogram of ampheta-
mine away in a hiding place on the Lillegard cliffs. The hiding place was dis-
closed after the couriers had been imprisoned in Sweden between Christmas and
New Year's. The police could then get the drugs--the biggest seizure of ampheta-
mines ever made }iere in Norway.
Big Fishes
The Swedish press is still saying nothing about the affair, because the police
- there are planning early arrests and raids. The Skien police describe the two
arrested Finns as big in narcotics, but hope that still bigger fish will wind up
in the net.
At a press conference in Skie~i yesterday the police indicated that the Finns
rcalized that they were being pursued by the police, and managed several times
to get away in fast cars.
- 1'he Pinns have made big money~on their narcotics business in the Grenland areas.
But they themselves claim that they got rich on gambling winnings and hard work.
8815
CSO: 5300/2135
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NORWAY
BRIEFS
NARCOTICS STOLEN FROM PHARMACY--Troms~ (NTB)--In a break-in at Renen pharmacy in
Troms~ the.night of Tuesday and Wednesday [5-6 Janusry], the thieves took all
the pharmacy had in the way of narcotics, including morphine in ampoules and
opium in drops and tablets. The narcotic substances were kept in a safe which
was broken open. The thieves also took 10,000 kroner from the safe, [Text]
[Oslo ARBEIDERBLADET in Norwegian 7 Jan 82 p 2] 8815
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