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JPRS L/9990
17 September 19~ 1
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFOUO 43/81)
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JPRS L/9990
17 September 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 43/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
HONG KONG
Charge That Colony Finance Center for Drug Trade Denied
(SOUTH QiINA I~RNING POST, 11 Aug 81) 1
Heroin Hidden in Soap Cakes, Cans of Abalone, Ginseng
(SOt]TEl (HINA rDRIVING POST, 12 Aug 81) 2
NEW ZEALAN D
Lawyer Calls for Judicial Inq.uiry Into Drug Trafficking
(gI~ NEW ZCALANll HERALD, 2~, 15 Jul 81)..~ 3
'Professional B rains' at Large
'As ian Empire' Has Crumb led
Massive Cus toms Search of Ship Turns Up No Drugs
(THE EVENING POST, 14 Jul 81, ~iE NEW ZEAI.AND HERALD, .
20 Jul 81) 5
People Strip-Searched
Searches To Continue
Woman Says She Tested Morphine, Heroin Samples in Bomh3y
(7HE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 16, 21 Jul 81) 7
Gives Evidence in Court
Three Committed to Trial
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PAKIS TAN
Briefs
GY~aras, Liquor Seized 9
Narcotic Venders Held 9
Qpium, Charas Seized 9
Police Seize Opium 10
Italians Smuggle Hashish 10
VIETTIAM
Successful Cure of Narcotic Addiction Reported
(Truong 1hin; NHAN DAN, 13 Jul 81) 11
LA~'IN AMERICA
BRAZIL
" Death From Overdose Linked With Cocaine Ring
(0 GLOBO, 20, 25 Jul 81, JORNAL DO BI~ASIL, 21 Jul 81)........... 16
S tatement by Wi tness
Girl's Death Investigated
Plans for Protessing Plant
Arrests of Cocaine Traffickers Reported
- (JORNAL DO BRASIL, 19, 2 Jul 81} 24
C,ouple Charged
Drug Arrests and Seizure
Cocaine Seized From Engineer; List of Contacts Investigated
(0 ESTADO DE SAO PAITIA, 28, 29 Jul 81) 25
Apartments Raided
Contacts Being Q~?ecked
CH I LE
Briefs
Drug Traffickers Arrested 28
MEXICO
Corrupt Jail Administration in Miguel Aleman Exposed
_ (EL MANANA, 1 Aug 81) 29
July Report on Zone 06 Drug Plantation Destruction
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 4 Aug 81) 31
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Traffickers Arrested in Several States
(LA VOZ DE IA FRON1'ERA, 28 Jul 81) 32
Four He~in Traffickers Captured, Drugs Seized
(LA VOZ DE LA FRONTERA, 31 Jul 81) 33
Heroin From Chihuahua Seized in Sonora
(LA VOZ DE LA FRONTERA, 22 Jul 81) 34
Liquid Cocaine Fz~om Bolivia Seized
(EL BRAVO, 5 Aug 81) 35
Coahuila Traffickers Captured, Plantations Destroyed
(EL DIARIO DE NIiEVO LAREDO, 23 Jul 81) 36
Police Discover Clandestine Landing Strip in Nuevo Leon
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 23 Jul 81) 37
Convicted Heroin Trafficker Arrested, Sentenced
(EL MANANA, 5, 7 Aug 81) .......................e................ 38
Accomplices Identified
Offici.al Imprisonment Ordered
Regulations for Control of Inhalants Discussed
(LA VOZ DE LA FRONTERA, 4 Aug 81) 40
Mariliuana Traffickers Captured After Gun Battle
(EL FRONTERIZO, 20 Aug 81) 42
Briefs
Belizean Traffickers Seized 43
Cocaine in Albun~s Seized 43
Colombian Cocaine Seized 43
Trafficker Helicopter Ip cated 44
Drugs Incinerated in Tij uana 44
Marihuana, Poppy Aerial Surveillance 44
Sinaloa Major Drug Center 45
Drugs Burned in Mexicali 45
Cocaine Seizure 46
Mescaline Trafficker Arrested 46
Jail Wardens Sentenced 46
Large Marihuar.a Seizure 46
Colombian Cocai.ne Seized 47
Marihuana Trafficker Shot 47
Poppy Gro~~ers Captured 48
VENEZU~LA
Briefs
- Drug Holder Captured 49
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NEAR EAS T AND NORTH AFRI CA
IRAN
Briefs
Drug Traffickers Executed 5U
. Fars Arms, Narcotics Haul 50
_ Shiraz Plarcotics Network 50
� Opium Seized in Sairaz 50
WES T EUI~OPE
FRANCE
Drug Situation in Paris Said To Have Worsened
(LE MONDE, 12 Aug 81) 51
I TALY
PR's Teodori Adwcates Decriminalization of Drugs
(IvaZ Miceli; PANORAMA, 2Q Jul 81) 53
NOFd~1AY ~ '
Expert Suggests Plan To Deal With Oslo Youth Drug Problem
(Jan 0. Helgesen; ARBEIDERBLADET, 14 Aug $1) 55
Oslo Narcotics Police Adding Dog Patrol
(AFTENPOSTEN, 13 Aug 81) 57
UNITED KINGDOM
'Operation Poppadum' Praised for Smashing Worldwide �Hard-Drugs
- Syndicate
(Con Coughlin; THE DAILY 'rELEGRAPH, 11 Aug 81) 58
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IiOIdG KONG
CHARGE THAT COLONY FINANCE CENTER FOR DRUG TRADE DENIED
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English ly 9ug 81 p 9
[Text)
The Government yester-
day deaieci, that Ho~gkong
was the big financial antre
for drug raaketaring.
This had been suggested
by a visiting US unator, Mr
Sam Hayakawa of California.
He is a leading Senate
spo~esman on Fast Asian af-
fairs.
The senator had said upon
arriving last wak tbat the
Governmeat here wa~ sesldng
way~ to track drug deals-
through inapecting large bank
axaunu. ,
Yesterday, 6oaever. the
Government denied that any
such action was being coasid-
ered. '
_ A spokeaman said therc
- ~.as no evidence that Hong-
konQ was the biggat finan-
cial cxntre for drugs deals,
"It misht be one of the
antra, with probrble othen
such as Singapore and even
Europe; ' he sa~d.
"We are a frerport with a
Fra exc6ange and a good
banking system. This attlacts
trafficke~s a~ well as busi-
nessmen.
_ '"T6e police alfeady 6ave
legal authority to search bank
accounts if they have got evi-
dence to produa to a magi~-
trate. �
"We do not sa any need `
for auch mensura at the mo-
ment."
He said it was a new idea
to searc6 cash flow to help in
trdfficking control.
"The United Nations are
looking into it.,�
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- HONG KONG
HEROIN HIDDEN IN SOAP CAK~'S, CANS OF ABALONE, GINSENG
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in Engish 12 Aug 81 p 13
[Textl
A hawker was yestetday.arrested at Kai Tak airport
- for possessing 4.5 kilograms of heroia base wtuch was
found hiddea in what purported to be cakes of soap and
dns of abalone and ginseng. '
_ Clistoms officers ptimated that if the drugs were convert� ~r�#'"
ed to No 3 6eroin, they could fetc6 S2 ailllion. ` �
Investigadon~ revealed thac the 35-yeu-otd man had gone
to Bangko{c and then, to avoid suapicion,.had used Taipei as a �~y; %
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transit port on his way back to Honglcoog. -
Customs offiars said it was the first cue of diversificd
.r
roudng daected so far this year and alw the fint case in the
past sevrn months in wluch tins were iued to hide drn~s.
But as a bumper harveat u etpected in the Golden ~
Triangle this year, more drug courixn might use thia metLod
to circumvent detection, they said. ~
There were eight ~imilar casa laat year. ia which three ._�y ; ,
courien used Taipei aa tran+itpoR. '
Customs invadgation~ offikn, led by Senior Superin- y!'_
tendent K.S. Tong, said the man was tight-lipped and only
implied that he ahould ~houldet the ibility himself. .
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T3ey believe the su~pect wu in d~nd may have been
forccd by a loen shark to be a dru~ cvurier. 'Iais wea his ,y ~
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firat trip abrad, they taid. ~
Airpoct otYian wer~ alerted after reports that drugs r',; ~~.r
might be brou ht in from Taipei some time this wak.
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