JPRS ID: 8212 TRANSLATIONS ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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APPROVE~ FOR RELEASE: 20U7/02/08: CIA-R~P82-U0850RU00'1 OUO'1 UO'1 9-9 ON la JANUARY i979 CFOUO 2179~ ~ i~OF 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 FCR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Jp~s L/szia 10 January ].9 79 ~ ~ ~ TRANSLATI~NS ON NARCOTICS ANn DANGEROUS DRUGS (FOUO 2/79) ~ U. S. JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEAR~H SERVICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 NUTE: JF'I~5 publications cont~in in�ormation primarily from foreign newspapers, periodicals ~nd books, bue ~lso from n~ws ~~ency _ tr.nnsmissions and bro~dcasts. Marerialg frnm foreign-l~n~uage sources are Cransl~Ced; ehosc frdm ~nglish-l~nguage sources are Cranscribed ar reprinCed, with the original phrasing ~nd other char~cteristics ret~ined, He~dlines, editorial reporCs, and materi~l enclosed in brackeCs ~J are supplied by ,;PR5. Processing indic~tors such as [TexC) . or ~~xcerptJ in the firsi line of each item, or following the ~ lasr line of a brief, indicate how Che original informaCion was - processed. Where no processing indiceCor is given, the infor- mation was summarized or exCracr.ed. Unfamiliar names rendered phoneeically or trattslieerated are enclosed in parenCheses. Words or names preceded by a ques- ~ Cion mark and enclosed in parentheses were not clear in the original buG have been supplied asapproprtaCe in context. Other unattribuCed parenthetical notes within the body of an item originate wiCh Che source. Times within iCems-are as given by source. 'I'he contents of this publication in no wa,y represent the poli- cies, views or aCtitudes of the U.S. Covernment. COPYRICH'T LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERIVING OWNERSNIP OF ,~4ATERLALS REPRODUCED HEREIN REQUIRE TF{AT DIS~EMINATION OF THI5 PUBLICATION BE RESTRICTED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 01~LIOGRApHIC DATA Ft~Purt Vu. 2 7~ Nrripicnt's Aecrs~iun Vu~ SHEET J~'EtS L/82 ].2 ~f~ it e dn 1u t~t c 5~ Cpdtt Dntr ~0 Januar 1.979 TEtANSLA'TIONS ON NAItCdTIC5 ANb DANG~It0U5 DRUG5 6. . (~'OUd 2/79) 7'~ Authur(.r) 8. Neorfotming Organit~tion Nrpt. y~ 1'cNurminy, Urtianizatiun N~mr and AdJrrdy 10, i'roject/Task/It'ork Unit \o, JoinC publtcntions ttesearch Service ~ 1000 North Clebe ttoad 11. Goner~cc/Grane No. Arltn~ton, Virginia 22201 12. ~I~~~ntotinK Ur~;oair.atinn Namr and Addresa 1~, Typc o( Report dt f~ctiod Cuvered As above t 15. Supplcmrntaty Notcs 16~ Ab~~racts The serial report consists of translaeions from the world press and radio relaCing to law, law enforcement, illicit Craffic and personalities concerned with narcotics and dangerous drugs. ~ . 17. K~y W'urJs and l)oeument An.~lysis. 170. Ursetiptots NarcoCics Drug Addiction - Law (Jurisprudence) Law Enforcement - !76. I~cntificrs;Opcn-F.ndcd Terms ' Dangerous Drugs Drug Control _ Drug Traffic ~U5AC1 I~icld/Group SK, 60, 6T 18. Ae~ilat~lr.y ~t~tcmcnt 19. ~ceur~cy Class (T}iis 21. \o. ot Pagcs For Official Use Only. RQP�t~~ 144 Limited Number of Copies Available From JPRS. s�~~~~y ci~~s cTn~s 22. r=~� ' PaRc ti':('t. ~1~~f F(F f~ IORM Nt13�)~ IAEV. 7�121 THIS FORM MAY UE REPRODUCED ~.scouw.a. ~.~s:�v,: APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 FOR OFErCIAL USE ONLY ~ r JPRS L/8212 ~ 10 January Z979 TRANSLATIONS ON NARCOTICS AND DANG~ROUS DRUGS ~ (FOUO 2/79) CONTENTS PAGE - ASIA BURMA - Briefs Drug AcCivity in Rangoon 1 Myitkyine~ Arreat 1 Three Arreo~ed With Heroin 1 Searches in Tamu Townshi.p Q Railroad Pasaenger Arrested 2 Heroin, Syringe Seized From Two Men 2 = Dsvg Seisure at Taunggyi 2 ~ Youth Sentenced to Six Years 3 - Official8 Seize Opium Powcier 3 - HONG KONG ' Narcotics Bureau Winning the Battle _ (SOUTEI CHINA MORNIPiG POST~ 11 Dec 78) 4 Magistrate Critici~~a Handling of Cases by Police (SOUTH CHINA MOItNING POST~ 5 Dec 78) . S ~ Commieeioner for Prisc+na Reveals Alarming Statiatics ' (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST~ 8~ 11 Dec 78) 6 - Prisone Seek Additional Powers - NeWepaper Backe Commiaeioner~ Editorial � Bail Law Move Linked Directly to Ma Brothers (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST~ 11 Dec 78) 9 Spokesman Finda Propoeale Regrettable, by Renu , _ ~aryanani Editorial Encouragea New Proposals - a - jIII - INT -138 FOUO] FOR OFFICIAL U~~ ONLY - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY CONTENTS (Cont~Lnued) Page LaCest Developmente in Yaumati. Fruit Ma~1ceC Trial (SOUTH CHINA MOFtNING POST~ varioue dates) 12 � - Second Tria1 Ende Conetable Accuaea Croam~e Witneea Sergeant Denies Accepting Squeeze 7~?~o Convicted~ 7,`wo Fraed When Witneeses Dieagree ~ Couneelor Gives Swnnation ~ Witneea Admite to Running a Drug Ring - (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 6 Dec 78) 17 Canadian Drug Connection Inveatigation Continuea (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST~ L~ DeC 78~ �~~~~~~~r~~~~~� 18. Heroin Convic~ion Quashed (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 13 Dec 78) 19 - ~ Surveillance Operation Neta 30 Pounds of Opium (S~UTEI CHINA MORNING POST~ 14 Dec '78) 20 = Thai Seaman Has His Day in Court (SOUTH CHINA MOR'~I*1G POST, 6~ 7 Dac 78) 21 Convicted Trafficker Testifiea Defendant Geta Six Yeara ' ~ INDONESIA . ' Prieon Director Charged in Eacape of Dsug Offendere (KOMPAS~ L9 QCt 7~~ �i~~ii~~ii~~~~~~i~r~~~i~i~~~iits� 23 ASEAN Membere To Set Up Antinarcotice Units in ~oneular Of~icea _ (POST~ 3 De~ 78? 25 Sanatorium Head Com~ente on Drug Dependence~ Treatment (KOt~AS, 31 Oct 78) 26 Touriete Arrested for Ndorphine Posaeasion - _ (A:7GKATAN BERSENJATA~ 9 OCt 78~ �~~~~~r~~~~~~~~~~~~.. 27 ~ B;iefe ~ ~ European Sentenced 28 ~ Opium Sefzed in Riau Islands 28 r Opium Dealere~ Ueere Arreated 28 ~ -b- ? FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY t APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 FnEt OFrICIAL US~ ONLY CUN~CNTS (Continued) pnge ,1A I'AN Amphetiamine Confiscation~ Hit a Postwer Record ~KYODO, 26 ~8C 70~ �~i~iii~~~~~~~~~r~~~~r~~~~~i~~~~~~� 29 9riefe Drug SmuggLing I'igures 30 Illegal Checke for Drugs 30 Koreeci Stimu:anti Smuggler 31 , MALAYSIA 14 Held in $15 M3.lli~n Heroin Haul - (NEW S1'RAITS TIh1~S~ 20 Dec 78) 32 Po~.ice Make Ma~or Haul of Weapone~ Heroin in Perak , (Kuala Lumpur pomest3.c Service, 6 Dec 73) 33 Opium Seized From Courier in Tour Bua (NEW STRAITS TIMES~ 1~ Dec 78) 34 Briefs = Jailed for Having Drug 35 Twc, Charged With Drug Trafficking 35 Pr'JPLE~S REPU$LIC OF CNINA Serious Narcotice Addiction Among U.S. Forces Noted (NCNA, 8 Dec 78) 37 _ PHILIPPINES Briefa - Drug King~ Queen Arrested 38 5INCA1'OR~; (~riefa I'ined $1,800 for Drugs 39 Jailed for Breaching Supervision 39 Tt1AILAND Prime Miniater Co~ments on Government~s Drug Policies (I3angkok Domestic Service, 21 iVov 78) 40 - c - -I FOR OFI~ICIAL US~: ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 i ~ 1~'Alt nl~'P'ICiAI. U5~ ONLY ~ . CONT~NTS (Continued) ~'a88 ~ I ~ New Bi11 l~rovidae Trentmnnt fnr Addicta (NATION R~VIEW~ 14 Dec 7S) 42 Control Doard Head Warns,Som~ Police Becoming Addicta ~ (Vithoon Pungprasert; NATION REVIEW~ 15 Dec 78) 43 New Crops To Iteplace Poppy in North, ' (NATION ItF;VIEW, 22 Dec 78) 44 _ Spreading Marihuana Plantationa F'resent Problems _ (Vitoon I'ungprasert; NATION ItEVZEW~ 14 Dec 78) 45 Alleged Mafia 5uepec~ Held fn Raid (BANGKOK WORLD, ~.9 D@C 78~ �~r~~~~i.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~� ~F~ Spanir~h Seamen Arreated With Druga Concealed in Statue (BANCKOK POST, lg Dec 78) 49 Opium Trafficking I'rom L~aos Feared _ (NATION REVIEW, 22 Dec 78) 51. _ isxairline Worker Gets Life for Drugs (POST~ 14 Dec 78) 52 - Heroin Couriers Held in North (NATION REVIEW, 15 Dec 78) 53 - Bid To Free Mae Sai of Drug Chemicals (NATION REVIEW, 12 Dec 78) 54 Briefs Man Arrested With Heroin 55 2 Kge of Heroin Found 55 Life for Heroin 56 . Drug Puaher' Held in South 56 Imprisonment for Drug Traffickers 56 ' ~ CANADA ~ 1'olice Stage Drug 5wvop; 24 Charged (THE GLOB~ AND MAIL~ 5 Dec 78) 57 Six Charged in Connection With Major Cocaine Importing Ring (TEIE GLOBE AND MAIL, WEEKEND EDITION, 16 Dec 78) 58 - _ Briefs Methamphetamine Seized 59 - d - FOR OFFICIAL US~ ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 . I~OIt nt~'~ICIAL U5L' ONLY CONT~;Nm5 ((;ontinued) pgg~ LArZN Ah1LItICA AKGLN'.I'INA Briefe Drug Trafficker Ki11ed 60 Nnvembar llrug Arreeta g'; - Coca Leaves Seized L3RAZIL Driefe Cocaine Bust 61 - CHILE Briefe International Drug Gang Disrupted 62 - Drug Traffic Gang 62 ~ COLOMBUI Agreement on Drug Traffic Signed With Venezuela (Caracas Radio Continente~ 13 Dec 78) 63 Joint Committee Created Foreign Minister~s Comments ~ r Traffickera, DC-3 Seized at Barranquilla ~ !EL TIEMPO, 13 Nov 78) 64 ~French Connection~ Traffickers Extradited (EL TIEMPO, 15 Nov 78) 66 ~ ~ Planea, Ships Seized in La Guajira (EL ESPECTADOR~ 10 Nov 73) 67 LL 5ALVADOR - Briefe Cocaine :~eizure )p Arrest of Drug Traffickers 70 - e - FUR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ rOR 0~'~'ICIAL US~ ONLY CONTEN'r5 (Continued) pgg~ ~ MEXZCO ~ Reporte on Third International Horder Meeti.ng on Drug Abuae ; - (Varioua eource~s, 24~ 25 Oct, 1 Nov 78) 71 ' Goa1e o� Meeting Describ~d ~ Participants RQported ~ ~ Effort in C~errero Ci.ted ~ ~ ~ M~zatlan Off icial Accu~ed of Trafficking, InmatQ Eocapes ~ (~L SOL DE SINALOA~ 25~ 26 Oc~ 7~) 7~ I i Ex-Municipal Presiden~ Arrested ~ Refuaes to Answer Charges ~ - Venegas 'Mule~ Captured With ~vidence ~ - (EL FRONTERIZO~ ].2 Nov 78) 78 Psychotropic Pills Confiacated Fr~m Two Tra�fickera ~ _ (~L D?A RIO DE NUEVO LA12ED0~ 6 NOV 78) 79 ; Arreat of Z~ao Heroin Traffickers in Ti3uana Reported (~L FRONTERIZO, 12 Nov 78) 81 ~ Druga, Traffick~rs f~~.ized in Varioue Locations (EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NErRAS, 7 Nov 78) 82 Drug Activitiea of Ganzalez Families Diaclosed (EL FRONTERtZO, various dates) $3 ~Naty~ Gonzalez Jasso Arreated Cocaine~ Marihuana Seized - Shipment Seized in E1 Paso _ Larger HEroin Shipment Claimcd Father, Son in Court Judge Is~ues Release Order Members of Heroin, Pill Trafficking Ring Arrested (Varioua sources, 4~ 14 Nov 78) 89 Federal Police Captur.e Five l~urther Details Two Receive Jail Sentences Drug Czar Jxime Herrera Arrested, Denies Charges (DIARIO DE NOGALES~ 18~ 19 Oct 78) 93 Preliminury Statement Shipmente to U.S. Claimed - f - ~ FOR OFFICIAL U5E ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 P'OR O1~rICIAL USC ONLY _ CONT~NTS (Continued) p~gQ I3rie�s Marihuana in ~~anayor~ e P1ane 94 Marihuana Sei~ed in Mntamoroe g4 TraFfickere Arrested in Ti~uana 95 Heroin Seized in Nogales 95 Heroin Traffic:ker Sentenced 95 Traffickers Recaive Heavy Sentences 96 Probe of Marihuana Seizure 96 Varioue Drug Seizures Reported 9g ~ Fleeing Trafficker Caught 96 = M~rihuana Drought From Texas 97 Trafficker Yields Pills, Drugs 97 ~ Marihuana, Peyote, Heroin Seized 98 Antidrug Campaign Results 98 - Opium Gum Trafficker Sentenced 9$ Hero3.n Trafficker Jailed 98 - - Heroin Laboratory Seized 99 Marihuana Trafficker ldentifies Accompl.ices 99 Notorious Trafficker Fina].1y Caught 100 ` 1978 Campaign Ta11y 100 Marihuana, Burned Pl.anes Seized 100 - Drug Burning in Tijuana 101 - Major Marihuana Traffickers Captured 101 ` Marihuana Entering Fmm Texas 102 Traffickers Claim Torture 102 - PANAMA Journalist Asks Greater U.S. Aid for Antidrug Efforts - (Miguel Angel Moreno Gongora; MATUTINU, 13 Dec 78) 104 Briefe Cocaine Seizure 105 VENEZUELA Briefs Agreement on Drug Trafficking 106 Drug Trafficker Arrested lU6 Cocaine Seizure 106 - �Nf:nii rns'1' t1ND NOR'L'I[ AERICA SAUDI AEtABIA ~ Briefs - Narcotics Raid 107 - g - - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 I I~UIt lll~ I~ LC I/1L Util: c)NI..Y ~ - CONTENTS (Continued) PgBe , SU13-SANARAN AI~ R:LCA ~ Ml1DAGASCAR ' Bri ef a - ~ Conxerence on Khat ~08 ~ ~ SOUTH AFRICA ' _ ~ IIriefa 109 Dagga Ffelds Destroyed WESTERN ~UROPE FRANCE ' Status of ~French Connection' Reviewed ~ (Michel Bo].e-Richard; LE MONDE~ 1,6 Dec 78) 110 ~ Briefa ~ Pharmacy Robberies Increase 115 , NORWAY ~ _ Parliament Approves Cot.tinued Use of' Druge Wire-Tapping (AFTENPOSTEN~ 7 Dec 78) ....,,.......o 116 ' Delay in Setting Up Narcotics Police Center (AFTENPOSTEN~ 6 Dec 78) 118 ' _ i I IIudge~ Cuts Hurt War on Youth Drug Problem ` (Tone B, JamhoLt; ARBEIDEJtBLAAET~ 8 Dec 78) 120 Man Sent~nced for Smugg7.ing Hashish, LSD ~ (Jan Andersen; AFTENPOSTEN~ 8 Dec 7$) 122 TU FtKEY ~ 13riefs - - Hashish Seized 123 UNITED KINGDOM Cannabis Haul Hidden in Six MarbLe Columns (T, A, Sandrock; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH~ 8 Dec 78) 124 -h- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~~or~ orr~cr.~ us~ orrLY ' ' ~ CONTENTS,(Continued) pgge WEST G~~tMANY' _ Number of Drug Vic~ime Drops From ~.977 , (DER TAGESSPIL~'GET~~ 1.9 OCt ~8~ ~~~~r~~~r~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~ 125 ` Narcotice Smuggling Into Country Diacusaed - - (DER TAGESSPIEG~L~ ].9 Oct 78) 128 - Large-Scale International Drug Smuggling Described _ (Various sources, 23, 24 Nov 78) 129 - From Lebanon to Europe by Sea, by Ludwig M, Tracnkner - From Turkey to FRG by Land Heroin Dealer Sentenced to 10-Year Term _ (SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 15 Nov 78) 135 _ Briefs = Cocaine Deal.er Arrested 136 ~ - i - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 , , I3UIZMt1 = t~~~~~:rs p[tUG AC'I'LVI'rY ItJ 1tANCUUN--Mand:~lay, 4 I)ecemu~r--Station Comat~nder U Nvunt 5hwe and Sub-In~pecCor~ U T~.n M:~uttt; Maung anci U 5oe Ttiein of Che Neroin 5uppre~xion Unit of ~he Mnndalay Uivi~ion and ward people's counctllors r~ided the liousc ~c u ny~ Maung in ;tyinwin Ward, ~:ast Chan-aye-tha-xan , quarCer, itt Mandalay at 0900 ~esterday and s~~ized two packa~e~ of heroin ~aorCh 300 ky~Cs each. Housc owncr U Aye M~aung~ son Maung MyinC W~y, d~ughter Ma Thed~r nnd neighbors ht~ Khfn I~twe ~nd Daw Yu Kyi, who were found in the hous~ during Che raid, while transacting, were arreaCed by the poliCe of 5tation No, 8 under Sections 6(~), 10 (B) and 11 (of the N~rcoCic Drugs Law). Lance Corporal Maung Maung and his team ot Che gl.cycle Y~trol Uttit seiLed 26 pack~ges of herain worth 10 kyats eaCh nnd pnckage of heruin worth 5Q kyats from ticroin traffickers and users Toe Toe, 5ailonc Aung 'Cun and Aung Kyi of Y.yaukthnbeik W~rd inside Che sawmill .~t No. 53 Irrawaddy 1'ort Road ut Z100 yesCerday. The Patheinggyi police h~ve eaken ~ction s~~iinst Chem under 5ections 6(~), 10 and 11 [of tlte NarcotiC llrU s Luw.~ ~TexrJ ~Rangoon ~IY~'M.r'~ ALIN in Burmese 11 UeC 78 p 6 I3K~ MYITKYINA AEtREST--Seikkun, 28 Novr~nber--Ward people's council Chaf rman U Koe Maung and secrc~~ary U i3aung Naw snd I'olice Station CocRnander U Myo Chit scized thre~ packages of her~~in from the homc of Li Phu in the ~ame ward on 2G November. Thc four packa~;cs uf heroin were worth over 10,000 kynts . ~Text ~ ~ Rangoun BOTATAUI~f.; in Burm~s e 6 Dc:c 78 p 4 BK~ 1'tlltl�:F: A1t12(iSTEb WI7'll Ilf:ltOIN--IZan};oon, 7 December--Personael of the Drug Su~pression Unit of the ltangoon Division i'cu~le's Police F'or~e's Critnes I'revcntion Squad arres;.~d ~t rhe corner of Strand Koad and Maung Khaitz~ Koad 19-ycar old Nyo hyo ;~lias Zaw :Ifn LaL sliss %aw Min of 2nd Ntu-pa- yun Itoad, lst Thaketa Ward, and 'LO-ycar old Aun~; Soe ot Sth I'yapon 5treet, alonb witt~ over 4,000 kyats wortt~ oi heroin, at 1700 yesterday, und~r 5~~ctions 6(I3), 10 (I;), 11 and 14 (i~) fof thc Narcotic Drugs Law.] On the same c1ay, a~ 1040, li~e p~rsunnel of ~iie ilrug Suppressfott Unit arresred ~t thc curner of Ky~ngyi and ,Iaun~; knaing roads 43-year old Ne Win alias Nc Wiu T'un ~f th~ 8th ~deiluwun ltoad, Sanchaung township, along with 200 kyats worth of heroin, undcr S~c~ions 6(B), 10 (B) and l.4 (D) ((of thc NarcQCic Drubs Law); . [Text) ~fiangoon .`:YAN.'~u~ ALI:~ in Burmesc 8 Ucc 7~ F3K~ 1 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 sLn~icit~s 1N '1'AMU '1'OW:V5HI1'--'1'cunu, 30 N~vember--Ttie per~dttncl of tlie 'Csmu Yenple's I'~li~c ~orc~: led by thctr Command~r ~re c~rrying nut ~urprige _ ~carc.heg nnd chcrk~ in 'C~mu tdwn~hip, 5nf;sin~; bivi~inn, on eh~ Indi~- Ilurm~ bc~edrr, undcr 4h~ directiott ~nd sup~rvi~ion ~f ehc: parCy ~nd ~o~ncil in order to climin~Cc crimes and ~n suppress dru~s. dn 17 Nov~mb~er, Corp~rnl Kl~in Maun~; tJ~y, i.anc.e Cc~rpurt~l Hsutt~; Nge and i~riva~c: '1'tn Yi t ye:~rched yu~pe~t--5han t~ur ali~s N1n Kh~n 5han df Che 2nd `T~rh~n Wnrd, K~lemyc~--~nd seized .22 vi~y Cl. vi~~ equals ~.60 lbs~ of her~in from ~ ~ - dduble-lion br~nded c:an h~ was carrying in hi~ satchel. Shsn pur w~s atr~sted uttder 5eCeiuns 6(!i), 7(t3) and S(~) of th~ Narcotir Urug~ L~w. 5hnn Yur w~a ~rrested nc:ur Kuthc ferry while h~ wa~ on his way eo send thc heroitt Cn India. f~c arrtved in 'T~mu in "San Myin~; 'Than" bus operatin~ betwcen Kal~myo ~nd Taum. (~extJ Itt~n~don LOKTHA rY~I'THU N~zIN in ` � U~ttinese 12 Uc~ 78 p 5 tiK~ 1tAILEtOAb PAS5L�'NCEIt AltItLSTEb--Letpadan, 10 December--5ecret~ry U'Tin Tun of the Myotr~ Wnrd Pc~~p1c's Council ~nd Uttit Cn:m:~ar?der U Mying Thein of the Itailway policc. b~~came suspieious and searched traveller Tun Lwtn on pl~tform No. z of LeLp~d~n r~ilway ~eaeion on the ni~hC of 3 tiecember, while he w~s w~iting for a~rain le~ving for Nenznda and Kyonpy~w, and - s~ixed 14 parka~e~ of raw opium, weighing .60 viss C1 viss equ~le 3.60 lbsl each. Tun Lwin was arrestCd under 5ecttons 6(~) ar.d '1 ('of the NarcoCic brugs I.~w ~ ~TeXC~ ~R~ngoon LOKTIi~ pY~ITHU N~zIN in Burmege 14 Dec 78 p 4 fiK~ H~ROIN, SYRINC~ 5~IZFD ~tdM TWO MEN--Rangoon, 7 Dec.--Police geized nin~ packetr~ of herdin~ a hypodermic syringe and K46 believed eo be proceeds from the sale of heroin trom tWO young men in frdnt of a People's drug shop on Shwebontha Street here this afternoon. A crime suppression team of Ran- goon Divisi.on Peopl.e's police ~orce found two suspicious looking flen-- Tin Maung Bo (20) of Buildin~ ro 164, ~ast Yankin and 2aw h'in Thein (24) of Suilding No 232~ We:3t Yankin. When the police searched the~, they found two pa:ket~ nf hernin c~nd a hypodermic syrin~e from che ba~; of Tin Maung Bo nnd~ seven paekets of heroin and K46 fror~ 7.a�.r Win Thein. The tNO were handed over to Pnbedan Policc: who booked them under 5ections 6(b) (pos- sesaion), 10 (b) (sale)/II (auetment in the offence) anc 14 (d) failure to register for treatment) of t}ie Narcotic Dru~s Law.--(300) [Text~ (Rangoon - WORKIhG PE:OPI.E' S DAII.Y in f.n~lish li Dec 78 p 1 bK) DItUG SEIZUIt~' AT TAUtiGGY2--Taun~gyi, G Dec.--A narcotfc drugs ~uppression team led by 5ub-Inspector of poli~e 1: :un yyint together with Chanthargon Ward Peop~e's Councillors sei~ed abo~C K 50,000 worth of heroin frvm tNO nen near Taung~y?aun~gyi lake in T~?unggyi on 5 December. The two ~en are Gani of Kanthar k'ard and Maung Lay alias Tarday of I~o 6 Ward~ Lashio. Pol~ce are t.~king action a~~in~t th~m undE~r Sections 6(b) (possc~ssion), 10 (c) (sale) of the Narcatic Dru~;r: L~a. The narcotic ~rug suppression teams have seiz~d 5.34 kilogram:ner~ of heroin Worth more that? K 250~000 and have taken dctioa against 36fi persons since J~nunry. (H) (T~xt) (Rangoon {+'ORKI~G P~OPL~'5 - UAILY in F:n~liah 12 Dec 78 p 4 BK] 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 YOU'I'H 5LN'1'L�'NCt.U 7'u StX YLAits--Yab~Jan 'Tdwn~htp Court ~haired by iJ `~hs 0~ 1a~t Monday yenttnced a youth to ~ix year~~ imprigonment on one cc~unt attd to a ~ne-year tcrin on ~nother ~ount under eh~e N~rcotic Urug~ Law. '~he c~se was ehat ;~t about 1d.~0 ~m on 8 Sepremb~r 1~77, ~~~bedan police led by L/Cpl ?lyitte Tun ye~rctled ~ youel~ ae Ch~ corner df An~wr~hea and ~2nd Str~ehr~ in Clte pre~c:nee of witnegges and seized three packeC~ n~ - h~rdin ~rdm him. `The youth, idc~neifi~d ~s Tin Nyune alias Ye Th~nt of No 5, Sth Lane, AF'I'I~L Qu~rter, Et~ngoon, was sent up f~r tri~l b~f~re the r~bedatt 'Cnwnghip Court whirh found him guilry under 5e~ridng 6(b) (pogsesgi~n) ~nd 14(d) (failure tid Le~iseer for treat~ment) o~ ehe Nnrc:dtic Urugs L~w ~nd seneen.ced htm to six year~' imprisonment ~nder 5eCtion 6(b) ~ttd Cd ~ ottc-ye~r eerm under 5eCtion 14(d), the nentenGeg eo be ge~ved concurrently. CText~ Ctt~n~oon 'I't1E WOKKING pLOYL~'5 bAiLY in ~nglish 15 bec y~3 p 1~ OFI~ICIAL5 5titG~ Ol'IUM POWUHit--Rangoon, 2? Uec--Law enf~rcemene or'ficiai~ ' seized 71 kilo~ of brown opium powder va~ued ~it 1,065,000 kyats at T~chilek on 20 DeCember, A,jeep, Cangec 3776, driven by 5ai 5hei 1an, which came fYOm Kengtuttg, :aas storped by ~ustoms authot'itie:; at Tachilek at about 1800 hours on 19 December. Th~ vehicle was thc:n escorted to the customs compound and rut under guard. When thc ~uth~ritie:; s~arched the goods on the vehicle dn 20 UecemUer morsting Chey found 71 packets ot brown opium powder weighin~ 71 kilos insidp tt,~o of the 20 ~arlic bags on t}~e car. The seizure is valued at 1,065,000 kyats. (Text] [Rangoon THti WURI:I~G I'~Opt,~'S , bAILY in ~nglish 23 Uec 78 p 4 BK~ C5l): 5300 3 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ NONG KON~ , ;1 - NAttCO'CIC5 gUltl:AU WINNINC TH~ BA1"ri.~ H~ng Kung 50UTH CItIN~1 MOItNING ~OST in ~n~lish 11 Dec 78 p 17 IText~ - Thc Nnrcuticr ~U~CJU 'Thc going pricc f~r ~ ux~r rcccnily u. ly7a i. ubout S40 fo'r e tiny pacA~i drugs wcr~ ruming inlu I~ioks ael l0 WmplCte u which eontuin~ o~tly :S (?cr Hongkung by tha burtioa~S, rccord ycur for drug sCi� ~.~n~ h~w~~. ��~vcra~c ~hipmcni. tures ~nd arrc.tx. Hc addcd Ihrl thc dilutiun amouMCd tu ubuul onc wn uf 7hc burcru h~rd. ~tr uf drugs by tra~fickcr. opiumor200k~t ufmorphinr. Mrlculm ~ornham, wid ye.� dc~pcratc tu.tuy m thc bu~i� "'1'uda~~ drog runncr. ~crdar ~h~t fur thr fiht sia ncs. hr+ drivcn uddict~ io ~hc uaually urnvc by uir, carry{n~ month. uf thc qcrr 193 kg uf hypodcrmic nccdlc, injcc~ing unl~ thrcc or fuur ~?unds, hcroin F.ud bccn ~ci~cd - thc wcakcnrd drug ~nd it. ��'I'hix i, u dircc~ r~ult ul' morc ih~n thc whulc of I~~t fukc addi~ivc~ dircctly into thc sma~hin~ uf ~hc big dru~ rwr. thcir blaod~trcvm~. ~yndicalcs.,� Poticc �rl,w hopc ta bc:~i '�Malnlinin~ ,prud~cc~ ~ Nc uid dc:~lcn buy ~hc thc rccord numbcr uf ruid. qui~kcr rc,ul~ w~th ~~mallcr drug fn half uuecc jwckc~. madc in 1974. when 260 k` uf do,c ~han inh~ling ~hc drug. ;,~d ~?li~ ii down w~m~ll seaEorne dru~ wuc uiccd. "?hc,+ddic~. tAc cnd dc.ai� ~fixc~ of akxw~ 0.3 uf a Mr Farnham. wIw tduk up n�rtiun of tnc drug'~ criminal grrm. hi> praent po~t unly IAi~ journey from the so~c:~~~ed The pricr Wr thc~e "fixc:' ycar. soid hii bureau has Gotdcn Trirnglc' uf Thui� hrs ri~cn quickl}~ from S:S W m~n~~cd to sm~sh thc big land. Luos +nd Burm�r. =s0 in thc p~+~ fcw month.. syndicates, but ~hcir big nlw~ys~hclo.cr:'hcuid. 4 hcadacAc lad~r i. ~hc lonc Mr Farnh~m rc ard. ~hc ~c�ru~c uf ~hc .vrckduNn carrier. hcran ricc ri~e wi~h yii.� m~ny manufrc~urcr. Icf~ _ Thcscpcu �rrc luncr. p H~ngkung. ~urticularl~ ~hc ~ f~aion ~nd ycstcrd~y cum� rnd in i~ for u yuick buck. hcruin chemut~ whu wcn c~� mcmcd: rt in refinin ~rc ~cruin Thcy'rc Ihc unknuwn yuanti� Whcn pricc. go up. .~i� ~ ~ r� ty,"hca~id. tcndyncc~ ~t trca~mcn~ frum ~hc r~w mricnal which Mr F~rnhrm addcd ~hai ccntres vl.a ri~c.:' wa. bcing im~x,tt~~d in bulk. ~hc mo+t comn~m drug bcing N ith thc dcpanurc of ~hc - ~mu Icd in ~ud~ i. hcruin� "And whilc it i. difficuli ~ Y w cv~luatc ~hc ~uccc.. of c~~rt.. ~t b.tiamc ncc.~..ar~ ba.c, af which unc wnJ trc~tmcnt ~o hardcncd, hab~t� for tr~ffickcn w~~rtl~ pr~x� . .~u:~l. lhra ~wnJ. uf ~rum c.. ?hc dru~ b.for~ .muggl~ng _ a.w~~rdin~t tu ~hc Currcni u~l dru~t uur., ihc cncour.~~t� .tn.~ Icvcl. ing ~rcr.d i~ ihat fcwcr ~uun~t ~I~n~ uf Ih. Jru~. arc t~~~a in Hongk~mg arc x~� "7hi. mwnt th:?t in~tud bc~ng impur~~~d frum 7hni~ sing uu~ on th~ .clt dc.~ruc� ui buying'v?hitc~uwdcr' hrr� i.~n~ wncr~ ~n~y c~n ~ ~~k� ~~~c rwd to drog addic~ion." uin ~u a-- whi~h wa.. ~ pcr e..cd witAin .ix huur. und Ilc addcd ~h�rt thc rix in hcroin dro~t u..h wi1lwul lhc hclp uf yu~hfi~d Jrug pri.c.. .nuCcr yu~m~- fcwnd thcm.chc. hav~n~? Iu chcmi~l., hc.~id. tic. uf drupa rcaching rddict.. u.c ~hc ~~u+nc grc~ pcllr~. uf Mr t�urnh~m ~I.u .~W Irutmcnt ~?~il~bilit~, rnJ hcn~in 10 3. whici~ i. k~+. tha~ bcc~u~c pricr. fur drug. fcMct ~vung p.vplc bc.vming purc .~nd of~cn prcp~rcd br arc nuw up ~nd,supply du~?n. im�ulvcd arc ihc mo.t obvruu. +m~icur.: hc.aid. truffickcn luvc bccn Wrccd .igna ~hr~ th, drug r,ck.t. ~n~~r .~oM~~ ~r n~N~~ hcrc h~rc bccn ~vnt~in~~f. - w addK~a. C50: 5300 4 - . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 - HONG KnNG Ml1GI5TE2A'TC CkI'TICI'LIiS l1ANllLINC 0~ CA5L�'S 13Y YOLIC~ Nong Kong SOU~H CttiNA MU[tNING Yn5~ in ~nglish 5 be~ 7$ p 12 ~TexC~ A Fanling court magistratc �I considcr th~t thi, ca,c aterday cri~iciscd thc policc should liave bcen brought to ~or bringing bcforc him rak.+ thc nttcntion of thc Attorncy which should bc tricd in hi~h� Gcncral with a vicw to t-in~ cr court~, tricd in u highcr.~urt. Mr H, 5. nanicll madc ~hc ~~7'hc maximum penalty 1 commcnt whcn hc scn~cnccd can impose is onc of threc u 45�yearwld m~n, Man yc~ra and 1 scntcnccd hir~ to Wing�hing, te th~ec ycan that ~crm:' imprisonmcn? for posscaxing Mr Danicli addcd that it 3.9 grams of ~alts of estcr of thc police wcre sinaroly morphinc for the purpoac of dairous of er~dicating ~his unlawful Irafficking in n hut typc of offencc, "I wonder in Shui Mun Tau, Yucn why thcy ahould choose to Long, on Novcmbcr 20. bring a case of this n~turc to `1an had plcadcd not a ma istra " guiltY� (nspector M. Nandley. in p~ssing sentcncc. Mr prosccuting, ~old ~hc coun baniell said: "This defcndant that police, acting on infor� ha. now bccn ~ronvictcd for matiun, raidcd a hut at Shui thc third timc fur possc...ion Mun Tau on Novembec 20. of dangcnius drug~ fur thc While the police wete Purpo+c uf unlawful traffick� ~~~hing thc hut, Man rc- ing, hu la.t cunvic~ion bcing turned. _ unly Is~t ~�car. In his left hand wcrr two 'I havc un numcrous cxcu� Mckets of iuspected danger- .ion~ cummcntcd tha~ ~hc pa ous dru s. licc should bring such c:?.c~ ~1an had claimcd thc bcforc thc propcr court. drugs wcrc plantcd by the �.Only, reccntly, my col� policc. _ Ic~guc rrit~ci,cd thc pulicc in rapect of a aimil~t casc. CSO: 5300 - S APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 _ I H~NG KdNG i - - COMMISSION~it ~OIt pitlSnN~ ~t~V~ALS AI.AI2MING ~~ATI5TICS ~ Prigons Se~k Addieion~l ~ow~r~ - Hong Kong 5U1J~H C![INA MnitNING ~OST in ~nglish $ Uec 7$ p 16 ~'Cex t~ Mr Gnrner want~ his Krv� ~ Nc aid this wou~d enab~c _ ice': powen extended so thot the service to tind out wheth� , it can keep "a watchful eye" er he would rapnnd to treat� en the Colony'~ drug addicu, men~ in a ccntre. He ii to itarmai by the Mr ~3~~~~~ ~ WOU~d incroase in the number oF like to see nwre drug ad~cu drug addicts being admitted kep? out of the prisnns ond and the number ot rnnvicttd put into the treatment. . peopk found to be drug ad� anues� dica on admission to prison ~e the case u~ somc~ne ~hat hu deputment has sulr being x~�~ for a third or mittod Is to the Gov iubsoquent ,time the Prisons ernment t at would iead to pepanment wou~d like to see , ~~.n~~ r~ naa;M~~ the period of after raro ex� , buring 1476 and lasl year ~cnded from one yeAr' to the nuae t~f known drug ~h Mr Garner said ~hat 4? ad ict~ admittod dropped from 47 per ant to 41 per praent if someone is dis- chargcd under after care Be~ this year .it has gone supervision but breacha that up to S3 per ant. supervis~on and is recalied for Therc' ha~ alw ban an treatment ~nd then dischars- incrca~e in thc gerceetage of ea er~K ~ ~o r~nn~r ~~a~' oonvicttd peopk Pound to be sion. addicts on admiuion to He~dded: . � ~~n. "As thc law i~. because of In 1976 the pcrceM~ge the recail the supcrrision w~s ~13. isst pear it wo~ 49 ordes is no lon u valid� and thi~ yeu it hu ~oee up to "1 w!wW li~e them ta be in - after care when they are dis- . Mr O,rncr said: "Thae ~~~g�d ~0f.~~ ~"�ieder of increua ause oonside~able �YP~^'~an petiod: ~Ir Garner pointed out oonoern ~ they indicate tlut that prisons werc . aPe^si`K ~ddicts oK be~^~^g~ ^+o~~ and Ihat aher carc was involved in nomdn+~ offenea. chea r. p~surr~b~ to pto~v~de moneq }~u~d: ~a dru~s. ~prisons are noc the rca~ Outlinin~ the proposals plaa to treat th~ addia. � . now bein6 studied byGoretn� ~We want to keep a ment. Mr Garner s~id he watcAful eye a+ addicts atler rrould like to sa anronc oon� ~v~ peen to a treatmcnt victod for a mi~ drud of� centrc. - fena possed to the pnson ~With hatd oorc ~d0icts _ servioe for examinatia+ be� ~his u what it needed " fore sentencin~. 6 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 vew~pupcr liaclc~ Commi~sidner Ilan~ Kc~nb 5dU'r!1 CIIINA MOttNINC 1'OS'T in Ln~ligh 11 U .incc the ei~tent and lacation "Whetever corru tion ~s 9nd the fact that it was. pr~r d~ lhe hctdin stal) was krtowA. P tcctcd 6y Inokouts, it was was signitr~ant tha? found it muu bc taken bq ,i~e ro~y~r difficutt to sup ress such steps as wero ~aken ap~ throat ond d~a~gcd ou~ into ~y ~ny but a dciermin~and pear to have bae dirccted the liaht of dar to di~buse ~,g,~n~ ~orce. princ~pally against thc unfor� the doubten, thae who close Unfortun~tclr the pulicc tunate add~as a~od, if Ihe evi~ their eya td i~s existencc and ofl'ian entrus~cd with Ihe dence of those opetaton who h~fpe that it will 6o eway ddministration of thc law in g~ve evidentc +aa aCCCpted, lo remind the public that Yaumati fsad amongst their were cartied out ~ftet ad� then are ~hrce pdrtie~ to ony number thcKe who were nei� ~ance w~rnings hod bcen corrupt bargain, two who arc ther detetmined nor honest in ~iven ~nd suitable arran~e� sati:tied, and tne 5tgu. I~ i~ thc dischargc of their dutiei. ments madt fbt 1he rtCeylwn Ihe State which h~~ Ihe ulti� was quite cleat ~rum the of the raidinQ pania. m~te raponsibili~y ond tAc evidence that thc s~cp~ takcn The atogin` of thesc finol wr. when upon ~ronvic� � lion of the wron ~doer~, thc by thc apetatun of Ihc hewin "?howi and payment tor forteit is claimcd.~ itall to aro~d dctcct~on, dis� them, the dc~cript ion o~ the Mr Maauire saiJ Ihat the lurban:e and apprehcnsion act4al heroin aelkn so a~ W Crown, in prosecutinK iAc IS Mero steps ~aken to pr~~~ct avoid aoridental arrest df ia otP~ca� who are thc the heroin stall from interter� them werr just wme aum� D~ ence bq honest palice. ples of ~Ai~ pretence ~t the defendanu in the ~ri~l, Aad ~,trupE policc otfi~ performance af thdr dutr br t~laDliahed that betwcen ura, dcsp~te being cntrusted cnnupt off~cer. rvwkinp ai 1~nuarr 191S and Au~us~ with the administr~lion of the a~ ~ Yaunuti Pdioe 1976 a eonspiracr had cxisted ~~w and b~:ing buund bq an Sution. bctwan a draE retailing busi� ooth of servicc to uphold tho Yet ~ht ton o~ thc nas which camed on its "cvil ~aw, offered ~he opcraton of ~rade" in the vorious ~Ilc � the divan Ihcir prouctinn fon c~ruin stall renamcd invio~ v?~ys ~nd staircascs in t~e monetary rcN~rd and ~Acrcb~ I~tt ar,d ap}~tat to have becn vicinitr ot the Y~uma{t fruit ensured ita rnnlinuina life on ~uch familiar letm~ with market and ~he memben of wi~h thc min~mum dis~urtr ~~*"P~ p~~~e otficen tAe Yaum,ti Polia Fora st~� a,~ that they were fra to come lioncd ncar'~~~. and go even inro tAe confines TAe he~ n ~~a0 ~ppearcd Thsir ob~ect ~nd aim~ of the Yaum~a Polia 5ution to have come inlo r~utrnce cou{d be summcd up ~n the ,~x~~~~~ titr Ma~uirc. upon ~hc demist of un arlier Nd~dr ~~Wr `"~If ru; prcncc~tc Hc wil! tuntinue h~f (inal ~ ur undul} dnturb thuse wFw ,~all whKh vpcr.,~cd in tAc addreu whcn tnc tnal ounun� same ricinity. Mr Maguire p~r w no~ ia do so r ues cn ~{orda befurc Judg. L~u. QC:. C50: 5300 lo APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ktdNG KtlN~ W~~N~35 ADMI~S 'l'0 kUNNING A nltUG I~tNG Hdt?g Kong ~OU~N CItiNA MdEtIViNG pn5~ in ~ngli~h 6 be~ 78 p 18 C~ext~ A Crov?n witnci~ in the cnnspfro~cy trial df 1 w~ gut he denicd ~hat he saw� pnwent?ve Servfee af~i~en : ~a who ted the raiding party., admiucd res~crday ih~? apari Mr Wong ihan asfced h(m . Rdm bcing a ren~ coltec~or, if hc was also an fnformer, . Ac al~a npctotcd an dpium � Chan at fint denied it but diran. la~cr edmftted ~hat in Mdy Chan ~'in~�yick, Alias � ~976hehadsupplicd.informa~, ~han Yick, made the admis� tion to N~�wha Icd a raid on sion bctore ludgc Rhlnd at ~ an opium divan in 5hanghai Kowloon Dfstrict Coun whik-. 5~rcet, Yaumati, resutting in� bein~ ~ross�aamined by Mr... the arrest af Ig pwple. . CAind Won~ for tha defena. . Chan denicd that he rsng 5enior In~pector N~ Tat� ti~ tu mee~ hi~r in a restau�. shing (SO) and Inspectot.' ram in Obtervatory ttoad, Cheun~ Kuen~yun arc charg� Tsimshatsui, after ~lie raid. cd with haring ~onspired wi~h Ne also denied thai hc aher pcopic to obstruct ~hc ~ feared hii ?ife w~s in danger cuursc of justice in rol~~ion to and a~ked N~ not to rcveal - ~ he Oangerout brugs Otdi� his identity, ~ nance between Januarr and Ne~rin cnntinuestoda Au`us111.1976, - a Y� Mr Chint Wong ropre� ~oth pleaded no1 guihy. sents N and Mr Henry M. Chan said tha~ in 19~2�73 Yucn dc~cnds Chtung. . hcoperated an opium divan Crown counsel , Ron~ld wbieh was r.~ideE and cloa~ed ,oWe prosecuta. down in tlk same year. . C50 : 5300 17 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 llaNC~ K~IV~ ! ; ~;ANI1flIAN D~UG CONN~t"!'inN INV~S`TIGATION GOri`rINU~~ - Hdng K~ng SOUTH CkiINA M~~NING pdST in ~ngligh 1U Dee 78 p i3 - ~'~~xe l Nvrc+~ia gureau de~ec� The aiIKRpcnsa paid holi� tive~ rre work~ng hand In d~ys have on(y una aonditian _ hand with Cnnad~an authnr� the recipien~y mutt carry a ities In a bid to imash s~veral ~~itaau of heroin thtough iyndi~tet wing fnmily oun� Canodian custam~. nection~ here to smuggle Polia Aere were alertod td drug~ into Canado. the racket by the Canadian The p~nnenhip h~s al�, rutho~itia wha aro conrcrned ready led to ~hree major ar� ot the ~xtent of the operations tats ~nd invcsti~atiau oro and the Ymoun~s that arc oontlnuint. being carriod into the a~un� Polia believe that the �y~ ~yndiata~ thtough old tami� Ac~ording to a scnior offi� Iy contac~s, are finandng cer~ the Ctnadian iyndicata Hon~kay rosidenu wanting are romprised uf Chinesc who to vi~it tAeir tel~tives in hova eztenslv~ conucts in C~~~. Hun~kon~ wAo rtcn?it ~he oounen. C50 : 5300 _ . 18 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ _ HdNG KONG IILEtUtN CtlNVIGTIdN QUASlI~U Ildng Knng 5dU`Tlt ~tttNA M[l~I~tING i~d5`T in ~ngli~h 1~ Ue~ 7~ p 1~ C`C~xel A I~bouror wb d~inwd ~ dru~s un him when arrestina potine oft~cer hrd pl~nted him in ~ tailet ~t a cafa in dintero~w dru~ on him ~uc� 5h~m?huipo. oe~d M the Ni`h Caun ~w the pnlieern~n's ~tar~ yeNardoy in on appeal ~wa~ ~hat the dms~ 1~ad been apin~t oonv{ction fot p~sess~ m~de in the itroet. in~ heroin for the purpa+e of Lau called two witnesses unl,wr~i �em~~~t. qesterdny to ~up~ar~ his Mr Juitice O'Cnnnor claim. qui~hed the convtetion Ther ware the cafe reoordcd ~~inst lau Kwok� ~~nor ~~n who at kel (J6) dtu hea~ina funAer t~ t~~ N~ ~,ving ta in the evidtnoe c~lkd by Lau. cafe. The tatified lhat Ihey The tentenoe of i8 ~w o ,oeman go inta t~e - monthi' impri~ontnent im� lwck the ~fc and c~ommc nut p~d ~y ~ nuaietate on with o m~n. October ~ wrs set uide. Cro+rn counsel CSarryr AI� L~u wu artated bp ~ Po' derdia obo aalled the arncst� I~oertun oa ~temeer U tor ins otf`~oer to tatify. poua?inj 1.N gnu o~ a Mix� turo conuininj 2.S Srru ot The polkenwn n+a?int~{ned _ Aaoin. tha~ the,rrtsl had ~een made The dtuss were in 1~ in tAe stKet and that he Aad small pockets inside a ciga� ~o ~ oe~,~ ~n~ ar~ Kr~� rette pocket. tad to. lau told the judge that d lau wu no1 Ic~ltr rcprc� poliarran had planted tl~e scmed ycsterd~r. C50 : 5300 19 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 x + ~ ~tar~~ xartc _ i ~u~v~~L~.nrrc~ nr~Ct~1~idN N~`T~ 30 I~UNnS d~' nrtUM llang Kdn~ Sf)UTN CHINA M~EtNiNG pd5T in ~ngli~h 14 ll~e ~g p 1b [~~xtl N arcotics 8 u t e A u quent reidi. inquirie~. ~he ha9 to rcpdn t~n detectiva on Tueaduy Dete~tiva s~id investida� the6uteautudaq. ni ht seiud 30 Ib~ aP row tion~ inta the syndicate began ~ollowin~ ihe arrasts. ap~um . during a ~urveil� ebou~ ~wo mon?hs aga +~hen detectires carned aut a scria or roi~w�u rn~d~ in Centrol ~ ~he N~r~tia gureau reaiv P lonce operation on ~ drug Abcrdeen, NoHh P~int and ed inrormotion ~ about its o:. imponing ~n~ di~tributing ~i~~+a, HappyvAlkq. ~yMliCAte. Follewin~ inquiria, o sur� ~3~ficen wero last night The dru~s~ with ~ reuil veilbna twm was posted ta laoking tor scveral ather pa~~ v~lue af S4]0.000 if rel'ined k witch on two suspc~t,~ ple in oonnectl~n with the into pteporod opium~ were prn s nd~caee. bout 9.30 on Tucs� r rn~y ~i~~ that thc pi�ked up on �p~vement in day the Ieam followed ~ha ~,~te has been ratin won6neichon~ Roid atler swpeets dri~ing frem Aber� Y~` �P~ ~ ihe wrveilanoe torttu ta� deen to Shek Pai Won where for sometime ~ importing - liied tAey were bein` foi� thep+ren~eenpickin~uptwo drup and di:tri tiar them lowed. b~~ from ~ man. a~ o whdwler. - The xitnrc ~hen sparked As the tcam foilor?ed thc Thc uited dru6s, wroppod ~ oft ~ car ehw in ~ou~vny ~u~P~ ~~t W~tneichon6 In ~ix polythena pnckeu of '&r w~ ~ t~ ~tad, they wddenlr s~+~ thc pv~,nds each~ ~ro Ddievtd inta+ceept ~ air arryin: tAe t~?o bnp bein~ tAwwn out ot to have oane from tha ddd� ~wo ~~u wAo lud ~arliu t~e wiMbw on to a pvrement en 7riangie. dum ~he drop a+ the near ~he Hondka+e Cncket in nnother ae~ion~ oftan a~~t. Ciub. from Kowioun Polia 5tation TeAm memben immedi� ~~I tetda nidcd a sur 'T'Ae detedirq {at Irack ot Y~ r the tw ' c~r in Causewar ~~~~y P+~k~ up the bags pectcd heroin packaging ~.r ro~Ro~n~ ~ btitf cMse. o~nuinina ihe drup ~nd centro in Ihe Wnlicd Citr and be~n to chuc the p~ir. seiud two pound~ of No 3 9ut ibout an hour I~ter ?he tcam thcn r~ad~ocd fon c~roin, wonh ~bout S90.000. d~t~~ r~.nr io~.�a ~n~ ossisunu aher bsiat the A Z~, ~,dd rtwn i~as qr in ~ Ctntnl dr p~rk ~nd swpect~ in heary Causcw~y Y~ ~rtated ~ rtun ~nd a wanan ~q Ir~ffic. ban urated in oonnectioq in oonntetion with the !ei� Aboul IO.~S pm detecti~~es with the xizuro. wre. loe~ted ~he ar in on open�air Pdice s~id thr riidins Fdlowin` the ~trests. c~~ park near the Jordan p~ny went to a ninth ftoor detecthp oond~cted a seria (to~d ~etry F'ier in Con. (ta~ of o buiiding at 2 Kwong of nids on 10 loca~ia+, dn n~u ht Raad Ccnu~t. Ming 5tree~ at 12.~5 am and i bolA sida or the harbour on he coupic was arratcd in fcwnd ~he drugs. a se~lina Tund~y niah~ .nd ra~e~day ~he ricinity. machine and some meawnn~ ~nd teiud ~ number of docu� A msn. ~ge~ S2, was la~t equipmcnt. menu bttievcd to be rcl~~ed niaAt ,ssatin~ polia with The man who was in ~he to tAe ~rndieate. tAcir inquirics. Mhile his wifc, tt~t was ancstzd. Ne wu last No fnnAer ~rnsts or se~� naed ~0. was telcascd on n~Bh~ auisting polia with tura rrtte �u~Qe in ttu wbsc� S).000 bail pending furthcr tAcir inquiria. C50: 5300 20 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 � KdN~ KONG TlIAI S~AMAN llA5 t{t5 UAY IN COUItT C~nvieCed 'Tr~ffi~ke~ `T~geifieg No~g Kong SdU~H CNINA MOttNiNG PdST in ~nglish 6 Dec 78 p 18 - ~'Tex e ~ A Th+ii waman wh~? is kung wilh hcr bccausc +he scrving a tcrm of eight year~ had just undcrganc an npcrn� impriwnmcnt fo~ smu~lin~ ~ion and wantcd to rome hcrt ~ d~ngcrous drugs to ong� for fur~hcr ucalment. kdn , grrc cvidcncc ~n Ihc 5he ~Aid a Hongko~n~g Ni g~ Caurt yc~tard~y far ~he tricnd had givcn hcr 510,000 dcfcnce of a'fhai ~caman ~s e rewaM fo~ bringing ~wo chargcd wi~h ~ossc�ing dan� auitcasc~? ~o Hongkong. but gcrous drugs for lhc purpa~c thc defcndent did no~ know nf unluwful tr~fficking, about this. 1'hc woman, Sommai 5or� 5hc added shc did not sit, had travcllcd wi~h thc know if ~hc dcfendant knew defendant, Yui Sangprudap ~herc wcre ~uch towel~ in the (~1), tn Hongkong on June sui~casc becau~c shc hdd not 21. upcncd it ~o scc. 5angpradap, who pic+~dcd 5he s~id ahc gavc hcr no~ guilty to ~wsscssing 4bt1.1 clothin a~ wcli a~ ~hc dc- gh~nc r'for~ ihc ~ ar~r c of kndan$s to Ihc fricnd to put P~ P~ in thc ~ui~cascs which wcrc uniauvful troffickin , is bein` handed ovcr to ~hcm at thc tricd 'bcforc Justicc a~~~~~. 7rainor ond n jury. ~arlicr, 5angpradap had Yoi was arratcd a~ Kai ~~~i~~ that Sonit offercd Tok airport. him a frcc trip to Hongkong According to thc Crown. y~use sha wantcd him to tha drugs wcrc ~wkcd in two hclp her carry ~hc luggagc es lowels and pl~ccd �rmon~ his shc rcccndy Aad an operaaon. clothin6 in a~uitca~c. Nc s~id hc had known 5oni1, who waa artc.tcd Sotsit since childhood ond ~hc u~ ~he ~mc ~imc with ~no~hcr Aad hclpad hcr in ~imes of suitca,c which ulso containcd necd. Iwu IoNCIa ~ked with dan� Hc did not know thc ~ui1� gcr~wx drug., plc~dcd guiUy ~ontained drugs. whcn ch~rgcd ~nd was ~cn� Hcaring continucs today. ~cnrcd by a High Court jud~c Att Y.C. Mok is dcfending , inOctubcr. Sangpndap on thc inatruc- Tca~ifying for Sang� iions of Lau, Wong and pradap's dcfcncc yc~tcrday, Chan. Sonit aid .hc h�rd n~kcd ~hc Crown coun~cl Jim Dick is I dcfcnd~nt to comc to Hung� proaccwing. 21 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 { i D~fcndnne ~~~g 5ix Yrur~ ~ }{ang Ko~g SOUTE[ C~IiNA MnttNING Yn5'r in Cngli.gh y be~ 7~ p 17 ~~~t j had a valua of S27S,OW but iF ~ A Tha{ seaman who~ mixed with addltivea ~nd bld ~ iecordln~ to u High Courc on ~he ~~ree~e, che value ,~Ido_e~ had gtmbled hia would be Increaud about four ` ; FM.eclom for a handtLl of ~ dmea, ' aollat~ and lo~t, was y~� defonce counul Y,C, ~rdA~? ~entenced to aix hidk iubmittal In mltigatian ~ ~ea~n imprisonment fo~ that Sangpradap had no I- Onuggiing dan4erou` previouacriminalre~ord. ~tuat, He had u wife and four ~ " P~uInQ ~entence on Yai children agai 14 to 19, ; ~tpt~d~p (41), Mr Juedce ~ Counsel ~aid the Thai fnor ~I~o ~sid thet tlm~ woman wha wa~ arrested wUh d time otain, pa~ ple Ilke Sangpradep ond who was also Mm Aod come from Thallond found to have two ~uch towel~ Qytn~ to ull the wooi over in her lupgage, rec~iva! a ` ,1he eya o~ the euuonu of'A� prison se~ltonca of alght yean, ~ ~,4n Qt the oltpon. Shc was of a higher rank ~ Time ~ad time agoln they in terms of the tranipo~t of q~d ~iiled, the dru~ and ~he was re� � S~ngpradop A a d two wa~ded 510,000 for tha job. ' wel~ saked wlth dangerout gut 5angpredap had only ~ugs in hii iuitcase when he been paid 5500, hie involv ~ ~~rived from Bangkok on ment being much less than June 21, that oF thc woman. He hid ple~ded not guilty ~ Mr Justicc Trainor aaid if to poste~sie~ 960.1 grams of i~ werc not for the little cog ~ uit of eiten of morphinc for likc the defendant,~the horri� tha purpose of unlowt~l traf� blc busines~ of drug traffick~ ficking~ but a jury oonvicted ing could not carry on. ~ him ofter deliberating for ~t~ It was important thercfore ~~n~ littie oogs must bc punishod - Ctown counul Jim bick, for this offencc. pro~ecutiu~~ uid tbe drogs _ C50: 5300 22 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 IIV~dN~~~A pI2I~ON llIR~CmOR CHAI~~ TN ~SCAp~ 0~' I~~tU~ 0~'F'~ND~It~ J~,k~rta KOMPAS in ~ndonesian 1.g Oct 78 p 8 (~'accerp~s) C~~ner~~ I'rnsecutor Gu~t3 Gede Ali~ read two spe~ia~ char~es ~g~inst th~ form~r directdr of Denpasar prisnn ~t ~ session of tih~ Denpa~s~r State Court ~n Mand~y. Accord3ng td the prosec:utar, the accused and nthers cttused the escape of bonald Andrew Ahern and David A].lan Riffe, putting Indones3.a in a bad ~.ight, national~.y and internat3.onally, with regard to the government's intention to enforce 3ts laws. . The prosecutor stated that the aCCUSed moved Davi.d A11an Riffe from Denpasar Prison to Karu.ngsem Prison, and instructed I Nyoman Susanta, the acting d~.rector of Karangsem Prisan, to trect David we11. According to the prosecutor, based on these instructic~ns, David was a~te to come and go w3thout supervision, and was allowed to have a Honda motorcrcle for his own use. The accused PB also placed the prisoner, Donald, in a special room outside the walls of Denpasar Prison, where the accused and his family lived, and withQUt supervision of Denpasar Prison authorities. The accused also permii;ted Donald to come and go as he felt necessary, with- out supervision. Donal.d also visited David in Karangsem Prison; and 7.eft to ~ - ~o shopping; to ~o to L-he telephone office; and for Indonesian State Bank 46, where he had an account. The prisoner also went to the Bali Beach Hotel in Sanur, to thc coast of Kuta, and traveled from Gianjar Kelungkung to Besakih in Karangsem. Moreover, according to the prosecutor, the accused permitted Donald to use the telephone in the accused's home to call his friends outside the country. _ Besides the primary charge of involvement in the escape of the two convicted criminals, the prosecutor leveled a second charge against PB, in his capacity as a state official. 23 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 I A~ ~~t~t~ of'f'icia~~, th~ ~cCUg~d d~~ib~r~t~~.y ~ommitt~d ~r nrd~r~d ~;h~ abu~~ o~ h3s ~uthor3ty ~r d~~.ib~r~te~,y affdrded dthe~~ the opportunity tio d~mage th~ inv~~t3gation o~' cr~.min~~, gubv~rg~an invo~vl.ng narcat~.c~ by Donald and D~vid. 9~.97 ~ cso: g3oo ( 24 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 INDbN~SIA AStsAN MCM~~HS TO S~T Up ANTtNAfi#~dml~5 UNITS IN CdNSULAft d~f~IC~S UK0304~2Y ~ngkok ~d5'C in ~ngllsh ~~ea 78 p~ gK ~7'ex~~ 7n ~ m~,~or move to holp e~a;~ other in t~akiing ngraoties prablet~~ top n~reobicg i'ight~r~ from i`ive AS~AN aountrie~ reaent~y ~greed in prinaipie co esCablish "11~is~n ~genal~s" in their respeative aon~u~~r di'l~~eg Por the go~1 bP be~ter eoar- - din~tinn 1n thelr ~b~t1t t05kg� Thig o~nsensus u~s re~ched duritig ~ ooMerenee of drug$ enfor~e~nent offiuigls i'rom A5CAN aountries held in J~k~t+ta betueen November 4~nd 20~ ~uthorit~tiive sourae~ g~id - yesterday. ~ TY~ese "liais~n ~genaies" ui11 perform ~n import~nt rale oP keeping a uatnhi'ui eye ~nd examining criminal recards as we11 as behaviour of suspeets, th~ sourn~s said. ~unh agenoleg ui11 provide intelligenae inform~tion about naraoties nireles tio eaeh othpr for better eooperution. The proer.dure wi11 faailitate ngrcotilen fighter~ in every member countries with flexibility to d~~l rapidly uith Snt~rnaLional n~raoties tratfickers, said the aourees. pgrtioipants, in the meantime, also reported their respective otfiai~l reaords ot drug addiets in their countries to tMe meeting. Thailand topped the list with more Lhan G00,000 dru~ addicC~ uhile Indonesi~a. the Phillippinc~ and Malaysia have about 100,000 addicis each in eaeh coufltry, the sources 3gid. ~ingapore uas last on the list with 30.000 addicts. - Among the five partners, the sourees added Lhat ~,alaysia seemed tost v~~in~raLle in Paeing a highcr rate of addicts than Che other:,. C50: 5300 25 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 , _ _ _ 21VDC~IV~~IA ~ ~ , ~ _ 9ANA~ORtUM HEAD CONH~+~N'r8 ON DRUt~ D~~'~b~T1C~, TREATMfl~iT - Jakarta K01KE'A9 in Indonesian 31 Oct 78 p 3 ~ ~ . ~ _ [btcerpts] Accora3ng to Prof Dr Kusutn~n S~tyonegoro, h~ad of the Darmawangsa ' ~bundation, s~v~re fam3ly prob~ems ~r~ ~h~ primary cauge of dru~ depe:~dency I among hie pat3.ents. The ma~or3ty of those suffering from drug d~p~ndency are ~ a~oi~g~~n~8. ~ f'rof'~gsor Kusumantoro, who is also d3rector of inent~l h~~1.th of tih~ Hea].th ` Dc~p~rtm~nt, told th~ press on ~riday th~?t at ~round lb-1.7 y~ars of ag~, a ; p~rson maturing into ~du].thood ~xp~rienc~s Considerable pregsur~s in h3.~ ; lif~. ~'hose Who fall v3~t3m to drug dep~nd~nae ~re un~ble to hr~ndl~ the great "stre~g" of lif~ tihat reaults from defective famil,y life. ~ Although the number of drug ~ddictg ie unknotim, the problem is definitely a ' national threat. We must fl~~1. With it. According to Kustuaantoro, drug addicts first be~an Qntering thQ clinic in the priva~e sanatorium, Darmawangsa ; in J~k~?rta in ~9b9. In 1970, the gov~rnm~nt of area~er Jakarta shor?~ed its awaren~ss o~ the importance of this problem by ~stablishing an institution ti,o ; h~ndle dru~ depend~ncy cases at Fat~wati Hospital, Jakarta. Branches of - this clinic Were 1at~r s~t up in several other larg towns. Patients enter th~ clinic, and particulnrly the sar.atorium, pr3.marily at the request of their families. Treatment is ther~?peutic, aimed at the patient's ~ rehabilitating himself With the aid of his f~mily. Every month, some 45 - patients re~ister for tr~atment at the sanatarium; these come f'rom all over lridonesi~. E:n?~h dc~y, abou~ 10-15 p~rsans are tr~at~d as outpatients. The ~ cogt of ~ cdn~ultation is ubout 3,000 rupiahs. Hospitalized patients pay ~,000-11,000 rupiahs pcr dr~,y, Which includes fbod, haspitalization, recrea- tion, snd m~dical consult,~?tion. The avera~e patient fs 1b-17 years of age; thc ol8cst ure ~5-40. , 9197 cso: 5300 y > 2G s' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 TNDONESIA ~OUItTSTS A~tES'.C~D ~'OI2 M012PH7N~ POSS~SSTdN Jakar~a ANGIU~TAN B~RSENJATA ~.n Indonesian g Oct 78 p 6 (T~x~) Po13ce Li~utenant Colon~l Dr Soeprapto, ch3ef (sic] of Znformation, Po~ic~ ~tegion 2X, Centrt~l. J~va, told the press 3.n Semarang 1.ast Monday that State Pol.ice of Kegion IX had arrest~d ~'ive morphine a~d3.ets and ~an~a smokers in Semar~ng and Jogyakarta. _ Repnrtedl.y, the three ~rrested in ~he Jo~yakarta area included D.A.L., an Australian na~3ona1, age 24, who had entered Indonesia as a tourist on a nwnber of occas3ons; Miss AF, 23, a New Zealand national; and an Indonesian eitizen named DSW. State Police confiscated five rolls of gan~a and four packages of morphine from the three, as we11 as several cigarettes conta3.ning gan~a. Both foreign nationals are currently being held for investigation at Police Region IX heudquarters. Accor.ding to Police Lieutenant Colonel Soeprapto, Miss D.A.L. is known to have been acquainted with Miss AF in Jakarta. Miss AF was romantically involved with DSW; the two planned to ma.rry in December. c~Liss D.A.L. said she bought the ganja from a foreigner in Jakarta for 34,000 rupiahs. According to Lieutenant Colonel Soeprapto, the State Police launched u thorough inve~tigati.on into the possibility that a narcotics syndicate is opcrating in Central Java. Meanwhile, the two men arrested in Semarang, presumably for heavy smoking of ~an,ja and other morphine possession, are named OGG and Hn. The two are in custody. 919'l CSO: 5300 27 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ ~ INDONESIA ' I BRI~'S ~ LUROPEAN SENTENCID--A French youi;h, Frederic Lauth, age 2~E, was sentenced I; on 7.1 October to 5 months in prison, and a fine of 35,000 rup3ahs in 1.ieu . ' of an add3tiona]. month, for v~.olating t;he n~,rcotics laws. He was also ~ ordered to pay cour~ costs. Ketut Cralang Asti, judge of the Denpasar State ~ - Court, found L~u~h guilty of Article 23, paragraph 2, Law No 9, ig76, because he was found guilty oi possessing 1 gram of heroin when arrested at his hotel. in Kuta. His fr3end, Nittaya Singuaimuang, age 30, a Thai nat3.onal, was , acquitted of all charges. ~Excerpt] [Ja,karta KOMPAS in Indanesian 14 Oct 78 , p i3] 9i97 OPIUM SEIZED IN RIAU ISLANDS--Police in Area Command 404, Riau Islands, ~ seized 4 kg of opium from a foreign national in Meral, Tanjungbalai Ka.rimun ' Subdistrict, Riau Islands last September. Lieutenant Colonel Soehardi, � commander of Area Com�nand ~+04, told the press in Pakanbaru that the narcotics were seized due to cooperation between the police and authorities in Tan,jungbalai Karimun. Coincidentally, Operation Badai was in progress there, so that the case can be handled further by the Operation Badai task force. ' According to 3oehardi, the narcotics seizure stemmed from information that ~ someone wanted to sell k~; of narcotics for 14 million rupiahs. The police , tracked this lead drnan, and eventually arrested the seller. The evidence was ' confiscated and stored by the police. However, the primary figure--the awner � of the narcotics--has not yet been arreste~. The person now in custody is only a pusher, who will be used as an informant, Soehardi revealed. The ' narcotics will soon be sent to Mabak Laboratory in Jakarta. [Text] [Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian 5 Oct 78 p 8] gi97 OPIUM DEALERS, USERS ARRESTED--Operation "Harum Ma.nis," held recently in Police Region ll~North Sumatra, resulted in the handling of several narcotics cases, notably opium smoking cases. Police ~egion II annuunced that through Au~ust, the operation nad wrapped up five cases of opium distribution, smoking, and sal.es. Eleven persons were arrested for trafficking in opium.. The opera- tion, carri~d out by a team along the North Sumatra coas~;, resulted in the detention of five men. Trro of these were known to have smoked opium for the ~ last 5 years. Several hundred grams of opium were seized. In Blawan harbor, three men were ~.rrested for opium dealing, while in Pematang Siantar, opium smoking implements were discovered, and one smoker was arrested. Police Region II transferred the five cases to the prosecutor for trial. [^lext] [Jakarta ~ ANGKATAN BERSENJATA in Indonesian 10 Oct 78 p 6j g197 , ~ - Cso: 5300 28 , ~r `Yl= APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 JA pAN AMI~E~TAMIN~ CUN~ISCATIONS H~~ A~057'WACt E2~COItb Tokyo KYODO in ~nglish no time gtven 26 Ue~ 7g OW [Text] Tokyn Dec 26 KYbDO--AmpheCamineg confi~cae~d gn f~r ehig yegr hit - n pn~twar r~cord~ the N~tional PoliCe Ageney reporCQd Tueedgy. As of rhe end of November, 16,500 persdn~ h~d b~en arreseed fdr gbout 27,000 viol~tidttg ~f the 5timulane Drugg Control Act, up 26.3 ~nd 23.3 percene over - last yeer, according Co the NPA, Police ~eized 93.99 kilograms of powdered stimulantg warth ~bout yen 28 billion ~t ~treet value and 460,000 cubic centimeters of liquid drugg, up ~ 60.6 percent nnd 1,000-fold, respectiv~ly, from th~ s~me p~riad last year. Mnst of the ampheCamine was smuggled into the country by nir and the rest - by ship through both major and minor ports across the country, NPA said. One third of the smuggled drugs came from South Korea and those arrested in ~ connection with the South Korean route accounted for 70 percent of thos~ caught. Drugs also came from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Macao and Western Europe through complicated routes, the NPA said. Through internntional cooperation, the NPA arrested five drug smugglers who - fled abroad and is demanding extrgdition of three others, - Thc NPA also climinated two drug smuggling hideouts in Taiwan and two in South Korea through the International Criminal Police Organization ,(INTERPOL). Meanwhile, drug-linked traffic accidents and thefts increased sharply 7.7- fold and 89 percent to 108 ond 542 cases, respectively, this year. Most Japanese drug s~.~ugglers belong to underworld syndicates and nearly 1,000 members of the nation's largest criminal gang, the Yamaguchi-Gumi, were arrested on drug charges, the NPA said, Thc drug cases also involved rightist organizations which dabbled in smug- gling for funds, the agency added, 29 ~ CSO: 5300 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ ~df~ df~~~IC~AL U5~ dNLY JAPAN . I ~ftI~F5 ' DRUG SMUGGLING ~ICURE5--2'he nntiongl polic~ gg~ncy hgs announc~d th~t 190 kg of gtimulant drugg worth 57 y~n btll~on on ehe eCreet gnd ~ kg of rsw materials for making ~timulent drug~ worth 50 y~n million w~re emuggl~d into Japgn in th~ fir~t 10 moneh~ of ~hi8 yegr. Th~ ~gancy ~~id Chat polic~ had sUCCe~ded in confi~Ggting 58 kg of ~timulant drug~, or only ~0 percent of th~ tot~l amount. In a r~pore i~~ued nn Tu~sd~y, th~ agency said that polic~ h~d arregted ~S pergons of 53 groupb from Jgnuary through October thi~ yegr in conn~ctioe with stimulant-drug trafficking. The report egid tihgt 31 groupg had gmuggled stimulant drugg from Soueh Korea, eeven groupg from Hong Kong, five from Tgiw~n nnd twn each from ; Thailand and Macao. 6f the 190 kg of smuggled ~timulant drug, 113 kg cgme from Hong Kong. The contraband from Hong Kong and South Korea com- bined accounted for about 90 percent of the total. [Tokyo THE JAPAN TIMES in English 23 Nov 78 p 2 OW) ILL~GAL C~CK5 FOtt URUGS--Tokyo Dec 27 KYObO--A recard yen 2,100 million worth of illegal yen transactions were detected during the January-November period of this ycar, the National Police Agency reported Wednesday. Particu- larly noteworthy was thc increasing number of yen-denominated checks used for settlement of illegal transactions. Smugglings :~lso increased drastic- nlly. ihe usc of yen-denomittated checks for seetlement of trgnsactions overseas is prohibited under the foreign exchange and foreign eradc control lnw. Checks used for illegal payments and receipts amounted to yen 6,882 million and yen 2,555 mtllion respectively, topping a total of yen 6,400 million seized lase year, the report said. It said i11eg~I chec~cs used for smuggling stimulunt drugs accounted for 34 percent whilc those used for in- vestment in join[ ventures overscas amounted to 22.~ percent. [Tokyo KYODO in ~nglish no time givcn 27 Dec 78 OW~ 30 FOR OFFICIAI. U5~ ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 KC)ttLAN ;i'1'tMULANT tiMUCCLLIi--Yak~hamn 14 Uct (KYtlDd)--Pdlice 'I'1~urddny repdrt~d - thc~ ~~rr~~C nf ~ Snu~l~ Karenn gtnm~n ~n ch~r~~d df amug~ling 1'en 44 m311idn wdrth n~ ~titnul~nt dru~y frnm Sduth Kdre~ tn Jnpdn. Lee 5~dnf; Cw~n, 2y, d~Ckhnnd nf th~ 1,gg0-Cdn Sduth Kdr~~n fr~i~ht~r 5~n C~~~, wag ch~r~~d wieh gmugglin~ 1.4~ kiln~rnm~ df geimul~ntg. I~olic~ g~iz~d the dru~g eh~e L~~ h~d hidden in ~ 1oek~r ne the Nntionnl it~ilwnyg' 5~kur~giCho st~einn in Yoknham~. Lee nllep~dly h~d ~~rried nut Ch~ drugg in ehre~ pl~~eie bg$g frnm eh~ ghip nt Yokdhnm~ pdre nnd eaken th~m ed the ~tneidn, unnw~r~ Ch~C cu~tinm~ ~genCs wer~ fallowing him. Lee to~d po~.ice he hnd amuggled the drugs for g Kdrean whn peomig~d en p~y him u yen 1~~ million reward~ ['~okya KY01~d in CngliBh nn eime given 14 neC 79 OWJ CSn: 5300 31 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ i MALAYSIA i _ i 14 HELD IN $15 MYLLTON K~ROIN HAUL Kunla Lumpur NEW STKA?T5 TIM~5 in ~ngliuh 20 Dec 78 p 1 BK (mext] KUALA LUMP~JR, Tueg. W~~ ih ~�iaken to~ine PO1lC@ hi~Ve ~rregt~d 14 peap18~ ~orbgueet oning ~tatlon inclutifng four women, ~?hom thdy T~c sutteaee~ were believe to be rttembera' ot an in� ~~~p~d and the heroln, fn e~ halt�pound pls~tic .ternational drug 8y11d~C8te and Packete, were tound con� selzed 42 lb Of G~raele Three c~.Therenwere ~i packeii heroin worth more than $16 wn i~thfe wa~ goln _ million on the European ma~rket. on~ tour other men an~ ~ The eue eete include a~urinameee ewo women were ar� re~tcd at a leadln~ hotel W1~h a UtCh aesport and 8~X ~ p~otlow u operatlona Sfngaporeane. ~he othere are reaultcd In~ehe arre.e oc Malayeiane. tour others early today, ' CID Dlreetor Commiaeioner Datuk Two were arreeted 1n Abdul Rahman Iemail told a Preae the c~ey, wn~~e a 8ingaporean coupie In a conference today that two auepected csr wa, eto ea ae s~ - leadere ot the $yndicate were among ~wang, roa~~~ock in thoee detal~ted+�~' r' POIIC! aua ect that \ "We have been keeping a cloee watch cne arug, b~~ievea eo on the activitiea of this~ syndicate for the ~;m a:6wu on paet two montNs. We ~believe we have ie. way eo Amrterdam ro ed in all our euepecta~" he added. via,sru.ee~e. The torefgner with he heroin eeized can provide more the Dutch w rt came thar~ 3.7 million "ehots" and there fa ~ eo ~t~a ,~a aprew aay, demand the wortd over for Grade Three ~~a:' ~gtuk Rahman 2~�r~in� He added that thia wa~ the big~e~t heroiq Datuk Rahman ~ald He anid lait Frfday t~ y~~' ,the ope~ation wai the re� ANU otflcera arrested ~ult ot paln~taking fn� tour Singaporeana, in- ve~tlptloni by the Antl� cludlng a married cou� Narcotlce Unlt (ANU) of p1e. a[ the Subang In- the CID at the Federal iernatlonal Alrport ~uat Pollce Headquarter~ ~n board Yan ealrcratt ~ to~ co�opcratlon wtth 81ngapore's Central Brueeei~ at I3.3S p.m. Narcotlc~ Bureau. Thelr baggege wa~ checked and a Cuetom~ narcoticn dog enitted out the drug In tour ~ult� CSO: 5300 cnaea. 32 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 MALAY3~A POLIC~ MA1f~ MAJOf2 ltAVL Ot~ 1~A~N9, t~tO~N #N ~~AlC ~ttt16144~Y ltuai~ Lump~u� ~c~~tia S~rviae in gngiish 11~~ aM~ 6 t~~a git [Tax~] ~oiiaa h~v~ r~cever~d cive rr~apnng, inaiudir~ ~ subma~hin~ gUn~ ~ h~nd gr~n~d~, 270 rour?dn df ~mn?W~ition ~nd ~ qu~ntitiy o~ h~roin Auring a dru~ r~id an a s~u~CE+~r hou~~ ~PP Jalan ~~ndahara in fpoh Codsyr. , 'th~ p8rak CI~1 (Criminal Inve~tig~tion bapartment] ahi~~, (~ah Mt~da }{a~tso }{asan), tald new~men eh~ ueapcng, ~mmmmunit~on rand h~rtiin uer~ kapb in thre~ ~~rs ~man~ bush~g ~t the b~ck ot' th~ gqua~t~r hou~~. IC W~~ eh~ 6i~sti haui oP xeapons, ararnuntti~n 2?nd h~roir~ by the ~utihnritii~s in perak this y~~r. (~oh Muda Hazian) at~id th~C pnliee, ~oting on inParm~tiion~ eonduat~d Che raid ehig atternean. He s~id th~ ptili~e ~t~re tr~iing to egtabiish the ouner~htp of ~he w~~i~ns and ~nuttition rscovAred. No arrost hag yet b~on mado. C50s 5300 33 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ ; i ; MALAYS~A ; . I~ . ~ OPIUM 9~IZ~U ~ROM C~URI~lt IN TdUt~ gUS - Ku~i~ Lumpur N~FI 5mttAi'TS ~IM~5 in ~n~13gh 12 nec y8 p 12 BK (~~xC~ TAt~INO~ Mon. - d pnin it, police tnund About 34 1b ot raw t~ve p~iuelc ba~e ttlled _ opiutt~ in tranaft to with dplum, Johore wee (n� '1'ht~ I� the tltth terQ~pted ~nd ~~tsed d~~~ure by toaalpo11ee eo frdm a P~nan tour tar thl~ year. tt ineluded bue ~t Changkg Jpr� the ~cave v at d, ib ot rno~phlne ~rom a ~ur ut ifl laat weefc. t~adaag Oaiah In Juty. ~he dru` wa~ faund fn An ambwh wae ulin a trsvelling bag belnng~ ~aid In Oetobcr et the bus - In~c tu a 6b�year�nld mun~ ~tatlon where nlne Ib ot ~ w~io wai d~tatned~ morpln~ were ~ef:ed. pollce belteve the A tlmflar amount wai msn to ba a eouriar whv ~e~~d In troat ot a bf~ wai pald 5400 t~ hand the hottl In ~ebrusry. be` to another man ~o~ About ib0 people have de~~pateh to Jof~ore. bcen a~r~ated thir year New~ of tAe incldent to~ ot~encee connQCted ~ wae wlthheld to lsc111tate wfth dru Inveitl`atlone. The ~D attNbuted ~ Talplna OCPD. DSP the wccese to the Iorma� AOdul Hamid bin Abu ~~on ot a~peclai drua unit gaka~~ iald tAe {0 and the caoperation ot, pauengera, bus dHve~ the publle. and conducWr wett re� ~ leued aite~ queattoninr. Bnclk Nsmid sald tfulce pa~ny ~I t cbrlmel~ Dcputy OCP ~ A8P Abdul Shukor bin Abdul KaMm. ~t up a roadbinck abcut l.30 p.m. lut Thunday. , When the bua wai rl htad th~ce hou~~ ta~er. lt wu ~topped and ~earched. The couMer. who ap~ peared nervoui. had the ba~ betwten hla lep. On CSd: 5300 34 _ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 MALAYSIA BitI~~S JAIL~D ~01t KAVING D1tUC--Ipoh, SaC.--Ch~e K~ng Thiang, 32, of Pagir Pin~i New Village, who had thr~e previoua convicti~ons~ wae ~ailed for a,year after he plead~d guilty h~re today to t'he posseesion of 0.9 gms. of hQxoin on - Oct. 24 in Jalan Datoh. In another c~se, Lum Yew ~oo, 22, wa~ fined $500 for po~~~~~ion of 0.10 gm~. nf heroin at Kampung P~1oi, on Oct. 20. He w~s unable to pay th~ fin~ gnd went to serve two monthg' ~nil in default. [Text] [Kualg Lumpur NLW SUNbAY TTM~5 in Engli~h 10 Dec 78 p 19] T'WO CHAItGED WITK DRUG TRAF~ICKING--Penang~ Mon.--A n~n and a woman, both aged 29, were charged in the MagisCrate's Court today with trafficking in 2,451.16 grammea of morphin~. Lee Sam Thye and Oo~ Siew Ling are alleged to have committed the offence at Raja Tun Uda Pier, Weld Quay, on Nov. 26 at 1.15 a.m. No plea was recorded. The case will be further mentioned on Jan 15 next year. [Text] (Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in Englieh 12 Dec ~ 78 p 12 BK] CSO: 5300 35-36 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 P~OPL~'S It~pUBLIC OF CKINA S~ItI0U5 NA1tCOTICS ADDICTION AMONG U.S. FORCES NOTED Peking NINA nomeatic Sarvice fn Chineae 1413 GMT 8 Dec 78 OW (TexC~ Peking, 8 Dec--The problem of narcoCics addiction among U.S. soldiera has recenCly again aroused concern and di~cusaions among a11 ciralee in the Unitad States. A report publiahed recently in the U.S. 13~WS & WO1tLD R~pORT pointed out that "the U.S. Armed F'orces are launching a new fight againgt an old enemy" and that this enemy is none other than heroin, cocaine, marihuana and ampheCaminea. An investigation report pub- - liahed by the U.S. Defenae Department indicated that there are 210,000 army soldiers who either occasionally or pereiatenCly smoke marihuana, which accounta for approximately one-third of the total number of army personnel. In the army, 8 percent of the soldiers admitted that they are sCrong narcotic~ addicts, while in the navy, 40 percent of the sailora under 25 amoke marihu~na. Membera of the U.S. Congress have held that Che figures published by the Defense Department following ita investigation "were only a part of the facts." A former White House official reaponsible for handling the problem of narcotics addiction pointed out that the number of addicts in the U.S. forces stationed overaeas is increasing rapidly and that the number of U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Europe whn died of overdoses in 1977 was 50 percent greater than in 1976. House Representative Glenn English, after heading a 12-day investigaCion visit to West Germany with four oCher House of Representatives members, pointed out in early December that between 20 and 30 percent of the troops in some U.S. forces units sta- tioned in West Germany persistently use heroin and thaC between 80 and 90 percent of th~ troops in some other units persistently smoke marihuana. The rapid increase in the number of narcotics addicts among U.S. soldiers - has aroused anxiety among political circles. They are worried that nar- cotics addiction among military personnel will not only result in in~uries and deaths but also seriously affect the preparedness of the armed forces. CSO: 5300 . ' 37 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 I , . , i ~HILX~~k'xN~S ~ i= . ; I I- . i BRI~FS DRUG KING, QUE~N ARRE5TED--The consCabulary unCi-narcoCic~ uniC nrrested ~ 117 persons includ~ng the so-called untouchable king and queen of drug _ suppliers in metro Manila Saturday. In a report to Philippine Constttbulary - Chief Fidel Ramoa, Colonel Bienvenido Fe1ix identified the two suspected , ~ big time pushers as (Emelia Aprig) of pasay City and (Armando Rigera) of Tondo, Manila. (Aprig) was arrested ae her residence in Pasay City while i (Rigera) was nabbed in Cavite CiCy. The 115 persons were arrested during ; a rock,musical concert at the Riz~l Memorial 5Cadium, and of those arrested ' 22 were female. Found in their possession were marihuana cigarettes and ~ assorCed drugs. [Manila FEBC in English 2330 GMT 20 Dec 78 OW] i _ CSO: 5300 i i i i i i ~ 38 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 i 3IN(3APQR~ BRI~;~S ~INr:U $1,800 FOR DRUGS--Amir bin Ahmad~ 25, was fin~d $1,000 in deEault - ehree months' ~ai1 by a dietrict ~udge yeaeerday for having 0.04g of heroin at Woodlands check-point on Nov 26 at 10.30 p.m. Ng was f3ned another $800 in de�ault two monthe' ~ail for consuming morphine on the s~me day at an un- specified place. He pleaded guilty to both offences. [Text~ (Singapore THE STRAITS TIMES in Engl3eh 19 Dec 78 p 18 BK] JAILED FOR BREACHING SUPERVISION--A 24-year-old man was yesterday ~ailed for three years by a district ~udge for breaching a drug supervisinn order and having prepared opium. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Samad, pleaded guilty to breaching the supervieion order by taking morphine at the PSA container port on Nov 11, while under a two-year auperviaion for a similar offence. He was _ also concurrently ~siled for Chree months �or having prepared opium. [Text] , [Singapore TNE 3UNDAY TIMES in English 10 Dec 78 p 14 BK) - CSO: 5300 ' 39 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 { 'CHA~LAND . ~ , i , ~ - pRIMS MINIST~ft COMMGNTS ON OOVSfiNM~Nm~S I~Nt1d ~~LI~I~S f1K23131yY Bangkok bom~gtia $~rvia~ in '~h~i 1~00 ~M; ~1 Nbv `~8 HK (~1 !lav~mber in~ervieu aith E~rime Mlni~t~r d~n Krian~s~lc Gh~manan on ~overr~nent~$ pe]icy on ngreotio~ pi~ae not given--reaarded~ (~tCerp~j (ltrian~s~k~ We uiii burn or ~therWige destrby a11 naraotieg eanfisrated tram narea~ins oi'f~nders. We uill not ~e11 ~h~m bea~us~ th~ir prioes ~re not hi~h. ~egide~~ the proQedures invalved in the sale of n~rcotie~ for medical usp are very aompii~ated. ' - We would not get muen money from selling thp narQOties. (Question~ HoW u~il We de~troy these n~raotieg? (Ansrrer] We uiii apiwinti a Qonuni~bee to ex~mine thc~e narao.ias. We migt~C invitp UN y offio~~ls or chemioal stpeoialigtis to oheek cach ~aekage of cLMugs. (Queation) Hou mueh is bhe heroin ue nox hav~ uorCh? [Ar~sxer] I eannot rcmembcr hou a~uch we have nou~ bu~ ue have a 1ot. N~r~t tor~s. ~ [Question] When w~il the narcotics be destroqed? - [AnsWerJ Preparations are stiil underxay. We uiil destroy them as soon as possibie. [Question] Where uili the drugs be destroyed? (Ansuer] [Words indistinct) the 11th company. we wili invite press re,or~ern to ubtnesb L�ha evrnt, ~s ?te did bCfot~e. [Quc:;~lon] 'Phe climatc in Thailand i:. rQ~:ortedly good tor aultivation of r�arijuana. (An~wcr~ In Kerca, thi~ plant grotrs Wild by itself. But here ua havo to eultivate it. We :?rc not the only country whcrc a~ari~uarw ~rrnrs ueil. ~fe have ~~so coni'ISCaLed a large ;?mount of r~.~r i f uana. [Question] Itu~ rrariJuan~ ~~lanLStions still ~xist in 5akoa ttakhoa atal tiakhan rhana~ rra- vinces'! (Arti:Wer~ Thc ~uthoritics Will continue to hunt for then. [Question~ WhaL� is thc re:.ulti of the .:u;~~ression in the past J~ar? 40 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 CAt~aerj Mp haVe ~atii'i~~ated 1a~geN ~t~o~lttts i1i' mari~tiatla and norpttitle and h~rdin Na. ~ ~t~d No. 4. Nd~ 3 nas a hi~her heruin edntent than Nd, 4. C~ue~~~r~nj Na~ ttte flai~datid~ bc~at+d adn~i~et+ed fflr~eaeit~ ~he penalt~ ~~r drug oPfet~e~'2 [Atisuer~ 1~~ N~ve a~e~ay p~+Opo~~d guth legisla@i~tt. ~Q112~E 1Df1 j Now g~r~tig wili iE be7 fAhs~rer~ iie ui11 ~peaity the amtsun~g d#~ naraa~ias i'ar di~feren~ de~rees o~ punishmefl~ ia that ~egi~iatian� tn forei~n aaun~ries ~ iiC a pet+s+aH has 14 ta 1~ gt+ae~ ir? pas~ea~idn, he ~s i~abi~ ~a ~Ne death penalty. ttawever, since dur coun~r~+ i~ aiag~ tu ~he pr~saua~ng area, We tnight ittat~~a~e Ehe ~teoun~ Eo 4d tn 50 grata~ �-t ttie~n i'~r thase uha keep herain t'~r g~1e. (~tlc$ti0flj 1fha~ abotlt i~' khe atithdCities ~hemS~lVe~ aa~it n~raaCiaffi a~feTi$e9~ A pcl~ide aaptain ~a~ a~re~Eed an this aharge ~ i'ei/ days aga. tAt~~er j'Ttte penalty ~a~ oi'i`isial~ una a~n~aie of~etzse~ m~,st be ittQPea~ed. CSO: 530t~ 41 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~t I = i I - . ~ - , ~ I THAILAIVD ; i ~ ~ i ; I ~ N~W AILt t~~tOVIn~5 9'~t~A2'M~N`r FOR AnUICTS ; ~ Bangkok NATION it~V~~W in ~ngli~h 14 Dec 78 p 3 ~~~x~~ UDON TtiANI ='["hc now antl~narcotlc biil which was recentt passed in the tint r~adin by the nationai ' kglslaNvc body empowcrs tho publlc hcaith mWatcr to i detain 0 drug addlct who is arrested for the third time ; at a provided piace for medical tr~gtment. I 7hls w~f exptsined yesterday by Dr Kurwl 31nth~v~nond~ Directot of Thanyuak No~piW, in ~ xmfou on nmoNa ' probkm in thb Northern ptovlna. ' He sdd the new k~tation alw sdputalu medk~l trait� ! ment tot rq ute~tea drua iddicti. ~ Deputy Gime Supprdilon Commmder Pot Col Vlthun Verintuvtcom pld the biG~ in addldon to ~,kpl ~ction : yai~ut dttq~ tu[f'Idcer~ also ptovlde~ wide-ran~}n~ power to ~uthodtle~ In a~ck~na down oa ~ tnfAcking. The bW ~Uo tuthu~iita the ielrue of eq~dpment v~ehklea ~ ot ~nr wbftanccs uitd by dru~ aupecti Jnrb~ t~e~tq~ wtthout teptd~ u td whom tMe propedy ba~6'iip to, he-uld. . CSO: 5300 42 i, APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 THAILAND CONTROL BOARD HEAD WA1tN5, SOME POLICE BCCOMTNG ADDZCTS Bangkok NATION REVI~W in ~;nglish 15 Dec 78 pp 1, 8 BK ~Article by Vithoon Pungprasert in Udon Thani] [7'ext] Narcotic addic~ion hns 3.nfiltrated the ranks of policemen fighting in sensitive areas, according Co Police rta~ Gen Pow Sarasin, Secretary Gen- eral of the Office of Narcotic Control Board. He reported that in Amphoe Nakae of Nakhon Panom Province another sensitive area, 15 policemen were reported to have been addicted to drugs. - "In a spect.al action Cask force comprising 23 members, 15 of them were s~~id _ to be drug addicts. And in the Border Patrol Police force, 15 have turned addicts," he reportPd. The problem of law-enforcement officials falling prey to drugs, he said, could not be left unattended to. "Some of the addicted policemen get wild hallucinations. They shoot at others a.nd hurl bombs at them because they think somebody was going to at- tack them," Police Maj Gen Pow said. He also said drug traffickers had fled into insurgent-infested areas in a new trend indicating collusion between narcotic traffickers and insurgents. "Nobody had thought about this before but the link-up between drug traffick- ers and insurgents t~as now emerged," Police Maj Gen Pow told a sem.inar on drug suppression for the Northeast here earlier this week. "In Nakhon Panom province, for example, marijuana j.s being planted in insur- bent-infested areas. They are seeking protection from Che insurgents against Policemen," Police Maj Gen Pow said. He was addressing a five-day seminar attended by all top administrative and pol.ice officers in the Northeastern provinces. CSU: 5300 43 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 I ~ , 'THAILANn 1 f N~W CTtClP5 TO Tt~t'LAC~ PCPpY TN NdKT11 ~ Bun~knk NATION ttE:VILW in ~nglieh 22 L1ec 7g p$ BK ~ ~T~Xt ~ THE df'F~ICC of thc 'fhe b~sin w?II be dtvtd� , NarcntlW Contrul ~oard is ed ir~to fiv~ ranes Mac worktng nut a crop replnce� Ko, Mac Mnh Luang, Bore ment prd~ect ;~una the K~~w, Mae Yod and Pgna Mae ~aem i~ivcr basin in Hfnfon, sald the secretary ~ an attompt td solve the aeneral. problema of opium ~qrow� The proiect will be car� inq and Irriqation as well as ried nut with conperation ~ fore~t cncrnachment. from the Aqricuitur~l According to Ikputy ~actension Department, S~crotary General of the Forestry Departmcnt, oftica, Pol Ma~ Gen Chava� Publlc Hcalth Mint~try, llt Yodmence, the pro~cct and Public Worki Depart� ~OOover e total area of inent. � _ square kpometres Chavaltt aald that the and the budqet needed for pro{ect is expccted to be the putpose is around 400 approved by thc govern� mUllon baht. ment and commenced in Thc budget, hc said 1980. will comc from thc Unitec~ States and the United Nations wh(ch offered a special fund for a period nf flve ycars. ~ The main crop to bc introduced under the pro� icct are coffee ttces and t~eana, he sald. CSO: 5300 44 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 '~NAiLANn ~ _ SpitF:AbTN~~ MAkIHUANA ~LANTA~ION5 Pft~SH:NT 1~li0HL~:M5 bnn~knk NATION it~V1t,W in ~ngligh 14 U~c 7~ p 3 BK ~Articl~ by ViCOnn pungpr~gertj ~~~x~ ~ UV MO~tE w~yg ~~~d the North~a~t ported in .:mphce Kusu� tt~an one~ mgriju~na h~d been affected by the mam and Amphoe Kud� has become a murh ~stribudon nf hernin, bak, more disturt~tn rn� �pium, mar(juana and am� Most of the ptant~n arc g p hetamin and "dry farmen in the remote blem for locei supprea�. ~iquor" There are no are~s who resurt td mart� sion oftidats than i~?oa'n nazcotlc raMedes fuana cultivadcm after the ~treroin and opiutn be� ~'~s Kg~on. dce harvest scason fs done. Lytiae of the r~ idl � "Netoin and op(um `~e ~Ve rxeived re� p y usuali ass throu the Porta that the muijuana �~pteading ~as t~ken y g ~ plnntadons have rapidly Northeas from the No~d, up by marijuar~a in se� ~~e~ way to Dangkok. expanded to Pa1..hongchal vetal Northeastetn pro- 'i1~e dcug~ ~Iso Rnd their way to vadous refugee u~d Pakchong in Nakhon ~.�"Tha profit b tremen ~m~ ps in Nong Khai hnd Ratchasim, bordering on Nakhon Panan as well as Suaburi Provlnce. The dou~ and the lega l punitiK Ratchathani," he ro� trend li the expnn~don wW me~wres oro low;' s~id ported. continue," Cen Sowaeng ` P Uce Lt Can S~waeng He cited some Meo said. ~on~~gnakorn, Commander ~fugees whu wero addic� The profit is more dian of Z-one Two Pollce Head� ~d to o ium before they attra~dve. According to quarters. fled into~ailand. informed sources here, re� � Gen Sawaeng himself ~ut the greatest can� � tavours the formation of a arn is the wide area~ in turns tor Investmcnt could - ~:pecial task fora toeffect We heav~y forested re� run as hig~ as 300 to 400 some continuity in a long� ~~s where madjuana is tlmes. 1 term suppr?,uion tuk. 'i'he prica liave recent� ~��~'Those whu Mancially doing brisk busineu, . ly dipped duc to "over- ; support the cultivation ot Ilregal mui'uana plan� producdon," the sources ~ m~r3juan~ must be arrested t7tions orig,~nated in ; and ch~rge d with bein~ de� Nakhon Panom provir~ce~ p1~nters ~dll rc� trimenta( to ~ociety, the mosdy in Amph~ce 'Cha� member tFie lucradve da s ienior poltre offlcer s~id. uthan~, Srisarakhun and when the Amedcan m~i- Muang. tary set up thcir ba~es in [n 5~khon Nakhon, the Ud~n Thanl, Nakhon pa. plantatlons havc been rc- 45 - ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 nom and Ubnn Itutcha� 3UU UUU baht, And we thc pnliccmen aro nut of d~anl, nee~ to mubillae nt le~t sight, "The lr~~i farmoro 250 pnlicemen fnr eaCh Gen S~wa~ng aiso feel~ - went all out to plant mari� campalgn wl~icl~ la~u ut thgt d~e punltivc moatures )u~nu bacauee there wa~ a leust twn dayt," I~r ex� under the currant law are roady ond big market," plained, from being gcwd deter� tald the ~ourcei, ~alda, thoro are phy~� ren~s. According to Con 3a� ~angers invulved, 'The logal punW~ment waen~, 8 lor~ nmount nf ~~dn1a ~oca~ vil~aBer$ in, fnr trafficken of marh meri)uan~ has been ex� volvcJ in pIgnt(ng mari� j~~a in tho countiy i~ dx ~orted, juana wuylaid uur pnUce� manths tn jan nnd 200 ~"MarfIuana planted In men becausc they don't baht In tine at d~o most. Nakhon Panrnn is tha mo~t W~t thoir meuna of' in. ~or thoae ceu g ht trying to pnpular am~ng~ fnrei~ come tn y~ affected," C e n export mar i juana,- the consumen in ihe bl~ck Sawaang sattl. punishmont i~ nne year cx market," i~ld C,~n 5a� n Me of 500 baht at most. waong. . Cven when a crack� pnd ff tho culprib shntild SMUCGLMG ROUT~ down Is launched in g cer� Confess, d~ey got the sen� Marliuana h~s e strnng tain area, the viliggcrs are tences commuted too," he smell. 'Cransportadon hns qulck to start anew once said. to be woil covered up. � Tru~ks aro often hircd tn I carry madJuana hidden in ~ condgnmenta of charcea; % � aacks or tapinca baga su ~ ' d~at thc "smeil" would ~ � ~ . not attract p~lic~men , pnsted at various check� polnt~. ~�e. M,~. Some ~rewd traffic� *Nw~ ken stuff the "goods" in bales, contalning about ~ 4 dieect expoi ~Otheri ~have ~K~ ~ used huge wonden drums w,,. to perfect their packing tcchniques. M~st packa g is done fn Nakhan ~om and Sakhon Nakan, ~ _ "We have many pro� t biems in tracking tF~cm ~K~ � ~ down;' admitted Gcn Sa� waeng who added that the ~ shortage of poGcc pcrson� .s~ nel and the c~fficuit ter� rafn wherc marijuana is "0' grown posc thc most chal� ~ Regional Police Command tRPC) fcn~ng obstacles of all. ~ Each suppreision cam� ~ Province paf~~ using helicopters fnr ae~ial surveys. costs up to � District Conveyance route ...~The point where drugs are smuggied CSO: 5300 46 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~HAILAND ALL~GLb MAH'IA SUSI'E;CT 1-ILLb TN RAIU B~ngkok BANCKOK WORLU in Ln~li.~h 19 Dec 7A p 1 gK _ [R'ext ~ iN a series of raids in 8atpkok Metropolis end 7hon Buri iast ni~t and early this morning, narco� tlcs :uppreulon police arrested an alleged Mafia member and hfs alleped courier, botfi Italiarn, topether with five Thai:, and d~~ged thein dl with posseuing he~oin for sale snd compirirq to unuqyle it abroed. Police seUced four kiloqrammes of No 4 f;rst prada heroin. The euNpectod Mnfia '?~~e+' wae identifiec! aa Fet� hir tra~~cllinK trunk. He wna n~~c~;ed to he the tinanctcr reri Mercn. He wae ~cheduled to Iceve HenRltok fnr Anicilo was later picked t~~l~~~ for F:urepe. An un� up fmm hie euite in a Heng ~IeKrrilx~J Irv ~ilic~ n~ e hiK Itccneed .46 automattc ~k erea hotel aftcr a etatc� rpender and a frequent M~Kdecr wee el~+o found (n ment ai~�en !~v Anlello to ~~iriitor tn Nenakok. f'ulice hie rrx~m, pnlice ~?eid. Itce implicated hfm ae the found tn hi~ oereertan Anr~ther ~H,lira tenm went n e, police eaid, 1~~:~ I,i)dU tn reeh opon hie the fnitt orrherd eerly Merrn wae echeduled to arrerl at hie eutte in a thi.r mnrninK, euepictoue Ieoeo fn~ F'aris thie mominR Han~ Ftek eree luxury thpt mnre penple were in� eftcr atayinR in dar?nku~ hotel, ~~d~�ec1 In ~upplyinR heroin mrr e mnnth. Pdice hed '1'hc "cr~uricr" we~ iden� ~he Itelianr. remrd~nf hie frequentviette~ tificd n. pe~ni Anielln end In a~mell h~~u.e, without to Ran~kek fn the paat, el� the fiae Th4f~ a~ ~3in~ ,i numFm~, ~~lire eaid they IeRedl~~ to obtain heroln for Pre ~aipnn~t, Chamnen Gnind I~nrm ond hie wifc, a HenAkok�~urope druaa Netc~ethee, Somuek ~1n 'I'hnnKxai, hu.y peck� e~mdicate. 'PrnnKFxMmtcrm, prnm Son� inu hernin into Ci40 emnll xekda and hia wife. Mn tuhc.r fnr bK+il reteil anle. '1'h~m~ai. 'I'hc hcroin wciRhed aMwt _ Narcotic~ police ~mc kil~~~;rninmc. 'I'hc muplc ullc~;cclly ad� ~c~~n�fl>� hnd kept clo.re mi~,Ml to ~Hdicr thnt they ~unrillance on the activitie~ had been .upplyin~ the ~1 of thc Iteliane for., eome ~Inr, a~ both'G~reikn clicnt.r' time. ;ind Incnl customcr, for Leet niKht the policc ~~ui~c w~mc time. trnm leid in wait at on Fcrrnri ~(nr~r~, who wa.r urcherd in Fiatburana in '1'hun Huri end errcntcc! I)nra~ Aniclln ' and thrcc 'I'hnir - tiinR. Chemnen nncl lmm~uck - while al� IcKcrll~~ hnndinK over eeven beK~ ~cnnteininR 2,b kil~~urammce of hemin. Aniclln wna tnken to hi~ nw~~n in e firet�cln.ra Silom h~~Iel G~r n eeurch and police .nirt thcv found nnothcr kilny;rammc nf hemin hid� ~li~n in thc fal.c M~tUim uf 47 I APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ { ~ ~ h- ~ ; ; { ' , ~ . 3 r ` . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ { , ~ ~ ~ s~ ~ t ~ : ~ ~ r R ` ~ . ~fS = ~ p A ~ S,'~~~,Y~yr+~~ p~ tx^ sy. ~Qa�~.4 ~ y~ y r,_~, ~ e ak: t:` Fi} , - ~ F 1 gt4 -f i P ~ k ft''.. 1'> ~ . - k ' �t � 4N~. ~ ~ ~ , V t'n' ~ 9. i ~ ~ ' ~y~~~.r . . 3 ~i t - , x ~ -y ~n.~ ~y . S ~:.rT tyE~~.: ~f~ ;yrfi,`~ 1 ~ ' 'd:~ :S'.w . , . T. � ~ - Fa?+a~ Ma+co, in n,hite iAtrt, and Da+co Ani~l/o with bati oJ her+an poGce ~ald wa in AntaQo'i poueu~on. . ,M~ . K i � , i~ ~ ? . r' I+`..:. ' Y , / ' . ,t V ~~Y � ~ j ' r r . ~ ~ ~ ~ V s4tRX'Ci.t.t~~i~ -k,p . ~ L ; + d~~~~ ~ .r,'. f ~ ~.~Y. . . Y . , ' � xs ~ } . 'S. ~ t+-*, / ~ {~,01: . . ' . r ~ 3 CSO: 5300 Prom and Mn 77iongioi Soruokdc mith tubaa o/ hcroin poGce anid ehey saw ehem` Pocl?aBinB. 48 ~ ~ ' ' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 T1~AILAND SpAN~SH ~~AM~N Atttt~~7'~b W~~H nItUG5 CbNC~AL~U ~N STATU~ i3~ngkok BANGKOK P057' 1n hngl3eh 19 fl~c 78 p 5 BK ('~~xr ~ , . E �M' ~ '1~ ~ ~i . v � ~ T ~ eC, ~ ~ ~ ~ - 1 \ ~ ~ 'i'N'u ~pani.rh ~uumen Nar~~utlcx Suppresxlon porcelain atatue stufted hrvr kept clase survell� w~~r~~ arrrated in a I'olf~~i~ fdentlfird the N1th hprufn.lSsyMnqea, lanri~ un the two ~ukhumvil ~rea hotel ~~wni.h w~amen as Josr th~ee bottles of aicohol, a ~paniaMs afnce thei~ ar� yr~ierda~~ un a rhar~;e of ~Irnro lt~~~uan and Kicos ,rmall scale and seve~al rivnl in t3anqkok with a ~~~~.ac~.rin~ 'lUtl Ktammes ~tallac�h. 14uth of them pia~tlr. baKa with heroin luur ~;rnup earller on ~~f N~~. ~ herufn end at� wrr~~ hrruin addicta. lracez in their room. ~undap. 'fhey xearched t rmpl inK to ~m~qqle t�~I~~�r .aid. ActinR on a tip~otf, Nar� their hote) roomr thortly thrm uut uf the country, I'~~11~�r tuund a~~~ic~ ~uppresesiun F'olfce Iklun~ noon yeaterday. p~?lirr repnrted ye:~ter� Ju:ce INenco lte~uart day. ~dmitted to the police 49 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 I i Ihut Mt~ twultht Iht~ h~~ruin rrum a'I'hu1 m~n, whu i dQlfVl'1't'd IMI~ druuy lc? him et Ih~ hulrl rarlle~ fu~ 3U,1?UU b~ht. Ilr Ih~n ! purk~l Ihe hr~~,in Inlu a ' po~celoin Ntatu~ rrady Io ; 6~ xmuKUled uut of Ih~~ ~ ruunt~,v upun Ihi~~~ ~ nrh~dul~d drp~~lurp lu~er IhIH wprk. klrox A1ullut~N, I hnw~v~~, drnlyd ull tN~~ rhu~uen rlulminu Ihal hr unly Nn~~w !teuuarl dur� ~nu Ihr Irip. Iluwrvrr, N , .rmull amuunl nf hN~~?~n, u ~ ~t~nle, plnxN~~ bsiu.r wllh ~ hrrufn Ir~r~x nnd .rrverul ~ ,rVl'iltul'V wi~r~ fnund In ! lily ~oum w~lh HevrrHl , t1o~~umrniri in hlx handwrltinu rrfrrrlnu lo Ihr buyfnu uf h~~uln. ; 'I'hev w~r~ inltlally~ ~~I~uru~~d wllh p~~wx~~vvlnul _ hr~o~n fur ~HI~ and H�~~rr; ~ . d~~~x~nrd lur fu~lhrr. yur~iiunlnu� Th~~y w~~rr 4 vtH~I~~cl yP!~It~~dNy' H(11'I'� , nuun bv ~ps~nl.rh h;mb,iw , ~v ~~rr~c~~~i.. ~ i i- C50: 5300 . ~ ; SO APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 T1~AILAND bPIUM TI2AFFICKING ~ItOM LAOS ~~AR~D Bnngknk NATION REVIEW in ~nglish 22 Dec 78 p 8 BK ~meXC~ ~ THERE IS~n tendency that T'h~land wtll face a situation of being an oudet for nurcotics, ospecially o~~plum, emuggled in from Laos, according to Udon Thani Covemor, Pisam Moonsartsathom. He said that he bclievcd the ~ trafficking netwpdc was in existence dealing wlth' tho smuggIIng of the narcottcs, He supportod his susp lcion wlth 40 kilogrammes ; ; of opium 7ie obtained from Laos through a broker . recendy, , ~ "Judging from the present circumstances, there is i a possibillty that the problem of narcotics trafflcking ; in the area wW be aven more acute," he said. ~ Ap art from opium, madjuana which is being ~ grown ~n large�scale in Udon Thant fs also another big problem the province Is facin~. - ' He said that rt~arijuana is largely grown tn com� , munist~infested ac~a to which the government authod- i tles Md it cfifticult to penetrate. _ i The insurgents are usfng madjuana to encourage ~ . the people to go against govemment audiodties, he ( cald. CSO: 5300 � 51 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ' ' i i ~ ~ THAiLAND i ~ ~ I ; I~.Xt~'ikL [.NL WORKEIt GL'i'S LtF'L 1~OR DRUGS ~~ngkok POST in Engliah 14 Dec 78 p 3 BK ; [7.'eXC ] A FORME{t empluyee ot Thai ploeded aullty to a drug poreee- Mixe Wenpen WIIIIC~ pllB wns Internatlonnl wn~ yeaterdey don,chat~e. nbout to bonrd a fllght to NonK eentenccd tn life imprfxonmont Kong. by the Ctlmin~l Gwrt after be- The court wae told thet Udom M i e A W a n p e n c he c k e d - In~ eoavicted ot xttempting to Thaeeth, a eanktttlon employee throu~h Cuetome without the - ~muq~le 16,8 kae of No 3 horoin In the naHonal airiine wes ar- baax and eyewitneAeex eaid fo~ ~nle ebroad. reeted on Jnnunry 4 laet year Udom drove up to tho bnarding The court aleo aentenoed a aRer he dellvored an overnlght ramp in aThal Internatlonnl van women~ Mlea W~npen 8lrikul to euitcaee and a lady's Ahoulde~ and qave the woman thu baas. ~ 17 ye~n impeiwnment sfter ehe bag contaiNna, the heroln to Udom waearreatedinter aRer _ . wltnesees identitied him p8 the deltvery men. But he denicd all charKrs eaainat him, cleiming - he had never eeen Mise Wanpen before. Nowever, the Criminal C.outt ruled that the evidence agninet ' h(m wne too etrong end Jeiled him,for life. CSO: 5300 52 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 _ THAILAND , HEROIN COURIH:RS HELD IN NORTH Ban~kok NATION REVIH:W in English 15 Dec 78 p 3 BK [Text ] CHIANG MAI -'fhree persons, m m~n and two wnmen, were urrested before dawn yesterdaywlth two kilogra~mmes of No 4 heroin while they were heading for this northem provlncial scat, po~licc said yosterday. Pollce stopped a truck from Mae�dm Distdct and searched the vehicie which was fully loaded with cement bags. The narcotic neatly packed in two plasdc bags was discovered lnside a brown�paper box under the pite of cement bags, police said. Driver nf the mini�truck, identiflcd as Mol lntana~ 44, confessed during initial investlgation that ho was hlred by a Chtnesc drugtraft~cker to dellver the nar� cotic from Mae�rlm to a drug agent from Bangkok ln Mae�tha District of Lampang. The two women on tho truck, Identifled as Chan Pirabutr, 21, and Inta Muangm a 19, denled any knowledge about the heroin on board. � The three were detalned at the pollce station of Muang Dlstrict here and a team oT pollcemen was rushed. to LampanR to cooperate wifh local pot~ce there to arrest the drug agent from Bangkok. Mcanwhile, another report from the northernmost province of Chiang R~l said police arrested a 19�year- old man identified as Sawang Chongtrong Wednesday night on charges of heroin possessfon. Sawang was arrested on a bus leaving Chiang ~tai for Bangkok by police which were on their rountine check. A total 300 grammes of No 4 heroin was dls� covered inside a camera in the travel luggage of the cuspect. CSO: 5300 - 53 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 i_ , TNA~t.AND ' ; ; _ ~ i BIU TO ~'It~:H: MA~: SAT OH' DltU(; CH~MICALS ~ Bangkok NA`~ION R~VI~W in ~n~ligh 12 Dec 78 pp 1, 12 BK (TexC~ UDON THANI - M oNicial ennouncomant will bu luu~d aon to dadaro Ampha MN Sot of Chi~ng Ref . Ptovina ~:on~ hee of heroin~roducinp d~~mic~is, T1w Thicd itepond Poilca vutow heroin tetinerks locat� Comm~ud ~ad the OtAce of Nuoodc Conteol go~rd wW depdw Mae 9dt~burde~ci gon K~~ SA1 the w~tlled '~oWen Td~?� ed nett the border would be a1e~" of chemfcdt. wed in depdved of their viul tngee� ~ the miauhctudn~ of f?etdd ~ntt ~yp. Ne ~atd the numbar of '11dt wu dl~do~ed ye~bt� heroin reMerla lud been cr ~ dpr br Md~nt Canmtndec duwd flrom l l to only one af� of tlw TNrd Rs and PoBae ~r the Burmae Cwemment d ttoop~ nlded the ore~. He~dquater~, 1'dlee ~I~) Gan "'i1~e oNy reMery kft br ~ Pnkob Chut~ea to a ~eminu icn~q to Khun 3~ ~Uu C1~m~ t which bottn here ye~terd~y. SI Fu, ~ nbet latdet who b ~ He cited severv ingrediant~ now hobd up in the ~urmea ~ ueed In the producdon of tetdtocy north of Bo~n Hln heroin. T~ek in Amphoe M~echan~ "But the moln tar~e t Chlang Rd Provinae;' ha uW. would be ocetic onh>�drida ' ~ which b ehe mo~t ImPottant chemical in the monuhetute of herofn " he s~ld _ Strict control meuure~ wW be Impokd on the tranaport ind kWng of such chemical~ in M~e S~l, he said, to that CS(1: 5300 54 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 TNAILAND ~R~~~S MAN ARit~~~~n iJ'iTtt H~R~IN--A 20=y~ar=old man a~~ ~rr~ge~d y~~e~rday ~fe~rnoon by ~ teem oE poiice from th~ Crime Suppr~~~~on Divigion ~fe~r ~bou~ an~ kilo- gr~~ of Na 4 h~roin w~~ foufld in hi~ hdus~, polic~ ~aid y~~serd~y~ Th~ t~~m of poli~~ 1~d by ~dl Ma~ Ruengch~i ~f~nn~vi,ehie r~id~d ~ hou~~ lecge~d on ttr~ma IV Road in itong Muan~ ar~a gfter h~vin~ ~ tip-off th~t thi~ family h~~ et~gag~d in ~~rcotic~ tr~ffi~king for ~am~ time. A~on of th~ hou~~'~ owner i.d~ntifi~d a~ 3omch~i L~rtvor~ph~ng Who w~s in th~ ho~g~ during the polic~'s reid agg err~~ted on chgrg~ of nar~o~icg po~e~~gion. Polic~ gaid that the euepect's moth~r id~ntifi~d ge Kuiheng n~ngged to p~CBpE from eh~ polie~ dr~gne~ but ~nother C~gm of poliC~ h~d bp~n ag~i~t~ed eo huet ~or h~~'. . Polire egid that an p1d~r si~ter of this ~u~p~ct W~s curr~ntly impri~oned on charg~ of narcoticg a~ Weli. ~Text~ (SAngkok t~ATION REVIEFI in ~ngligh 17 ~ec ~8 p 12 BK~ 2 KCS OF H~Rt~iN t~'OUND--H~t Yai-A man ~nd a woa~n were arre~t~d yesterday fol- . lo~+ing the discovery of 2.2 kijogrgnm~~ of No 4 heroin in a hou~~ locstpd in tfie h~art of thig southern crnm, police g~id. Acting dn a tip-off, ~ team of policemen from the narcotica suppre$gion centre here and the local police station raided the house on Paradon Road at dawn and discovered th+~ Double Uoglobe Brand heroin neatly packed in six plastic bage. The houge o~n~r, ttrg Kieu S~e Wong, 43, ~nd ~nother man id~r~tifi~d ~s Suth~p ali~s Mpng Vi1~ilak, 38, a~rr present during the r~id and wer~ arre~ted on char~~$ of pos~~ssion of narcoricg. Police gaid that 5uthep aag a clerk in fishery company her~ and he i~ augpected to have purchesed the heroin from Mrs Kieu for export to Malaysia. (T'ext~ ($angkok NATION Ft~VI~41 in ~nglieh 18 bec 78 p~ BK] 'R?o pcrsong~ including a 50-year-o1d Woman, were arresred y~~Cerday morning with 2,200 granm~~ uf heroin in what pulic~ d~gerfbed as on~ of the major drug h~uls in Hat Yai Diatrict. Police said rhey arrested Mrs Jiao gae Won~, 50, and Suehep Nualvil~ir~k, 45, during a r8id on Jiao's house culmi- nating one month of investigaCion by antf-narcotic agents and local polic~. The raid rook plgcc at 6:40 a.m. When 15 pl~inclothes men swooped on Mrs Jiao's house at Pradoa Road and found the pair sleeping. Since the t~ro refused to cooperate aith police~ it took the officers about three hours to find the drug Which vae contaieed in six plastic bags with the lion trademark and hid- den in the Chir~ege bread boiler. PoliGe said the heroin Was aorth several 55 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ . ~ ~ a millien b~1~t. `~hc 5llg[fC~~g nre nnw und~r paiice deeeneinn �ar furth~r c~ue~tinnittg dn ~he gdurCe af ehC drug~ ~nd tha numbpr df p~rsdns involv~d - in thr r~~kct. C'~~xe] Cgnn~knk 13ANGKdK PO5'~ i.n ~nglish 18 D~e 7$ p~ I3KJ ~,rpK;; Nnm~; 'i'h~e p~cvinuy rwd i~cmH ~rc indi~nCive nf varigeiong in Crang- ~ litaration and det~il whi~h cgn Ue fdund in rh~ ~angkolc ~nglish lan~uage preg~j Li~~ i~'t)1t H~ttblN--~rime Minipt~r Kridnge~k Chomanan :L~se night ex~rc~.~~d hig , bb~olue~ pow~r und~r Arei~lp 27 and ~+~~eene~d ~ man eo life ~mpri~onmenti i ~tt~r he wa~ fs~und ~uiley df po~~e~~in~ 17.6 kilog~nmmeg ~f hero~.n for s~le, : p~eh~i Ch~i~h~e~reonp~n wg~ ~rr~~ti~d dn Augu~t 30 this y~7r but po].ice said ~ h~ h~d b~en und~r gurveill~nc~ ~inr.E~ April ~feer a pnline r.ai.d of n hot~1 rnnm on SoUth Snthorn itogd netthd 17.6 kilo~rammes of h~YOin woreh about 529,800 bahC which reportedly belong~d to him. No ona wns in th~ room at th~ tim~ of th~ r~id but Ord ~~ehach~rk, who r~Curned l~tier Cold pol~.r.e he . w~g hir~d by Pichai, to look aft~r th~ dru~. A s~parate chxrge wns filed a~ain~t him~ (Text~ IBgngk~k BANGKOK pO5T in ~nglish 19 Dec 78 p 1 BK] DitUG PUSHLEt H~:LU IN SOUmH--Trgn$--I'olice rc~ided a house in this souehern prtsvinC~ yesterduy ~nd arr~gC~d a mgn tog~th~r with 60 ~ramm~s of h~roin No 4, '10 packg~es of m~rijuana stickg and a two-inch syringe. The drug sus- p~ct, identified ttg Yoon Num-nrn, confessed that he had been in drug eraf- fickin~ bugin~R~ for quite gom~ time. He edmieted to purch~sfng drugs from ~n ugene in th~ eouthern toom of Hat Y~i, Songkhla. He said the drugs were ~old td ~ddicts in Tran~ and aeveral other nei~hbouring provinces. [Text] (Bctngkok NA~ION It~VIEW in ~n~lish 11 Dec 78 p 3 BK] IMpRI50NMENT ~OR DRUC TRAFFICK~RS--Empowered by Article 27 of Che interim - constitution the prime: mtnister ordered life imprisonment for Kawiniamphinit, police Corporal Watth~tta IamphiniC and Laosang, alias YaoChu Sae Yang, and 25 years imprisdnmenC for prasnet Bunkham, Prasoet Kengkat, Hoi Iamphinit and Buppha Iamphinit for heroin trafficking und possession of heroin and firearms. The seven persong were arrested in Chiang Mai on 26 May and fnund to have a CoCal of 23 kg of t~.eroin in their possession. [Bangkok Uamestic Service in 'fhai 1300 GM'f 22 Nov 78 BK) _ C50: 5340 56 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 CANADA POLICL' 5TAGE DRUG SWOOP; 24 CHARGED TornnCo TH~ GLOBE AND MAIL in English 5 Dec 78 p 8 [TexC] MiSSISSAUGA (Statf) - lone undercover otficer A series of police drug ruids responsible for yesterday's - that sturted before dawn mundup had made drug yesterday in Metro Toronto buys worth more than ~15,- and Peel Region have result� 000. Seventeen of the 39 ed !n t{~e arrest of 24 young purchases were made ln men, almost all on charges Metro Toronto. ot traf[icking ,in h~shish or As v~ell as hashish And hashish oil. Five other men hashish oil~ he ttlso bou~ht _ are still being sought. marijuana and psychedelic Those arrested. including drugs. - a 15-yeur-old juvenile Sgt. McKergow, however, _ charged with traificking in would not say how the un- hashish o11, are to appear dercover man operated - ~ today in provinci~l courts in except that he worked alone Brumpton and at oid City - tor fear of prejudicing Null. Police suy those ar- tuture operations. rested are not part of any "He just posed as a drug organized narcotics ring. trafficker and a qser to gain The drug swoop~ following the contidence of the push- _ seven months of work by a ers," said the sergeant, who youthNl undercover oiticer, noted that narcotics truffick- was the second maior nar- ers themselves frequented cotics operatlon undertaken shopping plazas, discoth~ jointly by the RCMP~ pro- ques, taverns - anywhere vincial, Metro and Peel where people met. Region police torces. "They have a product to In May of 19TT, 63 people seli, so they've got to go _ were charged a[ter a joint where the people are," he police drug unit swooped added. down on tratflc in metham� About 50 policemen were phetumine, known as speed. lnvolved in making the ar- Sgt. Lee McKergow, of the rests, mostly at private , RCMP detachment here, homes, although �one man told reporters yesterday the was arrested at work. - CSO: 5320 57 , ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 y "i, ~ ~ ~ ~ANAbA ~ 5IX Cl-t~1I~G~n IN CdNN~C'1'ION WITH MAJOR COCAINL IMpOItTING 1tING 'Coranto 'TH~ CLO[3C AND MAIL~ W~~K~ND ~nITION in Lnglish 16 llec 78 p 3 (T~xt] Police h~ve urrested six men ln 5outhern Ontario in connpctlon wi~h what they say ` wtts a maior coculne importing ring. During the tour�month Invpstigatlon, threc kilogrAms of pure cocaine~ which would have been wonh s7�millton by the tim~ it hit the streets of OntuNo~ was selzed by authnrities in Brazil. The invesNg~tion im?olved the Royal Cans~diAn Mounted Police, the OntaNo Provincial PoUce and Peel Regional Pa~ Ilcc. Two OPP oftic~rs posed as high-level drug trattickers in the lnvestigation~ which started in Mississaugu and branched fnW - Burlington, Acton~ Belwood and Toronto. During the course ot the investigatfon~ ~lice also uncovered plans to sell me~ thnmphetamine (speed) with a street value of ubout s100,000. The six uccused~ who tnce 16 charges of - drug tratticking and conspinng tu tratfic~ - ure from Cheltenham, Belwood, Acton and Toronto. CSU: 5320 ~ ' 58 � APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 CANA~A BItI~~5 - ht~T~iAMpH~TAMiN~ S~IZ~b--Police have ~rregCed five Keswick people in what they gay i~ ~ plot Co mgke 200 pnunda of maChampheeamine worCh abnue $15-million on the SCreet. 7'he arr~~e~ follow ~ four-month invegCigation by M~tro police and the ItCMp. Seizpd ae ~ hous~ in Keswick, near the shore of L~k~ Simcoe, w~a about $500 worth of speed and a supply of ch~micals and formulas to mxke the drug. [TexC] ~Toronto TH~ GLOBE AND _ MAIL in ~ngliah S Uec 78 p 8J C50: 5320 59 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 AI~G~NTINA BItI~F'5 DItUC TItAF~ICKEIt KILL~U--liuenos Aires, 15 Dec (T~LAM)--Berngrdd Salaberry, ~ ~oughC by th~ polic~ for asgault, drug erafficking and dealing in contr~- bgnd, wa~ l:illed Coday in a ghooCnuC wiCh federnl police agenea. TwenCy ~nvelnpeg containing 100 grams of cocaiae hydrochlnride each, hidden in cig~reCCe packag~s, were fnund ott his person, as well as 4,200,000 peaoe in cgsh. BoCh itiems were geized by the police. (Buenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 1530 GMT 15 Dec 78 PY~ NOV~MB~It URUG ARRESTS--Thirty-six persons w~re arrested and about 600 kilograms of cocaine ~nd marihuana were seizpd by the border police in Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, Salta and Ju~uy during November. The arrests and seizures were made as the drugs were being braughti into Argentina. (Buenos Aires CLARIN in Spanish 15 Dec 78 p 32 PY] COCA LEAVES SEIZ~D--5alta, 20 Dec (TELAM)-wThe 20th Squadron of border police headquartered in Oran has reporCed the seizure of almost 138 kgs of cncoa leaves and the arrest of amugglers Enrique Para and Hilario Villalba who operated on the border with Bolivia. [Suenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 1635 GMT 28 Dec 78 PY] CSO: 5300 60 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 i g~zxt~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ BRI~FS ; COCAINE BUST~-Rio de J~~neiro, 29 Uec (AFY)--Police here lac~t night seized 4 kilogYams of pure cocaine Prom drug Crafficker Berehier Bacelnr, who has been sought by the Brazilian police for years. According to police, Bacelar was the l~nk in a band of traffickers which operaCe in Braz~.1, Bolivia, - Peru, Che United SCaCc~ and France. The drug seized was of Peruvian origin and required processing before being sent to the UniCed States and France. [Paris AFP in Spanish 1445 GMT ~9 Dec 78 PY] CSO; 5300 ' _ 61 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 I CHIL~ BItI~F'S INTERNATIONAL DRUG GANG nYSRUI'TED--Cnrabineros Drug Department has disrupCed an internaeional LSD tiraffickers gang. Carabineros arrested thr~Q of iCs membere and confiscated 1,500 dosea of LSD. Carabineros arresCed: (Juan Carlos Buachman); (Augusto Cortes MaCurana); and (Pedro Arteaga Correa). . . [Santiago Chile DomesCic S~rvice in Spanish 1000 GMT 28 Dec 18 PY) - DRUG TRAFFIC GANG--Personnel from the Drug PrevenCion DepartmenC in (Chillaua) has broken up a drug traffic gang which had a network in several Latin American couneries and in the Unieed States. Carabineros detained a citizen from Trinidad-Tobago when he was carrying 1.5 kg of cocaine hydrochloride pnsCe and 0.5 kg of marihuana. [Santiago Chile Domestic Service in Spanish 1630 GMT 22 llec 78 PY] _ CSO: 5300 - 62 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ . COLOMBIA I AGR~~M~NT ON DRUG TRA~'~IC SIGN~ll WITH V~N~zU~LA ' Jo3nt CommieCee Cregted F'A1~1452Y Car~oae R~dio Cenbinen~a Nebwork in Spani~h 1000 aMT 1~ Dee `j$ p~ _ L~'extJ Venezuel~ and Coinmbia have signefl n,~oint ~greemen~ bo fight drug br~i'riaking ~long the border. The announoemettti wag made by ColomUian Foreign MinisCer Diego Uribe Vargas. }{e said tihat the tireatiy oreates ~ Joint eommittiae with speci�io meohanisms to exohange intormation bo preyenb drug traftio rings �rom esrabliching themvelves in Colombia or Venezuela. I~oreign Minister Uribe Vargas ~aid tihati th~ Chat somQ people might consider Colombia or Venezuel~ ns ~'eatesb danger is , � potential ~reus of operation. fioreign Minisber~s Comments ~ 1 l~ni'si~?5~Y caraeas Radio Continenbe Network in Spanish 1000 aMT 13 Deo 78 pA ~ (Text] Colombian I~oreign Minister Diego Uriba Vargas has ' airh the Venezuelan Oovortunent. He uas rePerring to the si~ningdofha t eatytto~flght~ion ' drug brafficking betueen the two nountries. ' this bype of crime. Uriba Vargas~ uho Ss hosting~his Venezuelan counterpart~Simon c~b ~ Alberto Consalvi, said thut With this cooperation agreement ue are ~o the Venezuelan and Colombian ~oples. We place the highest importanceion it~becausece we think that if there is ~oint international action the eftorts of the Colombian Qovern- ment and many other governments will be imitated and will pera?ib [words indistinet] to the restiraints on drug trai'fic~ Uribe said. CSO: 5300 � 63 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 COLdI~IA TRA~~ICKER5, UC-3 5~IZEb A~ BA~tItANQUILLA BngoC~ ~L TI~:Mt'0 in Spanish 13 Nov 78 5ec C p 2 ~Text~ n~rranquilla, 12 November--Combined unies of tihe Colombian Army ~nd Air ~dree capeured ~ UC-3 with North American regiserat3on, and Chre~ Cr~f- - fickcrs. The DC-3, with registraCion number 407-X, landed at ehe "Ernesto Cortissoz" International Airport ae 2130 hours on 5aCurday night, when a CorrenCial rain was falling nn ehe area. The three crewmen, who did not notify the control tower, were immediaCely overtaken by unies of the Second Brigade, the DAS [Administrative DeparemenC of SecurityJ nnd the FAC [Colombian Armed Forces], which had observed the~r clandestine �li~hC. Upon beittg discovered, Che three Craffickers ateempCed to rid themselves of the corpus delecCi, tossing their weapons, ammunition and polyethylene bags all along the runway. When arrested, the three individuals claimed to have left�Florida bound for ~ Curacao, and to have lost their way, and said Chat Chey were forced to make an emergency landin~; at the "Ernesto Cortissoz" Airport. OFficial sources said that they consisted of a gringo, a Cuban and a Colom- bian, the latter two n.~turalized in the United SCates; but that it was im- possible to establish their identities accurately, because none of them hac: identification papers. They also lacked a flight plan, and did not ask ` the control tower of the local airporr for permission to land. _ ' 'I'roops from the 5econd [3rigade retrieved a large amounC of ammunition from _ tiie aLrport runway, but the weapons were not located. At tlie northern air base, it was said thaC this may possibly have been a plane used by international traffickers for shipping marihuana. This air- crafr brings the number of planes captured by the Colombian authorities in the course of the war to the death unleashed against the trafficking ~fafias to seven. 64 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 , ` i ~fi. .R . 'v' ~ Yngo~nr ~ta sh~.ps ~rc concexned, ehe o~$icial epokesman snid th~C a tnral of ~5 vesgels have been deta~.ned ati se~, wirhin Colombian tertiroxial waeers. ~ - Tt was also announced Chat, with ~he ehree individuals who were arrested last ; ~ ni~ht, who have been pl.aced at Che disposal of ehe Second Brigade, the num- ! ber o~ ~raffickers captured has reached 40~ I _ i i z.,~~k i.~ 4 *5.,.. ~ ~ ; ~ ~j 1 i,,~ f i . . ~+~a}~ '7~ . q t " ~ 4. ~ . . Y , aD~� 1 ~ i t, t,~~~~ ~ ~ . ; , . : f ~ ' , ' ~ \ ? ( J I . . ' ' ~ i I . : ~ ' . 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' . , . . . ~ ~ k~..~~~~ ~5.,'^' r , a�. .:~Y? 3 Z`i+C,L~. . . . . .1;~~+~''. . ~ . . . . � ~ Barranquilla--DC-3 plane captured by the Colombian Air Force Saturday night. ~ It had on board ammunition for a magnum, the death-dealing dum-dum bullets, ' and a considerable number of plastic bags used for shipping cocaine. ! 2909 CSO: 5300 65 ' APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 , ' COLOMBIA 'FRENCH CONNECTION' TRAFFICKERS EXTRAbITED Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 15 Nov 78 Sec A pp 1, 6 - [Texr] The Colombian Government will turn over to the French courts I:wo no- eorious Marseilles "Apaches" who axe clos~ly linked with the "French Connec- tion" in which the criminal Laurent Fiocconi, who escaped from the La Picota - prison when he was about to be exCxadited, was also a key figure. They are Rachib Charbi, alias Michel Goiffon, and Roger Bocognani, alias Max Albert Sibon, concerning whom the Supreme CourC of Justice decided yesterday _ Co issue a favorable op3nion with regard to carrying out the extradition requested by Che French courts. The former of the aforementioned individuals is incarcerated in the central prison, and his health has been ruined by acute pulmonary tuberculosis. - The latter was apprehended by officials from the DAS [AdminisCrative Depart- - ment of Security] in July of last year, but obtained his release, a favor conferred upon him by Maria Eugenla Rivera de Caicedo, while she was serving as fourth judge of the BogoCa penal circuit court. Charbi and Bocognani were members of the fabulous Mafia organization which, some years ago, brought thousands of kilograms of heroin to the United States from France, using the most daring and sophisticates devices for deception and bribery. The American and French authorities, in a skillfully combined operation, managed to disband the criminnl organizaCion which is tradition- - ally known as the "French Connection." Likewise a member of the complex ring was Laurent Fiocconi, who like the oth- er two "Apaches" sought refuge in Colombia, but was discovered here, and has ~ been in custody until the government of our country ordered his extradition, when the drug tra�ficker escaped from ~ail with several sinister kidnappers. - France had also requested that Colombia grant the extradition of Bocognani - and Charbi to comply with the international warrant for their arrest issued by the Marseilles courts. In accordance with court procedure, the Ministry - of Justice address~d the court to request its decision on the viability of _ the extradition. The body, through studies made by Magistrates Alvaro Luna Gomez and Jesus Bernal Pinzon, found in favor of the surrender of the two criminals. 2909 - ~ CSO: 5330 66 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 , , ' ~ - i ~ coLOr~zn ' ~ ~ - ~ ' PLAN~S, 5HIPS SEIZED IN LA GUAJIRA ! I . BogoCa EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 10 Nov 78 Sec A pp l, 12 ; i (Text] Sarranquilla, 9 November--During the past 8 days, 28 ships, three sma11 ~ planes and six individuals have been apprehended in this capital by forces of ~ the 5econd Brigade for violaCion o.~ territorial seas and airways. ; The foregoing measure was enacted in compliance with Decree 2144 of 4 October ~ 1978, which authorized the initiaCion of the security measures called for in the staCute of the same tiCle, the purpose of which is Co curb Che drug Craf- ~ fic between Colombia and Che United States. ~ ~ The ships are located in Che yards locaCed at Che mouth of the Magdalena Ri- , ver, one at Siape, which is part of 8ocas de Ceniza, and another ad3acent to ~ the Esso station close to the maritime terminal. The small aircraft are at Che "Ernesto Cortissoz" International AirporC and, like the ships, they are under constant guard by members of the Second Bri- gade. Of the six persons arrested, it was established that some had already under- gone questioning by the secretary of the deparemental governmenC, Roberto . Velez Estrada, as stipulated in the Security Statute. This decree sCates that aircraft or sea-going craft which is seized by the miliCary forces is to be placed at the.disposal of the governor of the respective department who. in collaboration with the sectional government secretary, will decide ~ upoii tlte status oI the latter and of its owners, representatives or indivi- duals who are aboard at the time of the seizure. Ilowever, it was .znnounced that the 31 ships are under precautionary seizure, inasmucli as, to date it has proven impossible to prove any connection ~aith dr~ig trafCicking, and they are at the disposal o� the law because they lack _ a ftight plan or speci�ic route, as the case may be. The Ships The names of the ocean-going vessels being held are as follows: "ReY 23," Flyin~; the Mexican flag; "Fortuna," with the Panamanian flag; "Rio Chico," 67 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 wleh th4 1'utt~m~~nian .Cl~~t~;; "Clim~drd," I3rit3sti; "S~ne~~ Vcnc�zu~l~n; "Irm~ - ~'uareo Cnxe~z," Hondu~~n; "itic~ly," l~lottcturun; "rli~n~~," .El~g unknat~m; "t,im~~ru," Colombi~n P1~g; "I~aerici~," Cdiombian .~1~~; "Ch~.ch~rra" ar ~~MdriG~~C~~~ tthi~ ship h~~ ewd names, wieh on~ ~pp~~ring dv~r ~n~eh~r eh~t h~~ been delee~d); "Don Lui~," unknown flag; "~i~1v~$~ TV," unknown fl~g; "Luis ~nriqu~ III," Colnmbi~n; "Uri Mary," Pannm~nian; "Tte~d Wich," Panamani~n; "5~nCn Ii~rbds~," unknown fing; "Soni~ Lux," unknown;"Bn].bra," Colombi~n; "Jorge tuise," Ca- ' lombian; "San Nicolas," Colombi.an; "Pntricia," Colomb~.an; and "Gr~n Ale~," Ha3einn. ~ Ther~ nre five orher ves~elg ttdC includad on ehis 1ise, bec~us~ they do ttde ~ppenr in Ch~ records of Che gnvernm~nt geGreCttri~C, or th~y ~re shipg wiCh- out n~mes. Sdme of ehese ships were captured by Colombian Navy gunbo~Cs ddwnstre~m of . r~rritorial waCers, empCy find app~rently serving nn purpos~. ~he~.r nccu- panes claimed ehae they were ~ound ~or o~her couner3es and wenr d�f th~ estnblished course. Others wer~ c~pCured in the Magdalen~ ltiver, betw~:en Boc~s de Ceniz~ ~nd the maritime eerminal; while ~ few were discov~red dn - cl~ndesCine docks found on Ch~C same route, carrying personnel who cnuld noC explain their presence. All the vessels are freight~r of lar~e and small drafC, ranging between 20 and 200 tons, and one o.f Chem has a capacity of up to 360 tons. ~ighty per- - cent of the ships ~oere seized ].ast Friday, and the Second Brigade plac~d Chem at Che disposal of c;overnor Pedro MarCin Leyes on Tuesday of this week. The Small Planes The small aircraft were seized under similar condiCions, several days before the ships were, as they arrived at Che "Ernesto CorCissoz" without a defi- - nite flight plan or claiming to have gone off course. These planes are all of North American regisCration, and the crew members under arrest did not show a flight chart nor justifiable reasons for their presence on Colombian territory. Those in Custody Among the various crews of Che aircrafr and ships, only four have been arrest- ed, two from the plane~ and the others from Che ships. These individuals have been identified as Wilson Rivadeneira Maestre and Codys Alfredo Munoz, occu- pants of the "Eliana," of unknown flag. They are in the men's municipal ~ail and are being questioned by Covernment Secretary Roherto Estrada Velez; and their legal status may possibly be determined within the next 5 days. As for thc airplanes, at fir.st six arresrs were made for each plane, but now two o� them, whose identifications were not given, are in the municipal jail. The other four, including a woman, have been released conditionally, and 68 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ ~ rh~y mu~~ l~~v~ eh~ ~~une~y i~n ~0 d~yg, h~ving .~ir~~ p~~d 1 n~iiiian p~gcig fdr ~ach ai~pl~n~. 'Th~ m~ney p~i:d ~d~ thi,g pu~p~ge wili r~en~ ~d eh~ d@p~rt- m~t~t~1 t~e~gu~y, whil~ th~ afr~rafe wf.ii b~ ~xprc~pri~e~d by ~h~ ~AC (~diom= bian Air ~orc~~~ ~ ~ ( ~ ! , I i ~ ~ ~ ; ~ _ ~~F~. ~ ~ ~ � . Y . ~ ~ . ~2 t: t ; \ ~..9 ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ::V ` . 1 ' ~ ' ! , 1+ 'Y aRHl~ ~!p.e~ ! � ' . _ t t :1 t, 1` '~x M t s?,'4~ i�{ ~;g r~ t ~ :i ~ ' v+ ~ .~~~s ~ yF .~F~ +Y - ~ . ~ ~ ~ ; ~ k x~-?~ k t~ ' ~ ts ~ [ e~b f re? p ~ < ' a ~ a . ~ ' " ~ ~~i', ~ s t e ~ ~ .,*'s (~l ,!R F . .il~.a. J,~. c: "~.'~'E yy, ~a B+ Y . g~('�~ ~Z K . ~w ~ 4�0.`.^'i'. e,; . _ . . . . . . . . . ?ki?i. +iFag~7 "ilii'i~o , In this exclusive photo, one can observe several of the 28 ships which have been seized by Colombian authorit~es in only 8 days' time, for violating territorial waters on the Atlantic coast. 2909 CSO: 5300 69 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~L SALVE1ll0It BItI~~'5 COCAIN~ S~IZUIt~--5~n S~lvadnr, 19 Dec (ACAN-~~'~)=-The Salvadoran police annnunced Cod~y, Tuegd~y, ehut they arreseed a group of drug tra�fickers on Mdndgy nt ehe Alnmed~ Horel in ehis capital and seized 3,601 grams of cocaine v~lued aC $3 million. The drug traffickers have been idenCi�ied as Cdlombinns ~ern~ndo Modero--th~ eraffickers' leader--Alvaro Gomez Mo~icg, A1~ida ~r~nco, Mrg M~ria ~lena CasCro Franco, rirs Marta Dix and = Mrs Cnnsuelo Bnrrientos as well as David Dix, a U.5. citizen. The Sglv~doran police took acCion afCer being alerted by the Drug En�orcement Agectcy of Che United 5CaCes. (P anama CiCy ACAN in Spanish 0425 GMT 20 Dec 78 PA] ARRI:S'L' Ok URUC TRAI~FICI~RS--The police narcoCics department captured seven - drug Cr~~ffickers on 5unday nighC in a hotel in this ciey. They had 6 pounds - of c:ocaine valued at 7.5 million colones hidden inside a pair of women's ~hoes. 7'he trafEickers were: Alonso Comez Mo,jica, Fernando Madero Jaime, Aleid~7 rranco C~nstro, Alga Consueln de Pinilla, Marta Piercedes Madtro de Dix and Maria i:lvirn Castrn de i~r~~nco, al.l of them Colombians, and David Dix, ~i U.5. citizen. [5.~n Salvador LA PRENSA GRAFICA in Spanish 21 Dec 78 pp 2, 11 PAJ C50: 5300 70 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 - , r~xrco RCPORTS Oh'THIRD INTERNATTONAL BORDER MEETING ON DRUG ABUSE Coals of Meeting Described Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 25 OcC 78 p 1 [Text] Last night, tiie Third International Border Meeting on Drug and Alco- hol Abuse opened, with great ~nterest on the part of both the Mexican and American participanCs. - As on the two previous occasions, the meeting was organized by the Piedras , Negras Youth Rehabilitation CenCer, in collaboration with the Maverick Coun- i . ty Hospital District Counseling Center of Eag1e Pass, and the Southwest Bor- der Substance Abuse Programs, i ; The oals sou ht throu h this meetin are: to sh,~re ~ ~ S g g general information, ~ techniques and new procedures used in treating drug addiction, to increase the understanding and comprehension of the factors whicl�~ affect the develop- , ment of drug dependence in the border region and Co prove the need for,a special sCrategy with which to conduct ~oint activities in both countries. ! The meeting is being attended by representatives of the government of the _ state of Coahuila, from the Mexican Social Security InstituCe, from the Youth Rehabilitation Centers and from various public and private institu- tions in the United States concerned with combating drug abuse. The enthusiastic reception given the invitation tendered by the Piedras Ne- ~ras Yourh Retiabilitcition Center reveals once again the recognition on the part of the American institutions ~or what the Youth Integration Centers are really accomplishing, a pioneer endeavor in the world to attack drug , � addiction on ~zll levels, involving prevention, treatment, rehabiliCation, etc. The Youth Rehabilitation Centers are really non-profit organizations estab- - lished by private enterprise to cope wirh the increasin~ problem of drug = ~ddiction among the youth. 71 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 Uwin~ ~c~,the ~.mpqXtti[1Ce o~ thiy worlc, ~I~~~ i.n~eitueion h~~ r~eeiveci gtron~ oEEicial buCking from tiie l'-eder~l ~~i~d He~tte ~,~vexnmenC~, 3nCludin~ the ~nv- - ernm~ne o~ Coahuil~ its~l.~~ wl~ic:h l~~ns be~n lettding g~ron~ ~uphnrt to the I'i~dx~~y Ne~;r~y Yduth Reh~bilitatidn Center ~or Uettex ~ccnmplishmenr o� it~ work. 'I'h~ eE'C~reH di tl~c Yduth Iich~biliCc~eion Cen~crs congi~e of rGtiabilitaCin~; dru~; ~7ddicts, bue much nf t}iem ar~ expcnded on eh~ pr~vention nf the prnbl~m ;ind ~n HCi~ntifiC YG'F3C~YC}1 in the v~rinug ctre~g eh~~edf. ~lence the l.mport~ncc o~ r.his meetin~ wiCh the Ameri~~n inytitutions in the nci};hbortn~ co~ntzy which are coping wieh ehe same problem. Th~~ 'I'hirct Tnt~rnnrional ~drder MeeCing beg~n last nighe wieh Ch~ registr~~- tion ~f nc~ repr~ycnt~~tive~ from both Countries who will be p~rricipaeing tn it. nurin~ the meetin~, repurts will be presenCed by boeh ttie Mexican and American p~rticipant~. P~7rticip~nts Iteported Piedras Negr.t:~ 1,11 VO! b1.L NOKTC in 5panish 24 Oct 78 Sec C p 3 ~T~~xtJ 'I'he c~onvenin~; of. thc~ Third Tnternational Border rieeting on Drug and Al.cuhol Abusc is unqucstionably o� ~re~~C importance in the b~ttle which may bc undcr wuy al.onf; thc entire Atexican-United States border ~gainst dru~ ,~ddiction. 'Chc mcceing sbout to begin is also the first held in this citv ;ind the tliird oC i.ts kind; and it is felt that an awareness h~s been created of tlie need for nn exchan~e berween the ~~~o countries tu cope with this problem in a scientific manner. The Earegoing w~s extracted from statements made to the newspaper EL DIARIO yesterday by Enrique Vallarta, depury coordinator of rehabiliCation for the Rehabilitation Centers on the national level. He added that the meeting is a dialog and an exchange of information and types of action whicli the two countries will hold for 3 consecutive days, for the purpose o� counterin~ drug addiction which is increasing daily by alarming percent.i~es. ki~~ nti~~ :;sid tluit the number oi persans attendinh the Third International liorcler Me~e~inf; on ~ruf; and Alcohol Abuse is expected ~o exceed 300. II~~ noted Cli:ir Che ~unctiun which will oPen toni~ht .tt the Piedras Nebras I)~~ctors' Club with n welcome and registration of attendees also has the importnn~ f.~~aCure oC gathering .for the third time representatives zrom or- ~;:~nfr.ations whose speci~ic purpose is to combat drug addiction and alcohol- ism botl~ in hicxicu anci the United States. I:nric~u~~ Vnl ]ar. ca remc?rkc~d thar the following persona~es would be present, cimon~ others: Mrs Pilria Eugenin :fur~no, chairman of the Fxecutive Committee 7'L APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ehe Xduth IZahab~.Li.e~tidn C~ne~rs, ~u1d he~id of thc ~nCi~l ~ervice ofEice oZ ehe rtexic~n SoaiuL SeCUriCy ~tt~ti.tutc; nr Armando M~rte CanCu, direcear o~ thc~ Xoueh '~~habi~.itati.nn C~nter~; Silvia ~ezn~ndez, he~d o~ Che CIt~A [exp~~n3inn unlcnnwn~; and Ch~ heads~ o~ rhe v~rl.ous Youeh Keh~billtaeidn Cen- t~r~, ns we11 a~ proRes~i.nnals woxkinb ~n rhis fi.~ld in the capit~l of rhe Mexic~n It~public ~ Attending the Eunction as r~preHentatives from the UniCcd States �~aill be r th~ Eollnwin~, ~mong oehers: Mr Ramun Adams, of the Southwese Tr~ining In- ~eitut4 of I:1 P~~o, Tcxas; Mr Juan Aguilera, oP ehc Tcxas D~partment df Communiey Afkairs Urug Abug~ I'revention bivision, of Ausein; and other pro- min~nt he~ds of ~g30C~.3C~Ott5 in the neighboring counery who~c aceivity is ~imed nt cnmb~tin~ dru~ addiction. '1'he Third InCernaeion~~l t3order Meerin~ on Urug and Alcohol Abu~e h~s been org~nized by ehe YouCh Rehab:tlieation Centers and the M~verick County Hos- pital nisCricC Counc~ling Cenrei of ~aglc Pass, Texns, in the United States. ACtending Che welcom.in~, ceremony ~or the atCendees with which the acCivities will. start today, b~sed on ehe progr~m that has b~en established, urill be a representative of Ch~ sCate's firse lady, Dona Isabel Amalia Davila de I'lores Tapia, who was invited for this purpose; and Prof Oscar Flores Iturbe, director of purcha~ing for ehe governmenC of Cuahuila, wieh his distinguished wife, Gloria T. Cuevas de I'lores. The sessions will be~in tomorrow morning ae rhe Social SecuriCy CenCer for ~amily Idelfarc in this town. The meetin~, held for ehe Chird tim~ in this town, was coordinated by Doctor of Law R~miro ~tamirez Perez, director of the Piedras Negras Youth R~habili- tation Center, and Mr Francisco Benavides, director of ttie Maverick CounCy Hospital District Counseling Center. I:ffort in Guerrero Cited Piedras Negras EL DIAR'LO DL PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 1 Nov 78 5ec B p 3 (Tc~xt~ "Despite the f~ict that Cuerrero is onc of the poorest states in the country. whcr.e thc rurat areas havc become propitious for the spread of drug ;iddictian~ botl~ thc federal and state governments have expended ~reat effort tu climinate bot}~ problems; and they have been, and are doing a great deal to comb.lt drug addiction, an effort in which we are participaCing." This statement was made by the head of the Acapulco Youth Rehabilitation Center, Dr Mario ~Ialdonado 'l.uni.ga, to ~L DIAFIO. Dr Maldonado 'l.uniga, who attend~~d the Third International Border Meeting on Urug and Alcohol AUuse, extended his stay in this town somewhat, ~ohich af- Eorded this newspaper an opportunity to interview him, and learn about the activity that has been under way in that state, especially in Acapulco, where the Youth Rehabilitation Center's offices are located. 73 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 1(e ~dded thttt, ctt ehe Acupu].~n YnuCh Reh~bil.tt~iei.nn Ct~.neer, ehey nre ~re~7C- ~ Lnb ~~UouC 5tlU p~r.~ona per moneh, ~.ncluding p~kienCS and people who ~om~ en rece~.ve i.n~CrucCion ~~m~d ~t pX~yenring Chem ~xdm be~oming drug ~ddi.cte, He yaid eh~e,"In Ct~e ax~a a� pxevenrion o.~ dxug nddicrion, the persontt~l of thc Youth R~habtliC~eton C~nter in Ac~pulco, Guerrern, have been using Che populnr thcaeer, which h~s broughe constructive results; and ehis has made it poss~.ble noe dnly Co inPorm eh~ p~op1~ rh~ r~asong wh~.ch fdst~r drug ~ddiction, but aLsd ro mak~ us mnrc familiar wirh rheir liv~s; which eo - uy is n veXy inCcresCin~; ~re~ f~r study and experimentation for combatin~ _ drug ~~ddiCeion on a scieneific basig." , In response td n quesCion, Ur Maldonado said etiat,"Alrhough Guerrero is one nf ehe poorese sCaees in the country, where the rural are~~s have becnme pro- pitious for thc spre~d of drug ~~?ddiction, both the federal and sCate govern- menrs have exp~nded gr~at efCort to eliminate boeh problems; and they have been xnd are doing a great deal tn combae drug addicCion, an ef�ort in which - we ~re parCicipaeing." The sub~ecr. of the interview later described the ~ust concluded Third Inter- naCion~~l Border Meeting on brug and Alcohol Abuse as an event wiiich afforded another opportunity for exch~inges oC views and in~ormation on the prevention ~ of and battle against drug addiction. He said: "It was an evetit w}~ich made it possible in parricular for the youCh who for one reason or ariother have succumbed to rhe use of drugs Co observe that there are people wl~o can help them out of the predicament into which they have mistakenly fallen. Th~ meeting will undoubtedly be of great value, owing to the topics whl.ch were discussed, and especially the activities which may be carried out in Che future." 2909 C50: 53 ;0 74 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ; ~ r~xzco ' MAZATLAN OI~'~ICIAL ACCUSED OF TRAFFICKING, INMA't~ ESCAP~S ! Ex-Municip~l President Arrested , Culiacan EL 50L DE SINALOA in Spanish 25 Oct 78 pp 1, 9 [Text] Mazatlan, Sir.:loa, 24 October--Rafael Tirado Canizalez, a former muni- cipal president of this rown, was arresCed by the Federal Judicial Police as he was lunching at the Azteca Inn celebrating his saint's dny. The warranC for his arrest was issued by the second district 3udge located in Mazatlan, in connection wiCc? proceedings 12/978, wherein he is identified as ~ being presumed guilCy o~ dcug trafficking and the escape of prisoners. ; Arrested together with Rafael Tirado Canizales were Luis I'uenteyilla Pelaez, ~ Luis Gustavo Kelly, Jesus Barrios Lopez, Jesus Ibarra Lizarraga, Enrique ; Jaime Levin and Felipe Alfonso Salman Morales. The arrest warrant was complied with at about 1000 hours with a detachment of Federal Judicial Police forces armed with submachine guns. At about 1230 hours, all the former municipal president's companions were re- leased, and he was incarcerated in Che public ~ail, where he was admitted at 1330 hours, at the order o.f the district judge. According to information from the Federal Public Ministry agent, Juan Jose Flores Medellin, the warrant was issued on 25 August of this year. It relates to the proceedings opened with a preliminary investigaCion on 25 January 1978, wherein the guard Felix Ochoa Barron was arrested with 25 doses of lieroin, 26 grams o~ the same drug and 9 kilograms of marihuana in his possession. tIe was selling the druos inside the ~ail, in collusion with the former warden, Juan Jose Rochin Sanchez, an operation in which other former wardens for whose arrest warxants have also been issued were implicated. 75 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 Anronio ~'uxedes, Cttr].os AxCux4 Gonx~lcz Guzman and Luis lt~u~ It~mirez Osuna nre also inyolved i.n Cheee proceed~.ngs. The social repxesenCt~t~.v~ sa3.d Chat the Judicial ~'alice had ~.n~ormation Co ~ ehe eEfecC Chat the ~ormer mun~,c~,pal presidenC was ~n Che city, but Chey had not yet recetved the warr~ne ~or his ~rresr. RePuses to Answer ChArges Culiacan ~L SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 26 Ocr 78 Sec n p 3 _ ['Text] Mazatlan, 25 October--The former municipal presidenC, Ttafael Tirado Canizales, re�used eo make a statement dur:Lng the public hearing held yester- day morning b~fore Che district ~udge, despite ehe �act that he had original- - ly agreed Co answer quesCions. In Che disrricC court, and in Che presence o� Judge Raymundo Veloz Segura, the former mayor, de~ended by seven aCtorneys, zequested that the charges broughC againsC h~m be reported to him first. The court secxetary pxoceeded to read the charges made by the guard from the municipal public ~ail, Felix Ochoa Barron, and former warden Juan Jose Ro- chin Sanchez, as well as Che accusation made by Che Federal Public Ministry againsC him, naming him as an ~.ndiv3.dua1 presumed guil~y of crimes of drug trafficking and escape of prisoners. During the hearing, Rafael Tirado Canizales refused to answer any questions asked of him, after having received advice from his lawyers. _ No direct charge against the former municipal presidenC appears in the sCaee- ments made by prisoners Felix Ochoa Barron and Juan Jose Rochin Sanchez on 25 January 1978. . The hearing ended at about 1300 hours and the prisoner was immediately moved back to the ~ail where he was confined. The defenders of the former municipal president, Carlos Boutier, Francisco Damken, Guillermo Osuna Guerrero and Jesus Arnoldo Millan, stated at the end of the proceedings that this is a case wherein the charges brought against him are only indirect. They also pointed out that the quest~ons asked by the agent of the Federal I'ublic Min~stxy of the .~ormex muni.cipal pxesident, which he re~used to an- swer, were all impxoper. During this period o~ hearings, which ends on Friday morning at about 1300 hours, all the evidence necessary to prove that the municipal president is in no way associated with drug trafficking nor with the escape of inmates .a from the municipal ~ail will be provided. 76 ~ ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 '1'he de.~ense atrozneys, ~xe con~idene Ch~C they will s~cure rhe xelease of Ch~ �ormer mun~.ci.p~tl pxeai~dent ~ and ehat they will not b~ ~ppe~J.ing ~or protec- Cion~ Moreover, ~n an interview yesCerday ~olrowing the public hearning, DisCrict Jud~e Itaymundo Ve1oz said ChaC Chexe ~.s no pol3Cica1 aspect to this c~se, nox would there be in any other. The ~udge explained Chae this casE is being handled Like any oeher, b~sed ~ on rh'e direce or indirect evidence which assi~ns 1lability, if and when ~ there is no other evidence which would prove the conCrary. 2g09 CSO: 5330 77 , APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 rt~xxco _ . VENEGAS 'MUL~~ CAPTURED WITH ~VIDENCE Ciudad Juarez ~L FRONTERIZO ~.n Spanish 12 Nov 78 Sec E p 2 [Text] The '~ederal Judi.cial Police captured one of the "mules" used by Oscar Venegas Taxin to carry shipments o� drugs to the United SCates. YesCerday, Comdr Florentino Radilln Gallardo announced the arrest of Arturo - Armindo Terrer Coronado, aged 39, residing at 671 EasC Ignacio de la Pena Street, as well as the seizure of f~ur automobiles which he used indiscri- minately to transpoxC the shipments, since all of them contained traces of marihuana in Che trunk. Ferrer Coronado, a native of Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, admitted his par- ticipation in the activities of the Mafia headed by Venegas Tarin, accordin~ to the same Federal Judicial Police who shot the latter to deaCh about 2' _ months ago. ' - In his staCements, he seriously implicated Eugenio Venegas, father of Che late Oscar Venegas. According to the police, Ferrer Coronado was intercepted in this city while driving a 1972 black Dodge car with New Mexico license plants SPT-700. When they searched the car, the Federal Judicial Police discovered marihuana seed. During the interrogration, the prisSn~r~ ~hefnowedeceasede0scarpVenegaslinen- Kaged in carrying shipments o� drug United StaCes territory. With regard to three add~t~.onal cars the locat~on of which he disclosed, Fer- . r~r Coronado stated that he had been gi.ven them wi.thout ~apers by Eugenio M Venegas, Oscar's ~ather, so that the latter could "rectify~' their status. 2909 CSO: 5330 78 ` APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ~ ~ ~ i ~ MEXICO , - i - ~ ' i ~ - PSYCHOTROPIC PTLLS CONFISCATED FROM TWO TRAFFICKERS ~ Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 6 Nov 78 Sec B p 6 ~ , ; [TextJ A large number of toxic pills were found in the possession of the ad- - dict Hector Gonzalez Arredondo, who was under investigation by the State Judicial Police y~esterday. Gonzalez Arredondo was arrested after the Judicial Police had been asked for ; assistance, since he was beating his url.fe and had "barricaded" himself in ; � ~ his residence. Judicial Police forces raided Hector Gonzalez Arredondo's residence, and ar- ' rested him. They made a superficial search of the inside of the house, and ~ found a plastic bag containing about 100 toxic pills known as "optalidon" i and "neopercodan." ; _ Gonzalez Arredondo said that he was addicted to psychotropic drugs, and that ~ he wanted the pills for his personal use, but upon being quesCioned closely ! he changed hia story, and explained that someone had turned them over to ~ ~ him. i i Gon2alez Arredondo named an individual who was arrested by the Federal Judi- I cial Police at the end of the week, from whom heroin and peyote had been ~ confiscated. ~ i The Judicial Police concluded that Gonzalez Arredondo was placing the blame on the other person in order to avoid the action of justice. He is presumed - to have engaged in selling psychotropic drugs and, yesterday afternoon they intended to search his resi.dence again in the event that there mi~ht be more toxic pills or other kinds of drugs there. At the time o~ his arrest, Hector Gonzalez Arredondo was completely under ! r the in~luence o~ drugs. ; - "La Carioca" Was Carrying 90 Pills Agents from the Police Investigation Section confiscated 90 apparently toxic pills known as"neopercodan" from the notorious addict, Mario Alvarado Ser- _ rano, alias "La Mariola," or "La Carioca.." - 79 = ~ ~ . . , APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 The arrest o~ l~lvaxado Serrano rook p1~ce at the ~ntexsection o� 15 de Junio and Guexrexo SCxeets, where the agenta ~rom rhe ~oli.ce Znyest~.gat~.on Sec-- Cion (ST~'OL) d~scovexed h~.m acC:Cng suap~c~ously~, The investigaCors wtio arrested "La Carioca" reporred that, when they search- ed the ind~.vidual in quest~on, they found in his possession nine small boxes each o~ which conta~ned 10 "neopercodan" pills. This morning, STPOL will Curn the addict over to the federal prosecutor, so that the Federal Judicial Po13ce may continue 3nvestigating him. 2909 CSO: 5330 80 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 ' I ~ ~ rt~xzco ~ ' ' ARREST OF TWO HEROIN TRAFFICKERS IN TIJUANA REPORTED Ciudad Juarez EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 12 Nov 78 Sec B p 11 [Text] T3.~uana, Ba~a C~ili~ornia, 11 November--The Federal Judicial Police ~ dealt a blow to organized crime when they arrested two persons who had in ; their possession 7 kilograms and 200 grams of zop quality heroin, and 15 kilograms o� cut heroin, ready for sale to presumably American purchasers. , The foregoing announcement was made by Che regional coordinator of the anti- drug campaign in the norChwest, Carlos Aguilar Garza, who e~plained that the individuals in custody gave their names as Ramon Donato Beltran, alias "Nato," ' aged 43 and a native of Sinaloa residing in this city, and his accomplice, ' Pablo Olguin, aged 33, a resident of Plazas de Rosarito, Ba~a California. ~ - According to the information that was obtained, during the investigation to detect the smugglers, the Federal Judicial Police learned thaC Ramon Donato ; Beltran intended to make a sale of drugs in the northern zone; and therefore ~ they kepC surveillance over him for several days until he was finally arrest- ' ed. When he realized that he had been caught, he informed on his accomplice ~ and led the Federal Police, headed by Comdr Clemente Moreno, to Rancho Ala- ~ - milla, located 30 kilometers from Tijuana, where they had set up a clandes- ' tine laboratory and mixed the drugs. ; On that location, the suspects had their own equipment for cutting the drugs, such as acetone, trays, flasks, acids and a precision scale. After the Fe- deral Police had confiscated the drugs, it was estimated that, if they had reached the black market, the drug traffickers would have earned a minimum ' of 22 million pesos. 2909 ~ CSO: 5330 ' si APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 MEXICO DRUGS, TRAFFICKERS SEIZED IN VARIOU5 LOCATIONS Piedras Negras EL.DIARIO bE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 7 Nov 78 Sec A p 4 [Text] Mexico City, 6 November--During the past 24 hours, the Federal Judi- cial ~'olice succeeded in capturing 19 drug tra~fickers who were operating in various states oi' the republic, from whom 10 million pesos' worth of drugs were con~iscated. Ernesto Barbosa Escamilla, Enrique Morales Garcia aild Alfonso Bar2a de la FuenCe, who wexe engaged in selling toxic pills among the student population of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, were caught by the police when they were about to distribute 255 boxes containing 5,600 pi11s of various brands. In San Luis-Rio Colorado, Sonora, after a careful investigation, Miguel Jaime Arizona was arrested, and found to have in his possession.72 packages and two plastic bags containing 96 kilograms of marihuana. An additional 50 kilograms of that grass, packed and ready for sale,~ were seized by the Federal Police when Mario Alberto Martinez Guardarrama and Aristeo Martinez Ramirez were about to take it from the village of Matias Romero, Oaxaca, aboar.d a late model Ford pickup truck. During the past 24 hours, in collaboration with forces of the Mexican Army, the Federal Judicial Police destroyed 1,153 poppy plantations which were covered with 12,087,251 flowering plants of that product. Also, 22 marihuana plantations containing 3,275,100 sprigs of that plant a meter in :~eight, located in Yacatas hill in the municipality of Apatzingan, were sprayed. The campaign against the drug tra~~i.c is continuing ntiringly i.n Mochis, ~ Sinaloa, i.n the noxthern sect~on of the purt of Mazatlan and also in Michoa- can, whexe the xest o~ the txa~~ickers were arrested. In those locations, a large shipment of heroin, cocaine and marihuana was seized, with a black market value that could exceed the 10 million pesos ori- ginally estimated. 2909 CSO: 5330 82 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 , MEXICO i ~ ARUG ACTTVITI~S OF GONZAL~Z FAMTLI~S DTSCLOSED 'Naty' Gonzalez Jasso ArresCed ' Ciudad Juarez EL I~'RONTERIZO in Spanish 25 Oct 78 pp 1, 4 [TextJ Last nighe, Nativida~l Jasso, alias "E1 Naty," was arrested by Federal ' Judicial Police agents, ~p~arently on Cfie basis o~ a warrant for his arrest - issued by the second distr~.cC court over 3 months ago. - - The reporC, which was learned uno~fic~all}r, was con~irmed by police officials of local .forces, since the entire pers~onnel o~ Che rederal Judicial Police and I~'ederal Public Ministry~, though not denying it, refused to confirm it. It was also confirmed that his residence was searched by Federal Judicial Po- ' _ lice agents, apparently in an attempt to Pind drugs; but the results of the , search are nct known. . Gonzalez Jasso, who is legally a�ugitive, was in one of his business estab- lishments yesterday afternoon, as he is every day, regardless of the warrant ~ ror his arrest issued by representatives of the Federal Judicial Authority. He was arrested upon leaving that place of business on Mejia Street. It is notknown in which official department he is being held. . = The Federal Judicial Police guard, who refused to identify himself, said that he "did not know anything, and had not heard about anything." ~ When located during the night, Norberto Salinas Navarrete, the Federal Public riinistry agenC, said that, owing to the work schedule, it was up to the as- _ sistant agent, Sanchez Gaytan, to be informed of whether or not Gonzalez Jas- so was arrested, and that he of course had no in~ormation. The warrant .fox the arrest of Gonzalez Jasso resulted fxom the arrest of one o� his sons o~ the same name, who had a shipment of marihuana i.n his posses- sion at the Futurama parking lot. 83 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 Coca~.ne, Max~.huana Seized Ciudad Juarez EL xRONTI:RIZO in Spanish 26 Oct 78 Sec A~ 11 ~ (TexC] 'Federal Judicial Police a~ents under oxders �rom Comdr FlorettCino Ra- di11a Callardo capeured J. NaCividad Gonza~.ez .Tasso and his son, Pabin Gon- zalez Perea, .~ather and son, respet~vely~, w:tth Tial~ an ounce of cocaine and - 3 kilograms o.~ marihuana. The foregoing was learned .~rom the report provided by the present Federal Judicial Police comtnander, to the ef,Eect thaC it is true that Gonzalez Jasso - and Gonzalez Perea are in custody, while Natividad Gonzalez Jr, in whose residence at 2560 La Raza Avenue, the shipment seized the nighC before last was discovered, is still at large. The police chief conPirmed the rumors, which were an open secret years ago, _ - that all the Gonzalezes, from grandEaChers ro sons to grandsons, have been involved in drug tra~Picking in one way or another. - Yesterday afrexnoan, the two prisoners were mak~.ng statements in writing for Che Federal Judicial Police. As o~ 1430 hours, they were not yet placed at the disposal of the Federal Public Ministry. Commander Radilla Gallardo reported that bo~h faCher and son denied owning the confiscated drugs; but said that they belonged to "little Naty." The police chief said that Gonzalez Jasso and Gonzalez Perea were certainly - arrested upon arriving at Naty Jr's house ~ust when it was b~ing searched by the police and when the drugs were discovered, He said: "But we had information beforehand that they were all engaged in trafficking, including Natividad Jr, who was arrested a short time ago in the state capital for the possession of a shipment of drugs." Yesterday aFternoon, prominent Juarez attorneys tried Co talk with the Gon- zalezes, but the Federal Judicial Police apparently did not allow them to do so . Yesterday, an old warrant for arrest for the crime of fraud issued against J. Natividad Gonzalez Jasso by the third judge of the penal court in the city of Chihuahua was unearthed. Inexplicably, that order, which was ~ssued on 30 June 1975 pxecisely, had not been cax'ried out by the police, and nothing was known about it until yesterday, when "Naty" Gonzalez was arrested for crimes against health. The State Jud;icial Police commander, Manuel Humberto Blanco Erives, said - that the arrest warrant in question had not been sent here until the day before yesterday for implementation by the State Public rlinistry agent 84 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 attached Co the penal couxC which wants the well~lcnown Ju~xez business man , and sporta ~zomotex. He showed the respective. document, wh~ch states thaC the ~raud of which "Naty" Gonzalez Ja,sso ~.s accused was comm:LtCed against the hotel lcnown as "5uites - [sic) Suz}r," in Che state cap~tal.. ~t ~:nvolves penal case number 117-975. The police chie,Q said Chat, s~nce the presumably guilCy individual has been ; arresred for anothe~r o~fense o~ a federal nature, ~he penal ~udge in Chihun- ~ hua t~ould be noti$:ted, in compliance with the aforementioned arresC warrant, but wi~hout moving the accused from the place whexe he is incarcarated, for ! the time being. The Special Services are investigating a claim of robbery of 10,000 pesos in cash, firearms, ;jewelry and other items, which was allegedly cammitCed at the zesidence o� J. Natividad Gonzalez Perea, at 2560 La Raza Avenue. - - The o~~ices o.� that entity said that, at 2230 hours on the night before last, that i.s, 2 and a hal� hours after the Federal Judicial Police agenCs searched the residence in question, ~~.nda.ng strong drugs, a report was received by the radio-patrol headquarters that the house o~ Che Gonzalez �amily had been robbed. Special Services o.Q.Eicers Moya and Ozuna were dispatched to Cake charge o~ the investigarion. On the scene of the incident, the police found that the metal screen on the door had been destroyed and the lock forced open. - Az~ unidentified member of the Gonzalez family reported to the investigators that 10,000 pesos in cash had disappeared, as well as two "Beretta" brand 22 caliber pistosl, two ladies' rings, a telephone seC and six pairs of new ~ sheets. Fingerprint experts were seeking clues on Lhe scene of the inciden~, and it was not reported whether prints other than those left by the Federal Judicial Police were discovered. Shipment Seized in E1 Paso Ciudad Juarez EL FRONTERIZO in Spanish 27 Oct 78 Sec E p 1 (Text] Yesterday, the authorities responsible for the anti-drug baCtle on the international level ~aere trying to establish some connection between the drug shipment wi.th an ap~roximate value of 8 million pesos intercepted the day bePoxe yesterda}* i.n El Paso, Teaas, and the similar shipment, though of a smallex size, con~iscated here in the house o~ Natividad Gonzalez Perea, alias "little Naty." And rhis is due to the fact that, in the neighboring ciCy, persons well _ known here were captured, such as Roberto "Beto" Flores, who manages a night- club on Hermanos Escobar Highway; sports figure Carlos Garcia; and the driver 85 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVE~ FOR RELEASE: 20U7/02/08: CIA-R~P82-U0850RU00'1 OUO'1 UO'1 9-9 ON i0 JANUARY i9~9 CFOUO 2179a ~ ~ 2 OF 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 Ernm the ~~.es,t~ Real ~~.ct stand, pablo H~rttantlez, u11. c~f whdm cnul.d pre~um- ably be Cnncte~eecl wiel~ c;i~c Gonz~lcz~~ ~.n eh~ dxug Cxa~~~C. Spnkegman ,Erom th~ ~ilmini~.tx~tinn o� rhe b~eeJ.e ~~~1.nge drug~ 3.n P~so, 7'ex~~, ~an~~rm~~l ye~ter~lay to the loc~1 p~~.i~e the sei.zur~ of Ch~C valu~b~~ ~hipm~nt o,~ hexb~n and co~~~:ne~ and the ~~ptu~e o~� g�v~n ind3vidu~l~, innlud- in~ x~g~.~i~ne$ dP Ju~r~x and ~1 pa~o. 7'he hernin wei~hed 4.5 pounds, and ehe eec~ine w~3.ghed rh~ same. Th~ n~igh- boring G~ry cdnsiders it on~ of the largest dru~ shipments intercepted ehere fvr the ~~eC 10 ye~rs. 'Th~se ~rxegCe~i wer~ identiPttd ag 1'ablo ~tivera and his wif~, M~r~~rita Riv~ra, It~u1 Carrillo, Itob~rto "Beeo" I'1ore~, Carlos Carcia ~1nre~ ~nd p~b1o Hernan- ' d~z. The Itiver~ cnuple, who reside at 2312 Wyoming Sereet, were in co1lusion with the orherg in shipping those alkaloids derived �rom opium from Ciudad Juarez tn ~1 pa~o, r.heir �inal destinatiion being such American cieies as Chic~go, New 1'nrk, Las Angeles, 5an F'rancisco, Yennsylvaniu [sic] and others. In order to apprehend them, sp~cial agents affiliated with the anti-drug bat- Cle preCended eo be purchasers o~ drugs, made deals with Che sellers and, ~i to lend gincerity to ehe transaction, took the respective sample. When th~ denl was suppa~edly ~.bout to be concluded, the E1 I'aso police went into ac- - tion and captured the members a� the Mexic~n-American Mafia. ' Ldrger Heroin Shipment Claimed Ciudad .;uarez EL FRONT~ItIZO in 5panish 28 Oct 78 Sec E p 2 ~~fexCj J. Nat3vidad Gonzalez I'erea, alias "litt~a Naty," reported~y escaped from the ~e~eral Judicial PolicE: with 2 kilogr~ms c.f heroin. This alle~~d incident which was said to have occurred lasC Tuesday night, - when J. Naeivid~d Gonz~lez Jas:,o and his son, Pablo Gonzalez Perea, were arrc~tit~d, was disclosed confidential.ly by police circles yesterday but, ow- in}; to the secrecy witii which ttie investi~ating authorities have been sur~ rui?~~ding such claim+, it was lmpossible to conform or refute the story of- Cicin.ily. Ir wa~ said that the hal� ounce of drugs which the ~ederal Judicial Police confiscated from the site caas only a sample of tt?e main shi.pment, which ` "]ittle Naty" managed to remove. I Thr circur.?stances under which "the presumed dr~Q trafficker eluded the Fede- r.~l Judicial Police agents" were not specified. ~56 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 . ; ~ At 143n h~ur~ yese~rrt~y ~fternnon, thG ~ernntl d~.st~~.eC ~udg~~ Igm~~l Ituiz , M~rtin~z~ tnok the sti~e~:;nent nf tt~~ pa~.r, and i~: w~~ ~x'rang~d witih Che ggene of the '~ed~r~J. ~'ubl~.c Miniatiry, J~ Noxbexto 5c~l~n~a N~var~te~, that on Satur.day morn~.ng Gonxu~~~~oa~~k~arheir8prel~minerybd~pogi.tion.~n~ Crans- ferred to the federal ~d Th~ ~udqe added that th~ Coure Waubu~~.n~ss~dayueiveZy on this cas~ today, d~gptte tihe fact Chae ie ts not Father, 5on in Court ~ ~ ; Ciudad Juarez EL I~ItONTERIZd in Span~.sh 29 Oct 7g Sec ~ p Z (Text~ Monday moxnii~g, J. Natividad Gonxalex Jgsso, ~lia~ "Naty" Gdnzglez, and his gon, pablo GonzalexNavarr~tei1to~m~kprtbeirrPreliminaryddeposition. � ~i~d~e~ J. Norberto 5alinas It was not until 11.00 hnurs yesterday Chat the Federal Public Ministry ager.t, J. Norberto Salinag N~varrete, remanossession~andrtra~fickingrofhhalf~anmed guilt that rhey might bear for the p nunce of cocaine and 3 kilogxams o~ marihuana. Th~ ~udge and pro~ecutor agreed toMonda~hmorningng ~t which the accused will . make statements for 0900 hours on Y ~ Yesterda morning, they were moved from the lockup of the ~'ederal Judicial ! Y Police who captured them to the inside of the prison. i Comments were heard yesterday in police, prejudicial and judicial circles ' about the legal status of the Gonzalezes. ; 5ome attorneys wondered what legal position wou~d~beanvscharges a basis for _ issuing an order for their official imprisonmen , I.n the specific instance of Naty Conzalex J~&~o, ~t ef initel tknownatohhave he has a record f.or crimes againsC health, and was d Y continued his involvement in the den&etoffhis~son,t"little Naty,thfindingal Judicial Police searched the resid the very small shipm~nt that has been cited, thin otheriwords3nthey5were~not {'abto, arrived on tlie scene and were arrested; there beforehand, much l.ess with rlie drugs in their pessession. Police circles also consider~nzalezeslforhdrughtraffickinge since,~dthe day rants for the arrest of th before yesterday, two warrantWho~wantdthem foracrimes against healthed by district judges of that axea a~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 Judg~ I~~ues R~l~as~ Order Ciud$d ,?u~rex ~L ~R~NT~ItIZO in 5panish 1 Nov 78 S~c A p ~ (Text] Y~et~rdaY, ehe s~cond distirice ~udge, Igm~el Ituiz Martin~x, issued gn nrder for ehe goneapabloiGonzalez Pereav~fornlank~of~evidenceawithnwhich to Jag~o ~nd hie , try ehem for crimee against healtih. His son, P~blo, Only Conzglez Jasso l~ft ehe prison yesterday, ae 1500 hours. remgined incarcerated in the jai]. becausp there is a warrant �nr his arr~st ~ i~gued by the d~n~~'~otwhom$he willab~~eurned~over~shortily~nCs him for crimes ag~inst health There was ~1so a warrant for ehe arr~st of "Naty" Gottzalez, issued by the third. penal ~udge of the rown of Chihuahua, for tihp allegec crime of fraud This wa.'rant was issued on the hotel in that town known as 'Suites Sus~.' tn June 1975, and sent in the Eorm of letters requisitoria.. Co the State Judicial Police on this border. Inasmuch as they did not know that the ~udge in the case hadCh bmT{gon~ahe~wasftherefore releasedquittal in ques- - tion to the heads of p In deciding upon the legal status of the Gonzalezes at 1130 hours yesterday, Judge Ruiz Martinez was of the opinion that it had not been duly proven that the accused had ih wererattributedntoathemnbyuthe FederaliJudicial Policeamg of marihuana whic 2909 CSO: 5330 88 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 I , ; . i ' MEXICO ~ , ~ I M~Irffi~It5 OF HEROIN, PILL TRAFFICKING ItINC ARRESTED j , , i Federal Police Capeure Five ~ ! . Nuevo Laredo ~L DYAFtIO DE NU~VO LAR~DO.in Spanish 4 Nov 78 Sec B p 3 [Text] In another spectacular blow dealt to the drug traffic on the border, ~ the Feder3l Judicial Police, commanded by Margarito 5anchez Rico, succeeded ; in capturing Rodolfo Garza Corte:~ and Hortensia Gloria Martinez, who had ~ 100 grams of powder presumed to be heroin and nine toxic pills in their possession. ' The dual arxest took place on 2 November and, on the same day, the Federal ~ Agents captured Armando Garcia Montoya, Maria Angelee Osorio and Rosa Osorio ; Sanchez, who were engaged in selling toxic pi11s. At the time of their ar- ~ i rest, they were found to have 250 of those pills, known as "octalidon," in ' their posseseion. i All those in custody are being closely fnterrogaCed, regarding the origin of I the drugs and pills, as well as the names of the suppliers and consumers. Further Details Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 4 Nov 78 Sec B p 2 [Text] The ties among the local drug traffickers are becoming loosened, and , ringleaders, men and women engaged in the criminal drug traffic are beginning to topple. Now, arrests have been made of Rodolfo Garza Cortez and Hortencia Gloria Mar- tinez, who ~lso answers to the name of Veronica Conzalez Martinez, and 100 grams of heroin were confiscated from them and placed at the disposal of the public health authorities �or the pertinent analysis. In addition to the 100 grams of powder, a moderate number of toxic pills, known as "cyclopals," were confiscated from them. Carza Cortez, a resident of 1941 Montevideo Avenue, and Hortencia Gloria, or Veronica, who lives at 2419 Montevideo Avenue, had been ~ngaged in this criminal business despite their appearance. 89 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 The ~ederal Jud~,ti~l Police also man~bed en arrest Armando Garcia Montoya, _ Maria Ang~le~ Osorio and Itoag qsorio S~nchez, w~.Ch 250 toxic n~iis, app~rent- ly "octglidon," in their poesession. They made a fu11. confes�sion of hav~ing engaged in sell~.ng pills and marihuana as well. A sCrange gBp~Ct nnted ~.n the arrests of individuals engaged in drug sell.ing during ehe past few days was that they all re~ide on MonCevideo Avenue. Mario Enrique Moreno Ruiz, alias "~1 Mongol," Valenrin Me~ia Martinez and Micaela Urbina Ruelas gave those who seized ha1P a kilogram o� marihuana from them 609 MonCevideo Avenue as th~ir address. They were followed by Rodolfo Garza Cortez and HorCencia Glnri~ Martinez, as well as Garcia Montoya and the Osorios; and it is actually quiee a coin- ~ cidence that they all reside on that street. _ 'The group chief of the Federal Judicial Pol~ce, Mario Aragon Zambrano, an- nounced the arresC of these individuals, and said that the invesCigarion would continue, giving assurance that more of the drug traffickers engaged in this criminal business who reside in the town will be arrested. 'rwo Receive Jail Sentences _ Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 14 Nov 78 Sec B p 3 [TextJ The Chird district ~udge issued an order for the off.icial imprison- ment of Rodolfo Garza Cortes, alias "El Opi," as an individual presumed guilty of a crime against health in the degree of marihuana trafficking; while his codefendant, Hortencia Glo:a Martinez, or Veronica Gonzalez Mar- tinez, was declared officially imprisoned for the possession of marihuana and heroin. - Authorized personnel from t7e aforementioned court announced that the evi- dence provided by the Pederal Public Ministry was sufficient to warrant declaring the accused officially imprisoned. Aoth were captured by �orces of the Federal Judicial Police on 2 tiovember. The first to be arrested was i.odolfo Garza Cortes, who had a marihuana ci- garette and a moderate amount of psychotropic drugs in his possession. He said th~t, a few days earlier, he l~ad purchased a moderate amount of ma- rihu:~na in Laredo, Texas, which he sold to Hortencia Gloria Martinez for $S0. . The latter woman was l~ter arrested, and turned over the marihuana, and a small envelope containing approximately 11 grams of heroin. 90 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ ~ I- . ; F ~ . . . I � "y'~ , t ~ ~ ' I x t r, , ~ , ' ; ~ ~ � ~ , . .t, -~~rN~MS : , ~ ~ ~ ,~~T!,,^4~.t.~ ~ ~ ~ �1~ ~d, ~tt" _ . 1~~~ ti~r t,,. - r' ~ . � ~ ~.yd'~ ~4Y e. * . . /f i ` ~ . . . ~ ~ IIOpOLFO OAlIZA COlITEi ~ ~ , I ; , ~ ~ ; . i ~ j ; ~ ` r , ~ ~ ~ f~= ~ i ~ I . ~ ~ ,'t~ : . r f~ . t . : ~"r~ . .F. "E L ~r , . ~j. ,6~.. _L; - ~S'~ ^x i '~i~. ~4._ ~t,.In: y u~ . x~, f ~'e_T � F~S~ _ _irf. F~; ' ~ .''.Yw t A1IMANDO ~ARCIA Montoya 1. Rodolfo Garza Cortes, alias "E1 Opi," was arrested by the Federal Judicial Police for the crime of possessing hard drugs. 2. Arniando Garcia Monroya was arrested together with two women, for selling toxic pills. 91 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ ; ~;~t~-,. ~ ~'~b~ 't ~ ,~~~s ~ ~ r ~ � 'y' ~.:;hl~' A . j . l : rt.~ ~ ,';~e (y ; ~4~y r . ~~Y~ f F '~,M i ~ ~ ~;v; f ,.~t ~,f~` i ' ~~,tt; ~ ~ f~'~ ~ , a ~ � ;a , �ki~ ~ ~ . .1~~' ~'P~ i . ~ y, ~~~~~y ~=A:' . ~`f xYi'~ ~ ~ rs ~ ~n ~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ - ; . . ~ ; ~ - > , ' ,w , ~ ~ ` �y. ;:li ~ ~ + ~ . ~ ? , , ry;,, ~ . ~ � " ~y ' ~;i'~N � , ~~YQy~I~~`~~.,',. . . ` . , ','l. , f ' . NORTENSIA OLORIA Martiner. 'MARIA ANOELES Osorio II ~I ~j., R, . ~ ..~~t ~ f M ~ . . T~. , - ~ ~ ~ ~~"F?~' t " r `t : ;'$j~;~C ~ , ,~~.,~a~ ,;u~ - i �;v '~s~-; . ~i, - ~,i r ~ - ~w ~ ' a�. ~ ROS~4 O80R10 S~nchez 3. liortensia Gloria :~artinez is implicated in the possession of 100 grams of what is presumed to be heroin. 4. Maria Angeles Osorio had 250 toxic pills in her possession. S. Rosa Osorio Sanchez was also engaged in selling to~:ic pills. 2909 CSO: 5330 92 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ ~ I I MEXICO ; ; i ' I~ I , . ; ~ I , ~ IF DRUG CZAR JAIME HERRERA ARRESTED, D~NIES CHARGES ~ ' Preliminary Statement ' Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 19 Oct 78 p 4 , " [Text] Duran~o, Dgo., 18 October--District Judge Enrique Padilla Correa took ' the prelim~nary deposition of Jaime Herrera, who was arrested by the FedF~al ; Judicial Police on drug traf~~cking charges. - Present ar the hearing held in that district's court were the federal proae- cutor for the campaign againsC drug traffic in burnago, Pablo F. Morales San- ; telicps, and Federal Judicial Police Comdr Ricardo Rodea Reyes, as well as ; the court secretary, Alfredo Rodriguez Zavala. Shipments to U.S. Claimed : ~ Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 18 OcC 7$ p 4 ; [Text~ Jaime Herrera Nevarez, the "drug czar" in the northwest, who has been ; accused of shipping cver 300 million pesos' worth of heroin consignments to the United States, was finally captured by the Federal Judicial Police in Guadala~ara. This is the strong, powerful drug trafficker who is said to ; have important accomplices in the Nogales area, shipping over 100 million in her.oin to the neighborin~ country. ' 2909 CSO: 5330 , ; ~ 93 , i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S_ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 MEXICO BRIEFS MAItIHUANA IN LXMAYOK'S PLANE--The Federal Judicial Police discovered traces _ of marihuana ~n a sma11 airplane owned by the former mayor of Madera, Chihua- hLn, aviation p3.loC Capt Francisco Leal Estrada, which compounds a great deal more evidence proving him eo be a marihuana trafficel. All this evidenc~ w3s the basis on which the first disCrict ~udge of Hermosillo~ Sonora, 3ssued s.n order for the official 3mprisonment of the former Madera authority for crines ~ against health in the degrees of planting, culCivaLing, harvesting, possess- ion and trans~ortaCion of marihuana. Th~ 3udge did not find sufficient proof to convict Lea1 Estrada for tr~fficking. The discovery made ~n the small . plane served to confirm the degree of transportation. Ar_ =irst, zhe Fede- ~ ral Judicial Police found vast maribuana plantations on the border of the states of Chihuahua which, ba.sed on Che in.vest:igation that was made, turned out t4 be owned by the erstwhila municip~l president of Madera. The federal ~udge likewise failed to find sufficient evidence to convict Jose Leal, Fran- _ cisco's brother, and issued an order for hi~ release without bail or protest. I~'rancis.:o Leal was captured by the Federal Jud~cial Police last week, in compliance with an order circulated by the districC ~uilge of Hermosillo. Within 72 hours, he was taken to that town and placed at the disposal of the ~ authorities by whom he was wanted. [Text] [Ciudad Juarez EL FRONTERIZO in _ Spanish 26 Oct 78 Sec A p 11] 2909 MARIHUA?VA SEIZED TN MATAMOROS--Yesterday, in connecCion wiCh a marihuana ship- ment seized by Federal Judicial Police agents in Oaxaca, agents from the same entity detail.ed to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, captured the presumed drug traf- fickers Joaquin ~azquez Gonzalez, alias "E1 Electronico," and Antonio Vaz- quez Mancilla, since they had been mentioned as the persons who had purchas- ed those drugs, whict~ they were waiting to receive any moment. The agency of. the Federa~ Public Ministry announced that, on Tuesday, federal agents in Matias F.omero, Oaxaca, arrested Leonel Marison Valle and Felipe Molina Milon, who were guardin~; a marihuana shipment the total weight of which was 1,500 kilograms. Upon being questioned, those two individuals said,that Che drugs had been purchased by t~o residents of Matamoros, and that they were ~ only ~lanning ~ way of transporting the drugs to that border town. With the information provided by the prisoners, federal agents detailed to rfatamoros arrested Antonio Vazquez and Joaquin Vazquez, alias "E1 Electronico," with 8 kilo~rams of marihuana in their possessian. One of the was carrying a 38- caliber automatic pistol with which he attempted to confront the agents, ~ 94 . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 buC he wr~s prompC].y dis~rmed. Joaquin V~zqu~z ~nd Anron:Lo VazqueL con�essed ChaC rhey had on previous occas~.ons received large sh~.pments o� marihuana i fxom the two Oaxac~ns, and that they were reeponsibl~ fox selling the drugs in 'the United SCa~res. [Text.] [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA ~.n ~pani.sh 17 Nov 78 ~ Sec B p 3] 2909 TRAFI~"ICKERS ARRESTED IN TIJUANA--Ti~uana, Ba~a California, 4 November--The ~'ederal Judicial l~olice in Chis c~ty den1C the drug traffic a real blow ' yesCerday by seizing ehous~nds of toxic pills and other drugs, according ~ , to reports released by that police agency and by the general coordinator of the camp~i~n againsC drug trafficking in Zones 08 and 09, Carlos Aguilar i Carza. The �irst announcements on ehe sub~ect were to Che effece Chat Fe- der~l Judicial police ~gents confiscated a CoCal of 31,000 mini-benzedrine ~ pi11s in ehat border city. The investigations~and captures of the crimi- nnls were led by Comdr Clemente Moreno Hernandez and agents under his or- ~ ders. The xeporCs concerning Chese criminal activiCies state ehat Juan Her- nandez Ramirez, aged 58, was captured in his car on Agua Caliente Boulevard, as he was attempting Co make a drug sale. The drugs were found in the glove compartment of that vehicle, a late model, in which 11,000 toxic pills were ~ discovered. A�other case closed by the same officials related to the house aC 18 Progre~o Lahe, in the Union development, where Mauricio SanCos Torres, aged 49, a native of A~ua Verde~ Sinaloa, was captured, and a toCa2. of 20,000 toxic pills were �ound in his possession. In Che Las Palmas buQiness dis- trict, Ataria del 5ocorro Diaz Conzalez, aged 20 and a native of Mazatlan, was relieved of .175 grams of cocaine, while 25 grams of the same drug were confiscated from her companion, Amada Osuna Diaz, aged 38. AC the house ; marked No 12 in the Pradera development, in a section of La Mesa, Che ~ede- ral Judicial Police captured Mr Jose Hernandez Ramirez, who was found to have 200 grams of heroin in his possessi.on. [TextJ [Culiacan EL SOL DE , SINALOA in Spanish 5 Nov 78 p 4] 2909 , HEROIN SEIZED IN NOGAL~S--Yesterday~ the Federal Judicial Police seized a _ large shipment of heroin here in our ~ow~n, and captured two presumed drug traffickers, including a butcher from Campillo Street. Last night, it was learned that Ch~se ~rrested were in the lockup of the Federal Public Minis- _ try Agency, guarded by several ;udicial agents, and were being subjected to ~lose questioning. The source did not disclose Che names of the arresCed drug traffickers, so as not to interfere with the investigation; because the arrest of Che owners of the drug shipment is expected this morning. There will be further information tomorrow. [TexC] [Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 18 Oct 78 p 4] 2909 ; N~ROIN TKAFFICKGIt SE~3TENCED--Yesters".ay, the second di~strict ~udge, Cayetano ~ Valen~ia Hernandez, sentenced ~rug trafficker Francisco Perez Abreu Meza, - son of the drug trafficker nicknamed "E1 Nene Abreu," who is also in jail and was captured with a large quantity of drugs. The offices of the dis- trict court announced that Francisco Perez Abreu Mez was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months ~n ~ail, and given a fine of 5.000 pesos. As may be re- - called, this drug trafficker was arrested on Ruiz CorCines Street, with a large amount of heroin. [Text~ [Nogales DIARIO D~ vOGALES in Spanish 18 Oct 78 p 4; 2909 - 95 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 TRAF'~ICIt~R5 It~C~~V~ H~VX SENT~NCES~-~oux preaumed drug tx~�fickers were s~n- eenced by the seCO?'a d~.sCx~.~C ~ud$e~ Cayeeano Hexnandez V~l~nci~, ~ccumulaC- . ing a eoCa1 of 2'' ,,y~:~xs~ ~.mpxieonmenr and fines n,~ 20,OOd pESOS, Another . 3ndividual waa acqu~Ctied of crimes against h~~lth, Th~ cuurt's office~~ ~n- _ nounced thae che s~ntettc~d drug txa~P~ckers are: Jose Luis Dorame, Jesus M~nuel Qu: n;,ero Lomel~., M:Lguel An$el Jimenez and ~tamon Vdzqu~z Jimpnez, e~ch of whom received a 7-y~ar ~ail ~erm nnd ~ 5,000 peso fine. A11 0� ehem ar~ incaxcerated ~n the Nogales RehabiliCation Ceneer, where ehey reporeedly wi11 serve their senten~es. The indiv~.dua1 who wns acqu~.tt~d nf crimes a~ainsC he~1Ch i~ M~nuel Humbertio Beltran Rodriguez, who was immedi~tely grnneed his release. [Text] [Nog~les UTARIO D~ NOGAL~5 in Spanish 25 OcC 78 ' p 4] 2909 PFtOB~ Or MARYHUANA S~IZUR~--The ~'edpral Judici~~l Palice ~re apparentily inves- tigating the connection that prominent residents of Juarez may have with ~ shipmenC of 100,000 pounds of marihu~na which appears to h~ve been confiscat- ~d in ~1 Paso, Texas, by Che narcotics police. Yesterday, spokesmen for ehe Judicial I'olice in his diserict said thae both Comdr~~lorenCino Radilla Gal- lardo, of this town, and Comdr Juan Itamon Estudilla Cerezo, of the Federal Judicial Police in the state, are investigating ehe "~ffair." Commander ~s- tudillo Cere~o arriv~cl at this border the night before lase, but neither h~ ndr Commander Itadilla could be reached to obtain further information, which apparently ori~inated with rhe United SCaCes federal police. [TexC] [Ciudad Juarez ~L FRONTERIZO in 5par,t~h 5 Nov ~8 Sec A p 8] 2909 VARIOUS DRUC SEIZUR~5 R~PORT~D--Mexico CiCy,7 November--Tuday, the Office of the Attorney Cener~l of Che ltepublic announced the c~pCure of 15 drug traf- fickers and the seizure of several kilograms of marihuana, hundreds of toxic pills and other drugs. The Judicial Police act~on took place in Ciudad Obre- gon, Michoacan, Nuevo Laredo, Torreon and Progreso, Yucatan. Tne offictal spokesman claimed that Chere were no confronCations or casualties among the ~ two rings. Most of those arrested were caught by the Federal Police as they were selling the drugs, some of which were being sold Co students, while � atCempts were made .o sell others along th~ northern border of our country. In Ciudad Ohregon, Juan Enriqu~ Velez Verdugo was captured with over half a kilo~r~m of heroin in his possession, in the form of doses which, he clait~~ed, he "intended to take to the United States." In ~uevo L~redo, the police con- ducted five operations in which they arrested Hector Gonzalez Arredondo, Ma- " rio Alfaro Tenorio, Na:ario Mendoza, Juan Manuel ,fedina, Jose Ulises Gonza- lez, Oscar Ramirez Mor~iles and Adolfo Falton Torres. Psychotropic pil2~, marihuana ~nd otiier drugs in varying amounts were s~ized from these indivi- duals and were placed ~7t the disposal of the agent of the Federa~ Public rtinistry. [Text] (Nuevo Laredo EL ~1ANA,~A in Spattish 8 tiov 78 5ec ~1 p S] 2909 F'I.CEING TRA~F'ICK1:R CAUGHT--Y~sterd~y, the offices of the Federal Judicial Po- liCe conEirmed the arrest of the notnrious drug trafficker, Ramon Angel Her- nander. Alvaxez, ulias "L�'1 Negro Llantero," who, it was reported ycsterday, was apprehended in the downtown area of the twon by agents from that entity for investigation in connection with a drug shipment. Federal Judicial 96 = APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ ~r ~ r~ .r rai~.Ce Comdr AxCuro Monxcal Tl.n~~~zo an~lounC~cl tlt~t, when,Ctic prieoner w~s gub~ene~d to CZOyC quese;Loning, h~ contey~~d th~t h~ was hcr~ ae a fugieive from ~ustice from Culi~can, S~.nalo~, where eh~ diseriat ;Judg~ had issued a warrant for hi~ arrest on charges o� i~ein~ implicaeed in a largp quantity , o~ conPisc~ted drugs. The reder~~tl Pn~.ice immed~aeely notif~.~d Che ~'ublic ~ MinisC~ry Agency~ in Chak ~oam, and it w~s conf irm~d that Hernandez Alvarez was eo be arresCed because o~ h~s connECtion with Trisl 49-76. Yesterday morning, "~1 Negro Ll~znterd" was tak~n eo ehe town of Hermos~.llo, heavily - gugrd~d by federal agents, to be s~:nt subsequenely ro Culiac~n, Sin~loa, where he is wantied. Hcrnandez Alv~~rez served a seneence here several monChs ; ago, and was released on bai1. ~ive yedrs ago, he was one of the "big" ' - tr~f~ickers, because hr was "operating" on ~ large scnle, and nmassed mil- i lions of p~sos, much nf which was squandered. [T~x~] [Nogales DIARIO D~ ~ NOCAL~;S in 5panish 20 Ocr 7$ p 4] 2909 MARIHUANA B1t0UGHT FRdM TEXAS--The second district ~udge has 3ust issued an order for Che offic3.a1 imprisonment of Ricardo Garcia Chapa and Juan Pena Gutierrez, as individuals presumed guilty of a crime againgt health. Strange- - ly enough, they purchased marihuana in th~ United SCates, coming to Nuevo ; Laredo to se11 iC to addicts, Pena Gutierrez said that he bou~ht the mari- huana in rhe neighboxing town of Laredo, Tezas, and delivered ir to Ricardo, ' who made "~aints," which he sold �or the sum of 100 pesos. Yesterday morn- ; ing, upnn their preliminary release, ehe defendanes were Caken Co the second ciistrict courC, where they were notified of the order for official imprisvn- ' ment as persons presumed guilty of a crime against health in Che de~ree of ; marihuana importing ancl trafficking. They gave a complere account in their � statements of the manner in which they purchased the grass in the neighboring town.~nd details on iCs distribution. This led to the arrest of other per- ~ sans who are being closelS? investigated both here and in Laredo, Texas. [Text] ; [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in Spanish 7 Nov 78 Sec B p 3] 2909 , TRAF~ICKER YIELD5 PILLS, DRUGS--The Federal Judicial Police confiscated hero- in, marihuana and toxic pills from the presumed drug Crafficker Jose Rodri- guez Perez, whom they arrested on Sunday in a heavily populnted area. The individual in question made a full confession of his activity involving the , purchase and s~le of drugs. The ~ederal Public Ministry Agency announced thatt early on 5unday, federal agents arrested Jose Rodriguez Perez, from whom tt~ey at first seized 70 toxfc pills of different brands, such as cap- tagon, neo-percodan, pasitran, optalidon and darvon. Hp was sub3ected to closc questionin~;, and stated that ile, had a small a~ount of heroin ar.d ma- rihuana at his residencc. He took the ag^nts to the place where he had con- ~ cea~led those dru~s, which turned out to be a~;ram af brown heroin and ap- proximately 2 grams of marihuana. RodriSuez 1'erez is being carefully in- vestigated, and i[ is claimed that his suppliers will quite likely be ~r- rested at any moment~ since he Fu11y identified them. On a site known as "~1 Ojo de Agua," in the municipality of Vallecillos, ~uevo Leon, federal agen[s detailed t~ ifonterrey, ~Juevo L~on, arrested Hector :Sario Garcia Vaz- qtiez and Juvenal Flores Va~nuez. from whom they confiscated about 8 kilo- grams of marihuana. (Text~ (~uevu Laredo ~L :1A\ANA in 5panish 14 ~Sov 78 Sec B p 3J 2909 97 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ; y,s,k; MARIHUANA� ~LYOT~, H~ItOxN S~~,zED-~The ~'cdeX~l Jud~.cia~. roi~.C~ arreated ~rasmo Simon Salinas ~acamilLn, Juan PenaJ.aza Hernand~z and Maribel Hernandez Mendi- ola, who had ~.n ~hei:x possession 3 eons of maxihu~na ~nd were supplied wiCh - labaraeoxy matext.a].s and three automobil~s, located in Chuhuahua. Viceor Joaquin Ortega Gonzal~z was arres~~d with 1 kilogram of peyoee and 5 grams of marihu~na in his posyession. Tn the city o~ Ti~uana, Manuel Chavez Lobo and L~zaro Jordan PaCron were app~ehended, and 1 kilogram and 50 grams of heroin were conEisc~Ced from them. [TexCj [Nog~les DIARIO nE NOGALES in Spanish 18 Octi 78 p 4~ 2909 ANTTDItUG CAMPAICN RESULTS--Culiacan, Sinaloa, 11 November--According to the assistnnt aCeorney gener~l of the republ~.c, Samuel Alva Leyv~, a ki.logram of coc~ine sells for $1.73 million (39.5 mill~.on pesos) on tihe black mnrket in Che United SL�ates bec~use of Che 80 percent reduction ~.n Che uroducrion and export3ng of drugs �rom Mexico. He said thae, as'a resule of i.ne c~mpaign a~aittst the drug tra�fic, Che poppy and marihuana crops in the country have declined 80 percent. A~.va Leyva announced thaC, this year, 2 billion pesos' worth of drugs have been seized. There h~s been su~h a drop in the exporC- ing of drugs produced in Mexicn thaC 1 kilogram of cocaine costs $1.73 mil- lion in the neignboring country, he noted, stressing that the campaign against the planting, culCivation and trafficking of poppies and marihuana will con- tinue in an inCensive manner. Forces from Che Office of the AtCorney Gen- eral and Che Army are participaring in the action which, ae firsC, involves spraying Che drug plantations with herbicides. Among the drugs confiscated this year, Alva Leyva cited 54G Cons of marihuana, 43 kilograms af cocaine and 23 kilo~rams of heroin. [TexC) [Nuevo Laredo EL MANANA in 5panish 12 Nov 78 Sec A p 12] 2909 OPIUM GUi~t TRAF~'ICKER 51:NT~VCrD--EL DIARIO was told yesterday by Che penal board that Ricardo Gonzllez 7,amora was sentenced by the federal 3udge of the second disrrict court of Co~huila to 6 years in ~ail and a fine of 10,000 pesos. It was added Char Ricardo Gonzalez Zamora was arrested lasC March when 45 grams nf opium gum, locared on top of a refrigerator, was found in his residence in rhe Buena Vista development. Those making this arrest were forces under the command of Noel riunoz Pineda, who was then serving as police and traffic agent in Piedras Negras. The opium gum which was kept on top of a ref ri~erator was claimed to be a sample of the "pro- duct," wliich he intende3 to sell for 30,00~~ pesos per kilogram. Ricardo Conzalez Zamora was tried for the pertinent crime against health in the degree of opium possession and is currently in the municipal 3ai1. It was - expected that he would be noti�ied of the sentence Chis afternoon. Gonzalez 7..lmora never revealed wtlo supplied him with the opium gum sample, much less tt~e persor, to whom he intended to show it as a potential customer. [Text] . [Picdrns vegzas ~L DIARIO DE PIF.DRAS NI:CRAS in Spanish 24 Oct 78 p 1] 2909 i1CR0I;v TRAFF'ICK1:R JAILi:D--Ado1Lo Torres Calderon, an individual who was tried Cor a crime agatnst health in the degree of heroin possession, was ~entenced to 6 years in ~ail and fined 10.000 pesos, and it was noted that, In ttie event of financial insolvency, he would be subject to another 2 ~ ' 98 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 1?~:~ ~ '~I, , . , . . : . ' ' i _ ~ V�,' - . I I N�� ~ yeaxs !.n ~ai1, Adol~a 'i'orres w~s ax~'eseed by forces o� tihe Federal Judicial ; ' Po.lice when discovered w~th 4 grams and ?00 mi11:I.grams of heroin in his pos- session which he had ready for sale, ~nd which he also wanted Eor his per- ; sona~. use, since he claimed and w~s proven to be a drug add3ct. The fore- going was reported eo ~L,DTA1tT0 Uyr the second district court located in this ; town by,Che head of the penal lioard departmene, Luevano. Tn his statemene, Adolfo Torxes had claimed Chat he purchased Che heroin from an 3ndividual named Julio Espino, restding in Guadala~ara, Jalisco; and said that he sold i the heroin in sma11 packages for $10 dollars apiece. At the time of his ar- _ rest, nbcut a ye~r ago, $1,500 was found in his possesion, as well as 800 pesos in naCiunal currency. He was upprehended 3n C3udad Acuna, having in his possession three envelopes of heroin ready for sale, as we11 ae a plas- i tic container in which he kepC the rest of.the accursed powder. [Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 1 Nov 78 p 1] 2909 : HEROIN LABORATORY SEIZED--Yesterday, the Federal'Public Ministry Agency re- manded Co Che state distri.ct ~ud~~ the prisoners Roberto Ochoa Teran and Carlos Carrasco Osun1, who were ~.aptured by the Federal Judicial Police as persons presumed guilty of crimes against health. The former was investi- ' gated on charges o� processing heroin, and confessed that he actually com- mitCed that crime, using for the purpose a clandestine primitive laboraCory - which he had set up in his residence, located on the edge of thP main canal, ! about 500 meters from i:he Culiacan-Navolato highway. There, a bottle of ! hydrochloric acid and three bags containing a powder which was apparently ' heroin cutting substance were confiscated from him. He told his captors ~ - that the last time he processed heroin it was for Carlos Carrasco Osuna, - a resident of the Las Huertas district, a job for which he received the sum of 7,000 pesos in cash. Following the questioning and confession, Roberto Ochoa Teran led the Federal Judicial Police agenCs Co the home o� Carrasco Osuna, who, upon being capCured, turned over 81 grams of the drug, admitting , that it was prepared for him by the first-menCioned ind~vidual. IC was also : announced that, on the same date, the prison.ers Alberto Ruiz Sauceda and _ Jesus Arau~o Diaz, wanted for the districC 3udges on charges of being pre- sumably guilty of crimes against health, wcre taken to the towns of Nogales, Sonora, and Guadalajara, Jalisco, respectively. [Text~ [Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 27 Oct 78 Sec B p 2] 2909 MARIHUANA TRAFFICKER IDENTIFIES ACCOMPLICES--Another shipment of marihuana has been seized by the Federal Judicial Police, who captured a drug Craf- ficker nicknamed "E1 Merequetengue. The latter is in the lockup of that entity, at the disposal of Federal Public Ministry Agent Humberto Garcia de Alba. It was announced that the prisoner is being subjected to close questioning by federal agents, and that it gave the names of powerful drug traf~ickers as the owners of the seized drugs. They are being sought in the state oF Sinaloa and here on this border. The source did not disclose _ any names, so as not to interfere with the investigation. Tnere will be Eurther information tomorrow. [TaxtJ [Nogales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 20 Oct 78 p 4] 2909 ~ : 99 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 Nd`CUIZIC)li;; 'I'JiAI~'h'1C.Ki.it I~)NALLY CAUGN7'--7'i~u,in,~, 11~7.ja C~liforni~, 6 Ndv~mber-- ~ Cii C,~rn Itc~drl~;ue~, ;~t1n;~ "1.1. Ch~pc~ C,~rc~," n,~ttive ~C ~;intidgc~ de l~g Cn- br~llerog, in tihe municipnlity of. B~dlr~guaeo, Sin~1o~, w~s capCured tn thi~ r.iey by .C~der~l ,ludici~l ]'olic~ ~g~nts uttder brdeYg Irom Comdr Cl~metie~ Mnr~no N~rn~nd �,~t the Instruction ~~f G~r1ds A~ui1~r G~rr.g, eonr~3n~tdr = nf th~ c~mp~i~n ~g,~inye ehe dru~ tr~ffiC in th~~ r.dn~. Cil Gard'~ grregt Cndk p1a~e ~his morning. HE w~s cdnsid~red tih~ heir ~f r~cird Avi1~s, whn ' w~s rec~ntly shnt ed de~eh in a gun batele with ehe '~pder~i JudiCi~l I~olice in Cu1i~C~n, Stn~1d~. He is ~l~o s~id td be one di the h~nchmen of $~1tr~n f~'e1ix, who w~s c~ptured ~bout 2 mnnths ~~o in S~n Lui~-Itio Color~do. Bel- tr~n ~e1ix and C~ro Rddriguez are regarded ~s the 1e~ding cnntrollers of drugH in the ~ountry. C~ro Kodriguez was hunt~d by ehe police of Mexlco gnd the Unir~d St~t~s f~r ov~r 10 ye~rs. 'There ~r~ warr~ntg for hig ~rre~e for. the crimes of posscssion ~nd tr~nsportation of dru~s, crimin~l assdCi- ~ a[ion ;~nd the am~~sment of firearms. The prisoner i:~ claimed tb have ~ir- c:ul.~ted itt bdtti Mexico ~nd the Unitc~~ 5t~tes hundreds of kilograms of he- roin ~nd cocaine, and doz~ns of ton~ of m~rihuan~, during his career in the ` ~ illeg~l tr3de; and his power w~s so gre~t th~t, on occasion, he mobilized ~ver 50 drug tiraf�ickers in ~ single operation. The ~'~:deral ,Judicial I'o- lice wer~ scoffed by C~ro itodriguez, who left l~ut few c1Ues to follow; but one o� the he.7viest bl:ws de~lt Co Gil Caro by the ~eJer~l Judicial I'olice occurred over a year ~go, when Chey seized SO tons of marihu~na fron, aeve- - r~l of his acCOmpLices, (TextJ [Culiacan ~L 50L U~ 5INALOA in Spanish ~ Nov 78 p 7J 29U9 1978 CAN'~r'?,~.CN TALI.Y--M~xico City~ 11 ~iavember--Duri7g this profitable year, the H'edera~. Judicial ~'nlice hava seized vari.ous types of drugs with an ap- proximate black market value df. 1.89 billion pesos. This announcement was made by the Office of the Attorney General of ehe R~public, through its official spokesman, who staCed that the permanent ~ampaign against drug tr~fficking in the country has reduced the planting, cultivation and harvest- ing of poppies and maz~huana by 85 percen�: in comparison with pzevious years. This year, the Federal Judici,al Poli.ce sei~zed 149 kilograms of heroin, 63 kilogrnms of cocaine and 546 tons of marihuana in v~~rious towns of the re- public; and confiscated over 22 million toxic pills, including benr.edrine, red, green and blue "devilr," and mini-benzedrine pills. The spokesman said th.nt, during this same period, 21,519 poppy plantations and 9,612 marihuana p1.7ntations were discovered, and destr~yed by the air services team of the Uffice of the Attorney Gener~l of the ~epublic. 2~'inally, the spokesman for thnt officc reported th.1t, thus far this year, 4,876 native Craffickers and 203 Coreign tra�ffckers were arrested, and 349 drug tr~fficking rings were disbanded. [TextJ [Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRA5 N~CRAS in Spanish 12 Nov 78 p 8~ 2909 MARII{UANA, BURNED PLAN~:S SEIZEA--The Federal Judfcial Police in this town and in 5altillo, Coahuila, dealt the drug traffic a heavy blow when they captured two noCorious drug traffickers, who were being closely investigat- ed yesterday in connecCion with drug smug~ling; and it was claimed that important "fat fish" will most likely be caughC .zt any moment. Marihuana and two burned s:nall plan~s were seized frocr. them. In connection with this probr, federal a~ents under orders fror~ Comdr Mar~arito Mendcz Rico seixed 100 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 f , ~ ~ ' ~ , ~ ~ 150 kildgr~m~ ur m~rthuan~ nf th~ go-c~11.ed "1~mb's tgil" v~rieCy, wieh red ' fib~rs, whi~h cotmnands an ~xtremely hi~h pric~ on ehc~ bL~~k m~rket �or druge. '~hd~e in rustody ar~ Itnfa~l ~lor.e~ Ort~g~ ~nd ~ern~ndn o~ H~rnardo Gareia C~str~; tt~e �orm~r h~vitt~ b~en 3rr~t~C~d in 5ultillo, ~oahuila, and the lgt- , t~r in thin town. Th~ red~ral Put~lin Mir?i~ery Agency r~pore~d that, on Fri- d~y m~rni.ng, f~d~ral ~~eneg raid~d ehe "L~ Curva" farm in th~ municipaliey~ , of OC~mpo~ Co~hui.lg, wher~ eh~y had ap~cced a cland~gtine landing gtrip from ~ th~ ~ir. There Chey d~.scov~r~d two mc~d~rn ~m~ll planes which hgd been burn- ~ ed. In ~ building eunr~truceed on th~ grounds nf Chi~ farm, th~ ~g~nC~ ar- resred ~tafa~l ~lore~ Oxeegn, who wa~ ~uar~ing s~veral bage conCainin~ the expensive "lamb'~ tail" marihuan~. Upon bein~ questinn~d, he snid Chat one i of the owners of the~e drugs was ~~rnando or Bernarda Garcia C~gtrd, of Nuevo i~ Laredo. This prompted th~ �~deXal agents' mobilizaCion in ChaC locality, and, ~ :it exa~tly no~n on ~riday, they C~peured G~rci~ C~stirn, npproxir,~aC~ly 60 yc:~r~ of age, whnm ehey immediately transferred to 5~1ti11o, Co~huil~, so th.~t the investigation could be cdnCinued there. [T~xt] (Nuevn L~redo ~L MANANA in 5panish 1Z Nov 78 5ec B p 6] 290g ' DitUC $L'FtNING IN TIJUANA--Ti~uatta--At 1400 hours yesterd~y, Che health author- ' ities burned 11 kila~rarus of heroin, 9 kilograms of cocaine and 30 kilograms ~ of marihuana~ v~lued in excess of $1.5 million. Thi~ is ehe third occnaion ~n which drubs have been burned with special chemical subetances on the grounds of the No 2 Hea1Ch Center in thi5 ciCy, in the presence of health snd military authorities,as ~ell u~ i~'ederal .Judicinl Pnlice officials. Dr ~milio Itodriguez Ibarra, the admtnistracor of that entity, explained Chat rhe drugs which were destroyed had been at the disposal of the Federal Ju- . dicial Police after having been seized ~ few days ago by personnel uader orders from Carlos Aguilar Garza, the head o~ tihe anti-drug ca~npaign in the northwestern part of the repu6lic. He added that, after having been at the disposal of the district court, the drugs were sent to the Health Center for their respective destruction. (Mexicali LA VOZ DE LA FRONTERA in Spanish 28 Oct 78 Sec B p 16J 2909 MAJOR MARINUANA TRAFFICKF:R5 CAPTUF~~D--Mexico City, 16 November--Two of the 2eading organizaLions in the world of drug trafficking which were operating throughout the enCire country were broken up by the ~ederal Judicial I'olice who. during the past 24 hours, have captured 43 of their menbers, from whom 2 tons of marihuana, with a black market value of up to sever~l million pesos, were confiscated. The arrests took place in ~imultaneous operations carried ouc in the localiti~s uf Durango, Durango; Hermosillo, Sonora; Ojo de Agua, Nuevo I.eon; Tuxtla Cutierrer., Chiapas; Reynosa, Tasaaul.ipas; Morelia, Sinaloa; ~ L.~ Paz, Ba,ja CaliEornia; Ciudad Obregon, Sonora; c~oza Rica, Veracruz; and ` oeher sites. In the aforementioned states, 36 drug traffickers were arrest- ed with tialf a ton of marihuana, already processed and ready for sale, in their possession. The captured drug traffickers ~ere members of one of the most powerful organizations in th~: dru~ world. They were found to have branch- es all over the country, which enabled them to carn incor~e amounting ~o se- veral million pesos from every tran~action. The other ring was captured in the northern section of the city, and it was said to have branches extending I01 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 . tn Chp gnuth~n~e. 'Che:~~ i.nv~sei~~Cinns Y~~ult~d in ihe ~~rrrqC df 1`l plr~nterH, herv~~tcr~ ~7ne.1 diatrib?.itdrg nf gre~~. 1'h~y were lik~wibe fdund tn hav~ de~lt in tnxiC pi11~, rn~~in~, heroin and other drug~, of which the police cnnffg- c~t~d ~ cdngid~r~ble ghipm~nt frnm eh2m. [`~~xt [piedr~s N~grag ~L nIARItl D~ PtEURA5 N~CRAS in Spani~h 17 Nnv 7B p L~ 2509 MAIttKUAt~A ~N'~~~INC ~~OM TCXAS--"~'hpr~ ig ~c~u~11y marihuan~ in ~his pnrt, but, unlik~ pr~vin~s years, ~nd based nn th~ studies ~nd prc~be~ ~hn~ h~ve been cnnduCted r~c~ntly, it ha~ b~en found th~t th~ m~rihu~n~ in Piedr~~ Ne~;r~s~ is cdming fram ~~gl~ p~~ss, Texns, c~~hieh is where the local ad~iCts h~ve b~en buyin~ ie." mh~ fdr~gning statemene w~s m~de ye~eerday by the t'~d~r~l Judicial Pnlic~ ~roup commander in ehi~ port, Mr Fr~nci~cd M~rin, whn urrived h~re a w~ek ago, but who h~s extensive exp~ri~nc~ with th~ drug mnvemene that is goin~ on along ne~rly th~ entire northern bord~r of the cnuntry. He said th~t, on several trips th~t he h~~ m~de, he observ~d yo~ng pebple frnm I'i~dr~s Negr~~ ~nd ~agle pagg buying "c~rt~ns" o~ m~rihu~na in the neighborin~ Texas port where we c~nnot op~rate. He added: "2 can tell you thaC the addicCS who wander about the streets ~re not ~ur ~ffair, be- c~use they are the so-ca11~d 'gick ones~' lahar interest:. us is the distri- butor, the peddler, ~he r~ne who is ~ high or low level erafficker, but not the addicts." Ne mainrained Chat security does, indeed, exist, ~nd th~t there ~re no "shooting g~llerieg" or "marihuana smoking dens" here in I'iedras Negras. WhaC h~s been completely proven and a~cert~in~d is that the addicCg from ehis area ga to the neighboring port to purchase their drugs. He also nnt~d tliat it should be borne in mind that th~ marihuana crops in O~xac~ and other ~;tates have been completely dpstrnyed, amounting to about 1.OOb hect~res, ~nd that only the reputation remaing in Culiacan, and ti~at state. ' He said that many other plantations had been destrvyed by hurricanes ~nd other storms which mir~culously intervened; observing: "The Arny and forces from the Office of the Attorney General of .iustice, working in coordination, have made an almost compleCe cleanup. There ie little, really litCle in- tervention left to be done; and tHat little is what is being carried out in the bactle." (Text~ [Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE I'I~bRA5 ;dECRAS in Sp~niah 24 Oct 78 p lj 2909 � TRAf~~ICK~:Ji5 CLAIM TOR'TtiR~--5erfiio Cerardo Ramon Valdez and Hector Osun~ Ga- lcin, who made their preliminary statement regarding dru~ traffirking on h'ed- ne~ciay afternoon, turned out to be ~wo genuine "bi~ shots": t}~e former, qon of a prominent Coahuila politician, and the latter, re~;arded as a cxar of the dru~ traffic and, at the same time, ~ fugitive fron iustice, because 9 ye~~rs a~v he shot to deatf~ in the red-light district of Acuna, Coahuila~ .lesus Romo, who wa~. then servin~ as chief of local trarfic fn th:~t loc~li- ty. Both are ~~+SOC:~tecl With the seizure of about 10 kilo~rams of r.iari- huyna ~nd 3 kilo~;rams of peyote, confiscated by the Pederal Judicial Police an 'll ~ctober at thc f.irn known .-+s "~1 Retiro~" fn Sal cillo, Coahuila. :.fien they .yppearrd beforc the third district ~ud~;e, the two accused cvnic~ll;� cl.titmcd to have been tortured by the Peder.71 Judici~l Police sa thaz they wvuld admit chcir guil; in havinp, ties with the drug traffic. fiut. accord- In~ to the Pederal Judicial Polic:e. thc pair stated that rhe;: Were e7g~ged In the purr.h~~:e and ~;~lc of t:~arihuan.~~ .ynd tha[. a few r~o:~ents before their 102 . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 arrpgt ~n ingpertinn p~bt near Saitilln, they h~d conG~dl~d marihu~n8 and p~ydt~ ~t eh~ "~1 Retiro" f~rm, while geeking n custinm~r for these drug~. S~r~io C~r~rdo R~mon Vnid~~ is the s~n of ~ rr~min~nC Cnahuil~ poiitician, , Jp~u~ Mari~ ~mon, who during hi~ e;~~~zr h.~s serv~d thr~~ t~rmg ag munici- pai pr~eid~nt of Acur?~, and now hpnd di th~ Ingtieutinn~l R~vnlutionary P~rey in th~t ar~~, whil~ in th~ mid~C nf ~ camp~ign candid~t~ for gov- prnor of thgt ateep. A~ fdr ttecror Osuna Galan, h~ wa~ tri~d tor the faeal ~honting of J~gu~ Romo, who s~rvpd ag ldcai er~ffic chipf. Thi~ individugl w~g arre~tpd but, a few monehg later, ~~e~ped frnm ~ail and, up until now, i ~ has been a fugitiv~ frum jugtice. 5omecime tod~y, ehe third di~tricr ~udge, , Andreg Cruz Martinez, wi11 d~cide upon the leg~l status of the two defen- dane~. (Text) (Nu~vo L~r~do ~L MANANA in Spani~h 10 Nov 78 Sec B p 3~ 2909 ; C50: 533b 103 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ PANAMA J~~UkNALi~~' ASK~ 0liCAT~R U.S. AID F'UR AN'PIbHUa ~Fr'ORTS YA140242Y Panam~ City MATb'PINO in Spanish 13 bec ~8 p 6A PA ["Coneienai~ i~ubliaa" co~urr,n by Miguel Angei Moren~ Gotigar~; "The United States, panana ancl Drugs"~ ~ C~xeerptsj Thp United ~tates~ whose people are primaril;~ ~ffeate~ by the flr~u of v~:lou[ types of dtvgs, stiimul~nt~ and narcotin~ inta the country, --partieularly the cnuntry~s xnuLh and~ frequent~y, members oi` its arm~d fdrees--has acknouledged the obvious succ~ss in conbroi and prosecution aetiviLiec thati the Panamaninn au~horities have achieved against Lhe illegal trade of this poisonous and criminal fierchandise the enemies of U.S. socioty put into ciroulation. Cntk:iderinlr, the Panamanian authorities~ atti;ude and the uay in xhict. fheir antidrug e`- fort6 benefit LT~e U.S. Governr~ent ~nd people, t believe th~t the 6esL W~y the U.S. Covern- ment c~n reua nf the t~anananian authorities i~ by granting a larger number of scholarst.ips, ~o thaL more Pana~aanians oan :.tudy the most modern systems used in the uar against cri-e in tt?e United 5tates. ar?d so that they may Leco~:e familiar uith all af Lhe sophisticated equipment that the Anerican~ have managed to dpvelop for Lhe detiection of drugs. xherever c~~nnint; criminals may aoncea~i them. ke recently lear:~ed that several dog~ trained to deteat druga Were in our count.y~ but ue t~ave rot he~rd a~r~ything about our investigative and prosecuEion depa Mment~ havin~; these animais, uhich riave been highly s�ecessful :n Lhis tiype oP aetivity, at their di~posal. t~urth~r~ore, a donation by L:~e UniLed 5tate~ c: the nece~sar~,! dru~ de~~crian equipneni to establish a d~tpctian arid prospcution aftice in Pana:~a sro~ld not represeni a signi; i,:ant - amount oS' the Ducl~;et of the U.S. criminal inve~tigation and p:osecueion offices. 'i't;is, in turn, vould :trenl;tt~en thc barrier to drug Lr~ficking in our country. At tt~e ::~sne time, t1~e U.:'.. c:overnnent Would be protectint; its r~xn pe~52e, s3nce i~ is a ~:ell- knoun t:~ct, and ue repe:~t it. Lnat t.~e U.S. people are tt.e prfnci,,al victims and conau~:ers ~~P 1;I,r lntarnation:?1 J:vr; rin~;:;. hot even ~choo] ci:ildrer. ~r tee~age:~ esaape Pror, this n~, rkeL. CSO: 5300 104 _ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ' , ~ i - ~ s�~' � i . ~ _ ~ pANAMA ~ = i ; - ~ ~ + ~ = ~ )g ~ ' I BRIEFS ~ COCAINE SEIZURE--AgenC~ of the Narcoticg Depaitment of the Finance and ~ Tr~asury Ministry arrested two Colombians, Abelardo de Jeaus Davila Ramirez ; and Marlene Gamez Valbuena, at Tocum~n International Airport on 24 December for carrying approximntely 1 kg of cocaine ~itih an estimated black market t value of $500,000. [Panama City CRITICA in 5pantah 27 Dec 78 pp 24, 16 PA) i ; E ; C50; S300 i ; i t 105 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 v~rrEZU~t.~ BRIE~S AGREEI~NT ON DRUG TRA~FICKING--Caracas, 27 Nov (AF~)--grazil and Venezu~la roday put inCo effect the friend~hip and coopgration ~greem~nr,, and the mueual aasigCance agreement to euppress illegal drug tiraff~cking which were ~tgned by their r~apecti3vg governm~nts on l7 No~iemb~r 1977. The exchgnge of notes took pl~ca at the Ven~zuel~n Foreign Minigtry between . Venezuelan For~ign Miniseer Simon Alberto Consglvi and Braziltan Ambassa- - dor to Venezuela David Mota Silveira. (Paris AFP in Spanish 0205 GMT 28 Nov 78 PAj DRUC TRA~FICKER ARRESTED--The alleged leader of a powerful narcotics gang was capCured by the Judicial Technical Police. He was identified as (?Erlg) Carlotti, a 39-year-old Ecuadorean who was about to leave for Miami when h~ was captured by the police. [Caracas Radio Coneinente Network in Spanish 2050 GMT 7 Dec 78 PAj OOCAIN~ S~IZURE--The metropolitan police have arrested threa drug traf- fickerg and placed th~m at the disposal of the Judi.cial Technical Police. Th~ police al~o seized several flasks containing cocaine and a quanCity of marihuana. The operation was carried out near the entrance to the old Cargcas-La Cuaira highway. (Caracas Radio Continente Network in Spanish 1000 GMT 16 Dec 78 PA~ CSO: 5300 106 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 _ I _ i i SAUDI ARABIA + : i ~ ; i ~RIEFS ' NARCOTTCS RAID--Jeddah, Dec 10--The Ngrcotics Squad of the Mini~try of the Interior impounded quantiti~s of hashish ~nd opium in Mecc~ aed Medina ; during the pilgrimage, "A1-Riyadh r~ported Sund~y. After a tip-off and the diacovery of a c~che of narcotic~ in Medina, th~ squad traced the - �traffic to Mecca and finally to J~ddahargheronl~hg~en uh~tofiNov 17p'fAund packed in gte~l cas~s in a raid on a g g S p~rson, de~crib~d as a trafficker, was arreated at Jeddah Airport attempt- ing to leave the country, the paper ~aid. [Text] [Jiddah ARAB NEWS in ; English 11 Dec ~8 p 2] ~ ~ i , ; . ; CSO: 5300 ' . + ; 4 1~7 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 MADACASCAtt - BRIE~S COA1Ft:RENC~ ON IQfiAT--Th~ Ine~rnation~l Confer~nc~ on ldtat ~nded in Ant~nanarivd oa 1 D~cember. A presa conf~renc~ abour th~ 5-day conferenc~ w~~ given on 2 Dec~mber ae Che Madagascar-Hi1Con Hoe~l [no fureh~r d~Cailg giv~n]. (Exc~rpt~~ f,T~nanarive MAbAGASCAit-MAT~N in French 4 Dec 78 p 3] CSO: 5300 :08 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 . I ; ~ SOU'P!~ AFRICA ? ~ i I ~ I ; HRIEFS , DAG~A ~IELDS D~STROYED--In ~ huge cleaning-up op~raeion in the ~on~ola grea, ~agtern 'Cransv~nl polic~ h~v~ destroy~d mor~ th~n 40 m~erie tong of dagga. The op~r~tion, Which took pl~c~ l~st ~eek, Wa~ confirm~d by ' the h~ad of polic~ in th~ Ea~t~rn Tr~nsvaal, Colonel Stan Schutte, ~?ho said G8000 dagga piancs were destroyed by ~h~ poiice usin~ helicopters. ; ' The total va~ue of the dagga on ehe blgck m~rket could not be determined. De~~a destroying operations arp conducted by the pol~ce during the grow- ing se~son in the area. (Text~ ~Johannesburg THE STAR is~ Englieh , 14 Dec 18 p 2Sj . 4 CSO: 5300 ',r . 109 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 FBAfitQ~ STATQ9 OF ~F~fltCfi CONt~CTI4N~ RE~R~D ~ Paria LE M01+~~ in F~sneh 16 Dea ?8 p 12 [ertso~e by ~ttche~ ~oi~..~abara] R~xt] Tl~anks to the combined et~orts of ~'rench police and DEi (Drug ~n- ~o~caa?ent Adminiatration) memb8rs~ #.~o "F'renah Conneati~n" ha~ baen dis- memtled. A vietory gain~d thro~gh a tough camPaiBx? ag~f.nst �exP~rfenaed traffiokerg, whos� laet opiaode wnfolded in August 1974 Whon tbe 1~?et big - eeizure of heroin took placo. Since #h~n ~he drug aha~nels havo beon re- conatituted. The daya of labora#ories in Maraeilles aad v~ll-lmorm ahamiets lilca Ja Caeari axe rmer. Ttr era of lit~le traffialcers who go !o emstardam 3o etoalc up~ then to Bamgko~ i~ an tha ris~. ~ prosperaua anterpriaa thot the poliae find it hard to nip in the bud. Yu1#ur~e of l~he aaodia~ trade x?ho hove found s lucrative market. Does this really mean s riee in the m~mber of addicta and the gpreading of this evil oF ~odern eociety? Vhile tha atatistias ahould be cas~etblly �xamined, tbia doee not~hing to keep dstitg addiotiofl fro~? elowly but surely inareasiag. It haa cArtalnly ga3aed graund on the Biviera, for exampie, bnt aleo t~hr~ougbo~ut all of Frar~ce. And the lhraat Middle Fsst prodnotioan poses for a11 oF i/estern flnrope is not to bs i~ored, Doubtless beoaue~ he fouad that aelliflg ro118 did not bring ia sno~ moAnoy, a baker fro~n Mauaas-Ssrtowc (dlpes Maritimee), 26-yaat~old Bernard F~s~rier, one fiae d~? la Ms~roh 1~76 decided to g+o to Amstes~dam. He bou~ht aa ouince (s littl~ lese tt~ 30 ~a~) of "bsbwr? eugar" or heroin No 3, For whicb he p~id Fr 9~000, aad drove back td the Bivi~ra vitb hie oar. ~ere~ he extended the dops ~rith dietetia yeasL in arder to produce 10 ~imea the ori- gir~al volume and re~old it in small dosas betx~~ ~arah snd Msy for a total of Fr 130,000, or for a profit of Fr 121,000. Tlsis vas appas~ently tt~e fire~ time ttia baker, who va~ not an addiat~ had enga8ed in this sort of bnsiaass. This is c~ly one e~cample among others of this "ant" traffic that m~Ic~s it posaiblo to aapply the FrmnaU msrket ~rith heroin. It begaa st tbe end of 1974 ~t~ ~e last big naraotias seizur~ in August of that yeart 76 kg of pure heroin ehipped !'rom Hosde~umc in pieaes of 110 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 #Lrn~ture vi~h f~l~e comp~~m~ntn Wh~ah ware int~rc~pt~d a~?d 1ed ~o ~ha a~creat o~ ~e`r~rr~l narao~ia~ ringlead~ra, r~am~ly Jo~e~h Patric~xi, Qrb~i~ Qigume and ~Ehe brothers M~auicia~ a~d Qi~ud~ 9ahooh, Th~ la~~t ~pi~ode o~ the "i~'x~nch Connection." ~ ~ I~ter t?ha~, heroin produation in Fraaoe eam~ 1~o an end, 3htpm9nta of "brown eugAr" from Southe~st A~ia begsn ~o inor~~e. The ~urlce~ orea~ted by amert- oan QI'e in Viel~am eund 'lMaoi~and dried up with th~ end of ~he War aad the Chinese in Ron~lcong, 8iag~pora, Malay~ia ~d Th~?iland or~ni~ed rin~ ~ from Amste:dam where there is a lArg+a aolony of reeiden~E Chin~~e. Thie ei~y ~ rapidly b8oame ~ v~~~able turn~ablo. ~'aeed with the size of ~Eh~ opes~?tion~ ' the Dutah polioe and intern~tional airport ous~oms offiaial~ s~aot~d. ~u~, if ~hi~ rin~ e~il~ ~xi~~E~, ita ~ource~ of ~upply are co~~iderab]tiy di~er- eified. 3ma11�time traffickerg still go to Amsterdam~ At the ~ame time~ otharo go ~0 8at~gkok in Thai~ar~d b~oause ~ina~ 197b cheap ohartar fl:ghts make the ooot oF ~uch a trip acce~eibl~ to ~r pocketbook. At ~irat, ~his tr~fFia a~oee to me~! tha ne8d~ of per~onal aonsumption~ Sinae Aaiar?s had ma~aged to mariufaat~re whit~ heroin, ea~led No Q, users brough~ baak thtg produet in emali quaintities canoealed in envelopeg. 8ut g~ven the prc?apect of big pr~fits~2 ~.`�e ~umb~r of ~ixes has inareesed sad, dealers are beiag emu1~?t,ed. gowevsr, a more organized traffic has eetabliehed i~seif, Thue I~nch polic~a ~ la8t November arr~st8d ir~ Psris the ~r of a 8at~glcok bar, Le M~drid~ a F mai~ ca]led Cprard Foulqui~re, a Frenah aitizen, suepeat8d of having seb up . a network of Qourriers. One of t~hem rras apprehend8d in ~veseis ~rith a ha1~ a kilo~a of heroia and aaother in Irondon vith 1.5 kg. Mearnrhile, ii'oulquiere, who had eome to Fra~ce to receive the mereharidiee~ vae arre~t.~~ in a hotel an tha stte de Riohelien xith 300 ~ama of heroin, A Veritable Buake~ I~aced vi#h l,h~s proliferation of two-bit traf~icker~, the police are eomewhat at a loss. "We catah one here aad txo come out oF the woodvork aver there," ~~cplaing Pierre Giral, head of the Crimin~l Imteatigationg Division in Niee, It is a veritable buake~chairl. It is true t.hat in Nice the authorities havo suddar~ly beeome concerned over the deaths due to overdoae of 13 add3ate between June at~d October of thig y~ear. Mr Noel Vouret, in cha~g~e of the na,rcotieg equad c~posed of seven policement (thr~e of Whom are respoasible tor international traffia), gays that ttie ueers trade rigbt in t~ont of PeoP~e Paes~ ~Y. So, they have craeked dawn on them, Rlrenty-aeven dealers were arreated be- #ween 1 Oetober and 20 November in Niee, Canaea aad Gra~se. Pbur bars were alosed for a montb, wt~ile 14 othera received waraingg and xere put off limita to minors. At the regioae?1 Pasteur Medical Center, vhere a team of five is responeible for t~cegtit~g addiots ~ it is estin~ted that there axe 200 nev caees s y~e4r. "Among youths betveen the ag+ea of 17 and 21, it hae become aommon to use heroin, because it ie good, becauae they have lost at~y feeliag lor the illegslity of the thing or the danger," a psqchia.triat noted. 111 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 The ~olioe ee~imate the number oF us~rn in Alpe~ Ma.ritime~ 3,OQ~3. Bu~ ~ th~y ina3,~~ ~h~~ ~h~r~ i~ no oau~e for ~l~rrn. Thr.~ i~ ne3th~r bet~ar nor " wor~aa ~Y~an e1~~where, Of oourse, ther~ i~ ~ aonetant inareas~ in u~s~ and _ ~he f~.rst ~hat Nioe hag an in~ernational aipor~ and ie looated o~oee ~o Ita~,y h~,a eometh3t~g to do aith ~he s3tuation~ "~'here 3s no raason for crying out ~ i to hesvsn~".ad.d~ ~ning Magletrate Miohel Zavaro, who for a lor~ time has - conc~aned 1~.~.meelf ~+i.th d.rug add3a~ion problems and who even se~ up a poet- ~ aure aan~er a~t Bende~un~ the CLCD (Ant3nareotiae Campaign Committee), noa aut oF exietenae. "We do not lanow whether there haa really been an i~iarease 3n use. ~'he t3.gureg, iike thoea on deaths throu~ onerdose, do nc~ mean Br~Y'~hii~t8. . Un the other hand, for Fratioo3a Le Mouel, who heads the Csn~ral Offiae for ~ thr Repre~sion of Naxcetias Tr~ffia in Paris, ~~drug use i~ on the rise. = The~~ h~?g been no leveling off," even if the figureg aited ghould be talcen aeeord~ng to him with a gra,in oF eal~. Neverthelesa, the number of drug ~bu~e ~tiatime is a�~eadily inareaeing and thia year there have already been 9~ deathg versu~ 7~ laet year.3 The number of people interrogated aleo rose _ ~y 50 peraen~ this y2ar.4 , Moreovsr, Nrr Le t~ouel eayg that the number of pharmacy robberies, Which until nov ha.d 3~aen inva:+:sely p~oportional. to the amount of heroin on the market, is steadily g2~owi:~. Then the traffia in cocaine, a drug for a long time aQaoeiated Mitti a c.c~.rtain enobbiahnesa, 3s on the rige. Ninety-Five kilo- ~cams were se~.z~d this year, 40 of which at Roisey Airport last 4 July,5 There too, the emall trafFiekere realized the profits they could ma.ke from thie trade. _ HoWaver, ah~le this ateady increase and the eatablishment of this "ant" traffi~ are troublesome, the spread of drug abuse throu~iout the country disturbs the authoriti~g. This aort of banalization of drug addiction,, ahi~h affeetg v311ag+es ao well.as medium-eized cities, the well-to-do as well ae the auburban poor, is not very reassuring, It ie a si~ that people are being proselytized. And while we are no long~er living in the time of the "~'~rench Connection," when, as a Marseilles policeman says, "all we ha.d to do to arrest ~unkies and round off the fi,gures used in the sta.tietics was to bend down," this na.tion-wide diff~aion of an activity until nox aoncen-r rated in certain big cities deserves our investigation into the underlyin~; causes of the evil, 4'he individuals who deal with th~ addicts themselves e~y that these are no longer the same as before. Before, they were "mar~.nal types," re3ecting society, very familiar with drugs. Today, it can be ar~�- body, which could explain the fatal accidents. How can We avoid thi~ slow difflision and steady increase in use? The 200--odd Freneh policemen specialized in the ff~t against drug ab~se with whom thc~ five Americans from the DEA from time to time collabora.te have their hancts flill.. In Marseilles Commissioner Berna.rd Gravet, who leads the 50 poli.:eLien of the na.rcotica equad, says: "We keep up the pressure, but if we let up for a single moment, all hell breaks loose," To confuse the traffickers, the police turn themselvee into buyers, with amall-time dealers moat often w3nd- ing up caught in the trap, The ~unkies too, sincE they are often forced t;o coaanit petty crimes in order to get the money they need to b~r drugs~ 112 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 But to effeat3.vely co~nbat dxug abuae, we muo~ be in a position ~o attaak i~ at i~g eourae that i.s where i~ ie produoed, tho poppy fielda in the "Golden Triangle" (Laoe, 'Phailand, Burma), in Turkey and ~he Pliddl.e ~a,st (Pakie~an, ,~fghani~~a,n, Ir~n), The "Golden Triangle" pr~duaes nearly 800 ~tone of poppiea a year. The Uni~ed Na~ions finance~ re;~lacemen~ ocaupation prograane but their effeo~t is very 13mi~ed. ~n Turkey, whose morphine base supplied Marseillea laboratoriea in the 1970".s~ after having banned this crop in 1972, the authoritie~ 2 years later again permitted i~s cultivation under certain aonditions. Farmers no longer have the righ~ ~o cut o~,an the ca.p~u].es. The plant (papaver orienta~.e) is nort ~ processed in factori.es. For the time being, there is no evidence of a~y ~ sidetraaking. But the danger ig real, Qapecially when we add to.Turkey the other Middle ~ast countries whtch, according to Mr Le Mouel, constitute ~~an enormous raw mater7al potential." In Pakiatan 111ega1 produation is estimated at 200 ~ona. Along with Af~hanista~n and, to a lesser ~dethe ScaricLinaviancco ttrieacalone stitute a serious clan~er. West GermanY axe at the momen~ sariously affected by this drug coming in f'rom the Middle Ea,st, which in these countries tends to replace shipments from Southeast Aaia. Especially in the FRG, the percentag~e of heroin addicts between the ages of 12 and 16, whiah are included among the country~s 50,000 addicts, has gone frnm zero to 20 percent in 3 yeaxs, according to Mr Berndt-Georg The,mm, a Berlin expert. Overdose viatims, which amounted to 39o in 1977, , should come to close to 500 this year. According to Mr Thomas Cash, a repreaentative of the German narcotics ~ bureau, this atate of affaira is reminiscent of the une the United States went through between 19b6 and 1976. ~~ah workers, living in the FRG - , 1.2 million of them axe the chief purveyors of drugs. They bring in heroin in emall quantities. , . For the moment, ~~ance is atill but little affected by this white tide, But the threat from the Middle East is not an empty one, Last 5 February Marseilles police discrntered a laboratory for the conversion of morp ~ne~ base into heroin in a villa near La Ciotat on the road to Ceyreste. ~equipment was readY for operat3.on. This resulted in the seizure of 35 ~ of morphi.ne base that incontesta.bly came from the Middle East. Five people � were arreated, including Louis Giralt, suspected of being the promoter and financial backer. Last Friday 8 December, a restaurant owner, Fr3ncis Alixianos, who is alleged to have passed money obtained from trafficking in drugs, wae also apprehended in Marseilles, So we can see ~`ha.t the "French Connection" is still on the verge of being reinsta.ted, Obviously, this is a fax cry from the seizure of the ship~ ~~Caprice des Temps" (425 ~~'of heroin seized) and the big operations of the laboratories tha,t were di.smantled in the 1970~s, All we need do to show this to be the case is to compare the equipment found last Februa.ry at T~a Ciotat with tha,t found in Henri Mal.ve~zi's villa at Bouc-Bel-Air in Bouches-du-Rhone in 1976. 113 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 _ On tihs .one h~r?d, r+e hav~ ~ co~tag+e induatry, aoff~~ mi11~ to pulvorL~e t~he produo~ and, on the o~h~r~ a real irLduetry wtth powert`ul mix~rg worthy ot a em~].1 en~erprt~e. The heroin tha~ was ~o be produaed in the Ceyreate villa ua~ doubtle~o once ~ again de~tir~ed for the United Statea ahere Frenah "hor~e" had in the interim been repla~a~d by Mexicgn heroin. Sinae theri, th~ M$rScan poppy fiQld~~ lik~~ moreover, the marihuaria fielde, have been defolisted (aith a herbiaide ~ aailed paraquat8 tha~ produaea burn3r~g of ~Ha ~hroat in c~r3hvu~r?a smok~re), De~pite tht~ inten~tve c~mpai~r?~ Mexioan heroin, althou~? ~uclg~d to be of mediocre qualityr, still croe~ee the border. But ia th~ United 3#.at~s ~e elaeahere, sovrcea of supply are divergified. Drug riag~ are org~i~ed and amashed d~p~ndiag cn tha euoceea of police ~per~tiong, This oompaign mue~ con~~ntly be renewed, e~peotally uhen ono hag tio de~,l utth araftsmen of the drv~g traffic, ~'00'1T10TES 1. "Brorm sugar~' or hdroin No 3 or y heroin is a mtxtvre of incomple#,~ly refined heroin 25 to 30 percent~aad opiwn alkaloide (morphiae~ codeine) to which deine ~ae published] arid atrychnine have besn added. 2, pu~cc,~ased at from ~r 3o to 1~c 5o a gram tn ~cox, v~sto n�rosn io ro- sold at from F'r 600 to Fr 700. In o~dd~tion~ by m~utimslly diluting the product rrith lacto~e, traffiaker~ can obtsin up to 5 kg of heroin~ or fixee with a content of 2 percent pure heroin, If one Ia~?oxa t~sat one can g+et up to 10 fixea out oF 1 graia and that a~iac eelle for Fr 100, 1 kg can produae 10~Q40 fixe~~ thu~ bPinging in a return of aa ~ah ae Fr 1 million, 3. Sixty in 1977, 59 in 1976, 3? in 1975 and 29 in 1974. The first deat,h du~ to overdose xa~, according to the poliee, oFficially recorded in 1969 in Bandol. 4, SevQn thousand interrogations for the first 11 montha of the year, a third of ahich Wero ueers of c?ore than one kirid oP drug, includtng~ of cour~e, heroin addict~, In 1977, 4,318 people vere terro~teci, 3,839 sn 1976 arid 3, 083 1975. 5, In 197? only 6 kg aere seized, 6. 71+o in F~aris, tr+o in Mar~eillee ar?d one ia Nice~ not to meatioa the regional adc?inistration for F~i~cope vhose headquarterg ie ia Parig, 7. One hectare produces about 10 kg of unrefined opiumf 100 kg of this pro- duct yield 10 kg of morphine base arid that yields almost 10 kg of pure heroin if the chemist, like Jo Cesari, fe adept. '!'his famous chemiet actually praduc~d 9g-p~rcent pure heroin, 8, See thc laCeat ACTU~L glmanach. - 11,46fi CSO: 5300 114 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ , ~ ~S~MC~ ; ; 6RI6~3 ~ p~'~Mt1CY Rp~ INCR~LS3S~-Rl~o nuimber of p1~cy robbo~~iea io on tha~ rioe ; it~ Pasio ar~d in f~.~ s departmonta ~Yvelineo, 8~?vtto-d~-SQitu, Seine~t-D~io). According ~o the Profeal~re of Poliao up to 1 DoQ~mbQr ~ 1978 214 P~~~ "~~s" Mere reoord~d ~a a~i~at 7~ for ~ho firo~ 11 mor~tha of 1977. Yt 3a a lanown faat that the awnbor of "8-liot" med~aino- oabiaet burglaries iA ~n index oF dYVgrmarlte~ fluatu~tior~. In Qarly 1975~ the shor~ag+a of heroin in Fra:?ae ha~d brau~t on o fs~ah outbreslc of p~~ar~ maay t~h~eFts. "Tlsi~ time, rre do not oi~ucly wndaYOtomd wha?t i~ g+oing on," Commiaeioaer At~dra Solores, I~refeatur~o of poliaf nAS~aotice oquiad hoo~d admits, "beoause there is ao ahortsg~ of heroin. Not s iresk g~oQA by ~he?t : xs do not as~at sma11�tim~ doalsrs r~o m~co tba trip ~ T'hai~and witb a E ~ov hunds~d gro~, Wlse?t is ourprir3ng is ~t~o?t thfr~ i0 no ~horlog+~ a~d ~ priaes are not g+oing dow." Herotu now oe11o for obant Pr 800 a gma. Tho ~ pharmaay robb�riea point to a gacowth 3a the d~oa~d tb~is yo~ dospil~ a wll-~upplied m~rket. [2oxt] [Paris tE l+~bIDE in Pro~nob 16 ~oa 78 p 12] 114b6 , . ~so: 5300 i~~ ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 NaRWAI' PA~LtA!?tGN`I' ApPt~VC~ G~N`t`~NU~p U5~ ~t~ d~UGS WIR~=`~A~~I~t~ ~ (lslc~ At~'L,Vi'~~TL'N in N~nragi$n 7 D~c 7~ p S ~T~xtJ tt kiil ~~i11 b~ p~,~~ibl~ ~e u~~ t~i~~h~~e ~ri~~=t~~piflg - ~n th~e wd~k of inv~~tf~~tfng n~r~~ti~.s vidl~tt~~$. Th~ ~d~i~= tfn~ y~s~~rd~y ~p�roved un~nim~u~iy ext~en~f~n ~f thr t~mno= r~ry i~~r an trthph~n~e m~nf~toring in n~r~+~ti~s inv~stig~ti~n~ _ untli th~ ~nd ~f ig9d. Gxp~~ri~n~~ ai~h t~t~~hane r~tre=t~p~~n~ i.n thh~~ e~~~s is ~a go~d ~h ~t ~ee~~~ to t~i~ph~~~ wir~ t~p~ _ should e~ntinue tn b~ up~n, l~inist~r e~f Ju~tie~ Iflgrr Louise V~li~ ~~fd in th~ (1d~l~ting ye~t~rd~.y, ~rd ~oint~d oue th~t it hga be~n po~~ibi~ to mgke arr~~t~ a~d eonfi~c~t~ n~~~oti~~ ~ dir~et r�~ult of telc~phan~ m~nitorfng. The 1gw wn~ ~ri~in~liy p~~~ed in 1~7~ ~nd i~ thu~ b~ir~~ rxt~nded for ? mor~ y~ur~. A~ r~s~~d th~s tirr~, in gdditi~s~ to th~ origin~l t~xt cha i~+ e~n= t~ini n pt~v~~f~n ~equiring e~nf~.der~ti~ifty thst f~ c~f ~~c~i~i t~p~rt~gn~~ for r~rsan~l ~r~tcrti~n, ~nd sh~rpen~ the r~quirement of cat~tion. ~x�e rf~nc~ ~fth t~l~phonc aanitnring i~ ~onsid~red t~ h~t~~ be~n ~~od. In ~ritr c~f ~ numbcr of diffi+~ulti~~ in th~ ~niti~l ph ~s~, t~l8phon~ a~nitor= in~ h~.rt 1rd t~ thc s~nlutian df ~~s~~ th~t ~ou1d hardly h~~e hc~n solv+~d nthrncis~c, thr de~rtarent ~1afm~. In 1g7~ thr 1~~10 ~1fr~ resort~d tn w~~ r~-t~pp3~n~; jn 11 ~e~~~st~rrd c~ses ~rith ~ tdtal ~f a2 tcl~phane ~ur~bcrs dr ~uhtirr~~irr:~. tn ra~ ~:~~r +~:~s Ni~e=t~p~ir~g done ufitil ~ourt p~e~issf~on ~r~rt ~t~t~irkJ. "t1~rre i:~ n~thin~; tn indic~tr th~t the trlrphon~ ~aonitar- in~ ~r~~ not dnnc in a t+~~poniiblr mann~r~" s~id Mrs t'~11e. `111c.� qur~ti~r~~ d~ ;i ~rmanrnt t~: will ~mbnbly b~ ttil~en up ~h~n aarr ~xperi- ~n~:c hci~ bren g~inrd ~ritM th~ temporary l~w, a~~carding to thc justie~ ~Olpq~ttCC~ ~-hir,ri ~nsj~cred thc m~t~rr befarh y`e~terday'~ diseu~sion in thr- C~ctclsting. Alinf~trr 1'~il~ r~r~~~~d th~ s~ pofnt ~f vic~r. 'M1r trsa~or~ry l~w nnJ th~ pm~sal t~s e~ctend it h~~~c brrn up for dfs~cus- ~ion on nua~~rr df nce~lr~n~. Only hRb~l [exp~nsi~n unkn~wn~ fs drfinitely ~~~fnst thc ]~w, but thr nefrn~r C~un~rt Grot~ of 1~7? takr~ ~~~crcfcal ~ttitudr, too. tt is r~~r~t~lly ~t mngly ngainst ~eertain pgrts nf th~ - 116 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ : pr~vi~~nn~, ~nd t~k~~ ~~~tleui~r ~x~~htia~ t~ ~h~ f~e~ th~~ e~i~phen~s th~c ~ b~iong t~ dd~t~r~, ~t~rgy~~n, ~nd ~thcrs r~h~ ~nown ta ~~eiv~ p~f~~~ si~n~1 ~onfid~~~~~ e~n b~ m~nit~r~~l, `~11~ ~h~irm~n, ~~~ter ~ur~~~g ~a) CAnd~r~ LEl{1a1~~5 ~~~~y7~, ~~id r~fth ~r~q~~rd eo thi~ ~nd t~ ~h~ di~~ussion ~h th~ ~~n~ sub~a~t i~ th~ n~~p~~~r~ ~h~t adj~~~~~fl~ ~r~~~r t~ b~ ba~~d c~n ~ misund~r~t~~ding. "i I~ind r@~son ~o ~mph~~i~~ ~he lra~r~a b~~ts f~r ~~~~~b~e 1~~+l~phat~~ ~h~~kiu ~~td Furb~r~, ?~h~ naffl~~d ~ut ~Hbt su~f~~~ent gr~und~ mu~t ~~i~t f~r su~ri~ion af ~~ra~s vidl~~f~n d~ i~he n~~~ntf~s l~gi~latf~n, sueh a~ ~~1~, rn~flui'~~~ur~, im~ert~= ~i~n, or tl~~ lik~, ~ncl th~t eour~ ~i~rmi~~i.ofl mu~t b~ obt~in~d. 11~ ~am~l~~~i~ed ~h~~ t~i~ ~~ur~ ean ~fv~ ~e~ni~~ion nniy i~ it is pr~sum~d th~t su~h monit~r~~~ Wi~l be af e~~~n~i~l ~fgnifie~~~~ in ~iarifyin~ ~h~ ~~sa, t~h~n it eames to ~h~ s~~+~i~l ~osi~fan th~t ~+~rt~i~ oeau~~tion~i groups, ~u~h ~s dn~tar~, ~ier~?m~n, ~nd i~?ay~r~, oceupy in this eonn~c~i~n, t}t~'~!' t~Ci~(i}1IDfl~~ C~fi ~i~ f~flittlT~'t~ Oflly ~1~ 5~~~~~1 T@~~Ofl~ @X~3~~ Ufi~@:T~ ~ cit~y t1i~~lva~ ~r~ ~~~p~ctcd in the r~s~. t~~~~rding to the i~~ ~ermission ~~nnort b~ givrn for monitoriflg tei~phone~ th~t susnaet~d ~~r~on~ c~n br ~x~~eted t~ m~3:~ e~11~ t~. ~ut the t~i~~hon~ ~t ~ l~~r offl~~, f~r ~x;~mhlc, e~~~ u~ t~pped ii~ it i~ a~3um~d th~t ~~usp~ct kauld use ~tieh ~ t~eleptt~n~. "tt fs not ~ a?~tt~r ~f rxtcn~ivc munitorfn~ of r~ndom t~iephon~s, but of a ~ trle~~hnn~ eh~~k on th~ i~~~f~ of sp~~ifi~ ~uspi.cion ~nd r+ich th~ c~ur~'~ ~ar- ~i~sion,'~ snyd I~urbcrg. Min~:at~r of ~tust~c~e V~li~ al~o w~nt into ~rh~t sh~e ~ca11~d the ~~rious theo- retlC~1 ot~j~ctldn~ th~t `rgn bc r~i~~c! again~t ~ilo?+ing the authArizies to awnitor tha tcl~~?hc~nes of private fndividuals. This fnv~lves such a seri- ou.~ rncroa~hment on th~ rights of the individuai that there is reason to ~nrry on n Continuing nprr~isal of ~rheth~r telephone monft~rin~ shouid b~ ~rp~rnved in the~c ensr:~, the ;~inis:~r of j~: ~..:u, a.~u sh~ aiso s~id th~t "~~~in~t th~ b~rkground of th~ hxpericnr~e that rr~e hav~ had up to nar w~th telrphonr ~onit~rin~ in thrs~ ~nses, th~ governmrnt h~s dhcid~d that dc~.isivc weight must be attached to thr consideratfon o~ effectively com- b~tting the v~ry ~rriou~ ~rime~ ~ith whfch ~re ~re far~d." ~li ni ~trr V:i11 e s~id th~t u~ f~r 1~ she finc~: th~er~ h~d bern no monit~rin~ t~te~~l~~nc~ th~t brinn~ t~ clortors, ~lcrgy~aen, or l~Myrrs. "As far ~s ~x~~~ib1r, mdni~orin~ t~tr~~hon~s ~hat bclon~ to sueh rersons should be . :~vo i~IrJ su i J+Irs V~ I 1 r~ al~o rd intrc! out th~ a~or~ rigorous conditions that auixt I~c a~c h~ior~ ~uci~ tclephones can t~e manitored. li81 a (~0: i3llil 11~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 NaRiVAY ()CLAY !N SL'I~'IN~ UP VARGO~'ICS POLICL' ~~~7`C~ a~lo Af~!`CNPO~T~N in Norw~g~gn ~i Dec pp i, 6 [T~xtj 'l'Me n~~r e~e~tral n~rcoti~~ ~aeti~fl a~ th~ dsl~ peii~~ h~~ b~en f~rmt~lly ~~~~blfish~d, but oniy in n~n~~. i� m~y b~ a ian~ time b~for~ ~h~ ~~~~fon e~n giv~ the ~ther p~1i~c ~~~rec~ ~f vor~+~y the hel~ in tha i'fght ~g~inst drug tr~fffek~rs th~t th~ ~uthoriti~~ int~nd~d. polie~ ~hi~f ttoif ~aiem t~il~ NTB [Vvr- wagl~n N~ws Ag~n~y~ ~h~t ~h~ ~1~fl i~ ~a ~~iflfar~~ thc ~~~tion ~rith 3d det~etiv~as ~nd fnv~~tig~tors, briflging th~ s~tr~n~th u~ to ~b~ut 70, but th~t the m~npoa~r shor~~gr m~k~~ it difffcult. "W~ h~vr Gn vnr~nt ~~Ition~," thr holic~ ~hfrf snys, ~~and ju~t in Novemb~r rrr werr drBNn u~on for J polieemen that wer~ ~~~i~ned ~ut~~d~ of th~ ~ity. Lxpnn:~lo~ of tl~r n~r~otf~~ seetion ~uid therefor~ h~v~ to be ~t the ex- ~~n~c af the ~~ul~r p~trol ~~cti~n, whi~h r~~ny~ thfnk should ~l~a b~ ~in- fdr~~d." ~ 'I'h~ df~put~d J~w~ition of hesd of th~ section has not yet b~~n fill~ed. ~or th~ timc b~ing the ~ection ha~ only a unit~hief ~nd ~nc ather offi~ar, just a~ the ~ftu~tion w~~ at Victoria T~rraee b~fore th~ movr t~ th~ policc hou~~ l~st ~rcek. 'rh~ int~ntion is tn g~et thre~ unit ehi~f~ ~~d ~igh~ dffi~er~. i.n~ ~tet~haug, hrad of thr fin~n~cc offfce, s~ys th~t th~ ne~r ~~itions ;~s unf t rl~ ief:~ ~nd ~l ~cr ofi~i~rrs kf l l b~r ~st~bl ish~d as of l July 197~J, but th~t ti~~ f'in~nrr dep~rta~nt rr~b~bly e~n ~ffc~ct ~ redi~tributi~n s~ that it m.~y br ~~~~ib1e ~t ~n e~rlier tl~. , "An~.~y," ~ny~ 5t+rm:~huu~;, "it witl nnt br untit st,mc~r thnt th~ polire ~ehool ' ~r i! 1~r~clunte n nc~r ~i as~ of nbr~ut 3G0 ~1 i~rm~en ~nd pol ire~eotaen to ~f 11 th~ v~~ant ~~:~itic~ns In Os1e~. Th~ n~xt ? yc~rs th~ ~i~ssr~ xi11 bc ~m~ller, i~ut ~e ~tre ~ir~ing ~t in~treasf~g thc admission o1 candiciates." ~:nntinurd Understnffing Anton c~aumnelg~ird, prrsonnel ch~ef of thr 0~1~ ~lfcr, te11~ ~78 that he is t?fr~id thr police fc~rcc Ki11 he undrr strength for sevcr~l years becausr of 11~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~h~ dr~ft ~nd b~e~us~ many u~ r~a~hing ~Me ~~e iimi~. ; ~~Ar~ar~ling ~o ~n ~v~r~ii pi~r~ g~~r th~ r~riod 197~i-19~1 i~ is ~~~~~d ~h~~ ~h@ polir~ ~arce wili ~~t ~ toeal o~ 30n n~w biil~t~, r?~hil~ ~out ~0 n~a biil~t~ h~v~ b~en ~uth~ri~ed ~hu~ fbr. vex~ ~umm~r ac� ~~t 55 fl~w biil~~~, but th~~ dae~ na~ h~1p m~eh i~ ~he ~dmi~~ian o~~oli~~ ~~ndid~e~s i~ not increa~ed," the hcr~onn~l chiei' ~~y~. 11~ ~aint~ aue th~~ th~ numb~r ~~tnit~~d this ye~~ anci ne~~ y~~r i~ le~ f~w~er ~h~n a~~ ~xp~~e~d ~~r~i~~, ~nd th~t ~~xt y~~r 13n ~fffe~~~ +~~t~ retit~ on r~a~~hing th~ a~~ iimie a~ 57. ; i ~~Tt~~y mu~~ 1~~v~ ah~n thry r~~eh ~id ~eearding to th~ ~gui~tion~, ~fld th~ hroblem af the~e ~tf~~tn~nt~ aiii tnen~~~~ durin~ ~h~ 19~a~~,~~ s~y~ Cnmm~t g~rcl. dlu~ ~hn~~~d, ~h~ h~~d af th~ j~~1~C~' Ufl~Ofl~ think~ th~~ th~ ~�~np~w~r short= ~~@ 111~f~ bi~~~fR~ ~~ffl~:;t C~t~3t3'~~t~~ U~11~53 SOtik't~l~fl~ ~9 dOfl@ $l~Clfl d~Al1~. erui~ing. Cu~b~~k A~~o Hi~s Pdlie~ D~partm~n~t '~`11~~ t~du~ti~on by 10d p~lie~ eandfd~t~s in th~ 1~79 ~uci~t~t m~k~s ~th~ difff= ~t~lti~$ ~tiii ~r~~~.rr, and ~h~~ ~~ri~idn th~r~cfar~ r.~~d~ to b~ ~1t~r~d,~~ s~y~ Ohn~t~d. Ila thfflks th~t tw~ ir~~rtant ~nus~s ar~ th~ ~nr h~u~in~ ~i~uation in Oslo ~nd tha fn~t th~t frw asld yduths choos~ ~lir~e ~ork. "'f'hr ~~1 f~~ forc~ h~:~ h~d aff~er c~f 20A ~~arta~ents nr~r T~yen rc~rk if it W~11 ~dmini~t~r th~ manag~m~nt di th~m fts~lf, but ct~~t is ~ quc~tinn t1�t h~.~ brrn k~~tin~ ~or decisian in ~h~ ~u~ti~~ departmr:nt for _ n i~ng time. �rh:?t rrnje~ct r~n sdl~~ the h~~~sfng p~blems to r~ cert~ain px- tent if it is appro~~d," dhn~tad says. In his npini~n thr sy~t~~a of ~ssignments ~ithin th~ policc forc~ frightens ` . many ~~y fra~ a i~e ~~r+~er. "In tny t~~inic~n th~ sy~t~ra u~ ~.~signm~~t is not very d~nwcr~tfc. In the _ , fi rtit ~enr ~f srrvic~ ~ftr.r ~t i~e sthddl they run the risk of assi~nra~nt t~ ~~y ral i re forer :rn~~nc~rc in ti~r ~a~~try ;~g~f~st their ~ish~s," say~ ~)hn~t:~~ . a ;~3~;? ~ C:.tiU: S~0 - ~ ; lI9 . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 NORWAY BU[)GL~T CUTS HURT WAR ~N YOI~i'H bRU~ PR09~LEM a~l~ ARBL~IC~RBLADC7' in N~~~gi~n ~ Dec 7~ p ib ~Artiel~ by ~'dn~ g. J~mtiai~j C~'~xtJ ~rabl~m~ ~m~n~ Oslo youth h~v~ shown ~ st~~dy ine~r~as~ ~ all f~il. ARB~tD~~~LA~ET got eonfirm~tion of this from th~ vagr~ney s~etfafl. ~v~ry duy a gang af youn~ p~dpl~ ~~~h~~ ~t th+e subw~y st~~ionon,l~rnt~an~~o~~~~ R~ilw~y Squur~~ gnd sniff drug~ op~nly. 'Phe~r~ also srem to b~ iner~asing problems with yeun~ pro~~itut~~ on St~fl~rsgat~. _ ~ From the di~triet pali~~ pr~einets, tao, iner~a~ing drug abus~ nnd other problems ar~ reported. 1'hi~ i~ h~pp@nin~ ~t ~ tim~ - Nhrn th~ ya,gr~ney ~~~tion runs the risk of having ~o cut ba~k on it~ ac:ivity b~~~,u~~ di the 1979 budg~t situ~tion. rr~pi~ who t~ke thr suhw~y have begun to re~~t to the ga~th~ring of youths thnt takes pla~~ a1 thc stations. The sniffing that goe~ on ther~ has not - bean cqu~lled far a iong ti.mc, and the smell of h~r~in hangs h~avy in the air of the st~tinn~. Nakon rormo Bernts~n ~nd J~ Kitteis~n of the Os1o v~graney s~ction tell AR9t:i7~R~LAtIt:~' th~t th~y fear an intefl~ifi~d ~o~fli~c b~tw~~n th~ homeless "titrert youth" ~d th~ rrst of the popul~tion. Agftation may devrlop on b~th ~ides th~t ~nn le~d to a bi~ ~onfliet. They point ~out that the drug _ :~~usr m,~y I~e great~r th~n hns bcen ~sswa~d. 'I'h~y h~ve ~1so noticed gr~ater ~m r~~t naiong yaung pCOpl~, an~d beli~vr th~rC is n Iot of frustration th~re. 'I'hc b~~l~~t ~~rnros~l for thc v~~ranry section th~t ~as nrepared by th~ com- mt~sioncr df finanrrs struck thc employec$ like a cold show~r. They hav~ It~~ :t ~rre~t incrcasc ~n thc numbcr of ca11s, and thcy themselves thinl: the~? neeJ it1 ~ore hillrt,. 'fhry pro~wsad ~ budget of 5.8 millian kroncr for 1:~7J. The commission~r for social servicrs redu~ed thc budg~et another mil- ~ion. 'I'hrre kent the ~xtra billets. Unless thc state gives a~ubsidy of 2.S millton kroner, the sco~~e of the ~ctivity will have to be cut back. . izo APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 tn r~ number o~ cornmunie~tians ~he ~m~1ay~~~ h~v~ ~.~il~d ~ttention ta ~h~ work ~itu~ti~n th~y in, and the bud~~~ propas~l hn~ brau~ht sherp re- ~~tions. To stre~~ +chi~~ th~y have dro~~d ~h~ inv~~~f~~~iv~ nctivi~y. ~~rfl~sen ~nd KiLt~l~~fl ~h#nk the budg~t prnp~sal wiil s~i~l b~ ~x~mined fl?~~'e ~~r~f~ily in ~h~ light of th~ in~re~~in~ probl~m~ th~e hav~ b~~n r~por~~d am~ng youths. 'rh~re h~~ b~~~ t~ik f~m th~ ~ostrum in pa~li~m~nt about the nee~~~ity of incr~~sin~ th~ work ~man~ youth~ who us~ dru~s, but as th~ ~m- pioy~~s it th~t i~ ~oing ~bou~. th~ m~t~~r enti~ely th~ wrong w~y round. '1'hr ~mpiayees of ~he vagrnney ~eeeion think ~h~~ flobady will ~ak~ up th~ ~oeial probl~m~ that g~r~ curr~nt in tli~ youth grdup~ uni~ss their w~r~ is . eontinued and strengthpned. Youth~, ~sp~eially th~ young~st, fe~1 s~fe wh~n th~y know th~t reaple from thut s~ctian ar~ n~arby. tVho wi11 ha~v~ tihe rrs~onsibility for ~h~m if ~h~ v~gr~ney s~etion ~~nno~ ~ollow up, th~ ~m- ~loy~e~ ~~k, "tf thi~ budg~t ~ r~p~s~l go~s ~hrou~h, th~ situation will g~t a~ar~e," s~y Bernts~n und Kittelsrn. "Phe ~uthariti~s must g~~ the handwritiflg on th~ wa11. W~ hav~ to dcal with homeless kids 15 and iG y~ars o~d." ; 8815 j GSa: S3UU 121 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 N~RIVAY MAN 5E:NT~NCCD F012 S~-~UGGLING IIASNISN, I,Sd O~lo t1t~TENPOSTEN in N~~?egian 8 Dec 76 p 4 ~R~~.rt by J~n Andpr~~nJ [~'ext~ Bergen, 7 Deeemb~r - A 20-y~~r-~ld m~n from St~v~n~er who has ~ived in B~rg~n ~dr the last y~~r was s~nt~nced in Gul~ting efreuit court `fhursd~y to S y~~rs' uncdnditional impri~onment ~ften c~ w~~ found buil~y 6f ~PO~@SS~Ofl~1 smuggling and sal~ of fli1TCt1t~C5. This is ~he h~aviest sefltence y~t in ~ narcotics c~s~ in West Norw~y. Th~ man h~s appe~led to the Supreme Court on thc fixing of thc s~ntence. The enurt found tho 20-y~ar-o1d guilty of bringing intn the country 2.3 kilograms of h~shish, ?.5 kilogr~rtw of cannabis oil, and about 200 LSD tubl~ts. Also, pur~h~s~ of 3 kilogr~ms of hushish from two D~nish citizens. Gne o~ these will have his case he~rd in Cidsivating circuit court this coming Monday. Uenmark has asked th~t the other be returned, since there is a stronger penalty for sale of narcotic$ in Norway than in Denmark. Host of the s~lling of the narcotics took place on ~ farm ~t Lind�as, just _ outsidc of Bcrgen. 'I`he tot~l sales value was about 400,U00 kron~r. 'I'he :~uthoritics sei2ed 102,000 kron~r in the case, which they think is the yield from tl~c sule of arcotics. ln jutitifying the hcuvy penulty, the court laid weight on the rrofessional ~}~~ru~tcr of tl~r case. 1'he dCfcndant was believed to be the second in c~m- mand in the gnng; thc to>> man w~s also from 5tavanger, but died in prison rnrlier this ye~r. '11~c l~;iahisli ~nd the cannabis oil were smuggled into Non~ray in sherry bottles. 'I'hc defend~nt hnJ bccn abroad und smugglcd in drugs three times. The court also pointcd out that the opcration involvcd sccret places in and outside of ~erg~n whcre thc narcotics wcre stored. Hidden secret rooms, cover apaM- ments, ~nd false drivcr's licenscs also figured in the casc. ~815 CSO : 5 30O 122 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ; ~ ~a i ~,3, . ~ Ap' ~ 1 r'-: ( t* ~ P ; ~RI~FS NA3HiSN SEi2ED--Unieg from ehe narcotic~ dap~rtm8nt of eh~ Surga Sacuriry Directorae~ Gener~l hav~ ~~izad 6.5 kg of powd~r~d h~~hi8h With ~~~~i- . maeed marketi value of SOO,A00 Turki~h i3ra~. Arcording to information rec~ived by TRT'a ~ursa correepondent, 6.5 kg of powd~red hashi~h, packed in 1-kg bag~, ~as diecovered in the basement floor of a houeg in the Hurriyet quarter of Burea after a raid by police un~t~. Officiela have : ~tated that th~ mark~t value of the captured heshish is around 500,000 Turkigh liras. Security officia~s said that three persona have bean taken into custody ie connection with the ~ncident. ~Text~ [Aakara Dnn~stic Service in Turki9h 1000 CMT i7 I~~c 78 NC~ I CSO: 5300 ~ t r i i i 123 . . . . r:. . . . . : U~ . . _ . . ~ . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 UN~T~D KINaDf~M CANNA~~S NAUL N~Dn~N fN SIX i~lAR~3L~ COLtJ1~1S London TNE DAILY '~EL~GRA~H in Engli~h 8 ~~e 7~ p~9 [Areicl~ by T. A. S~ndrock~ [T~xt~ Sound~ of haann~ring from eh~ back oE ~ v~n er~v~113ng ehrou~h W~mb1~y i~d to the di~eov~~y of half a~on of herb~l cannabie Worth 1 million poundg, hidd~n in ~ix ho11oW marble co~umn~. A police pat.el vh~ch ~topp~d ~h~ van af~er a~99 call fram a paes~r-by found a man in the back gmashing ~he colutmng Witih a~ledgeh~mmer~ The columng, Which hgd b~~n imported from th~ W~st Indi~s via Tilbury, ~,rere exqui~itely carved a~ religious artefactia and decorated with crosees. - They W~re p~ck~d tWO to a crate and addr~seed to a nonexistent religioue ~ organisation in Wegt tondoe. The cannabis Wes contained in galvanised ting and the compl~te load ueighed t~o tons. Drugs squad officers and customs investigators are trying to trace the source of the haul. The van Which collected it at Tilbury had been hired. Robert Leslie Howe, 3~, unemployed, of Nelson Road, ttorns~ey, and Francis Eugene 0'Douherty, 22, unemployed, of Highbu~y Park, Highbury, atill appear in court at Harrow today, charg~d witi~ offences under the :Iisus~ of Drugs Act, 1971. C50: 5320 124 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 { , ; ~ ~ ! WEST GERMANY I ; ~ ~ I ( NUM1lI~R ~F nRUC VICTIAtS flRO~S FRbM 1977 ~ W~gt Berlin DER TACESSPIECE~, in G~rman 19 Oct 78 p 16 , ~ CT~xt) T'he po~ice announcem~ne y~see~day ~ras brie�. A 26-year-old man ~ had eutn~d on the ~as in hi~ apartment near th~ xoo aud had killed himaelf. ' '1'hen tha etatistic: T1iis was ehe SOth drug victim in Berlin. At the same ; time a 22-year-old driver cau~ed a~erious traffic accident on 3achendamm in which four p~r~ons ~erQ injured. The drivar was under the influance of ; drugs. TWO announcements and a ggd landmark in a city wh~.ch leads all ; 1arge citi~g in the Federal Republic in the number of drug victims. However a glirtnner of hope can be seen: The number of drug victims has~dropped. It i is noa almost 20 fewer than d~ring a simi~ar Cime period last year. In 1977 i Berlin held the record: 84 drug users ended their contact ~aith narcotics aitl~ death. ' Degpair over his drug d~pend~ncy drove the SOth narcotica victim to suicide. ~ Nis nctivities during the past feW years are noted in a thick report at the Criminal Poliee Station. Born in Berlin, he came into contact with drugs as ~ an adolescent. He has been known to the narcotics division since 1971, when the classic irresigtible course began. It started with hash amoking, which ~ soon became habitual. Next folloWed LSD. ~urther on the way to hard drugs, ' he injected himself with diluted raw opium and then advanced Co the Berlin tinke, a mixture of morphine base, acetic acid and "more or leas" (according ta the criminal polic~) di~tilled water, a mixture "almost as hard as her- uin," ns drug experts know. incrcaaed use and harder drugs forced him to look for money; in the meantime he had given up teachiag. Then began his career as a narcotics dealer. In September ~974, he came to trial for rhe first time. B~cause of continuous itlnsal trafficking of. Aerlin tinke he was sentencecl to a year's probation. Howaver, [he measures of all of society's caurts failed in his case. 5carcely 2 years later because of his own use and tra~ficking in drugs a court sentenced him to a prison term of 1 year and 4 months to be spent in the judicial executive installatio~n at Tegel. ' 125 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 H~roin Al~c~ in prigon Ho�,~~v~r, ~vc~n imprigonmpnC did noti help. During an oue~ide v~.e~.C in D~cember 1977 he bruughe hero3n back with him to thg prison and ~.njeceed himgelf i.n tihe prieon's own carpen~er ghop whera he was being tra~.ne!~ ~s ~ c~rpent~r. After hig rele~se ~.n May of this year, the end was marked our. In July he atCraceed th~ pol~.ce's attientiion a~ a pnrtic~pane in a robbery. Th~ d~y b~fore y~geerd~y he eook h~.g oum J.ife. IC i~ unusual Chnt ~ drug addict would commit suicide. This was also con- firm~d by eh~ ~erlin Sec?at~'s drug agent Heckmann. ~ven the "golden shot," th~ volunt~ry ov~rdose Cdt19@9 only g Chird of ehe deaths. The overwhelming ma~oriCy eE drug vic:eims di~ uninCenCionally. "An accidenC," says Heckmann, "which c~n happ~n t~~ any narcotics user, be ie after 1 or afCer 5 years." For acCu~lly, uncert~inty ~baut ehe concentrgtinn of ehe drug leads eo the lasC shot. brug ~gent Hpckmann in this way partially explains ehe high number of deaths l~st ye~r. In ehe fir~t montih of 1977 a changeover took place nn Che Berlin drug markeC. Durgs were na longer coming from Che Far ~ast by w~y ~f Am~Cerdam bue from Turkey over the Bglkans. llrug related deaChs rose substantially, because no fixer knew what concentration he was in3ecting. ~In addition, no one knew Co what exCenC Che long chain of deal- ers h~d diluCed rhe drugs. Thirty brug ~mergencies a Month The Criminal police ~,lso atCribute the reduced number of drug victims to incrensed in~eruction in schools, enterprises and in the media. The further education oE doctors has also borne fruiC. The number of drug accidents in- dicates this. On the average, 30 drug addicts are brought to the Berlin clinic each month because of acute danger. Since the beginning of the year that amount~ to 300: Opposed to this is the number of 50 dead. Drug ex- perCs also recommend tliaC anyone who discovers a possible acute drug emer- gency, which can be indicated by difficulty in breathing or unconsciousness, should immediately call the fire departmenC or an ambulance. In no case ~ should one try rescue me~sures himself. rlost Dangerous After Withdrawal The risk of death is greatesC for addicts who have withdrawn for a short time. Heckmann, in connection with this, mad~ an appeal to all parents fnced with the problem not Co undertake withdrawal attempts with their cliildren by themselves. When someone has withdrawn from drugs for a few days ~nd then has the opportunity again for a fix, his chances for a final stiot are extremely liigh. This yc.~r Berltn is spending an additional DM 8.6 million to try to come to grips with the problems. The number of deaths has indeed dropped, 126 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 i ; how~ver, the perceneagG of female dru~ add~.cts is grow3.n~ steadily. Tran- ' sition insta].lations are eo lesaen Che riak of,death in acute cases. One Ching both drug agents and narcotics dealers know: The 51st drug victim wi].1 not live much longer. 8537 I CSO: 5300 , ~ i ` .I 1 I ~ ' I w~v 1~1 , , . ~ . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 W~ST GERMANY NACtCd'~ICS SMUCGLING ~N`I'd CdUNTRY nI5CU53~D W~st g~rlin Ul:lt '~ACisS5PI~CCL in Cernjen 19 Ore ~8 p 30 (`CexeJ Approxim~tely ~,000 ndreot3~~ ~mu~~lc~r~ hav~ b~~n ~~ught by bord~r ~nd nu~COms agenen in eh~ firgt 6 month~ of thi~ y~~r. Thae i~ 8pproxi- m~t~1y 10 perr~nt fewer th~n la~t ye~r, howev~r, as wa~ ~l~a ~nnoune~d on Wednegday by Che governm~nC n~w~ ~g~ncy in Bonn, ng~neg hnv~ t~k~n mdr~ heroin nnd LSU ehgn ~ver befdre. Bordpr ng~ne~ war~ able to cnnfisc~t~ 83 kilog of heroin nlone, whilc in the fir~t half of 1977 it wng only 10 kilas nnd in Che s~cond ha1E 14 ki1o~. The umnunr of LSU Configcae~d has nlgo ~reatly incr~~~ed. The ag~nts found 6,235 so-ca11~d tripg on smugglerg, as oppo~ed td 561 in Che first half nnd 1,008 in th~ second half af 1917. On the oth~r hand, the amount - of h~sh nnd mnrijuana decreased to 736 kilos~ from 1,288 kilos in the first half of last yenr and 3,815 kilc~s in the eecond half. ACCUY'd~p~? to government reports there were no special developments in the nthcr common drugs such as opium (1.1 kilos), cocaine (1.6 kilos) and am- phetnmines (1.7 kilos). As in the past, the ma~or point of nurcotics smuggling was the German- Netherlands border with a share of 79.1 percenC. A growing number of ar- rests occurred on the border with the GDR in through traffic, with 9.1 pcrcent as opposed to ~.5 percent in the fireC half of 1971. The border ~ with ~rance is third with 3,7 percent, followed by the border with SwiCzer- land with 3.1 percent. About 50 percent of the smuggling is done by high- way, about 17.4 percent by train. About 3.2 pc:rcent of the smuggling cae~B occurred in th~ cuseoms ~rea and in the barracks area of Croops stntioned ehere, the rest occurred nn the green bord~r, the harbors, the airports and Interior wnterways. ~ 8537 CSO: 5300 128 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 _ ~ 1~OR Ot~t~ICiAi, U~~ ONLY WEST OBR~Ai~Y ~ . a ~ i ~ ~ 1.ARGE-SCAL~ INT~kNA'PIONAL bRUC St~CGLING DESCR~BED , . { . ; ~rom ti~banan t~ ~urop~ by S~~ ; Namburg 3T~tN in G~rmgn 2~ Nov 78 pp 244-?46 ~ [Artici~ by Ludaig M. Tra~nkn~rs "~c~d L~b~n@s~ Por Suli~~~"1 ~Tex~] Emden tri~1 r~v~aia hov haahi,h i~ in+rreduc~d 3n Europ~ by tha tons in ord~r to obtain ammunitiong gnd a~apon~ for ~he civii wnr in Lebanon, th~ Chri~tian Phalanx PArty orgeniz~d a gigantic na~cotic cieal. ; CuB~oms offic~r~ Udo 5~hu~rmann and P~riQdrich El~ermann wer~ digappoint~d. ~ Their haehi~h dog~ "Quanto" and "Puck" h~d 6~~n ~niff in~ atound thQ ship "Sea Horge" in Emden free pott for glr~ady on~ hour. Thny had not ~ound a th~ng. Wrong tip--thought th~ aff ic~r~. Thee coakQr gpani~i "Puck" bgrkeds he vae standing in front nf ~ pil~ of rig~ing in the for~cautl~a cableloclcer. tlndQt it. th~ cu~rom~ oEfic~r8 discev~red th~ ~ntrance to the bailaet watar r~eer- voir, neatly 1ock~d by 23 boltg. Z'he cugtomg offic~r~a got toala, unbolted ~nd did not b~ii~ve whgt they sav-- 89 jute bags piled up. Content: 6,1~5 haehigh pl8tes, compressed ia linen and welded into automobile tires; a total of 2.$8 toas af "red Lebaness," haehish of the best quality. Nearby wer~ pla8tic cana containing 84.5 kilo- ; grams of haahish oil. On top of the "stuff" v~re a1~o a"Kalaehnikov" typa submachine gun and 37 roundg of 7.62-caliber bullets. Thig happened on 2 Nov~mb~r 1~77. tt aas th~ large,at ha$hi~tr di$covery in the Ppderal Rppublic. Cugtoms, the Ped~ral Criminel Police Bu~ceAU and even agentg of the U.5. Drug ~nforcement Administration, inveatigated the ca8e for a fu11 - year to find nut What $yndic~te aa~ behind the drug cache. Last ae8k, the contrabgnd carriera gppegr~d in the province court: the English captain of , the ship, Peter L~~ec~11~s, and his second offic~r~ Abdo Semaan 'Rizk, a ' I.ebanese. The gi~antic dea~ begun tn May 1~17. At th~t time~ Capt~in Lasc~lles vho also appears in the ~ederr~l Criminai Police Bureau's recorde under the paeudonyms peter Barker, C. Brooker gnd P. 4lorthington, flea to Cyprus, as he 8ays~ "to rarn by tcading in ship's stores." Nouever, at a table in "Bill's Sar" in 129 . FOa 0'rFIC1~1i. L'S~ 01'LY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~0~ O~~~C~At, U~~ dt~t.~' l,~cn~e~, hp 6p~dm~e ~r~quain~~d Wi~M L~b~n~~~ An~dinp ~~rre~ K~~~~b~ ~adpr ehp n~m~ "Abau An~~,~~ ~h~e i~~eee i~ ~n~a~pd in the pur~h~~~ a~ u~~pan~ far th~ Ch~i~~i~n ~fvii ~rae ~rm~r fn L~b~~~fl~ ~n ~rd~r ea buy ma~~ u@~pan,~, K~g~ab rra~ lanktt~ fde a~~~~~in f~~e ~~~~tr~b~~d r~htp whi~h u~~ ~~kp ~d ~ura~~ ~~~rgn dE h~ghi~h h~ving a mart~p~ v~lu~ n~ UM 30 miiii~n. K~~~ab, a e~o1~~~1 i~ eh~ p~~1~flx ~iliti~, ~~~~rred e~ ine~~d~e~ eh~ inpbri~t~d ~~ii~t~~ hi~ b~~i~~~~ ~~~tfl@r~. Tf?f~ ir~ h~w ~h~ r~d=h~ir@d ~rt~dn e~m~ ~d m~~E Ehe Wire=pulip~~ Mhtl~pg~~p h~ghf~h tr~d~. N~e ine~rvi~w~d in ~~ei~ue by R~~~ui Khdury, ~f Whdm i,~~~~ii~g ~did ~f e~r hi~ g~r~~E: "H~ i~ ~hp bar~r~. '~h~ey ~11 db~y hfm. i~ W~~, ~h~ereEd~~, nnt a~rdblpm ~d~e Kh~u~y p~e~vid~ i,~~~eiie~ uieh ~ _ p~ermanet?t L~bdner~e viga. A~ ehe he~dqu~r~~r~ af eh~ Ph~1~nx, ~hp eapt~in u~g ~tv~n n~~ only ~ vig~, bue ~i~d Cta m~ke thi~r~ ~~p1~er) L~b~n~~i~ id~n~iey p~p~r~. `~he h~~high tr~d~rg ~i~~ i~pre~~~d ~h~ic ~oner~b~fld ~~p~~ia uieh ~h~fr r~1~- ~ion~. At ~ny r~~~, h~ ~~~t~~ eh~~ h~ a~g pCp~ltiE ~ ttt~@E~tl~ dtl~~.tt~, HI1~~h Kh~ury di~~u~r~ed "th~ busine$~" aith Leban~~e St~t~ ~re~ide~e ~ii~~ 5~rkig. 7`he n~w1y hir~d e~pt~in W~g nat ~n1y ~i~~r+ed td iive in the ~nmp~ny-o~m~d apdr~men~ df ~tr~ ttashi~h dcalet'g in the elcg~n~ L~b~ne~e vacati~n cegnrt 1~'aray~-lfonel~b~n~ I~e Was al~d invi~~d by hi~ new prin~ipal~ for ~em~e relaxa= tion at their tcudal yacht ~lub ~t Jd~ni~h. Z`h+e Engligh ~~iior ags ~v+an ~11oW~d to vi~iE eh~ pi~nr~tion which W~~ tu yi~1d the h~~hi~h: ~ hug~ field fu11 af Indi~n h~mp, th~ raa m~t~ri~~ for m~riju~na, eann~bi~ r~gin (hn$hi~h) nnd it~ ~i1. On thi~ pl~ntaEion, in th~ vicinity of B~glbhki 8 wild p~r~y Einally took p18c~. Havi~g chuB b~~n giv~n a t~~te ~f the ~,or~ ~le~~ant gide~ of a d~alpr'e 1ife, L.ysc~ll~s went tc~ Athens to t~ke cdmmgnd of hi~ rontr~b~nd $e~amship. It w~s ~ real eockle Bh~ll, the M5 "Alne," purchased fdr $100,000. tt aas to bring 10 tong of ch~ n~rcdci~ c'a Hollanrl. Thig ut l~a~t i~ What Lascelle~ Wag told by hi~ Leban~~~ bugine~n f ri~ndg. . 'Cn cover hisagelf--gt le~~t arenrding td Germ~n inve~tig~torg--the Engli~h La~c~lleg went td the Kriti~h ~ab~g~y in Athens and Warned the nmb~~~~dor chac hc w~s td c~rtcy h~shi~li to ti~r~pc r~n bb~rd oE th~ ~hip ~~A1te"~~ingt~ad of th~ cdrrect "Aloc." lle a,~kcd the diplc~nr to alert the ~ngli$h ~uthoritieg: th~y ~h~uld e~pture the ~hip in th~ Gh~nncl. Acrording tu l.n~celle~ lawyer, t~r JuQrgen R~eg~ ~f Wilhelmshaven, this i~ pronf that Ln~celles, who in th~ p~gt had already worked a~ polic~ informer, Wnnted tn binW up che dea1. Ne hnd given ~ f~lgc ghip'g n~e tn th~ amb~~g~- dor only bec~us~e hc rnuld ttnt d~ctpher praperly the Grerl~ 1e~~~rs ~n ~he gl~ip's bov. 'M~i~ aould nut hav~e hclpeJ much anyhoW: the "Alo~" Was hardly out of the pirneux pnrr vh~n it ~a~ given n ne~+ name, "Soni~," which wa~ then pninted on 130 r~F2 (',`r fi:C tA~ i'~~ n~?.Y APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~a~ o~~tc~nL v~~: orr~,Y eh~ rug~y ~id b~d~. `~li~ ~~mp r~~ eh~ ~hip~in~ ~amp~ny W~~ ~iv@n "R@d J,~~ ~ company h~~eiiy f~und~d in Cypru~, "Shi~~un~e" K~e~~b ~i~o ~o~k c~r~ of ~ne@ria~ eh~ n~tn~ eh~n~re iaed th~ n~vi~~eian rpgi~e@r. C~pE~ie L~~c~~1~~ had ~lr@~dy mp~ ehp n~rcotie buy~r~: ~ngli~t~~n flav3d M~~r~ ~nJ hi~ Am~rie~n bugin~~g p~rtn~r, J~hn ~orneiiu~ D~~r~m, n~i~h~r of Eh~ Eu~ unkflown ea ~iiE@~ft8~~8tid~ ndreotte inv~~ei~~~or~~ in f~et, M~~r~ h~d ~1r~gdy b~~n ~~r~~e~d dne@ by eh~ C~~~di~ft p~1~.e~ w~~ ~eE~mpt~tig eo "import" 1.~ Ean nf h~r~hi~h ined O~~~Wa ~fl 1~o~rd eh~ y~chE "R~b~i." M@ara ~ ~nd D~Gr~n s+~rh ~in~n~ing Eh~ ~iganei~ d~di, ~nd th~e $lA0,A00 for eh@ ~hip'~ ~ purch~~~e had b~e~en ~r~ag~~rrpd ehrau~h eh~ir ~e~oune ai~h th~ "3Wi~~ ~nk Co" : af Zurich in Au~uge i~77. 'To uh~c ~xe~n~ eh~ ahai~ ~n~r~rprig~ h~d the ~uppnre of afEiei~l L~b~n~~~ ~urhorieie~ glgo b~e~~ evid~n~ a~ eh~ hae e~rgo w~~ h~~v~d ~board ~h~ "Sonia" ~n th~ op~n ~~a 4 mil~~ ~ff eh~ L~b~n~g~ e~wn ~f Tripalit Cap~~in L~~c~~.~@~, falioWit~ in~tru~~ion~ fr~ hi~ pmpioy~r 1t~gg~b, W~~ abl~ t~ k~~p a11 navi~a- ~ian ~nd d~rk lighe~ bureiag: "Kar~~~b ~~id ch~e th~ ~uthoriei~~ w+~r~ eoop~r= ~Cifl~. n After th~ gtuff W~g dn bdard, th~ "Sofli~" e~de feg a~y to Ho~i~nd. Durin~ th~ Etrge f~v mf1~~ at g~~, eh~ nnm~ af eh~ c~rg~ ~hip W~~ chang~d again: it nda b~~~~m~ th~ MS "S~~ Norg~.~~ Th~ trip ~n th~ ha~high cgrgo ~hip b~cgm~ a horror trip. Not oniy b~cause of eh~ ~udd~n app~~ranc~e on b~ard of ~~~rdnd offic~r, eh~ L~bgn~~e Rizk, Who ~ did not knc~a ~ bl~~ged thing about navigation but, ia hi~ c~pacity as officer di th~ Ph~lanx, w~~ dnly W~tching th~ cargo. A1so b~cau~a th~re vae a Greek cngin~gr who Wag tnyin~ with a Kalaghai~kov submachin~ gun. And above all, b~csu~~ Skipp~2r L~gr~11~~ couid n~t find Bu~y "T.~.S" off ch~ Dutch island o� 'Cr~x~e1. 'I'hi~ i~ wher~ th~ fishing cuce~er "tJlt 93" Wa~ ~uppog~d to pick up th~ hnehigh cc~r~n to r~rry it to Nolland. And th~n, th~ "~~a Hora~" int~nd~d--~o say th~ investignc~rs--to 1a~d We~pong for the Christian militi~ in the B~lgian port of Anewerp. S~aman lascelleg, in :~ny ra~e, eruised nff th~ Uutch coaet. Unei1 th~ cret+, brought cloge t~ mutiny by a lack of prnvi~ion$, foce~d him to ca11 at a port. gec~u~s~ of hig c~rgr~, Lage~lles W~g ~fr~id df duteh rugt~ms off icial~--BO it c~ecurr~d ta him td e~ll ~t ~ C~rman frr~ port. And Eaiden Kas the clo$e~t. But th~ genm~n forgat: ev~n in Er~e portg narcneicg gre n~t a~loWed. However, the story Wou1d nnt hav~ been di~rov~red if the c~ptain had not lost hi~ n~rve and tried td get aaay aith approxicnat~ly D~i 10,0~0 froc? the ghip'~ cn~h. Ili~ ~ccnmplice Mear~, who had gdn~ to check on the gtate of things, mnnagc~f to cncch him at the l~~t minute ac the ~mden railrnad sration. L~~celles eould only ~hink of ~he ~xcus~ tha~ h~ wanted to ~ecur~e papers for thp "5ea Horse" in Rotterdam. Then, Mears put him in his car ~nd drov~ aith him to Ilolland. Hoaever, an attentive border policeman found Hears' name on n wnnt~J ligt, thought hig travel aith the ship's captain suspicious and tipped the Ccrman cugtom~. As Lascelles r~~nterrd C~rmany, he vas arrested. 131 FOk (1'rFICIh~ L'S~: O~LY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~Ott d~~fCi11L U5~ aNLY M~~c~, Whd ~i~~, tidfm~ t~ bp d hhai~nx d~fi~e~, W~g dr~e~t~d ~~iy ~~anehr~ lae~r in ~uei~h. ln hi~ b~nk ~~~p d~pd~ie t~dai, ~.h~ pnit~e ~~un~ ~t~~ p~~k~e~ e~ ~ar~ine. tn ttt~ ~~~~flWhil~~ h~ ig ~[1 ~Ug~tlt~y ~.~1 d~1~~b~U~~ ~@f1t~3.fl~ ~tiVe~~~.= gSEi0t1. Un~ii no~r, haw~v~~, ~h~ i~rg~ b~~l~~rg a~ eh~ ha~hi,~h er~d~ rretn~in ~~oe ~r~~. Ail ineprp~l inqui~i~~ ia L~~b~~~n h~v~ r~m~i~~d un~n~Wpr~~i ~r h~v~ Yp~p~Ve(I ~~1y v~r~ insu~~'iei~nt ~n~W~r~. And n~rea~i~ inv~~~iga~c~r~ ~r~ ~~r~~in af ofl~ Ehin~t thr~ ~~mp Eimp ag ~h~ "~~e~ Na~~~,~~ ipa~~ an~ oeh~r ghtp ua~ ~dceyin~ ha~hi~h t~ ~urdp~. fihi~ ini~i~i a~f~r a~ ib ~e~r~ ~f "~tuf~" m~~t~g ~hig con~~~tur~ pl~u~ible. Th~t n~e~n~i~ h~~, haw~ver, n~v~r b~~n di~eov~r~d. ~Ot~YtttGHT: 19~~ 5'~~RN" ~~�dm gurk~y ~a ~'f~~ by l,and ~r~nk~ur~/M~fn ~ttANit~kT~~t ALLGn?t~~N~ i~ G~~n~fl 34 Ndv pp 9=la (Arti~lp: "'Th~e Sedey d� `i"ua T~~~ ~f N~~hi~h. N~~t a Con~.rec~ C~ne~iner Tr~v~lpd on ~~reuoug ~~eh~ C~rrying ~ Lc~~d N~r~o~ie~. ~3ve ~~f~nd~ntg Com~ eo ~ri~l~ (~~xr~ F.A.~. fr~nkfur~, ~3 Nav--Th~ gh~a ahi~h i~ g~ing to unfoid in f~cont of th~ Fourth Criminal Cdur~ aE thr~ Prnvin~i~1 ~oure in Mainz, $tartin~ thi~ ~riday, i~ ~ rrimin~l ~e~n~ri~ With an int~rn~eion~l e~a~t on bo~h ~id~~. Th~ ne~u~~d eome ~e~ Ir~n, 'T~rkey ~nd Cern~ny. 'P'h~ iav~gtiga~i~n df fie~r~ wht~ h.~v~ fn1l~+pd thC cu~e ~nd brou~ht indietmene~, ~r~ Am~rir~n, Dutch ~nd Cerman ~~;~in. 'Ch~ Pub1i~ Prv~eeuedr ine~nd~ to introdue~ pvid~nc~ in Caurt t~ the ~ff~ct th~t bu~in~~~~a~en ti~lbolian ~nd 'Telli, innk~~p~r ~~a, gnd dealar Y~1~a, weli ~g ~kilied ~n~r~v~r tiri~ch ~hum fram Ingolgtadt, took p~r~. in ~ d~~i thrdugh which 2,311 kildgr~mg of h~~high, With ~ b1~ek mark~t va?lu~ of $1.7 milli~n, wer~ intraduc~d illegally into the F~iG in th~ fall of 1~st year, ~nd W~re tr~n~port~d fran Munich through Kobl~n~ to Mainz ah~rp th~y were to be d~liver+~d to the pureha$er, but in facc Were rec~ived by dffieial~ of the Fpdergl Crimin~l Po1ic~ Bur~~u. It i~ rereainly n~ ~imple jdb to d~eliv~r 2 tan~ of ha~hi~h. Th~ job i~ not made ~iaq~ler by che fa~e that ~n~ h~~ 5 tr~ns to ~~e11. Accardin$ r~ ehe acru- gation, thia w~,~ thc problem fucing 35-y~ar-~1d ~ahiv~sh gnlb~liar? from it~ndan~~~ in tr~n in 5eptc~bcr 1977. 'C6 ~olve his problea, h~ Went tn rag~au in th~ ~h~m~g; there he lonk~d far buyerg in ca$h. T1ic U.5. Dr~g EnforcCm~nt Administrntinn (b~Aj in Miami g~t Wind of the m~t~ter. Un~ of thcir ngpnt~, Narold Cene Lierly, tnok up che name of ?ed Lunragt~r ~ad tried tn get tog~th~r vith ~lbolian, aho fs ~~id to h~v~ t~k~n the nnm~ o~ ~achmann. Ne succeeded. ~olbolfan, it is ~epot~ted, eold ~he prospertive eustomer that the hashish waa of L~ban~~e ~rigin ~nd Would b~ ~hippt~! td ~urope by gea. Li~rly sayg he alsa got ~ he~hish samplp frcxG the irnni~n. Lnt~r on, thc id~a rame up of shipping the merchandise by land, and to a Gcrwan d~~~in~tidn. 132 ~oa ~~tcta~. ~�s~ ~a~.Y APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 1 ~ h'tltt ~M'~'t~tAt, U3h ~NLY ~olt~oli~n, Mnw~v~r, e~m~mb~r~ ~fl @ft~~Yp~~? f~~~~pYltl~ ~EOt`~. Aacordi.rt~ ea hf~ v~r~ion, hp a~g e~yi~~ ta m~kp bu~in~~~ ~ann~~~ian~ ~~r ~he puceh~~~ of ~ ~i~~r~ee~~, br~v~r~~~g ~~nd ir@f~i~@r~ear~ Whpn h~ b~~gm~ dequdine@d With ~n i Am~ri~~n Who W~~ inquiri~g ~bou~ 'Peil~, ~ mgn ~uppa~@d Eo d~~l ~n ~ntiqu~ ~f~tu@g. ~n ~xeh~~~~ far ~l~~r~EE~ ~uppii~~ h~, ~olboii~n, had aee~d ~o- b~~r~@~n b@ev~~n th~ Am~riagn ~nd Tpiii in a deal i~ ~hieh ~~000 ~~~eu~~ ~e i,300 Uutch guild~r~ ~~~h w~r~ e~ ~h~ng~ h~nd~. ~h~ l~a~~riean did not v~nt T~ili to knoW Wha eh@ purch~~~r a~~. ~n vi~w o~ thi~, h~, ~~boiiae, had n~goeiaE~d Wieh T@11i; eh~ oeh~r d~f~nd~fleg a~r~ unkao~nt eo him. i ~ ~ Aeeardit~ eo eh~ inv~~~i~~tf~n find~agg, n@goe~~~i~n~ eook pl~a~ no~ only in ' H~~~~u, bu~ ~i~o ifl Minmi. Th~rr~ W~g ~n ~xeh~~~ af ~~al~phon~ numb~r~, ~nd ~lboii~n W~ne b~ek e~ Amgeprd~m whr~r~ h+~ h~d hi~ d~mic~~e~ A1i fur~h~r pr~- , par~eion~ for eh~ d~ni w~r~ eo b~ mad~ by ~~1~phon~. Li~riy, ali~g Lancast~r, i~ r~por~~d ro hav~ ~~~ft ~9~t@tI eo c~m~ eo Aa~~e~rd~ce Wh~re ~ m~~tin~ took plac~ in eh~ "Okura" Hoe~l. Th~ Am+~rie~n, in eh~ m~~nWhi~~, h~d ~~ked for and ~ r@e~iv~d gddi~i~n~1 h~lp: he iaeraduc~d ~~~n~ Gr~~ory Aib~r P~~~ia ~g hi~ ~g~i~e~nc. P~~gie aag ta e~k~ cgr~ of th~ ~hipping ~nd ~gp~ei~iiy of th~ d~liv~~y. Unfortun~t~iy, ~h~ ~e?ount of m~rehandi~~ h~d ~hrunk in ~he m~~n- eim~: ~olboii~n had b~en 8b~~ to procur~ only 2 ton$. A pric~ of $850 p~r kiio~ram i~ ~~id eo hav~ b~~n ~gr~~d on. tn Li~r1y'~ hot~l room th~ n~xt dey, ~an ~gr~~m~nt oa payment condirion8 aas i reached. Th~ mon~y would be l~ft ie a b~nk g~fe after being couneetl by Boiboliae. Then th~ hdghi~h Would be eran~f~rr~d to Mainz. Passic ~tould be th~r~, ~nd aft~r ~v~rythin~ vag eampiet~d to the ~~t3gfactioe of rhe buyer, Bolbolian vould receiv~ the k~y to the g~fe in Amst~rdam. The money vas th~n r~port~dly deposit~d in a safe at th~ Am~terdam-Rotterdam Bank in Amaterdam. Th~n ~olbolian i~.said to h~v~ given ~he DEA agent a deecription of the ahip- pin~ cont~in~r in ti+hieh th~ hashigh had be~n brought from Ztirkey into Germany by land. This container aas a concret~ ~ilo, abdut 4 metera in length and 2 meters in diameter. It vas placed in a wooden crate, the cover of Which could be un- , screapd. in thae mc?nner, one h~d access ra the inside of the giio ahere the m~rch~ndise had be~n p1a~~d. Thc S-ton concr~t~ ~ilo is rppnrced to have been bought late in the summer of la~r y~ar by a Turk n~sapd Dobra~yan and by,35-y~ar-old Nevzat Te11i from B~kir in 'Curkey, from a Munieh ~utamobile dealer for the price of DM 1,000. An ndditionnl DiN 400 W~~ pa~id by the buyers for gom~ alteration~. They are reportpd to have then obtained the apprdpriat~ wood~n crate With a removable 1id from n Munich carp~ntry shop. 'Chen, ~ eempany wag entru~ted aith th~ packaging. The Whole thin$ aas loaded on a car of the Cerman Federal Rail~n~dg ~nd l~ft ;tunich on 15 October 1977 accompanicd by a bill oE lading for Konya, Turkey. Reportedly at Dobrasyan's suggegtion, the content of the crate was declared to be a steam machine. Th~ railroad car nrrived in Konya. Prom there, hoaever, it came back accom- ~ panicd by u n~+ Turkigh bill nf lading, supposedly because of an embargo on 133 FOa OF~:Ci~~. L':+~ 0~'LY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~~k ~~~~Ci11L U~~ C~NLY impo~e~. On i~ hctdbe~ it w~~ it~ Muni~ti ngdin, in ~h~ yard o� eh~ catnpt~ny uhich h~d t~k~e~ e~e~ nf eh~ p~~1t~~,ing. Mr~~nwhii~, h~w~v~r, 2.3 ~an~ of h~~hi~h a~r~ tn~id~ eh~ ~i1d, in ~m~11 claeh b~~~ b~~rin~ ~h~ indie~ei~n Kony~. Th~ eov~r,~ w~r~ h~rm~ei~~iiy ~p~i~d, th~ rem~v~bi~ ii~d w~~ ~cr~w~d d:~, ~c~?jerdi~ took p1~~~ ~hrough eh@ ~rone w~ii whi~h for ehi~ purp~~e had b~~n d~~i~ned to b~ r~mov~b~~. A w~i~ht ~~ner~i h~d ~i~h~r n~e e~kett pl~~~ ~r it had b~~n fr~udui~ne. Th~ r~r~e ir~ eh~ ~~~ry of ~h~ ~hipping throU~h ~~rmgny ~fe~r ~h@ er~t~ h~d bp~n r~l~~~~d ~rc~m eh~ Muni~h e~mp~ny �or UM ~,OOa. S~v~r~i ~ompani~~ were inter- pol~e~d W hc~ r~pdrt~dly gaid ~h~t ehi~ w~~ ~~hipm~nt af ~~ni~nt ~~rth for ~n~~~nd. Th~n, eh~ g~~nm m~ehin~ bee~m~ ~~an~r~e~e mixer whi~h h~d td be piek@d up in Munieh. Th~en, eh~ eru~k~ h~ppen~d ed bp edn ~ma11, or th~ir eongeruceion in~ppr~pri~te ed r~rry rh~ mnnge~r. ' Anyhow, on 25 d~eob~r, th~ ~r~t~ wag i~ Kobl~nx. in Amgt~rdam, ~h~ maod improv~d eon~id~r~bly. Bue ditficulei~g did n~e ~nd eher~. Se~r~h beg~n in Kob~en~ fdr ~ v~hiel~ for th~ ghippin~ Cd M~inz~ ~inally, ~n ~7 bceab~r, thp ~rat~ lpft K~bl~nz ~thine pdrt ~nd ~rrived in M~inz ~e ~bdut ~100 hours when ~~ggi~ ~nd dffi~i~l~ df ~h~ ~edpr~i Crimin~l P~1i~~ gure~~u r~ceiv~d the freight in ehe ydrd af eh~ ~hipping c~mp~ny. All ehis time, Duteh pt~li~e dff i~i~l~ had watch~d the ee~ephone line of ~vlboli~n's then Ei~nce~, now his wif~, in Amst~rd~m; as ~ result, ir is re- pare~d th~e ~viden~e h~g been obtain~d ehaC 'Te11i ~nd Balbdli~n w~re in con- geanC contgrt wieh ~~ch oCher during the preparaCion ~nd the dev~lopment of th~ den~. Addr~~geg und telephone numb~rs found on them at the time of their arregt ~rp r~ported to h~vp supplied further inform~tion an ehe individuals involved. One Cerman ~aid rv hnve been involved in orgunizing the ghipm~nt eo Cermeny hag fl~d. COPYRIGHT: ~.A.z. GmbH, ~rankfurt ~m Main 1978 ~ 9294 C50: 5300 134 cOR 0'rF:CI~t. L'S~ n\LY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ i WEST GE1t~tANY ~ ; I i i , HERAIN DBALER 3~NT~NC~U ~0 10-Y~AIt 'T~itM ~ ` ~ Munich SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG in Garman 15 Nov 78 p 13 t , (Text~ The Turkish sal~gman MehmeC Sarac (49) hoped to mak~ a profie of ~ DM 100,000 from the s~l~ of 2 kilos of heroin which he says he brought ~ back with him from ~ulgaria to Munich in June on behalf of an unknown j peraian. Unfortunaeely the~receiver turned outi to be the commisaioner of ~ the Bavarian Criminal Division (LKA). Becauge Chis was the largest amount ~ of heroin to hnve surfttced in Buvaria up until now, the l7th Criminal Court i of the Munich County Court I sentenced Sarac to the maximum sentence of 10 f years for illegal drug traff3cking. ~ The elegantly tailored suit which the accused from Stadelheim wore in court ~ gave him the flair of a well-situated businessman of international style. ~ He did noC deny the chargea--possibly because this would be uselesa, con- i sidering the evidence. ~ According to him, he hgd transporCed the drug from Sofia for a Persian. ' That did not appear very credible to the court, but it could not be re- futed--since it could not be proven. When he arrived in Munich with the "stuff," the LKA had already received a tip. A commissioner came forward ; as an apparent buyer and met with Sarac at noon on 19 June at Kaiser Lud- wi~ Place. Sarac was to hand over to him exactly 2 kilos of stuff with 85 percent purity for DM 160,000. The accused could of course no longer poc- ket the hoped for profit since he was arrested during the close of the transaction. ' Stuff ror 120,000 Shots The court calculaCed that the amount of the drug confiscated in the take could c~.nsil.y be cii?utecl Co double because of its excellent quality and would be suffi- cient for 1.20,000 "st~oes." The maximum sentence was therefore imposed, with Ci~ief Justice Josef Peter 5toschek indicating that in view of the quantity and the dan~erousness aE lieroin, IO years was actually too few. The accused could r.rnmt himself lucky that he did not have to answer for the crime in his native country, where he would have been threatened with a life sentence if not with the death penalty. The court would have been able to pronounce a lesser sen- tence, if the accused had named his accomplices, but he did not do so. 135 8537 CSO: 5300 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000100014419-9 ~ WEST G~RMANY BItI~F5 - COCAINE DEALi:R ARR~ST~D--This weekend invesCigators from the Bavarian crim- inal d~.visi~n confisca~ed around 200 grama of cocaine with a street value of approximately DM 100,000 and arresCed the seller, Hans Dieter B. (26) and t~e potenCi~l buyer Harald St. (24). The 26-year-old has been known to the police for yearg a~ a~narcotics dealer. He had worked as a re- Cailer, offering what was in demand aC the moment, from hash Co LSD. During Che past few weeks he had been looking in a discotheque in the train station area for a buyer for cocaine, which supposedly had ~ust been flown in from Boliv3a. He was followed for several days and �inally ar- ' resCed in front of a dep~remenC store in Swabing as he was trying to pass the package with the drug to the prospective buyer, Harald St. Cocaine was . last confiscated in Munich 2 years ago. At that time it was a question of 1.5 kilos, worth about a million marks. As Konrad Beer, chief of the crim- inal counseZ of the Land criminal division, explained, it is currently dif- ficult to sell cocaine in Munich. There is little interest in the South American drug. [Text] (Munich SUEDDEUTSCH~ 2EITUNG in German 14 Nov 78 p 11] 8531 CSO: 5300 END � 136 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000100010019-9