JPRS ID: 8278 TRANSLATIONS ON NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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TItAN5LA'CIUNS ON NARCOTICS AND DANC~ROUS URUC5 (FOUO. 7/79) b,
7, Auth~+r(rl 8~ Her(orming (hganitatiun Itept,
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16. rlhtitr,~tts
The serial report consists of translations from the world press and radio
relating to law, law enforcement, illicit traffic and personalities concerned
with narcotics and dangerous drugs.
17. I~cy uorJs and Uocument Analysis. 17a. Desctiptors
Narcotics ~
Drug Addiction
Law (Jurisprudence)
Law Enforcement
176. (dcntifiers/Opcn-Ended len*.'s
Dangerous Drugs
- Drug Control
Drug Traffic
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- (~'exe~ Nar~aei~~ Su~preggion polic~ ye~terd8y ~rr~gted ~ m~n whi~e he
_ wa~ nn hi~ w~y tn d~liver 7(1d ~ramm~g of Na. 4 fir~e ~r~d~ herdin td ~u~a
tomerg in ~~ph~n Kw~i.
~1 police te~~m laid in waiting ~fter b~inp infdrm~d th~t ~ drug pusher wi11
d~liver herdin td clientg ~t ~ rendezvous ne~r ehe 5~phan Kwni int~r~e~tidn.
11t about 1 p.m., thpy gpntt~d Chok~~h~i it~tC~nnburi as he ~rrived the
~cene carrying n pnp~r b~g ~nd nctinp in ~ gugpieioug m~nner. ~d1iCe th~n
~h~ked fc~r ~~~arch ~nd Eaund thp dru~g pnck~d itt twd ~l~~tic b~gs.
Hc w~s dctnined Eor furrher que~rioning $t th~ Crim~ Suppression Uivisinn.
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'I'ilA 1 I~ANU
HAEt Ntl5'C~5~ N~LU IN t1~RdIN 5~Y~UEt~
Unngknk iIANGKdK Ytl5'~ in L'ngli~h ~6 J~n 79 p 1~K
~`~ext] A rp~id~nt nf M~~ S~i C~i~triet, Chi~n~ R~i pravin~~, ~ttd ~~hiang
M~i b~n c~~~e~gg w~re ~rr~gt~d ye~t~rd~y mdrning ~t ehe 5~ldkb~rt ~heckp~inC
' ,~[t~r ~d1ic~ digcdvered 4~~ kiing df Nn~ 4 h~r~in hidd~n in ~ ge~ret r.omp~rt-
ment in their car.
Crime 5uppr~gsidn bivisinn palie~e ~rr~~C~d Ar~~ Snm~kth~i gnd Mrs M~ $ukh~m -
~t the ch~ckp~fnt dn the rngd frnm Mn~ S~i to B~npkdk gfC~r receivin~ a
tih-~fC Erbn~ an i~fo~mant that the dru~ would be p~sging th~t way.
- Ar~e tb1cl pd1~Cp thgt h~ was hired tor 10,000 baht en deliv~r eh~ drugs to
~n unid~neifi~d m~n ~t a gasoline ~e~eion in R~n~giL gr~~. How~ver, poli~~
- found no-one ne rh~ rend~zvoug pnint.
~trg ?i~ deni~d knowledge of ehe h~roin, cl~iming ~h~ ~ns only taking ~ rid~
~ith Aree en route tc~ $~ngknk to vi~it her gis~er.
police, checking all cars passing Chrough Salokbart, found the heroin
pack~d in 14 plnstic ba~s hidden in a apecial compartm~nt under the gasoline
tank in the car.
Bnth su~pect~ wer~ brought to B~ngkok and det~ined at Crime Suppressic~n
nivi~ion fdr further ques~ioning.
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t'~OPLt,' S`I'LMpLL KOL~ IN lldLIVIA-~t~117IL-GUYANA CnNNC~'~ION 5TUUICU -
Itid de Janeird t~U1NCliCT~ in Ynrtugue~~ G J~n 7~ pp 10~-~1C1~
('1'E~xt~ '1'h~ he~d hf thE~ t'edpl~'g Temple ae~t wh~ w~g reghon~ibl~ �dr eh~e m~�-
, y.1CYC in Guydn~ may ~l;~a h~ve be~n ri m~~nr, influenti~l intern~~idn~1 COC:tltle
tr~hffir..ker. nru~s mxy poggibly h~v~ pr~vided him with mu~h d~ hi~ endrmoug
wf~~~ith and the tot~~l ~nntrnl df hi~ f.alldwer$. Thi~ inf~rm~eion is cant~ined
fn a repnrt (which is still confidenti~l) of the Ilr~zili~n ~ederal rolicc who
~re r.tirrently whrkin~ on the c~se in c~ep~r~tidn with the U.5, bru~ ~nforr.e-
ment Administr~~tion feder~~1 dep~rtment fnr combxting drugg).
t.vents isappcned quiekly 2 week~ a~c~, when eti~ Iir~zilian ~~d~rai r~~.ic~ dis- -
cdverc~d the 1~nr~e qu~ntity dF smupgled enc~~ine ever s~ir.ed nn natidn~l terri-
tnry. ~tirrivin~; from Uolivia. 'Chere wer~ 17 kila~rams df ehe drug Cnnce~led
in 13 p~t~ka~es and v~lued ~t 60 mitlion cr~zeirds. In the ~~er~tion, the
~fficers ~anCured 12 tra�fi~kers ~s~nri~ted with th~ ~olivi~-5ao ~,~uln-Hrnxil-
Guy~~na "connE~r.tic~n." tn ttieir depositions, twc, tr~f.fiCkers admi~eted thnt 1n
= kilb~r.~ms ~f' thr ~uc~~ine were enr~ute to "Reverend" .tim Jan~g. Those lU ki-
lograms of thc drug were .~~tually part of a ghipmene ~nnsi~ting of 25 kild-
~rams. 1lccordin~ to tlie ~ederal I'olice, the 1d kilograms senC to Jones were -
delivered on the basis of a"contract" signed by the leader of the People's
Temple with internation~~l traffickers. The connections date back 2 or 3
monthq~ when the 25 kilo~;r~ym~ c~f drugs prob~tbly 1efC Sant~ Cruz de la Sierra.
i~~ (3olivi:~~ the world's l~rpest producer of cocairie. 'The he~d di the S~d
!'.~~~lo Pdlice 11a1dq~~arterg for Comb~ting llrug~, Arthur Curbott~ ~ilho, ~t~ted:
tl�t he "had conclusivr documentation to the effeCt that the cocain~ rr~ffic
hetwetn Bnlivia and Guyan~ has be~n going on frequently for some time."
'I'he People's Temple
~~monF; the 12 ~raEficker~ who wcre ~rrested in the operf~tion. there ~re six
i~r~~zi tians, two I'ortup,uese ~nd twa $olivi~~ns, one of them a wcman. The Sao
P.hulo ~eder~l I'dlice chieE, ~r~ncisco Cnrlos Garisto, claims ~hat ~ Bolivian
w}~om he called "X" had confessed to smuAQlin~ cocaine to Guyan~. 'Lhe Bra-
yili:~n ~ederal Police contacted their Guyan~~ counterparts, aho conEirmed the
exist~nce o.E a criminal record on the individual called "X" Who had been ar-
rrst~~d in 19~3 for brin~ing cocaine into CuyanA. Irhen he had scrved his
~;enr.~nr.e, chc amup,~ler wns released. Police Chief Garisto adds: "AEter
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thiH ~nmmuni~ntlnn, w~ nrrnngrd fnt; nnnth~r int~i~rdgnti.dn di thng~ in Cug-
tndy, d~nling m~inly wieh ~~ynnr~. `I'wo 13o1ivi~ng whn werp und~r nrr~gt s~nt
th~ dru~~ tn th~e cnuntry 5 y~~rg ggd, uging twc~ NorCh Americ~n ~pn~~~. `~he
Eirgt ~~n~~ dipd ~ y~ar ~gn, nnd the other ig in ,j~i1 in th~ ~Ct~tp d� Cdn-
nccticut Edr er~f�icking in ~aCain~ epne to Guyan~. Thu~, thp t~~eimony
pninted increaetttgly to J~m~~ ?Ton~~t. And th~t indicttCidn incr~n~~d wt~~n iC
w~~ cli~rc~v~red thnt th~ indivi.dut~l e~l.l~~i ~'X" ha~d h~~n ~~armer ~dllawer df
Jim'y whd r~Cruit~d ~'bplievpxg" ~~x thp ~~op1~~~ 7'~mpl~ in pl~c~g vig~e~d
by p~nple with eroubled 1iv~~ gnd ~tithout r~~nurr.ps, whn ~ou1d bp r~~dily
tnk~n in by promig~g oE hnppic~ege. Gari~td ggid: "In my epinion, rno~C df -
thc fnll~w~r~ nP th~ Ppnp1~'~ '~emple Wexp ~ddiceg dr ,formpr gddiGts df Cd-
c~in~ and nther drug~. In Jonpstown~, thp ~reverend' guarant~~d them an
~~bundnnt gupply nf dru~~, ,~~r ~rom th~ vig~lance di the authnriCie~."
A nr~nch in nr~xil
It ig th~ npinidn of Chie~ ArChur C~rbdn~ t~ilhn th~t, "~'he purpog~ nf J.~me~
.tone~' arriv~l in B~rnzil in 1g69, wh~n t~~ r~gid~d in g~1d Horizonee, w~~
prob~bly to est~blish the connpct~.ong fc~r ~uppliea of Bolivi~n cnCain~ tn
thC i~~opte's Temple. rioliviu, with its 2,Ub0 kilom~t~rg of bord~r with Iiru~-
zi.l, h~3 ~n ~dvnne~~co~s cdc~ine route, the large~t in thp world. Of th~
~5 kiln~r~ms coC~ine which le.ft Bolivia, w~ do ndt yeC know th~ d~sCin~~-
t[nn dC ti kilogrnmg," continued Chie� Cnrbon~; ~ddin~: "They may be on na~
tion~y: territnry, but they could algo hav~ gon~ tn Guyan~."
Ci~ief C~rbone endcd hi~ interview w~.th some shocking information. N~ said:
"'Cherc is in rir~zil a sccret religioug s~~t oP North American origin, si-
milnr tc~ the Pedple'~ T~mple. This ~ect hdlds frequent meetingg gt which
th~se inieir~t~d are 'cleanged.' The traf~icking and consumpeion of drugs
~re ~unc~aled behind g my~Cical b~ckground th~t promises love, peac~ and =
brotherhond. At their meetirigs, the initiated members are required to drink =
~ te~ made of 'ausca," an herb ~rom the Amazon Region Which causes halluci-
nogenic reactions similar to those from LSD. The Brazilian and United St~tes
police have already discovered the first clues to that sect. And we shall
suon be able to publicize the results of our investigations."
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BIt2C~'S
DE2UC '1'RA~'I~'ICKC~t Altltr5'~~U--nru~ rruffiCk~r Adt~u~o I'edro Teix~irn was ~rregt~eci
y~gt~rdtty morning upon l~nving ehe ferry ne ~nt�tn prima~~~rt~ on ehe pc~rnnu
_ Rivcr. t'~1ice �ound 25 kilograms oE mar~.hu~ci~ ~nd 505 ~r~m~ of ~~G~in~e in
hi~ c~r. 'The drugs h~d been hou~hl- in ~he l~nr~gugy~n ciey of I'edra Ju~n
C~ball~ern Eor ggle in S~n pau;lo ~nd ttio d~ Jgn~ir~. [S~o pttul~ 0~STAlld t7I:
- SAO PAULO in ~'ortuguege 1~eb 7y p~2 pYJ
MAItIl1UANA I'1~WTA'CION ntSCbVCit~U--Vitariu--A plnntgtion wieh 30U pl~nes of
m~~rihu~nnn w~y di~cdver~d tod~ty in th~ vill~g~ t~f Bn~ ~gperanzg, municip~l-
ity dE C~chc~eir~ do Itapr.mirfm, ~spirieu Santo sente. 7'he nwners nf th~
plant~tion, sons of a Craditional family of tlie region, were arrested by ttrc
military pn11C~. '~he soldier~ uprooe~d a11 Ch~ m~rihunnt~ pl~nes. ~~'orto
Al~gre It~dic~ Gu~iU~ in Portuguege 0200 GMT 3 F~b 79 pY]
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M~X~CU ~
~~5ULT5 0~ 197~ b1tUG5 CAMI'AIGN SUMMACtIZLll
P~J,Configcateg Marihuanu
M~xicc~ City ~L SnL UB MLXIC~b in Spanigh 29 I~r 78 p B-A
ITexti~ I~ g rpsult nf tih~ nnnCinuing cgmpaign againgC drug tirgfficking
eh~ t~~deral Judicial polic~ IpI~JI g~i~ed 567 eong nf mari.huana during 1g7~.
The estiraated pric~ of the drug un eh~ b1~Ck m~rk~e ig abnue 3 billion pesns.
~'I UcpuCy Aetorney G~nernl Albn I.eyva reported thar th~ planeing and harv~geing
of mnrihuanu drnpped ~hig ycar by 85 percent. -
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lte ~~serCpd thgC ehe guccesg of this ca~mpnign agninsr drug ernfficking ig
such th~t ehe p~rcentnge of lnnd devoted to Che growing of th~ drug ig
v~ry loW. 2ti~ regional coordinatora of the fatming zones and the co~wnders
~ of the PJ~ participated in this ctunpaign.
!i~ r~:porCed th~t u strdng battle aas waged ggaingC the drug traffickerg,
- especially in Sinalna, however, they hgve turned tdaard Oaxaca, Guerrero,
Puebla, Veracruz and Queretaro.where the drug had never before been grown. _
Morc rhan 80 helicnpeers and light planeg of the aiz section of thp attorney '
general'g office continue flying over the areas where the marihuang fi~ldg
- aere destroyed.
Thc group degtroyed 3U0 million pl~nts ns a~ll as dryfng sheds from Which
equipment Wag geir.ed for packing the Weed into 'brfcka" for sale gnd use,
especially in the United Stgtes. -
t?pium, lleroin, Morphine 5~izures
Mexico CiCy ~L SdL bL MEXICO in Spnnish 3d bea 78 p 7-A
~Article by Juse Vilchis~
~'faxt~ 1t~e P~dernl Judirial Police ~E'Ji~~ h~s sCized drugs, dismantled
hernin proceBSing laboratories, geized hand guns und ahoulder weapons and
land, oir and mr~ritime carrierg, destrnyed poppy and marihuana fields and
arregted thousands of drug traffickers.
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'I'hu prtc~ ul' dru};~3 wu~? ~uciyc~rvuL�ivcly eyL�im~rnd aL� ~ billi~n pesoc~, in
~idcll ~ic~n l,o ~11 Gli~t~ rCmatl.tt~il a~ tl~a digpogul a~ Ch~ t'ederul ~'ublic
Mini~L�ry ~M1'U~ .
Liknwiye, in ~allyin~ up ~tic nCCion~ ~g~ing~ drug Cru~~icking ~nd org~nized
crim~, GCn Itnu1 Mendiolca Cerecero, comm~nder of Che pJF, rQpnrt~d ChnC 382
gun~y ~f Jru~ ~r~ffickera w~rc broken up thi~ y~~r.
'1'he roliC~ cliie~ emph~si~~d ~t~at during 19~8, 16~ lcildgr~ms n~ dpium wcre
con~iyc~~ed, 3 of mdrphine, 16~ nf- herdin, 12~ n~ p~ppy se~d, 2~,445,~Z9 -
iCemg ut psychoernpiC drugs (tnxic Cablees, L5U ~nd eo fdrCti)r ~s we11 ~s _
- ~3 kilogr~ms of peyot~.
Mendiolc~ C~rec~ro gC~tCed CIi~C 34 1~bdrahories wtiere h~rnin wAS processed
were dism~ntLed ~nd 756 yhdulder wcapons, 850 h~nd gung and 68,337 carrrid~~s
w~r~ seiz~d Lrom Che urrc~eed.
A1so placed ae Cl~e diypds~l nf tihe MPF wer~ 187 l~nd vehicl~s (~urog, truclcs,
_ trailer~ ~nd so Eortli), 21 ~ir c~rriers, espsci~lly Ce~sna lighC tilanes, ~nd
- a bo~t wliich w~s inC~rG~pted on ehe C~ribbean cu~gt o~ M~xiCO ldaded wiCh -
m~ritiuuna ~nd oClter drugs, coming from SouCh America and bound ~or ttte -
United SCuCes where Che c~rgo w.~s eo be disCribueed ~o members oE an intier-
- naeionsl g~~ng. Members of Che YJI~' ~nd ehe Mexican N~vy par,eicip~eed.
A1sd, ~y p~rt oF the campaign aguinst drug er~fFicking, Che experCs and
_ piloes of ehc air sec~ion of el~e office of Che aetorney gener~l destroyed
- 25,644 pnhpy tields c~vering 1,933 heceares. 5imilarly, 9,94$ marihuana
fields covcring 514 hecCares were destroyed. Chemical defoliants were used
for Chis purpnse L~se yc:ar.
Crom the gangs of traFfickers that were broken up--382 in all--5,570 Mexicans
were urresCed who were involved in Chese crimes against public health as
well as 214 foreigners of Britisl~, Canadian, United StaCes, Colombian,
1 Yeruvi~ln nnd Lcu~dorian nationalities.
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- M~XICO
5ICILIA~5 N~NCfIMAN ~OUND tWNGED IN HIS CLLL
Mexico City LL 50L DE MEXI00 3.n Spanish 20 Dec 78 p 12-A
IText~ The Cubnn Jnse Egogi Ve~ar, member of the international gang of
drug traffickers Co which Alberto Sicilia Falcon belonged, was found dead
in his cell aC the Sunta MarCha Acaeitla prison.
~gosi Vejar enCere@ the prison on 19 June 1977 for public~health crimes,
specifically drug tra~ficking, accarding Co file No 20/3688/78, of which
Victor Manuel Camara is the cusCodian. ~
- Dr Os~car Fernandez, the Federal District Penintentiary doctor, was of the
opinion thaC death was due Co anoxia (asphyxia) and Che body showed signs
of nosebleed and cyanosis aC the fronC oF the neck. -
Cgosi Vejar's body was found yesterday morning hung by a sheet from a
crossbar and everything pointed to suicide but the initial investigations ~
by the Judicial Police IPJ~ indicate that he was killed by members of the
drug trafficking gang.
Egosi Vejar was always considered Sicilia Falcon's right arm. He was onE
of those who managed to escape from the old Lecumberri jail th'rougH a
tunnel, together with Sicilia Falcon and Carlos Suali Bravo--the laCCer "
srill aC large--in 1976. -
The guards said that the bod,y was hanging by a white sheet and that t~o ~
all appearances he had co~iCted suicide. ~
The theory held up to yesterday by the chiefs of ~several police organizations ~
was Chat the gang that controlled the prison strangled him to death.. ~
According to~the police it was proven that Egosi Vejar maintained strong -
eies with international drug traffickers even in prison from where tie
succecded in communicating wi.th them.
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