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24 April 1980
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- NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFOUO 18/80)
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24 April 1980
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
_ (FOUO 18/80)
CONTENTS
ASIA
BURMA -
Drug Seizures in Rangoon Reported ~
(THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 7 Apr 80) 1
Briefs -
Heroin Seizure in Thaketa 2 -
_ HONG KONG -
Briefs _
Drug Smuggler Deported 3
INDONF.S IA
Two Arrests Made in Heroin Transaction
(Various sources, 15, 21 Jan $0) 4 =
Arrests With Help of U.S. Agent
Case Brought To Trial
JAPAN
Briefs
Drug S~ruggling Ring g
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Big Charas Haul 9
- Opium, Charas Seizure 9 ~
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CONTENTS (Continued)
_ PHILIPPINES _
Briefs
Marihuana Ring Arrested �10 _
THAILAND _
French Girl Gets YS-Year Jail Term
(BANGKOK POST, 8 Mar 80) 11
Australiar., Canadian Arrested With Woman on DrL;g Charge
(BANC.KOK POST, 15 Mar 80) 12
Frenchman, Four Thais Arrested for Possession
(BANGKOK POST, 15 Mar 80) 13
- Briefs
Heroin at Airport 14
EAST EUROPE :
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Briefs � _
_ Drug Addict Arrested 15 '
- YUGOSLAVIA ~
Ariefs
Opium Smuggler's Detention 16 _
Heroin Smuggling 16
Drug Peddler's Arrest 16
LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL .
Teachers Trained To Assist in New Antidrug Campaign
(Renato Lombardi; 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 16 Mar 80). 17
Gangs in Amazon Region Trade Animal Pelts for Cocaine
(0 GLOBO, 20 Mar 80) 20
Accused Charged tJith Selling Cocaine to Children in Rio
- (0 GLOBO, 11 Mar 80) 21
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~ COLOMBIA
Antidrug Treaty Signed With Honduras
~EL ESPECTADOR, 8 Mar 80) 23
- Attorney General: We Are Alone in Drug War
- ~EL SIGLO, 14 Feb 8Q) 25 -
. Marihuana Found in Dominican Bible Shipment -
(EL ESPECTADOR, 21 Feb 80) 28 _
Cocaine, Marihuana Plantations Destroved
(EL ESPECTADOR, 18 Feb 80) 30 _
Briefs
Plane Shot Down 32
Marihuana Seizure g2 -
MEXICO
Members of Heroin Trafficking Ring Apprehended
- (EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS, 20, 21 Mar 80) 33
Supplier Caught
- Carreno Rodriguez Confesse.s
~ao Heroin Traffickers Sentenced, Others Acquitted -
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 21 Mar 80) 35 ~
_ New Air Detection System for Drug Plantations Described ~
(EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS, 17 Mar 80) 36
Briefs
Clandestine Laboratory Seized 37
Five Traffickers Acquitt~ed 37
Jailers Sentenced as Accomplices 38 -
' Traffickers Shoot at Helicopter 38 ~
Chi~ean Caught With Heroin 38
- PANAMA
Briefs '
Arrest o~ Drug Trafficker 39
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_ CONTENTS (Continued)
- PERU
Briefs
AntidYug Operation 40
Coca Leaves 40
- Drug Trafficker's Arrest 40 _
VENEZUELA
Three Mandrax Traffickers Arrested
(EL UNIVEP.SAL, 2 Mar 8~) 41
Opium Trafficker Arrested, ~ao Kilos Seized
(EL UNIVERSAL, 2 Mar 80) 43 _
Briefs
Gang Arrested With Cocaine 45
NEAR EAST Ar?D NORTH AFRICA
AFGHANISTAN
Briefs
Opium Seizure 46
' IRAN
Briefs -
Opium Seizure 47
_ Drugs, Weapons Seized 47
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA _ -
_ SOUTH AFRICA
- Briefs
~ Dagga Destruction Campaign 48
Dagga Sales to Servicemen 48
~ WEST EUROPE
AUSTRIA
Briefs
- Heroin Smuggler Arrested 49
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CONTENTS (Continued)
BELGIUM
Problem of 'Belgian Connection' Discussed
(POURQUOI PAS?, 31 Jan 80) 50
~ DENM.ARK
Police Arrest Iranians, Indian for P.eceiving Heroin in Mail
(Dan Axel; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 24 ~'eb 80) 60
FR.ANCE
Clandestine Drug Laboratories Situat'ion Updated -
(James-Lucien Meteye; LE FIGARQ, 10 Mar 80) 61
Briefs
Heroin Seized 64 -
ITALY -
Police on Trail of Morocco-Sicily Drug Trafficking Ring
- (Saro Agliano; L'ORA, 29 Feb 80) 65
Drug Traffickers Arrested, Sentenced in Sicily
(Ninni Ravazza; GIORNALE DI SICILIA, 9 Feb 80) (7
Drug Traffickers Shed Light on Disappearance of Reporter
(GIORNALE DI SICILIA, 9 Feb 80) 68
Police Smash Drug Trafficking Ring Headquartered in Palermo -
(GIORNALE DI SICILIA, 8 Mar 80) 71
Drug Trafficking Ring Broken in Palermo
(GIORNALE DI SICILIA, 9 Feb 80) 74
Fasano Seen as Illicit Drug Center in South
(Franco Russo; GAZZETTA DEL MEZZOGIORrIO, 9 Feb 80) . 76
Sf~EDEN
- Customs Authorities Seize Kilogram of Heroin in Mails =
' (Leif Dahlin; DAGENS NYHETER, 6 Mar 80) 78
Social Affairs Minister Karin Soder Asks Police for
~ Crackdown
(Sophie Petzell; SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 3 Mar 80) 80
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a ^.onsurner Agency Asks Court To Ban Narcotics Ads
(Willy Silberstein; SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 12 Mar $0) 83
Pr.isons Look to Voluntary Programs To Stop Drug Use
(DAGENS NYHETER, 10 Mar 80) 85
Prisons Still Plagued With Narcotics Smuggling _
(DAGENS IVYHETER, 2 Mar 80) 89
UNITED KINGDOM -
Briefs
, Huge Cannabis Seizure 92
Drugs Washed Ashore 92
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BURMA
DRUG SEIZURES IN RANGOON REPORTID
_ Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 7 Apr 80 p 4
[ T ex t] j~NGOON~ i Apr-A (24) of 6th Street, AFPFL
criane prevention equad Quarter; a bottle of heroin
led by Station Offecer U i: am Ca�eim olias Aung
Kaa.Myint o~the Rat~oori Gyi (ZS) of !`;o ioo, 3oth
~ Diviaioa Peopk'e Police Street; atid a bottl'e� of
~o;ce,seize~ nine p4c~tota heroin , from Maung
of heroin 4rom ~Kyaw ~$ein Msus~' atutt Psul af No
(u of U Lugale $tceet~ S6, 3oth, Street on Little
Ahlotu 'I`~vno h"~p,~,. at Sisters Read on 30 ~March.
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ban. Roul yato~day. � men,polace ar~ceted Yuin
Police are tating action olras 9oflny (a~) ofTaung-
again~t Kyew Sein w~der gyi who ~ was putting up
_ ~ectione.6(b , to(b~~ iili.4 at Na 3z4, Thara~hi
(d) of the ~$~coYic Beugs �treet,�8th Ward, Insein.
Law. The foUr men adn:itteci
- 3tation O~icer U Kan that they ~bought the
Myint and p~rty seiud hCroiA ~rom �Yasin.
three p~cketa of .heroin '~I'he p~Hce are taking
_ ~ from Sithu (24) of , No action againsc th.e five men
zzz, Paitisodan;~,a bottle of including Yasin, under
heroin end ~ four packets Sectiono 6(~h~ ~o(b), x~i/i� `
of heroin from Maung '(d) of .tbe ~Narcotic Druge
Maung alias Saw Naung Law.-(H) ~
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BURMA
BRIEFS
IiEROIN SEIZURE IN THAKETA--A crime prevention squad from the Rangoon Div-
ision People's Police Force seized six penicillin vials containing hzroin
with a street v31ue of K500 each in the house of one riaung Nyunt Oo (29) -
at No 23, Manpyay 2nd Lane, Thaketa yesterday evening.~ Ma San San Myint -
_ (29) and Ma Than Than Nu (28) of Anaukkyaung Street in Lailem, Shan State,
_ who were found in Maung Nyunt Oo's house were arrested by the police for -
- alleged involvement in drug traff~cking. Police are taking action. [Text]
_ [Itangoon THE jdORKING PEOPLE~S DAILY in English 30 Mar 80 p 8]
CSO: 5300
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HONG KONG
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- BRIEFS
~ DRUG SMUGGLER DEPORTED--Hong Kong 12 Apr--Hong Kong authurities Saturday
- deported a Japanese man who had smuggled heroin intu Hong Kong in iate
March, the Japanese consulate general was notified the same day. The
- autho~ities said Akira Mochizuki, 30, of Tokyo, had brought in about 23 ~
grams of heroin with a street value of yen 2.5 million on 31 March. [Text)
[OW131935 Tokyo KYODO in English 0731 GMT 12 Apr 80 OW]
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INDONESIA
= TWO ARRESTS MADE IN HEROIN TRANSACTION =
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- Arrests With Help of U,S. Agent -
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 15 Jan 80 pp 1, 16
[Excerpts] T.he case of the esc3pe of a narcotics trafficker from the
= hands of the police has not yet been resolved, a SINAR HARAPAN source
- has said.
_ The commander of the Narcotics Reseazch Unit at Police Headquarters, Police
- Colonel Suharjono, in answering questions from "SH" on Monday [14 Januar,y]~, _
~ stated that "the escape of this prisoner seems due to police carelessness."
- As is known, a special unit of the Narcotics Research Unit at Police
_ Headquarters in Jakarta succeeded on 1 June 1979 in capturing two narcotics
_ trufCickers in Room 841 of Hotel Sari Pacific in Jakarta. On that day~ the ~
= tw~ narcotics traffickers who were posing as agents, respectively Lm, Tg. Pw.
alias A. Pw. (46 years old), a citizen of Singapore, and Srr. Srph. alias
A. N. G, (54 years old), a Thai citizen, were completing a narcotics trans-
- action with a white man. As the two narcotics traffickers displayed one
_ kilogram of narcotics, and the white man produced $42,000 in money, the
police immediately arrested them.
The two foreigners were staying at the Hotel City Glodok. Upon a search of
their Room 351, police were able to find about one additional kilogram of
- narcotics. _
An "SH" source stated that the white man who was disguised as the buyer was
~ an agent of the Drug Enforcement Agency of the United States, which was
cooperating with Indonesian Narcotics Research. From the results of the
initial examination, it turned out that the two foreigners often came to
~ Indonesia in the course of :~arcotics trafficking.
The two prisoners were examined intensi~~ely at the Narcotics Research Unit
Command at Police Headquarters. The two prisoners at that time were in
excellent physical condition. But after a few days, the accused, Srr. Srph.,
feel sick.
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- Later, Srr. Srph. was treated at Kramat Jat~ poli~e hospital, and in some
- mysterious fashion the Thai prisoner was able to escape from there.
The first accused, Lm, ?'g. Pw., will be taken before a court on 19 January. -
i Thz search for Srr. Srph, is still under way.
- The Head of the International Cooperation Body of Police Headquarters,
Police Colonel Sidarto, told "SH" that his office has circulated a"red
- notice" to Interpol throughout the world. Up tu now Srr. Srph, has not
- been arrested. But the Thai Police have informed us that, "he is reported
to bP in Bangkok or has returned to Thailand," said Police Colonel Sidarto.
The two narcotics traffickers have an active network, an "SH" source declared.
- Lm. Tg. Pw. and Srr. Srph, came from Singapore on 27 May 1979 as passengers
- on Singapore Airlines flight SQ 206. At the time Srr. Srph, carrie:d two -
- large thermos containers (which usually are used far carrying rice). The
upper part of the thermos was filled with food, and the lower section was
filled with about 2 kilograms of narcotics.
= Calmly, without expe;riencing any difficulty at Halim Perdana Kusuma airport
- in Jakarta, the two narcotics traffickers slipped away and later stayed at -
. Hotel City Glodok iii Jakarta. This hotel on many occasions was used by them
- as a place to stay ~~hen they were in Indonesia. The contact between the
two previously mentioned narcotics traffickers was made with the white man -
(undercover agent) who was staying at Hotel Sari Pasific. After agreeing
_ on the price and later on carrying out the transactionsthe two criminals
were caugh~ red-handed by Narcotics Research, which had watched them from
the beginning and then brilliantly caught them. _
- When Lm, and Srr. were caught by the police, some members of their network =
in Jakarta were able to get a telephone and report that the two of them had
_ had been arrested by police from Headquarters.
:
At dawn on 10 June 1979, Srr. went to his friend in Grogol, L. E. K. Srr.
openly admitted to his fiiend that he had just succeeded in escaping from
_ the police hospital. Later, Srr. Srph. was hidden in a house on Jalan Enggano,
Tan~ung Priok, by another one of his friends named T. S. Jn. Together
with his friends, Srr. looked for a ship in Tan~ung Priok to smuggle them ~
out of the country.
Up to 15 July 1979 Srr. was still in Indonesia. At dawn on that day, a sedan ~
- with two people in it met Srr. to fly him out to Tanjung Pinang through �
- Kemayoran airport. Since that time nothing further is known of Srr.
In accordance with Law No. 9 of 1976 regarding narcotics traffickers, narcotics
criminals may be sentenced to death, according to an "SH" source.
_ An officer of Narcotics Research has stated that it is very important to
- know how Srr, was able to escape, to remove any doubts among members of _
the Narcotics Research unit, he added.
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Case Brought To Trial _
Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian 21 Jan 80 p 3
[Excerpts] A case involving 1.92 kil~grams of heroin began to be heard
on Saturday [19 Jar~uary] before the Central State Court of Jakarta, with
tlie accused, 1.TP (46 yeara old), a Singapore citizen, appearing before the
- court.
- Accor.ding to the public prosecutor, Dr Anton Suyoto, LTP collected offered,
and sold 1.92 kilograms of heroin. It was also mentioried, in the statement =
of charges, that in May 1979, LTP contacted Tjai So Yin, alias A Tjai, and -
- Lie Ek Kia, alias Yasmini, in connection with the sale of the heroin.
The accused also met with a whitz foreigner who was ready to buy heroin.
After obtaining a sa_mpJ.e from this buyer, LTP got in touch with Serre
_ Siripako�rn, z~ho subsequently obtained high quality narcotics in Thailand.
= On 11 May, LTP and Siripakorn (a Thai citizen) met with the prospective
~ buyer at Hotel Sari Pacific on Jalan Thamrin (Gentral Jakarta), At the
first meeting there was not yet an agreement on the price, the accused
offerir~g a packet [bijiJ for $27;000 (about 750 grams), '
At the f.ollowing meeting, a price ;aas agreed on. The accused and Siripakorn
= agreed on a price of $42,000 per kilogram. Although the price had been
agreed on, the transaction was not r,arried through, because the purchaser _
want~d a large quantity. _
; At the end of May, LTP and Siripakorn went to Singapore. On 1 June the two
of them returned to Jakarta, bringing 1.92 kilograms of heroin. in a thermos
~ container for rice which, in fact, safely passed free of inspection by the _
- customs officer at Halim Perdanalcusumah airport. -
~ On the afternoon of that day, the narcotics were brought by the accused to _
Room 839 of the Hotel Sari Pacific. At about 1:00 PM, the transaction was
_ concluded, and a Police Headquarters Research officer caught the accused
J LTP and Seree Siripakorn. Meanwhile, the white foreigner, who was a narcotics
criminal enforcement agent, returned to Y~is unit abroad.
LTP was presented to the court on a charge of violating the narcotics
regulations. Meanwhile, Seree Siripakorn succeeded in escaping on 15 June
1979.
- To provide an opportunity to the defense attorney's team to study the matter .
and to the prasecutor to obtain an interpreter, the session was contained to _
2 February.
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JAPAN
BRIEFS
DRUG SMUGGLING RING--Tokyo 9 Apr--Police Tuesday arrested the suspected
_ ringleader of Kanto's largest illicit drug ring and confiscated 901 grams
of stimulants worth yen 270 million. Police allege the arrested man, racke- _
teer Aiji Kataoka, 32, was [theJ central figure in a group illegally sell.ing
amphetamine smuggled into Japan from South ICorea. They had been seeking
Kataoka since last October, when nis role became apparent during police
_ questioning of six other persons arrested for ~11ega1 possession of stinni- -
lant drugs. The su~pected leader of tt~e smuggling group, Pak No-sik, 40, _
a Korean national, earlier fled to South Korea where he is now being sought
_ through Interpol, the international criminal police organization. Police
. said Kataoka was traced through his girlfriend, Mieko Nishihira, 29, who
- was also arrested. They said 351 grams of amphetamine were found at her
^.rartment in Koto Ward Tokyo and the remainder at Kataoka's home in
_ lchikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. PoXice said over 200 other persons ha~~e
_ already been arrested in connection with the drug ring. [Text] [OW111549
Tokyo KYODO in Engliati 0428 GMT 9 Apr 80 OW)
CSO: 5300
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS ` ' ~
BIG CHARAS HAUL--Peshawar, March 30: Over 1,45,000 gra~ls of charas were
= recovered from a truck 3u-ring a pre-arranged raid by the Customs authori-
ties near Khairabad, some 40 miles from here on the G.T. Road yesterday.
- The Truck No PRB-3631 and its driver Jangul who is stated to be a member
of an international smugglers group, were take:~ into custody. The contra-
band is estimated to be valued at Rs. three million in the international
- market. [Text] [Islamabad THE MUSLIM in English 31 Mar 80 p 6] _
OPIUM, CHARAS SEIZURE--Karachi, April 5: The Clif ton police Friday seized
over two kilograms of contraband opium and some charas in a raid on a house
- in Gizri village. According to the Clifton police, one Payo Din was picked
_ upon a tip and 40 pieces of charas (weighing about 970 grammes were seized -
_ from him. On interroga tion accused Payo Din led the police to the Gizri
villa~;e residence of one Abdul Sattar where two kilograins and 70 grammes of
- opium and 930 grammes of charas were found. Accused Abdul Sattar is
= being sought by the police. Meanwhile, the Korangi police arrested one
Allemuddin and seized one ki1Q of charas from him.--APP. [Text] [Peshawar -
- KHYBER MAIL in English 6 Apr 80 p 6)
CSO: 5300
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- PHILIPPINES
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA RIidG AF~RESTED--Manila, 7 Apr--Agents of the Philippine National
- Bureau of Investigation (NBI) rounded up over the weekend seven members
- of a syndicate involved in the supply and sale of marihuana in northern
Philippines. ~ress reports today said the arrests resulted from 3 raids
_ led by Justice Minister Ricardo Puno in Baguio City, some 192 kilometers
- (120 miles) north of Manila. The justice minister ordered the raid in an
effort to cu~ off the flow of.marihuana supply in northern Philippine
provinces. He said it was also in line with the government's move to cut -
down the peddling of prohibited and regulated drugs, a crime whose -
punishment has been made recently into a capital offense. Reports said
the arrests of the 7 suspects came after NBI agents, posing as buyers,
- nabbed 1 selling 3 kilos of dried marihuana leaves. [Text] [OW071149
~ Hong Kong AFP in English 0838 GMT 7 Apr 80 OW]
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FRi:NCH GIRL GETS 25-YEAR JAIL TF~M -
_ Bangkolc nANGKOK POST in English 8 Mar 80 p 1 BK ^
[Text] A French girl was sentenced yesterday to 25 years' jail on charges
of possessing 300 grammes of No 4 first grade heroin and her New Zealander -
friend to two months' jail for possessing 9.30 grammes of marijuana.
The Criminal Court had originally sentenced Ms Malika Chevalier (24) to
- life imprisonment but reduced it to 25 years because she pleaded ~uilty
to the charge.
The court also ordered the immediate release of the New Zealander, Grant
" David Jackson (25) who had already been in jail for more than two months
_ since his arrest with Ms Chevalier on June 15, 1979. -
The pair was arrested by a Metropolitan Narcotics Unit (MNU) team in their
Ramada Hotel room on Suriwongse Road.
The Frencti girl was about to leave Bangl~ok the same night by a Thai Inter-
national flight to Paris. Jackson was not due to leave with her. -
i Police found 287 grammes of No 4 heroin hidden in a carton of Benson and -
- Hedges cigarettes which had been neatly resealed. Another 5.35 grammes
= of heroin was found hidden in a condom in her vagina.
A small amount of marijuana packed in two condoms was found in Jackson's
possession. He admitted possessing it for his own consumption. -
_ Police had earlier charged them with possessing the drugs with intent to -
- smuggle them out of the country. Both pleaded guilty to,possession charge
_ but denied the attempt to smuggle the drugs.
The court ruled that though both persons had stayed together in the same
y hotel room, only Ms Chevalier, who had a conf irmed air ticket., was due
to leave. Jackson was not leaving the same day. Thus, the attempt to
smuggle charge was dropped against them.
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n~rs~~xnLinr~, CANADIAN ARREST~D WITH WOMAN ON DRUG CHARGE
Y,an~;kok I3~INCKOK POST in English 15 Mar 80 p 1
['1'ex t] THREE suspected drug The court then ap-
trafficker~-an Aus� proved a defence request
trallan, a Canadian for poatponement ot the
and a Thai woman- date of the first hearing,
yesterday pleaded lnno� scheduled for yesteMay
cent to charges of poases- morning, on grounda that
_ sing 750 grammea of Mr Menoo had just been !
Number4heroinwlthln� appolnted defence
tent to sell. Convlcdon on lewyer and needed tlme -
the charge carries the to atudy the coee. �
death penalty. The hearing waa poet� -
The two forelgnere- poned untll Aprll 1.
Canadian Barry Under the new Nar-
Ackermen and Auetralian cotica Law which went
Norman John Walker- Into effect on April221aet -
were lnformed by Judge year, persons convicted
Thavorn Tantraporn of poesessing more than
after making thelr plea 100 grammes ot heroin
- that under the new Nar- can be sentenced to life
~ cotics l.aw, they could imprisonment. If they
face capital punishment are charged wlth posses� -
It convlcted. sion with intent to sell,
~ Aiter ~ees~e~lcattens they could face death.
with thefr lawyer, Manoo Ackerman, Walker and
iC~'b?~tT,1;'~ the two Yuporn were arrested on
foreigners said they August 281aet year at the
would stand by their Chit PochanaRestaurant
ptea. off Sukhumvlt Road.
The Thai woman, Ackermanlswantedon�
- Yuporn Kladkl(n, also drug trafficking charges
_ told the court she would in Canada.
_ contest the caee.
- CSt): 53~0
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FRT:NCFIMAN, I'OUI~ TRI~IS ARRESTF'D FOR POSSESSION
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 15 Mar 80 p 3 BK
- [ Tex t~ CHIANG Mai provlncial
a aultcase.
police have arrested , a Police eald that the
Frenchman and tour four a1leRed vendora ad-
Thals, and aeized Z00 inltted t1~ey had a01d the
- Qrammes of No. ~ first h2roin to Audie�
erade heroin, oftlclala Rocqueplan, b:q! th:t ~ie
reported yeaterday: denied the iniqa! efiarQe
Police said they mtde brouQht aaainet all five of
the arreet Thuraday, p~~esin~ heroin wlth in-
after seeinQ Frenchman tent to ~11.
Marc Paul Audie- In Uttradit Province,
Rocqueplantakedelivery meaewhlle, police
- af the heroin from the arreated three people, in�
four Thais at a reetau~ant cludlnQ a pollce ma4ter-
on Huey Keo Road. serQeant, and oed~ed
~ The four, Sdentifled ae heroin and a cache ot war
Lampan~ residenta weapons in a house rald.
Yon~yuth Wongaa, Noi Police ratded a houae -
ChamwonQ and 3uvit in Tambon Thasao,
Wongboonthat, and MuangDistrict,ownedby
Chiaag Mai resldent Pol Mst-Sgt Prasert Im-
Saneh Duangta, were sombat.
anested by police who Police sald they found
tollowed them trom the 13 packets ot heroln hid�
reataurant. Audle� den in a chicken pen, _
Rocqueplen wae arn~ted seven smoke bombs and
at hia hotel aftee a eearch hend Qrenade~, one ar
ot hi~ room alle~edly un� sault rlile with 20 rounda .
covered the heroln hid� ot ammuafUon, and a.98
den !n the false bottom of callbre pi~tol.
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THAILAND _
BRIEFS
HEROIN AT AIRPORT--A 45-year-old Thai was arrested with 690 grammes of
No 4 heroir~ as he was about to ~oard a Thai International flight to Hong
Kong yesterday evening. Karoon Ounsiripornkul reportedly said that he
planned the heroin smuggling for the first time by himself. [Text]
[Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 8 Mar 80 p 3 bk]
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CZECHO$LOVAKIA
BRIEFS -
DRUG ADDIGT ARRESTID--An "unusual case" was reported by the police, in
- which a 20-year old man was arrested in Plzen 2 Apr 80 for posaession of
a few grams of hashish and marihuana. Subject reportedly both smoked and -
- offered "samples" of the druga to other persons. [Prague MLADA FRONTA in
Czech 3 Apr 80 p 7] �
CSO: 5300 -
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YUGOSLAVIA
BRIEFS
OPIL'~i SMUGGL~R'S DETENTION--Dalibor Soldatic, 26, from Split was arrested
in Trieate after the Trieste police found 3.5 kilograms of quality opium
in his automobile. Soldatic intended to sell the drug on the Trieste
- black market. He has been detained and will be tried soon. [Zagreb
. VJESNIK in Serbo-Croatian 17 Mar 80 p 16 AU]
HEROIN SMUGGLING--Customs officers on the Gradina highwa~- border crossing
point and at the Dimitrovgrad Railroad Station confiscated over 95 kilo-
grams of heroin in the first 2 months of this year. It is believed that
the smuggling of drugs across our borders has increased recently because
of greater demand on the West European and American markets. [Zagreb
VJESNIK in Serbo-Croatian 18 Mar 80 p 16 AU]
DRUG PEDDLER'S ARREST--Zeluko Roje, aged 33, has been arrested in Split, _
- a year after the Zadar Diatrict Court put him on the wanted liat because
of several cases of breaking and entering, primarily pharmaciea, and of
- taking and dietributing drugs. He is thought to be the leader of drug
peddlars in Dalmatia and connected with Dalibor Soldatic who was recently
arreated in Trieste. [AU302027 Belgrade POLITIKA in Serbo-Croatian
26 Mar 80 p 12 AU]
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- BRAZIL
- TEACHERS TRAINED TO ASSIST IN NEW ANTIDRUG CAMPAIGN
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 16 Mar 80 p 38
[AYticle by Renato Lombardi: "Teachers Aid in Antidrug Gampaign"]
[Text] The campaign aimed at f ighting and preventing drugs in schools be-
gan last week in the state and city school systems. The great number of
addicts in the 15- to 18-year-old groups using marihuana, inhalants and - -
barbiturates--as ascertained through a recent survey--led directors and
- teachers to attend a course at the Police Academy where they received
_ guidance on how to proceed when there is suspicion of--or actual use of--
drugs by a student.
The investigation into drug addiction among Sao Paulo students, carrie3 out
by the Inatitute of Social Medicine and Criminology of the Secretariat of
- Justice, also revealed that 9 or 10 out of a hundred students in the public
and private school systems have already tried or are using drugs. The
ma~ ority of the addicts are those who attend night classes--students who
received their initiation in the use of drugs between the ages of 13 and
18.
~ In addition to the theoretical and laboratory classroom work, the teachers
were taught how to observe the conduct of the student, watching for the "
following: any sndden change, problems with attentiveness, discipline,
the quality of classroom work, absence from school and failure to do home-
work; unstable state of mind with sudden changes from cheerfulness to sad-
ness, from interest to apathy, from rejecCion to cordiality, from active ,
attention to increased drowsiness; re~ection of old friends and ~eplacement
with a different circle of friends; change in the manner of speaking and
dressing; slovenliness in physical appearance and personal hygiene. How-
ever, all were told that many of these characteristics are common during
adolescence.
The school administrat~on received instructions on how to proceed if traf-
_ fickers are seen near the school. The work of verification will be done by
the police, since most of the school officials are afraid of reprisals. A ~
number of threats, even of death, have been received, principally in state =
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schools in the southexn and eastern axeas o,� the city. The student's prc,- -
te~tion ~e ~undamental, and certain measures are being taken to avoid com-
m~~nta at echool in case a atudent is drugged, is carrying drugs, is aus- _
~ pected of uaing drugs, is trafficking in druge or has been found to be -
uatng drugs. _
Before reaching any conclusion the teachers are instructed to be sure of -
the symptoms and c~uses in order to make a positive diagnosis of the _
existence of cases of drugs at the school; they are not to confuse thase
symptoms with the symptoms of some disease and even with characteristics
common to a certain age group. In the case of the definite use of drugs,
they are to verify, among various possibilities, if the student is exper- -
imenting, is using drugs to be sociable and only occasionally, or if he is _
= an addict; they are not to discuss with the student the possibility that he
- may be under the influence of drugs; they are to avoid emotional appeals;
they are not to expel the student from schooi without his having all possi- ~
ble opportunity to correct the situation, including submitting to clinical
treatment; they are not to talk with the student~s triends or colleagues to
- obtain more information in order to be of help; they are to maintain discre-
tion if there is an incident of drug use at school, for such news usually
= travels rapidly in distorted form.
= If a student is found drugged in class and the teacher is questioned, he
or she should answer that there was a medical problem; and if ~uestions
- are asked about drugs, the teacher should anewer truthfully if he is sure
about the aymptoms, causes and types of drugs.
Traffickers are operating freely near the schools, and the Narcotics Divi-
- sion of the DEIC [Criminal Investigations Department] is having difficulty -
in combatting them due to the reduced number of policemen in its precincts, _
some operating with one deuuty and four detectives. One police agent, who
has worked in the Narcotics Division for 8 years, said last week: "Men
- are playing at being policemen with regard to drugs in Sao Paulo. Two tons
of marihuana and many kg of cocaine are arriving every week. Funds and in-
- formation are scarce. In Sao Paulo, marihuana and other types of drugs are
now sold at almost every corner."
Deputy Nestor Sampaio Penteado, head of the Narcotics Division, has placed
the policemen at his disposal on the streets, principally near the schools. "
He believes that the ma~or task involves prevention among minors, as that -
will avoid new addicts and traffickers. Nestor is not complaining about
the number of police agents, but his organization should have three times -
as many men and more cars, since investigations are not limited to the
capital. On Friday five minors were caught with marihuana in Ibirapuera
_ Park, taken to the DEIC and, shortly after, turned over to their parents. _
They said that they buy the drugs near the school and that many of their
friends, also minors, spend their monthly allowances on marihuana.
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In the inyeatig~tion concexning dxuga ~t was ,~ound that most of the stu-
dente and minors are addicted to marlhuana~ Many caees of acute intoxi-
cation have occurred and are being kept eecret. Teenagers aged 13 to 17 -
have disclo~ed that they began to use drugs ~or the following reasons:
the insietence of ~riends or traffickers, an escape from problems, lack
or a healthy environment at home, poor use of free time, exceasive f reedom,
- lack of discipline inside and outside the home, lack of coordtnation be- -
- tween home and school, overstimulation of senses by newspapers and maga-
zines, and the use of druge is seen as a symbol of an extremist
philosoph.ical-religious attitude which ranges from peaceful negation to
violent reaction.
There are three types of drug users: experimenters, social or occasional
ussrs, and habitual users.
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BRAZIL
- GANGS IN AMAZON REGION TRADE ANIMAL PELTS FOR COCAINE -
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 20 Mar 80 p 9
[Text] Brasilia--Carlos Neves Galuf, president of the Brazilian Forestry -
Development Insti?.ute (IBDF), disclosed yesterday in a deposition submitted
to the Commission of Agriculture in the Chamber of Deputies that the country
is losing 20 tons of wild animal pelts per month, which are being exchanged
for cocaine.
- According to Galuf, the IBDF is unable to prevent the killing of ani~uals and _
- avoid the smuggling of the pelts to other cauntries in exchange for cocaine,
because the gangs which operate in the Amazon River region are equipped with
- planes and boats and armed with machine guns. _
Galuf said: "IBDF's personnel is equipped with 32-caliber revolvers and is
unable to cope �aith those well-equipped gangs. We can only complain, for
we cannot compete with people armed with machine guns and equipped with -
planes and motorboats. However, the new parks and ecological reserves, al-
- ready created in my administration, will not give any 'headache' to the in- ~
stitute's future directors."
He added: "There will be no more problems like the fires which occurred last =
year in Serra da Canastra, for which we were tield respon.aible even though we
- were on a trip to the Soviet Union."
_ The establishment of tr~se reserves is part of the institute's work aimed -
at preserving our'natural fauna and flora. According to Galuf, the IBDF '
- is working diligently to preserve the freshwater turtle, an endangered
species in the Amazon River region, even though the institute's budget is
= inadequate. -
- "Compared with 1979, the funds allocated to the IBDF this year increased at a
rate which was less than inflation. Some of the institute's headquarters are
even facing problems of payment arrears in connection with the facilities
" they are using." -
_ At the conclusion of his deposition, Galuf invited the members of the Agricul-
= tural Commission to visit the Trombetas area, where the turtles are found. He
estimates that more than 495 young turtles were killed last year. -
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- BRAZIL
ACCUSED CHARG~D WITH SELLING COCAINE TO CHILDREN IN RIO
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 11 Mar 80 p 11
[TextJ Clovis Jesus Pasaos, alias Beti~ho, 26 years old, accused'of selling
~drugs to atudents, was arrested yesterday morning in front of Humberto de
Camp4s State School on Mangueira hill. He was in possession of 12 packets -
of cocaine and 3 marihuana cigarettes at the time of hie arrest.
= A PM [Military Police~ patrol became suspicious of Clovis and he, senaing
he was being watched, tried to hide in a barbershop where he was caught. -
At the 17th precinct he confesaed having bought 30 packets of coc~ine at -
Cavalao hill in Niteroi for 5,000 cruzeiros.
' ~ .
_ "The marihuana was for my use. I am an addict. To be profitable, the co-
caine was mixed with tablet powder. I aold each packet for 300 cruzeiros.
I have many easy marks who do not know what the pure powder looks like and -
want to take a trip," he af~id. ~
He denied having sold drugs to children: "The children of this school are
no more than 8 years old; I was not about to do anything like that. I
also have a 3-year-old daughter who is i11. I do not deny that I sold to
= men, youths, all addicts."
- Ber'inho alleged that he had to get some money for his daughter~s treatment,
_ since she is threatened with paralysis. He said that, until the past week,
= he had been working at the open-air market selling vegetables and earning _
300 cruzeiros per day.
The police did not believe his story. According to them, to sell drugs in _
Mangueira, an area controlled by gangs of traffickers, either Betinho saw
_ to it that he was respected as being dangerous or he served as a"go-between"
� for trafficlcers. With the death of Dart da Manguetra, murdered last year,
the area came under the control of a trafficker named Escada.
_ Betinho had no papers. His fingerprints were sent to the Felix Pacheco -
- Institute; it is suspected thaC he is one of the fugitives from the 20th
precinct ~ail.
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COLOMBIA
- ANTIDRUG TREATY SIGNED WITH HONDURAS
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 8 Mar 80 p 10-A
[Text] The governments of Colombia and Honduras l~ave committed themselves to
a broad campaign of cooperation in the f ight against drug traffickers and
have through their foreign ministers agreed to harmonize their policies and -
to carry out coordinated programs for the prevention, control and suppression
of the use and illegal traff ic of narcotice and psqchotropic drugs.
A document to this effect wae aigned by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
Colomb ia (Diego Uribe Vargae) and of Honduras and in it they state that "their _
territories cannot be used for illicit drug traffic and that it is an uneacapable
duty to ffght thie type of crime, no matter what fo~ it takes, through the
harmon ization of policies and coordination and execution of epecific programa."
"The contracting parties," according to fihe agreement, "will 3nteneify the
measurea necessary for the eradication in their respective territories of
plants and cropa from which narcotics or paychotropic druge can be extracted,
providing mutual cooperation and assistance in the attainment of this ob~ective."
In order to achieve these ob~ectives "the appropriate services in each country, .
that is, the off icial agencies in charge of this mission, will render mutual
scient if ic-technical assistance as well as the exchang e of information on -
producers, processore and traff ickers, as individuals or in groups." _
They also plan to take "special care that letters requisitory and letters
rogatory drawn up by competent authorities in ~udicial proceedings will be
trans~nitted rapidly and by the most expeditious meana possible" and they -
' state that the "sentencea imposed in trials conducted in relation to the
matters covered by the present agreement will be reciprocally communicated to
one another."
To attain those objectives Colombia and Honduras agree to aet up a joint
commission for the prevention of this type of illegal activities, which will
~ consist of representatives appointed by those governments and which will have _
the following functions:
A-To recommend to the governments the specific actions that should be taken.
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- B-To evaluate the implementation of such.act~ons and to prepare plans for -
achieving the specific goal8 of the agreement.
C-To make recommendations to the respective governmeats they considec _
pertinent in order to ame~nd the agreement and bring it up to date.
Thie Colombian-Honduran Joint Cotmniseion w ill be coordinated by the miniatries
of foreign affairs of the tw~o contracting partiea and will meet alternately
twice a year without prejudice to its being celled into extraordinary eession
through diplomatic meane. ~
In conclueion, it providee "that the preseat agreement may be amended by the
_ contracting partlss by meane of the exchange of diplomatic notes," and it -
establishea that "either of the interested parties may revoke the treaty at
atry time, to be effective 90 days after due notice~has been given to the -
other party."
- Colombia is thus taking another step to further President Julio Cesar Turbay
Ayala's determination to fight to the utmost this type of crime, and it is
= for thie purpose that similar treatiea have been signed with the United -
Statea, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Panama and other countries of the hemisphere.
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COLOMBIA
- ~TTORNEY GENERAL: WE ARE ALONE IN DRUG WAR
Bogota EI. SIGLO in Spanish 14 Feb 80 pp 1, 2
- [Text~ Without any cooperation frofm abroad, either from the United Nations
or from the U.S. government, the Colomb3an government achieved very good
reaults in 1979 in the fight against the traff ic in marihuana and cocaine,
reaults previously unequalled and in many cases superior to those of other
_ nationa having greater capabilitiea and econamic resources.
The above atatement was made by Guillexmo Gonzalez Charry, attorney general -
of Colombia, in a report made at the Narcotics World Conference, which met
in Vienna, and at which he etreased the need for the different nations to
direct their attention toward prevention and rehabilitation campaigns which
they have not done up to now in their battle again st drug tra�ficking.
Dr Gonzalaz Charry recalled the warning he had sounded at the eame conference
laet year to the effect thgt, given the magnitude of the problema of the
planting production and traff ic of marihuana and of the accelerating increase
_ in its use in the United States and the lack of resources with which to meet -
_ the situation, auggestiona were beginning to be heard that Colambia ehould
legalize the growing and use of marihuana. -
= In thia regard he mentioned the propoeal preaented by Anif and the debate
- that it provoked, and he recalled that the ma~ority of Colombian opinion
_ supports the goverctiment's positinn agafnst legalization and added: "But
there is no doubt tha~t this support is contingent on the effectiveness of the
- f ight against this scourge, on the intensity and timelinese of international
= cooperation, and on a public demonstration that these ~oint efforte are
capable of dealing with the problem in terms which are socially favorable
- for all parties, so that no one can think that the probl~ is unilateral
- rather than a common one; and for this reason others should assume responsibility -
for it within their own territory."
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Without Cooperation
The attorney general then emphasized the successes achieved last year by
Colombian authorities in the fight aga3nst drug trafficking. He presented
atatistics on the number of arrests, Colombians as well ae foreignere, on
_ seizures of cocaine and marihuana~ on arms conf iecated, ae we11 as on the
numeroua vehiclee of all kinde seized fram the drug traff ickera, and added: -
"It ahould be noted that the resulti.ng auccess wae achieved without any -
cooperation at all from abroad, either from the United Natione or from the
U.S. government, since for administrative reasons and partly for political -
- reasona, the budget of our neighboring friend wae only approved in about
October, and so t'~e year passed without their being able to carry out their
intention, which tiiey have always declared vehemently, of contributing t~ -
the fight. The coat of the immense campaign therefore fell upon the ~olombian
taxpayere." -
The attorney general pointed out that since it is a~oint problem, it should
be dealt with in the same manner as the United States deals with it, if it -
is in reality the intent to deal with it sexiously and effectively. -
The Case of Cocaine
Dr Gonzalez Charry recalled that up to mid 1978 Colambia was a place of
transit in regard to cocaine. However, crops of coca comprising about 2000
_ hectares have recently been diecovered in ~ungle areae ixi the southeast, -
lonated in places especially suitable for the traffic because of the tremendous
difficulty of police control and the large number of rivers and waterways
through which they travel clandestinely in amall boats which carry the product
outside the country and where, in addition, it has been eaey and will continue
to be easy to conatruct air strips which are primitive but permit entry and
_ exit for aircraft which have to travel a very short distance through Colambian
_ air space.
Prevention and Rehabilitation
In the last part of his speech, ~he attorney general called the attention of
the world conference to the necessity of paying attention to something which -
has been ~,eglected in the fight against drug traff icking: the implementation -
of ineasurea for preventior~ and rehabilitation with respect to the use of
narcotics. "Absorbed in policy type action, it has been forgotten that behind -
the problem of cultivation, there exists another which is ecanomic and social -
and which it is esse~ntial to try to resolve by liberal, rational~ and civilized
_ meana, and not by public force alone."
In this spirit he proposed that 3~ediate plans be made in each country for
an extensive inforfnation campaign regarding the harmful effects of all types
of narcotics, the creation by the governments of he~lth centers for the
_ psychological-psychiatric treatment of drug addicta and the rehabilitation
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of the areas of cultivation because.the economic hardships of many people
with extremely low incoeies, eapecially.the very ignorant, lead those people -
- to embark on the enterpriae of cr~.minal~activity.
He made it lmown that in Colambia plans along these lines are being puahed
forward for the economic recovery of the areas where merihuana crops hav~
= been diecovered, especially in La Gua~ira, and he eaid that the government
of the United Statee appears to be aeeing clearly that thie ie a more -
rational course, and in the long run a~more effective one, for the eradication -
- of tlhe plsnting of n$rcotic plante and traff ic in them than that of suppression
excluaively by means of force.
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COLOIrIDIA
MARIHUANA FOUND IN DOMINICAN BIBLE SHIPMENT
Bogota EL ESPECTADUR in Spanieh 21 Feb 80 p 26-A
_ [Text] Membera of the Antinarcotics Squad from the off ice of the Attorney _
General for the Judicial Police discovered yesterday at the Eldorado Airport
20 pounds of marihuana in two cardboard boxes of Biblea which had been brought
_ in as innocuous air expresa shipmenta.
- The two boxes were addresaed to the Bible Society of the Dom~n ican Republic ~
and were ready to be sent to that country when clever investigators of the
_ Attorney General's Office decided--it is not known on the basis of what
evidence--to open them and examine their contents. -
The marihuana, 10 pounds in each box, was packed in plastic bags, and was
at the center of the boxes, surrounded by bibles.
The most curious part of the affair was that inaide one of the boxes, which
~ were literally covered by postage stamps, a can of Chocav ena cereal was found
whi~h was perfectly sealed and contained another considerable amount of
- marihuana.
As usually happens in these casee the senders of the boxes had already
disappeared when the surprising discovery was made, and it is possible that _
they will never be identif ied. As to the addresses, the supposed Bible
Society, it muat be a fictitious entity. _
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quantity of marihuana was found yesterday.
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COLOI~IDIA
� COCAINE, MARIHUANA PLANTATIONS DESTROYED
Bogota EL ESPLCTAD~R in Spanish 18 Feb 80 pp l-A, 11-A
[Text] The antinarcotics squad of the Attoxney General's Off ice of the .
Republic didcovered and destroyed crope of marihuana and coca plante, in itially
- valued at more than 200 million, near the municipality of Vistahermosa, in _
the Meta. -
After an operation which lasted 3 days the Attorney General's Office disclosed
yeaterday that at the happy canclusion of the operation the following had
been seized: 50 kg of cocaine, 5 l.aboratories for processing the drug, 50
hectares on which coca was planted, 10 hectares on which mar ihuana was =
~ planted~ 8,000 pounds of leavea being proceaeed, 6"arrobas" (about 150
powids) [1 arrovaQabout 25 pounds] of leaves to be cut, 20 "canecas "(about
- 80 gallone) [1 caneca-about 4 gallons] of gasoline and two clandestine landing
etrips.
According to information obtained by the Attorney General's Office, the
landing etripe allow planes up to DC-4e to land. The inhabitante of the area -
_ asaerted that most of the planes which arrived in the area were of U.S.
regiatration. These plantations also supplied the markets of Villavincio
and Bogota.
During the operation Jose Octavio Loaiza Mayorga, Elias Loaiza Mayorga, Jo~e
OZimpo Merchan and Guillermo Prieto were arrested.
The plantation on which the crops were grown is the property of Cristobal
~ Loaiza and ia named "Cano Madrono" and is located in the ~urisdiction of E1
Pinal, municipality of Vietaher~osa, in the Meta.
Judging from the laboratories on the farm, the traffickers had the capability
of making the cocaine into a paste, which is why the American planes _
penetrated as far as this area.
The buyeze of the cocaine and of the marihuana were mostly from the United
States but they also supplied the markets of Villavincencio and Bogota. -
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The persons arrested and the seized goods w~re turned over to the Criminal
- Trial Judge of Granada, Meta, for in�~estigation of.the case and~to determine
the legal status of the persona arrested by the National Attorney General's -
- Office.
- The spokesmen for the antinarcotics squad of the Attorney General's Office
said that the value of the druga seized was initially estimated at over 200
million. -
This agency, responsible for the last 2 yeara for the fi.ght againat drug
traff ickers, decided to start inveatigatione in the llanoe orientalea of
Colomb ia after a gigantic coca plantation was diecovered in the area.,
Just the week before Guillermo Ganzalez Charry, attorney general, during the =
presentation of hia report td the Antinarcotics Conference of the United
Nationa, stressed the fact that traditionally Colombia was only used as a
"bridge" for cocaine traffic but tha.t during recent months' it has been discovered
_ that the planting of coca has begun to proliferate in the most desolate
areas of the country.
- The crop which was discovered and destroyed this weel~end, was the second _
largest discovered so far this year.
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- COLOMBIA
BRIEFS
PLANE SHOT DOWN--Riohacha, Colombia, 9 Apr (EFE)--A Colombian air force
plane shot down a plane with U.S. r~gistration No N-4832 on Sunday
because it was overflying Colombian territory without authorization and
disobeyed an order to land. Pilot Thomas (?Allan Shwartz) and copilot
Mark Viscochil, the aircraft's sole occupants, were injured. The inci-
dent occurred in Punta Estrella, Alta Guajira, while the two men were
trying to land on a clandeetine atrip to pick up marihuana wo~th almost
$3 million which a military p~trol had aeized 2 days earlier. [PA142133
- Madrid EFE in Spanish 1349 GMT 9 Apr 80 PA]
_ MARIHUANA SEIZURE--Bogota, 7 Apr (EFE)-~Troops have arreated six
Colombian drug traffickers and seized 70 tons of marihuana, worth more
- than $300,000 in opera~ions in Cesar and Gua~ira, in the north. A _
apecial security plan ia in effect in that area to repress the drug
traf�ic geared to U.S. markete. [PA142133 Madrid EFE in Spanish
0446 GMT $ Apr 80 PA)
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MEXICO
= MEI~ERS OF HEROIN TRA~FICKING RING APPREHENDED
Supplier Caught
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 20 Mar 80 Sec C p 4
[Text] Yesterday, Carlos Alvaro Carreno Rodriguez, an individual identified
as the one responaible for supplying heroin to David Alonso, who in turn was -
distributing it among addicts in~the United States, was captured.
Carreno Rodrigv,ez was transferred fr~m Mexicali by members of the Federal Ju-
dicial Police, and placed at the diaposal of the federal ,judge of t:e:~ second
district court, to be tried for a crime against health in the degree of he-
roin distribution.
Carlos Alvaro Carreno RodriAuez is involved in two trials, the first for hav-
ing been identified as a heroin distributor in the case being brought against
David Alonso, an individual from Sabinas, Coahuila, who was cited by the mar-
ried couple, Frank Martinez and Carmen Garza de Martinez, as the person who
provided them with aeveral ounces of heroin that were seized from them in
Eag1e Pasa, Texas.
David Alonso was said to have been identified as the seller of 156 grams of
heroin, which he supglied; but, in his statement, David Alonso informed on ~
= hie aupglier, who proved to be the former, and who was loeated in Mexicali, ~
in compliance with the warrant for his arrest issued by the federal ~udge. -
And other suits are being brought against Ca:-reno Rodriguez, as a result of
lettera requisatorial sent by the United States, through the Secretariat of
- Foreign Relations. Carreno will have to respond to these letters requisato-
- rial in his prelim~nary statement, which he will make to the federal ~udge
- this morning.
The atatua of the individual in custody is quite serious, since there ie suf- -
ficent evidence available to put him in ~ail.
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Carreno Rodriguez Confesses
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 21 Mar 80 Sec D p 4 _
- [TexC] Ye6t~rday, Carlos Alvaro Carreno Rodriguez admitted ~o having been
engaged in drug trafficking, using married couplea and ccher persona to
emuggle heroin into the United States. He gave the names of individuals -
who were helping him to dietribute in thia manner, atating that l:e had been
~ involved in that illegal tst~sinesa during his stay in Sabinas, Coahuila,
~
having mzd~~ shipments every 3 months since 1975.
He gave the foregoing information upon making his preliminary statement to ~
the federal ~udge of the second district court, Carlos Gilberto Canto Lopez.
- During his first preliminary statement, he denied all tt~e charges, including -
- the accu3ations made against him by David Alonso, one of those to whom he
was supplying heroin and who served as his liaison with the married couples
who were smuggling heroin through Eagle Pass, Texas. He also denied the
claim made by Roberto Martin~z Moreno, an individual who was arr~sted some _
time ago in the capital of Texas, Austin, with 22 ounces of heroin, and who
said that Carlos Alvaro was the one who was providing him with heroin in -
_ Sabinas, Coahuila, and that he was responaible for exporting it illegally
- to various large cities in the neighboring United States, using different
methods, including married couplea, for this purpose.
Garlos Alvaro Carreno Rodrigu~z also declared that he paid $200 for every _
ounce that was smuggled into the neighboring country; adding that he engaged
in this illegal act~vity every 3 months, over a 5-year period.
He said that he had to flee to Mexicali to evade court action, and that he
expected to be caught at any time; which is what happened.
Yesterday, the federal ;;udge of the second district court, Carlos Gilberto ,
Canto Lopez, issued an order for his official imprisonment, which was re-
ported to him in the preventive 3ai1 in which he has been incarcerated at
= the order of that authority.�
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MEXICO
_ TWO HEROIN TR.AFFICKERS SENTENCED, OTHERS ACQUITTED
Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 23 Mar 80 Sec D o 4
[Text] Yesterday, two members of a well o~ganized ring of drug traffickers
were aentenced by the third district ~udge, Ricardo Radriguez Villarreal.
The third ~udge handed down hi~ final decision in case 29/979, involving
_ the trial of Jose Javier Montoya Perez, Antonio Garcia Espinoza, Joae A1-
- barto Vazquez Castillo, alias "E1 Marciano," and Ale~andro Gonzalez Cantu,
alias "E1 Canay."
_ Whereae the first two were given prison sentences, inasmuch as they were -
found guilty of a crime againat health, "E1 Marciano" and "E1 Canay" were
= acquitted.
Montoya Perez received a prison aentence of 5 years and 3 months, and a fine -
of 5,000 peaos; while his codefendant, Garcia Espinoza, was given a stiffer
sentence, aince he will have to spend 7 years in ~ail and pay a fine of 5,000
peaos.
According to the records pertaining to case 29/979, on 21 January of last -
year the Federal Judicial Police learned that Montoya Perez and "E1 Canay" -
were trafficking in drugs. -
_ Montoya Perez was arrested at hi$ residence and, upon being subjected to -
questioning, admitted that he was engaged in drug trafficking and identified
_ Jose Alberto Vazquez Castillo, alias "E1 Marciano," as his supplier. He -
, also atated that an individual named Antonio Garcia Eepinoza had several =
doses of heroin in his possesaion that he intended to sell.
Garcia Espinoza was arrested, and 10 grams of heroin were seized from him.
- A Federal Officer Shot During the Arrest > _
On that occasion, when the Federal Judicial Police groceeded to break up _
the ring to which Montoya Perez belonged, an officer named Fernando Rodxi-
guez sustained a bullet wound, because they were fired upon by persons who
. have never been identified, because the attackers escaped in a car.
- The attack made on the federal agent took place opposite residence No 902,
on Corona Avenue, in the Hidalgo Development.
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MEXICO
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NEW AIR DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DRUG PLANTATIONS DESCRIBED
Piedr?d Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 17 Mar 80 p 10
[TextJ Mexico City, 16 March--The United States has just provided Mexico with
a complicated, long-distance detection system developed the the Na~ional Aero-
nautics and Space Adminietration (NASA) to aid in the finding of marihuana
- and poppy plantations.
It was announced that this system is installed in a~et which can fly at an -
_ altitude of 40,000 feet and cover the entire cot~ntry of Mexico in 20 days.
- It was explained that this radar system aupplies information to a computer, -
which identifies a"epectral signal" from the plote of poppies and marihuana.
Th~ Office of the Attorney General of the Republic stated today: "This ~ystem,
although it is still in the experimentation stage, could very quickly elimi-
n~te the need for routine reconnaiesance." -
According to that office's etatistica, during President Joae Lopez Portillo's
firet year of government, 70,800 plantations, covering a total of 3,700 acres,
were destroyed.
Samuel Alba Leyva, deputy attorney general of the republic, commented: "Many
_ of those who were previously engaged in producing heroin are now drug traf-
fickers," because "production is no longer a good business, but drug traffick-
fng is." The marihuana has been shipped along the border in large freight -
trucks, and now marihuana oil or hashish is being transForted. _
~ Samuel Alba Leyva said: "A ton of marihuana can produce 10 liters of oil, and
one drop in an ordinary cigarette serves the purposes sought." -
_ In discussing the cooperation befng::given to M~exico by the United States to
achieve the eradication of drugs he explained"~h~~.between 1975 and the pre-
' sent, the federal government has received a sum of $70 million from that -
- country, in addition to 41 helicopters, 22 detecting aircraft ar~dfour more
airplanes. -
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MEXICO
BRIEFS
CLANDESTINE LABORATORY SEIZED--Mexico City, 3 March--Last night, the Federal
Judicial Police captured a ring of drug traffickers in the town of Ti~uana. ~
They are the owners of a clandestine laboratory in the Anahuac Development,
where they processed over 20 million toxic pills worth 500 million pesos. -
Thoae under arrest include Franeiaco Antonio Flores, who is recorded on the
police lists as one of the ringleaders of the international gang. The drug -
trafficker is the owner of a fleet of trailer trueks used to ship various
goods; and he had been aought, along with his accomplices, for several days
- by the Federal Judicial Police. During the investigation, it was found that
_ the toxic pills made in the clandestine fiaboratory were shipped to the United .
Statea in Francisco Antonio's carriers, for which he had special hidden com-
partmen*s manufactured. [Text] [Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS
in Spaniah 4 Mar 80 Sec B p 2] 2909 -
FIVE TRAFFICKERS ACQUITTED--Yesterday, fiv~ membere of a powerful "gang" of
drug traffickera were released, thanks to the decision handed down by the
second districC judge, Cayetano Hernandez Valencia. Hernandez Valencia was -
of the opinion that there was not sufficient evidence against Jacinto Vega
Perez, Jose Marchan flurtado, alias "Benito Sotelo Rodriguez," Juan Martinez
Rodriguez or Rodriguez Martinez, Francisco Parra Vega and Jose Gregorio Ve-
lez Vargas; and, yesterday, he acquitted them of the charges on which they
were tried. Proceedings 101/979 had been brought against the aforementioned
persona for being preaumed guilty of having committed a crime against health;
aince, when they were arreated, the Federal Judicial Police confiscated a
fabulous amount of hard drugs from them. Jacinto Vega Vega [sic] and his
codefendants wsre arrested on 15 May 1979, and the agents from the Office of
- the Attorney General of the Republic seized opium gum, haroin and coeaine
from them. 3'he first to be captured were Vega Vega, Jose Gregorio Velez and
Jose Marchan, who were riding along the Ciudad.Mier-Monterrey highway in a
- 1979 Chrpaler car. Subsequently other m~mbers of the ring were arrested,
and confessed that th~y had purchased the dru~s at "Barranea de Agua Fria,
Guerrero," and took them from thera to the Mexiean border. [Text] [Nuevo =
Laredo EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 21 Mar 80 Sec D p 4] 2909
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JAILERS SENTENCED AS ACCOMPLICES--Yesterday, in proceedings 174-978, held
in the second district court for the crime of escap~ of priaoners, David ~ -
= Arellano Rodriguez and Juan Garcia Guerrero b'ernandez r~ceived a prieon
eentence o~ 2 yeare and 6 monthe. Arellano Rodriguez served as chief of
Che guards at the municipal prison in Ciudad Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and he -
wae tried along with Garcia Guerrero for havin~ facilitated the eacape of
- Che federal convict Reynaldo Camacho Mwntalvo, which oecurred on 16 Novem-
ber 1578. Camacho Montalv~o was serving a prison sentence of l y~ars and 6
- months for drug trafficking, for which proceedings 174-977 had been brought
againet him. According to the records, thos~ now convicted committed an
act of serious negligence when they allowed the federal convict Reynaldo
Camacho M~ontalvc ~o take charge of the guard post at tY~.e main gate, alleged-
ly becauae two guaxds had failed to report for duty. faking advantage oi
the foregoing situation, Camacho Montalvo brought a car which he owned into
- the prison, with the consent of Arellano Rodriguez. The drug trafficker -
_ used it to escape from the municipal prison. [Text] [Nuevo Laredo EL DIARIO
DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 13 Mar 80 Sec B p 3] 2909
TRAFFICKERS SHOOT AT HELiCOYTER--Mexico City, 18 March--While making a
_ flight to locate and fumigate drug plant~tions in the state of Sinaloa, the
- "Bell 206" helicopter of the air aervices of the Office of the Attorney Ge- -
neral of the Republic was shot at by drug traffickera who thereby prevented
the plantations from being destroyed.~ �This report was made by the captain
of the aircraft, Ivan Garcia, who said that while he was making the flight
- over the Sierra Madre in order to detect drug plantationa, the aircraft was
- suddenly shot at and had to land. It was noted that the drug traffickers
= who had fired upon the heiicopter escaped; becauae when reinforcements from
zhe Mexican Army arrived on the acene there was no one there. [Text] [No-
- gales DIARIO DE NOGALES in Spanish 19 Mar 80 pp 1, 2J 2909
CHILEAN CAUGHT WITH HEROIN--~~xico City, 14 March--Yesterday morning, a
purser for Aviaca, Olga Uribe Ramos, of Chilean nationality, was arrested
with 1 kilogram of pure heroin worth over 10 million pesos in her possession.
The incident occurred at the airport in thi~ capital, when police officers
noticed that the aforementioned young lady was upset; whereupot~ they ques- ~
tioned her and she was immediately discovered. She was carrying the drugs _
- in sma.ll plastic bags attached to h~r person, and elaimed that this was done
every day by pilots and stewardesses~. from all the airlines in the world. _
Uribe Ramoa was traveling as a passenger on Aeropanam flight 502, arriving
- from Lima, Peru. [Text] [Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in
Spanish 15 Mar 80 p 2J 2909
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BRIEFS
ARREST OF DRUG TRAFFICKER--Alberto Aristizabal Tabares, 52, a Colombian -
, citizen, was ar~ested yesCerday at Tocumen International Airport after
500 grams of cocaine, worth approximatEly $250,000 on the black market,
were found in the soles of his shoes. Aristizabal was on his way from
_ Cali, Colombia, to Nassau. [PA142133 Panama City CRITICA in Spanish
1 Apr 80 p 32 PA]
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BRIEFS
ANTIDRUG OPERATION--During Operation Verde Mar No 2, the largest anti-
drug drive ever, ataged in Peru, a coca plantation was discovered on a
j farm owned by the Prato-Ramirez family. The farm ia in the Shapa~ill.a -
area. Coca glants were uprooted and the install;.tions for drying coca -
leaves, including one oven, were blown up. Agronomiat Luis Prato =
_ Ramirez was arrested and.some vehicles were seized. During a raid
- staged taday in the area of Supte Grande, approximately 25 km from
- Tingo Maria, two other ovens, one of which belonged to Melesio Perez,
were destroyed. Coca growers are planting manioc among their coca
_ planta to prevent detection by air. [PA142133 Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanieh 4 Apr 80 p 7 PAJ
~ COCA LEAVES--Civil guardsmen at the checkpoint at Pucusana yesterday
seized over 104 kg of coca leavea. The leaves were found in a bus
, driven by Romulo Palomino Ortiz. [PA142133 Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish
4 Apr 80 p 5 PA]
, DRUG TRAFFICKER'S ARREST--Ting~ Maria, 3 Apr (~SI-PERU)--The civil guard
arrested drug trafficker Tomas Vela Davila today in the town of Anda and
seized arme, ammunition of various types and fuses for explosives. =
Vela was carrying 20 grams of cocaine paste. [PA142133 Lima EL COMERCIO
in Spaniah 4 Apr 80 p 7 PAJ
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YENEZUELA ~
Tf~EE MANDiRAX TRAFF'ICKERS ARRESTED
_ Ce,rece,s EL UNIYERSAL in Spanish 2 Mar 80 p 4-38
- ~ex~ O~ficie,ls connected with the Intelligence and Vice
- Division of the PM ,[I~etropolite,n Polic) arre~ted in Antima,no .
and lAa Ja,rdines de E1 Yalle three persona selling drugs, ~rom
whom they confbsca,ted 1,OOG mandrax tai~lets and marihuana. .
The PM Press and Public Reletiona Of~ice supplied the report
yeaterda,y, indice,ting that the persons arrested were identi- -
fied e,s Luis Santiago Scoccio Franco, 32 yea~rs oP age; Jesus ~
Herrera Berrios and Orlanao Antanio Prato, both 25 yeers old. _
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The first of those mentioned was arrested in a section of
Antimano when the members of a PM patrol caught him in a sus-
picious situation and when he was searched,a large amount of -
- mandrax tablets were found in his possession,.
_ The other two arrested were caught trying to sell the drug in
- a section of los Jardines de E1 Valle.
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VENEZUELA
OPIUM TRAFFICI~R ARRESTED, TWO KILOS SEIZID
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_ ~ex~] Two kilograma o~' opium, in its really pure state,
valued at a little more than 2 million bolivares~ was con- _
fiace,~ed from a"dee,ler" in Sa,bena Grande.
The peraoa involeed is Edgar Alfredo Ba,ce,la,o Guevara, owner
o~ e aal.ea offics loceted in El Recreo 3treet in Sa,bana Gra,nde,
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- The investi~?FLtions about the discovery of the potent drug and
the arrest of Bacalao Guevara were conducted by officers of
the Antinarcotics Brigade of the YTJ ~udicial Technical
Police7, who on finding out that Venezuela had been selected
- as the country w~here consumption of this drug was to be pro-
moted, decln.red a state of emer~enc,y n,nd ~began the searches,
which took them to H~1 Recreo Street in Sabana Grta.nde. They
thus succeeded in confiscating the dru~ and arrestin~ the _
supposed de~,ler, who according to the P2'J has no record,since -
Bacalao Guevara is a native of Caracas and is 37 years old. -
It is assumed the dru~ was brought to Venezuela in its pure -
, form to s~~~p i.t later to Central America and afterwards to
_ the United States where it was to be chemically treated~ since
on beinq processed it was possible to obtain from it other
drugs suci~ as heroin, morphine,etc. Once this amount of opium -
is chemically processed, it et~,n produce v~.rious drugs worth
about 1=+ million bolivares.
- yolice inspector Jose Ramon Lazo Ri:;ardi told the newspapermen
- th~.t opium is a little known drug in Venezuela. It is not used
here and the proof of it is that this is the second time that -
it has been confiscated in the country. ~The ~first time a
_ person w~,s arrested for possession of opium was in 1935 and
since then opium has never been ~ound on anyone.
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VENLZUELA
BRIEFS
GANU ARHI~,STLll WIZ'Ii COCAINE--A formidable gang of criminals
which operated in three blocks of the 23rd of January Develop-
ment was brolcen up by members of the Intelligence and Vice
llivision of the Metropolitan Police in three simultaneous
raids with representatives of the Public rrosecutor's Office
involved. A bulletin of the Press and Public Relations Office
o~ that org~,nization indicates that thnse arrested were iden-
tified as Jos~ Alirio Diaz Molino, 24 years of age; Antonio
R~,mon Martinez, 33; Gustavo Enrique Mendoza, 35; Hernan Andres
Blanco, 39; viego Antonio Rodriguez Serrano, Aurelio Salazar
and Jorge Luis Rodriguez, all with police records. The seven
subjects who were a well organized gang, operated in blocks
22 and 23 in three different apartments and they had split up
to work in ~roups. Some carried out robberies in the same
area and sections of Catia. They brou~ht the booty from their
crimes to the apartments where it was classi~ied, evaluated
and prepared for sale, an operation entrusted to others ~.nd a
third group took char~e of selling the stolen goods and or
exch~,nging it for drugs to obtain more money. Diego Antonio
ftodriguez Serrano, Aurelio Salazar an~l Jorge Luis Torres were
assigned to rob pedestrians and small merchants; Gustavo
Enrique riendoza received the jewels and Antonio Ramon Martinez
exchanged the stolen ~oods for drugs. The intelligence
_ office~s also located a large number of jewels, 15 vials of
cocaine, 2 pistols, shells of various calibers, a pound of
marihuana, a scale ~,nd a small welding outfit i�or ;ewelry
shops. Those arrested together with evidence, were turned
- over ,yesterd~,y to the PTJ ~udicial Technical Police~]. ~ext7
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BRIEFS
OPIUM SEIZURE--56 kgs of raw opium was seizeci at Pule-Khumri bifurcation
- last Thursday, reported a party source of Baghlan province yesterday. The
contraband was on its way to Balkh from Badakhshan in a car driven by
Abdul Hakim. The Pulke-Khumri security authorities are handling the
case. [Text] ~Yabul KABUL NEW TIMES in En~lish 1'( Mar 80 p 3T
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_ IRAN -
BRIEFS _
DPIUM SEIZURE--A total of 991 grams of opium has been seized from the resi-
dence of 'Ezzatollah Negahban by the corps of the Islamic Revolution Guarda
in Dehdid. He hae been sentenced to 3 yeare in prisor~. Also, 28 grams of -
- opium and some wine have been seized from other homes. The individuals
fnvolved will be prosecuted accordingly. [GF161230 Shiraz Domeatic Service ~
in Pereian 1400 GMT 15 Apr 80 GF] -
DRUGS, WEAFONS SEIZED--Revolution Guar.~!s checking care on the Khoxramehahr-
Tehran road have confiecated 17 kg of opium, 1 kg of apium, 500 grame of
- opium ~uica, 1.5 kg of burned opi~im, 1,100 litere of wine, 5 kg of hashish, -
- 4 ko of gold dust, 360 bullets, 2 revolvers, 2(Berno) riflee and 10 other -
aidearma. All these f+~ems have been turned over to the Dezful Revolution _
Court. [GF141730 Ahvaz Domestic Service in Pereian 1230 GMT 14 Apr 80 GF]
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_ BI:IEFS
DAGGA DESTRUCTION CAMPAIGN--A party of 80 policemen, led by Calonel J -
- Robertaon, dietrict co~nandant of police in D~ndee, has destroyed 300
- tons of green dagga and 639 tons of dry dagga in a week-long operation in
- northern Natal. "The "seek and destroy" dagga operat~on ended late on =
Sunday~ and, during the raid, 79 people were arrested. ~tao South Afr-ican -
- Air Force helicopters aseisted in the search. Most of the arrested people _
will appear in court later this week on alyegations of dealing in and being
- in possesaion of dagga. [Text] jJohanneaburg THE CITIZEN in English
18 Mar 80 p 10] -
DAGGA SALES TO SERVICEMEN--Dagga-dealers who sold to military servicemen in
their camps were affeeting South Africa's defense~ in that servicemen who
- smoked dagga were unable to go to the operational area, Mr P B Koekemoer,
said in the Kimberley Magistrate's court yesterday. Lieutenant H Boshoff
of 11 Commando, giving evidence against two Kimberley men on a charge of
~ selling dagga to two servicemea, eaid he was in charge of a company of
about 400 medically unfit servicemea and theae mea were ~ target for dagga
= dealers. He said that aincc: 1978 many aervicemen had appeared in court on
poesession charges'and tha~: dagga smoking was a great problem in the Army,
as it meant that soldiers who amoked dagga could not be sent to the opera-
tional area, but were sent to rehabilitation centres instead. [Excerpt]
_ jJohsnnesburg THE CITIZEN in English 22 Mar 80 p 9.] .
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BRIEFS
HEROIN SMUGGLF,R ARRESTED--Austrian police have arreated 26-year-old British
student Benjamin Robin Biewas at Schweahat airport. He was carrying half
_ a million achillings worth of high-grade heroin in his luggage. He had
~ arrived by plane fron~ Istanbul and intended to proceed by train to Brussels~ _
- An investigation hae been launched, which wi11 also include Turkish, Belgian
and Britieh police. [AU051113 Vienna ARBEITER-ZEITUNG in German 4 Apr 80
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- PROBLEM OF 'BELGIAN CONNECTTON' DISCUSSED
- Brusaels POURQUOI PAS? in French 31 Jan 80 pp 4-9
[Text] "Some border squads can be inf iltrated, others ~
less so. An antidrug squad is worth only as much as -
its members." -
Report of Command~nt Francois at the IDEA (International -
Drug Enforcement Association) Symposium, in Cairo, in
October 1978.
The brilliant officer of the gendarmerie [state police force), creator and
head of the BND (National Drug Bureau), graduate of the Advanced Inter-
- national Drug Enforcement School, prize student in the special courses -
given by the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of
Justice and the U.S. Cuatoms Narcotics Contral, Commander Leon Francois
_ is in prison. Like a common "pusher," an ordinary dope peddler. Tt~.ia
ia what has caused our country to be talked about in the preas all over =
Che world, irom Paria to Hong Kong, and from New York to Istanbul, much
more than our recent tribal and medical vicisaitudes. Is there a Belgian
connection? -
- It's the poachers who make the best gamekeepers, the smugglers who make
the best customs officers. And not the reverse. But do supercops make
the best drug peddlers? The head of our BND isn't tlie first "Incorruptible"
to f ind himself in ~ ail, one day.
In November 1971, scarcely a few hours before finally surrendering his
.38 to the clerk of the "27th precinct," his former police station, to
begin a well-deserved retirement, Inspector Eddie Egan, of the New York
CiCy Narcotics Squacl was suddenly relieved of his rank and duties, dismissed,
and brought before a court of ~u~tice. He was accused of having "kept
- contraband articles in his own possession instead of turning them over
to the proper departments." In plain language, of being involved, for his
- own personal gain, in the drug traffic which he was supposed to fight
- against.
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Six months and one movie ("The French Connection") later, Detective Egan
was reinstated by the New York grand jury, with congratulations for the
exceptional effectivenes~ which he had displayed throughout hi~ brilliant
career as a narcotice supercop; and it's true that he was, that he atill
- is, the holder of the world's record for various drug seizures and for
bre:aking up rings of drug peddlers. To begin with, the well-known "French =
Connection" of the film: at the end of 3 ye~rs of inveatigations, of
- ir..filCrations, and of dubious aseociations, with his fellcw officer,
= Sonny Grosao, in the early 60's, he sueceeded in arresting French television _
announcer, Jacques Angelvin, in the aet of clearing through customs his
old ~alopy, loaded with $32 m:tllion worth of pure heroin from clandestine -
laboratories :n tne Mar~eille region: the biggest haul in narcotics _
hiatory.
- Sandy Barrio [sic] is another story. In the service of the DEA, the
narcotics control agen~y of the American minis~ry of Justice, Agent Bario
- began to operate undercover at the time when Inspector Egan was having _
_ more trouble with his superior offi~ers than with peddlers. He knew how _
to be a good loser in the casinos of the Bf:namas so that he would become -
reapected by the mafia and make his wsy into the heart of the American
"milieu" in New York, Boston, New Orleans or Washington. Of course, the
money belong~d to the DEA. In his native Italy, poor Alessandro Bario -
was a aimple policeman, a local constable, before emigrating to the
United States on the arm of a beautiful American. Once accepted, Agent -
Bario adopted a conacientious approach to hi~ work a la Jamea Bond,
until he became the lover of the mi~tres~ of a big boss in the French
connection. In addition to several very large hauls, his underground -
activity allowed Che DEA to identify and neutralize an entire confraternity _
_ of copa of all ranks who had been bribed by the dope peddlers.
In 1975, his brilliant seri-~_ce record won him the oppertunity to be named
~ the head of the DEA neCwork in Mexico, with the a~signment to stop at
any price the flow of drugs of all kinds which was then flooding the
~ United S~ates market, and coming from Latin Americ~. But although he
piled up successes there, at the end of 1978, Bario, the crack-agent,
- sudden].y found himself in prison in San Antonio, Texas, denounced by his
most loyal "informer," a pusher from Quebec. He was 3ccused of having
kept a third of the cocaine ca.ptured when breaking up, among others, the _
= most active ring in the Andes mountains (Peru-Colombia). i
- This being done, it is not known whether the most effective narcotics _
agent in the DEA in the Latin American area took his profit willingly, -
as his "informer" said, or ff, as he said in his own defense, he had
simply respected the customs of this society by turning over 33% of his
hauls to his informer, to ensure his loyalty, After having swallowed a
single bite of an innocent sandwi~h, brought to him, according to the r
- rules, by his guard, Agent Bario left his cell for a bed in the Santa
Rosa Medical Center, also in San Antonio, where he remained in a coma
for several months before dying. Some people said that he was poisoned -
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~ by the professional enforcement group of the drug traffickers who were
f.urious at having been double-crossed too often. But it was also hinted
thc~t some of tt~e big shoCs in the DEA might have had good reason to
prefer to eee Agent Bario dead than to hear him expose aome of the meChode -
of. nnrcotics control before a court of law.
- However, the relief of the DEA is assured. One evening last winter, ~it
ttie limit of American territorial ~aaters, a small sport fishing boat with
a CB radio, invited the commercial ship "Moctezuma," which was flying the _
flag of. the Bahamas, to come along5ide to render a small service. When
the boat wa5 within range of a flashlight, one of the fishermen waved
_ one-half of a Colombian 5-peso note. The captain of the "Moctezuma"
then took from his pocket what appeaied to be the other half of the same
= note. The two boats then came alongside one another, and immediately,
the people on the "Moctezuma" unloadad a dozen bales of marijuana onto
the bridge of the fishing boat. When the operation was ended, the fishing
- boat withdrew...in the direction of a f~st Coast Guard patrol boat wh3ch
- lost no time in stopping the "Moctezuma," while not putting too much
emphasis on the point of l~w concerning the limit of territorial waters -
_ (an apparently specious trick in the eyes of these sailors in uniform).
Loot: 115,000 pounds of concentrated Colombian marijuana, more than 50
tons--not counting the 500 kg kindly unloaded onto the decoy fishi:~g boat ~
_ whose crew members were all DEA agents.
_ T'his type of sport is very profitable for the American narcotics supercops -
_ who don't go anywhere now unles~ they're in a Cessna 310 in the air, a
deluxe Cadillac on the highways or deluxe fast yachts or epeed boats:
= by virtue of a law of the state of Florida--the preferred port of entry
from South American channels to the United States--which authorizes them
to use for the requirements of the department, the vehicles which they
have seized, as well as the contraband merchandise they.are carrying.
= And last year alone, they seized 81 planes, 191 boats and 211 automobiles
_ of various types.
' Discussion of the Method
"But they have done nothing to stop the menace," say the people who do -
_ not approve of this type of operation, which is not always particular
about the legality of the procedures employed to obtain anticipated results.
In America, as elsewhere, if 10 percent of the drug traffic is stopped,
it's the maximum. Is it worth the trouble of lowering themselves to
resorting to the same weapons as those used by the traffickers, to the
= danger of gradually being pushed to the limit of legality, or beyond, -
for such a small return?" -
Therein lies the crux of the "Affaire Francois"--and beyond that particular
- affair, is the vast problem of protecting society against organized crime:
a choice of inethods. A question of priorities to be defined: efficiency
or morality--which do not always go hand in hand when the target is some-
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On one side, there are those who profit from it. Incredible chains which
always go back to the most relentless and the most highly organized ~
gangsters, in successive links who know only those who precede them and
those who follow them--and often only at the last minute.
- Chaina which are sometimes firmly anchored very deeply within certain
governmenta. By stopping on the spot the remainder of Chiang Kai-shek's
Chinese troopa who controlled its und~rground production, the poppy made
of the Golden Triangle a sort of shield for Thailand and Burma against a
dreaded Communiat invasion from Indochina.
In other coL:ntries, drugs are a considerable source of hard currency: _
China, Peru, Turkey (which has ~ust reinstated the authority for culti-
vation of the poppy which was suppre5sed several years ago, under pressure -
- from the American government) and Iran, the newest member of the poppy-
_ growers' club with an area of 35,000 hectares given over to a few tens of _
thousands of peasants who have been strongly "encouraged" to produce _
poppies as others draw oil from underground.
From the top to the bottom of the ladder, the traffic rests on an organi- -
~ zation of striking power, if one does not know th~t, the fabulous profits
make it possible to overlook a~l of the pressures, all of the corruption, -
all of the crimes.
On the other side, there are those who are fighting against the menace.
Firat of all, there are the people who have nothing with which to oppose -
_ the power of the drug ringa and the enalavement of the addicts~ except
- ~rguments of morality, of heslth, and of human digaity: sociologista, .
educatore, doctora, aocial workers. And then too, of course, there are _
the cops. The narcotics supercope, from whom society demands the protection
of its children against th~s dark threat that is still often poorly
defined and poorly understood in families, but which never ceases to gnaw
- away, a little more each year, at the foundation of future society: youth.
Just like war _
Only the police whom society has armed to protect its children, have the
power to give tit for tat.
+ "It's ~ust like a wax," say those who are the most deeply involved--who -
- obviously know what is actually going on. "When someone declares war on
- you, you don't have to be particular about the methods you use to bring
it to an end."
All of the police do not hold to that opinion. Several superior officers -
in the gendarmerie have told us, "No matter what the stakes are, a demo-
cratic society must, above all, respect the laws which it enacts. And
- especially those of its members who are expressly responsible for seeing -
that these laws are respected by everyone. Aside from this principal,
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- there is no safeguard for a democracy as it is still understood in our
western world."
_ In plain language, thia meana that in atrict conformity with the law, if
a gendarme or another sworn police of~icer, sees a milligram of any drug
_ whatsoever, it ia his duty to interv~ne immediately in the name of legal
ethics. While in the name of effective law enforcement, it would, on
the contrary, be more suitable not to intervene. But rather to observe -
what happens next, to follow the drug and the men who are passing it as
closely as possible, even internally, if this is po3sible, to go back
- up through criminal channels as close as possible to its head, and to
- strike only when he can cause considerable harm to the narcotics trade.
When the DEA agents disgu~.sed themselves as actual drug dealers to catch
the "Moctezuma," they went even further. They were the instigators--
which is specifically forbidden by Belgian law (and probably even by
American law). And when Detecttve Eddie Egan or Agent Sandy Bario "shifted
~ for themselves," because they were short of funds and their government =
was not able to provide the material means for their way of life in
breaking the gangsters whom they trapped, they went infinitely further
still. Just like Cdt Francois, trained at the DEA school, of whom it is
hinted that his real worries stem mainly from the fact that he had to
"shift for himself" to find, outside of the official government channels,
1.5 million spent enroute for the good cause of effective enforcement. `
At this moment, it is up to society as a whole to take up its regponsibi- -
lities--and not to shift the responsibility to one man, or one organization, _
the National Drug Bureau, which it is supposed to have set up with full
knowledge of the facts. In any event, it is now known that with or without
its chief, whether or not it is declared guilty of possible ethical or
professional misconduct (which must be defined by the competent courts),
~ the BND wi11 continue to play its part.
And if, through some mis:Eortune, our supercops have actually become
involved in the sinister business of the "Belgian connection," if they
have stooped to illegal practices not through concern for effective enforce- -
ment, but through contemptibly material personal interest, have we, even
- then, the right to throw stones at them, to say that society is free of =
all responsibility?
The follow~ng is a commentary by film maker Yves Boisset, who is particu-
larly well-informed on the subject, since he has devoted se~veral films
to the relations between the police and the depraved circles which they
are forced to frequent--includfng "Femme Flic" [policewomanJ which he
~ust presen~ed this weekend at the Brussels Festival, right in the midst
_ of the sensational "Francois affair":
"It cannot be denied that to be effective, the police mu~t b~~ able to _
penetrate drug circies. But it must be understood, first of all, that
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~ the effectivenesa obtained in this manner is always limited, and never
completely innocent. In Lyon, where I did extensive investigation for _
my film, "Le Juge Fayard" from the story of Judge Renaud (it ie still
not known who assassinated him, editor's note), the poli~e who infiltrated
the ring obtained spectacular results--but in only one sense: at the
expense of rival bands of thair "contacts," who were only too happy to
settle with their competitors. And it is always risky. It seemed to ms
that it is very difficult to emerge white as...cocaine from an intimate
and daily association with an atmosphere where the customs are worse,
more sordid, or more ruthless--where everything is sub~ect to the power
of the buck: and since it is in the drug Craffic that the stakes are the _
most fabulous..."
- Even in America, a man who posed as little for a lark was stifled by the
scruples of the late-lamented Edgar Hoover, legendary boss of the FBI,
who alwaya strictly prohibited "infiltration" into the gangsters' circles
by his famous "Feds," the "Untouchables" of the long fight against
gangsterism in the 20's and 30's. Not becau~e of moral intransigence.
But because he was afraid that, to some extent, they would be corrupted
by the people they were supposed to control. A theory aba~doned by the -
present director of the FBI, William Webster--and by the entire DEA, as
they have demonstrated.
It must certainly be admitted that, in theory, people who are given a -
critical assignment must be truetworthy; and the members of the FBI pride
themselves on having had only one agent convicted of corrupt3on during
- their long history. From that time on, they have returned t~ the level _
of uncompromieing morality. Can they, in the name of eff iciency, occasionally
use the same weapons as the gangsters-��and even stray from rigid adherence
to morality when necessary?
London 1869: Detectives' Scandal
Just the same, it is an old dispute in principle, which has never stopped
upsetting those who are involved--and others. In his annual report for
1869, the Metropolitan Commissioner of London noted, even then, that "Che
creation of a detective corps within the metropolitan police is being
regarded very cautiously by the ma~ority of Britons. It is actualiy
_ contrary to public morality and to the respect for the private life of `
our citizens." End of quotation.
When these detectives, who became inspectors (from Scotland Yard, there,
and from the police, here), set out to trick peopl.e by bluffing, even by
outright lying, to obtain confessions from those whom they believed to be
guilty, the right-thinking people of the time became indignant ~ust as we,
today, are bothered by the idea that narcotics supercops can adopL the
habits and the weapons of gangsters so as to be better able to control
the drug menace. _
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Today, we are no longer even surprised. It is here to stay.
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And already. some people have gone on to the next atep. In a confidential
mood, the producer of the "French Connection," William Friedken, once
confessed: "In order to make the f ilm more realistic, for a long time
I thought about having the charaeter of Eddie Egan played by an actual
confirmed gangster, rather than a profe~sional actor like Gene Haclanan.
And I had one ready: Fat Thomas Rand, who at that tirne had been arrested
52 times, with a good half of the arreata for drug peddling, to be exact.
But when it was time to begin, he wae arrested for the 53rd time..."
Repression Questioned
For people concerned about the problam of drugs iu Belgium from the point
of view of harm done to our young people, the blame to be placed on .
Cdt Francois is less in knowing whether he exceeded his rights in carrying
out the duty which ~as assignad to him, th~n in having contributed by
his artion and by his "American" choi~es to "giving full throttle" to _
repression. First of all, becau~e the problem is not the same. In
America, the DEA is mainly dealing with prohibiting the entry of narcotics
- into fed~ral territory, and so much the worse if the surplus flows back
to Europe from there; while Belgium is less a user's market, than a center
- for transit within a market common to easily crossed borders and to various =
narcotics laws.
"And then, above all, repre~sion doesn`t solve anything. It just aggravates
the situation. From the point of view of the drug dealers, it affects
_ at most 10 percent of the goods in circulation. An3 from the point of
view of the uaers, who have infinitely more need for help than for puniah-
~ ment, it generates a climatie of def iance with regard to anything resembling -
officialdom in the matter of narcotics--with, too often, tragic consequences."
Last year in Liege, a teenager died from an overdose because his two ~
companions at a"drug party" didn't dare to telephone the hospital.
- After having considered throwing the unfortunate adolescent into the Meuse,
unseen, and unknown, one of the two friends went to confess to the police.
' He was told that he had done the right thing. He would get the minimum
- sentence by virtue of the law of 1975, called the "law of denunciation"--
drafted in accordance with the views of the BND, say the sociolegists--who
arranged for the remission of all or a good portion of the sentence of
~ any drug addict or small pusher who brings to the authorities information -
which may lead to the arrest of other offenders. -
"This is a catastrophic law," in the opinion of Charles Tisseyre, who is
in charge of research at the Solvay criminology center (Free University
_ of Brussels). "First of all because it institutionalizes informing.
Parents who give the names of other addicts are promised that their youngster
_ will not be prosecuted. But most of all, because it reinforces young ~
people's fear of the authorities where drugs are concerned."
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_ According to Mr Tisseyre, if we really ~aant to control narcotics in our
- country, we must either eliminate repression, or in any event reinforce
prevention, instruction and reasoned dissuasion of addicts. We are sadly -
wide of the mark. The BND includes 42 squads of 3 or 4 special gendarmes
each; in addition to that, there is also the BIC (Criminal Information
Bureau) to lend a i~~and, and there are even specialized departments in
local police forces. With regard to these forces focueed on repression, _
Infor-Drug has made available in and for all of them, one permanent and a
half [sic~ paid [workersJ through the ministry of Culture to educate
young people who are in danger. "Cdt Francois him9elf used to say that
the drug problem is an equation with two expressions: supply and demand,"
said Mr TisseyrP. He has made an all-out effort to slow down the supply--
with results wiiich are more spectacular than consistent. If more effort _
had been made to slow down the demand by approaching the problem less
dramatically, we would be infinitely further along..." -
~ A rather theoretical vision of the subject, is the condescending reply
of the partisans of ~he hard line.
However, during an international symposium the person in charge of the
intergovernmental agency for narcotics control in Southeast Asia, center
of the largest networks for opium and its derivatives, replied sharply,
to his Western colleagues, "Stop the demand, and we will stop the supply." -
_ Perhaps we are making some headway. When the Mexican Government, bowing
to pressure from Washington, literally liquidated all of the mari~uana
plantations on the high platesus, either with flame-throwers, or by _
apraying them from an airplane with a complete herbicide, paraquat, the
dealers loat no time in finding another source of aupply. The island of
Gua~ira, off the coast of Colombia, where they had no difficulty in _
convincing the local peasants to throw themselves headlong into the forced =
- cultivation of "the weed." -
- "It's a waste of time t~ try to destroy the sources of supply," say many
international experts. "The drug rings will always find substitutes.
Aren't there 32 synthetic derivatives of basic opium. And aren't the
dealers always ahead of the game, at least with the cops who are hunt3ng
them." -
Recently, in Geneva, the customs service was astonished by the surprising
increase in the number of cobras sent to Switzerland by plane. Until the
day that a customs officer, ~oho was better informed than the others about
the natural sciences asked himself if there was a connection between drug =
traffic and the peculiar ability of cobras to regurgitate whatever they -
can't digest: bones, skin, the hair of their prey. Well-done, customs
inspector. Clever drug dealers had learn~d, in addition, that the digestive
system of cobras doesn't function at low temperatures, like that in the
luggage compartment of airplanes. So they made their snakes swallow
indigestible plastic capsules filled with strong drugs ~ust before shipping
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them. And it was only after having been unloaded and placed in a reasonable ~
temperature, far from the view of the federal customs, that the innocent
reptiles regurgitated the drugs, intact.
Nevertheless, if they reall.y wanted to, perhaps they could.
In the Golden Triangle, where local authoritiea, under pressure from the
UN, have guaranteed a higher income to meo pea~ants for growing beans -
instead of poppies, the plan is sueceeding. _
And the only cosmopolitan capital in ~outheast A$ia where opium has not
ravaged the populace, is the place where repression is the most dreadful:
Sitlgapore, where possession of ~n ounce of drugs--35 grams--is punishable
by death. Very simple.
The Facts of the Problem
- Drugs? Brr! Grrl
In any case, they are a phenomenon of civilization. Of our civilization.
The "drug culture," say the Americans, who know a great deal about the
sub~ect. -
- They are not alluding to the cultivation of poppi~s by the meo peasants
of the "golden triangle," within the conf ines of Burma, Laos, and Thailand; _
nor to the cultivation of mari~uana which is not in vogue even in the
- interior of the United States, in the wild and "inconspicuous" culs-de-sacs
of California which lead into the well-named Death Valley. No: the "drug
culture" is that form of civilization reflected by 42 million Americans
who Zast year spent more than $25 million to smoke mari3uana, uaing
altogether about 60 tons of "the weed" PER DAY! This is the greatest
craze in the United States since the prohibition nf the 20's. -
But in Europe that drug brings up the rear, no~r. They say there are no
= longer any fashionable spots where cocaine sniffing doesn't go on. Now,
on the sub,ject of frightening the most blase practitioners, like Dr
, Olievenstein, a doctor who was a sort of Father Damien or Abbe Pierre
of the ~unkies in his Marmottan Hospital in Paris, specialize in detoxi-
fication cures. Last summer, in Saint Tropez, they were "sniffing" so
openly that this man who is non-repressive because of his therapeutic
vocation, called for strong intervention from the prefect of Var to stop
~
- the epidemic: "Unfortunately, cocaine is no longer the vice of only a
few billionaires..."
And then, always and everywhere, heroin. Which kills more and more often, -
and which is alwz~ys addictive. Heroin comes from morphine, which comes
from opium, wh~ch comes from the poppy. The young mar. who is addicted to -
heroin may need a"fix" every 4 to 6 hours. In New York, Amsterdam and =
Frankfort these infinztesimal doses are sold to the user at the rate of
$3C~0,000 to $400,OQ0 per kilo--although the quantity of poppy seeds needed
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to obtain a kilo of 98 percent pure heroin, at the end of the chain, doesn't
cost more than $20 initially, from the meo--or Turkish, or Chinese, or
Iranian grower. To find the $250 to $300 that they need every day to get
their heroin, the girls become prostitutes and the boys steal or resort
to extortion.
In New Yor~c, between 1950 and 1955 heroin killed 465 addicts; nearly 3,000
between 1965 and 1970; and almost 10,000 in the 5 years just ended. In
1969, for the firat time, youngsters les~ than 15 years old, 20 in all,
died. Last yeaz, there were nearly 200. And Europ e is now infected.
In 1975, 325 Germans, 59 Frenchmen, 50 Italians and 18 Swedes died of
overdoses. In I.~ndon, a young pusher admitted to the court that she had
900 regular customers of her own. In Lisbon, a growing number of druggists
no longer stock medications which are likely to be used as hard drugs; to
avoid being robbed by ~unkies. And in Amsterdam, every Saturday, a"free
- radio" speaker broadcaste in no uncertain terms, the courses to be held
- during ttie week for the different types of drugs.
COYYRIGHT: 1q80 Pourquoi Fa.s?
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CSO: 5300
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- POLICE ARREST IRANIANS, INDIAN FOR RECEIVING HEROIN IN MAIL
Copenhagen BERLINGSKE TID~NDE in Danish 24 Feb 80 p 10
[Report by Dan Axe17
,
[Text] Narcotics police trapped three foreigners who came to pick up a
package at a Copenhagen post office Friday. The package ostensibly
contained antiques from Tt~~ailand, but Customs officials at Kastrup _
' disc;overed that the package contained other and more precious things. -
Within the falae bottom and sides of the package they found approximately -
_ one kilogram good-quality heroin, which meant that the value of the
innocent-looking package rose by at least one mil~ion kroner.
= The three foreigners were brought before a Copenhagen judge Saturday, _
charged with trying to smuggle hard narcotics into Denmark. The ~ailed
suspects are two Iranian brothers, 39-year old Issac Cohen and 30-year old
Pou1 Cohen, together with a 40-year old Indian, Prawichandra Mukhawala.
_ The examination was held behind closed doors because of accomplices still at
large. Thus, it is still not known whether this form of smuggling hard
narcotics via air freight--in this case from Bangkok--is organized.
~ In the last few months many foreigners and Danes have been sentenced behind
closed doors for trying to smuggle narcotics into Denmark, for buying and
selling hard substanc~s and other violations~of paragraph 191 in the eriminal -
code, which deals with hard narcotics.
However, we do know that a good dozen foreigners, especially Filipinos, are -
- ~till in custody in connection with a big narcotics case involving the trade
of up to 10 kilograms heroin and trying to smuggle an equal amount of heroin
into Denmark. Altogether, that involves a black market, hard-aubstance
trade valued at almost 10 million kroner. .
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CLANDESTINE DRUG LABORA,TORIES SITUATION UPDATED
Paris LE FIGAP,O in French 10 Mar 80 p 11
[Article by James-Lucien Meteye] ~
[Text) Five drug traff ickers were arrested in the community of Chambon-sur-
- Lignon (Haute-Loire) where th~y had installed a laboratory for converting
~ morphine base into heroin. Two other arresta were made in Marseilles where
a search is in progress. -
Mr Pierre Michel, the Marseillea investigating magistrate in charge of
enquiring into the big drug deals spotted in the regic;n went to Haute-Loire
whPre he met with the inspectors of the Marseillea narcotics squad to whom he
had given a warrant to operate in that Department.
- The laboratory of Chambon-sur-Lignon was only in the trial stage and the tests
had turned out poor: only some hundreds of grams of heroin had been prr~duced
and those not of the desj.red quality.
It aeems that the laboratory promoters had the intention to move the lab after
theae tests. Some of the policemen had the impressio~n that they arrived ~ ust
- in time to arrest the traffickers uf Chambon-sur-Lignon, but not at the best
moment to seize all the ramificationa of this affair.
It has nonetheless be