JPRS ID: 9139 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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JPFiS L/9139
12 June 1~980
Worldwide Re ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
: (FOUO 25/80)
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JPRS L/9139
12 June 1980
WORLDWIDE REPORT
~pRCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 25/80)
CONTEN7S
AS IA
BURMA ~
Stiff Terme Given for Drug Offencea
(~E WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, 18 May 80) 1
't3riefs
' Opium Seizure ~ 2
Opium Raids 2
Railway Drug Se~.zure 2
Poppy Destruction Z =
Moulmein Heroin Seizure ' 3
- Opium Dealers Jailed 3
Rangoon Heroin Seizure . 3
Rangoon Arrest ~3
He roin Found 3
Ra~ Opium Seizure 4
Opium Convict3.on 4
. Madaya Opium Dealera Jailed 4
HONG KONG
Briefs
~ Heroin Possession Arrasts 5
Heroin Ambush ,5
Heroin Raid ,5
Drug Poasession Sentence 6
Drug Seizure Statistics (
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NEW ZEALAND
Seroin Supplies Scarce, Dealers Push Cannabis
(~IE EVENING PO6T, 29 Apr 80) 7
Price of Heroin in Auckland Hits New Higiz
(~iE EVENING POST, 1 May 80) 8
Unions To Formulate Policy on Employing Drug Offenders
(THE EVENING POST, 9 Alay 80).....o 9
Government Will Not Legalize Heroin fcr Addicts
(~IE $VENING POST, 12 May 80) 10
U.S. Conspiracy Laws Considered in Anti-I1rug Fight
(THE EVENING POST, 13 May 80) 12
Eight-Year Sentence for Importing Heroin, Cocaine
('IIiE EVPNING POST, 15 May 80) 13
Briefs
Customs Men Charged 14
Caanabis Cultivation 14
Large Cannabia Plot 14
PAKISTAN
Biggest Ever Narcotics Haul in Kalabagh
(THE MUSLIM, 22 May 80) 15
Briefs
Ove r 32,000 Grams Hashish 16 -
S RI LANKA I
Aid Suggested To Block Impending Drug Criais ~
(Editorial; SUN, 2 May 8U) .....................o....... 17
EAST EUROPE ~
BULGARIA
Briefs
British Subject Sentenced 19
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IATIN AI~RICA
AR~TTINA
Briefs
Antidrug Operatiacis 20
CHILE .
Briefs ~
Drug Traffickere Arrested 21
C06TA RICA
Marihuaaa, Other Drugs Destroyed
(LA NACYON, 3 May 80) 22
Briefs
Marihuana Shipment in Li~n 24
ECUADOR
Br{efs
- Cocaine Traffic Arrest 25
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRI CA .
IRAN
Briefs
Antinarcotics Drive 26
Lab Confiscated in Shirvan 26
Arrest of 'Professional' Smugglers 26
Weapona, Heroin Seized 26
ISRAEL
Briefs
Heroin Found 27
WEST EUROPE
D~NMARK
Supremle Court Lengthens Sentence in Big Drug Case
(Ib Eichner-Larsen; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 16 Apr 80).... 28
Police Arrest Jeweler Fmm Turkey for Heroin Smuggling
(~niders Wiig; BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 20 Mar 80).......... 30
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Police Arrest Lebanese With He roin at Kastrup
(BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, 15 Apr 80) 32 _
Briefs
Undercover Agent Returns 34
FRAN(~
. Briefs
Drug Network in Zburs 35
GREECE
_ Tourists Involved in Narcotics Peddling
(Ilias Malatos; EPIKAIRA, 22, 28 May 80) 36 ,
ITALY
PCI Directorate 5-Point Pmposal for Drug Law Reform
(L'i1NITA, 9 May 8Q) 39
NOF~IAY
Aietoms Service To Add Personnel, Tighten Urugs Sea~rch
(Ingrid F~uraeth; AFTENPOSTEN, 25 Apr 80) 42
Narcotics Officers Report Success With Dog Searchers
(AFTENPOSTEN, 25 Apr 80) 45
_ Police Organ ize--New Fbrcea To Stem Heroin Invasion
(KLASSEKAMPEN, 25 Apr 80) 47
SWEDEN
~ Police See Surge in Stockholm Hashish Trafficlcing ;
(Willy Silberstein; SVENSKA DAGB LADET, 20 Apr 80).... 49 !
Youth Resurrect Hashish Cult of Sixttes : Schools ii~t
(Willy Silberstein; SV~NSKA DA(B LAI~ET, 20 Apr 80).... 52
Police In cressingly Use P'hone Inter~epts in Drug War
(Claes wn Hofsten; SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 28 Apr 80).... 54
, Paper Attacks lrbre Tolerant Attitudes Toward Hashiah Use
(Editorial; SVENSKA DA(BLADET, 22 Apr 8d)............ 56
Prosecuto r Decries ~reeing Iranians Smuggling Raw Opiwn
(Leif Dahlin; DAGFS~IS NYHETER, 3 May 80)..........o... 58
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UNIT~D ARAB EMIRATES
Uae of Narcotics Seen Increasing
(Jamal Abu Talib; AL-ITTIIiAD, 15 Apr 80)............ 60 -
Briefs
Sentence f~r Drug Trafficker f~4
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Ran~oon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in Ei:glish 18 May 80 p 8
[Text]
K~woE, 8 1VIay-The The Townahip Court,
Moulmein To~inship after hearing the case.
Court chaired by '.J ~ Khin sentenced Tin Aye to ten
Kyi yesterday aentenced years' imprjeonment each
six peraons to gaol under Sechons 6(b) and
terms ranging frocn ~(b~f the Narcotic Drugs
i 5 years to 2o years for Law and 2o years' im-
conviction of offences prisonment under Sections
under Sections 6(bx~os- io(b) and i i of the same
session)~ 7(b) ~uanapor- Iaw. Sentences are to be
tation)~ io(b) (sale) and ii eaved ooncucrently.
; (abetment) of the Narco- The oourt also handed
tic Druga Law. . ~ down tm yeara each to _
It tranapired that Chair- Win Tin and Daw Htwe
man of the Moulmein Yi under Sections 6(b)
Townahip People's Coun- and ~(b) of. the Narcotic
cil Maj Khin Aung and Dtugs Law and i5 years _
party, acting on infa- each under Sectiona io(b)
; mation, raided the . Myo- and I I of the saane Law. -
~ ehit Laundry in Man- Set?tences ue to be served
~ dalay Wacd owned by concurrendy.
one Daw Thant Zia ~d A~~d Kyaw Min
seized penicillin vials con- Tun and Daw Kyin Aye
taining hecoin belonging ~d Ko Tin Oo were given
to Ko Tin Aye, Ko Win ,
Tin, Daw Htwe Yi, Kyaw I~Y~er 1Secri
na 6(b),
Min Tun, Daw Kyin Aye ~b} io(b) and ii of the
and Ko Tin Oo who were N~ic brugs Law.
visiting there.
Police booked them R ingleader Ko Tin Aye
under Sections 6(b), ~(b), had been recently con-
, io(b) and II of the Nar- victed for poaseeaion of
cotic Dru~s Law. opium, it is leamt. (iq8~
CSO: 530~
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BURMA
BRIEFS
OPIUM SEIZURE--Acting on information, a team of policemen led by Sub-
iaepector U Khin Myaing of Taungdwingyi people's police force raided the
house of U Thein Hlaing and Daw Waing Nyunt at vo 1 Shwe-ah ward on
22 April and seized a ball of raw opium weighing 1 vias [1 vias equale
_ 3.6 pounde]. The opium belonged to Marla alias flla Saing of No 34 Nansit
road, ward No 5, Lashio. Action was taken under Sections 6B, lOB and 11
[of the Narcotic Druge Law]. [Rangoon MYADIl~IA ALIN in Burmese 27 Apr 80 -
p 6 BK]
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OPIUM RAIDS--Acting on a tipoff, policemen of Einme aearched the house of
58-year-old U Tun alias U Kyi Shwe ia Ta-kaw village on the oppoaite bank
of Einme on 20 April and seized a sma11 amount of raw opium. The police
alao seized 2 ticals [100 ticale equals 3.6 pounde] of raw opium from
' S5-year-old U Tun Nqein of Gyogoa village and another 2 ticals from 26-
year-old Ma Aye Kyi of the same village and a small amount of raw opium
from 46-year-old U Ryaw Thein of Tarkon village. Action has been takan
under the Narcotic Drugs Law~ (Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Bturmese 30 Apr 80
p 6 BK]
RAILWAY DRUG SEIZURE--On 29 April railway police searched paesengere Ko
Aung Kyi and Ko Aung Sein from Mandalay at the Rangoon railway etation
and aeized 45 packages of opium, weighing about 60 ticals each, :rom
their eatchel and bedroll. Action I~as taken under Sections 6B and lOB
oi the Narcotic Druga Law. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmeae 30 Apr 80
p 7 BK]
POPPY DESTRUCTION--A pol3ce squad from Lashio township and soldiers from
the 68th InfanCry Regiment on 22 March destroyed 2.4 acres of poppy near
Mong Mao village in Wan Pying village tract, Lashio township. In thia
year alone, 39.22 acres of poppy have been razed in Lashio township. A
total of 1,207.22 acres of poppq have been deatroyed in Lashio, Kutkai,
Heenwi, Ho-pang, Kuulong and (?Tangyan) townahips., northern Shan State,
in 1980. [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 3 Apr 80 p 4 BK] Operation "Bloom
of the Hell" launched in Rutkai towaship, northern Shan State, from
1 February to 31 March has destroyed 842.95 acres of poppy. Nine Chinese
nationale--five malea and four females--have been charged under Section 3.B
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of the Narcotic Drugs Law ia this connection. [Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in
Burmese 9 Apr 80 p 4 BK] A team of police persotmel led by Tamu town- ~
ehip people's councillor U San Win on 5 April destroyed over 1 acre of
poppq grawn in th~ vicinity of Miathami village in Tamu township. They
also arrested U Maung Nwa aftex seizing aome opium solution prepared for
cooking snd some poppy. [Rangoon LORTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in Burmeae
12 Apr 80 p 7 BR]
. MOUY.I~IN HEROIN SEIZURE--People's councillora and a Myoma police squad
of Hpettan ward, Moulmeia, on 24 March raided U Gwan Shein'a houae in
that ward and aeized some cigarettea laced with heroin, a penicillin vial _
containing heroin, ~n army compasa and some Kam~uchean currency notes.
Myoma police station has filed charges against U Owan Shein. [Rangoon
MYANMA ALIN in Burmeae 2 Apr 80 p 6 BR]
OPIUM DEALERS JAILED--Rangoon, 15 May--Oa 13 Fabruary 1978, a police aquad
led by Inepector U Tha U of Rangoon divieion's Crime ~revention Divieion ~
raided Bu3lding No 4, Pawean-hmwe street in Thuwanna and found from i1 Khin
Maung Chit of Room No 4 aad U Maung Sein of Room No 8, 45 visa [1 viea
equals 3.6 poundsJ of raw opium, 25.5 vi~e of opium residue, 0.67 viss of .
brown opium and two balancea. U Rhin Maung Chit and U Maung Setn were -
arreated and charges under.Sectiona 6.9, 10.$ and 11 of the Narcotic Drugs
_ Law were filed againat the two men at the Thuwanna court. On 15 May 1980,
a townehip court chaired by U Myo Thwia, after finding the two defendanta
- guilty as charged, aentenced each of them to 18 years imprieonment. [Text]
[Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 16 May 80 pp 8, 7 SR]
RANGOON HEROIN SEIZURE--Oa 9 May, Inepector II Tha U of Rangoon Crime
Prevention Division and a police party seized two penicillin viale and
13,00~ kyat in caah from a car drivea bq Maung Kyaw Nyunt and parked in
Yadana ~treet, llth ward, south Okkalapa. After interrogation, police -
raided Ko Tin Myiat'e house in 12t~.h atreet, llth ward, where they found
9,000 kyat worth of heroin in 18 penicillin vials aad a plastic bag con-
taining heroin worth 12,000 kyat. Ro Tin Myint, Ro Thaung Tin and Ko
Mqint Soe were charged under Sections 6.B, 10.B, 11 and 14.D of the
Narcotic~;Drugs Law. [Rangcson BOTATAUNG in Burmese 10 May 80 p 7 BKJ
RANGOON ARREST=-On 25 April, Laikaw township court chaired by U Kyt Maung
aentenced Aung ~'han to 5 years imprisonment and Tancha, alias Aung Nyunt,
to 7 years imprieonment. Aung Than was found with a packet of heroin and
a hypodermic syringe by ward councillora on 16 Julq 1979, and Tancha of
Lawpita street, Loilcaw, was brought to trial after police uncovered some
heroin packeta f rom hie house on 24 September 1978. [Rangoon LOKTHA ~
PYEITHU NEZIN in Burnrzae 6 Mas~ 80 p 6 BR]
HEROIN FOUN~--On 4 May, police corporal Thein Than searched Sein Win and
Kyaw Naing, alias Kyi San, near Moulmein market and found a heroin packet
worth 50 kyat. Charges have been filed under Sections 6.B and 10.B of
the Narcotic Drugs Law. [Rangoon SOTATAUNG in Burmese 12 May 80 p b BK]
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RAW OPIUM SEIZURE--Letpanhla police camp commander U Nyunt Maung and a
party seized about 18 ticals [1 tical equals 0.36 pound] of raw opium
from Ma Ngwe Ya, a passenger traveling on a bua plying between Mandalay
and Thabeikkyin. The seizure was made on 6 May. [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in
Burmese 14 May 80 p 5 BK]
OPIUM CONVICTION--Sagaing division's Tantabin court sentenced U Thwin of
Thabyetha village to 5 years imprisonment on 9 May after he was found
guilty under Section 6.B of the Narcotic Drugs Law. Police and coun-
cillors found a very small amount of opium during their search on U Thwin's
houee on 3 November 1979. [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese 17 May 80 p 6 BK]
MALIAYA OPIUM DEALERS JAILED--Madaya, 6 May--On 5 April, Mandala)~ Division's ~
Madaya township court with U Tin Aye se chairman and U Thein Ma.ung and
U Kyaw Zaw as members found U Ba Maung, Daw Nyein and U Nyo Hmaing of
Panya village, Mandaya township,'guilty ae charged under Sections 6.B and
10.B [of the Narcotic Druge Law] and sentenced each of them to 10 years
imprisonment under Section 6.B and 20 yeara ~ail and 50,000 kyat fine
- under Section 10.B, both the aantences to be aerved concurrently. The
case was that on 21 July 1978, a police squad led by Inapector U Khin
Maung Than of Mandalay Division Druga Suppression Diviaion raiaed the `
residence of U Maung Maung and Daw Nyein iri Panya village and found 11.40
viss [1 viss equals 3.6 pounds] ~f raw opium and 2,U11 kyat in cash. A
search on Ko Nyo Hmaing's house u:~.overed 18 packeta of opium each weigh-
ing 0.009 pounds and 66 Iryat in cash. [Text] [Rangoon BOTATAUNG in
Burmese 17 May 80 p 6 BK]
CSO: 5300
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HONG KONG
BRIEF'S
HEROIN POSSESSION ARRESTS--Police arrested Lhree men in connection ~ith
the seizure of 72 grams of suspected No 3 heroin in Tsimshatsui bet~aeen
Friday night and yesterday morning. Officers of the Special Duties ~quad
from Yaumati Police Station laid an asnbush outside a building at 6-7 Min- _
den Avenue about 11.45 pm on Friday. They apprehended a man who came out -
of the building and found one packet of suspected No 3 heroin weighing
- about 14 grams in his possession. The officers then went to the third
floor where the arrested man lived and seized 58 grams of suspected No 3
in five small packets. Two men on the premises were arrested. The
arrested men, aged between 18 and 19, have been charged with possession
of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. Text7
LHong Kong SOUTH Ch'INA MORDTING POST in English 11 May 80 p 7~
HEROIN AMBUSH--Two men were arrested yes~erday far allegedly possessing
heroin with a retail value of about $20,000. Shortly after midnighr,
officers of the Special Duties Squad from the Yawnati police station
laid an ambush at the ,junction of Shanghai Street and Waterloo Road.
_ There they stopped and searched a 24-qear-old man who was found to have
~ nine small pa~kets of suspected No 3 heroin weighing about three grams.
~ Follawing further inquiries, the squad raided a hut on the roof at 12 -
Tak Cheong Lane, at 4 am. About 141.5 grams of suspected No 3 heroin
were found hidden in a cardboard wall in one of the partitions inside
the premises. A 62-year-old man was taken back to the station f or in-
quiries. A stm? of $19,000 was also seized. The two men will be charged
with possessing dangerous drugs for unlasrful trafficking. LText/
LHong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVII~ POST in English 13 May 80 p 107
HEROIN RAID--Narcotics Bureau detectives yesterday managed to prevent a
man fram thrawing about a pound of heroin into the street during a raid
on a flat in M ongkok. A man and a woman in the Dundas Street flat were
arrested. The raid was one of a series carried out by detectives from
the Narcotics Bureau following investigations into a drugs syndicate. -
Another two men were arrested in Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Ma Tau Chung Road.
The raids were carried out after detectives smashed a"cutting and pack-
aging centre" in a flat in Ngau Tau Kok Road. ~ext7 LHong Kong SOUTH
. CHINA MORIJING POST in English 15 May 80 p 97 =
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DRUG POSSESSION SENTENCE--Mr Justice Rhind in the High Court yesterday _
sent~enced Cheung Wai, 20, ta L;e sent to a training centre for possessing _
$70,000 worth of dangerous drugs~f or unlawful tr~fficking. At a previous _
hearing Cheung pleaded guilty to possessing 1,002.6 grams of a mixture of
salts of esters of morphine and 28.27 grams of barbitone for unlawful
trafficking. He was arrested on January 1 when he returned froan a trip .
to Bangkok. The drugs were found in the top cover and the bottom layer
of the briefcase he was carrying. Cheung said he had collected the brief-
case from a Thai in Bangkok as instructe~ by a friend in Hongkong. De-
fence counsel, Mr Cheng Huan, told the court that Cheung was to receive
$9,000 as a reward and did not know the quantity of dangerous drugs he '
was to bring into Hongkong. LHong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNiNG POST in '
English 16 May 80 p 17/ ,
DRUG SEIZURE STATISTICS--Police staged 2,936 raids on illegal gambling
establishments, vice dens and drug divans last month. A police spokesman
said yesterday that the raids led to the arrest of 1,368 people. On the
anti-drug front, the spokesman said that 344 people were rounded up during
1,241 raids on pr~emises and search operations in the streets. Drug sei-
~ zur.es included 27.3 grams of opium, 1.22 lcilos of heroin, 68.2 grams of
morphine and a small quantity of barbitone. Excerpts7 LHong Kong SOUTH
CHINA MORIVIN~ POST ir; English 26 May 80 p 15~
CSOs 5320
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NEW 'I.EALAND
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' HI:ROIN SUPPLIES SCARCE, DEALERS PUSH CANNELBIS _
Wel].in~,ton THF EVErTING POST zn English 29 Apr 80 p 4
/Text7 A drying-up of heroin supplies in New Zealand has led to~drug
deal~rs movin~, into the distribution of cannabis.
The co-ordinalor of thc mas had led to an inrrease know, have moved into lhe
National Drug Intelligence in the ~3mount of cannabis area of cannabis."
Bureau (Detective Senior being~sofd in fhe Hutt Valley
Sergeant Paul ~ Fitzharris) are~. At the same time, therc
told the "Post" today ~ that ~ Ovor lhe last two moriths, Were other reasons far
heroin supplies had dried up eigh!- people involved in ~ncreases'in the supply of
since last September. drug dealing in the Lv~ker cannabis. Summer was lhe
At the same l~me, thcre Hutt` are.a had been ap- ~t time of the year to
had been an abundance of prehended by police, cultivate the plant.
cannabis in New Zeaiand. MP~ Fitzharris said heroin
b!t`'%;Fitzharris confirfned .i~d reap~~ ,.lp very
"I do know that some the~e h~ad been a bi decl~ne smaJL,.,qa~n- ti~tes in {~Jtck-
people who were involved in ~n the srippl~ ~ heroin land, Wellingt~p,,~d;Christ-
~ the distribution of heroin ~~g~~ about i~st
have now turned their ~ dW~eh,.. '?n the last lwo
September." weeks.
taon of ~c nnabis,~MrtFbz� Reasons for that.included `But there's still very
harris said. . intense pressure on some little~about," he said.
Thr reasons for an in� ' heroin dealers, lntense news Mr� Wilson said last week
crea~e ln Gannabis med~a pressure, ,and a de- ~at cannabis with a.street
availability were en'ore com� cline in the opium crop in value . of~f abOut ;4000 vqas
pfex tb8e just. a detline in New Zealand's heroin-source ~zed by ~tf~ Lower Hutt
heroin supplies. area, South-East Asia. CIB in two seperste in-
"I don't eee that the lwo ~ cidents, involving 100 can- _
are ~s closely lfnked as lhat, "T6e bulk of New Zealand nabis sticks and 46 deal bags '
but lf "is true that some heroln flows through Auck- of cannabis.
peopye who were in heroin 1and, and inter?ss pressure He said "quite a lot" of
are now in cannabis." has been put on a lot of cannabis was grown and
Mr Filzharris was com- peop le,particular1y in Auck- sold in the Hutt Valley, and
menting on remarks made la�d� There have tieen the much of the dealing took
drug-related murders in place in hotels. Police were
taday b~q Detectlve inspector Australia and England," he concentrating on a rehend-
Col[n Wilson, of thc Lowcr said. ing drug-ring dealers rather
Nutl CIB. P~nalties for people deal- than cannabis users, as they
ing in heroin had Deen believed this was the 6est
Ci~~ ht increased as well. way to combat . Ehe -
g "A cbmbination of all problem.
Mr~Wilson ~itl a shorlagc these things (ed to a drying
of heroin aroun~l lasE Christ- up. Some of these people, we
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NEW ZEALAND
CRICF. 01~ HEROIN IN AUCKIAND HITS NEW HIGH
Wc~llington THE EVENING POST in English 1 May 80 p 1 ,
/Texr~j AUCKI.AND, Today (PA). - Small quanti~ies of
6igh-qnallty herde are being peddled in Aockland
ior an astronomical price tag of ;SAO a gr,am.
Heroin, whic6 has been almost unobtainable in
New Zea}aad sigcx; jost before C6ristmas, fetc6ed
an average ;100 a~am whea readiIy available.
Customs offlceia are worrie
~ th.at a"sizeable"
consigament of it was smuggled into Auckland five -
weeks ago witb a large stilpment of Thai cannabis
� sticks. ~ ~
At the time, four wooden crates were stolea from
No 9 cargo shed oa Captain Wharf. The crates were
marked as conEaieing ceramlcs and consigned to a
fictitious company and addr~ss~ but are believed to
have coataiaed 100,000 cannabls sticks.
A combined police and customs operation in the
Auckland area in late March and April resulted in
_ 1301 imported caenabis sticks ~ being seized. , `
Detect~ve Chi~f Inspector Dick MacDonald said .
today the sUcks .were of "mediocre quality" and
~ sold in Auckland for f 8, but fetched up to =15 m
other parts of the couatry. ~ -
A total of 750 grams ~ of New ~ Zealand-grown
cannabis, a small block of has6 resin, aad t6ree
"tabs" of ISD were also seized during the ~
operation. Eleven people were arrested and
charged.
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~ NEW ZEALAND
iirIIONS TO I~ORMULATE POLICY ON EMPLOYING DRlIG OFFENDERS
Welli n~,r.on THE EVErIII~ POST in English 9 May 80 p 4
/Text / ~ A national trade union They have the same "A gro~+ing number of the
policy regarding workers oroblem." . union's mpmbers are receiv-
convicted of ~ drug of- ~ The Stiop Employees' As- ~~g' !~nvictions. They
fences Is to be form~leied sociation, in a remit todap,~'e ~peu sentences, but
by t6e Federation of cafled on the conference to When .t6ex_ wanC to go back
Labour execnNve. discuss the effects an trade into t6eir ~ob they find they
The FoL president (Mr ~n membecs convicted of ~I
~p~ble," Mrs
Jim Knox) speaking at ~ oifeaces in order that ~e coufereaee's policy
today's FoL annual confer; ~b~r~u ure emrlo$~eng commlttee, which ia 6eaded
ence, said drugs were ot ~ P Yro by Mr �Knox, recommen8ed
serious public concern, par- could be formulated. that the remit be reterred to
_ ticularly the peddling' of the national executtve, and
them and thHr effects on that was adopted. ~
~p~e's Total ban ~
~ The FoL e~esearc6 office
would collate information on The tOtal ~ ban by the
- drug oftences by workers, a?ellington City Council on
study existing uNon policies employing bus drivers with
such as tdose of the seamens dra ayco6ol convictions was
and the shop employees' ~~~1 to t6e coaference by _
- unions, and, bring down a~ Traraways' Uaion pre-
policy for the guidance of sideat (Mr Heary Stnbbs).
~ ehe entire trade nnion ~ Stubbs caid drivers
movement. Nere reqnlred to be given a
Assu~ing the conference clearance by the police
that the issue would be given ~ore they' could be em-
priority by the Fo4'national ployed, but if a drug or
executive, Mr Kttox said: drunken driving convictaon
"This is a serious matter, an w~ carried b a. rsoa over
international matter, and y . ~
through the Australia - New a�y perl�d m h~s future, the
Zealand Trade Union Coun- C0n"cil would ~not employ
cil the matter has 6een ~
discussed with ~ the ACTIJ. ~~n)a Davies (Shop
~ Employees' Union) said
there was some concern
about the inability of s6op
. wQrkers retalaing their jobs
~fter a drug canviction.
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NEW ZEALAND
COVERNMENT WILL NOT LEGALIZE HEROIN FOR ADDICTS
Wellin~to?1 THE EVErIING POST in English 12 May 80 p 10
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