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~ 8 October 1980
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NARCOTI~CS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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8 October 1980
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WOR~LDWIliE REPORT
- NARCOTICS AND AANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 42/80)
J CONTENTS
ASIA
- HONG KONG
- War Against Drugs Being Won, Committee Says
(SOUTH CHINA MORN~NG POST, 6 Sep 80) 1
Briefs
Airport Heroin Haul 2
I~eroin Trafficking Arrest 2
Heroin From Bangkok 2
_ Cannabis S~izure 2
INDONESIA
Drug Abuse F~cus for Indonesian Police Operations
(Various sources, various dates) 3
~ Arrests in Riau
- Morphine Users Arrested ,
Rehabilitation of Juvenile Addicts
Tourists Involved With Narcotics
JAPAN
Briefs
Smuggling Ring Leader Arrested 7
NEW ZEALAND -
Airport Computers To Aid in Identifying Drug Smugglers
- (THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 26 Aug 80) 8
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Ma~or Effort Planned To Prevent Expected Heroin Influx
(THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 26 Aug 80) 9
SOUTH KOREA
Briefs
_ Six Hiroppon Dealers Arrested 10 _
- . LATIN AMERICA
BOLIVIA
Magazine Links Cocaine Traffickers With Junta
(VEJA, 13 Aug 80) 11 -
COSTA RICA _
Briefs
Three Cocaine Arrests 13
- MEXICO
Police Inspector Named as Traffickers' Contact
(EL DIARIO DE N[JEVO LAREDO, 28 Aug 80) 14
Corrupt Federal Police Commander Replaced ~
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 3 Sep 80) 16
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Cocaine Traffickers Arrested at Airport
- (EL FRONTERIZO, 3 Sep 80) 17 -
Industrial Inhalant Addiction Seen Rising in Culiacan
(EL SOL DE SINALOAr 7 Sep 80) 18 -
- Destruction of Poppy, Marihuana Plantations Reported ~
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 3 Sep 80) 20
Briefs
Large Marihuana Seizure 21 -
25 Marihuana Plantations Destroyed 21
Pil.l Trafficker Sentenced 22
Marihuana Plantations Burned 22
Colombian Cocaine Traffickers Caught 22
NICARAGUA
Briefs
Marihuana Plantation Destroyed 23
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SUB-SAHARAid AFRICA
LIBERIA
Briefs '
Guards Arrest Marihuana Smugglers 24 ~
ZIMBABWE ~ -
CID Increases Efforts To Curb Drug Abuse
(THE HERALD, 23 Sep 80) 25
WEST EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Appetite Suppression Product X-112 Abused as Drug
(DER SPIEGEL, 8 Sep 80) 26
ITALY -
Lebanese Arrested for Heroin Smuggling
(CORRIERE DEI.LA SERA, 21 Aug 80) 29
Ttac Heroin Arrests in Milan
(CORRIERE.DELLA SERA, 20 Aug 80) 32
Heroin Pusher Seized
Dealer Arrested Second Time
T~ao Youths Arrested, Heroin Seized
(CORRIERE DELLA SERA, 30 Aug 80) 35
' Briefs
Heroin Arrest in Bolzano 36
Cocaine Founci in Prison 36
- Drug Addicts in Military 37 -
H~roin Dealer Arrested 37
Heroin Courier Arr.ested 37
Heroin Seized From Salvadoran 38
Heroin Seized 38
- NETHERLANDS
- ~Briefs
'Grey Wolves' Trade in Heroin 3J -
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~ HONG KONG _
WAR AGAINST DRUGS BEING WON, COMMITTEE SAYS
- Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORPiTNG POST in English 6 Sep 80 p 8
/Text / Hoa~lroof ha beoome tba than 40,000 today~ ~aid Mr 10.000 raidenb of Centrai
ody usa in the Morld t6at Stumpf. and Watern Disuict. _
can bout a dramatie decraue "jn 1952, no oae wanted -
-i inivdrupprobkm. to mentioea dru~s he~re be- The mont6-loa cam- -
And aa eaooanpn~ ar au~e it wu a~Lametul wb- p~~ ~a ~~t b~
poct of the decline v tbat m disuict, will be insu~u-
- iewer youa~ peopk in tLe ~"But nowadays, we can nted by t6e ACAN chair- -
_ Coiaay are atarhn~ W use not anly ta~k tbout it y~ Sir Albart Rodri~u at
~ up. tbe cha~rman of Acti~ but ~re aa act ~~oa Edinb~ Plaa ai Sept
~an-
Cammittea Apin~t Narcct- tbe " Se ~aid, ber 14.
~a~~sp~eveat~ve �dncat~�� aod '~aeti�~ C�mmuu��a T6i~ wiU be the fint of
bliei~y wl~oommittae Mr for Narootia. Mr 8owen ~~~a aat;,dru~ am-
�~S~~�~Ya~y. ~ u�0� pai n~ to be rtarted by -
Mr Stumpf was annouac- addicb here, 1~,000 are AC~ thia w:.:: T6e twu
io~ details of an inteo~ive undenoin` a~daily rehabilita- othen will, be beld. in Yuea
mnath-1on~ and-druj cam- don~~
e. Loa~ and Yauawti betwaa
payo dd U
to be bdd in Cantrd dru~ ~d made ueut month aad Deoembar.
and Wateru Dbtrict. tLe leu ut yars .
He told ~pr~ ooafereaoe addkb pve ap thar habi~ he The objectiva of the am-
ebat behiad the aad-dru` wc- uid. � pa1~n~,aee ~w appal for ooa~-
oeM itory wu tbe ~rodc of He wid tbe Comn~iw~ mnnity invotvement and sup~
many devaed people in t6e ~wt oootidaat.that dru~ abwe pcrt in tde fi t a~airut tlru`
, aotnmunity. will be oompletety eGminated abute~ to ~uade peoQle
In 1952, tbae Mere an froan the oommunity in the framn ecer experimeatin` rvuh
: atimated 200,000 narootia nar fuwn. drup and w ur e dru ad-
addicb in t6e Colony. T6e The oerv aati-drn~ am� dicu co oome ~or~a~ for
; aumber hu fallen w!e~?er pai~n wIll be aimad at t6e troatment.
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
AIRPORT HEROIh HAUL--Custo~ns officers at Kai Tak airport arrested a Malay-
sian man yesterday after finding 450 grams of heroin base worth $600,000.
The drugs were concealed in the visitor's underwear, officers said. LText7
/Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 21 Aug 80 p 9T
HEROIN TRAFFICKING A,RREST-~ pregnant woman was arreste~i at her Taikoktsui
flat yesterday for alleged trafficking in narcotics. �`he Special Duty
Squad of the Mongkok police station seized a quantity of drt!gs, including
heroin, worth about $150,000 at tc,e 14th floor flat in Tong Mei Road.
f Text7 /Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English 30 Aug 80 p 17
HEROIN FROM BANGKOK--Two factory workers were arrested at Kai Tak yester-
day following the seizure of 910 grauis of suspected heroin base frona the
false bottoms of their travelling bags. Customs officers said the two men,
aged 33 and 37, arrived in Hongkong from Kuala Liunpur at 4 pm and the drugs .
were discovered during a routine inspection. When converted into No 3
heroin, the drugs would have had a retail value of $1.2 million. Customs
officers said the two flew to Bangkok cn Tuesday and went to Kua.la Lwnpur
on Thursday in ar~ attempt to avoid the suspicion of custoras officers.
/Excerpt7 %Hong Kong SOUTH CHINd1 MORIVING POST in Englis2i 31 Qug 80 p 17
CA.NN~BIS SEI2URE--Customs officers arrested a bar girl, her brother and a
- European entertainer on Wednesday following the seizure of ~annabis worth
about $25,000. The drugs were concealed inside a doll, mailed from Bang-
� kok, which was seized at the General Post Office. A man was arrested when
he went to the post office to collect it and subsequent inguiries led to
the arrest of the woman and the entertainer. /Excerpt7 /Hong Kong SOUTH
CHINA MORNING POST in English 29 A ug 80 p 137 '
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INDONESIA
' DRUG ABUSE FOCUS FOR INDONESIAN POIS~E OPERATIONS
Arrests in Riau
Jakarta HARIAN UMUM AB in Indcfnesian 29 Jul 80 p 6
[Text) Pekanbaru, Nbnday. An accomplice of a narcotics distributoi� syn- -
dicate, (morphine prohibited), "YB," 2~+ years old, managed to receive �
21,650 milligrams of smuggled morphine from abroad. He was arrested by a
patrol of the Indonesian Police Coam.ando Section, Tan,jung Ba,lai Kaximum,
island of Riau.
With the help of some fishermen, the police were able to capture "YB" who _
had just received a package of the hard type morphine, wei~hing 21,650
milligrams. This happened on a region of the beach that borders the nei.gh-
borin~ state provi.nce .
"YB" confessed that this operation had been carried out a number of times
but that it was restricted to distribution. ,
Until no~r, "YB" has not yet offered a complete explanation of the ope2�ation _
and the morphine smuggling network referred to earlier. The police are
continuing to investigate and check into the morphine smuggling syndice~te.
Opium Ii~use Raided .
Several leaders of the comm~unity in the ar~a of Rokan Street, Pekanbaru, -
related an incident that occurred at the beginning of the Ramadan Fast. -
The Regional Command IV, Riau, successf1a,11y executed a raid and forced
open cases of opium for smoking in one of the houses in that district.
_ The city police were not giving any f~,u~ther clarification on the matter.
They hope to round up the gang that is bringing in the opium to Kotama.dya,
Pekanbaru. Sumitro, Danresta 401 (Commander of ar~a 401), said that the ~
owner of the house has been arrested along with several opium smokers
(ma.inly foreign nationals), who are now on parole and are b eing questioned.
In checking further the Indonesian State Police has learned that there is -
a tendency for the opi~ smokers to be suffering fram mental disturbances
ar~d are over 4~0 years old.
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It is disturbing, that in the past several months in the area of Ria~i,
cases like this have been discovered frequently.
Sumitro said that the Indonesian State Police are aware of the problem,
and are waiting for the appropriate moment to break open this narcotics
smuggl~ng network.
Morphine Users Arrested
Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian 5 Jul 80 p 3 _
[Text] Three morphine users who were in the midst of sm~king and injecting
morphine in their arms were caught Friday afternoon in Central Jakarta, 71
M~etro by Sa.terse Kores ~Drug Abuse Unit). ~
The three people who were ca~~ght are: H. Ro. Sad, age 38, former member
, of the Indonesian National Army, now retired; Hart Gun. alias TZW, age 21;
and Ra.ch Angg, age 40.
The police had heard about a widow who had gotten married to Rach Angg _
illegally. Their house was the place where morphine users frequently
gathered. Friday afternoon around 1 pm, the house was indeed being used
for this purpose, and it was r~~ided.
When the police arrived at the house they found three people in a semi-
comatose state. Ha.rt Gun. and 'ia.ch Angg were [stoned] in a semi-conscious
state from the effects of morph~ne. Hart had injected it into his arms
while Rach had smoked cigarettes mixed with morphine.
H.Ro. Sa.d was just reac~y to inject himself, but startled by the raid, he
immediately threw the needle away. It had already pricked the back of
_ the palm of his hand. The injection needle was found near a small gutter
and the white liquid inside the syringe was mixed with blood.
In addition to the syringe, the police also confiscated 2 d,~ses [each equal -
to a pinch of salt] of morphine�and a razor blade.
H.Ro. Sad said that he had only recently become involved in the drug world
and was not yet strongly influenced by it, when the newspaper KOMPAS ques-
tioned him. As evidence he showed his arm, full of colorfla~]. tatooing and
also several scars where the injections had been given. One of the scars
was quite swollen directly over the artery, and there were several in the
folds of his hands. Because of this he was preparing to inject it in the
back of his hand. This mark was very visible on the left hand. His right
hand showed no indication of scars.
He said he got involved in the drug w~orld because of the tensions in his _
life. Often, he was not able to sleep or feel at peace because of several
problems that he was facing. As an escape he took morphine. As soon as -
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there was a crisis in his life he would take it to forget about it, and
- as reality faded he became addicted. He used morphine twice a day, in
the morning and afternoon or sometimes taking it in the evening. Ea.ch
time, he used 2 pinch~s at the cost of about 1,000 rupiahs per pinch-- -
or as much as 1,500 rupiahs per pinch.
H.Ra Sad is a merchant, and his business is generally in Si.ngapore and
Jakarta., the prof.its have been fair.
According to the police, Ra.ch Angg, another drug user, is also a morphine
- dealer. Consequently, those who bought it were allcn~red to take it in his
residence.
It is known that the narcotics black ma.rket network in the Senen~Tanah
_ Tinggi district has regular customers. The same is true for the sellers
[pushers]. They do not come only from among the youth but include also
same who are middle-aged.
Rehabilitation of Juvenile Addicts
Jakarta KOMPAS in Indonesian 22 JU.:S. ~0 p 3
[Text] The Department of Social Affairs has successfully rehabilitated
drug addicts via the Social Centers in Jakarta.
Khusnul Khotimah Jakarta has rehabilitated 357 y~ouths since 1973� -
Imam Supardi, Director of the Department's unemployment rehabilitation, ~
~ said on Nbnday that in addition to the Social Department's Centers, rehab-
~ ilitation programs were carried out outside the centers. This syst~n h~,s
successfully rehabilitated 42 in the DKI (Special Capital Region-Jakarta)
_ Province and 70 youtY:s in West Java.
The plan for 1980-81 is to rehabilitate 60 addicts from the S~ut area
through the Centers and 30 outside (through families). In the DKI-Jakarta
province, 60 youths will be treate3 in the aenter and 60 through the non-
center system. In Jabar, 100 yauths will be assisted through the non-center
system and in Surabaya, 60 via the center and 60 outside the center.
F. J. Soenoko, head of the Youth Drug Addicts explained that the areas con-
_ sidered most disturbed at this time with the drug problem, among others are,
Riau, Medan, Surabaya., Jakarta and Bali.
Tourists Involved with Narcotics
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in Indonesian 5 Jul 80 p 3
[Text] Yogjakarta Jul 4--Police Colonel Suharso, of the Yog~akar�a Police
District Command 96, confessed that along with the crime problem and traffic
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violation~ which present difficulties in Yogjakarta, these past years a
_ new crime has come to the fore and that is drug abuse.
In 1979-80 there were 16 people invol~Ted in drug abuse cases, all of which
were dealt with in court.
While speaking to the newspaper "SH" last July, the 96 District Comm&nd
emphasized the fact that false social norms from abroad have been adopted,
and are rQsponsible for the drug abuse siti:.ation.
Suharso said that the 16 people involved in the drug abuse cases were all
foreigners claiming to be tourists.
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JAPAN
BRIEF3 ~
SMUGGLING RING LEADER ARRESTED--Kob~ Sept 12 KYODO--Police arrested a South
Korean stimulant drug smuggling ring leader here Thursday night and confis-
cated 1.55 kilograms of crystallized drugs worth yen 465 million at street
' value. Lee Hoson, 51 [Yi flo-Son], a company employee, of Seoul, believed
to be the No 2 leader of a Korean smuggling scheme, was arrested on a street
here with a paper bag containing the crystallized drugs. Lee came to Osaka
_ from Seoul by air Wednesday and stayed at a Kobe hotel in an apparent mission
to open new s+nuggling routes in the tw~ western Japan cities. Lee alleged
~ to police he kept the paper bag at another's request. However, police
believe Lee met an agent in Japan at the hotel to receive the drugs. Po7.ice
suspect his gro~p has the capacity to manufacture 30 kilograms of drugs a
day that is smuggled to Japan. Police also suspect Lee had planned to go
to Bangkok to buy drug materials with money he would have made in Kobe by
selling drugs recently in short supply before returning home. [Text] [Tokyo
KYODO in English 12 Sep 80]
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NEW ZEALA ND
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AIRPORT COMPUTERS TO AID IN IDENTIFYING DRUG SMUGGLERS
Auckland THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 26 Aug 80 p 1 ~
/Report by the HERALD's Wellington Bureau]~
/Excerpts7 The Government has approved a$700,000 comput~r system to warn
authorities of suspected undesirables trying to enter New 2ealand.
The Customs Department ~ ' The system aims to quickly;
will operate the computer, ~ ~ identify suspected drug -
_ which w~ll store lists of ~ ;smugglers, -terror~sts, other
peuple tha~ customs, immi-i ~criminals and prohibited im�
grat~on or police officers; i migrants.
- wish to kaow are entering! ! T1te system, ap~roved by
oi~ leaving the country. + the� cabinet yesterday, could
Terminals for th~ sqstem; cQme in to .service in about ~
will be instaUed at Auck-~ 12 manths, � proviQed there
land, WeIlington ~ and Christ-I is no delay in getting equip-
church airports. ~ ment. ~
_ Customs officers will punch ~ It will ,be similar to, that
- t~e nsmes of amving pas- run by Australia.
sengers into the termmals The New Zealand version
and will be utstantlq alerted has been dubbed Pass-for ~
to any cause tor suspicion. i Passenger Automatic Selec�~
tion ~qstem. . ;
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NEW 2EALAND
MAJOR EFFORT PIANNED TO PREVENT EXPECTED HEROIN INFLUX
Auckland THE NEW ZEAIAND HERALD in English 26 Aug 80 p 16
" /Excerpts7 Drug traffickers are taking advantage of the political insta- _
bility in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan to make the "south-west Asian
triangle" one of the major suppliers of heroin to Europe and the United
States this year.
New 'Lealand drug ! Last week he said the The situation ~ might i
~ enforc,ement agencies amount in the country was change soon, however, witb; .
are wat~,hing the ~ill virtually insignificant. an exceQtianally goad har-:
y ' ' Small Hauls "~t~ ~'�m s~�th.'
trend .�a:Efull in case east Asia this summer. ~
any of the Near East ~"Since i moved to the ~
supply feaches the i drug syuad i~ a~,u~ +~e Bount~ful ~
South Pacific. ' police throug~hout New Zea� "We understand the indi-
To date there has been ~ land have not been aware� o! cations are the crop reccr~t �
no indication traditional local ~Y large~scale movement of ly put in, in this area, will
beroin sup~lies ~~hom the ber
a'or traffickers~.'rtations said. The eather~is ood
'Golden Tnangle of South- Y j g
east Asia are bemg challeng- SmaIT amounts were being In the area, and the harvest _
ed by other sources. ~seized spora~ically, but hard ~is expected in December
And police say there have' drug addicts generally ap~ iand January."
been onb? minimal quanti-' Ipeared tn have been forced ~ Drug intelligence agencies
tiea of the drug anywhere inI ito make do with various ~ills thrdt~ghaut South-east Asia
New Zealand this year, fol-: igathered frnm vaz~ous and the Paci~c are watching
D~vlnq two poor harvests in i sources. , the situation in the Golden ,
Indo-Cbina_.. ; ' The head of the Nationa] ~1~iangle carefully.
_ ~ At the end of the summer; Drug Intellrgence Bureau, And New Zealand~ police _
the head of the Auckland ~ ~~{~ve Senior SCTg88Dt ~ ~ and customs officials are
drug squad, Detective In- ~ p, ~~~ris, said one im- ~ ; Bearing themselves for ' a
- spector B. J. Rowe, said he portation to Christchurch' major effort thig summer to
believed rio heroin was leEt, ~ad been discovered this~ ,Prevent the expected in-.
in New Zealaad. �year, but tbis had~ quickly; creased flows of heroin intoi _
dried out. , the couatry. '
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SOUT.H KOREA
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BRIEFS
- SIX HIROpPON DEALERS ARRESTED--A special investigation team from the Seoul -
District Pr~secution arrested aix people y~esterday and is searching fo~
three others on suspicion of ma.nufacturing billions of won worth of the
stimulant drug "hiroppon" in an apartment and another place in Seoul.
Public prosecutor Chong Hong-won arrested Kwon Hyok-wun, 44, living in
the Taeyang Apartments in Tapsimni-dong, eastern Seoul, Kwon's wife Han
_ Ki-suk, 38, and four others on charges of violating the Psychotropic Drug
Control Law. The four others are Kwo:'s mother-in-law Son Sok-han, his
elder brother Kwon Hyok-3in, 55, So Kwi-su, 43, and K~ Myong-su, 44. The
prosecution said Kwon and his party, apart from Ko, had alleged~y manufac-
tured 24.5 kilograms of hiroppon with an uaderground market va.lue of 2,450 -
million won since July 1977, at unit No. 50-506 of the Taeyang Apartment
_ complex, owned~by Kwon's mother-in-law. The special investigation team -
confiscated three kilograms of hiroppon, 800 grams of raw material for it
and 33 items of hiroppon manufacturing apparatus from the apartment. -
Kwon's group has sold the se7.f-made hiroppon to So Chung-sop, 40, Chang
Yi-rak, 35, and Chu Kwang-ro, 38, who deals in hiroppon in Pusan, at five
million won per kilogram. The prosecution is s~a.rching for the three
dealers. The prosecutor said Ko had allegedly manufactured same 13.5
J kilograms of hiroppon (worth 1}350 million won) at his house in Taebang-
dong, southern Seoul, since March with the help of Kwon Hyokwun. ~Text~
LSeoul THE KOREA TIMES in English 26 Aug 80 p 8~
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~ MAGAZINE LI13KS COCAINE TRAFFICKERS WITH JUNTA
_ Sao Paulo VEJ~ in Portuguese 13 Aug 80 p 36
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[Text] At first the accusation that Gen Luis Garcia Meza, president of
Bolivia since the military coup of last 17 July, was involved in
narcotics traffic seemed someahat exaggerated. After all, the accusation
originated with Hernan Siles Suazo, the winner of the presidential
elections of last June and, therefore, the politician most directly
affected by the coup--naturally uther than those killed or those who axe
in prison. A torrent of accusations of the same typ~e, meanwhile, would
. come to show that Siles Suazo, since last week the leader of a
picturesque "Clandestine Bolivian Government," m~y not be far from the
truth.
The stories telling of the coup-drug connection in La Paz have increased
to such a point that today in Bolivia there are those who call the
"Putsch" by Garcia MQZa a"cocaine coup." Acc~rding to many, not only
are the ma~ority of the military involved in narcotics traffic but
the coup itself was brought abo~ut to protect the interests of the
powerful network of cocaine traffickers in Bolivia. In other words, =
the coup was carried out less to prevent the Bolivian Left from seizing.
_ power--as Garcia Meza bawled out on the day of his inauguration in the
_ standard pretext about "international communiat"--than to prevent
Siles Suazo, once in power, from upsetting the applecart of the profit-
- able operation of the traffickers, who in recent years have made of
Bolivia one of the largest cocaine factories in the world. _
The Role of Bolivia
The illegal trad~ in cocaine yields no less than $500 million per year -
to a few Bolivians; more than tin, the main export product of the cuuntry
- and of which Bolivia is the second-ranking producer in the world.
- Operations are based primarily in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the head-
_ quarters of the military and civilian groups which supported tY~e Garcia _
- Meza coup. The largest part of information on this business is found
recorded in the Department of State in Washington, where in recent years ~
a significant study of the role of Bolivia in th~~ international cocaine -
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connection has been made. It is a role which has only grown. The
Department of State discovered, for example, that the Bolivian connection
became the main supplier for American addicts: from 40 to 60 per.cent of.
the nearly 30 tons of the drug which entered the United 5tates laet year
came from Bolivia.
Moreover, since the July coup, America,n officials have been noting
that a larger and larger number of Bolivians involved in cocaine traffic
are today in important positions in the new gove~-nment. The most men-
t~.oned name on that list is that of Col Luis Arce Gomez, minister of
interior of the new government and former chief of the powerful Army
Intelligence Service up to the time of the July military coup. Arce,
during the time he headed that service, made eff~rts to torpedo the
government antidrug machinery. Moreover, he had in recent years changed
from a simple stooge of the traffickers to a cfiief of one of the many
gangs of traffickers in action in the country himself. Arce, of course,
is particularly sens3tive when there is talk of cocaine. Last week he
ordered the jailing of American correspondent Mary Helen Spooner of the
- FINANCIAL TIMES. 1he reason: she had written an article about the
~ involvement of Arce in the traffic. .
In Customs -
The second person placed on the list of those involved is the new
minister of education--ironically an air force colonel named Ariel '
Coca--involved in a shipment of 100 kilos of cocaine seized last yea.r
in Panama. And there are sti11 other cases such as that of Col Otto -
Lopez, army commander in the T.ari~a Region, ~at?o is considered the `
_ main saboteur of previous government efforts to contain drug traffic
in the area.
That is not all. There are also indications that known smugglers and
traffickers a.re participating in operations of kidnaping political
figures of the left or ~ven members of the fnterim government of -
Lidia Gueiler, who was deposed by Garcia Meza. There is another case,
for example, that of Ferrrando Monroy, known gangster o~ Santa Cruz de
la Sierra. Monrov was seen in action in the attack on Palacio
- Que~r,ado, the home of the Bolivian presidency, when paramilitary commandos
arrested President Gueiler an~'~ a handful of ministers.
Another revealing sign of the coup-cocaine connection detected in
Washington was the extreme rapidity with which traffickers or their
stooges went to occu~y key positions in those government aectors precisely
- responsible for contr~lling drug traffic. Jose Abraham Baptista, for
example, a Santa Cruz trafficker, is considered one of the main financial
backers of the Garcia Meza coup. He obtained what is prohably the first
priz~ in this race for decisive posts. No lese than two relatives of his
were appointed to positions of authority in Bolivian customs.
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BRIEFS
THREE COCAINE ARRESTS--The Drugs and Narcotics Bureau of the Judicial
Investigation Organization has arrested three National Heredia Universit`y
students for possession of cocaine. Jose Roberto and Luis Mario Mendoza,
together with Maria Del Carmen Sanjines Uriarte, all Bolivians, were
arrested in San Joaquin, Flores. They brought 1/4 pound of pure cocaine
from La Paz, Bolivia. [San Jose Radio Reloj in Sp~nish 1200 GMT 26 Sep 80J
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POLICE INSPE~T'OR :JAMED ~~AFFICKERS' CCiVTACT. _
Nue~=o Laredo EL DIARII) DE NUEV~~ LAREDO in Spanish 28 Aug 80 Sec B p 3
[Text] The chance arre~st of two `.i'exan-Me~ican brothers was th~ key enabling
the Federal Judicial Pulice who ~~~et up a checkpoint on the highway leading
to China, Nuevo Leon, an~ Monzemorei%,s, to break up a drug trafficking ring
which had been operating frcm Sa: Luis Potosi to the United States.
In the information bulletin released to the news media, they announced that,
while exercising surveillance on the Nuevo Leon highway, they stopped a 1575
car with Texas license plates FSZ-507, in which the brothers Juan Jose and
Sixto Ibarra were riding, for inspection. Ir. a false bottom, they were
found to be carrying a marihuana shipmen~ consisting of 18 kilograms in
seven packages covered with rags anc3 plastic.
These presumed drug traffickers were immediately taken to this ~own to be
' interrogated regarding their "contacts" involving the drug.
The individuals in cust~dy confessed that they had gone to Matehuala, San
Luis Potosi, where they purchased the grass for 1,500 pesos per pound, and
resold it in the United States for $200.
- They explained that, for this purpose, they had a contact, namely the inspec- -
tor of the municipal police in the aforementioned Potosi town, whom they
knew by the name of Victariano Salinas Pena, or Luis Antonio Salinas.
By telex, a request was made to the Federal Judicial Police detailed in San
Luis Potosi, for the arrest of the police commander, sr~ that he might be
sent to Nuevo Lareo and zhe pertinent procsedings could be carried out. It
was also claimed that this former policemau would disclose the identity of
his accomplices, so that the international trafficking ring could be dis-
I~anded.
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TWO HEROIN ARRESTS IN MIi.AN
Heroin Pusher Seized
Milan CORRIERE DELLA SERA in Italian 20 Aug 80 p 11
[Text] The tip had been given to t'ne narcotics division of police head-
quarters in extremely general terms: nu names, even vague with regard to
the places usually frequented by the pusher. The only thing certain was
that drugs were concerned, probably heroin.
It was necessary to make a trip ~f a few kilometers outside the city, -
according to the tip, and drive up and down a stretch of via Paullese and
have a look at some of the public p~aces, especially the bars along the
Adda River and Muzza Canal; in one of these places someone was selling
drugs and, with any luck at all, it would be possi.ble to put handcuffs on
that person.
Two antidrug patrols were assigned to the investigation, directed by Marshals
~ Brignoli and Masilla. It happened yesterday afternoon. A meticulous,
painstaking operation. of. ferreting out those involved: highly tedious, many
- useless stops, a task filled with boredom, but at least not a task causing
perspiration.
At 1730 hours [the search ended] in a bar cahich is not being named; suffice
it to know that its doors open onto the Muzza. The members of the two
patrols had already been on the sgot f.or a few minutes and had plunked
th2mselves down in front of the counter; there were a few ur,:known and harm-
less customers. The police were ready to continue driving around; no use
hanging around there; the day was still far from over; they would search,
investigate elsewhere. And suddenly, in the courtyard behind the bar a car
drove up, a black Renault. ~
Behind the steering wheel was an ordinary-looking fe"llow; he got out; the
police detected a certain cautious air about him; they asked to see his
papers and decided to inspect the automobile. Tn the motor we11, hidden -
under the spare wheel, there was a little packet wrapped in a pl~stic
protector. It contained 100 grams of number 4 pure heroin.
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