JPRS ID: 9737 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 _ FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY JPRS L/9737 - 14 May 1981 Woridwide Re ort p NARCOTICS AI~l~ DANGERO~JS DRUGS CFOUO 21 /81) - F~~$ FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE FOR OFFIC[AL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 NOTE JPRS publications contain information primarily from foreign _ newspapers, periodicals and books, but also from n.ews agency transmissions and broadcasts. Materials from foreign-language sources are translated; those from English-language sources are transcribed or reprinted, with the original phrasing and other characteristics retained. Headlines, editorial reports, and material enclosed in brackets . [J are supplied by JPRS. Processing indicators such as [Text) or [Excerpt] in the first line of each item, or followino the last line of a brief, indicate how the original information was processed. 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JPRS L/9 737 _ 14 May 19 81 _ WORLDWIDE REPO~T NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS (FOUO 2~./81) CONTENTS ~ ASIA AUSTRALIA ~ NSW Premier Outlines Plan f~r Treatment of Heroin Addicts (Toni McRae; THE AUSTR,ALIAN, 25 Mar 71) 1 Brief s - Marihuana Growing Ban 2 - Major Heroin Ring SSrtashed 2 BURMA Brief s " Four Arrested With Opium 3 - Katha, Mayangon Heroin Seizures 3 HONG KONG - Two Thais Held on Warrants Issued in Europe ( SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 21 Mar, L~, 16 Apr 81) L~ _ Dutch Waxrant Engineer Jailed � Paris Warrant Pair Deny Charges of Trafficldng ~n Opium (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 9 Apr 81) 6 - Opium Addicts in Colony Estimated at I~,000 (Olivia Sin; SOUTH CHIldA MORNING POST, 1 3 Apr 81) 7 _ - a- [ I I I - WW - 13 8 FOUO ] FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 ~ FOEt O1~FICIAI, USE ONLY Traffickers Usinb ~oun; People as Couriers - (SOUTF? CHIN9 MORNING POST, 21 Max 81) 9 - Tougher Controls Over Shipboard Traffickers P1 ~ned (SOliTEI CHINA MORNING POST, 13 Apr 81) 10 ~ Brief s LarR.: Opium Seizure 11 - MALAYSIA BriE:i s I1ruF; Sei~ure 12 ' Deatn Sentence for Three 12 - PAKISTAN Bri~Ps _ Has:-~.i.sh Seizure 13 Narcotics Den Raided 13 U.S.-Bound Passenger Held 13 Ran~;~i~s Seize Opium 13 _ _ Hashish Seizure at Islamabad 13 - Heroin Recovered 11~ SINGAPORE Brief s ~eath for Heroin Trafficking 15 _ SOUTH KOREA Methamphetamine Ring Smashed ~ (KOREA HERALD, 23 Apr 81) 16 SRI LANKA _ Briefs Cracl;downs on Narcotics 18 _ TI;ATLAND - HF,roin Chemicals Seized in North (POST, 19 Apr 81) 19 - b - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY I,ATIN AMERICA BAHAMAS Increasing Drug Trafficking, Use Foaus of Concern ' (THE TRIBiTNE, 13, 25 Mar 81) ...........e 21 - Investigation Request Bail for Colombians Corrmient on DEA Action, by Etienne Dupuch Bri ef s - Sentences for Colombians 2~ BF~RMfJDA Tsgislators Decry ~Monumental Problem' of I?rugs on Island (THE ~OYAI~ GAZETTE, 28 Mar gl) 25 Briefs ` Heroin Dealing Acquittal 26 CHILE _ ~ OS-7 Successful in Brealdng International Drug Rings (LA NACION, 27 Mar 81) 27 ' Briefs Drug Traffickers Arrested, I?rugs Seized 28 Peddler of Stimulants CaugY~t 28 Cocaine Trafficker Arrested 28 _ _ CO~,~IBIA Marihuana Now Imported From U.S. for Local Use (Ei~ SIGLO, 21~ Mar 81) 29 Hernan Botero Denies ~Money Zaundering~ Charges (Jose Guillermo Herrera; EL ESPECTADOR, 31 Mar 81) 31 Brief s Cocaine Seized at El Dorado 33 Two Marihuana Raids Described 33 MEXICO Cerecero: Trafficking Virtually Eliminated - (Isaias Colunga Morales; EL SOL DE MEXICO, 12 Apr 81) 3Lt Trafficker Rings ITiscovered in Two Prisons _ (Rafael Med.ina, Victor Payan; EXCEISIOR, 1 Apr 81) 35 - c - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Cocaine Seized at Capital Airport _ (Rafael Medina Cruz; EXCEISIOR, 7 Apr. 81) 37 _ Cocaine Seized in Me~.co City Restaurant = (Rafael Medina, Victor Payan; EXCELSIOR, 31 Mar 81) 38 Bri ~ s - Seized T~Fith Heroin 1~~ - VEtdEZUELA Coacaine Confiscated, Two Traffickers Arrested (EI, UNIVERSAL, 28 Mar 81) 1~1 - Six Million Bolivares of Cocaine Confiscated (Ricardo Matheus; EL UNI'VERSAL, 1l~, 15 Apr 81) 43 Traffickers Escape Arrest Cocaine Destined �or U.S. NEAR EA,ST AND NCJRTH AFRICA IRAN Briefs Drugs Seized 49 Drug Arrest 49 - Opium 5eizure in Khorramabad 1~9 - Tehran I?rug Bust 49 Execution of IJrug Dealers L~9 _ - SUB-5AHAftAN AFRICA = KENYA � Briefs ~ Possessors of Bhang Arrested 5~ SOUiH AFRICA Bri ef s Dagga Raid 51 - d - - FOR OFF'ICIAL U5E ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 - FOR OFFICIAI. USE ONLY WEST EUROPE FINLAND Helsinki Police Increase Seizures in Heroin Wave (iJIJSI SUONQ, 15 Mar 81) 52 _ Hard Dru~s Into F`inland Horrors of Addiction Detailed - Brief s Heroin Cases Sentences 56 - NORWAY Storting Committee Chairman: Give Poli ce I"Iore Drugs Ftiinds (Jan P. Syse Interview; AFTENPOSTEIV, 27 Mar 81~ 57 Officials Report Narcotics Tra.fficking in Prisons (AFTENPOSTES, 2L~ Mar 81) 59 Bri ef s _ Trondheim Police Narcotics Section 61 Youth Naxcotics problem 61 TURKEY Heroin Seizures Made in Izmir, Afyon (Erdal Gondem; TERCUMAN, 12 Ap r 81) 62 - e - - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 _ AUSTIZALIA . NSW PRIIr1IER OUTLINES PLAN FOR TRFyATMENT OF HEROIN ADDICTS Canberxa THE AUSTRALIAN in Engl~sh 25 Mar 81 p 3 = [Article by Toni McRae] [Text] HEAOIN rriay be given to hard-core addicts in NSW w.~o have failed to resoond to treatment over a number ot year., The Premier, r~[r Wran, told State Parliament yester~ay - the Government would embark oa a special Health Commis- S10II fESe2I'Ch pTOgt"dIri t0 lIl- ~ The comrriittee recommen- operations to another source vestigate the pOSSibility of ded that the Government. in ot profit. con~unction with the Federal Other recommendations administecing heTOin on "hu: Government, exptore the pos- mane grounds". ? sibility ot monitoring Iarge- include: scale cash transactions in � That with the except~on ot He said the objective behind order to identity those associ- those hard~ore addicts who the move would be to improve ated with organised drug traf- have failed to respond to the general health and de- ticking. treatment the Government crease the criminal involve- The committee states in the does not make heroin avail- ment of addicts. reporL` that "there Ls Iittle able to opiate-ciependent Mr Wran was reponing co doubt" that tf heroin wen le- People. - Pariiament on the NSW com- 6ally available co all who asked � That che Health Commis- - mittee of inquiry into the legal for it it would reduce the sion of NSW continue to moni- provlsion of heroin and the street cnme ot addiccs to base- ~or the status ot longer acting possible methods of diminish- line levels. methodone in the treatment ing crime associated with the "It u�ould also virtually elimi- of drug addiction, with a view supply and use ot the drug. nate the blackmarket i.n he- to eventually making this sub- The committee was headed ro~n, however the social cost scance ava?lable in NSW for by Professor James Rankin. would be enormous." said the that purpose. the Director of the Health committee. � That the governmenc policy Commission's Division ot The report states that the on heroin dependence be insis- - Drug and Alcohol Services. a~�ailability ot heroin has in- tently care oriented rather The report says that in ]978 cceased significantly world- ~han punishment oriented. seizures of heroin in Australia W~de since 1978 and Pi~rther in- amounted to almost 18.OOOg creases are expected in 1981. A That the Government en- u~hile it has been estimated It also says that organised courage and support research chat in 1977 the number of crime will always exist. If law into drug dependence. hard drug abusers in NSW enforcement actions were to � Tha[ ex-addicts continue to alone was between 8500 and reBulate effectively the illicit be encouraged to enter the gppp, drug market the criminals at drug counselling tield. che top would switch their CSO: 5300/7544 _ , 1 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 AUSTRALIA BRIEFS MARIHUANA GROWING BAN--Adelaide.--The South Australian Government will not relax state laws to allow the cultivation of marihuana for personal use. The Attorney-General, Mr Grif.f in, said yesterday he was not convinced it was in the best interests of the co~unity. Mr Griffin spoke at a,joint press conference with the Health Minister, Mrs Adam.^on, to outline the recommendations accepted by the State Government from the Royal Commission ir.to the non-~edical use of drugs. Of the 77 recommendations made by the commission, 58 have been accepted and 19 rejected. The commission's reco~endations--brought down in 1979-- called for a tightening up in the use of search warrants by police and the introduction of drug assessment panels for offenders. The commission wanted - warrants to be issued only by a Magistrate or Judge and not by police officers. [Text] [Brisbane THE COURIER-MAIL in English 18 Mar 81 p 13] MAJOR HEROIN RING SMASHED--Sydney, 5 April Australian police helped by Singa- pore authorities may have smashed a major drug ring suiuggling heroin into Australia from Central Asia's Golden Crescent. Police arrested two married couples and seized 400 grammes of pure top-grade heroin in simultaneous raids Sunday night on homes in the Sydney suburbs of Dulwich Hili and Sydenham. The heroin from the so-called Golden. Crescent of Pakis~an, Afghanistan and Iran was worth about 200,000 dollars (about 250,000 US dollars) but would have netted street dealers much more, said Federal Police Assistant Commissioner ~ for Crime John Johnston. The arrests, which followed six months' intensive investigation by federal golice helped by the Singapore Central Narcotics . Bureau, may have smashed the operation, he said.--NAB/REUTER [Text] [Rangoon - THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 7 Apr 81 p 7] CSO: 5300 ~ 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400014433-0 BuRr~, - BRIEFS - FOUR ARRESTED WITH OPIUM--Rangoon, 11 Apr--At 1700 on 7 April, police per- " sonnel from the Insein Crime Prevention Branch and the Kyauktada police station arrested four persons who had come to se11 opium in Pansodan road. Police also seized 2.75 viss [1 viss equals 3.6 pounds] of raw opium. Acting - on a tipoff, the police personnel laid in wait on Pansodan Street on 7 April. As a red Datsun Sunny, registration number Zamyitzwe/2907, entered the street, police together with witnesses stopped and searched the car. A bag - containing 2,75 viss of raw opium was found on the car driven by Kyaw Tint. Maung Kyi of No 479 at the junction of 39th and 73d streets in Mandalay, Kyaw riyint Aung of Talaing-nwegon village in Toungoo and Kyi Win, a shopowner - of No 1 gate in Toungoo, were also in the car. Charges were filed under Sections 6.B/7.B/10.B and 11 at Kyauktada police station against driver _ Kyaw Ting and the car passengers.[Text) [Rangoon BOTATAUN~ in Burmese 12 Apr 81 p 11 BK] KATHA, MAYANGON HEROIN SEIZURES--Rangoon, 9 Apr--"Police station officer U Kan Myint and a party this morning searched Htwe Maung, alias Yang Xingshi, 19, - of 21st Street in Latha township, at the corner of Kyongyi and 21st streets and found 2,5 grams of heroin in his hand." "He was charged under Section 6.B and 14.D of the Narcotic Drugs Law." "Acting on a tipoff that heroin dealers - were operating in Mayangon township, station officer U Aye and a party from the Crime Prevention Branch at 1150 today raided the residence of car driver U Tun Shwe in the compound of the meteorology department on Kaba-aye pagoda road. Police found two packets of heroin, each weighing 150 grams, and worth a total of about 30,000 kyat from the guests at the house--Maung Myint _ Hlair?g, 24, of Padin ward, Mandalay southeast township; the former's ~ brother Muung Win Swe, 33; and Maung Nyan Win, 21, of 6th ward in Lewe." _ Mayangon township police station has filed charges under Sectior.s 6.B, - 10.B and 11/14.D of the Narcotic Dr~ags Law, [Summary] '(Rangoon MYANMA ALIN - in Burmese 10 Apr 81 p 7 BK] CSO: 5300/4937 3 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 HONG KONG TWO THrIIS HELD ON W:~Rr^~1~ITS ISSUED IV ~UROPE Dutch Warrant Hong hong SOUTH CHI`~ ~IOR*1I`1G POST. in English 21 Mar 81 p 8 < ~Text7 q~'y~j ~~d io Vonch~i wu linked with o( heroin - tbe large~t sei- be the leader of � large drug the illeg~l trafficking of SI zure in recent history - were svndicate ~se arte~ted in kilos of 6eroia to HoiLnd. t~ discorered on board ~ Poli~6 Flon~kong on a prori~ional coun wc~ told. ~hip bound tor the Net6er- w~mnt issued bv the Dutc6 Crown counxl E. H. N~r- I~ode. rut6oritia on March 12. it tin ~aid t6e i?utch antharides Folkv?i~ tbe arre~t of an wqs disctoxd at Cauaeway had been inte+nirely w~tc6i~g ~Ileged accomplice. Vonc6ai Bvy Court yeeterday. the rtwrsmenb of Voochai c~me to Hongkoag and 6ad ~te A. Lau ordered t6at �nd other people in connection S1 miWon baida �73,000 Vonc6ai Tumtonkitkul 1291, r.it6 a Thai druQ tn~ckie; ~about HKS876,000) in time vliu Drnny Connd, be re- syndicate. depo~ib. manded in jail custody undl Vonc6ai wu alkged to be He was ~L+o alleqed to April 3 pending documenb for the leading fiQure ot the hare ~ f~Lx [i.~.....esiin pa+s- ertnditioa proceedinga from svndica2e. pnrt. tbe Dutch authorities. Cowuel said the Sl kilo~ ~tr M. Hwng appeared tor Vonchai. ~ i _ Engineer Jailed ~ - Hong Kong SOUTH CHI`iA MORNI~iG POST in English 4~pr 81 p 11 /Te'tt/ Thai engineer �ho is ~tarch 16 un a provisional Yesterday, assistant alle ed to be the leader uf Warrant issued by the Dutch Crown prosecutor .4. P. a big international drug authorities on ~tarch I 2. Duckett told the court that on syndicate :Vas y'esterday ~onchai's name had been ~(arch 3, Vunchai received a rcfused bail and ordered to 8~"~n by several drug suspects payment of 51 million from - in Nolland as a Icading figure one of the traffickers a~id be remanded in jail custo- in a Thai drug trafficking deposited the money in a - dy until Ltay l pending ;yndicate, it was alleged. bank. extradition papers from In ~ovember, the Dutch He also had �73,000 Holland. authorit:es were informed (about HKS8'16,000) in time - He is Vunchai Tumtonkit� ehat a large quantity of dan- deposits in another bank. - kul (29), alia~ Danny Conrad. $erous drugs were on board a On February 25, docu- - .~n applicatiun fur bail rolish ship heading for Hol- ments relating to the pur- was refused by ~1r ~1 W land. chase of t kg of gold and cash Fung at Causeway Bay However, the ship eventu- wercdiscoverod. - Court. ally went to Poland instead :~ir Duckett said that on lt was sta~ed that a te!ez and Sl kg of heroin were the day of his arrest Vonchai had been received from the discovered on boerd. had 595,000 and name cards Dutch Government asking ~gnchgi then came to relating to a number of that Vonchai be kept in Hon kon on February 13. known drug traffickers. _ Hon kon until the end of the He went to Macau the The Dutch au~horities re- g g following day artd was arrest- garded him as a most impor- munth. ed in a Tsimshatsui hotel un tar.c drug trafficker, '~tr At a prcvious hcanng the ~tarch 16 when he returned. Duckett added. court was toid ~hat ~'onchai _ was arrested in Hongkong on I~ Y APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-00850R040440010033-0 _ Vonchai was also alleged married to an American to have a false Indonaian woman and bad obtained _ passport. pe~manent rdidenae in the In applying for bail, Von- U - c h a i's counsel, Mr M i n 6 Vonchai also had a furni- - Huang, said there were a lot ture business in Thailand and of people in Hongkong who had an auat living in Shek had S 1 million in the bank Pai EVan, Aberdeen. and even morc than that. Counsel said Vonchai He said Vonchai was here wuld report to a polia sta- as a tourist. tion twice a day if necessary N~ had studied enginarv and offered 5100.000 bail in irig in the United Stata. was both ash and surcty. Paris Warrant Hong Kong SOUTH CHIVA MORIVING POST in English 16 Apr 81 p 19 i /Text / A Thai businasman who They were intercepted at is alleged to b~ the main the 'Nacau ferry terminal organi,er in smuggling I1.8 when ~hey returned from kg of No 3 haoin worth Macau on Tuaday morning about 55.7 million into Paris and taken to the Immi,gration is being detained in Hong- Department. . kong pending eztradition. The couple wcre found '~ir E.S. Yanne was told at with travetler's chequa in W'estern Court that Sae Ang various currencia worth Pronsit (33) waj arcested on 571,000 which were suspect- 1'uesday on an internatiaial ed to havc been stolen in warrant issued in Paris. Thailand. Chief Inspectar A.H. OI- Their Thai passports were lerenshaw sa~d extradition found to be forged, allegedly papen were ezpected within supplied by Sae. three months. Mr Ollerenshaw oppoxd He said the heroin waa bail on the grounds that the seized from the boot of a ofFence was serious and Sae vehicle in Paris on August I I. had supplied forged passports An Interpol red notice, a to others and was likely to warrant for the arrest of auscond. major offenders, was issued in Defence counsel John Ip Paris on October 8 and circu- said Sae's passport was valid lated to all member countria and he was a tourist in Hong- on October I8. kong. � - Sae arrived in Hongkong Counsel said Sae had a on Sundav with his wife and a clear~ecord and could put up Thai couple and went to bail of 5200.000. . Macau. Mr Yanne remanded Sae ~ in police custody. ~ CSO: 5320 5 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-00850R040440010033-0 ~ ~ _ HONG hONG PAIR DENY CHARGES OF TR~P,FFICI~NG IN OPZUM Hong Rong SOUTH CiiI:1A MORrtII~ POST in EngliSh 9 Apr 81 p 14 - ~TeXt7 A High Coun judge and Wong then returned to - ~ury Was told yesterday of a Hangkong f;om Bombay and trip by a Hongkong mnn to ~he Canadian arrived severaf' = Bombay to arrange for a days later on July 35. Canadian woman to smuggle Counsel said there was opium here. evidcnce that the defcndants , On trial before Mr Com- had made international calts ~ ~ missioner lona and a jury of eo Bombay and on the day of four men and three women the woman's arrival Narrnt- j` were Chan Yung-hoi (32) gurrau police ofGcers kept ; and Wong Yau�leung (40). serveillana at the airport and They pleaded not guilty to xveral y+laces in Hongl:ong. , - trafficking in 3,568.7 grams T'he woman met the two , oF opium on July 25 :ast year. defendants outside a Kowloon - C h a n denied a further h�t�~� charge of p~s~+ing the~ L.ater Chnn was seen tak- ~ opium for unlawful traffick� ing a suitcase and a briefcase i ~~g to his llat in Mei Foo Sun Chuen. Crown rnunsel Graeme ~ Hagon told the jury th.e When Chan left the flat - prosecution's cau was that he was arrested by police and ~ the deFendnnts oommitted the dan~erous drugs wero found traFficking offena with other on h~s person. ' acrnmplica. Polia seatched his home _ Mr Hagon seid Wong met and Found mure drugs in a a Mr Mistry from Bombay in suitcase as well as in a refrig- _ Hongicong. erator. After Mr Mietry IeR for Police went to Wong's _ Bombay in February last home but he had disappeared. year, there were contacu be- wong was later discovered - tween them. in Australia and was braught back to Hongkong to stand Subsequently on July ! trial, ~ir Hagon said. Wong also went to Bombay Mr Rusi Mistry, an Indian - and throu~h the introduction national who was brought of Mr M~stry, met a Cana- from Bombay to give evi- dian woman. dence for the Crown, told thc ~ Counsel said Wong sug- court Wong gave him 8,000 gested to the waman that she rupea to buy the drugs which wuld carry opium into Hong- were kept in a suitcase to be kong by concealing the drugs braught to Hongkong. in her tuggage. Mr Andrew Allman- Won then ave some Brown is appearing for Chan money ga Mistry to buy and Mr Bruno D'Almada for o ium which was cked in a Wong. P Pa The hearing continues suitcase. ~~8y. CSO: 5320 - 6 - APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPR~VED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 , - !?ONG KONG ~ OPIUM ADDICTS IN COLONY ESTIMATED AT 4,000 Hong Kong SOL�fH CHI,1A MORNING POST in English 13 Apr 81 p 15 . /Report by Olivia Sin/ _ - !Text7 Qpiitm reaching Hong- tlia tota! number of addic~ at Sincx lest year. the major - kong ts "strietly for local about 2(~.000, with half of ity of opium has been found = toosaiaQiion" aocording to ~~m ~8 ~P~~ addicts. to come from Pakisten. druglavrenforcen_ that Hon~- Senior Sup t Tong at- ' ~~t ~a ~ kon~ 6aa had a mtrlced tributed t6e change in the _ T~Y roduction of opium addicu, sourve of opium suppliu to ity that reoeat ~hipmeat~ of y~~d Narcotia Bureau head, polidcal developments m the op~um iato Hongkoa~ are for ~bi~ gu~~dent John mid-west region of Asia, the re~mt~ a~� Thorpe c6eappn a of Karachi opium _ Tbay believe it ia highly Chief SuQt Thorpe added and the low ~rofit gained ~~Y oP~~ ~~~pe that nearly all t6e op~um ad- from opium dealings. _ oonvated ineo morphine or dlcu are well over the age of Pakistani military forces ` ' ha~a� 40. ' wen oa full alert last year _ - But they uy there i~ a ' He ~tressed that tbe major when Soviet troops moved definite deanad for opium tlrug a~ase here is heroin, aot into Afgh~nistan. - hate. api~, As a result, Pakistani Gov- Thu u becauae there sre ~y op~um addictt have ernment control over drug itill an atimated 4,U00 i~itted co yeroin as a rault of trifficking in the country was - opium addicts in Hongkoog steppod up law enforament w~~lcened. who talos abcut two ~taau a iction, wbieh ~erreroly cureail- This has facilitated the , dsy - which requires sub~ id the ppQly of opium. , tlow of opium fmm Karachi suatial iatperts of tbe ille~al `'Tbe number o[ opium ad- to places including the US, - - dru6. � dicts and trafficl~ers prase- Europe and Asian countries. Moreover, c:onvenioa of cuted in the pa~t few yeats The low pricx of Karachi bp~um to the more popular }ras diainiihed, wid Chief opium has prompted local _ No 3 6eroin u a~lo~ and gUp~ Tio~po, dru~ distributors to turn to _ smelly proaa roquiring well I.ikewite, the amount of Pak~stan for supplies. . &~nipped lnboratories that in� K~ yy ~~ia One kilogram of raw - cra~e naha of raids by polia and tba etatom~ has also de- ap~um ii selling at 5350 in aad cuatams officials. ~a~ Pakistan w 6 i l e t h e s a m e It u understood that the , ~n asred about the ef-~ amount of drug cosu 54,500 ~ price of opium has bart fect of a bumper ctop ia the in Thailand. tibated by the recent seizun Goldea Triangle - t6e Senior Supt Tong noted . of 94 ivlo~rams of de1ydrated opium growing area at the that the quality and pur;ty of op~um warth S12 million an y~rn of Thailaad, Burme Karachi op�m ~s not as good the fra~hter Lu Chiang. - he said this aa that of the Golden Trian- At the end of laat moath, ~~ght result in chwper and 6~0� ~ one gram of prcpared opum pleqtiFul heroin. � Ia addition, the low profit _ was selling at a retail price of '�gut i don't e~cpect an ~rned through opium smug- about 560, which is about one insrwe in opium addicu juet glin~ compared with opium t'~ird the price of a gram of y~~ ~ the bumper crop," dealmgs das failed to attract - No 3 hero?n. y~ add~, Thailand trafGclcera. _ However, an op~um addict 'The opium scene 6ere has '~'ba~~snd u'a!'fickers can may hara W tare fiv~e times as ~r~ on a new look lately, earn muc6 mon if they bring much as a heroiir addict to aocording to Customs Senior in 6eroin - a low-bullc, hig6- - swtaia the hebit. value oduct. Toda 's o ium addict Supaintendent K.S. Tong. p~ y U In the past, t6e opium ~"rn~Y Faa the ume risk . population in Hongkong is available here used to como of being caught no matter ono-t~~eatieth d what it was from the Golden Triangle. w6at they smu e so why 20 yean a~o vr6en a Gavern- bting in opium?~s~Ed Senior meat Wbite Paper atimated Supt TonR. 7 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/48: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400014433-0 E I - i - ~pium ie claisified in' Hongkong, it is usually trans�' - = three formi - raw, prep4red ferred to fishing junhs and I and de6ydrated. cacriod to remote outlying is- - Dehydrated opium in the = most ~atnted of tse Senior Supt 'fong said al- thra. thou~6 t6e Cuseoms Diviaion - It u oonde~ued ieto sotid ~ has a 8ood rummagu~g crew, form w6ile proparod opium u "it is mevitable that some pasty. ' drugs 6iddea on board vaseis The value of dehydnted will get thmuBh.,, _ opium u genenlly calcultted Chief Supt Thorpe said co be twice that of ptepared the import pattern will Fornu. change, depending oa how j Tutning to We oPium im- succeuully law rnforament port pattern, Semor Supt actiona aro carried out. Tong said Sin~apore has ~~e loral diauibution emergcd as a"tracuit" coun. ~pium, Chief Supt "Y7wrpe - try for convey~ng opium from ~aid :"We don't think thero ia ~ Paiuatan W Hun~kong. aay big ~yndicate here." - ' Part ~of the um arriv- Imtead, drug stora tend ' to be d' mto smaller ing in Singsporo u uaed for W~~ ~ - local conaimptioa but most of ~0S� _ it is ro-acported to Hon`. ~~ng muhina and pn- kong." said Senior Supt arran~ed telephona aro com� _ Tong. monly used to twid detx- It is reported that the Neari tll o um addicts fteig6ta Lu Ctuang had call- Y P~ _ ed at Siagapore before arriv- ~awke it in the traditional ing here. method, wing u pipe and a - It has also boen snggated ~~p� that internadonal drug ~yadi- Polia cnckdowru have cates driven out by Hoagkoog foreed many opium dens to go = police are trying to set up a ~a$~~� 'Smgapote oonnection." Op~um dens have aleo ra _ Opium is usually carried duaa in siu. _ on ocean-goin vaaeis from Aceordia~ to some former , Pakiscan w~inppore aad op~um ~ddicte. several cur- HonQkon~. rent addicta are rich mar- _ But before t6e rpsels ar- chants xv~o developed the rive here the~r .vill vi~it some ~ habit of smoltin` op~um yean . �,non-suspect' ports to divert a~o when it wei legal. che attentioa of local dru~ ~s ~ by law cnforcen. ~oma elderly people as a 'II'he Ln ChiaoQ called at ~~pne to rehevepam. North and Sout6 Korea be- ~ of the aQeing fore comin 6ere. opium addict population, ~ ~p~~ C6ief Supt 'thorpe uid, it ia ing the drug hove rac~hed rafe to wy t6at thep~ttern of . intemational waten clae to op~ um addictlaf will eventu- - - ~Ily die out. _ CSOs 5320 ~ - c~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 ~ HONG KONG � TR,AFFICI~RS USING YOUNG PEOPLE AS COURIE~tS Hong Kong SOT)TH CHINA MORNING.POST in English 21 Mar Ri p 8 /Text? Drug trf~t'Iicken - Irnown as the "pddlan meth~dona tratment centrp.avery day. }{e ;ndlcxted that ptewnt lawt are oo~t~ of dwth" - are now uaiag young people as Mr Lee said the wholaale pna of No 3 ~ur.tly under revierv w plu~ 1oophola. - aouriera to avoid detection. heroin last month dropped to f 12.000 per 100 The report revealed t6it t6e numbar o! T6i~ 6a~ ~ivcn rise to the danger of drug grams. mala in tbe 13-19 age brecket rogbtercd ia addiction among young people, apeciaUy Hut this wa stiU 24 tima as much ss in the Centre! Registry last year incnared by 25 _ thae aged betwaen 1 S and 19. 1972 when the ooet wa~ only 5300 per 100 per ant over the previous year. - The Commi~ioaer for Narcodcs, Mr grame. Last year the number was 243 - 48 more Peter La, souaded the alatm yesterday" dur- 'I'~o peak i~n pria was in mid-1979 when it than in 1979. ing a pr~u conferenoe on the latest report of sold for S23,OC0. In July lut year it dropped It is the only age group which shmve a ris~ - the Central Re~u' try of Dru~ Addicte. to S 18,000. in number~ over the two yearo. lVhile not all of the dru~ courien are drug Dap~te the pria fluctuatioos. the illicit ~�~e riii~g trend mmt be taken as a addicu, many of t6em may sooner or later trede in 6eroin hu been lucrative. ~,~ng that complacency in the and-naroot- _ become addicti themulva, ne w,~rned. Mr La believes that the rxent riu in the ics field can be a ve dan eroui indul encx " And tdeir aswciadon with drug traffickets ~~1 drug ~upply could have ban tri ered Mr La ~aid. ry g B makes the youth "very hig6 risk subjects," he by !he rclease of old stocks by local tra~ck- On juvetWe crimea, Mr Lee atid many o~' said. en. them are not dru reloted. � Mr La also warned of the pcn~ible riae in g" the illicit trade of narcotics here in view of ihe But it might also oome from the Goldea "btu~ addict~ under 1 S are ne~ligible = _ exQocted bumper harnat in t he Ciolden rriangle. 0.2p~ cent " Mr Lee wid. ' - Tnar~gle. Mr I.ee expreaaed hi~ confidence in Hong- ~ut he uid tbe ngistty will continue to He said thia year'e .opium harvat in kong's drug fighten whom 6e describod es ~ator thu ~ttoup claely. ' Southeast A~ia may reach 600 tons compared "highly efficient and well rapected e4m Hon~wng's addict population is in the with an avetage of about iS0 tons in the past w6ere." ranQe o!`40,000 to 50,000 ' two yean. He said Hongkong will continue to co- Mr La uid it wa~ encoucaging that the T'he authorities expoct prias~ to come operate and ezchtnge iafurm~tion wit6 their nnmber of individuala reportin~ for the Fint down as more drugs beoome available on t6e counterparu in Southeast Asis. ' time eo the ngutry 6as oontinued W decline. ' ~ market. ~ Both the polia and the Cuataru and L~st year, tha number wa~ 2,800. ~ The increase in suQply and the drop in Excise Servia 6ave applied tor "a ~ignificant In 1979, it wts 4,OOQ; 1978, 6,700 and pncd may trigger a rue m drug addiction, increaae" in sta[f. 1977, 13,000. � - Mr Lee warned. Mr Lee said the eaetn statf, if approvcd. "This confitau that the growth of addia At preaent, about 6,700 people go to will be put inw aciioa early nact year. don in Hoa~lcoag u not rr~ped, ' Mr Lee iaid. CSO: 5320 9 r APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 HONG KONG TOiJGHER CONTROLS OVER SHIPBOARD TRAFFiCKERS PIANNED - Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVII3G POST in English 13 Apr ~1 pp 1, 32 - /Text7 - ~Ownen ~and muten of It wti the fiRli dme aw tain acean-gang vessels Accarding to the commis- ~b~p~ (pnpd catrylpi dru~t tom~ officen in Hoaikon plying betwan Hongkong sioner, a ma~or problem of - coold ito~ Qcorecutlon uader had found drup on the v~ and Sout~east Asian poru implementing eny law Qrovid- kwf apw b~uf~ dralt~d, ' � Lut year, euatouu oftioeca are rspeatod drug offenden. ing for con8scahon of tll�got- ReWbb tourtxt haw told mtd~ S9 ~eizarar on ~hlpa, .For e~cample, Honglcong ten t~ets lia with how to th~ SCM Pat that tbh oould arrated. ag6t se~mea ud raard~ show that the Britsh- trace them. happ~n evw if ownar~ and ~eized 1091o1o~nms ot dru~+ rc~istered freighter vasel Tai Drug tnffickers can ouc- mutm ~M not dl�ckly in. worth more thta 541 million. C6ung Shan hu had more wif even ~rewd ackountanb vobed with dty~ tra(nckjpa Uadnr ptMeat la~, mar than SO drug ~eizura in the and lawyers by dispetsing the pa t~t wpe~, tan ot nwneri are p[c,~ecuted put nine yars. "black moaey" through net- 'fbe le~ltbttoa it aimed tt only r?baa thrte u evideaca At the moatea~ the oourt worlcs of relativd, asiociate~, up ppQ~ ~ they are dicectly imrohed can order t6e aonfucation of and bank acoounts. - p repeatedly fouad to lie with drug tral~icivai. ~hip Iw th~n 230 tons, u~ed Stati~tip released by the ~y{n~ ~p ~ Hanerer, tuch prosecu- � for dru~ tnFficldng. Action Committa Aga~nst H qoo~ are rare as We eraftick- Hut mwt of the ocean- Narcatia (ACAN) s6ow that :3~~ ~Ow that ~ua en an usually crew mem`- o~n vasse4s are well over S40 drug seizara were made - p~y~ o( ~}~p. ben. tone, for example the on boord s6ips betwan 1974 boatd tr~fl3cken uadar e~t� ~m~0~~~~i4 Lu Chiang is about 4,000 and 1919. !n~ lawr fall fat ~hort of the N~rcotics. Mr P~eta Le~, tona. Siaty�nine couriers wore numbetof~ltooe~htlretsure~. ~b~~ ~~0��~DOd Sourcea say it is unlikely arn;ated'aad 281 kg of drugs ~~q o(~~ ~ partie~� ~e'e t~eins coo~alted that tctendmenta will be pro-. were uized. ebo propaalr will be'tabledit durin~ tha draftin~ ata e of p~ for tbe canfiscadon of But in many of these tb~ next ~uton of tbe L.e~it- _ ~~~~mPkx P10~" �f ~OWs" I~r~e ocean-going ve~~els casa, no arrau were made of Itt{w Couacil,ln Oatober. kr?own to be trafficking in s6ipi' oFficeta or crew as t6e The wurca ald tiie C}ov- Howeva, 6e decli~ad to d~8y, y~~ this would be drug~ were dixrovered in erameat i~ eo~uid~rine tn , ~ tbe detaih. too drutic when coniidering a~ of the shipr to which ameadment to the Dan`erou+ ~~ey ~ v~ the multi�million dollar 4alue anyone on board had eary _ - Dru ~ Ordin~ece w6ich ' during the ooruWuaao proc- Qf suc6 ships. a~~ ~~t e~t' Itatin~ for. seversi Howcver, the source~ Mr Loe said that ACAN - md owneri of seaQoin~ vq- ~ ~ M~ ~ u'd� edded, other amendments to ~~Ntantly reviewing the ~eL aro raponiible for eniur- ' S~Y~L ~0 ~�~~~t Hon~kong law~ are being Dangerous Drugs Ordinana in~ th~t nothin~ ille~a1 i~ ~ ~e Po~. ~e Tnde, ~ru~dered which would im- to pluO ~uc6 laopholea. be~nQ carried on board their ~ I~'~vY and Cwtom~ Dc- poy~ ~ere pcnaltid oa drug thip~ beforo ~ailia~. putmea~ the Marine 7e- vafficken by rnnfiscadng the Howevet, wurcea uId the ' partment and ~hipping money they mare from illegal ' arw uw will aot seek to oon- ~P~~a� deala. tLest~ oee~n~~oin raueli of A lcey objective u w in- 4 "Sttipping off the massive maro thtn 230 tan~ wWch ~ d~ LO ofiu ned from dru ia kavo been u~ed for dru~ I exerciie ~teater vigilan� ~a r ~ h~ enou h' to deter ~mn~lln . during carRo loading. , ~ ThL ;:~:.wld imolve t6eir ~~ckers an confiscating PropaaL ta the amend- va+aele m a n o t be n e c e s- ment 6eve bean ven added direct supervision aad the Y lmp~tw by the pieizura oa ~PP~ ap of security ar- sary~ ' the sources said. April S of tbout S 12 million ~ge~~~ tb~ ~ti'p� woRth of opium hidden on Mr I,a uid the Govem- board the Ptaamanlan-re~is- ~~t u weU aw~are thit cer- on+ed Iroitbter Lu C}uans. CSO: 5320 10 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 HONG KONG _ BRIEFS LARGE OPIUM SEIZURE--Hong Kong, S April--Customs officers today made the larg- - _ est seizure of opium smuggled by ocean-going vessels since 1969 when they con- _ fiscated 94 kilogratmnes (207 lbs) of dehydrated prepared opium worth 2.3 million US dollars on the retai]. market. A Government s~okesman said two Chinese men _ - were arrested after a sea chase early this morning. The two men were ferrying the drugs in a walla-walla which was intercepted in Hong Kong waters by a cus- _ toms launch. They jumped overboard but were subsequently picked up from the sea by customs officers. The seizure was a result of an extensive investiga- tion by customs officers over a few weeks about a possible consignment of drugs on board the Panamanian-registered ship Lu Chiang. A sParch wa~ conducted when the ship first arrived here on February 17 after calling at India, Singapore - and Bangkok. Customs officers failed to find any narcotics and the vessel was - - allowed to leave for North Korea. Customs of�icers increased surveillance on - the ship when it returned from North Korea on Friday. NAB/AFP [Text] = [Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 7 Apr 81 p 6] " CSO: 5300 11 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 - MALAYSIA BRIEFS DRUG SEIZURE--Police have seized about 6,800 grams of dadah [drugJ in the last 2 months. They include 5,000 grams of opium, 1,500 grams of heroin and 300 grams _ of gan3a. Director of Criminal Investigation Datuk Abdul Rahman Ismail told news- men in Kuala Lumpur on 30 April that 4~2 people had been detained for dadah offenses. Among them two were suspected of being opium pushers and seven others pushers of heroin. In all 86 raids were carried out throughout the country. [Text] [Kuala Lumpur International Serv~.ce in English 0630 GMT 30 Apr 81 BK] DF~1TH SENTENCE FOR THREE--Kuala Lumpur, Apr 7(AP)--The director of criminal investigations, Abdul Rahman Ismail, said Tuesday a total of ~0 persons, in- cluding 11 foreigners were arrested for drug trafficking in Malaysia last year. During the same period three persAns were sentenced to death and 12 others ,jailed for life for drug trafficking, he told reporters. A total of 5,610 persons were also caught for offences under the dangerous drugs ordi- nance last year. Of that number, 4,450 cases involved heroin and the rest cannabis, opium and morphine. Information minister, Mohamed Rahmat, mean- while told a seminar on drugs that there are about 400,000 drug addicts in Malaysia which has a population of 13 million. [Text] [Taipei THE CHINA ' POST in English 8 Apr 81 p 6] - CSO: 5300 12 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 PAI~ISTAN . BRIEFS tIASHISH SEIZURE--Islamabad, April 16--The Islamabad 9irport Customs Staff seized worth Rs 10 million Hashish today Customs authorities said. The Ctisto~ns staff found the contraband in two boxes that had been left at the international brief- ing counter just before the British Airways flight left for London. The Assis- - tant Collector of Customs Mr Zafarul Ma~id said that since the boxes had not been booked in anybody's name an announcement was made to that effect in the aircraft but nobody came forward to claim ownership. The contraband weighed 39 kilograms--APP [Text] [Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 17 Apr 81 p 8J NARCOTICS DEN RAIDED--Sukkur--Police raided a secret narcotics den near Station Road and recovered 75 bottles of liquor and one kilo of opium. One person was arrested on the spot. Police organised the raid after receiving information about the existence of such a den. The arrested person has been identified as Khadim Hussain.--PPI [TextJ [Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 9 Apr 81 p 3] U.S.-BOUND PASSENGER HELD--The Customs Intelligence arrested a Washington- - bound passenger, Mr Manzoor Hussain, at Karachi Airport on Friday night with approximately 1500 grams (1-1/2 kgs) of finest quality heroin secreted in the false bottom of his two suit-cases, says a press release. Investigations are in progress and more arrests are likely. The Directorate has meanwhile seized two more Mercedez Benz cars for which Customs duties etc had not been paid. [Text] [Karachi DAWN in English 12 Apr 81 p 10] RANGERS SEIZE OPIUM--Bhai Phero, April 17--The Sutla,j Rangers foiled a bid to - smuggle six kilograms of opi~ and arrestied the alleged smuggler along with a bag containing opium near Kanganpur. The accused has been booked and further investigations are in progress.--PPI [Text] [Karachi DAWN in English 18 Apr - 18 Apr 81 p 4] HASHISH SEIZURE AT ISLAMABAD--Islamabad, April 17--The Airport Customs authori- ties yesterday seized 39 kilograms of charas, valued at one million dollars in international underground drug market, at Islamabad international airport, being smuggled to London by a British Airways plane. The Customs Authorities told PPI that following an infortnation to the Assistant Collector Customs Mr Zafar Majeed, about charas smuggling, a special raiding party Ali and Raja Abbas Ali, the Deputy Superintendents along with Customs Inspector Abdul Jabbar was deputed to intercept. Yesterday morning, before the departure of 13 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 nriti5l~ Airways Lc~ndon flight the raiding team spotted two suit cases at brief- _ Ing counters and later in the presence of authorities they were unsealed und 39 kilograms of charas was recovered. Nobody claimed the ownership of the suit cases so far. However, the Customs authorities are looking for alleged smug- glers who were hehind the transportation of charas to London. Further investi- gations are in progress.--PPI [Text] [Karachi DAWN in English 18 Apr 81 p 4] HEROIN RECOVERED--APP/PPI add: A Pakistani passenger bound for Copenhagen was ar~-ested by the airport Customo and recovz.red 2 kilogram of rer.oin powder from his possession. S.M. Qaisar Mahwood was travelling on a Canadia~i passport and - was due to boaxd the SA,S flight 972 when Custom hounds picked him up and recovered the most valuable contraband from the false bottom and top of his suitcase. ~Text~ ~Karachi DAWN in English 25 Apr 81 p 10~ CSO: 5300 14 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 SINGAPORE - BRIEFS _ DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING--Singapore, 1 April--The High Court today sentenced two men to death for trafficking in heroin. Bong Kim Lay, 35, an unemployed - Indonesian, was found guilty of trafficking in 53.7 grammes of heroin. The other man, Tan Seng Hock, 29, a hawker9 was found guilty of abetting Bong in the offence khich was committed in April 1979. Both of them were said to have offered to sell to of~icers of the Central Narcotics Bureau 20 packets of her.oin _ valued at 7,000 Singapor~ dollars (3,350 US). Death sentence is mandatory in _ Singapore for trafficking in 15 grammes or more of heroin. [Text] [Rangoon . THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 3 Apr 81 p 6~ CSO: 5300 15 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 SOUTH KOREA METHAMPETAMINE RING SMASHED Seoul KOREA HERALD in English 23 Apr 81 p 8 [Text] The police have smashed a large-scale "hiroppon" ring whose members include a 43-year-old Japanese, the National Police Headquarters announced yes terday. All of the eight ring affiliates have been arrested, the announcement said. - They were identified as Paek Chunoki, 32, a resident of Mi-dong, south ern Pus~.n, Sin Chong-kwan, Yu U-hyang, C'hoe Chong-u, Cho Kyu-chin, Om Ik-~ung, _ Chong Mun-sok and Taguchi Kivas, who lives in Osaka, Japan, ~ Police seized 4.2 kg of hiroppon, an addictive narcotic, from the arres ted = ring members. The confiscated hiroppon is worth 2,900 million Japanese - yen. - The announcement said that Paek Chun-ki, leader of the narcotics ring, had run a hiroppon factory in the basement at the home of Chong Mun-sok, his brother-in-law, since April last year. There, they are accused of producing = lar ge amounts of hiroopon under the technir_al help of Yu Chun-wan, who is still at large, mainly to ~arket to averseas narcotics dealers. One of the overseas dealers was th~ arrested Japanese who reportedly gave 7 million won to the ring in down payment. The ring leaders also promised to give 30 million won to one or more - U.S, pilots based in Osan, Kyonggi-do, in exchange for assurances that they _ would help smuggle hiroppon out of the country to overseas outlets. Tlie NPF~ said that a joint team of Korean police and U.S. Eighth Army narcotics control officials seized the ring members who were trying to smuggle th~~ narcotics out uf the country. The police agency said no U:S. pilots are now under investigation in connection with the case. The annoance~nent said that the Korean police have confiscated many pieces of hiroppon manufacturjng equipment including water distil;ers. = 16 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 It also reported that a U.S, military narcotics control officer posed as - a pilot to break the hiroppon .ring. i.ight Penalties Most of the hir.oppon produced in Korea is smuggled into Japan, where users and dealers face relatively light penalties. - Health officials, however, do not rule out the possibility that users will increase here in the future. They pointed out that 41 addicts were caught by law-enforcement officials here last year. Hiroppon is said to be eff ective in the "cleansing" of b r ains and staying awake . _ Some narcotics officials claim th at those under the influence of the drug have been known to engage in indecent acts and are noti ashamed of what they have done. CSO: 5300/4591 17 _ \ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 SRI LANICA ~ ~ BRIEFS CRA.CKDOWNS ON NARCOTICS--Morphine, cocaine and hashish were among the hard drugs that surfaced during a narcotics crackdown on the city. The anti-narcotics ~perations was timed for the period when Che city's streets were packed with US ma.rines from the aircraft carrier "Ranger" and the cruiser "Fox." The Narcotics - Bureau during the operation seized large qua.ntities of cannabis (ganja) a~d opius and arrested 13 peopleo Following an arrest, the Narcotics Bureau recovered 300 U.S. dollars which had been publicly realised from the sale of narcotics to marines, officials saido The raids were led by Inspector J. Serasinghe, officer- in-charge of ~he Narcotics Bureau and Sub-Inspector D. Thuduwewattea On Sunday Sergeant Wima.lasena of the Bureau also arrested two persons who were found to have - four pour~ds of opium in their possession. ~Text~ ~Colombo SUN in English 10 Mar 81 p 1] - CSO: 5300 18 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 THAILAND HEROIN CHEMICALS SEIZED IN NORTH Bangkok POST in English 19 Apr 81 p Z [Text ] CHIANC MAI the three men and - THREE men were ar charged them with ille- rested at a Chiang Dao qai possesslon of banned District checkpofnt on chemicals. Friday evening atter po- They were identitled lice ~eized a consignment as the truck's dNver, of chemicals which are Thawtl Dechakui, tte - banned in the North be owner, Thong Chaitra- - cause they are used to koon, and another pas� make heroin. senger, Somsak Bor� - The chemicals, a total boon. of 1,600 litres of ether Poltce said the three and chloroform, were be- totd them that they had " lleved to be destined [or been hired by a Chiang a heroin reflnery along Mai Yransport company the Thaf�Burma border, to delive'r the chemicals � according to a delayed to an unnamed person in pollce report. tront of the Fang Dlstrict Narcotics authorttlea market. said later that had the Chemicala used to pro- chemicals reached the duce heroln are banned _ retinery, they would in several disMets cloae - have helped to produce to the Burmese border. _ ac least 100 kllogtammes The ban, impoaed by - of herofn. the Government last Acting on a t?p-oft, Year as part ot lts war on Chiang Dao Dlstrict po- narcotics, covero ether, - ifce lay fn wait at the chloroform, acetlc chlo- ' checkpoint where they ride and acetic anhy stopped a Fang�bound dride. - siz�wheel truck at about B p. m. , ,~(4e; dL~Qvering, 12~ _ barrels of ether and .chloroform aboard the = truck, police ~airested~ 19 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 . , j. - - - . . . ~ \ r } .r:~ ~H ~.~~,t ti;+ _ ~ .~'tA~ ~ S~ ~~:'Q : ~,M1: ~ � 7 ~ , _ ~ ~ ' ~ . . _ ~ J ~ ~ ~ ~ , . . ~ - /Caption7 The three men axrested in Chiang Mai Province on F`riday after being _uund in = _ possession of chemicals used to make heroin. CSO: 5300/4937 20 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 i - BAHAMAS r e F - INCREASING DRUG TRAFFICKING, USE FOCUS OF CONCERN Investigation Request Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 13 Mar 81 p 1 [Text ] TABLED in chs House of '1'he Resolution says Mr ~ The Resolution, tabled by ??ssembly Wednesday was an Kooistta has been named by Social Democratic Pat~y Opposition Resolution asking law enforcement officials in leader Norman Solomon government to "immediate- his native Holland "as a m~jor pointed out that "the ly" inve~tigate allegations d eale r in narcotics trafficking of narcotics within that Dutchman . litze trafficking." the Bahamas is in every way Kooistra, a Paradise [s~and It aLso cJaims "that the against the best interests of - nsident, hag been involved in Dutch government has made this country and its people." drug trafficking. ' official approaches to the O~n February 13th The . The Resolution aslcs the Bovern:nent of the Bahamas Tribune ~ reported that M.r - House to instruct the Minister seeking the extradition from Kooistra s status in the the Bahunas o( Mr Kooistri." country was being considered - of Homc Affaics to The Resolution noted that by govemment. "immediately cause an ~a B~~~ '~is nbw The wealthy Dutchman has indepth investigation into Mr internationally regarded as lived in the Bahamas for the ~ Kooistra's pest with a view to one of the world's deportinR him if allegations P~~3' past two and a half years. His against him are supported by nazcotics trafficking centre^." luxury Paradise Island _ fart," That reputaaon, it said, w�as mansion features a$70,000 The Resolution also asked Bained "in very many ways satellite N-entenna-dish - the Minister of ~-Ione Affairs exceuively damaging to thi~ capable of receiving at least to advise the House as soon as nation." 22 stations from North _ possible "of the result of his America. investigations into Mt - Kooistra." Bail for Colombians Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 13 Mar 81 p 1 - [Text] Thirteen Colombians, charged with poss~saion of 79,900 pounds of mari- juana--described as the largest drug seizure ever made at sea in the Bahamas-- _ were yesterday granted a total cash bail of $1.3 million. The Colombiana appeared before Magistrate Shirin Edun for the third time since their arrest on February 16. Magistrate Edun refused bail on the f irst two ~ occasions when application was made by their lawyer Godfrey Pinder. 21 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-00850R040440010033-0 Charged ~ were: Miguel Bait for the Colombians was - Ralios, 39; Hernando Parodo, refused February 27 for the 36; Lacides Sua~ez, 40; second time on the grounds Dameris Colon, 25; Rafe that an early day for tri~l ha~ biunoz, 26; Federnan M Adeca; been~ set, March 12. However, 36; Ducan Gatcia, 39; Juan when the Colombians ~ppeazed Eliccer, Z0; Ediardo Alvarez, in court for trial yesterday, an 28; Eduardo Salano, 28; Alvaro interproter was not present and Julio, 38; Rafael Martinez, 29; the case inad to be adjourned to and Juan Francisco, 31. May 29. ' The men were arrested Lawyer Godfrey Pinder aboard the "Cordobes," a 1~0 who, along with Elliott - foot, steel�h~lled cargo v,essel Lockhart, is repnsenting the by Defence Force Marines accused, made a third - aboard the HMBS Marlin appflcation for bail yesterday. - commanded by Amoa Rolle. The Colombians wen :~ch The arrest was made at Little granted bail at S 100,000. Stirrup Cay in the Berry So fu the bail has not been Islands. posted and the accused have been remanded in custody: - ~ Co~ent on DEA Act~on Nassau TFiE TRIBUNE in English 25 Mar 81 p 5 [Article by Etienne Dupuch] [Excerpts] ON THURSDAY, March 12th the high seas over a wide ana of the . - Bahamas. The activities of pirates have _ American Drug Enforcernent Agency resulted in yac;~tsmen being warned not made the biggest haul of drug traffickers to cruise among our islands. T7iis since this business has become centered situation has seriously affected the - largely iri tNe Bahamas and Florida. Of sperial interest to the Bahamas is legitimate business of marina operators - t tie fact that Nassau was the in some of the islands. headquarters of the DEA investigator - who was successful in making this big I wonder how far this probe will - haul. He is ~iescribed as a Louisiana affect Bahamiaa~s who may have been redneck who convinced the trade that he engaged in this deadly traffic. It is was capable of facilitating the movement naturally assumed that the DEA man, , of their cargoes. He was able to build up who conducted this investigation from this close relationship with the smugglers headquarters in Nassau, must have also with thc cooperation of the US Coast probed the activities of people in Nassau ruard and the Bahamas Police Force who acted as agents for the smugglers. who place~i certain facilities at the You will remember that last year an disposal of the DEA investigator that so American drug investigator entered the - impressed the leaders of the smuggling Bahamas quietly to probe drug activities rings thut he was able ~to bore right into in certain of our islands. He claimed that - ~Tf-is -general~ believed 'that severa! he found an active operation being Bahamians have been engaged in carried on in Nassau, Andros and Bimini. faciliCating the passage of drugs through He released information on certain _ uur ~s~anus ~ne coas: of Florida. T'here people with whom he said he had _ is eviderrce of unexplainable prosperity dealings but the Bahamas police were - among formerly poor families in IVassau unable to identify any of these people and some of the Out Islands that point and so no more was heard from it. _ accusingly ir~ �his d'uectian. It is widely T~s man was not only chased out of kn~wn that smugglers now control the the Bahamas by the authorities in Nassau 22 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 but, surprisingly, an American employea to smash the drug traffic in our islands, by the Ministry of Tourism baaed the government should have wclcomed Miami's TV channel 10 from entering this activity. A,t the time drug the Bahamas to film the areas covend by investigators said that official objection the American investigator. The to their secret activities in the Bahamas government went so far as to lodge a would not deter them they would strong protest with Washington objecting enter the islands as tourists and carry on to an Amer~can national conducting an their investigation~ in this disguise. investigation in the Bahamas without This incident has led to the belief~ first obtaining official permission. among my friends in Miami that, unless The reason given by the American Bahamians engaged in drug activities investigator for not revealing his have been able to work out a ptivate deal activities in the islands was that he was with American investigators, that convinced that this activity reached the covered their tails, the time may come highest possible levels in Nassau. when Bahamians will be involved in I said at the time that, instead of some of these exposures. lt is being objecting to DEA investigators helping widely said that many surprises will - come out of this investigation. CSO: 53U0/7543 23 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 aaxArsas BRIEFS = SENTENCES FOR COLOMBIANS--T~ao men, whose plame disappeared with them on a flight from Bimini to Nassau, were among six to be fined $2,000 each yesterday and ~ent to prison for 2-1/2 years �or possession of mari~uana and f irearms. However, _ when yesterday's hearing res~uned before Magistrate George van Sertima only two of the six men showed up for trial. They were Jose Gomez, 38, and Manuel Rodriguez, 20. Lawyer Langton Hilton told the magistrate that his other - clients were "unavoidably absent." Those missing from court were Armando - Milanes, 20, Robert Spector, 33, Robert Stalica, 31, and Martin Nizarani, 36. Spector and Milanes have been missing since January 6th on a flight between Bimini and Nassau. All six were charged with possession of 111 bags of mari- ~uana, three 12 gauge shotguns, and a 9 mm machine gun at South Bimini on _ - November 24. Gomez was given an extra six months--bringing his prison term to three years--for possession of 28, 9 mm bullets. [Excerrt] [Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 28 Mar 81 p 1] CSO: 5300 . 2!~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 BERMUDA LEGISLATORS DECRY 'MONUMENTAL PROBLEM' OF DRUGS ON ISLAND Hamilton THE ROYAL GAZETTE in English 28 Mar 81 p 1 [Text] Drugs pose a"monumental" problem for Bermuda; i*_ ~laimed at the - Senate yesterday. And Senators voiced fears that drugs were coming into the - Island on yachts at night and on cruise ships during the season. "There is no - doubt that this community has what I consider to be a monumental problem, perhaps the worst facing it, in the matter of illegal drugs," said Senator Quinton Edness, the Minister of Community Aff airs. He felt the Police did an outstanding job in preventing drugs coming in to the Island, and had been fairly successful in catching people involved in the sale - - and importation of drugs. - But Senator Edness felt that apart from tackling the drugs problem head on, - there had ~o be a campaign to educate young people on the dangers of drugs. He congratulated the Police for their efforts in schools, and said Government planned an Islandwide campaign. Senator Sir John Pluwman, Government's spokesman in the Senate, said that increased Police and Customs checks at the Airport had reduced the flow of drugs, particularly mariiuana, coming into the Island. "I know some people object to the quite stiff ineasures that are taken from time to time but they must recognise that these measures are occasionally necessary," - he said. Senator Hugh Richardson, the Senate President, said it seemed that the drugs problem was under control during winter months. But things worsened when the cruise ships and yachts started to arrive. "My concern is over what can b~e done to further hamper the flow of drugs coming in through cruise ships," he said. Senator Arnott Jackson (I:ldependent) said there often seemed to be a lot of activity off the South Shore at night and he thought this could be connected - _ with the drug trade. He knew that Customs men went aboard vessels that were - officially entering Bermuda. "But no importer of drugs is going to officially declare himself," he said. "I ` am sure that we should have appropriate monitorfng of that area so that we can _ be seen to be doing all we can." CSO: 5300/7543 - 25 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 BERMUDA ~ BRIEFS HEROIN DEALING ACQUITTAL--An admitted heroin addict was yestercay acquitted by a - Supreme Court jury on two charges involving possession of heroin with intent to supply. The jury cleared Berwyn Millard Dears, 35, of North Street, Hamilton, of possession of 0.672 grammes of heroin, and of possession of the drug with intent to supply it to others. The verdicts were handed down following two- = and-one-half-hours deliberation after the two-day trial. [Excerpt] [Hamilton TIi~ ROYAL GAZETTE in English 20 Mar 81 p 2] CSO: 5300/7543 - 26 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 CHILE OS-7 SUCCESSFUL IN BREAKING INTERNATIONAL DRUG RINGS Santiago LA NACION in Spanish 27 Mar 81 p 6A - jText] Since its establishment in 1974, the Carabineeros Department o~ Crime Prevention and Drug Control, OS-7, has confiscated~more than one-quarter ton of cocaine hydrochloride worth approximately $100 million. _ This information was supplied by the chiefs of that specialized uniformed police - unit who are giving courses in Concepcion on those sub~ects to police officials _ and personnel working with the Carbineeros in that region who will soon form an - OS-7 brigade in the Eighth Region. These chiefs said that in the last 5 months alone the Carabineeros had dis- - mantled three organizations engaging in drug processing and traff icking aimed _ at the United States, Spain, France and England, with transit through Central America where interiiational distribution is being handled. ' In the most recent actions, the police seized 50 kilos of coca base, discovered - a hydrochloride processing laboratory and dismantled a processing ring headed by ` Guillermo Arnold Rocco Perez and f ormer soccer glayer Sergio Ramirez. As for Ramirez, it was said that as of now the police have only been able to prove his role as "custodian" of the product, an activity which is punishable under Law 17,974 wt~ich penalizes both the trafficker and a mere possessor of drugs, without extenuating circumstances. The OS-7 ~hiefs, who for obvious reasons did not identify themselves, added that _ since the formation of the group in 1974, its activities have been aimed at - preventing and combating the manufacture, traffic and consumption of all kinds _ of drugs and hallucinogens. OS-7 has become an effective collaborator with the Judicial branch. - Although there are no significant indications of drug trafficking in Concepcion, there are ~actors which suggest that such trafficking could increase in the future. This forced the superior echelons o~ the Carabineeros to form an OS-7 group in the region. Tt~is group already has all the nec~ssary human and material resources and will - begin operations in the next few weeks; however, this does not mean additional expenditures for the organization, as regional personnel and elements were util- - ized who were gi.ven instruction and orientatioxt on a new modus operandi. 8143 27 CSO: 5300 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 ~ CHILE BRIEFS - DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTID, DRUGS SEIZID--Members of the Sth Brigade of the Investi- - gation's Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Department arrested: 51-year-old merchant Pedro Waldo Alvarez Grimaldi, with a police record as drug trafficker; 44-year-old Jorge Lillo, also known as a drug traffick~r; and 34-year-old truck driver Fernando Calderon Calderon. The three persons were arrested during a meeting in which they - were deciding haw to sell 400 g. of cocaine, which was seized from them, supplied by a Peruvian citizen who is at large. [PY060201 Santiago LA 'PERCERA DE LA HORA 17 Apr 81 p 46 PY] PEDDLER OF STIMULANTS CAUGHT--Valparaisn--Maria lnes Gonzalez Burgos, 24, was ar- - rested yesterday in this city carrqing 17 bottles of a stimulant called desbutal which o~ere going to be sold to young addicts of this city. The arrested peddler confessed that there is a drug ring operating between Santiago and Valparaiso. The drug ring i.nvolves some well-known criminals, doctors and drugstore owners. [PY060201 Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in Spanish 19 Apr 81 p 75 PY] COCAINE TRAFFICKER ARRESTED--Arica--Yicente Elias Quispe Maldonado, age 44, - single, a resident of the town of San Joae, alleyway Cosapilla 1521, has been - arrested by the Arica First Drug Brigade for transporting 1.5 kilos of cocaine in a paper bag. The arrest was made in Ibanez Park as Vicente Quispe was walking through an area in which the civil police were conducting preventive patrols. Suspicious actions by Quispe caused the police agents to search him. The great surprise was a paper bag containing at least 1.5 kilos of cocaine worth 800,000 pesos in sales of the "white goddess." When questioned, Quispe, who worked as a _ supplier of small livestock, said that the drug was~made available to him by a Peruvian named Ostaquio Ayala Zegarra and that because of financial difficulties he had taken to the streets to se11 it. jText] jSantiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in Spanish 26 Mar 81 p 58] 8143 CSO: 5300 28 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 COLOMBIA MARIHUANA NOW IMPORTED FROM U.S. FOR LOCAL USE - Bogota EL SIGLO in Spanish 24 Mar 81 pp 1, 2 [Text) In spite of the obvious restrictions concerning the illegal marihuana market in existence in this country and abroad, it has bPen possible to establish that im- portation of improved marihuana from the United States, in order to satisfy the "taste" of "expert" Colombian consumers of grass, has begun. The "seedless" variety, as the marihuana produced in the state of Florida in the United States is called, considerably improved with careful processes for growing, _ reproducing and harvesting, has surpassed in "quality" the effect of Colombian mari- huana, which, until a short time ago, held first place in the world among users of hallucinogens. Another_.ghenomenonthat has contributed to a downgrading of the "good image" of Colom- . bian grass is the intervention of "unscrupulous traffickers," who mix the leaves of Colombian marihuana with sesame and "ma tarraton" [Gliricidia sepium] leaves, in o rder to increase the weight and thus obtain greater profit. According to reports in the daily newspaper EL TIEMPO yesterday, the most prominent Colombian exporters, that - is to say the ones handling the illegal traffic market, met in a"summit" meeting on the Atlantic coast to analyze the disturbing phenomenon of a shutdown of the United States market, demonstrating in this way its reaction to the constant "swindles" to which it is subjected by Colombian "businessmen." But the American users are not the only ones who have complained of the decline in quality of the famous Colombian "red tip". Colombians also feel that they are being swindled and that is why the market has begun to take a 180-degree turn. Colombian Consumption Declines Consumption within this country has dec reased, if not in the same proportion as in the United States, at least alarmingly for the already concerned marihuana "indus�- trialists" who see how now their "flourishing" business is declining, not because of the security measures applied by the governments of both cauntries, but rather be- cause of a phenomenon applicable only to the Latin nature: a desire to make more with less effort. Now the "incomparable" natural circumstances of Colombia's climate and land are no t enough. Not only is the grass being sub~ected to adulterations with leaves of other plant products, but also its quality its elf has been surpassed with American tech- nology. 29 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 In addition, conditions on the United States market are constantly improving. Spe- cialized magazines, established advertising, promotions recomanending brands and me- thods can be acquired freely at magazine stands and are received on the street. - Progress in American technology applied to marihuana growing have overthrown the wide- spread legend of the "privileged Colombian soil on which the se eds are merely thrown wherever they fall and, after a 3- or 4-month wait, the harvest is gathered." How the 'Seedless' Variety Is Grown Seeds are planted in very well-setup seedbeds. Technical transplants are made. Fertilizer.s, irrigation and complicated fertilization processes are used until the famous "seedless" variety is obtained, which consists of plants 10 to 12 feet high and which are subjected to constant pruning starting at the point of their maturing. Each plant produces many harvests. Artificial pollen irriga tion systems have been set up in those seedbeds, in order to increase concentration of the substances that produce the hallucinogenic effect. - Lights with special lenses have been installed to imitate the climate conditions on - the Santa Marta Range and the Himalaya Mountains, regarded as "ideal." It has been possible to reduce the photosynthesis processes of the plant a~d to improve the pruning so that the new shoots will ensure reprnduction of plants that are an exact copy of the original in number and size of the leaves and in production of resins. Ilnited States marihuana growing, differently from Colombian growing, requires hours _ and hours of ineticulous care, use of fans and humidifiers and constant vigilance. Many Shipments Are Waiting "Marimba gringa,"as [American marihuana] is also called here, is the result of a combination of Colombia sativa with Afghana indica, regarded as the best t~o in the world, but improved with specialized growing methods. The result is that the relatively new product has begun to impose itself, on the international markets and even on the domestic market, over Co lombian marihuana, which is not only of a lower quality, but also is usually mixed with "matarraton" � leaves. At any rate, concern is spreading among Colombian "expurr~ters," because large indus- trial facilities have been set up around this business, millions have been invested and profits have also been immense and expectations in this connection are con- stantly increasing. In any event, the first snags have already been felt by large and small dealers and growers and in several of the many clandestine ports of exit for grass large ship- ments are waiting that have not been claimed by supposed buyers who have decided to change "supplier." 10,042 CSO: 5300/2256 30 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02148: CIA-RDP82-44850R000400014433-4 COLOMBIA HERNAN BOTERO DENIES 'MONEY LAUNDERING' CHARGES Bogota EL ESPE CTADOR in Spanish 31 Mar 81 p 10-A [Article by Jose Guillermo Herrera on money-laundering charges against Hernan Botero Moreno, manage r of the National Athletic soccer team] [Text] Medell in, 30 March--Sports ~an$ger Hernan Botero Moreno, allegedly involved in drug traffic and in "laundering" millions of dollars, denied today his connection with illegal activities and revealed that he is waiting for a favorable reply from the office of the district attorney of Miami on a reduction of the sizable bail de- manded and gua rantees that he will appear before authorities in the United States who want to interrogate him. In a"communique to public opinion" released this afternoon, the president of the National Athletic Club maintained that an unknown "secret informer" avaiied himself of the shelter of anonymity for his "perfidious slander." Botero Moreno was implicated by the authorities in Miami in drug trafficking and in the "laundering" of $70 million coming from that activity and most of which was supposed to have been transferred to the Workers Bank of Colombia. The manager of the National Athletic soccer team stated in his explanation that "aside from my brother Roberto, I do not even know the persons with whom it is said that I conspir ed against the country to the north in drug traffic and in tax evasion. - That is to say, I do not know who Lozardo Restrepo, Carlos Urdaneta and Col Luis - Arce Gomez and Col Nolberto Salomon Soria are. "Neither my b rother Roberto Botero Moreno nor I-- ;I{eZtzan Botero Moreno have made deposits of foreign currency through the Workers Bank of Colombia, as has been stated publicly by the president of that institution, Dr Javier Bustamante Diaz, and he re- peats it in a certification that I have in my possession," he said. "I have not had," he reiterated, "dealings or communication of any kind with the Bo- livian ambassador to Venezuela, Salomon Soria, or with the former minister of the in- terior of Bolivia, Col Luis Arce Gomez (according to what I have seen in the press). I repeat that I do not even known those gentlemen." Botero Moreno also stated that he has official documents certifying that he has never been investigated in Colombia for involvement in drug traffic. At the same time, he maintained that his life and background are clean and that he has acquired his assets by means of "legal business activities, as all who know me are aware." 31 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 - The team manager announced that he expects a"favorable reply from the Miami district attorney in charge of the annoying affair, in which a secret enemy is at~.empting to involve me, to a petition from my attorney concerning a reduction of the sizable and - unexplainable bail that has been required of ine and the necessary guarantees for pro- tection of my rights, for my appearance before the ~udiciary authorities in the United States who want to interrogate me, because I have nothing to conceal and nothing to fear, with the exception of the perfidy of unknown, gratuitous enemies." , Hernan Botero Moreno, who has hopes that the judiciary authorities in the United States will remove merit from the "false, imprudent charges of which I have been the victim," expressed gratitude for the solidarity received from organizations and per- - sons who are familiar with his background. 10,042 CSO: 5300/2256 32 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 i COLOMBIA BRIEFS _ _ COCAINE SEIZED AT EL DORADO--Fifteen kilograms of cocaine with a high pQrcentage of ~ purity were seized at El Dorado from Marta Nelly Gonzalez, who arrived from Lima on - Iberia Flight 930. The authorities reported that the young woman ~ras carrying the alkaloid in a handbag and that she tried to evade the customs offi~ials. She was taken immediately to the pertinent police headquarters. [Text] (Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 21 Mar 81 p 7-A] 10042 TWO MARIHUANA RAIDS DESCRIBED--The authorities in Meta and Magdalena departments ad- ministered a double blow to marihuana traffickers when they seized 250 packets of the hallucinogen. The operations were carried out at places known as E1 Pinal, in Meta Department, and Cienaga, in Magdalena Department. In add~!tion, Fabio de Jesus = Velez, Eli Gordillo, Edison Suarez and Jose Agustin Aguilar Aernandez were arrested at those places. The persons arre~ted were turned over to the pertinent authorities who immediataly started the appropriate investigations. [Text] [Bogota EL ESPECTADOR - in Spanish 21 Mar 81 p 25-A] 10042 - CSO: 5300/2256 33 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 MEXICO CERECERO: TRAFFICKING JIRTUALLY ELIMTNATED P~Iexico City EL SOL Dc^, MEXICO in Spani.sh 12 Apr 81 p 9-A ~ [Article by Isaias Colunga Morales] [Text] With the use of new and modern equipment, and better training for Federal Judicial. Police agents, Mexico is now no longer _ one of the main eenters of tfie drug traffic, tfie head of the Federal _ Judicial Police, Gen Raul Mendiolea Cerecero, said jTesterday. The police official explained that for the past 6~ears the planting, - cultivation, and traffic of drugs fiad been a very disturbing problem _ - for the government, particularly for the office of the public pro- secutor, since they did not have the aircraft (~oth planes and heli- - copters) needed to halt the activities of the drng traffickers, botfi _ Mexican and international, who had made Mexico one of tfie~r main - - centers of operation. It is estimated that this activity has declina~ by 50 percent, especially plantir.g and cultivation. There is little land now _ planted in drug crops, although it is harder to deter,t, since what is left is now locat~d deep in tfie ~mountains. _ Fortunately, said Gen Mendiolea Ce~ecero, the police in Mexico are being modernized constantly and police agents are properly trained. The top police official said that now the main areas where the _ Federal Juflicial Police and the army--which work togetfier--are con- centrating their attention are th.e states of Oaaaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Veracruz, and Chiapas, w~iere tfie plantinq and cultivation of marijuana and opium poppies lias pers-isted. - Efforts agai.nst the international drug trade are meeting with ever growing success, he claimed, as is shown by the fact that frequent arrests are made and drugs confiscated. - 7679 ~ - CSO: 5300 7~ J APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 MEXICO - TRAFFICKER RINGS DISCOVERED IN TWO PRISONS I~exico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish 1 Apr 81 p 8-D [Article by Rafael Medina and Victor Payan] [Text] A ring of drug traffickers operating inside the ~'ederal District Penitentiary and the Northern Prison, with the complicity - - of some guards and their supervisors, was discovered by tfie office of the public prosecutor, following the arrest of a woman just half a block away from the prison with a little over 1.5 kilos of cocaine - which had been brought into the country from Colomliia and kept in the prison until being sold. - This ring of drug traffickers, compose~l o� Colombians and Mexicans, ~ also falsified automobile registrations and pass~orts. The investigations by the Federal Judicial Police began with the _ arrest of Dolores Margarita Gonzalez Fuentes at the corner of Revillagigedo and Independencia, in the first section. When questioned by the deputy director of the Federal Judicial : Police, Joaq~in Figueroa Lunay she~said that Arnoldo Flores de la - Cruz, an inmate in Sar.t~ Marta Acatitl~ for crimes against the public welfare, and an escapee from the Ciudad Aleman Tamaulipas jail, had given her the 3rugs which she was to deliver to other people who would distribute them both in Mexico and in the United States. The authoxities have continued their investigations inside the Federal District Penitentiary and have foun~ tha~t the supplier of Arnoldo Flores was a Colombian, Harold Bravo, an inmate in the Santa Marta Acatitla jail, who ordered drugs from Colombia by telephone. - Jose Felix Restrepo sent the drugs from Palmira, Colombia, by means ~ of Teresa Rodriguez, a Colombian, who is now a fugitive from justice. ~ 35 ` APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02108: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400010033-0 Evidence ~ The directors of the jail and the Federal Judicial Police found the - following items in Harold Bravo's cell: seven bags of cocaine; 11. stamps ror automobi.le bills of sale; three drug blenders; five dis- posable syringes; checkbooks ~rom a number of banks; and five fal- sified passports. In the Northern Prison the Federal Judicial Police arrested two guards, G