JPRS ID: 9842 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-04850R000400030023-9 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY . JPRS L/9842 13 July 1981 Worldwide Re~ ort p NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS CFOUO 32/81) FBIS FOREIG,N BROADCAST INFORMATlOlV SERVICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2447/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400434423-9 NOTE JPRS publications contain information primarily from foreign newspapers, periodicals and books, but also from news 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. H~adlines, editorial reports, und material enclosed in brackets are supplied by JPRS. Processing indicators such as [Text] or [ExcerptJ in the first line of each item, or following the last line of a brief, indicate how the original information was processed. 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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2407102/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400430023-9 F'OR OFFICIAL USE ONLY JPRS L/9842 3 July 19 81 i WORLDWIDE REPORT ~ NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS (FO'UO 32/81~ CONTENTS ~ ASIA PAKISTAN Submerged Hashieh Containers Recovered by Divera, Trawlera ~ , (DAWN, 21 Jun 81) 1 . Briefa ~ Pakistan Drug Act To Be Amended 2 1.5 Tona of Hashish Seized in Karachi 2 PHILIPPINES � Briefs Charges Against Japaneee 3 ~HAILAND ' Briefs ' Italian Jailed 4 LATIN AMLRICA BRAZIL Rio Believed Drug�Traffic Hub (Abpl Mathiae Netto; JORNAL DO BRASIL~ 24 May 81) 5 - 8 - [III - WW - 138 FOUO~ I ~ FOR OF'FICIAs . USE ONLY I . APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/49: CIA-RDP82-00850R040400030023-9 : FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~ Police Hit Narcotice Trade ~ _ . (Various eources~ various datee) 11 Big Dealer Nabbed by Police Drug Trafficker Photo - Arrested Dealer Tries To $ribe Police Dealer Tries Bribery Police Succesaful in Narcotics War (0 GLOBO~ 30 May, 1 Jun 81) 16 Big Sao Paulo Marihuana Haul Police Deatroy Landing Strip w ~ 1~'s Arrested for Helping Traffickers (0 GLOBO, 30 May 81) 18 Briefs Marihuana Plantations Burned in NE 20 Traffickere Arrested in Slums 20 . COLOMBIA ' 'Druga Queen~ Trial to Proceed ~ (EL ESPECTADOR,.7 Jun 81) 21 Drug Traffickere Supply Arma to Guerrillas (EL TIEI~O, 1 Jun 81) 22 'Devaetating Blow' to La Guajira Traffickera (EL TIE1~0, 28 May 81) 23 Decline of Drug Traffickers Deacribed (Rafael Sarmiento Colley; EL TIE1~0, 2 Jun 81) 24 Anti-Narcotice 'Star' Murdered (EL TIEMPO, 17 May 81) 26 Woman Killed in Motel Linked to Traffickers (EL ESPECTADOR, 9 May 81) 27 Internal Addiction Problem Discueeed ~ (Cecilia Rodriguex Maya; EL SIGLO, 7 Jun 81) 29 - Briefe Drop in Marihuana Pricea 34 Cocaine Seized at E1 Dorado 34 Traffickers Killed in Plane Craeh 34 Cocaine Seized in Caruru 35 Two Traffickera in Jail Break 35 Cocaine Seized at E1 Dorado 35 - b - 4 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 JAMAICA Briefe Marihuana~ P1ane Seizuree 36 ' NEAR EAST AND NORTH AIjRICA IRAN ~ Briefe Execute 11~ 37 ISRAEL � Briefs Hashish Tires Ashore 38 SYRIA Half Ton of Haehish Seized ~ ~TISHRIN, 19 May 81) 39 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SWAZILAND South African Error Snags Mandrax Caee Involving Mozambicana (THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 11 Jun 81) 4~. UGANDA Mbale Hit by Opium Smoking ; (Sam Wakoli; UGANDA TIMES, 20 Jun 81) 42 WEST EUROPE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Briefe ' Dealer Receivee 10-Yeare 44 GREECE� Briefe Swediah Drug Suepect Held 45 -c- i ~ , -i ' FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ITALY Failure of Methadone Treatment; Call for New Approach - (Giueeppe~De Luca; L'UNITA, 8 Jun S1) 4~ � NORWAY Paper Commenta on Less Tolerant Attitude Toward Hashieh (Editorial; ARSEIDERBLADET, 16 Jun 81) 49 SWEDEN Police Suspect Ephedrine~ Caffeine Pills Replacing Amphetamines (Claea von Hofeten; SVENSKt1 DAGBLADET, 17 Jun 81) 51 TURKEY Briefs Morphine Base, Illegal Poppiea Diocover~ed 52 More on Poppy Seizure 52 - d - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 ~ PARISTAN SUBMERGED HASHISH CONTAINERS RECOVERED BY DIVERS, TRAWLERS Karachi DAWN in Englieh 21 Jun 81 p 10 [Text] o~es on~ and s hali tonu oi the cont~ae~ ~m tul~or 4uallty HaehL~h aas Ths7 wers D~~ 1a afr-tliht eeissd 1n � 79-hour ~ofnt tnalin~ meW oon~~ operatlon by the Cr1me Iaveeti� Ona oi , ths eoutainers wa~ astia~ AQency cCIA) und chs oyenad bdcrs the aew~men. Zt P~taa Nare;otic Control Bosrd oontained about SO aeea o! !!a~ (PNCB) aear Phitti Creek about qualtt~ Ch~ras (t~porti Qusut~~ eix miles � deep !a the ~ea from aith w 1n~i~aL? 'Atrld~~. It v Horw~i Creelc. believed that ths ~uDe~o! 4usu. The H~ahi~h aae P~ted !a ty Charas Ras lnouaht iroai the - aad wiap~~ed inp Dolyth~ws~ba~s. /liea8 ~ Ats' mea~ toe~ehlD~ Ztie cantsinere were dumDed iti ment. . deep eea ~vt?ter aear Phltti Creek. It' ~va dumped. sbout tout to wattiai fos ahiDmeat sbroad. ti~e� daya sto a~ ti~e unydentitied The Chsirman. Patlatan Nat~ amWpers covld aot f~ iti s-:1p~ cotic Coatrol Bard, Mr. M1rs~ ped. 8iies~fa. aot a tip that a aana oi 8o far. the poltce have reoove~` laternstional dru~ amu~lan ed QO oo'ntai~era trom the ~ea Aas tryinQ to amu~le out a snd ee ~ fo lar~e Qusatity of flne auntity faaui~i ~ Sind Pouce ~ehief kbab aaa of ~ths P~~ ~ths Ridayatull~ wu ~ informed ranuplers huvs ducnped ova~ about !t who deputed a CIA par~ tl~ree toa~ ot Chans la t~e ty to aeatat tbe ~otat o~ention area. ' deep lmide the ees. The oyaa A~~ tton atarted oa June 17 when th~ Aelisf~ R~onal DSreoto! of CU requteiWoned s diver to PNCS aad Mr. Abdullah ffisau. idenWty the epot where We DBP~ CU~ nt~ Oa~ona~ly ~tuper~ Ha~1ah a~s dumped. aL+tn~ the iearch operstioa Tha dlver recovered oaly tbre~ Meaawhlle~ effort~ � a=e eonE!- coaWtineri. Later~ ths Polia nulai W traolc dowu tb~ ~mu~ ~arty hlred a medlum rize traa~ Qi~ ~y ~u ~ the at~ip ahich ler to comb the ares. Oa th~ ~d. come throuah the lnterns� eeoonQ dsy ~Q mor~ oenWaera t~l ~.~es to collect the Rere tecaveted. ~~~~pM, PBESS PAS'1'Z Yeeterday, ~ Ptea~ party ~ttr CDdTOMB COMB TH8 BPOT aee~ed ths ~olat uperstion for ~~~e~ preventlvs ita!! ot more tban af: hours. Tt~s aewr p~~~ p~tom~ have f~lao . men reached the.~cene after ~ised l~ad ~ o! aontra- cruiein~ for aa hour and found y~d tiom the aame ayot the �ifat~e~man en~ed la ~earcA� Q~r q?~~r island, about 18 fa~ ths hlddea Haahish. ~1~ ati 8aracb! Por~ The CU etsii~ armed ptth The Cu~toma Staa ueed their their 809 rltla~ - ~tood ~usrd W o~vn Ds~l bata and combed lrustrate th~ attempts o! the ~e ~ tor more thaa 48 amu~lars. hours aad reco~ered the clur~a ~lrfve flshermea an the tnAler ~m ~~,th the ees. helped the ~art9 f~ takin~ out ~e pleve~tive 8tatt have !ni- ttated ti~e laveatf~stions to trsce out the culArits. Ths CuaWms pnen sre- aleo eesrchiaa the CSO: 5300/4613 sa11 bo~t or the traevler uaed m txan~portatton oL the coatrabnnd chara~ to ths ares. _ 1 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2407/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400430023-9 PARISTAi~i BRIEFS PAKISTAN DRUG ACT TO BE AMENDED--Islamabad, Juae 15: In view of the ~suse of the drugs, which have 8asumed international proportion and is affecti~g every country, it has been decided by the Government to bring the Pakiatan Drug Act at par with the Geneva Single Convention Act 1961. In thie connection, Che Chairman~ Narcotics Control Board~ is in touch with the Governor of the NWPP to give the act a final shape. The propoaed Drug Act after nacessarq amendments would be placed before the Cabinet for approval very shortly. It may be noted here that the international agencies, preeently working againet the mieuse of druge ara con- trolled by the Gnneva Single Convention Act 1961 and the eame at~preeent is not in coneonance with the Pakietan Drug Act, which is by and large in practice in all � the underdeveloped countries. [Text] [Karachi I~RNING NEWS in English 16 Jun 81 p S] 1.5 TONS OF IiASHISR SEIZED YN RARACHI--In its lengthiest operation, Palcietan~Nar- cotics Control Board, (PNCB) asaisted by the local police, has recovered over 1.5 ton of hashish from saa waters near Phutti Creek about 6 miles off Rarachi port, officials said. The anti-smuggling etaff of the Cuatome has also recovered about 1456 kilogram~e of contraband charas from the same area. PNCB officials be~ieve that over 3 tons of Iiashish hae been dumped in,the sea but due to roughnesa of sea tins containing hashieh have acattered in deep waters on a wide area and it would take some time to complete the operation 'sea hunt'. According to official sourcea, Mr~ira~ Huesain Chairman PNCB had received information that interaational drug traffickera would attempt to amuggle out huge quantity ot haet?ish through sea routea to international marketa. Accordingly, a surveillance wae atarted along the coastal line~of Korangi Cresk--a euepected spot. During the wid~epread check, it was revealed that a large quantity af fine quality hashiah has been dumped in deep eea w~ters near Phutti Creek. The PN4B chief in consultation with. the IGP Sind constituted a party consieting of senior police and PNCB officials to undertake the 'sea hunt' operatioa which has eo far raeulted in the recovery of over 1.5 toa of hashieh. The recovery ie still going on.--APP. [Text] [Karachi BUSINESS RECORDER in English 21 Jun S1 p 8] ' CSO: 5300/4611 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 PHILIPPINES BRIEFS CHARGES AGAINST JAPANESE--Manila, June 15 (UPI)--Narcotics agents have arrested two Japanese for alleged poasession of heroin, police said Monday. The~parlia- mentary Constabulary identified those arrested as Kasayuki Soya, 29, and Tatamo Saito, 33, both of Tokyo. Authorities said 20 grama of powered [as publiahedJ heroin were found in their poasession when p~lice arrested them at the Bayview Plaza Hotel Sunday. [Text] [Taipei THE CHINA POST in English 17 Jun 81 p 6] CSO: 5300 i 3 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2407102/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400430023-9 THAILAND ~ BRIEFS � ITALIAN JAILED--Bangkok, June 11 (UPI)--A 28-year-old Italian began serving a life sentenee Thursday after a Thai criminal couxt convicted him of heroin possession and attempted smuggling. Luciano Gurino was arrested at Bangkok Airport in November 1979 as he was about to board a flight to Athene. Customs police found 153 grams of heroin wrapped in a sweater in his luggage. During his trial, Gurino said the sweater had been left behind in Thailand by his girlfriend and that he had not known it contained narcotica. He admitted to posession of 30 grams of heroin which he said was for his awn consumption. [Text] [Taipei THE CHINA POST in Eng lish 12 Jun 81 p 7] CSO: 5300 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-04850R000400030023-9 , ~ , . ~ - BRAZIZ ~ . RIO BELIEVED DRUG TRAFFIC HUB Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portugueae 24 May S1 p 27 ~ [Article by Abel Mathias Netto: "Police Consider Ri:o To fle Dxug Tzafficking Center"] + [Text] The discovery, in ~ust one week, of two laboratortes for cocaine zefintng in ~ ~ the vicinity of the city, plus the frequent arresta of traffickers cmmiag in from countries (.above all Boliva) Where coca is groara--a plant from Wliicfi the drug ia ' extracted--as far as the police are co~~cerned constitute indications tbat Rio is gradually becoming an illicit narcozics trade center, in other ~ords, the main in- teraational link in drug traffic in South America. TEie concern of local authoritiea charged with stopping this kind of trade, especial- ly involving cocaine, was further increased by the recent confiacatioa of 5.642 kilograms of this drug by a Military Police squad in an apartment in Copacabana. This aa~ount represents a little less than 100 grams of the total cocaine confiscated. laet year by the 67 police precinctin Rio and the other cities in~the Metropolitan area as well as by the 1Jarcotice Squad. _ Lucrative Drug Business . "There is Tnuch cocaine out in the street," a source in the.Public Securtty Secre- ~ tariat cammented recently on the basis of informatton gathered frow arrested~drug trafficker.s and confirmed by a series of etatiatics on coafis~cations of narcotics ~ in various~ parts throughout the city. After the confiscation in Copacabana, polic~ off~cers involved in the fight against drug traffic have become more close-mouthed, as if there had been general.agxee- ment to maintain silence. Some police officers admit that the big~marihuana drug traffickers--the so-called suppliera--recently have been pzeferring to deal in cocaine, a drug which is easier to traneport and Which yields a gzeater profit. New Obetacles The intensific$tion in international cocaine trade, through Rio, is probably tted to the fact that the traffickers are no longer finding it as easy as they used to ~ in getting coca fram their own eources aad transporting the drug in powder form ~ abroad through~many knowa routes. ~ i ~ i ~ 5 ~ I I ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007142/09: CIA-RDP82-40854R040400030023-9 There are those that maintain that new routes are being trted out for the purpose of setting up Rio de Janeiro as a linTc to Europe and the United States. One of th~ese routes connects Santa Cruz de la Sierra and San Mathias, both in Boltvta, to Caceres in Mato Grosso and to Rio, via direct flight. Another links Cali, in Colombfa, to Guiaba, Mato Groaso, and 1~Ionte Aprazivel, in the northera part of tbe State of Sao Paulo. Some of the difficultiea which Bolivian traffickers are experiencing in their coun- try supposedly are the result of the cbange in the local government's position in reaponse to pressure from the United States through the Drug Snforcemeat Admtnis- tration in controlling the sale of chemical products (eapeciallq acetone and ether) which are indispensable in the cocaiue purification process and Which is sold freely in Brazil. ~ Coca, traneformed into.a paste and put into plastic pouches (the form in which it is confiscated) is carried by air along the previously mentioned traffic routes as well as other routea. After a stopover in Mato Groaso, a portion of the drug is set aside in Rio for consumption there. Aaother part continues on abroad. D~cline in Marihuana Between 1979 and 1980 we observed a decline in marihuana confiscationa from 462.525 kilograms to 377.866 kilograms. During that same period of time, cocaine confisca- tions varied to a lesser degree from 6.398 kilograme in 1979 to 5.743 kilograma in 1980. Theae figures relate to the operations canied out by the Rio de Janeiro police precincts and the Narcotics Squad. kegarding marihuana, we must stress the~obaervations made by drug trafficker Jorge Antonio Batiata, alias "Jorge Bola," who had been wanted in conaection with his involvemeat with bank holdup men; the shortage of this drug on the market Iias caused traffickers to fool the consumers, adding substances of a different nature to the toxic substance in order to increase their profits. Arresta Cocaine traffic is being atepped up but, at the same time, arrests of traffickers are becoming more frequent. The arrest of Renato Souza Santos, alias "Toaelada," in 1980 for example was significant. In the past, the police have in practice been confining themselvea to arresting small traffickers or addicts, wiiicl~ meant little in the fight againet druga. The police are now however also zeroing ~n on the sup- pliers who act as wholesalera in regular trade~ taking care of tf~e transport of druge from the points of origin as well ae their diatributioa to other traff3ckers. Here is a record of the most recent arresta. ~ ~ In February, the Military Police arreated three traffickers in Sao Paulo with 3 kilograme of cocaine. They included Joao Magalhaes Silva, alias "Dr Silvana," who lives in Belo Horizonte and who has one of the b3ggest coca refining laboratories in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia. He is wanted in the United States by the FBI which considers him to be one of the most experienced chemists in cocaine re- fining. Arrested with him was a Bolivian woman by the name of Carmen Tap3a Fernandez. During the same month, the drug dealer Antonio Alberto Portugal was arrested; he had been caughL in a hot~l with h~lf a kilogram of cocaine which he said he had gotten from a Bolivian. 6 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 In March, the most significant arrest involved Val.dir Ferreira, alise "Orelinha," in Campo Grande, where he lived. Although he only had 28 grams of cocaine on him, - the police consider him to be the most powerful trafficker in the Rio de Janeiro rural area. ' Ear1y in April, a co~bined operation by the Federal Police and the Military P olice resulted in the confiscation of 8 kilograms of cocaine along with four traffick~rs, one of whom, Jaime Antonio Curia Uroz, was pointed out as the chief supplier along the maritime strip from Sao Conrado to Barra da Tijuca. In Caceres, Mato Grosso, on board an aircraft coming from Bolivia, the Federal Police confiscated 5 ktlo- grams of cocaine. Those arrested included Manoel Ferreira Rosa, a trafficker who is active along the Rio--Sao Paulo axie. The Bolivian Carlos Antonio Fernandez Me~ia was apprehended in Silva Jardim; he was seriously wounded and admitted to the Darci Vargas Hospital in Rio Bonito; after doctors said that he was out of danger, he escaped from the hospital. In the course of further investigations, the police diacovered that he was connected with cocaine traffic. Another important traffickers arrested was Jorge Manoel da Silva, alias "Jorge Barracao," reported to be the supplier of Renato Souza Santos, alias "Tonelada," who was sentenced to 24 years in prison. "Jorge Barracao',' was arrested in a motel in Jacarepagua with half a kilogram of cocaine. - Former prisoner Paulo de Oliveira, alias "Turco," a drug dealer operating in Jardim Botanico, was arrested in Vila Hipica of the Jockey Club with 50 grams of marihuana and 194 grams of cocaine. Osvaldo Rufino Santana, alias "Vando," was arrested in Vila Kennedy. He had 12 paper envelopes of cocaine. He said that he had acquired 10 grams of cocaine from the trafficke r"Paulo Luneta" and processed the drug into 36 grams by add3ng talc. Also arrested was Luiz Carlos Pereira de Almeida, alias "Magal," who had been wanted on charges of attempting to assassinate the Bolivian Carlos Antonio Fernandez Mejia; he confirmed that the latter was the Bolivian dealer and was responsible for the drug route connection with Italy. The arrest of the Gerson Ferreira de Souza and Eliane Alves Lopes couple with 200 grams of cocaine led police to the Sertaozinho locality, in Miguel Pereira, where the trafficker Claudio Dias, the borther of Paulo Rogerio Dia~, alias "Pelezinho," was arrested; according to police, he had already made several trips to the United States, carrying drugs. In that place, the police found one of two laboratories for cocaine refining which Claudio would visit each month in Rezende with a Bolivian. E ach time he would bring 5 kilograms of this drug. Four Colombians and one Brazilian woman were arrested in Monte Aprazivel, Sao Paulo, at the local aviation club; they were members of an international gang w3th con- nections in Colombia. One of the arrested in Gustavo Adolfo Me~3a Medina, according to police a relative of Carlos Antonio Fernandez Me~ia. 7 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007142/09: CIA-RDP82-40854R040400030023-9 In another combined Military Po13ce and Federal Police operation, 500 liters of : ~ ether and acetone were confiscat~ed in Parada de Lucas, at tlie warehouse of the Kwikssair Company; the items had been atored there in the name of the Colrnnbian Jairo Gonzalez Gutierrez who was arreated in Sao Paula. The merchandise was intend- ed for the laboratory for cocaine purification, discovered by the Federal PoliCa in the town of Papucaiay township of Cachoeiras de Macacu. Traffic Routes Coming from Bolivia and Colombia A 1976 Federal Police report showed that Bazil even at that time wa~ a connecting point and re-exporting station for cocaine going to the United States. Drugs were also being consumed in the major urban centers and at the same ti~me laboratories were spotted in the territory of the State of Rio de Janeiro where coca paste was converted into cocaine hydrochlorate. After fractionation, the drug was sold 3n residential areas in Rio and Sao Paulo. The coca paste is being sold throughout the vast frontier area coverirg 3,126 kilo- meters along the border with Bolivia and 7,765 kilometers along the border with Peru and Colombia. The traffickers who operate on Brazilian and Bolivian territory primarily use the roads i.n Cochabamiia and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The routes then continue on to Corumba, ~ampo Grande, Sao Paulo, and Rio. The Cochabamba route runs through Bela Visat, Jardim, Aquidauana, Rondopolis, Fa- tima do Sul, and from there to Sao Pau1o and Rio. An,other route follows the Mamore River, reaching Guajara-Mirim, Porto Velho, and Rio Branco, going on by air to Sao Paulo. From Rio Branco there is an alternate route leading to Manaus by land. When it comes from Colombia, the dealers bring cocaine into Brazil via Leticia and . from there to Rio Branco and Manaus. It is suspected that the same route is being used to bring drugs to the United States. ~ - Marihuana Routes A recent report from the Narcotics Division of the Federal Police Department indi- cates that marihuana is also reaching Brazil from neighboring countries, especially Paraguay. About 100 tons were confiscated betWeen 1971 and 1975 and half of that amount came from Paraguay. According to the report, "the introduction of maril~uana across the frontier has taken on the proportions of an avalanche" because it is impossible to patrol 1,300 kilometers of continuous border; this "placea the states of Parana and Mato Grosso under the influence of the traffickers." ~Corumba, in the state of Mato Groaso, is the first distribution point. From there and from Anapolis, the drug follows different routes until reaching the big consumption areas. Ponta Pora is another point used along the border. Once ins3de the country, the route runs along Rio Brilhante, Dourados, and Campo Grande. Other routes come from Paraguay and run through Bela Vista, Jardim, Aq,uidauana, Rondopolis, and Fatima do Sul. 8 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 i Foz do Iguacu is used in Parana. The route reaches Cascave:~, Guarapuava, Ponta Grossa, and Curitiba where it coiztinues on to other population centers. An alter- nate route is Guaira, from where the drugs continue on to Umuarama, Cianorte, Paranavai, Londrina, Cornelio Procopio, and Jacarezinho. In the territory of Sao Paulo, Ourinhos is a drug passage point. Operation "Comando Uno" Fights Narcotics ~ Operation "Comando Uno"--a combined operation involving the Military Police and the ' Federal Police in toxic substance repression--in ~ust one month of operation con- fiscated almost 100 kilograms of marihuana, 94 paper envelopes full of cocaine, 4 cars, 11 weapons, 119,250 cruzeiros, and carried out 25 raides, making 35 arrests, "all of whom were turned over to Federal Justice." Ever since Col Nilton Cerqueira asswned command of the Military Police, the High Cummand of this organization felt it necessary to create an agency that would active- ~ ly fight toxic substance traffic in the state, calling it the "fundamental cause of the rise in the crime rate." The Tnternal Operations Detachment was then created and "the best personnel of the Military Po13.ce" were recruited for this unit." Organizational Structure The top echelon of the Military Police however felt that it did not do much good to catch traffickers and turn them over to the nearest.police precinct; 3n accordance with current legislation--the Federal Police has major authority in handling narcotics traffic--it was decided that arreated dealers would be taken to the Federal Police and would be processed there. The effort did not stop with the raid or the arrest; it was followed up by the interrogation of the prisoner and, de- pending upon his statements, further investigations would be conducted and more arrests would be made. . The Military Police and the Federal Police combined their efforts and the operation in fighting narcotics was called "Comando Uno." Everyday, the secret agents of the military police go out into the streets, conduct surveys, and later on, accompanied by federal agents, carry out operations aimed at the arrest of dealers. According to one Military Police officer, "the Military Police operate under the guidance of ' the Public Security Secretariat which is linked to all federal agencies, including _ the Federal Police, holding responsibility in the fight against drug traffic ac- cording to the law." According to that same official, arrests are aecandary th3ngs and the main ob3ec- tive of the agents is to reach the distribution sources. "Behind the crime rate you have drugs," said the officer, "and if we can stop this traffic, we are sure that the crime rate will go down." ; In the opinion of that officer, the detachment is made up of brave men who are ' considered members of the elite, devoted to the serv3ce, not concerned w3th grand- standing or going home on time. Some are paratroopers, mountain cl~ber~, and skin divers; they have taken courses in counterguerrilla warfare and 3ungle survival and they are "ready to undertake any emergency action." , ~ 9 ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPR~VED F~R RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-04850R000400030023-9 Operations "Comando Uno" was organized in April and its activities out in the streets are not ~ust confined to narcotics; it went 3nto action at Barra da Ti3uca and in Duque de Caxias it arrested three bank robbers. The group also discovered the secret cocaine distillery in the to~wa of Papuca3.a and an international drug traffic gang consisting ~f Colombians who operated along the Rio--Sao Pau10--Miami route. All combined operations involving the department and the Federal Police were carried out in residential districts of Rio (southern and northern parts) and in the Rio de Janeiro Depres~ion (Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguacu, Nilopolis, and Sao Joao de Meri~ti). 5058 . CS0:5300/2365 . 10 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00854R004400030023-9 i BRAZIL POLICE HIT NARCOTICS TRADE Big Dealer Nabbed by Police Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRAZIL in Portugueae 28 May 81 p 20 [Text] Adauto Pedro Teixeira--46, married, residing on Acre Street, block 11, lot 51, in the district of Santa Cruz da Serra, Duque de Caxias--considered the biggest supplier of marihuana in the aouthern zone was arrested yesterday quite by accident by agents from the Special Police Department. Along with him, officers confiscated 72 kilograms of pressed marihuana,worth Z.52 million cruzeiros. . The police admit that, at least for one week, supplies for the southern zone, es- pecially Baixo Leblon, will be considerably cut back. Adauto was arrested 5 days after Inspector Rogerio Mont Karp had received information to the effect that he had been spotted delivering 16 kilograms of marihuana on Saturday to a middleman called Fernando on Vieira Souto Avenue, in Ipanema. Car The informant supplied a description of the trafficker and the vehicle which he was using to deliver the marihuana; it was a Caravan.YR.2611. In the course of an _ i~nvestigation conducted by police officers in Duque de Caxias, police officers quite by accident spotted the car and followed it. About 12 hours later, Adauto was taken by surprise at the place he owns on Acre Street, with fruit trees, sur- - rounded by a 3-meter high wall. At the moment he was arrested, he was doing the accounting for the main marihuana sales outleta in the southern zone. In addition to the drugs, police toolc from Adauto a.38 cal. revolver, a 7.65 pistol, a scale for weighing the marihuana, and a roster of customers, in code, containing the following namea: Ant, Cubatao, Isra, Pibinha, Ao, Xa, Samtps, Cieusa, Luc, Sarru, Larn, St, Teodoro, Cachamb, and Casarao. Producer Adauto said that he had gotten the marihuana from a producer at Ponta Pora, Mato Grosso, by the name of Domingos. He received the marihuana on a deserted street, in a building previously agreed upon as meet3ng place by phone. Domingos carried the drugs in a Brasilia and Adauto always used a Maverick or Caravan because those types of cars have enough room to carry the marihuana in cans. Adauto made two 11 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-04850R000400030023-9 trips pcr month to Mnto Croseo to pick up 80-100 kilogratns of marihuana. His last order was for 90 kilograms which arrived on Saturday. The police disclosed that, in Copacabana alone, he supplied marihuana to at least eight middlemen who sold the stuff to lesser dealers. The marihuana was procured at the production source at the price of 6,000 cruzeiros per kilogram and was sold in Rio at between 14,000 and 16,000 cruzeiros, according to Adauto. The police however have challenged this statement, saying that the weed was being aold for 35,000 cruzeiros at sales outlets. ~ Adauto's Caravan was confiscated and in it police found remenants of Marihuana which proves that he used the car in his business. Nickname Adauto denied that he had the nickname of "Boiadeiro" by which the police identified him. Ir.. the opinion of some police officera, he can be compared to an invisible man because he managed to supply the market with a sufficient quantity of marihuana _ to guarantee consumption in spite of the stepped-up fight against drug traffic and the substantial confiecations of this drug in recer?t months. Besides, this is the time between harvests. Yesterday's haul was considered the biggest of the year in Rio. So far, the record haul, made by the Military Police and the Federal Police, was 17 kilograms. Then camE another haul of l0,kilograms which was made by agents from the Narcotics Squad who took this amount from the trafficker Jorge Antonio Batista, alias "Jorg~ Hola." 12 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400030023-9 ~ ~h ~ : ~ ~ w. T , . . ~#$fii s ~ ~ ~ ~ y . ~yq� ~ . . , . ; . : q ~;:o:'~,..~.?S~ ~:g~~~i~ ~~.zt , ~ r ' ~k~{{. :'�.2$'< ~ i.~ `2l f S~` . ~ o ~ � Z N ~ l ' . �:i r ,a ~ i7G,i rf ~ ~ x ~ ~ ~~>.Nn, ~i ~U ~ . f ' Y ~ . ~~4 ' . Y . y ~ ~ ~ ~..f . . ' A ~ ~ ~~y~~~,~ .~y . ~r '~g W~' . : ~ ~'"~w ~ ~ r A` < ar c. ~ 3K r� ~ k~> . ~ ~ ~'A.~r < > ~ ax ~ ..v a . . - ~ � ~~~f~~ ~ ~ s ; , ~ ; ~ y: ~ � ~ v: ~ ` ~ ~~t . L . . , ' . . . _ f ~ ~ ~ ' ~ . 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