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20 August 1981
Worldwide Report
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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20 August 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 39/81)
CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Brief s
First PCP Find
' HONG KONG
1
j Police Zaunch Crackdown on Drug Snuggling Symdicates
! (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, vaxious da~es)
2
Thai Suspected Courier, by Torrmiy I,ewis
Zarge Heroin Seizure, by TomrrV Zewis
Smaller Syndicates Taxgeted
Heroin Rings Snashed, by Chaxles Zewis
Hunt for Heroin Factory, by Torrmy Zewis
Drug Addict Informers T.o Have Identities Protected
(SUUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 5 Jul 81)
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Briefs
Heroin Seizure
7
Prison Sentences
7
Police Raids
7
Thais Released
7
Hidden Heroin
8
~ Robber Sentenced
8
Cannabis Possession
8
Prison Trafficking .
8
Opium Seizure
9
Heroin in Fish
9
Customs Ambush
9
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NEW ZEALAND
Drug Trafficking Inquiry Commission Termed Unriecessary
- (THE NEW ZEAI,AND HF:R,AZD, 3 JuI 31)
Trial Details International Eing To Import LSD
(THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 30 Jun, 3 Jul 61) .................o
� Peter Nigro Accused
Accused Found Guilty
Briefs
Bangkok Liaison Officer
Singapore I,iaison Officer
- Cannabis Ma,in Drug
Auckland Drug Raids
Wellington Drug Raids
Heroin Importation Charge
I1rug Conspiracy Sentence
I1rug Supplier Jailed
Heroin From Singapore
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Kaxachi Hashish Seizure
Hashish Haul
PHII,IPPINES
, Marihuana Crop Uprooted
(PHILIPPINES DAIZY EXPRESS, 28 Jul 81)
Comments on Philippine Narcotics Problem
(FEBC, 5 Aug 81)
_ Briefs
Heroin Syndicate Busted
I,ATIN ANMCA
BARBADOS
~ Ma.rihuana-Growing Area Raided; Four Arrested
(THE NATION, 16 Jul 81)
BERMtJDA
Brief s
Bail Forfeiture
Jail for Heroin Trafficking
Vessel Boaxding Law
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- GRENADA �
Brief s
- Marihuana Raids
ST LUCIA
, Brief s
Marihuana Plantation
NEAR EAST AND NORTii AFRIGA
TRAN
Brief s
Opium, Gold Seized
Opium Seized
Drug Arrest in Shiraz
WEST EtIR(?PE
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BELGIUM
Increasir,g Deaths Due to Drug Overdoses
(DE STANDA.ARD, 14 Jul 81) 25
- ~DE~I, REPUBLI~ OF GERMANY �
Brief s .
Heroin Seized 26
I TALY
PCI Nine-Point Antidrug Proposal to Paxliament
(ZIUNITA, 17 Jul 81) ......................................r.. 27
NORWAY
Customs To Step Up Body Searches in Hunt for Ilrugs
(AFTENPOSTEN, 1 Jd1 81) .......e.....o........................ 30
Bri ef s
New Narcotics-Detector Instrument 31
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TURKEY
Seminar on Narcotics Snuggling Held in Iskenderun
(hilmi I}iken; MILLIYET, 1.3 Jun 81) 32
Security Forces Seize 26 Kilos of Hashish in Istanbul
- (MII,ZIYET, 1 Ju'L 81) 34
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AUSTFcALIA
BRIEFS
FIRST PCP FIND---Melbourne--The drug, Angel Dust, known in the United States for
causing violent reactions among users, has been faund in Australia. A post-nortem
examination has found the drug in the body of a young Victorian driver killecl last
year in the southern Melbourne suburb of Brighton.' It is the first evidence of the
drug in Australia and the implications are now being studied by police and health
officials. The drug, commonly available in the US, is known to have caused hundreds
of deaths. It carries the medical name of phencyciidine and is known among users by
a number of names including PCP, angel dust or rocket fuel. T'he drug is synthetic
and its use in the US and its dramatic effects are well documented. It has been
linked to hundreds of murders, suicides and accidental deaths. [Excerpt] [Sydney THE
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in English 9 Jul 81 p 21
CSO: 5300/7574
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HONG KONG
POLICE LAUIv'ICH CRACKDOWN ON DRUG SMUGGLING SYNDICATES
. Thai Suspected Courier
Hong K.ong SOUTH CHI'IA MORNING POST in English 30 Jun 81 p 22
_ [Article by Touwy Lewis]
[ Te:ct ]
A Thai-Chinese, believ-
ed to be a member of a
drug axporting syndicate
based in Thailand, was ar-
_ rested by Narcotics Bu-
reau detectives in a San-
pokong ambush yesterday.
And detectives working
crtder thc dircctions of Chief
Superintendent John Marris
seized more than a pound of
heroin base.
The hcroin base, when
convened to No 3 heroin,
would ittch more than
_ 5600,000 at retail prices.
The arrested man, aged
40, arrived from Thailand
just a few days ago.
' He was beiicvcd to be on
his way to deliver the drugs to
a local syndicate for conver-
- sion into ho 3 heroin.
' Suurces close to the police
said thc a;rest followed sever-
= al months of investigations
into the Thai-based syndicate
operNting in Hongkong.
With the artest yesterday,
detectives said they hoped
they would be able to obtain
more inFormation of the Thai
syndicate and their c4ntacts
in Hongkang.
The arrested man is being
detained at police headquar-
ters for questioning. No
charge has yet been preferred
against him.
tYr yforris, the head of
the Narcutics Bureau, was
formerly attached to Interpol
i-leadquarters in France.
When contacted last night
he conFrmed the arrest and
drug seizure, but he said he
could not disclose details as
investigations were still pra
cetdinR and it v-as possible
more anests wou!d be made
soon.
Informcd sources said tl:e
1Varcotics Bureau is expected
tc contact its Thai ccunter-
pans in Bangkok today to
find out the background of
the arrested Thai and his as-
sociates in Thailand.
However, sourca close to'
the police said detectives be-
lieved a Thai syndicate had
recently smuggled about
eight pounds of heroin base
into Hongkong and that it
had already sold about two
pounds to local drug syndi-
cates.
Detectives betieve more
than favr pounds of heroin
base is still hidden somewh:ze
in Honglcong, and they are
hoping to track down the bid-
ing place before the drug is
sold off.
Sources said that further
raids are expected soon on
both sida of the harbour to
locate the storage centre oF
the drug syndicate.
The Thai-Chinese man
was arrested by Narcotics
Bureau detectiva and the
drug seizure made as the man
came out of the Yin Hing
6uilding in Choi Hung Road,
Sanpokong.
He was taken back to his
f]at on the upper tloor of the
building where detectives
searched the premises but no
further drugs were found.
Hongkong's dr!ag fighters
arp aware of the bumper har-
vests in the Golden 'i'riange
this year and are wcpecting
more drugs to be smuggled in
by syndicates in the coming
months.
Customs officers have al-
ready been placed on f�ll
alert for couriers smuggling
drugs iri by both the air and
sea routes, while police are
keeping a close watch on the
Large Heroin Seizure
- Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 1 Jul 81 p 5
[Article by Tommy Lewis]
[Text ] A major operation was mounted bv Nar-
cotia Bureau officors early this morning tor
members of a major Hongkong drug syndi-
cate involved in importing drugs into Hong-
kong and ezporting narcotics to France and
Holland.
dr situation on the streets.
Ifficers of the Narcotics
Burcau, it was learned, are
keeping tabs on a consider-
able number of people sus-
Pected to be involved m the
import and distribution of
narcotics.
Street drug prices have
dropped slightly recer~tly,
indicating a fair amount of
drugs is still being smuggled
into the Colony.
The operation was launched after a mem-
ber of the syndicate was arrested when hc was
about to deliver five Ibs of heroin base co be
manu.factured into Vo 3 heroin for distribu-
tion.
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It was one of the biggest seizures of heroin
base in Nongkong in recent months.
The heroin base, branded "Double Dra-
3on," was seized in Hongkong for the firjt
time.
It is believed to have been smuggled in
from Bangkok recently.
The heroin base, when converted to No 3
heroin, would fetch more than 51.85 million
on the retail market.
Bureau detectives, working under Decec-
tive Chief Superintendent John Morris, were
early today trying to locate the syndicate's
manufacturing plants and storage centres. .
Sources close to the police said that offi-
cers of the bureau's Intelligence Unit had
obtained information that a local syndicate
had smuggled into Hongkong between 20 to
30 Ibs of heroin basa from Bangkok.
Sources said members of the syndicate are
all young men.
lnvutigations were then stepped uP and
several people believcd to be involved in the
syndicate were kept under watch.
Sources said intelligence reports had indi-
cated that the syndicate employed its own
couriers and chemists for converting the her-
uin base into heroin. �
Detectives made the breakthrough when
they arrested a 28-year-old restaurant worker
in an ambus6 outside a E1at on the third floor
of Wai Ching Coun at Wai Hang Cheong
Sun Chuen in Tokwawan at 7 am.
Five packeu of heroin base, each weighing
500 grams, were found in a travelling bag he
was carrying.
In another operatioa yesterday morning,
bureau officers arrested an Australian char-
tered accountant and a British dental nurse in
a Bowen Road f]at and seized about two lbs
of herbal cannabis worth about 525,000.
Also seized from thc flat were a quantity
of ptastic packcu and weighing scales.
The operation was carried out following
lengthy invatigations ;nto the local marijua-
na dstnbution nenvork, police said.
Detectives grabbed the accountant, aged
37, as he was leaving his Bowen Road home
at 8.25 am.
'fhey took him back into the house and
found a 30-year-old woman inside. .
Sualler Syndicates Targeted
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MOR,'VING POST in English 2 Jul
81 p 14
[ Text ] Narcatics Bureau detec-_-
`-Bureau detectives are
centre in kcuemntiun Jtreet;
Y
ti
tives havc seized drugs worth
2 million on the
more than S3
confident of making more ar�
rests and seizura as they
auma
.
Yaterday, bureau detec-
.
retail markst from three dif-
close in on the syndicates.
tiva smashed two major local
sYndicates and arrested Cour
ferent syndicata over the
Sourca said members of
of'their members.
past few days.
d officers of the bu-
A
drug syndicates are all young
locais, unlike those previously
One of these syndicata is
n
rrau sIntelligence U n i t be-
lieve the recent seizures only
when drug syndicates were
controlled by elderiv people
l
Ch
aiw beiieved to be mvolved in
eaporting heroia to Frana
and Holland, while the other
formed parts of drug coiuig-
an.
ow c
of the Chiu
~nvolved in local distribu-
mcnts recently smuggled into
'
These days fhe syndicates
in
s
Hongkong after this year
bumper harvest in thr Golden
recruit coarien to smuggle
heroin bau into Hongkong
u~zed fve Ib of
Triangle. '
which can be rasily converted
heroin base and more than six
lb of No 3 heeoin in the twu
'Fhe head o( the Narca'.ics
Qetectivc Chief
Bureau
into heroin without.the help
ofqualifiedchemists.
operations. ,
,
Superintendent John Morris,
One Ib of heroin base can
'
On Tuaday, a Thai-Chi-
believed to be a member

is determined to step up
operations a&ainst smaller
ye converted into three Ib of
heroin.
,
of a drug syndicate based in
syndicates which have sprung
up m Hongkong over the past
The recent drug hauls Fol=
Thailand was arrested in San-
pokong and more than one Ib
one or two yean.
laWed lengthy investigations
into the activuia of various
of herom seized.
Chief Supt Morcis was at-
f
syndicates, a senior oflicer
The man had arrived in
Nongkon~ a few days ago
ore
tached to the bureau bc
he was seconde~ to Intarpol
said. .
~ far this week, five
fromThailand.
Headquarten in France for
memben of three differeRt
The current price of a Ib
severel yearo to help stop the
syndicates have been arrated
of No 3 heroin is about
flow of narcotia into Europe.
and more than six Ib of heroin
$125,000 and the value of the
He was posted to the bu-
bese and more thun six Ib of
drugs seized is worth more
resu shortly after he returned
No 3 heroin uized from� a
than $3.2 million on the retail
to Hongkong.
packing and distribntion
market. .
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Heroin Rings Smashed
Hong Kong SOUTH CHI:TA M0ELNING POST in Englisti 10 Jul 81 p 1
[Article by Charles Lewis]
[TestJ
Cuscoms ofFcers have
smashed two drug syndicates'
and scized n34k3.tics~ v%orth
about Sa million. ' �
Onc was a Thai syndicate
bringing drugs into Hong-
kong and the other a local
heroin manufacturing and
distribution gang.
In a series of operations in
Kowloon ycsterday, three
Thais and thrce Chinese men
were arrested add a Thai
drug courier wa:; caught on
Wednesdav.
Two of the Tbais were
taken to Queen Elizabeth
Hospital where da;tors found
heroin base concealed in their
rcctums.
The two men arrived in
Hongkong from Bangkok yes-
- terday afternoon.
Customs Intelligence Bu-
- rcau officers believe one of
the two.Thais is the brains
behind a svndicate based in
Bang;cok, and responsible for
exporcing drugs to Hongkong.
He is believed to have tele-
phoned a Yaumati tr^ding
company from Bangkok on
Wednesday before his depar-
ture for Hon$kong to ask
whether a previous drug con-
signment had arrived'safely
in Hongkong.
Hc did not know that the
drugs the courier arrested. on
Wednesday had brought in
concealed in false-bottomed
hair cream jars had been seiz-
ed by customs offiars at the
airport.
}:e was also not awaie
that the person he spoke to on
tne telephone was a customs
offiar.
He r rtedty told ti:a cus-
toms of~cer that if "every-
thing is all right ['ll be com-
ing to Hongkong tomorraw."
CIB officers working
under the dircction of Senior
Superintendent K. S. 1'ong,
were at Kai Tak airport wait-
ing for him.
- They allowed him and his
companion through and trail-
ed them to the Kar Fung
trading company in Msn
Ying Building, ferry Street,
which had earlier been raided�
by CIB officers.
They were anested irr the
trading company's offia and,
searched by a party of offi-
cers led by Superintendenf
y(ak Kam-lau.
No drugs were found on
them or in their baggage.
They were then taken to
QucGn Elizabeth Hospital for
examination and doctors
found half a pound of heroin
base packcd in condoms in
their rectums.
The Thai syndicate , was
exposed because of the suspi-
cions of a w�oman customs
officer. . �
4tiss Lce Suk-han found it
odd when she came acrass a
47=year-old T6ai carrying 36
jars of hair cream and ques-
tioned him. .
She was not satieficd witlr
his answa that thqy were
samples so all the jars were
opened and inspated.
They found 1,620 grams
of heroin base concealed in
the false bottoms of the jars.
Following inquiries. Supt
Mak and his men raided the
Kar Fung trading company
and arrested another Thai
and a Chineao man who were
on the premises after 36 more
jars of hair cream with false
bottoms were found.
In the other, separate
operation yaterday, C6B ofti-
cers arrested two men in a
flat in Hunghom Bay Centre
after each was Found m pos-
session of a sample packet of
heroin.
They then took one of the
anested men to another tlat
in Ming On Street, Hung-
hom, whete they found 13 lbs
of No 3 herom as well as
apparatus and chemicals for
making the drug.
Hunt for Heroin Factory
Hong Kong SUUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 12 Jul al pp 1, 8
_ [Article by Tommy Lewis]
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C u s t o m s Investi-
gation Bureau o f f i-
~ c e r s yesterday seiz-
ed 'rieroirl and heroin
base worth nearly
$10 million on the
retail market.
A n d they promptly
launched a Colony-wide
huntfor a heroin "facto-
ry" and the people be-
hind one of Hongkong's
t+iggcst drug syndicates.
Tec mastenninds hehind
thc Chiu Chc�.: syndicate are
believad to be "ma chais"
(Followers) of a former K.ow-
loon Wallcd City drug baron.
The hunt was triggered off
whsn customs oft"icers smash-
ed the syndicate's store room
in Tze Wan Shan.
intelligence reports said
the syndicate is involved in
the import and distribution of
heroin as well as 6aving its
own drug factory.
, The reports added that the
syndicate imported several
drug consignments tt~is year,
each shipment containing at
least SOkg of heroin base
blocks.
Yesterday's seizure was
the second made by CIB offi-
:ers in t6ree days. On Thurs-
day, they smashed two drug
syndicates and seized narcot-
ics worth about 54 million.
One was a Thai syndicatc
bringing drugs into Hong-
kong and thc otner a tocal
herom and manufacturing"
gang.
Four T'6ais and three Chi-
nese were arrested.
In yesterday's operation
CIB officers arrested a 37-
year�old Chiu Chow man, be-
lieved to be the keeper of the
syndicate's drug "strong-
room." His wife and a 24
year�old dance hostess, be-
lieved to be his mistress, were
also arrested.
They were being question-
ed eatly today.
The seizures. and arrests
followed lengthy investiga-
tions by C(B officers into the
syndicate, which is believ�d
to have startcd up aftsr a
crackdown on Hongkong's
major drug operators m the
early 1970s.
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Some of them are still
serving prison sentences while
others are hiding in Southeast
Asian countries.
CIB officers, !ed by As-
sistant Superintendent Mak
Kam-lau, laid a pre-dawn
ambush in a building at 'tze
Wah Lane.
They remained in their
positions unti;. 2 pm when
they saw a man commg out of
ths building.
The officets rushed at t4e
man and seized 0.5 kg of No
3 heroin.
tt is thought that the man
was on his way ta make a
delivery.
He was taken to his home
an the fourth Iloor of the
building Where his wite was,
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The tlat was searched and
the officen seized another 6.5
kg of No 3 heroin and 12 kg
of heroin base in blocks.
Officers believe that the
No 3 heroin seized had ban
"freshly manufactured:"
Following the couple's ar-
rest, CIB officers raided a
tlat in Granville Road, Tsim-
shatsui, belived to be the
home of ihe man's mistress.
A young woman who was
in the flat was arrested after
a small packet of No 3 heroin
was found on the premises.
The packet seized is believed
to be a"sample" for showing
ta trospective buyen.
T'he head of the C1B, Sen-
ior Superintendent K.S.
Tong, said last night that the
drugs seized rnay have been
from a recent consignment
from Thailand.
His ofGcers have ban
monitoring the syndicate's
operations for more than a
year.
"My officers, wing can,
had ban foUowing t6e syndi-
cate's dutributon for several
months but lost all ttack of
them after they started using
high-powered B M W sports
caro for their deliveria.
"On several ocrasiong, my
officxrs were forced to give up
fopowing them berause the
engines oF their cars ovet6eat-
ed," Sen Supt Tong said.
He said that his officers
have mounted a Colony-wide
hunt for the syndicate's facto-
ry as well as the brains be-
hind it.
He said he had reasoas to
believe that the seized heroin
bau blxks had been smug-
gled into Hongkong by sea.
Powder ar.d paste heroin bast
arc usually smuggled in by
air.
"Indications show t6at
Hongkong is now facing a
tlood of drugs from the Gold-
en T'riangle (an area oa the
CSO: 5320/9082
borders of Burma, Thailand
and Laos) because of the
bumper harvesu there this
yrar, Sen Supt Tong said.
He said that this year, up
to ytsterday, his ofFicers had
seized 170 kg oF heroin and
heroin basc, compared to 173
kg seizr.d for the whole of last
year.
Meanwhile, sourca close
to t6e bureau said.last night
that CIB officers have ban
monitoring several other drug
syndicata which are in
opcfation and that more ar-
resu and seizures are expect-
ed soon.
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HONG KONG
DRUG ADDICT IN7F0RMERS TO Hr1VE IDENTITIES PROTECTED
Hong Kong SOLTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 5 Jul 81 p 9
[Te:ct] Drug addicts who pro-
He added that confden-
vide information to the po-
tiality was first promised
lice wil} have their identi-
when methadone treatment
:ies protected by a pra
was introduced and it was
posed amendment to the
still a necessity to encourage
Dangerous Drugs Bill.
addicts, particularly those
who have criminal records, to
if enacted, records on
come forward for treatment.
drug addicts kept by the Cen-
"If anonymity is not main-
tral Registry of Drug Addicts
tained, addicu may be dis-
aad its reporting agencies will
couraged from seeking treat-
not be relcased without the
ment, thus thwaning the
consent of ihe add:ct.
eCfectiveness of the existing
The information to be pro-
voluntary treatment
tected relates to:
programmes," the spokesman
� The use Ey any pcrson
said.
of dangerous drugs.
He added that the retiabil-
m The care, treatment or
ity of information provided by
rehabilitation of any such
addicts may also be affected,
person.
which would defeat the whole
! Convictions For offences
purpose of CRDA, relying as
involving dangcrous drugs.
it does on accurate reports.
T'hese records will be im-
Ltost agencies have indi-
mune From search and
cated that they will only con-
production in court, except in
tinue to co�operate if the
a prosecution for an :..~`ence
CRDA can ensure that the
created by the Bill or wht;re
information is kept conFden-
the Attorney-General orders
tial and as they have no legal
the disclosure of information
obligation to send in such
in the public intcrest.
reports, the CRDA needs
A narcotics division
their confidence, said the
spokesman said. most addicts
spokesman.
did not want to be identified,
The Dangerous Drugs
much less put in a Govern-
(Amendment) Bill 1981 will
ment register.
be introduced in Legco on
Wednesday.
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
HEROIN SEIZURE--Narcotics Bureau detectives yesterday arrested three women and
a man in a Causeway Bay flat believed to be connected with a drug distribution
- centre. In an operation carried out between 7.10 am and 11.45 am, officers
seized one kilo of No 3 heroin worth $250,000. The four arrested are being
questioned. [TextJ [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 19 Jun 81
p 17]
PRISON SENTENCE S- -Three men were yesterday sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment
each by Mr Justice Mayo in the High Court for manufacturing and trafficking in
dangerous drugs. A woman was jailed for eight years on the same charges. The
jury found them all guilty on both counts. They were Yu Tit-hoi (28), unemployed,
Sin Kwai-tong (25), unemployed, Tsoi Chi-guen (31), finance compan-j manager, and
his common-law wife, Lam Suet-sin (25). During the trial the court was told
that officers of the Narcotics Bureau kept watch on Sin Kwai-tong. They saw him
meet the other two male defendants and eventually traced the three to a f].at in
Wu Shan Street. The police forced entry into the f lat and found the three men,
stripped to the waist, and the woman inside. They also found evidence of drug
manufacture as well as traces of heroin and substances used in the manufacture of
drugs. A mixture containing 415 grams of heroin was found in two plastic bags.
[Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 20 Jun 81 p 121
POLICE RAIDS--Police with drug-sniffing dogs mounted a series of raids around
Sheung Shui early yesterday and arrested 15 people. They also seized 510 grams of
heroin. The raids, carried out jointly by Narcotics Bureau officers with assis-
tance from the off icers from the Frontier and Shatin Divisions and the police
dog unit, began at 2 am and ended shortly before noon. In one of the raids, a
man and woman were arrested on the roof of a building in San Kin Street and
raiding officers seized 450 grams of heroin. Another 30 grams of heroin was
seized from a flat of another building in the same street where two men and a
I6-year-old youth were arrested. In other raids in the Sheung Shui area,
police off icers arrested another 10 men and seized another 30 grams of heroin.
[Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 28 Jun 81 p 81
THAIS RELEASED--The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, is to grant two Thai busi-
nessmen a remission of their 10-year prison sentences for drug offences. Manit
Phromanonta (57) and Choompol Maneenetr (49) were convicted in February 1977 of
conspiring together to traffic in dangerous drugs and of possessing 682 grams
of heroin for unlawful trafficking. They were arrested on October 10, 1976, when
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they arrived from Bangkok to deliver the heroin to a potential buyer, Mr Lione'L
Stewart, who was actua]_ly a US narcotics agent. The transaction was arranged.
by another Thai, Preechar Leeyaruk (35), who was also convicted and given a
10-year sentence. A Government spokesman said that after considering petitione
from the two prisoners, the Governor had granted each of them a remission of the
balance of their sentences. "The two men will be deported to Thailand in the
_ very near future," he said adding that he could not say exactly when for security
reasons. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 28 Jun 81 p 81
HIDDEN HEROIN--A ballroom manager was yesterday sentenced to 3 1/2 years'
imprisonment on a charge of possessing a mixture c3ntaining 21 grams of heroin.
Ng Shing-ho (37) pleaded guilty before Judge Cameron at Kowloon District Court.
Tlie cotirt neard that police officers raided Ng's flat at Lam Tin estate in the
early hours of May 31 and found 12 bags containing the drug concealed in his
wife's coat. Another five bags were found inside a pair of trousers. [Excerpt]
[Hong Kong SUUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 30 Jul 31 p 251
ROBBER SENTENCED--A 27-year-old man at present serving a sentence of nine years'
imprisonment for robbery was yesterday found guilty by a High Cc-urt jury of
possessing heroin for unlawful trafficking. Mr Justice Addison deferred sen-
tencing Leung Wingfu until Monday. Leung committed the offence in January 1978,
but managed to break free and escape as he was being arrested by a customs offi-
cer. He was arrested in August for robbery for which he was sentenced to nine
years' imprisonment earlier this year. On Monday, he was brought to trial on
two ctiarges of possessing a total of 15.565 kilos of a mixture of salts of esters
of morphine for unlawful trafficking. The drugs were worth $1.6 million in 1978
but the current market value is $3.9 million. Leung had previous convictions for
burglary, being a member of a triad society, possession of offensive weapons and
robbery. [Excerpts] [Hong Kong SGUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 3 Jul 81
p 14]
CANNABIS POSSESSION--A British woman and an Australian man were yesterday jointly
charged with possessing one kilo of cannabis with a wholesale value of about
$20,000 for unlawful trafficking. No plea was taken from Pauline Lilian Deary
- (30) and Geoffrey Robert McLane (36). Mr Alexander Lau at Western Court adjourned
the case until next Friday and granted each defendant bail of $5,000 plus a surety
of the same amount. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English
3 Jul 81 p 16]
PRISON TRAFFICKING--Two prisoners were yesterday given the maximum sentence of
tl-r.ee years' imprisonment for conspiring with a prison officer to traffic in
ctang:.;-ous drugs in prison. Sentencing Wu Wang-chung (28) and Po Ping-chung (29),
Mr Alexander Lau at Western Court said he took a serious view of the offence.
Mr Lau also sentenced Wu and Po to one year's imprisonment for offering $1,000
to the prison officer, the sentence to run concurrently with that for the conspir-
acy charge. Both Wu and Po pleaded guilty. The court heard that Wu, who has
- seven previous convictions, is at present serving a five-year term for robbery.
Po has six previous convictions and is now serving 12 months for possessing
dangerous drugs for unlawful trafficking. Mr Lau ordered that the sentences he
imposed yesterday are to run consecutively with those which Wu and Po are serving.
Tlle prison officer involved is expected to be dealt with separately. [Excerpt]
[Hong Y.ong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 4 Jul 81 p 8] .
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OPIUM SEIZURE--Detectives yesterday seized 5 kg of raw opium worth $100,000 in
a flat in Yaumati. A man (28) and a woman (27) have been charged with posses-
sion of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. Police offi-
cers went to the second floor f lat at 867 Canton Road at about 2.30 am and found
the pair inside the flat packing the opium inside a plastic bag. They wi11
appear in the South Kowloon Court today. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST in English 6 Jul 81 p 11
HEROIN IN FISH--Narcotics Bureau detectives are questioning a woman after 1,500
grams of No 3 heroin was found in three salted fish which she was taking on a
trip to Europe. The woman, aged 42, was stopped and searched by detectives as
she was about to board a flight bound for London and Brussels on Wednesday night.
Sources close to the police believe the woman is a courier and that the drugs
were destined for the Netherlands. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
in English 11 Jul 81 p 81
CUSTOMS AMBUSH--Customs Investigation Bureau off icers seized heroin base worth
$lm in an ambush in Tsun Wan yesterday--their fourth seizure in a week. A
chemist (35), his Thai wife and another man were arrested and are assisting
customs off icers in their investigations. The couple's three-year-old son will
be referred to the Social Welfare Department for temporary care. [Text] [Hong
Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 16 Ju1 81 p l]
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NEW ZEALAND
DRUG TRAFFICKING INQUIRY COMMISSION TERMED UNNECESSARY
Auckland THE vEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 3 Jul 81 p 5
[Text) The 3Iinister of
Justice. Nir llcLay,
~aid N�esterday- that he
dicl not believe a New
Zealand cottrmission of
inquiry icas needed to
investigate the pos-
sible drug trafficking
and related activities
of Terrence John
Clark.
Clark. the alleged boss of
an internadonal drug ring, is
on trial in Britain, under the
naire of Alexander James
Sinclair, for murder and
drugs offences.
NIr 3lcLay said an Austral-
ian commisston, for which
the ter;ns of reference were
decided this week, had been
set up for reasons a�hich did
not exist in New Zealand.
There were, for example, a
number of theoretically un-
solved crimes in australia in
which Clark had been impli�
cated.
The Australians also had to
cope with ihe problem of
nffences occurring under the
jurisdiction of different
states.
C'nder Control
As well, major druq deal-
ing ;n New Zealand had
diminisned a lot, said Mr
NcLay - largely because of
changes made to the J4isuse
of Drugs 4ct.
"I believe that the police
appear to have the situatioa
wider control in New Zea�
land," he said, "becausP
r.hey have the legal powers
and resources to deal with
mast of the apparent prob-
lems of major drug dealing."
A spokesman at police
headquarters in Wellmaton
confirmed yesterday that no
charges were outstandIng
against Clark in New Zea�
land.
Mr McLay had been asked
to comment on a suggestion
in Parliament yesterday that
a commission be established
to work in parallel with the
Australian inquiry.
Alarming
Mr Richard Prebble
(Oppn-Auckland Central),
gave notice of a motion to
chat effect and said outside
the House that the reasons
for a commission could be
stronger in New Zealand
than Australia.
"There have been a num-
ber ot alarming allegations
made in the drugs-murder
trial. in Britain about the ac-
tivities of Mr Clark and his
associates in New Zealand."
said Mr Prebble.
He said allegations about
their activities in New Zea-
land were even more serious
than those about th,eir acti�
vities in Australia because
Clark and his associaies
operated from this country.
"�'Che Australians have set
up a commission of inquiry
before into drug dealing and
as a result have made some
spectacular disctosures - tor
example, those concernine
co: rcption � tn � law enforce-
ment ag-tlcies," said Hr
Frebble.
"But in New Zealand, des-
pite the increase in the drug
trade, we have never held
e6y form of inquiry."
Court Action
A commission could be
:!iore effective than police in�
quiries in some . cu'cum-
stances, he said, because the
pollce could use only inEor-
mation which would support
a court action beyond
reasonable doubt.
The potice had a lot of sus�
picions about professional
orgaaisations, for example.
but their iniormation was not
up- to the standard required
by a court.
Overseas experience had
sho�m ;he release of such in-
formation was one of the
most effective weapons
against organised crime.
Mr Prebble added: "I can
think of about half a dozen
people who would take the
first plane out of New Zea-
land if an inquiry were
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NEW ZEALAND
TRIAL DETAILS ZNTERNATIONAL RING TO IMPORT LSD
Peter Nigro Accused
Auckland THE vEW ZEALAND HER.ALD in English 30 Jun 81 p 4
[Text] I
The crown,counsel tokl a jury at the beginning of a High
Court drugs trial .at Auckland yesAerday that they would hear
details af an alleged international organisation of financiers,
managers, suppliers and couriers set up to import the drug.
lysergide. , . , . .
Opening the Crown case
against Peter Jen vigro, :YIr
Peter Kaye aaid evidence
would be given by one otthe
members of the alleged
rinR. �
The wimess, who is ex-
pected to take the atand late
today, woWd not be .pco-
secuted on condition that he
gave evidence tor the Crown,
'Mr Kaye told the jury.
Vigro, aged 27, of Sand-
ringham, pieaded not- gtuZty
yescerday to charges of can-
~,piracy to imporc lyserqide
and supplying the class A
controlled drug to persons
unknown.
He has also denied possess-
inR the drug for supply,
�hich is an alternative to the
supplying charge.
` Yigro Ls chargect with con=
spiriug with Michael Cedric
Richards, Guy Rex Thomson,
Kerry Alexandec Greer and
Michael John Griffen from
on or about January 1. 1979.
until on or about October 2,:
1980. . . � j
Surveillance '
Mr Kaye said that shocdy
betore October 2;' 1980,
customs officers at Mt Msu-
nqand watched the arrival
of the shlp Tasman Enter-
prise Erom &isbane and kept
it under survelllance.
.Evidence would be given
that two ot the alleged ca-
conspirators. Thomson and
Richards, who were crew
members of the ship, drove
4o Auckland. '
- 'I'hey.' were� "'followed " by'
police m unmarked vehlcles.
The- nex k day. October
oolice searched Richards and
his room at a rest home in
New North Rd, '.VIt Albert.
7ne jury would bear that
they found a totaT. of 21,000�
tahlets of lyserqide, better
irnown as ISD, in Richards'
:pocket and in: a paper-bag
under the mattress.
~Nir Kave said the man who
would give evidence for the
Crown would describe the
or�anisation in detail.
'�He will tell you of the,
financiers who put up the~.
money, the mana�ers who
ananeed the dealinas, the
Vinoliers overseas and cou-
c~ers who brought it to this
country.
-He w�ill describe the hulk
distribution, involving stor-
age on Naiheke Island and
its distribution at streec
!er�el."
Coritacts . NIr Kaye said the accused
atlegedly aadthe local con-
tacts to distribute the drug
within \'ew Zealand.
Three of the alleqed con-
apirato~s, Greer, Richards
and Thomson, would also be
-alled to give evidence, he
said.
The trial before Mr Justice
Vautier is expected to last at
;east two more days. Ifr
Peter Williams appears for
N'lal0.
Accused Found Guilty
auckland Thi: NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 3 Jul 81 p 4
[Excerpts]
A High Conrt jury at
Auckland vesterday [ound
a man guDty of taking part
in a Waiheke-based coa-
spiracy W import LSD.
The jij-rY after deliberating
two and a quarter hours, re-
turned verdicts of guilty
against Peter Jen Nigro,on
counts of conspiracy to un-
portthe class" A controlled
drug and supplying it to per-
sons unknown.
He was convicted by Mr
Justice Vautier and remand-
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ed for sentencing on July 16:
vigro, a�ed 2^r. a furniture
falesman of SandrinEtham.
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of possessing the drug for
and was a vital member of
ards, 'Guy Rex Thomson and
eight years for importing the
supply.
The Crawn alleged Nigro
the syndicate. .
Michael John Grif[en.
drug. Thomson is serving a
distx
K~as the
local
ibu!or
of
Ni o was accused of con�
spiring ivith Ker Alexander
Greer and Pichards are
serving jail sentences of
term of seven years and 42
�eeks on the same charge.
into
Vew
LSD
brought
Zea
-
LNIichael edric Rich-
ureer
iand by the Waiheke group
_
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NEW ZEAT�AND
BRIEFS
BANGKOK LIAISON OFFICER--Ztao policemen who have all the intelligence on the drug
scene between Asia and New Zealand are to swap roles. Detective Chief Inspector
Brion Duncan who was sent out to Bangkok in 1978 a3 the New Zealand Police's
f irst ovarseas liaison officer, is returning to Police National Headquarters as
director of the drug enforcement and intelligence bureau. In his place goes the
present bureau head, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith. In the three
years that Mr Duncan has been operating in Thailand, there has been a marked
improvement in the detection rate of New Zealanders committing drug offences in
South-east Asia. Mr Duncan joined the police in 1959 and has served in Wellington,
Porirua, and Rotorua where he headed the local CIB. He also went to Cyprus in
1965 with the New Zealand police contingent as part of the United Nations Peace-
keeping Force. Scotland-born Mr Galbraith joined the police a year after coming
to New Zealand in 1957. After a time in Wellington he went to Palmerston North
in 1973 as regional controller of the CIB. In January 1978, he was promoted to
detective chief inspector and two years later went to National Headquarters as
drug enforcement director. [Text] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English
8 Jul 81 p 1]
SINGAPORE LIAISON OFFICER--Cabinet has approved the establishment of a police
liaison position in Singapore and an appointment is expected to be made soon,
according to Police Minister Mr Couch. Replying to a written parliamentary ques-
tion from Labour MP Mr John Kirk, the minister said that since the appointment
of a police liaison officer in Bangkok it had become increasingly evident that
although Thailand was the main source area for drugs destined for New Zealand,
` the role of Singapore as a transit and transhipment poi-nt was important. "The
officer in Bangkok has played a vital part in combatting the illicit drug trade
in South-east Asia as far as it affects New Zealand, but, because of his heavy
commitments he has been unable to devote sufficient time to operations in
Singapore and its immediate neighbours. Mr Couch said the police were satis-
fied that their ability to prevent drugs reaching New Zealand would be sub-
stantially increased by positioning an officer in Singapore. [Text] [Wellington
= THE EVENIr?n POST in English 24 Jun 81 p 121
CANNABIS MAIN DRUG--Cannabis remains the principal drug of abuse in New Zealand,
according to the latest police statistics released by the chairman of the Govern-
ment's Misuse of Drugs Committee, Mr Geoff Thompson. The statistics showed that
in the six months to June 30 this year 82.8 percent of the 4010 drug offenders
charged were charged with cannabis Offences. The great majority of cannabis
_ seizures came from New Zealand grown plants, with only a small amount of imported
cannabis being found. [Text] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 6 Jul 81
p 21]
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AUCKLAND DRUC: RAIDS--(Auckland (PA)--About 120 police and several drug detection
dogs began a series of raids on 36 Auckland houses at dawn yesterday. By the
time the raids wound down 44 people, most of them men in their early 20s, had
- been arrested on a var.iety of charges. Police seized $41,000 worth of cannabis,
heroin, and LSD and recovered $70,000 worth of property stolen in recent bur-
- glaries. The raids, in the central and western suburbs and the North Shore,
resulted froni the work of an indercover policeman. The drug involvement was
described as street level distribution, 289mg of heroin being seized in small
_ ":1ea1" lots. [Exce;:pt] [Christchurch THE PRESS in English 11 Jun 81 p 31
_ WELLINGTON DRTJG RAiDS--Early morning raids by 80 uniforn: police and plainclothes
detectives netted quantities of drugs, including cannabis aud LSD, plus a variety
- of stalen electrical equipment. By mid-Trorning Wellingtort police had arrested
18 peuple. The man in charge of roday's operation, Detective Inspector Brian
Hartley, expects more arrests will follow. Most of those charged with drugs--
including the selling of LSD--and property offences have been bailed to appear
in court next week. Today's operation, the third major Wellington drug raid
since early May, began at 6.30am when 80 police were briefed before descending
on several addresses in the city. Detective Inspector Hartley said police
recovered varying quantities of cannabis, LSD and hashish with an assessed value
of $4500. Today's operation stemmed from the activi'-ies of one special duties
constable who has been investigating the drug scene. It was a much smaller
_ operation than one on May 6, when 225 police arrested over 50 people in Wellington
~ and the Manawatu. Then, drugs valued at over $70,000 were seized. [Excerpts]
[Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 10 Jul 81 p 11
HEROIN IMPORTATION CHARGE--Tauranga--Tao men were committed to the High Court
for trial on drug-related charges when a depositions hearing ended in the Tauranga
District Court yesterday. Law Fuk Shing, aged 30, a cargo clerk from Hong Kong,
and Peter Francis Atkinson, 36, an Auckland builder, were remanded in custody
until August 10 by justices of the peace Mr J. R. Harwood and Mrs M. Rolleston.
~ Law is charged with importing heroin into New Zealand and supplying heroin to
Atkinson on May 17. Atkinson is charged with possession of heroin for supply.
Both have denied the charges. Detective Dennis 0'Rourke, who questioned Law on
May 17, said the defendant had admitted importing the heroin, which he had hoped
to sell to buy a house in Hong Kong. Detective 0'Rourke estimated the street
value of the heroin, which had a 23 per cent purity, to be about $210,000. Law
had said he bought the drug for $16,000 in Hong Kong. [Excerpts] [Auckland THE
NEW ZEALAND HERALD in English 19 Jun 81 p 41
DRUG CONSPIRACY SENTENCE--Auckland, June 19 (PA)--A man was sentenced in the High
Court at Auckland today to six years' jail after admitting taking part in a
conspiracy to import class A and class B controlled drugs. Kenneth Eric
Roulston oleaded guilty to two counts of conspiring to import heroin and one
count of importing morphine. Mr Justice Thorp imposed concurrent sentences of
six years' prison on each charge. [Excerpt] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in
English 23 Jun 81 p 301
DRUG SUPPLIER JAILED--Auckland, July 3(PA)--A man who supplied $11,000 worth of
heroin to an undercover pol.ice officer was a victim of the drug scene and a
fool, a High Court Judge at Auckland said today. Mr Justice Holland sentenced
= Neville Patrick Teichelman, beneficiary, who had earlier been found guilty by a
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jury on ttiree ccunts of supplying cocaine, one count of supplying heroin, and
another of possessing heroin, to four year's jail on each of the supply counts and
_ one year on the other charge. The t.erms are to be concurrent, and concurreiit
With a 16-month jail term he is already serving. [Text] [Weliington THE EVENi:NG
POST in Enslish 6 Jul 81 p 141
HEROIN FROM SINGAPURE--Auckland, June 29 (PA)--A 26-year-ald tiThangarei man
was committed to the High Court for sentence t4day on two charges of importing
- heroin into New Zealand. Michael Shane Granich, aii unemployed chef of Kamo,
admitted the charge in the Auckland District Court before Judge B 0 Nicholson.
Sergeant Grant Narbey said police and customs o~.ficers monitored Granich's
departure to Singapore from Auckland on May 8. An associate had returned to
Auckland from Singapore on the same plane that day. Qn May 19 Granich was
seen to -aka a phone call in the foyer of the Auckland Airport after arriving on
_ a direct flig;at from Singapore. He then went to the public toilets, where he
remained in a cubicle for about 20 minutes. He came out, had changed his clothing,
and was carrying two condoms containing 53.9 grams of heroin. Granich later
admitted buying the drug in Singapore and transporting it to New Zealand by
_ inserting the condoms in his body. He said he had gone to Singapore for the
express purpose of importing heroin, and had entered into an agreement with
three others. [Excerpt] [Wellington THE EVENING POST in English 30 Jun 81 p 151
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
,
_ KARACHI HASHISH SEIZURE--Karachi police seized 320 pounds of hashish that was in
, a truck on 27 Ju1y. Abdur Rashid, who was driving the truck, has been arrested
on charges of smuggling hashish. [GF062022 Ka.rachi NAWA-I-WAQT in Urdu 28 Jul 81
- P 2]
HASHISH HAUL--Four seamen were hauled up yesterday by the Antismuggling Organiza-
tion of the Customs following the recovery of hashish worth about Rs.7 million
from M.V. "Shalamar" docked at East Wharf. Those arrested include Lascars I.E.
Tayyab, Ibrahim and Baher Rehman, and Sarang Taj Mohammad. A case under the
customs act has been instituted against the accused. Two officers of the ship,
Messrs Farooq and Shabbir, were let off on bond after questioning. The vessel
"Shalamar" had arrived here from Far East and was to sail for the United States
via West Africa this week. [Excerpt] [GF041836 Karachi DAWN in English 31 Jul 81
p 16]
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PHILIPPINES
.4ARIHUILMA CROP UPROOTED
Manila PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS in English 28 Jul 81 p 1
[Excerpt] PC agents 7_ast Saturday raided three big marijuana farms in Northern
Luzon and seized about P6 million worth of marijuana plants and seeds, a report to
Camp Aguir.aldo said yesterday.
The catch, said to be the biggest in recent years, consisted of some 62,500 fully-
grown marijuana, 200 kilos of dried leaves, and about 2,000 marijuana seeds.
The biggest farm was discovered-in Alilem, Ilocos Sur, where a PC team under majors
Enrique Cuadra and Manuel Raval, both from the PC anti-narcotics unit, seized
60,000 mature marijuana plants.
The PC team also confiscated a cal. .38 revolver from one Lando Andres, a resident
= of Alilem, suspected to be one of the four men cultivating the farm. A nipa hut
located near the farm yielded 200 kilos of dried marijuana leaves ready for ship-
ment to buyers in Luzon and Metro Manila.
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PHILIPPINES
COMENTS ON PHILIPPINE NARCOTICS PROBLEM
HK060206 Manila FEBC in English 2330 GMT 5 Aug 81
[Station commentary]
[Text] The Philippines has become a t.ransshipment point for dangerous drugs from
Southeast Asia to the United States, Australia and New Zealand. This shocking
revelation from Vice Chief of Staff and Phi.lippine Constabulary Chief Lieutenant-
General Fidel Ramos points to us the gravity of the drug problem in the country.
It also indicates the seriousness of the danger it poses to the young, and it
can no longer be ignored. As the great British statesman Sir Winston Churchill
would put it, we cannot help but look at the facts, because the facts are looking
at us.
In view of the drug menace that has increased in proportion nationwide, a standard
crackdown against it would prove to be fiitile. The sudden 2nd great increase in
marijuana farming has put government authorities on their toes. Their unrelent-
ing tight watch resulted in the seizure of 450,000 fully-grown marijuana plants,
more than th,: total catch in the last dscade. The catch was worth a staggering
45 million pesos. Coupled to this is the alarming increase in users of marijuana
that has been noted nationwide, especially in metro Manila and other key cities,
_ which have become big markets for mari3uana.
Today the drug problem has grawn to unimaginable proportions, that only a nationa.l
effort can turn its tide, as in the words of General Rauoos, total commitment from
the public and the government is what is needed to combat the problem properly.
And this we must do now, before it is too late.
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PflILIPPINES
BRIEFS
HEROIN SYNDICATE BUSTED--At Angeles City, constabulary antinarcotics agents have
busted a heroin syndicate catering to American servicemen. Five suspected sqndi-
cate members were arrested. They include three American servicemen and a female
_ civic leader in the province of Pampanga. The government agents seized about
100,000 pesos in cash payments for heroin transactions, an attache case filled
with marijuana, a plastic bag containing heroin, and a~,old-plated statuette
filled with marijuana. [Text] [HK040143 Maaila FEBC in English 2330 GMT 3 Aug 811
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BARBADOS
MARIHUANA-GROWING AREA RAIDED; FOUR ARRESTED
Bridgetown THE NATION in English 16 Jul 81 p 1
[ Tex t] POLICE in Barbadoe have made yet enother merlJuena heeil.
This. time a equad of elmoat 20 police offioers. including a
poliaewoman, epruag a emprlee raid on a raateferian hide-out in
the thick forested erea at Sedgepond, St. Andrew yeeterday.
Under the eupervleion of police northern divlelon chief,
Super(ntendent Liele Gay; the officere netted an undfeclosed
emount oi meriJuene plents end erreeted four membere from the
reatafarten hideaweq.
The four youths, Bdwin Waltoa, iB, Rodney Werd, 19, Anthony
Detervlnne, 22, and Tyrone Cherry, 18, will appear in the
Holetown Megfetratee' Court today. to anewer chargea of loitering
and cultlvetiag marijuana.
More then e mlle from the mein highway med leadi~g into the
Sedgepond eree, police reported that on appme~ching the
raetaiarien hideawey, they were suddenly confronted by a raging
~re in the area,where It te believed the cult membere used for
living purposes. �
Beaides noting thet it wae the 9ret tlme a womea police officer
had taken part in a drug-raid exerdse, SuperIntendent Gay
pointed out that the raid wes juet fihe firet in a aeriea ofplenned
action, to be taken in an effort to rid Harbedos of the much feared
cultivation af the marijuana drug.
Thie hae been the third raid by police on ereae where it wes
diecovered mari)uana wae beiag grown.
Almost two yeere ago, a combined-defence-force-police
gperaUon mede a eimller haul, deaUoying eome 300 plente in
Merricke, near Farley Hill, St. Peter, while only three weeke ago,
ar.other defence force-police operation netted a marl Juena heul of
over 1 000 plente et Bloomebury, St. Thomes.
In the latter caee, Superintendent Gay hiated thetpolice would
continae to search more areae for the cultlvation of mariiuena,
eepectally where the terrain waa elmiler to the rugged Boomebury
aree.
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BERMUDA
BRIEFS
BAIL FORFEITURE--A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of American born
Bermudian resident Kurt M. Kennedy when he failed to appear in Supreme Court
yesterday for arraignment. The warrant was issued by Chief Justice the Hon.
James R. Astwood, who also ordered that $10,000 in sureties be forfeited.
Kennedy had been out on bail. Kennedy has been charged jointly with two other
men on three charges involving conspiracy to import heroin, importation of
heroin, and with illegal export of foreign currency. The others are Nigerian
Alexander Seriki and Bermudian Keith A. Burrows of Verdmont Estate, Smith's
Parish. In light of the absence of Kennedy, the matter was put over to August 3
for mention. Bail terms were extended for the other two men. [Text)
[Hamilton THE ROYAL GAZETTE in English 7 Jul 81 p 31
JAIL FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING--A man described as the worst drug addict in Bermu-
da was jailed for 10 years yesterday for possessing about $1,200 worth of heroin
with intent to supply. The sentence was passed on 36=year-old Berwyn Dears
despite an impassioned plea from his lawyer, Mr Alan Dunch, for new methods to
deal with drug offenders. Mr Dunch implored the Chief Justice, the Hon. James
Astwood, to recommend rehabilitation detention centres for drug addicted crimi-
nals. He also sentenced Dears to three years for possessing 0.07 grams of
cocaine and one year for possessing 0.4 grams of cannabis. Dears had previously
been jailed twice for drugs offences, the Supreme Court heard. He was last
released in March after serving a three-month term for possessing heroin and
drugs equipment. Crown Counsel Mr Andrejs Berzins said that narcotics officers
found the drugs on Dears after they approached him in Victoria Bar in Court
Street on March 30. They found 49 silver foil decks containing 0.556 grams
of 70 percent pure heroin. Each deck had a street value of $25, Mr Berzins
said. Police also found the cocaine and cannabis. [Excerpts] [Hamilton
THE ROYAL GAZETTE in English 8 Jul 81 pp 1,2]
VESSEL BOARDING LAW--An amendment to the Marine Board Act giving Police permis-
sion to board boats in Bermuda's territorial waters for crime investigation was
passeci yesterday by the Senate. Government representative of the Senate Sir
John Plowman said it was to give Police adequate powers to board boats and
arrest people on board "in certain instances without a warrant." Senator
Jennifer SmiCh (p,L.P.) said although the Opposition Party supported the bill,
she hoped that Police would not misuse their powers. [Tex t] [Hamilton THE
ROYAL GAZETTE in English 9 Jul 81 p 31
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GRENADA
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA RAIDS--About 1,500 marijuana trees valued at $100,000, were seized
by security forces in River Sallee, St. Patrick's, last Wednesday morning.
According to Commissioner of Police James Clarkson, security forces are con-
- tinuing the drive to stamp out large-scale marijuana growing. Investigations
are continuing. Last weekend, a similar raid led by Sgt. Gerald Romain and
assisted by Detective Constables Vincent Roberts and Thomas was carried out in
Mt Moritz, St. George's. There, 250 marijuana trees, valued at $20,000, were
::eized. Brian Lewis, a resident of Mt. Moritz, has been arrested and charged,
and is expected to appear in the St. George's magistrate court on Ju1y 6.
[Text] [St George's FREE WEST INDIAN in English 4 Jul 81 p 51
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ST LUCIA
BRIEFS
MARIHUANA PLANTATION--Police yesterday made a record marijuana haul, estimated
at somewhere in the region of $3 million. The raid was made at a plantation in
the Millet area shortly after 10 a.m. One man has been arrested and is in police
custody. Arrested is Pascal Joseph of the same area, whom the police said tried
to run away when they approached the plantation. Joseph is expected to appear in
court next week. The raid was executed by a combined party of CID and SSU men
led by Station Sergeant Plummer who, according to a police spokesman acted on a
tip off. The spokesman said that the quantity taken down by the police vehicle
was only a quarter of the total marijuana seized by police. THe remainder had
to be burnt on the spot because of lack of space on the vehicle to transport it
to the Police Station. It is believsd that more than one person was involved in
the cultivation of the marijuana. Several plants had grown to a height of approxi-
mately five feet. Further investigations are to be carried out. In picture,
policemen off-loading the marijuana plants at the station shortly after the raid.
[Text] [Castries THE WEEKEND VOICE in English 11 Jul 81 p 11
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IRAN
BRIEFS
OPIUM, GOLD SEIZED--In a contact with the central news unit, the public relations
office of the public prosecutor's antinarcotics office announced: Following the
efforts of one of the L*:its of the operational headquarters of the public prose-
cutor's antinarcotics office, more than 074) kgs of opium that were expertly
hidden in the [word indistinct] of a car by a(?wholesaler) smuggler were dis-
covered. The smuggler and the narcotics were handed over to the antinarcotics
Islamic Revolution Court. Also, thanks to the efforts of another unit of the
public prosecutor's office, 12 kgs of gold valued at 50 million rials were dis-
covered and hanaed over the Central Islamic Revolution Court. [Text] [LD040350
Tehran Domestic ServicE in Persian 1030 GMT 3 Aug 81]
OPIUM SEIZED--According to the central news unit, the public relations office of
the gendarmerie of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that on 3 August the
officers of the [name indistinct] gendarmerie post in Zahedan discovered
- (?271,500) grams of opium in a cache in a truck. They turned the opium and the
truck driver over to Zahedan's Islamic Revolution Court. [Excerpt] [LD060550
Tehran Domestic Service in PErsian 1030 GMT 6 Aug 81]
DRUG ARREST IN SHIRAZ--Officers of the Shiraz police department narcotics squad,
posing as buyers, have discovered 500 grams of heroin on two Afghans, one of whom
- was posing as a cobbler. Both Afghans were arrested. [GF091949 Shiraz Domestic
Service in Persian 1430 GMT 9 Aug 81]
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BELGIUM
INCREASING DEATHS DUE TO DRUG OVERDOSES
Brussels DE STANDAARD in Dutch 14 Jul 81 p 1
[Axticle: "In 1980, 31 Young People Died of an Overd.ose of Hard Drugs"]
[Text] Brussels Yesterday, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in
Brussels provided a number of data with regaxd to the increasing number of deaths
-among young people due to overdoses of hard drugs. They showed tha,t in 1980, 31
youth d3ed as a result of overdoses, 18 of them in the Brussels axea. For the first
6 months of 1981, this number is already 16 for the Rrussels area.
It looks as if the most common drug is methadone (or methenon). This drug is syn-
thetic, and is closely related to the opium family (morphine and heroin). However,
methadone is much cheaper. It is sold as a medicine in phaxmacies and can be olr
tained with a doctor's prescription. In 1977, 211,000 ampules of inethadone were
sold in our country; 267,000 in 197$ and as many as 472,000 in 1979� Other danger-
ous drugs are palfium, burgodin, pervitine and wellconal.
Most young people who become addicted to drugs apparently no longer see any future
in 1 ife . They axe found primaxily among the children and grandchildren of foreign
workers, but also, to a lesser degree, among middle class boys and girls who are
bored and ha.ve seemingly lost a11 interest in things of value. When a death by
overdose occurs among these unsettled youth, it happens quite often tha,t afterwards,
the ma1.e or female paxtner commits suicide either by hanging or by administering an
overdose to themselves.
When morphine is administered, 43 micrograms per thousand can be considered a normal,
permissihle dose. A great deal depends on the physical condition of the user. Be-
ginriers especially are particularly sensitive to an excessive dose. Out of a popu-
laticn of approximately 60 million people, 400 to 500 young people die yearly of an
overdose in the FRG. The number of hard drug users in the Brussels area alone is
said to be 5000. Some young people staxt with soft drugs, such as ha,shish, but then
go on to haxd drugs, such as methadone or heroin.
Yet, there are also a few positive elements with regard to the use of drugs in
Belgium. The public prosecutor's office in Rrussels apparently knows the names of
about 20 young drug users who want to get rid of their addiction. These youth can
achieve their goal by following a very difficult reha,bilitation program, which may
take from 6 months to 2 years. For drug users who are not interested in stopping,
the probability is very high tha.t they will die at the end of 6 or 7 years.
$463
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FEDERAL Rr.PUBLIC OF GERMANY
BRIEFS
HEROIN SEIZED--Berlin, 10 Aug (DPA)--The police have confiscated in West Berlin
some 4.1 kilograms of heroin with a market value of over DM 8.5 million. The
authorities today stated that this is the biggest heroin find in Berlin to date.
It was said that following a robbery last Tuesday the police searched the hame
of several Turks in the hunt for the culprits. A dog trained to sniff out nar-
cotics had discovered a total of 1,450 grams of heroin. In another Turkish home
the officers found, according to the statement, 2,650 grams of heroin in the
cellar. The police said that the drugs would probably have been sold in almost
250,000 portions on the drugs scene. [Text] [LD110454 Hamburg DPA in German
1332 GMT 10 Aug 81]
CSO: 5300/2417
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ITALY
PCI NINE-POINT ANTIDRUG PROPOSAL TO PARLIAMENT
Rome L'UNITA in Italian 17 Jul 81 p 5
[Article: "Let Us Begin To Counter Drugs"]
[Text] PCI motion to the Chamber of Deputies.
First signature, that of Enrico Berlinguer. A 9-point comprehensive strategy with
respect to trafficking, prevention, and recovery.
Rome--PCI Secretary Enrico Berlinguer's name is the first on a motion that the
_ communists presented to the Chamber of Deputies to call the attention of the
government and of the political and social forces to the extraordinary problem of
the diffusion of drugs and to what one can seriously begin ta do to stem this
phenomenon. The initiative took place soon after a letter on the same subject
that Ugo Pecchioli, Giovanni Berlinguer, and Francesco Martorelli had sent to
Minister of Interior Rognoni. In addition to being signed by the secretary of the
party, the motion was signed by Giovanni Berlinguer, Martorelli, Spagnoli,
Tagliabue, Palopoli, Ricci, Violanfie, Ferri, Gualandi and Pastore.
Tn efFect, it is a long document, the first part of which recalls the frightful
i.crease in recent years of the indexes regarding drug consumption and deaths
resulting from drugs, and the position that Italy--especially Sicily--has been
asstBning as a base of world importance for the trafficking, refining, and exporta-
tion of drugs to big American and European markets. Also recalled was the
pre-�eminent leadership and management role of the Sicilian Mafia, whose relations
witii public authorities and with some sectors of the DC [Christian Democratic
Party] have already been documented by Parliament. Also recalled is the enormous
ruriiover in druas which, with their speculative activities, especially in the
South, tends to counteract normal programs for productive -change.
In conclusion, the serious responsibility of the authorities regarding the lack of
application of the anti-drug law is recalled, especially with respect to the
following points: the use of funds belonging to the Ministry of Health; the lack
of coordination of tasks and functions in the regions; the situation in prisons,
which are places of distribution and consumption; the inadequacy of the special
anti-drug groups and of the anti-drug leadership in the Ministry of Interior; the
nonimplementation of standards regarding the tasks and the responsibilities of
educatioiz and of those having to do with the treatment of drug addicts; the lack
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of initiatives for the promotion and coordination of public and private undertakings
in behalf of prevention.
Starting from this premise, and aware that what is needed is a compre-
hensive strategy concerning trafficking, prevention, and recovery, the communist
motion invites the government to intervene on nine specific points.
First: To give a new and different order to anti-drug groups; to reorganize a
specific anti-drug sector under the Ministry of Interior, whose main functions
will be to report on the trafficking and production activities that are carried
out by our country and also by foreign countries, exporters of raw or semi-finished
material; and to institute a central data bank. �
Second: To propose measures for more effective patrimonial and financial type
verification of traffickers and organizers of the drug market, and to prevent
trafficking profits from being used for enterprise capital, with particular
reference to the matter of contracts and sub-contracts in public works and more
. . ry~
generally to the marketplace of public intervention.
Third: To provide judicial offices with the necessary means for complex investiga-
tions regarding the trafficking of drugs, with measures that wi11 facilitate the
foreign missions of the magistrate and with proposals for the simplification of
"foreign requests" for the participation of the Italian magistrate.
Fourth: To equip prison establishments with suitable structures for the care
of drug addicts and in any case to foster agreements between prisons and regions.
Fifth: To implement educational standards and to realize the struc:tures provided
for by the armed forces.
Sixth: To coordinate regional initiatives� exercising the substitutive power
provided for by the anti-drug law.
Seventh: To promote RAI-TV [Italian Radio Broadcasting and Television Company]
initiatives and programs with respect to information and prevention.
Eighth: To coordinate public and private activities and initiatives for the
prevention, cure, and recovery of drug addicts through a coffiaittee of ministers with
specific responsibilities.
Final point: To adopt initiatives for better international cooperation on the
investigative and judicial plane; to standardize guidance in the EEC [European
Economic Community] regarding the punishment of both big traffickers and small
consiuners and distributors; to adopt initiatives for a data bank and for cooperation
with the poppy-growing countries.
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NORWAY
CUSTOMS TO STEP UP FsODY SEARCHES IN HUNT FOR DRUGS
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 1 Jul 81 p 4
[Text] The Customs Office has stepped up its control of domestic travelers in
the battle against drug smuggling to Norway. The constantly increasing drug prob-
lem has made this necessary, officer Vidar Vestreng of the Customs Directorate
told NTB. A housewife from Moss traveling on a train from Copenhagen to Oslo to
go shopping risks being stripped of her clothing and searched when she arrives
at Oslo Central Station. Customs officers have a room at their disposal for such
body searches.
Vestreng said that not all passengers look kindly on being searched when they
travel from one place to another in Norway. "Perhaps it seems a little strange
to outsiders to be searched, for example, when traveling from Moss to shop in the
capital. If the train is coming from Copenhagen, however, it is certainly easy
for a smuggler to give a bag of narcotics to a housewife on a shopping trip,"
Vestreng told NTB.
Those who are subjected to a routine search risk being stripped of their clothing
before a customs officer of the same sex. Experience shows that large quantities
of narcotics are smuggled in and on the bodies of smugglers. Each year between
2,000 and 3,000 people are subjected to this type of search in this country.
Another example mentioned by Vestreng is the air route from Great Britain via
Kristiansand to Bergen. Passengers board:.ng in the capital of Sorland must go
through customs in Bergen the same as passengers who have come on the flight from
abroad.
"It is, of course, understandable that people find it unpleasant to undress before
a customs official they do not know, but Fre receive few complaints, nevertheless.
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- NORWAY
BRIEFS
NEW NARCOTICS-DETECTOR INSTRUMENT--A new narcotics detector, using ultrasound,
can discover narcotics in sealed cans, thus exposing a common method of smuggling.
The detector was developed by the Central Institute for Industrial Research (SI)
in Oslo in cooperation with the Customs Directorate. Administrative secretary
Roy Skarslette of the Customs Directorate told NTB that the detector is considered
very promising. Previously a number of narcotics detectors have been used through-
out the world, but so far no satisfactory solution has been found. The problem
is to develop a machine that can rapidly screen a large number of cans or other
containers. Norway will attract much attention if it becomes the first country
to develop a satisfactory detector. He emphasized that the detector could become
a useful tool for customs authorities for many purposes apart from screening cans.
"So far, for practical reasons, experiments have been limited to cans, but a sim-
i.lar detector could also be developed to help locate narcotics in concealed places
on ships or, for example, in hiding places in automobiles. The detector can also
be used commercially. [Text] [Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 1 Ju1,81 p 4] 9336
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TURKEY
SEMINAR ON N.ARCOTICS SMUGGLING HELD IN ISKENIDERUN
Istanbul MILLIYET in Turki.sh 13 Jun 81 p 3
[Article by Hilmi Diken: "Women Heroin Smugglers Escape"
[Text] The bactle against narcotics smuggling cannot be fought properly at our
customs gates because of the rapid increase in transit carriage and passenger
traff ic via Turkey, it was suggested.
At a Customs and Monopolies Ministry seminar in Iskenderun on "The Struggle
Against Narcotics Smuggling at Customs," experts indicated that following the
control of poppy cultivation in Turkey, the problem at Turkish customs has been
with narcotics smuggled through Turkey.
It was pointed out at the seminar, given for customs and security employees
working at ports and border gates, that even in the wealthiest nations, customs
cannot provide adequate control in the face of rapidly increasing passenger and
freight traf.fic. Experts said that as yet no technical device had been invented
to detect narcotics in vehicles passing through customs, that the best they had
was specially trained dogs called "detector dogs" and that they could not "call
out" the do.gs; to keep underground organizations from find3ng new ways to thwart
every search technique.
It was pointed out that because detector dogs obey only the orders of the
person who trains them, they could not be imported for use at Turkish customs
_ and that it was necessary to set up dog training centers in Turkey for this purpose.
The expe,~ ts state that Internationa.l Transport Organization [IRU] regulations
which f~rbid TIR trucks to be searched or held at customs if they are properly
seoled and documented create various difficulties in the prevention of smuggling.
They said that narcotics smugglers use every conceivable nook and cranny, including
secret compartments in suitcases, artificial arms and legs, necklaces in the
shape of a cross, scuba diving gear, statues, books, special corsets worn by
women to make them look pregnant, chess and backgammton sets and shoe heels.
Slides were shown demonstrating smugglers' methods.
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Underground organizations take advantage of all possibilities in smuggling
` narcotics. They also use women as couriers. For example, a woman wearing
a special corset to make her look pregnant can carry enough narcotics to ruin
thousands of people.
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TURKEY
SECURITY FORCES SEIZE 26 KILOS OF HASHISH IN ISTANBUL
Istanbul MILLIYET in Turkish 1 Jul 81 p 3
[Text] A former convict named Hasan Ozc31 was arrested by secur3ty forces in
possession of 26 kilograms of hash3sh hidden in the basement of his home.
- Narcotics Branch squads found out that hashish had been given for safe keeping to
Hasan Ozcil, who is known by the nickname "Charlie Hasan," by Ali Ka.ray4zi, also
known as "Guitar Ali," and that this hashish was hidden in the basement of his
home by Ozcil.
In an operation named "Cobra I," the squads then raided Ozcil's home on Furuzaga
Sungu Street in Beyoglu and seized 26 kilos of hashish, worth approximately
2 million liras, and a scale used for weighing hash3sh.
Hasan Ozcil, apprehended along with the hashish, said that he did not know about
the hashish. "My friend Ali burned me. He told me these bags had coffee in
them. I did not want to offend him and took them. Would a man plaq this kind
of trick on a friend of 20 years?" he asked.
Hasan Ozcil, in the basement of whose home 26 kilos of hashish was found, said,
"My friend Ali burned me."
8349
cso: 5300/5584
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