JPRS ID: 10128 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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JPRS L/10128
19 Novembe r 1981
- Worldwide ~e ort
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 53/81)
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JPRS L/10128
19 November 1981
- WORLDWIDE REPO~T
- NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUCS
(FOUO 53/81)
CONTEN~S
ASIA
BURMA
~ Briefs
Heroin Seizure in Taunggyi 1
Lashio Heroin Dealers Arrested 1
Mergui Opium Seizure 1
~ HONG KONG
Briefs
Minor Heroin Offenses Increase 2
IN DIA
Narcotics Commissioner Addresaes Calcutta Parley
(THE STATESMAN, 22 Sep 81)..~ 3
NEW ZEALAND
Air New Zealand Planes A1?agedly Used To Import Drugs
(THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 21 Oct 81) 4
PAKIS TAN
'DAWN' Calls for New Program To Control Opium
(Editorisl; DAWN, 27 Oct 81) 7
Briefs
Drug Factory Found 9
Cha ras SeizE~ in Badin 9
- Contraband Chaz~as 9
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Poppy Cultivation ~eck 9
Heroin Smuggler Arrested 10
Smuggling Bid Foiled 10
Charas Se~zure 10
LATIN AMERICA
BAHAMAS
Briefs
Three Held for Marihuana - 11..
BARBADOS
Record Five-Yesr Term Imposed for Marihuana Smugglin~
(THE NATION, 8 Oct 81) 12
J BERMUDA
Briefs
Bermudians Held in Cuba 13
BOLIVIA
Publication of Names of Accused Drug Traffickers Urged �
(Editorial; ULT'IMA HOR~i, 16 Oct 81).0 14
I Drug Traffickers Employ I~bbile Laboratories
(PRESENCIA, 13 Oct 81) 16
! Farm Census To Include Coca Productian
(EL DIARIO, 17 Oct 81) , 18
B rie fs
- Anti-Drug Trafficking Campaign 20
Institutions Under Interior Ministry 20
_ COL01~'BIA
Increased Anti-Drugs Effort Pledged
- (EL ESPECTADOR, 17 Oct 81) 21
Administrative Department of Security Seizes Cocaine in
Ris aralda
(EL ESPEC?'ADOR, 19 Oct 81) 23
Briefs
Various Cocaine Raids 24
�Cocaine Queen' Employees Killed 24
Cocaine Iab Raided 25
Trafficer Freed 25
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JAMAICA
Briefs
Marihua~~a Sentence 26
MEXICO
Official Describes Anti~rug Programs to U.S. Police Qiiefs
(LA VOZ I:E LA FR~ON'iERA, 18 Sep 81) 27
Missing Plane Load~d With Marii~uana Held in Texas
(EL SOL DE SINALOA, 16 Se~ 81) 28
Drug Ship, Crew Seize~ rlear Chetumal
(Rafael Medina ~ruz; EXCEISIOR, 22 Sep 81) 29
Drug Ship Found Abandoned
(Rafael Medina Cru2.; EXCELSIOR} 15 Sep 8~.) 40
Marihuana Trafficker Given ~-Year Prison Sentence
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO Lc1RED0, 26 Sep 81) 41
Briefs
Police, Traffickers in St,.ootout 42
PGR Anti-Drug Campaign Success 42
Seaman Seized With Cocaine 42
i Cocaine, Marihuana Seized 43
Heroin Trafficker Sentenced 43
Marihuana Seized in Guadala~ara 43
, Marihuana on Boat Adrift 44
' Police Helicopter Shot Dawn 44
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PERU
Briefs
- Coca Traffickers 45
' nr::~ Traffickers Ring Disbanded 45
Drug Traffickers Ring Detain.ed 45
' Drug Traffickers 45
Drug Trafficking Methods 46
Drug Traffickers Arrested 46
ST. KITTS-NEVIS
Briefs
Crackdown.on Pushers 47
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r1EAR EAS T AND NORTEI AFRI CA
IRAN
Eriefs
Opium Seizures 48
~larcotics Discovered in Khorasan 48
J~.rof t Hashish Find 48
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
S OUTEi AFRI CA
Briefs
Dagga Smuggling to U.S. 49
WEST EUROPE
ITALY
Turk, 15 Kilos of Heroin Seized in Milan
- (Cem Basar; HURRIYET, 22 Sep 81) 50
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BUIftMA
BRIEFS
HEROIN SEIZURE IN TAUNGGYI--Acting on information, police personnel from the Shan
' State Drug Suppression Force on 11 October raided the residence of Daw Shwe Kyaung
Mi at No 1u08, Wungyi Road, Ye-ayekwin ward of Tavnggyi and seiaed 2.5 kg of heroin
worth 250,000 kyat. The owner of the heroin, Sein Than, alias A~.k Saik, alias Kyon
Chaw of Nawng Lai. Village, Tangyan; houseowner Daw Shwe Ryaung Mi; and three other
heroin dealers were arrest~d an d charged under Sections 6.b, lO.By 14.D and 11 of the
Narcotic Drugs Law. [BK301530 Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmeae 20 Oct 81 p 4]
LASHIO HEROIN DEALERS ARRESTID--Lashio ~ownship people's council, people's police
force and regional intelligence force smashed a gang distributing heroin in the
township. The gang leader and six others ~were arreate.d and charged under aections
6.B, 7.8, 10.B and 11 of the Narcotic Driigs ?.aw. Acting on information, a combined
investigating team seized two packets of "two lions" brand heroin, weighing about
' 1 kg, hidden in a forest near Kong Nyaung Dillage, Lashio `Fownship, on 24 September.
Th~ seizure led to t.he arrest of Law Air, Lamon Kha and Law War. With the informa-
tion provided by the three, police raided the residence of U Haung Taung at No 5,
Aung Mingala ward's Dhamma Yeiktha road, and found two more packets of "two lions"
~ brand heroin, weighing about 1 kg. The leader of the heroia distribution gang who
' was ar.~U Haung Taung's house, Yan Phu Myint, his father and heroin carrier U Maung
Saing and his sister Daw Kyin Yone were also arrested. [BK301530 Rangoon MYANMA
ALIN in Burmese 15 Oct 81 p 6]
' MERGUI OPIUM SEIZURE--Police subinapector U M~o Myint of Mergui City police station,
together with ward people's councillora, on 13 October raided the residence of
Than Sein, 30, in Kyandaw ward and found 8.5 viss [1 viss = 3.6 lbs] o� opium powder
from a guest at the house--Than Sein [as published]--from Bokpyin Tawnship. Both
the houseowner and the guest were charged under sections 6.B. and 10.B of the Na.r-
cotic Drugs Law. BK301530 Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 21 Oct 81 p 4]
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
- MINOR HEROIN OFFENSES INCREASE--0fficial statistics show that there has been a
28 percent increase in the number of minor drug offences involving heroin which
were investigated by the police during the first six months of the ;~ear. A police
spokesman said yesterday that there were large quantities of drugs from the
"Golden Triangle" k~ich had been flowing into international markets. There had
been a corresponding fa13. in the price of drugs. A number of significant seizures
had been ma.de from drug couriers during the ~rear as they arrived in Hongkong.
But the proliferation of "amateur traders" constituted the b~;lk of the number of
minor offenders. "They are try~.ng to cash in on the market, butt they are not
experts," the spokesman said. Figsres show that during the first six months of
the ye~r there were 2,130 offences for possession of heroin compared with 1,659
during the last six months of last year. The number of offenders for possession
of opium dropped from 197 to 179 over the same period. There were 1,891 prosecu-
tions for all minor dangerous drugs off ences during the first nine months of the
year. ~Text~ ~Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MOItNING POST in English 18 Oct 81 p 7~
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INDIA
_ NARCOTICS COI~4fISSI(`NER ADDRESSES CALCUTTA PARLEY
Calcutta THE STATESMAN in English 22 Sep 81 p 9
[Te:ct ~ AutOtiC ~tlv~d tsporti nQardln tI~a H~' i~lt tLat v?t~en ~naeted t~i i
dru~ in th~ countr~ 1s in- abuse ot ptychotroDle tu~bncC' new 1~~1sLtion wonld ramo~e the ~
~fani6cant" ia r~lavon to tb~ vut I9Z~ L.~.D� In tL~ s6a~ ftbm tfmt "de~Mancly ia tbe ezf~tln Lwe" �
I9
popnl~tloA and in comparfsot? to to t1aw. ?bL. D~ ~dd, wat malulr and make p~naltie~ tor o enders
thi Wa~tern countria, accordlna imon~ toutLr ~d itudentt !n the hanhrr, r~ile it wonld anure
to btr Dd. Bhatna st. Nucotica urDat~ ar~at aad m~tropolitan P~* toordlnadon betwan the
Caanm~doner ot Ind~ dtle~. vp ow teforc~ment raenete~.
Addneain~ tb~ Eut~ra Zon~ ~ Th� eeaQmlfdonsr saM tfut fD!- ~�6 ~A~,
Nareotic~ ont~naee !n Caleutt~ eit ~ a w~ tmut~l~d ~nd dLtri-
ou Mondap, W~ Canml+alon~r uld butld~ tD~ soe ra~tnb fropt Batli_~r,� inau~ratiea tDe eonter
- t6at th~ ta~k ol ~etotelaR a~~de~ "on~ ot our nef~lf~tuin~ coua~ mce, ~ir A~bo Dlitr~, N'ln~nc~ M~
1n tl~e N~tarn son~ P~~~~r~ly~ tria in th~ ott " and to ro~m~. n1st~r. i~1d t6~t thon~h narcotib
pa~ how~r~r. 'on~rous ind di~� atent iroof t~~ ~ne~ ot 1111cit eul� could teot b~ totallr aa~4d~d ht
cult3', becaus~ ot wm~ ~u ti~ntion 1n same yocl~b !d thd c~un� o~ medlalnal n es tAeit b~d
n~a could b~ cw
probl~mw Th~ peoblams. ~~114 :one. H~shWf he raid, bad be~n .~Je dacrlb~ ~
aen qutte diQer~nt irom tbo~e of . b~nned !a ~nd4 lon~ ajo but ~d tb~ Pl'ablam a~ ~~oclal on~ and
otLer :onei. tr~n~portatlon from On} q~ oar reit~tit~d tlf~ lm~n~dl~t~ n~eA to
- D[r Bhakn~4u ~aid tDis ton~ had nelgLmonrin~ counMe~ n?~icn a~d ~torm yeo~l~ ~Aont i~
t1M Ur~wt number ot StatM eo~ eaeesden ircntiero wlth ionn o! tLe . L~ter retretted t~~t
pand to etb~r toae~. and Uttar S ta ol thls ione" contina~d. ~u~nt people in tbe
- Pred~sh, whicb tt fuclude~fp tbs (~ds~ o~c~~L id~ntlqr th~ eoar~ coaatrf hsd~ ttarted takin~
~one, tD~ cylttvitlon ot oD~ wu ~f u NsDa 1. Herola~ ln ~mall ~ dtu~i o~win~ to "too
tutborited D~ th~ Cantr~. � yaitr quaaUtf~~ hH1 Mea spInd duriua muA 1r1Wt~ tad coace tsation of
td ont th~t. t6~ :on~ ~~Q t eem- tLt pa~t trro qeaa. w41cD wat an ~sp~W~ it t}~!r d~~ H~ aa
mon Wt~rnatlonal boun ar~r wftD a indteatton tD~t tb~~ of Sout1M tion~d tD~t 'lt !t tbe mpral Sbre
nu~uber ot torel~a tountsli~. W.? ~a~t Ailin provenaace "had ent~r� ot ~ nation Wat declda the teend
~tdet, tDe~s war~ z me,1or s~a porL td th~ cotlnt~ throuah h! ton~ ~d ~~n~tlon ot tbe Deople" and
~nd ~ mdo-F lnt~rnatlowl ~~o rc. !n tnn~lt to etlfee couh~e~. ~~y a conc~rned to remow this
H~ safd- tnat ioan� arai of tiu In nfa+? ot thl~ �ltuatton. thA
ton w~re cia1 to th~ Golden Ttf- co~n?lafon~r ~fk~ ths ~nlorce- ,~ntennee ~vtU
.ng=s rr[ion ot Zouth~utt 1W~ - meht aqenaas eanesrnb !n tb~~ ~1ew th~ ~ltq~tton ln the
- the trilunctlon oi Burrn~. Thafl~nd :one to oe on tD~ ~l~rt. He uried ~tintrp ~e~~y 1n the eutern
and La whicb bad bNn the the~n W taln ed~ctt~n �OUnt~r ~
1ttefltK! i0UlC! OI !up~1y~ a~t opV� meerurei to "toll ~nd thwart" tbe ~ad a~ w~9ut sppropriate
ti~ to the int~rn~tional lllfelt mar� ~4traa~p4 0~ lnbrnatfoad opee~tora mea~nres !or ~ nattonally-coordl-
tet 1n t6e rpe~nt pa~t to use tII~ ~ne oe th~ aluntr~r ~f nated E ht a~alnst the abuse of
H~ poiptod ont th~t in Wat Berr~ "tr~n~it t~nltoey for th~ ~mu~t� ~gd ~c1dnR ~n dtnse~". It will,
j~l and Or~iw culttia~ion of t~aft ~r oC ~ucb drutp to otb~r oonn- ~~w t6e ~dmlNatratlre ~nd en-
w~~ sUU a11ow~Q foe OOA01~dICl1 trlu". ora~m~nt ma~anrer eancernln`
purpoiee. Aecordln` to th~ aom. g~ ~~a~u ald taat tb~ la~~ ~e'~'~ ~nd weail tr~cklns
mfs~lon~r, out ot 4~,A~S r~~bt~red ~ 4~ tepsot w~l~ be mb ~n ~rn ~~nd r~lll dlstuu m~~~nrea
opt~n ~ddtab fn t s aountry. ~ere itrlhj~nt In tlea
~o th~ ~er 1n~in iseatlon ot lnbr-8t~te -
41,87s addictA belanR W tAla rone. eh~n d candlNotu to mal~s tL~ ~~ns~on in tbe enioreement o[
The E~un toe Wat B~nqv fs ov~r n nareotiCi eontrol and otbar allied
2~.~0. r ter0itlenalroreRnlatloni'~H~e a~.+su 4itNra~ .
' ~d !b~ eoattrsna that a eo~r~
Optum and ~anla, iecordlas to D~nil~ dtftt I~~1sUtioA p~in~
tD~ eommi~~foaar ~r~ th~ '~att~ Pr+par~d aad wu�!a W~ laal ita~
dru~e ot ~ r' in tbu tea~. H~ ~u.,, . . , : _
/~id tha! tl~~I~rcotlc: $us'~an t!t,
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, NEW ZEAIAND
AIR NEW ZEAIAND PIANES ALLEGEDLY USED TO IMPORT DRUGS
- Auckland THE NEW ZEAIAND HERALD in English 21 Oct S1 p 3
~Text~ A High Court jury was told yesterday it will hear evidence of an Auckland-
based drug importing conspiracy using Air New Zealand DC-lOs and false identities
taken from dead children in Auckland cemeteries.
Mr David Morris, for.tiie Crown, was opening tihe prosecution case againat Colin
Ja~nes Prast, a 41-year-old company director, and Glenda Faye Menzies,. a former
� ~ bank teller, aged 26, on the second day of a trial expected to l~st at least
- three weeks.
Mr Morris told the jury it would probably be the first in New Zealand to hear
conversations 'bugged" by the police under powers given them,in the Misuse of
Drugs Amendment Act 1975.
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~ The recordings made from electronic listening devices may be played to the court,
he said.
~ Prast and Menzies have aaCh denied 10 charges--one of importing heroin, a class A
' controlled drug, two of importing m~rphine, a class 't3 controlled drug, one charge
of conspiring to import heroin, one of conspiriag to import morphine, two charges
of supplying h~roin, one of supplying morphine, one of conapiring to supply heroin
' and another of conspiring to supply morphine.
, Prast has denied a further charge of importing morphine into New Zea land at
' Christchurch on September 24, 1980.
Accomplices ,
Mr Morris told the jury: "All charges relate to drugs running, peddling and
dealing, in a way which involved very substantial sums of money, international
travel on a regular basis and large quantities of drugs."
He claimed the evidence would "establish beyond doubt that the brains behind the
scheme was Prast."
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Menzies, he alleged, was the distributor who, overseen.by Prast, fed the narcotics
to drug-users and suppliers within New Zealand.
Drug deals weree lasseortsato avoid thescloseyscrutinyithe CustomsiDepartm nt~
Zealand on fals p p
gives frequent travellers, said Mr Morris.
False passports were allegedly gained by using the birth certificate of a dead
person who would have been the same age, had the person lived, as the individual
seeking the passporC, he said.
Late in 1979 Mr Morr3.s claimed one of the alleged conspirators borrowed the
id~ntity af a six-year-old boy wh~ died in 1946 and is buried in Purewa Cemetery.
"That became the modus operandi of the group," he told Mr Justice Holland and the
~ury.
Ruse Outlined
Evidence would be given of other ~rips overseas allegedly made on several false
passports issued to names appearing on graveatones in the Hillsborough Cemetery
near Prast's home.
- The deception is possible, he said, because a person~s death is not stamped on
his birth certificate. ~
He said po~ice who searched the flillsborough home of Prast in April allegedly
found an American publication detailing the birth certificate ruse which was
"adovted literally to the letter" by Prast, he claimed.
The police search also allegedly found "a library of airline timetables that would
do justice to a travel agent, said Mr Mprris.
Strict Curbs
T'he drug importin$ ~e oflbringinglgoodsVinto the8countryiavoiding Customsbin
steward who knew .
checks, he said.
It involved a compartment on DC-10 aircraft. Prast allegedly told another pers~r.
in a bugged telephone conversation that the system could be operated only until
May this year when Boeing 747s, which do not contain the compartment, were to
replace Che DC-lOs.
~ Mr Morris told the jury the police power to use electronic listening devices
was "strictly controlled" by the terms of a warrant which had first to be
obtai.ned ~rom a High Court judge.
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Corroboratian
Some of the recordings which might be played to the court were clear, he said.
Some were not clear because of background noise.
Mr Morris said the court would hear testim~ny from alleged co-conspirators whose
n.~.mes have been suppressed.
Some of them had pleaded guilty to charges. Others had been granted i*.amunity
- from prosecution by the Solicitor-General.
- They were "tainted witnesses" an~d the jury should look for corroboration of their
evidence, he said.
Mr Morris continues his opening address today.
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P~IKISTAN
- 'DAWN' CALLS FOR NEW PROGRAM TO CONTROL OPIUI~I
- Karachi DAWN in Englieh 27 4ct $1 p 9
[Editorial: "Getting To Grips With Opium"]
� ~Text] Addiction to opium or one of its derivati~es, or any one of the 'hard'
dru$s, is one of the worst fates that ~an be wished on a man, but it would appear
that this habit is on the increase in Pakistan. This statement is not based on
stAtistical data, since data of this nature are not easily available, and could
very well be wrong. Habits of this nature tend to spread almost automatically--
witness the fact that 'peer pressure' is by far the most impartant reason for the
beginning of the druga habit in this country. Apart from this, there is the im-
- ~ression gained from reports that trafficking in drugs is on the increase--much of
it aimed at illegal export, but part of it catering for local demand also. In
fact, one former official of the Pakiatan Narcotics Control Board went so far as
, to claim in a book that drug addiction may become endemic in Pakistan, referring to
. the growing number of addicts and the easy cultivation and availability of poppy
' and canabis.
I; The situation is serious, to say the least, and some very intelligent steps are
needed if we are to avoid being saddles~ with a large, and growing, opium-addicted
population. The difficulties of mounting such a campaign, though, loom as large
~i as the problem itself, and new ground in the way of narcotica control will have to
be broken if drug addiction is to be effectively curtailed. In the first place,
of course, there is the historical hackground--we have an old history of drugs
use, and ~.t was not until the 1950s, for inatance, that opium smoking was made a
; crime. Then there is the matter of availability. Pakistan is among the biggest
growers of opium in the world and, in fact, along with Iran and Afghanistan, is
believed to be the world's largest source of illicit opiates--this region having
outstripped the Golden Triangle recently. In addition, a considerable portion
of the opium grown in Afghanistan, whose production ia more than this country's,
- finds ita way here to be ultimately smuggled abroad. With a 150-ton crop here
and the few hundred tons grown in ~,fghanistan, the amount of opium which is traded
in Fakistan is, therefore, huge and, conaequently, loca~ usera ~an find opitna
relatively easily and cheaply. Another difficulty ia that the Government does not
wiah to crack down on growera, partly because of the serious complexities involved
in interfering in the Tribal Aress and partly becauae officials feel that, along
with enforcement, income substitution for poppy growers should constitute the ba-
sic solution. One more important consideration is that narcotics supply to the
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- addict ~uat cannot be withdrawn abruptly--it has to be done under medical super-
vision, in many cases by substituting another, less harmful drug, for opium or
heroin or whatever.
~ All these difficulties notwithstanding--and theae are by no means all the problems
that are faced--the Government wi11 have to crack down on poppy cultivation and
sale if the habit is to be controlled and eliminated, and if we are to avoid the
dubious distinc~ion of being the largest drugs exporter in the world. This is not
- to say, of course, that efforts have not been made or are not being ~~ade to cur-
tail the habit. There was a crop subatitution progranane in the Buner poppy grow-
ing area of Swat; there are efforts--minimal no doubt--to wean addicts off the
- habit; and the crime control authorities make frequent seizurea. Nevertheless,
as a former PNCB official wrote, the rupeea 60 million apent by PNCB in the last
seven years has had no tangible effect in checking the habit. A totally new
_ ~ontrol programme has to be devised, or perhapa the existing one can be revamped--
- in any case, a new, re-vitalised thrust is needed and ways wi11 have to be found
to deal with the difficulties mentioned earlier. For instance, if some political
nerves have to be rubbed in the Tribal Area, then the Government will have to face
up to it, rather than risk swamping the entire country with deadly narcotics. It
_ is possible, of course, that crop substitution or the provision of other sources
of income will tone down the ire of the tribal people. It should be mentioned
here that eventual reduction of add~ction to muc~ lower lev~ls is by no meane a
hopeless tas:. A 1975 survey by PNCB showed that over 81 per cent of the sample
- group of addicta was illiterate, 37 per cent wished fo1 treatment and rehabilita-
tion and only less than eight. per cent were against it. These figures are certainly
a pointer to the fact that a properly planned campaign can be successful.
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PAKISTAN
BFIEFS
DRUG FACTORY FOUND--An 111ega1 drug manufacturing factory was un-earthed on Tues-
_ day by the Provincial Health Department, says an official handout. The uniicensed
factory namely M/s. Lucky Industries was being run in Federal Capital Area with
packing and labelling arrangements. A large quantity of drug, raw material and
packing materisl stored in the factory was seized while. the factory was sealed and
a case was registered. Samples of drugs have been sent to testing laboratory to
ascertain the quality of the drugs. Recently three medical stores in Hyderabad
and five in Karachi were raided and allegedly pilfered Government medicines were
recovered from there. [Text] [Karachi DAWI6 in English 30 Oct 81 p 14]
CHARAS SE3ZED IN BADIN--Hyderabad, Oct 27, The Excise and Taxation Insp~ctor (In-
_ telligence branch), Hyderabad, Mr Noor Nabi Pathan, arrested two allegedly notori-
ous charas smugglers--Aurangzeb and Yahya--and recovered from their possession
201 ~.ilogi�am~ oi contra~and charas worth Rs 20 ruilli~n ~.n foreign market yester-
day. According to the Excise Police, Aurangzeb belongs to a gang of interna~ional
- narcotics smugglers which has chosen Badin as its centre c~f activities. The case
_ is being investigated under the supervisian of Mr Qamar Anaari, Director, Excise
and Taxation, Hyderabad and Mr Sakh~ Mohammad, Divisional Intelligence Officer and
the accused will be challaned under the Excise Act r~ad with the Hadood Ord~nance.
[Text] [Karachi DAWN in English 28 Oct 81 p 4] ,
CONTRABAND C~~ARAS--The ProvinGial Excise police yesterday arreated two accused
persons in a raid on a house in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and seized 150 kilograms of con-
- traband charas. The accused personacaere identified as Mohammad Ismail and Mp-
hammad Ahmed. [Text] [Karachi DAWN in Engliah 30 Oct 81 p 14]
POPPY CULTIVATION CHECK--Islamabad, Oct 25--Pakistan Narcotics Control Board
(PNCB) is making arrangements to keep a close watch at all auch areas in NWFP
~ which are known for ma.ss illicit cultivation of poppy as its sowing seasons is
about to begin, The arrangements are being made in collaboration with the NWFP
Government. PNCB G'hairman Mairaj Hussain told Dawn the cultivatioti of poppy, the
only source of opium and heroin, will be min~imised with these arrange~entso The
Frontier Goverinnent, he said, has recently warned the local growers to refrain
from cultivating poppy in their fields. They have been asked to grow some other
crops for which the Goverrunent will give them utmost cooperation. The PNCB
Ciiairman, who recently made an exten~aive tour ot the country to determine the
illicit sources of nar~ orics, said he was deeply shockad to see the growing trend
of drug abuse among the youthso He specifically mentioned Quet~a and Peshawar
where the situation wa s quite alarming." The cause of this situation was mass
production and easy ~vailability of narcotics in the area, he added, It is
reported that PNCB a.en during the laot one month alone secovered 5,87,811 kilo-
- grams of charas, 747.765 kgs of opium and 66,000 kgs of heroin from various
raids in the countryo ~Text~ ~Kaxachi DAWN in English 26 Oct 81 p 13~
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HI~.R~~I~ SPl!'Gl;l.h:l: Ahht:tift�:1~--tl~~t~vure ~~Ct t~�dt':+ 1~lti~NdGd~1 tltlar~~di tt~~1d1 d111'~u?1 t
arrested 'i'a~juddln, :3 ~2tSSt'tl~;t'C W~10 waa bound fur l:anada through l.ui~aon, c~n
3Q October. Ta~uddin was carrying 3.2 kg of heroin worth 3.5 million rupees on
the internati~nal market. [GF041840 Karachi MASHRIQ in Urdu 31 Oct 81 p 1]
SrrJGGLIHG BID FOILED--Isla~abad customs officials seized 33 kg of heroin from a
Canada-bound Pakistani passenger at Islamabad International Airport on 2R October.
The value of the drugs is estimated at 35 million rupees on the internatianal
market. [GF081530 Karachi NAWA-E-WAQT in Urdu 31 Oct 81 p 1]
CHARAS SEIZURE--Badin, 4 Nov--The director, excise and taxation, Mr Qamar Ansari,
along with his staff in a surprise raid has recovered about five maun~is of charas
worth RS 10 crore in the international market. The excise staff has also arrested
one Aurangzeb in this connection. Further investigations are irc progress.--PPI
[Text] [GF091331 Karachi DAWN in English 5 Nov 81 p 4]
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BAHAI~IS
BRIEFS
1
THREE HELD FOR MARIJUANA--Two Cuban-Americans and one Puerto Rican were refused '
bail when th~y appeared b.efore Magistrate Shirin Edun on drug charges yesterday.
- ReFresented by Ortland Bodie ~aere Alejandro Rodes, 21, Ernan Hurt~do, 24, and
Henrique Suluaga. The men arE: accused of being in possession of 220 bales of
marijuana when they were arrested on Eleuthera on Monday. Each bail weighs about
70 lbs. Their lawyer, in pleading for bail, said that during the arrest one of
his cli.ents was shot, not for tryiag to resist arrest, but rather to avoid
getting shot. ~Excerpt~ ~Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 1 Oct 81 p 1~
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BARBADOS
RECORD FIVE-YEAR TEF:M IMPOSED FOR MARIHUANA SMUGGLING
Bri~lgetown THE NATl~ON in English 8 Oct 81 p 1
' [Text]
A CRATS baded with f6~.6 kg~ (4131b) of rtfariiuanaword131'~0000 �
brouQht a 23-year-old Brubadien s?~amakcr a flve�year jail~nt
wu~e
yestaday from Chief Jw.tice Sir William Doualas in the No: 3 C~ienLel
Assiu Court. .
David Leroy Quicnby, of Portas, in St. Jamas, bxame tbe ~icrK
person to bc brought ~oefore the Suprcma Court on a dru~ char~e. ond
also ths flrat in B arba~ioa to receive such a heavy senietioe fot dru~a. ,
What started out last February l1 v+ith e large boa s ~
containing wall plaqwes from J amaice beir?~ takrn from the 8~~
Port to a Cave Hill addtesa came to its flnal chapter liefore the Chitf
, Justice yesterday. � ' '
' Quimby fiad employed the service~ of Dudlay Fotde, of Browne',a
Gap in Rockley. St. Michael, to tranaport the box frottt the port to C~ve
Hill, although he himself did not go. , '
- His excusr for not ~oing into the porc aas thet he had gope to
! Pelican Village to eet orders from the proprietor of g shoe ttt~ sddp
' ~ Forde, however, waa unsuccessful in gettin~ past the harbour aate
with the crnte of "wall aques", and was eold that he had to.btin~ the
person who had offered~im the job before deUvery couW 19emRde.
The trucker left and ra~med with (?ulmby, but thelattet ci~qd
' to know nothing about the contents uf the box. Whan tlii~}~~t Wds
' turned on, and he was askcd how he 4ot the document whlch wo~d
have released thebox from th^ harbour, he~fid not reply.
He asked to use the telePbour, then to urinate: and sedna thK CciaK
was clear, he put foot to ~round and made Qood hia esc~pe. .
After the custom~ offlcials failod to stop Quimbg, the police wert
called in, the box wes opened and it was discovered thet the wal) plaques
_ were really and truly l6 packages of f3/4 mitlion dollars' warth of
marijuane.
Quimby was subsequmtly arrated and char~cd with unlewful
posscssion of some 188.6 kilograms (41 S Ib) of maiijuana.
~ .
Police, pleased at the outcome of the case, said ydterday it waa a
_ major breakthrough in drug trafficking ln Barbados, and hoped thet
the sentence of five yars would serve aa a deterrent to other drttg
dealers.
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BERMUI~i
_ B:t~EFS
BERMUDIANS HELD IN CUBA--Hamilton, Bermuda, Saturday (CANA-Reuter)--Three Bermu-
dians and a Canadian have been held in a Cuban jail on drug charges since July,
Bermuda's Deputy Governor Peter Lloyd said. Mr Lloyd said he leamed from
British diplomats in Havana that the British Embassy was not told of the arrests
_ until October 3 and the men were uot seen by Embasay officials until October 9.
The three.Bermudians were Thomas Pitcher, 29, Donald Burchall, 29, and Carlton
Minors, 31. The Canadian was named as Jaques Lemay. The men were arrested
aboard a 50-foot fishing boat, the Sea Patsy, accused of entering Cuban waters
illegally and carrying marijuana. The British Consul in Havana, Michael Connor,
said the men were being held in a new jail just outsi.:e Havana which housed
= mainly foreigners. "I have visited them and they wer~ in good health," he said.
"They are being treated fine and have no complaints. It is not known if and when
they will come to trial." ~Tex~ ~Bridgetown SUNL1EiY ADVO~.~F-NEw~ in En~lish
_ 18 Oct 81 p 3l
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BOLIVIA
PUBLICATION OF NAMES OF ACCUSED DRUG TRAFFICKERS URGED
La Paz ULTIMA HORA in Spanish 16 Oct 81 p 3
[Editorial; "Coca and Cocaine"]
[Text] PEasants working in tropical agriculture in the E1 Chapare region reporte3
to the La Paz Department prefecture the exiatence of alar~ing discrimination on
the part of officials of the office of Coca Control and SurveillaYdce who are pro-
hibiting sales of coca by small producere but on the other hand are authorizing
such salea by wholesal~rs. They said that trafficking in large amounte of leaves
is permitted at night.
The facts have the last work in regard to allegations and statements. There has
been talk of implementation of a thorough antidrug trafficking campaign; however,
the small peasant landowners and settlers say that the above-mentioned office is
confiscating even 5-pound bags fram them, while "basketa" and "shipments" of coca
are leaving E1 Chapai~ for parts unknown, presumably ae the result of influence
and bribery.
The night-time operation clearly shows the complicity and facilitation offered by
certain authorities, once the military forces controlling Highways 1 and 4 call a
_ halt to traffic by all motor vehicles during curfew.
n ~
The natural consumption of coca, by means of in~ections or mates and by masti-
cation or "acullico" [chewing] is part of the cuatams and traditions of our people,
with beneficial effecta as it permits suatained effort by the man working in the
fields and on long treks. What is more, it has been proved that the chew.ing of
coca ~~aves keeps the teeth in excellent condition; and recent atudies conducted
in Peru danonstrate that the leaves have proteina and vitamins.
The di~,tortian of natural use came with the introduetion of inethods of chemi~all.y
processing coca leaves to convert them into cocaine sulfate or base paste for
the manufacture of the evil drug. The inhabitants of our country were never drug
addicts or traffickers in the past and they are not now. This vice is being ad-
ministered, on the world clandestine market for dangerous druga, by "mafias" or
- transnatior.ais of crime and margina?ly by independent groups or traffickera.
Whaz is happening is that the ~increase in the manufacture of cocaine by other
"connections" in the business, existing in Latin American countries, such as
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Colombia- which has becane the principal proceasing laboratory--createa a conatant
incentive for the expansian of plantations, because of the fact that *_here is no
product of the agriculture of the torrid microclimate which can compete with coca
plantations: one planting for many years and four harvest per year.
The core of the question in the antidrug trafficking war is the intermediate links
ranging from coca leaf purchaserq to exporters of base paste or pure cocaine, links
which are made up of illicit processors and dea3ers.
The campaigns condu~ted in Bolivia up to now, in spite of their thrust or serious-
neGs at their high points, unfoxt unately lack international credibilitq because of
stories cir~ulated abroad that the cocaine "mafias" have the national government
in their pocket. There are facts, circumstances, lists and even "curriculums
vitae" of drug trafficking criminals who are members of the civilian and military
sectors, which are circulated persistently in publications characterized by their
seriousness. As we have already stated, at this point in ti~n~e, the Bolivian people
are the only ones in the dark. Presumably, a certain number of these allegations
are imagined or exaggerated; however, it is proper that all the information avail-
able in the country be knawn so that the accused can exercise their right of legi-
timate defense. For example, why not publish a list of the cocaine "fat cats"
which the American authorities handed over to the Bolivian Foreign Ministry via un-
official channels?
If an all-out antidrug trafficking campaign is to be conducted as we have been as-
sured, there should be no exceptions, so that the image of our beloved country will
be washed and will remain clean.
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BOLIVIA
DRUG TRAFFICKEF.tS EMPLQY MOBILE LABORATORIES
~ PY042320 La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanish 13 Oct 81 p 8
[Text] Captain Javier Guerrero, director of. the National Dangeroue Drugs
Department, yesterday stated that "the drug traffickers have changed their
tactic~ and have been operating mobile laboratories, thus hamgering the
antidrug campaign.
He said, however, that the results of the antidrug campaign could be considered
- satisfactory, taking.into account the limitations of the state organization
- which for the time being has no international cooperation to rely on.
= He pointed out that proof of these positive results is the arrest of 38 persons
in~~olved in cocaine manufacturing and trafficking in the course of operations
carried out in the country over the past 15 days.
~ Guerrero explained that onc~ the investigat3on and other police requirements are
completed, the prisoners will be brought before the court.
Guerrero did not provide many dQtail~ about the operations which resulted in th e
_ arrest of the 38 persons, but said that among them are men anc~ women "the majority
~f whom are foreigners."
, He added: "This clearly proves that our country is being vicrimized by the immoral
- and ignoble activities of drug traffickers, an activity whi~h originates abroad."
He also reported that a British citizen was arrested ir. Santa Cruz this weekend
while tryi~g to leave the country with over 2 kg of cocaine which he was carrying
- in strips taped on his body.
The director of the dangerous drugs department indicated that a new system used
by the drug traffickers was discovered recently. ~
He explained that in view of the strict control currently bein~ implemented,
the drug traffickers have installed mobile mini-factories which can move easily
- from one place to anorher, thus eluding official control.
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He explained that despite this new development, a few of these new mobile
laboratories have been discoverEd.
"This forces us to work harder, doubling surveillance and increasing the
frequency with which checks are made in the so-called critical areas where
most of the drug is being produced," Guerrero said. He emphasized that these
increased duties demand more funds.
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BOLIVIA
FARM CENSUS TO INCLUDE COCA PRODL'CTION
La Paz EL DIARIO in Spanish 17 Oct 81 p 5
[Teact] Beginning Monday, 19 October 1981, purauant to a con*,raat signed with th~
Natianal Antidrug Trafficking Council, the Military Geographic Institute
[INSGEMIL] wtll send commissions into the field to conduct the Agriculture-Live-
stock Census, including coca production.
The commissions will be made up of approximately 150 peraona and will be assigned
to the districts of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Crua.
Th~ task in tha La Paz district will cover the provinces of Nor Yungas, Sud Yungas,
Franz Tamayo and Inquisivi. In Cochabamba~ the provinces of Carrasco and Chapare,
while in Santa Cruz Department work will be done in Ichilo Pro~vince.
As background information,. authorized spokesmen of INSGEOMIL said that in October,
1975, the U.S. Earth Satellite Corporation granted tec~nical assistance to the gav-
ernment of Bolivia through the ERTS [Earth Resource Technical Satellite] program
for geological exploitation; its ob~ectives were identification and location of
coca fields and others of lesaer importance; however, the ob~ectives were not car-
ried out in detail.
It was also brought out that the ob~ectivea of the second ceneus are: 1) deter-
mining the factors inherent in the production of coca leaves; and 2) planning
future production and commercialization controls.
What is more, the commissions will attempt to dete~ine the socioeconomic aspects
and to prepare indicatore to make posaible the creation of new, apecific pro~ects,
with a view to the integral development of thie sector, following the guidelines
established by the present government through the etandards aet by the Miniater of
Planning and Coordination.
Census work on all parcels containing coca fields consists in the collection of
data concerning the size of ~hese fields, c~ount.ing of personnel engaged in the
growing of coca, determination cf annua'. production on the basis of the periodicity
of harvests, etc.
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Concurrently with the collection of the above-mentioned data, an ef�ort will be
made to identify other crops being grown and tlue species of livestock. All this
will be useful to the program of the government of the Arm~d Forcea in the estab-
lishment of f.ocuses of development based on th~ formation of agroindustrial enter-
_ prises whicY~ will not only permit replacement of coca leaf cultivation but also im-
provement of the peasant's socioeconomic standard of living.
Recommendation
The cammander of the INSGEO~IIL has recommended that the peasant population to be
cavered by ~:e census cooperate with personnel to be sent into the fieZd, as their
task is specif ically technical: they have no authority or responsibility to carry
out any mission other than that of cantrol or repression of the production or com-
mercialization of coca.
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BOLIVIA
BRIEFS
ANTI-DRUG TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN--La Paz--The director of the National Dangerous
Drugs Department, Capt Javier Guerrero~ reported today that Bolivian officials
' have confiscated about 1,000 kg of cocaine in the last 8 months. He noted,
moreover, that more than 500 drug traffickers have been arrested in tnany
operations and all of them are now in local ~ai1s. He added that since the
armed forces have been in charge of this campaign, drug traff icking has decreased
considerably. Guerrero noted that the coca that is produced by the Chapare
peasants is of excellent quality and this is why drug tra�fickers have made
this town the center of their operation. He also reported that more than
20 percent of those detained are foreigners having connections with Lnternational
drug trafficking rings. [Paris AFP in Spanish 2047 GMT 28 Oct 81 PY]
INSTITUTIONS UNDER INTERIOR MINISTRY-According to a decree signed today by
the executive branch, the National Investigations D3.rectozate [Direccion de
Investigacion Nacional] will now be subordinate to the Interior Ministry.
Likewise, by order of the president of the republic and his ministerial
cabinet, the command for struggle against drug trafficking will also be
subordinate to the Interior Ministry, with the ob3ective of intensifying the
campaign at the highest level. [La Paz Radio Illimani Network in Spanish
0100 GMT 4 Nov 81 PY]
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COL~MBIA
INCREASED ANTI-DRUGS EFFORT PLEDGED
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 17 Oct 81 p 10-A
(Text] The Governments of Colombia and the United States yesterday took another
step in their struggle against anti-drug trafficking and anti-dope smu,~gling
fight by putting into serrice the coast guard vessel that was donated by the
North American nation to our country.
On that occasion, the Colombian Government emphasized in Cartagena how coopera-
tive the United States has been with respect to anti-drug trafficking and anti-
drug smuggling operations.
Through Minister of Finance Eduardo Wiesner Duran, the Ayala Turbay administra-
tion reiterated its pledge to combat thatt type of transgression and said that
- "only by uniting our efforts will we be able to eradicate the corruptive criminal
proceedings that do incalculable economic and more harm to both Colombia and the
United States."
Yesterday, in Cartagena, Minister Wiesner Duran spoke as a representative of the
Colombian Government upon receivin~ a coast guard veasel donated by the North
American government to our National Customs, pursuant to the "Ban on Narcotics--
_ Customs" agreement.
- The official said that that donation will redound to great advances in the fight
against drug smuggling and drug trafficking.
In acknowledging the presence of Thomas Boyatt, ambassador of the United States,
the m~nister immediately pointed out the special desire of the U.S. Government
to cooperate with the Government of Colombia in one of the moat~difficult and
most urgent tasks that face ou~ two countries.
He added that the Ban on Narcotics agreement clearly expresses the reciprocal
pledge of both countries that is being successfully carried out.
"The incorporation of the new coast guard vessel into our National Customs will
make it easier to c~ntrol drug smuggling and to prevent the trafficking of drugs
and dope," said 4Jiesner, and emphasized: "We will thus have an effective means
of implementing our national government's anti-smuggling policy. As has been
said on various occasions, our national government, and in particular the Minis-
try of Finance, has adopted the policy of countering drug smuggling through all
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- means within its reack~. This new vessel now reduces the possibility of the
access of drugs to consumer markets; it resnoves the main stimulus for its pro-
duction and processing. With this strategy and with the complementary efforts
that are made within the United States, we can look with ~ustifiabl~ optimism
" ta the ultimate success of these campaigns."
Wiesner said that the majority of our National Customs officials "are honest,
industrious people" who "rea].ize that now their task will be less difficult
and that it will b~ easier to accomplish the duties and responsibilities that
have been entrusted to them."
The new coast guard vessel was christened in the name of the now deceased former
president of Colombia, Enrique Olaya Herrera. The minister said that this is a
well-deserved homage "to one who, in truth, is.the founder of our National
Customs."
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COLOMBIA
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY SEIZES COCAINE IN RISARALDA
Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 19 Oct 81 p 22-A
[Text] A big cocaine pro~essing laboratory that was in operation on a farm
located in the town of Risaralda, Dos Quebr.adas, was discovered by units of the
DIPEC during an operation that resulted in the seizure of more than 80 kilos of
alkaloid, an appreciable quantity of armament, several vehicles, and the arrest
- of two drug traffickers.
' The raid on the cocaine mafias occurred at the "Las Margaritas" farm, in the ~
above-mentioned town, after a long sexies of investigations over a period of
several weeks.
As a result of the operation, 80 kilograms of cocaine and 180 grams of hydro-
chlorate of cocaine that had been processed in the same raided laboratory were
~ seized. They were valued at 124 million pesos.
' Two Arrests
'I
i ~
~ Oscar Eduardo Larrota Yepes, with citizenship document No 10'095,435 from
' Pereira, and Juan de Jesus Suarez Sandoval, holder of document No 10'100,183
i �
! from zhe same city, were arrested in the building and were immediately placed
i at the disposal of a circuit criminal ~udge.
li ,
Armament
II In addition to the cocaine, the following were seized: a 22-caliber Colt pis-
tol, 2 Smith and Wesson revolvers; a 12-caliber Zabala shotgun; a 20-caliber
Winchester; a 6.35-millimeter caliber Beretta pistol; 60 cartridges, 22-caliber;
12 cartridges, 6.35-caliber; 18 cartridges, 12-caliber; 3 long cartridges,
32-caliber; and 6 cartridges, 20-caliber.
Vehicles and Other Articles
Also seized were a 1976 statiomaagon with license plates No LS-5319, and a
1973 Toyota camper with license plates No HL-1473.
The secret agents also confiscated all of the equipment in the laboratory,
including six different-size containers, six special lights for drying purposes,
a scale, an appreciable quantity of sulphuric acid, and two film spools.
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COLOMBIA
BRIEFS
VARIOUS COCAINE RAIDS--~aenty kg of very pure eocaine arriving by plane from the
Peruvian capital were seized by officials of the Antinarcotics Group of the
National Attorney General's Office at the Eldorado Airpcrt. The a].kaloid ship-
ment, packed in three plastic bags wrapped in newspaper, was found in a suitease,
and it arrived Saturday aboard Iberia Flight 938 proceeding, as noted, from Lima.
The sub~ect carrying the luggage apparently noticed that officials of the Attor-
ney General's Office had suspected something, for he declined to claim the suit-
- case, and he disappeared when the 20 kg of alkaloid were discovered. ~he blow to
drug trafficka.ng mafias was the second for Saturday, being that in the morning
another 2 kg of cocaine were seized in a double-bottomed suitcas~ carried by
Hector Velasquez Morales, who was preparing to take Avianca Flight 050 to New
York City. It should be added that at the same airport on the ninth of the cur-
rent month, the F-2 captured Rodrigo Me~ia Guzman, Guillermo Ga].eano Guzman and
Aydee Palomino Ortega, and seized from them $120,000, with whicll they planned to
travel to Leticia in order to acquire there paste for the refining of cocaine.
Another 5 kg of cocaine had also been confiscated several days before at Eldorado
from Mauricio Pachon, who arrived on another flight proceeding from the Amazon
capital. [Text] [Bogota EL ESPECTADOR in Spanish 15 Sep 81 p 23-A] 9746
'COCAINE QUEEN' EIriPLOYEES KILLID--Medellin, 22 Sep--~ao employees of Griselda
Blanco, a woman known in the country as the "Cocaine Queen," were shot to death
or~ a farm in ~an Antonio de Prado, southwest of this capital. The lifeless
bodies of Jose Ignacio Zapata Gallego and Horacio de Jesus Montoya Osorio were
discovered a half kilometer from the ranch "La Plancha," prr~perty of Ms Blanco.
Zapat.a Gallego, 21, and Montoya Osorio, 32, had several heariwounds and were .
gagged. The first victim worked as caretaker of the farm, whereas it is not known
what sort of ties the second had with the narcotics trafficker, who is a fugitive
from ~ustice in Colombia. The police reported that the tu~o men were killed by
unknown assailants who took them by force from their work places in order to kill
them later. [Text] [Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 23 Sep 81 p 8-A] 9746
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' COCAINE L~B RAIDED--Pereira, 15 Oct--A very sophisticated cocaine. processing
laboratory was discovered by the authorities in Dosquebradas, a town located
10 minutes from this capital. Members of the DAS [Administra*_ive Department
of Security] and of the F-2 police announced that, in addit~on, 18 kilos of
cocaine, valued at approximately 105 million pesos, were f.ound at the "Los
Puentes" county estate. The luxurious country mansion, w~ith its two swimmir~g
pools and several guard dogs, the property of Fidel Garcia, was disguised as a
country home in orde~ to conduct the illicit operation. In addition, there
was equipment for the production of coffee. The raid resulted in the capture
of Juan de Jesus Sandoval Suarez, Oscar Eduardo Yepes, and Aristobulo Pulgarin
Tabares, who were placed in the custody of the Risaralda police. In addition,
the following were seized: two shotguns, two revolvers, one pistol, and one
case of ammunition. [Text] (Bogota EL TIEMPO in Span{~sh 16 Oct 81 p 9-A]
87_55
TRAFFICKER FREED-~-?, person who had been charged with drug trafficking and
from whom the F-2 had recently seized 13 kilograms of cocaine, was freed by
~ the criminal court ~udge who examined the case. Apparently the person was
freed because of "lack of evidence." This past 27 Septem~er, agents of the F-2
narcotics squad arrested Alberto Rodri~uez Valencia, who had the above-mentioned
- drug in his possession. The arrest was made in house No 22-55 of the La Soledad
neighborhood, where a valuable vehicle was also confiscated. The case was
assigned to the second criminal court ~udge, Gabriel Rendon Arango, who last
Friday freed the person who had been charged. A similar case was denounced .
several months ago by the press throughout the entire country, when criminal
court judge 48 of Bogota, Leonor Izquier~do de Pava, freed Marleny Or~uela
Sanchez, better known as the "Coca Queen." Included in Izquierdo de Pava's offi-
- cial communication was an investigation of the "godmother's" trafficki.ng of
drugs. The ~udge was disinissed from office because of this case through the
~ intervention of the High Judicial Council, but later the High Court of Justics
of Bogota definitively stayed th~ ~udgment regarding the alleged betrayal of
trust by the ~udicial official. [Text] [Bogota EL TIEMPO in Spanish 16 Oct 81
p ?.0-C ] 8255
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JAMAICA
BRIEFS
- MARIHUANA SENTENCE--Alphanso White, 19, labourer of Winter H~eights, known also as
_ Sufferers Heights at Central Village in St. Catherine, was fined $1,000 or twelve
months imprisonment after he was found guilty of possession of gan~a in the
Spanish Towri R.M. Court on Tuesda.y, September 29. Reaident Magistrate was
Mr. C. H. Berry, and the prosecution's caee was conducted by Mr. L. A. S. Green,
Clerk of Courts. Evidence was led that on Monday, July 13, Constable Lloyd
Phillips of the Central Village police station, along with other constables,
acting on.a tip raided a house occupied by the accused. In a search they found
one crocus bag and four plastic parcels containing gan~a weighing sixty-seven
. pounds. The accused was subsequently arrested and charged. White, in his.
defence said rain was falling and he went into the house for shelter. Another
man, Samuel Thomas, jointly charged with White was dismissed. [Text] [Kingston
THE DAILY GLEANER in English 14 Oct 81 p 6J
- CSO: 5300/7511
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MEXICO
- OFFICIAL DESCRIBES ANTIDRUG PROGRAMS TO U.S. POLICE CHIEFS
Mexicali LA VOZ DE LA FRONTERA in Spanish 18 Sep 81 Sec B p 12
[Text] The assistant attorney general of the republic, Samuei Alba Leyva, announced
today to a group of American police chiefs that the PGR [Office of the Attorney
General of the Republic] is spendir~g $40 million per year to support the permanent
campaign against the drug traffic in our country.
The official explained to the American group, which came to Mexico expressly to learn
about the technological systems used to combat the trdfficking and conaumgtion of
' drugs, that during the current administration over a thousand criminal organizations
have been broken up.
Also, 58,000 marihuana plantations and 150 poppy plantations have been destroyed over
a total area of 22,000 hectares, with an average area of 1,000 square meters per plan-
tation.
Moreover, Alba Leyva said that 69 laboratories for heroin production and 19 for other
types of drugs, hav~ been detected and destroyed. The seizures total 571 kilograms
of opium, 583 kilograms of heroin, 417 kilograms of poppy seed, 2,005 tions of mari-
~ huana and 864 kilograms of hashish.
I Also, 13 tons of marihuana seed, 647 kilograms of cocaine, 43 million psychotropic
-i pills and 3 tons of peyote have been.destroyed.
i The assistant attorney general remarked that the Mexican campaign has been organized
~ through 13 regional coordinating entities in the national territory, in which agri-
cultural engineer pilots, Federal Judicial agents and Army forces participate.
~
~ The aerospectrographic equipment to detect growing areas has brought optimal results
making possible their immediate deatruction. However, he noted that, in these
operations during the current government administration 37 agents, mechanics and ~
pilots have lost their lives.
The American guests, for their part, ack~owledged the system for combatting the drtg
craffic coordinated by the Office of the Attornr�,y General of the Republic as being
fi.rst-rate, attracting the attention of the Unit~3 Nations Narcotics Commission.
They also remarked thak the drug addiction problem is more intensive in the United
States than in our country, and that therefore the purpo$e of their visit was to
assimilate ~he experience gained by Mexico in this respect.
In attendance at the meeting were: Colonel Scott, of Agriculture and Mining, and the
(Police) Law Enforcement School of Texas; Bobby Austin, deputy from Texas; and David
Polon, director of Field Studies Programs of Texas A. and M. University.
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MEXICO
MISSING PLANE LOADED WITH MAEtIHUANA HELD IN TEXAS
Culiacan EL SOL DE SINALOA in Spanish 16 Sep 81 p 6
[Text] Mexico City, 15 September (mEM)--The DC-3 airplane owned by the Secretariat
of Finance, which was mysteriously stolen while loaded with marihuana which had been
seized in the northern part of the country and which was to be transported to this
capital, is at the disposal of the Texas customs authorit:ies.
Nevertheless, according to their statement, although the necessary procedures are
being undertaken by the General Administration of Mexican Customs, it will be
diff.icult for them to return the aircraft, because the Treasury agentis allegedly
found it with the drugs on their territory.
- While this has been occurring, according to orders from superiors, questioning is
being continued of Comdr Hector Gomez, alias "Mueca", an individual to whom the
aircraft was "lent", as well as of 14 customs guard members who were with him.
As was reported yesterday, the general director of customs, Guillermo Ramirez, put at
Gomez' disposal the DC-3 plane owned by the Secretariat of Finance, supposedly so
that he might pick up 10 tons of marihuana which they had seized in Tuxpan, and
subsequently take it to the Federal District, so that it might be later delivered
- to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic.
However, this did not happen, because, without "knowing how," they "stole" the plane
from "Mueca", with the drugs and everything; and despite the fact that it was all
to be kept "secret" the matter came to light.
Moreover, it was learned that Ramirez intended to resign soon, but the resignation
was not accepted when his superiors learned about the matter. However, a desertion
began in the customs administratiqn,~since some of the indlviduals who had been
with "Mueca" chose t.o go to their homes rather Chan become involved in the affair.
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MEXICO
1)RUG SHIP, CREW SI:I7.Ell NEAR CHFTUMAL
Ptexic~ City i:XCl;1,SIUR in Spanish 22 Sep 81 p t3-ll
~nrticl~~ hy ililFlt~1 htecliiia l:ruz~
('1'ext) /1 U.5. sl~r.impl~oat tliat was carrying 8 tons of. marihuana of Colc~mbian
e~ri~;i.n w~i~ >e izecl yesterday off tl~e coast of . Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Uy the
htc~xican N.ivy and .~~~ents of the Federal. Judicial Pol~.ce [PGR] .
' 'I'h~ dru~, pack~d in sackti