JPRS ID: 10203 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - JPRS L/ 10203 22 December 1981 - ~1/or~dwide Re ort p NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS ~RUGS - ~FOUO 58181 ~ - Fg~~ FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE FOR OFFIC[AL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 NOTE JPRS publications contain information primarily from foreign nEwspapers, periodicals and books, but also from news agency transmissions and broadcasts. Materials frum foreign-language � sources are translated; those from English-language sources are transcribed or reprinted, with th~ ^r�ginal phrasing and other characteristics retained. Headlines, editorial reports, and material enclosed i~ brackets are supplied by JPRS. Processing i.ndicators such as [Text] or [ExcerntJ in the first line of e~ch item, or following the last line of a brief, indicate how the original information was processed. 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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/49: CIA-RDP82-40850R040500014001-4 � FOR OFFICIwL USE ONL.Y JPRS L/10203 22 December 1981 WORL~WIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS (FOUO 58/81~ _ CONTEMTS ASIA - IIANGLADESH Briefs Opium Arrest Reported 1 - INDIA � ' Country's Pr~.iblems in Marketin5! Opium Told (Shr~e Sondhi; THE TIMES OF I:VDIA, 8 Nov 81) 2 Briefs Opium Seized in Delhi 4 - INDONESIA Thousands of Mar ih uana ~~:.:?ts in Ma jalengka Area (HARIAN UMUM P.H, 12 Sep 81)......~ 5 ~ Deputy Attorney Gencral Calls for Stricter Penalties (KOMPAS, 22 Oct 81)............o i Narcotics Suspect Deported to United Sta~es (KOMPAS, 24 Oct 81) 8 Briefs - Bali Narcotics Traffic 10 Smuggling Cases in North S~matra 10 M1~LAYSIA = Drug Abuse Laws To Be Recodified, Banishment Enforced (NE[4 ST~AI~PS TIMES, 7 Nov 81) 11 - a - [III - WW - 1~8 FOU4] FX1R f1FFI~'T~ ~ ~ [14F nNT.1f APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102109: CIA-RDP82-00850R400504010041-4 FGR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Data on Addicts at Sarawak Rehabilitation Center (BORNEO BULLETIN, 17 OCt 81) 12 NEW ZEALAND Regional Drug Law Enforcement Officers Meet Capital (EVENING POST, 22 Oct 81; NEW ZEALA.~ HERALD, 24 OCt 81)..... 13 = Cocaine Imports Threat Computerized Customs Controls . Countermeasures Proposed Tougher Pes~alties Sought _ Man Admits Smuggling Drugs Via Coanmercial Air T.'liqhts (EVENING POST, 30 Oct 81) 16 Court Ruling Alters Distinction BetwAen Classes of Drugs (Jean-Baptiste Piggin; EVENING POST, 31 Oct 81) 17 PAKISTAN Briefs Opium Seized in Peshawar lg I1~TIN AMERICA ~ ARGENTINA Briefs Coca Leaves Seized lg BAfiAMAS _ Three IIoats, Eight Men Seized With Marihuana,Rifles {THE TRIBUNE, 31 OCt R1) 20 IIrie�s Forfeited Bail 21 , BERMUDA Briefs Drug Seizures 22 BOLIVIA Authorities Announce New Price of Coca (LOS TIEMPOS, 1 Nov 81) 23 - - b - :OR OFFICIAL 1 ? APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500014441-4 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY New Drug Law Provfdes for Rehabilitation Program (EL DIARIO, 1 Nov 81) 24 t3riefs Savi.ngs of Coca Dollars 25 Clandestine Landing Strips 25 Coca Traffic Upturn 25 Coca Bust in Santa Cruz 25 'POwerful' Drug Ring Busted 26 , Smugglers Arrested 26 Traffickers Forge Hospitalizatfon Permits 26 BRAZIL Drug Addiction, Trafficking Devastatir.g Sao Paulo Znterior (Renato Lom~ardi; O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, 8 Nov 81)........... 27 I Cocaine Seized, Five Arresked in Ipanema (JORNAL DE BRASIL, 30 O(:t a1) 35 Br iefs Bolivian Cucaine Seized 38 Argentine Cocaine Trafficker Arrested 38 Musicians With Drugs Arrested 39 - Arug Traffickers' Escape Aborted 39 Police Chief Dismissed 39 CHILE Briefs Peruvian Drug Traffickers 40 PERU Briefs Drug Traffickers' Plan Revealed 41 Cocaine Refinery 41 Cacaine Seizures 41 Colombian Cocaine Sm~gglers 41 ST KITTS-NEVIS - Briefs Marihuana Plantations 42 - P1EAR EAST AND NORTH AF1tICA IRAN Opium Seized in Esfahan, Shiraz, xerman (KEYHAN, 24 Nov 81) 43 - c - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONI~w APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/49: CIA-RDP82-00850R440500010001-4 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Briefs Heroin Haul in Zahedan 44 ISRAEL ; - Briefs Hashish Seized in Galilee 45 Record Heroin Seizure 4~ SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ANGOLA Briefs Marihuana Plant.ation Discovered 46 GHANA E3riefs Campaign Against Drug Abuse 4~ International Drug Traffic Suspects 4~ KENYA Briefs Big Bhang Bust 48 WEST EUROPE DENMARK Article Examines Financial Aspects of Narcotics Trade - (Troels Aagaard; BERL?NGSKE AFTEN, 16 Oct Slj..' 49 Briefs Cocaine, Heroin Seized at H:.rport 55 DrugsTied to Robberies 55 NORWAY Book Describes Drug Milieu in Norway (Tore Hoel; 1~RBEIDET,2BLADET, 26 Oct 81).., 56 Funds Approved for J.a::reased Narcotics-Control Effort (AFTENPOSTEN, 14 Nov 81) 59 Briefs - Mood-Altering Pills in Trondheim 61 -a- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 BANGIADESH BRIEFS OPIUM ARREST REPOFtTED--The Kotwali police recovered t~n seers of opium wortil about Taka 80,000 from the possession of one Abdul Mazid P.t Badamta].i Ghat on Friday. The poiice on d~ty challenged and arr~eted him while he was moving suspiciously there, says a Press release of D.M.P. Abdul Mazid hails from Toothpara ~.n Khulna District. A case has been started against the arrested person - under Utium ,Act. Meanwhile, acting on a secret in.Eormatton, a special sq~s,e.d of the Detective Branch of Dacca Metropolitan police ~ecovered one .32 bore revolver from Rc,om No. 176, S.M. Hall, Dacca University. None was arrested in tt~,is connec- tion, the Press release added. [Text~ (D~acca THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER in English 15 Nov 81 p 3~ CSO: 5300/7012 1 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00854R000540010001-4 ~ IDTDIA COUNTRY~S PROBLEMS IN MP?RKETING OPIUM TOLD , Bombay THE TIMES OF INDIA in English 8 Nov 81 p 22 ~Article bj~ Shree Sondhi~ ~TeXt~ ~iEE~t[,'CH I~ladh>~a Pr~desh), � I~ovember 8. ~SSIVE godowns are bein~ M built here tu storc l,'_W ton� AJJin; to ?he stora~ anu sale pey pf o ium which the o~ern- probl:ms ~n a record bumper crop ment haspbeen unable to seg.ll. ef opium thu yeer, over 830 tonnes q Qudown ~o a.:.omroods~e �i~) ~f opium was rec:ei.ed at ihe r~e- tr,nae~ of oD~um was re:entiy com- much fec:ory from the ~(adhyr ple~rd ri ~he ~o.ernment upium .~~d Padesh area. The normxl ~rops !~�n aik~leiAs fa.wry Two more Qodownn s about hJ0 tonnes. uf t~`0 iunnec and ~~0 ionxs .a~- P~DD)' ~ulti~ation and opium trAd~ :it> will be ~onstiu~~rd soon. coMrolled by the Vnited ~aii~ns The 1:11CY exirac~ed (rom PoPPY Interaation;?I Narcoii:s Control Roard. nurmell~ +iored in polyihene ba~~. UnJer the 1961 con~endon an n~ - _ But ehe h~g, .annui hoid +ne we~`ht coiie dro~tS, all councriea hx~e ~o fnr loog and otun I+unt. Hu~e submit their annual reyuirementt !o the board. The m�rnu(~~wrinY :oun- , quumiues nt opium ha~e been lunt tries arc then :onucced !o meet :he . ihi: w,i~, maA~ng ~he ~.;~ernmmt ~ � rs~lise ~he nad tor wlown~. A~~x. world's nse~.s. lndia. bein~ a~~Y n( one :Q. uf I~~et mesns almo~t Rs. ~raditional :ulti~aeor uf poppy, hr~I }50 ~i~~wn ~he dre~o. a monopal~ in the trade. .>�orJinx i~~ ~tr. T. S. R. Kri~hn.m. A.herRe ottm IevelleJ aqain.t ihe gencral m~naKer ot the Qovernment rnxn.�e mmiacry. Nhi:h i< m:harve op~um nnJ �rl{.alo~J works un~~r- ~~f opium production. and ~:s tr.t~le i:~kinK. ~eemu:h. the opium qlut in ~s ih~t it i. manned by re~enue pton!; ihe ,uumry i.: hecaux o[ the cn~nnc� aed not chu~e weil ~erted io in~"r' - ot ~m ne.v :ounuim into the up~am na~ion~1 uade. market. Ne ~ites TurEty ~nd Au~tr~� The ve:mu~h fa:tory was ut un in lia in this canteat. The~e counviea 19;6. "a ~:ade i~,o lare". a~:orJ~nb aatr~:t morphine slr~isht trom 'he lo one of ~t+ :riti:s. India ha+ poi:n- aopp~ plane, el~mina~in~ ~he opium tial of producinQ huge quanticiec of .iage. The process is a cluxFy-~uard- opiaca but this has nerYr bten hdly rd ~n~ cxploised. Till last year, the factor7l F.~i.l, f.V UF.~(.~rD was not makina any profit on ;ha manuf~ccure oi these drugs. For ~he ~lany of these countries wrn fiat time this yar, the taetory ~r- , InJN'. cus~omers. But aa they ~pra corded a profit ot Rs. 6.2 lakhs fr~ uuce enoutd to rtxet ti?eir dumev.ie chese drugs. reqwremmt fur ~~piuies, ihe demand The dru~s manu[actured aro mor- - fnr lndia's opium h~s follen. 7'I,~ phine, m~xphme hydrochloride. mor- Gha.~pur i~.iury ioo hat n: vmulai� phine sutah~ta ~oadeine. code'n~ ed a uoct of 1,.'~0 toone~ of oD~um. sulphnu .,nd Rarcoucs. The praluc~inn I.~ae year, the reemuch unJer� of thebriie. aoother compound, w~s takin~ :ould e.port only 1~7 tumes ��neJ unly a few monihs. aso. ~~F o~ium. "Thi.ti >esr `rnm April 'o Codeine (atchea over Rs. 5.3Q(1 ;~e~ Ociol,er, 150 ionae~ hrve been sn~d. k~. whik aU the other Jru~s. exaP~ The i~~~ernmeet hai announced narcotics. ~ell at batweeo Rs. 3,4CJ reb~~e on ~II npium hou~h~ 1+Y ~nd Rs. ~.110 pef kQ� . ~uunirie4 in t:~e�~ uf lau ye~r'~ The ent;y ot lnd~a into the w~+r]d quam~~~ in .~n ctiore to clear .~ocl~. tn~rket ior opium :ompounds '+at ~lso suffereG treeauu th~ !~ctory hed _ 2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000500010001-4 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2047102109: CIA-RDP82-00850R400504010041-4 ban iun~ti~~.^.inti �~iho~~ ~~ef+rul ~t~dfiva Pr~desh. ~the opium-Droduc- in~nager ior slmnc~ r~car ~nd ~ h~',( - , uil De;ember fy8~~. when ~Ir. ICri~h- ~~B Sintes. opium is quite popwat nan w~c ~pp~in~e~. ++i~h ~he lo:al pupnlatiun. The f,~.wr. ha. ~~!ither en e,cclri, et EFFECT O\ CO\Jl'~IER nor m:.h3n~ral engineer on in sc~ri, ,,;;ordina to Dr. De~mdra \lohan, Unly ;,nuut 11 de~. egu, a a~~ti+ aa�,o~iate direct~~r of the dcpartment maeager wrs rppoin:ed aiter a ia,na uf psvchiatry. the .~I!-lndia lnstit4ie oF m~m month.. .tll ~hia has ham- ,~f '~tedical S:iences. ~~ho has ron. pered ihe produ:uun of dtigs. d~,;~~~ 3 n~.~mber of ~�udirs un ~ar- Rectntl~, the , l~nt har! hrok