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31 Decemaer 1981
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31. December 1981
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCUrICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(F~UO 60/81)
CONTENTS
- ASIA
HONG KONG
Police Smash Two Drug Syndicates, Seize Opium, Heroin
(cJUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 21~, 28 Nov 81) 1
Brieis
Opium Traffickers Chaiged 3
INDIA ~
Brief s
Opium Arrest Reported 4
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PAKISTAN
Legislation To Combat Drug Addiction Planned
(DAWN, 7 Dec 81) 5
Campaign To Reduce Poppy Cultivation Viewed
(,~AWN, 7 Dec 81 : 6
Heroin Seized From Europe-Bound Ship
(MOR.NIiJG NEWS, 11 Dec 81) 8
THAILAND
' Briefs
Opium Eradication Program Postponed 10
Australian Antidrug Aid 10
Hat Yai Drugs Seizures 10
Narcotics Bonfire 11
Former BPP Corporal Held 11
' Opium in Unregistered Car 11
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Marihuana Plantation Destroyed ~l
Heroin Smagglers Seized 12
Drug Smugglers Nabbed 12
Convicted Monk Arrested 12
Three Lao Arrested 12
~,ATI;~ AMERICA
BARBADOS
- Brief s
Anti-Drug Squad 13
BOLIVIA
- Chapare Coca Crop Affectecl by I7isease
(LOS TIEMPOS, 17 Nov 81) l~t
DCMINICA ~
Brief s
Arrest of Rastafarians 15
MEXICO
Confiscated Drugs Being Removed From Court Premises
(EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS, 3 Nov 8"1) 16
Sentences Imposed for Marihuana Traf~icking, ~'risoner Release
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO LAkEDO, 25 Nov 81) L7
PANAMA
Brief's
Cocaine Traff_icker 18
PERU
Briefs
C~caine at Lima Airport 19
Illegal Coca Plantations 19
Dutch I1rug Trafficker 19
Drug Seizures Estimates 19
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO .
Brief s
Marihuana in Maiibags 20
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NEAP. ~AST AND NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT
Qpium Drug Bust Ends in Arrest of Italian S~nuggler~ Diploma.t
(Husayn Gharim; AL-AHI~AM, $ Sep 81) 21
Hashish Operation Leads To Arrest of Narco~ics King
(Munir al-Masiri; AHIiIR SA'AH, 23 Sep 81) 23
IR,AN
Briefs
O~ium Seizure in Mashhad 2$
~ Opium Seizure in Shiraz 28
MasYuhad ~pium Seizure 2$
, Poppy Cultivation Banned 2$
Khorasan Drug Fiscoveries 28
Drugs Confiscated in Shiraz 28
International Drug Traffickers Arrested 29
Drugs Seized in Shiraz ~9
Shiraz Drug Seizure 2g
WEST EUROPE
- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Council of Europe Adopts Program Against Naxco+,,ics
(LUXIIKBURGER WORT, 23 Nov 81j 30
CYPRUS
Brief s
Cyprus Battles Narcotics 32
SWEDEN
Briefs
Dogs~ Enforcement Contribution Explained 33
Indian Gang Smuggled Cannabis 33
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HONG KONG
POLICE SMASH 'FWO DRUG ~YNDICATES, SEIZE OPIUM, HEROIN
Largest Haul in 1981
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORI~ING POST in English 24 Nov 8J. p 12
[ T ex t j A Chiu Chew syndicate "Inquirie~ iato the syndi-. Wong Txi Sin. Shek Kip Mei
involved in the local distri- cate are stilt proceeding and and Shams6uipo, swpected to
bution of opium and her- NB officera are makin~ raids be connected with the drug
oin was smasbed yesterday avernight in variow d~suicu ayndicate.
in Kowlooa. ~o tii~, detectives
by officers of the Narcot- ~�~ye ho co et che s ndi.
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j ics Bureau. ~ cace's cop of~ticia befars
the ~de several small drug sei-
~ y zure~ and arrated another
A senior member of che euape from Hongkong w 8~ Fvx men. all ia their 40s and
syndicate wa~ amung siz men into hiding, the officer said. S~
and a woman arrested follow- Bureau officen have been The arrested men and the
in a seizure of 33 1M ~f
, invatiQatinQ the syndl~ate woman wera earfy thit morn-
de ydrated prepared opium for some time, but had failed ic~ helpin~ police with their
and more than two Ibs of No ~o obtain aay conerxte evi- inquitia aad no charge has
. 3 heroin estimated to be dence. yet ban pr~ferred againsf
- wort~ at least 51.28 miqion tide turned� ydterday them.
on the retail market. attornaon whea information ~
Yesterday's haut waa the was receiveQ aad buresu offi- Meanwhile~,, police in
biggat single seizure made cen Isid an ambush in Hnm- Wanchai yaurday arrested
by NB officers so far chis mer Hill Roed, Won~ Tai ~0V�ng P00Ple, iacluding a
year. Sin. of ISOe girl, nfter the seizure
The waiting officera saw a 6~~ af No 3 heroin.
A senior bureau officer man holding two travelling O~cer~ from the Danger-
said last night the dehydrated bags IeaviaQ a taxi, and rush- oua Dru~ Squad, acting on
opium was of "firsc-claas" ~ 8t him. information, itopQed and
- yuality and could have been ~e baQs were filled with sarched an ~18-ywr-old girl
- doubled in weight by re�r;ook� newspapers, b~et blocks of in Lan Fong Road, Causeway .
ing and mixing. d~ydrate~ opium were found 9ay, ~6ortly before 2 Qm and ;
"From chat 66 Iba it cou~d c~ncealed underneat6. seized a packet oP hero?n.
be doubled again before being The arrated m4n. who ia The g~rl was later taken
sold to addicts, � who are in ,his SOs, wai later taken back to.her tlat on the 17th
usually those of the older back to hK home st Sung floor of 70 La Garden Road
- generauon," he said. Yan Strat, Kun Ton where where another seven packets
The opium seizure will hit about two nounds o~ heroin of 6eroin were seized. ~
che opium marka very hard, were found ~in a roam of the Her paren4, brother and
- and, price~ will soar from flat. His mother who was in her boyfriend; who were in
today, the officer said. the premisa waa alw anest- the tlat, w~re arrated.
Ht said that it was rather ed. 'I'he five were last nig}~t
' unusual for a syndicate tri be FoUewing the seizure. bu� being detained at WancFsai
' invoived in both opium and reau detectiva raided various police uation for further in-
heroin. . � addrcssa in Kun Tong, quiries.
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Heroin Refinery Found
- Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English 2t3 Nov 81 p 1
(Text ] Narcoaca Bursau detec- Tha other five man were
tivw yesurday smaehed a held after poGcx swooped
huge druge ring foliowin~ a twice more - emating one
_ ra~d by 40 ofEiare on a build� mtn in SLamshuipo and the
ing in Tsun Wan. other four in a Mongkok res- ,
Thirtan men were aneat-
- ed in three policx swoops. All 13 were being ques-
which alao netted drugs said tioned last ai~h~
to be worth 51.8 million on ~ of t6e
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u~ssca ~
~eBu~t hstoia. worth prob- . thairdrt~aetm ~
ably threa tima as much, was The siaf!' nfficer in charge
tiuahed down toileta in tha of t6e invddgation for the
first taid, the bureau claimod. Naroodca Bweau, Mr Man
OfCcen soized 2.S kg of S6In~-ho4 aaid the drugs
suspected No 3 heroin aad when oonverud were to sup-
2.3 kg of suspocted 6aoin p1y local marlcets in Eaat and
base in the raid oei premises West Kowloon.
in an iaduauial building in A larga quandty of chem'r
Shs Tsui Raad, Tsun Wan. cala sucb as csffeine, hydro-
'They atid they had a4+o cbdoric acid, sodium carbon-
capYured the masttrmind ba ate. ~trychnine and parapher-
bind the 6eroin rofinery tulir eesociated with the
s . ~ - manufa~turing and packag-
~Polia moved in on three ~8 ~~b~ a~O
men after lying ia wait out. ia the raid~. �
side the bnilding. Mr Man ~aid t}~e rofu~cry
They then Jaahod upstairs wu welt cavered under the
where a furthv five men ra ~ut~e of a cubber factory and
fwod to let ttiem into a flat had bao .camverting heroiu

~ After nbout 1 S miautea police ~ fram morphine � for the paat
focced open the daor. wc w 12 mont}b.
Polia uid the five men Ha ~aid it was the firat
had flushod betwan t0 and factory caaverting morphine
1 S kg of dangerous drugs to heroin to be smashed by
doam tbree toilnt~ in the t]at poli~x in 18 moathi. ~
ts they tricd to force t6eir
wry in.
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HONG KONG
BRIEFS
. OPIUM TRAF~ICKERS CHARGED--A man and two women appeared before Mr D. C, Lee at
South Kowloon Court yesterday on charges of possessing about 7 1/2 kilos of
opium for unlawful trafficking. The court was told that the drugs were worth
~ about $330,000. No plea was taken from Kwan Leung (51), Au Siu-chun (46) and
Au Lin (42) and they were remanded in jail custody until next Tuesday. They
are jointly charged with possessing 3.6 kilos of prepared opium and about
2.8 kilos of prepared opium, which had been dehydrated, in a sixth floor flat
at 41 Ha Heung Road, Kowloon, on Saturday. Kwan and Au Siu-chun are additionally
- charged with possessing about one kilo of prepared opium and about 250 grams of
prepared opium, which had been dehydrated, at the ground floor entrance of
Kwan Kan Building, 2-8 Temple Street, Yaumati on the same day. Au Siu-chun is
further charged with possessing about 35 grams of prepared op~.um in the same
- building on the same day. [Text] [Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in English
1Dec81p22]
CSO: 5320/9106
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INDIA
BRIEFS
OPIUM A12REST REPORTED--A Bareilly rpsident hopeful of concluding a barter exchazt~ge
of opium in return for a head of cattle found himself minus both in police custody
when Sultanpuri police arrested him on Thursday after reco~�ering tw~o kilos of opi-
um from his possession. According to police the arrested person Ram Gulam had
pracured the opitinn from Bareilly for another person in the Sultanpuri who had of-
fered him ca~tle in exchange. [New Delhi PATRIO'P in English 21 Nov 81 p 10]
CSO: 5300/7013
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PAKISTAN
LEGISLATION TO COMBAT DRUG ADDICTION PLANNED
Karachi DAWN in English 7 Dec 81 p 10
[Text] Islamabad, Dec 6--The President's Adviser on Health, Dr. Basharat Jazbi,
yesterday said that a comprehensive legislation to meet the problem of drug~addic-
tion was on the anvil and will be enforced in the near future.
Addressing the opening sessio*~ of the four-day symposium on drug demand reducti~n,
organised by the Pakistan Nar~otics Control Baard here yesterday, Dr. Jazbi asked
the participants to formulate a national plan of action and forw~ard it to him for
Government action.
~ The symposium is being attended by Pakistani doc~ora, drug specialists and experts
and repreaentatives of a number of United Nations and international organisations,
. including the UNFDAC, WHO and ILO.
Earlier, welcoming the Advisor to the aymposium, the Chairman, of the Pakistan
Narcotics Control Board, Mr. Mairaj Hussain, told the symposium tlaat PNCB's effosts
have been succ~ssful in bringing do~vn the production of opium in Pakistan fro~n
~,000 metric tons in 1978-79 to 85 tons in 1980-81. But, he said, even this vastly
reduced production of opium posed grave da~aqer to the coua~ry and the Board was de-
termined to continue its efforts to reduce production.
The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mr. A. Sami Qureshi, also~ad-
dressed the symposium and said that even though precise statistics about the addic-
tion to drugs in Pakistan were not available the basic parameters were there and
the problem had been quite clearly identified. He said, if nECessary.druq control
laws w~ould be reviewed and reinforced by the Government.
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The US Ambassador, Mr. Ronald I Spiera who attended the evening session said that
Amerxca also had a drug problem which was causing anxiety and as such there was a
deep understanding of Pakistan endeavours towards achievement of a drug free soci-
ety. He said Pakistan and America was tackling essentially identical problem. We
were working hands in hand to deal with it.
The symposium concludes on Dec 8. . ~
CSO: 5300/4574
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PAKISTAN
CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE POPPY CULTIVATION VIEWED
Karachi DAWN in English 7 Dec 81 p 7
[Text] The caznpaign to contain and reduce poppy cultivation is continuing although
in the absence of adequate funds the impact it is having is limited. 'I'he latest
move in this connection was the grant af 4.2 milli~n dollars by tlze U.N. Fund for
Drug Abuse Control, the money ta be used in one of the country's major ~oppy grow-
- ing areas, Buner, in Swat, for crop substitution purposes. Because larqe numbers
of families are dependant on poppy growing, and because the economi~:: of entire
regions may sometimes be centred on op3.um, it-ia inadvisabl.e to begin with very
drastic action to curtail cultivation of poppy. In pakistan, another complicaici.o~
is that almost all the poppy is gr~wn in areas which are considered sensitive by
the Government, and where the course~ ~f actior_ available to 3t are restricted.
Crop substitution is, of course, tne best possible way of ending poppy cultivation,
and it has been used with considera~le succes$ in parts of ttie notor~aus Golden
Triangle. In fact, the much greater importance which Pakistar~ h~s acqui.red in re- `
cent years as a narcotics ~xporting country is partly due to curtsiled production
in the countries of the Golden Trianqle.
What we must assess accurately--and soon--is whether crop substitution can be pro-
- moted without resort to extreme coercion. And in making such ~n assessm~;nt it is.
obvious that the financial resources whi~h can be apared for this purpose, and the
realities of narcotics control, must be taken into account. Production of opium
and its derivatives has reached a stage which is terrifying, and along with it drug
addiction has gone up also: and opium is very different from the much r,.ore benign
cannabis, for it is a cruel drug which rap~.dly reduces man to vegetable. It is es-
sential, therefore, that all-out war be declared on it and the efficacy of the in-
struments which are in use or are to be used be assessed accurately.
Some idea of the sucr_ess or failure ef crop substitution eff~rts can be had frrnn
the Buner area, where auch attempts had been made in t~e past ai;fl are probably
still on. Facts and figures illustrating the results of these at~empts should be
collated and published. If it is found that even after several years there has not
= been any significant decline ian poppy cuitivation and switch-over ~o other crops,
then methods should be re-examined: sufficient incentives may not have been pro-
vided to the farmer to go over to other crops, or perhapa farmers are just not
willing to settle for less incame even thouqh it may be aufficient for their needs.
In this ~ase different means should be employed and attempts made to ~meet any
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reasonable demand made by farmers. The point is that the Government should satisfy
itself that step~a taken to encfluraqe growing af 'normal' arops have a positive
chance of success, and that better irrigation fa~ilities, for instance, are not
used merely to ~row better goppy. There should also be a limit to the policy of
appeasement and to encourage crnp substitution, it m~sy be necessary perhaps to in-
troduce some degree of coercion, along witiz the provision of incentives.
CSO: 5300/4574
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PAI;ISTAN
HEROIN SEIZED FROM EUROPE-BOUND SHIP ~
Karachi MORNING NEWS in Eng13~h 11 Dec 81 p 9
_ (TextJ The Cust gm5 D~ ~e~n�foreign currencye afterlagbid to~smuggle it wasefoiled ~
worth about Rs.
at the East Wharf yesterday,
The Customs Drug Enforcement Cell, the reports said, had a hot lead minutes before
the contraband cargo beinq shipped for a western Europe desintation.
Mr Mobin Ahmed i~an, in coordination WicessfulDraid resultingrinfthesseizure of~~ad
Rashid, laid a trap and conducted a suc
half kilogram of heroin.
Four crew members, MMohammad Aziz IQZan, Lalved,inathe rackRet~,~were picl~ed
up forli
and Sher Ali, firemen, alleged to be invo
interrogation.
The contraband cargo was recovered from the tunnel of the deep freezer compartment
of the ship.
However, the Customs Drug Enforcement Cell were rummaging through the other parts
of the ship, till last night, in a search for more of the contraband cargo. The
ship was detained at the wharf.
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Customs Drug Enforcement Cell yesterday seized heroin worth Rs. 8.5 crore
- from a cargo ship. Photo shows Mr Mohanmad Akbar, Collector, Customs, Mr
Amjad Rashid, Deputy Collector, Mr Malik Mubin Ahmed, Superintendent, Drug
Cell and Mr Sibtain, Inapector seen inspecting the heroin.
CSO: 5300/4575
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~IiAILAND
BRIEFS
OPIUM ERADICATION PROGR~:M POSTPONID--Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanon has postponed
the program to wipe out opium cultivation by hilltribe farmers in 10 villages of
Chiang Mai Province. The prime minister has cited the reason for the postponement
- that he wishes to know more details about the program. The poppy substitution
plan is under the Thai UN-sponsored crop substitution pro~ect. The poppy destroy-
ing team, comprised of provincial [word indistinct] and border patrol police, had
earlier planned to start their work in the 10 villages last week. The Office of
the Narcotics Control Board this year has planned for the first time to take action
~ against hilltribe farmers who grow opium tn an attempt to reduce opium cultuvation
in the Thai,side of the Golden Triangle. Officials say that cash crops intro-
duced to these f armers during the past 10 years have yielded good results and en-
abled them to earn more income zhan growing opium. [Text] [BR140343 Bangkok Do-
mestic Service in English 0000 GMT 14 Dec 81]
AUSTRALIAN ANTIDRUG AID--Australia i~n 12 November granted Thailand 350,000 baht
worth of equipment including a minicomputer to strengthen the Thai antinarcotics
forces. The equipment was delivered to Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prachuap Suntharang-
kun by the Australian ambassador to Thailand during their meeting at Gonernment
House. Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prachuap Suntharangkun said the Australian con-
tribution included 14 walkie-talkie sets, 7 sets of radi~o transmission equipment
and the minicomputer. [BK170349 Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in English 1100 GMT
- 13 Nov 81]
- HAT YAI DRUGS SEIZURES--Hatyai--Three persons, including a woman, were arrested by
narcotics police here yesterday in two separate incidents where police confiscated
~ 74 kilogrammes of cooked opium, 1.3 ki~ogrammes of "No 999" heroin and 300 grammes
of No 4 heroin, worth a total of 2.1 million baht, police said. In the first inci-
dent, two suspects each driving a car were arrested when cooked opium worth 1.6 mil-
lion baht was found in one car. Mada-o Phinwang, 43, from Padang Besai, and Iam
- Suphatthanachaiphichef, 42, were both stopped at 7.20 a.m. at a police road block.
Police, who had been tipped off that the suspects may be carrqing drugs, said they
found two large parcels which contained 74 kilogrammes of cooked opium in Iam's car.
In the second incident, police at noon arrested Mrs Nom Buttaphan, 38, from Village
Group Five, Tambon Kuan-Luang, here when she was allegedly found carrying heroin
concealed in a big laundry detergent box at Hat Yai airport, police said. Police
said they found 1.3 kilogrammes of No 999 heroin and 300 grammes of No 4 heroin
worth about 500,000 baht inaide the box. [Text] [Bangkok WORLD in English 4 Dec
- 81p3BK]
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NARCOTICS BONFIRE--Nearly 600 kgs of seized narcotics were put to the torch irr a
big bonfire at the head off ice of the disaster relief centre on Wiphawadi ~cangsit
road yesterday. The event, which involved 10 million baht worth of narcotics, was
chaired by Deputy Premier Prachuap Suntharangkun and witnessed by senior government
off icials, the press and ~~h~ general public. About 270 kgs of the destroyed nar-
cotics was heroin and the rESt were morphine, marihuana, kratom leaves and some
tablets. This was the fourth time in the past four consecutive years that huge
amounts of seized drugs were destroyed by fire. The first three events were in
_ August 1977 (1,291.44 kgs), January 1979 (8,162.552 kgs) and August 1980 (1,179.959
kgs). [BK180301 Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 7 Dec 81 p 1]
FORMER BPP CORPORAL HELD--Police arrested a former border patrol pd.lice [BPP] corporal
~ as he was allegedly about to deliver 3.5 kilogrammes of heroin yesterday--the second
time he had been held on heroin charges, police said. Pol Cpl Sariguan Panchakhan
was arrested when he arrived at Huai Khwang market at about 3 p.m. yesterday. Police
said a waiting crime suppression team, tipped off there would be a heroin delivery,
found the double lions brand heroin when they searched Sanguan's pickup truck.
Police claimed Sanguan admitted smuggling the heroin from Mae Sai District of
Chiang Rai for clients in Bangkok. He was detained at the crime suppression di-
vision on an initial charge of possessing the drugs with intent to sell. Former
Corporal Sanguan, a native of Mae Sai District, was previously arrested on January 9, ~
1978 when he and two others were allegedly waiting to deliver about 3.5 kg of heroin
smuggled from Mae Sai. However, Pol Cpl Sanguan was acquitted by the three courts
for lack of evidence, while the other two were sentenced. [Text][Bangkok POST in
English 8 Dec 81 p 5 BK]
OPIUM IN UNREGISTERED CAR---A joint customs and police team early yesterday ~_~orning
arrested a man in the Thon Buri area carrying 16 kilogrammes of raw opium hidde~.
in an unregistered car. The ma.n's brand-new blue Toyota Corolla saloon was believed
to have been smuggled into Thailand across the southern border. It carried a fake
Samut Sakhon licence plate. The arrest came ~fter customs officials were tipped
off that an amount of contraband would be brough to Bangkok from the south. They
set up a checkpoint on Ekkachai road yesterday morning. At about 10 a.m. the
Toyota, driven by Wasan Sihaphon, approached the check point but turned and sped away
when the driver saw the uniformed officers. After a brief chase, Wasan was forced
to stop in front of Soi Charoenrat. Searching the car, the official.s found 16 kilo-
grammes of raw opium in the boot. Wasan declined to give a statement to the police.
[Text] [Bangkok POST in English 5 Dec 81 p 3 BK]
MARIHUANA PLANTATION DESTROYED--Sakon Nakhon--Police last Saturday [12 December)
raided two villages in Khok Sisuphan sub-district and destroyed a large plantation
- of ~iarihuana. Acting on a tip-off that the marihuana plants were ready for cutting,
about 100 policemen led by Pol Lt-Col M.R. Prasansawat Suksawat, the deputy super-
intendent, went into Ban Klang and Ban Muang Khai of Tambon Dan Thuang-Kham to
investigate. The police team found the 100-rai plantation on the edge of a forest
about 1 kilometre from the villages. Armed with sickles and knives, the policemen
chopped down the plants and then burned them. A police official said the police
action haiiinfuriated villagers who put up no resistance, merely watching the bonfire
helplessly. The official said villagers there earned their li~~ing by planting mari-
huana and selling it to drug tiraffickers who also financed the cultivation. [Bangkok
POST in English 14 Dec 81 p 2 BK]
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HEROIN SMUGGLERS SEIZED--Tfao TYtai men were arrested late Sunday night while a11eg-
edly attempting to smuggle over four kilogrammes of No 3"brown sugar" heroin to
West Germany. The two men, Pramot Kaeoprasoet, 32 and Thoedsak Tosaks, 25, refused
to make a statement to customs and~~police officials upon arrest. The officials
_ reported that they found the narcotic drug, neatly packed in 16 plastic bags, hid-
den in specially-made secret compartments of the suitcases. The drugs weighed. a
- total of 4,190 grammes. [Bangkok POST in English 24 Nov 81 p 5]
- DRUG SMUGGLERS NABBED--A taxi driver and a beautician were arrested yesterday while
allegedly attempting to smuggle 3 kilogrammes of heroin base out of the country to
Tokyo. Aphichat Loet-Usaha, 24, and Miss Somphon Koro, 21, were~about to board
a Cathay PacifiC. flight to Tokyo when a Metropolitan Narcotics Unit (MNU) police
team rep~rtedly intercepted them and found the drugs neatly hidden in specially-
made compartments in the two suitcases which they allegedly were carrying. The
two suspects reportedly were with a tour group organised by Rungsap Tour. Aphichat
reportedly told police he was hired by a Japanese drugs dealer who paid for Miss
Somphon and his airfare plus 21,000 baht pocket money each. Miss Somphon denied
any knowledge of the drugs, saying that she accompanie3 him only because she had
- been contacted to work in a Tokyo bar. [Bangkok POST in English 13 Dec 81 p 2 BK]
CONVICTED MONK ARRESTED--A convicted drugs trafficker, who became a monk three years
ago in an attempt to avoid serving a life sentence, was arrested on Friday by a
Bangkok north police team at a temple in Si Samrong District o~ Sukhothai Province.
Deputy commander of the Bangkok North Investigation Bureau, Pol Lt-Col Kittichok
Seangnil said that Ong-at Peng Sae Tae or Phikkhu Sompong, had gone to the temple
to perform a religious rite. He was disrobed from the monkhood after his arrest, he
- added. In October 1978 Ong-at was sentenced to life imprisonment in abstentia after
escaping arrest in a police raid in Samut Prakan. During the raid 92.7 kilograms
of heroin, 58.4 kilograms of morphine and 81.2 kilograms of processed opium were
seized. [Bangkok POST in English 22 Nov 81 p 3]
THREE LAO ARRESTED--Loei--Three Lao were arrested 3t. Chiang Khan District Friday
night after they crossed the border into Thailand with a bag containing 12 kilo-
- grammes of apium and 650 grammes of No 4 heroin, according to Mr Kasem Chaisith,
the district officer. The men were arrested by a police team which had been pat-
rolling the border road and Mekong River bank after being informed of the smuggling
attempt. At about 7.30 p.m., the three men, one of them pushing a bicycle, were
seen coming down the road. They were stopped by the police and a search of a should-
er bag carried by one of them turne~d out to contain the heroin and opium. The
three men said they were Lao and had come from Vientiane w3th the drugs which they
- were to deliver to an unidentified Thai merchant in Chiang Khan District. Police
have charged the three ~,ao with possessing narcotic drugs with intent to sel:l and
illegally entering the country. [Bangkok POST in English 29 Nov 81 p 2 BK]
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BARBADOS
BRIEFS '
ANTI-DRUG SQUAD--Barbados now has the machinery to combat large s~:ale drug
trafficking. It is the Undercover Drug Squad [UDS]. Acting Commissioner of
Police, Orville Durant, yesterday announced tihe establishment of the UDS an~
intimated that the squad was necessary because of the highly suspected "large
- scale drug trafficking" in the island. The police deputy told THE NATION that
the undercover cops were all trained by renown American crimebusters, Federal
- Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and since its inception at the beginning of
fiovember, had produced 'bery interesting results." One such crackdown by ~`r.e
undercover police led to the arrest of an American, on Saturday, who was charged
with the illegal possession of drugs. Now awaiting an analyst report, police
also suspect that the drug contents may consist of hashish. Durant also stated
that the special squad duties include the monitoring of schools. Drugs in Bar-
bados, more commonly marijuana, is now into a multi-million dollar business
and in recent times, more and more people have been brought before the courts
for use and trafficking offences.. Increased scrutiny at both sea and airports
has resulted in the seizing of hundreds of pounds of marij uana and other drugs
worth millions of dollars. At the recently completed October Assizes, a St James
- man was sent to jail for five years after he was found guilty of importing some
$750,000 of marijuana. Several raids carried out by 3oint police/Defence Force
_ squads have uncovered hundreds of neatly cultivated plots of marijuana in the
remote parts of the country side. [Text] [Bridgetown THE NATION in English
17 Nov 81 p 1]
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~ BOLIVIA
CHAPARE COCA CROP AFFECTED BY DISEASE ~
Cochambamba LOS TIIIyIPOS in Spanish 17 Nov 18 p 7
[Text] The peasants of Chapare have become concerned about the appearance of. a
disease affecting coca plants called "estalla,." which hinders their growth and
causes the leaves to crack.
According to reports from Ministry of
Agriculture technicians, the disease has ~
appeared in a number of regions, where the crops have had to be abandoned and in
~ some cases destroyed to prevent the spread of the virus.
It was learned that the situation is forcing producers of coca to use chemical
fertilizers, weed killers and fungicides and other high agricultural technology
chemical products.
According to the peasants in the region, the name of the disease derives from the
verb "estallar" (to break out) because of the resemblance to an explosion of some
' kind leading to the destruction of an object.
Dozens of peasants in the Mejillones zone and the coastal and other regions have
abandoned the cultivation of coca because of the existence of the disease.
Moreover, technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture, the PRODES and other
bodies working in the Chapare zone have reported that "estalla" may affect a large
percentage of the coca crop in Chapare and may force the peasants to turn to the
cultivation of .other crops such as papaya, citrus fruits, bananas, yucca, rice, etc.
However they sald that total replacement of the coca crop would be difficult for
the peasants, because "they have become accustomed to earning the money."
The technicians say that there is a pos'sibility that the peasants could eliminate
~ the disease by their own efforts or by turning to private agronomical technicians,
because it is in their interest to improve and "purify" the growing of coca plants.
- It was learned unofficially that at the market center in Zinahota last Sunday, coca
leaves were being sold at up to 10,000 Bolivian pesos per packet to private persons
or merchants engaged in drug traffic, while a very limited quantity of the leaf was
being sold at 4,000 Bolivian pesos at the Office for the Supervision and Control of
the Marketing of Coca.
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~ DOMINICA
BRIEFS
ARREST OF RASTAFARIANS--Roseau, Dominica, Frid.ay (CANA)--Dominica police yester-
day confirmed they were holding three members of the local Rastafarian community~
following a raid on their commune ~ust outside the capital, Roseau, on charges
of having marijuana in their possession. They said that Desmond Trotter, proba-
bly the best known Rastafarian here, and a woman were among the detainees.
Trotter became known internationally after he was senter~ced to death for murder-
ing an American tourist here in the eaxly 70's. He repeatedly said he was inno-
cent of the crime and following international protests and petitiona on his behalf,
~ the death sentence was coimnuted to life imprisonment until 1979 when it was
squashed and he was released. The police said a number of mari~uana plants were
found inside the hut occupied by the three persons and others were being culti-
vated nearby. They are due to appear in a Magistrate's Court,today to answer the
charges. Meanwhile, a 25-year-old Rastaf~rian was found dead in the hills sur-
_ rounding the village of Delices earlier this week, after reports from the village
said that the man, Avondale Alexander, had gone on a hunger strike. The police
said the youth's body was found by a Forest Ranger. In other police news, a
28-year-old St Lucian held in custody by the police here and wanted in his home-
land on a number of charges including drug tr~_�ticking, escaped from prison last
night along with three other pominicans. Pc,iice said that Jean-Marie Ben~amin
who was fined EC$500 by a City Magistrate yesterday for possession of a quantity
of mari~uana, was to be deported for illegal entry into the island. They added
that Ben~amin, whom they described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a scar on the
left side of his face and a member of the Rastafarian movement, had managed to
escape lawful custody during the early hours of this morning. The police said
that the description of the other escaped men would be announced later. [Text]
[Bridgetown ADVOCATE-NEWS in English 14 Nov 81 p 3]
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MEXICO
CONFISCATED DRUGS BEING REMOVED FROM COURT PREMISES
Piedras Negras EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS in Spanish 3 Nov 81 Sec B p 1
_ [Text] Yesterday, Fernando Ventura, first secretary of the Second District Federal
Court, reported on the removal that is conti.nuing in that entity of all the drugs
which have been turned over in the various tiases that are being heard in proceedings
both with and without arrests. ~
He noted that some of them were burned several days ago, and that this work is being
continued in order to put an end to the entire remains and supplies of drugs, begin-
ning with the cases which have already been tried and are settled.
Envelapes and packages containing marihuana were evident in his office, because the
" cases associated with cocaine, heroin and opium have been concluded, and the evidence
incinerated.
He said that only samples are being stored along with the records, remarking that
this is something which must be done so as to end ttxe problem of keeping those
amounts of ma~ihuana and other drugs too long in the custody of the court.
' He claimed that it was impossible to keep those samples in the court any longer,
~ because problems might arise, which would occur because the proceedings wherein
; these drugs are involved have been settled.
I
~ He said that, this year, action has been initiated in 85 different cases for crimeg�
I
against health and contraband, and in 118 for the smuggling of laborers abroa ;
I noting that most of these crimes were against health, while those relating to the
, illegal importing of weapons have declined by a large percentage.
i
~ He said that this phenomenon had been noticed the year before last, when there was
a large number of cases involving ~ersons attempting to bring weapons and ammulli-
tion of various calibers into the interior of the country. Most of them were held,
- by the Customs Guard, because they were detected when the individuals arrived from
the United States at the checkpoint on the International Bridge.
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MEXICO
SENTENCES IMPOSED FOR MARIHUANA TRAFFICKING, PRISONER REL~ASE
Nuevo Laredo EL BIAR'IO DE NUEVO LAREDO in Spanish 25 Nov 81 Sec C p 6
Ricardo Rodriguez Villarreal, imposed
[Text] Yesterday, the~third district judge,
- a prison sentence of l years and 6 months and a fine of 10,000 pesos upon an indi-
vidual who was arre~ted last year by Federal Judicial Police agents with a shipment
of marihuana in his possession.
- In July of last year, Miguel ~hat hadrbeenZSet~upsonatheaNationalyHighwaq~ J'udicial
Police forces at a checkpoint
At the ~eginning of the questioning, this subject told the federal agents that he
had purchased the drugs in~h~otO~ herf ersonsawho were~not arrested byhtheeFederalion
of selling them in this to P
Police because they had managed to escape to the United States.
Miguel Angel Rodriguez Torres was convicted by the federal court for a crime against
health in the degrees of ~commissionsofsthenaforementio edncrime~s w',asChandedtdowri
pertinent sentence for the
against him.
Moreover, it was announced in the third district court that Manuel Hernandez Garza
had al~o been sentenced, for the commision of the crime of prisoner escape.
The sentence passed against this individual was 5 years and 5 months in prison, '
which he will serve at the federal convict from the Reynosa jaila since 1979, when
he allowed the escape of a
- According to the statements made by M~tuhe receivedZan~allegeddtelephone~callnfrom
and the third district court, in Aug
the prison director, Jose Taile Loredo, notifying him that he was to a11ow the
release of Juan Antonio Guerra from the jail.
This story was later proven monee forsallowingtthe$inmate~eJuanaAntonio1GuerrantoZ
had received a large sum of y
escape from the ,~ail.
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PANAMA
BRIEFS
- COCAINE TRAFFICKER--Gustavo Adolfo Mesa, a 20-year-old Colombian student,,was ar-
rested with approximately 1.5 kilos o~f cocaine~by agents of the Panamanian Finance
and Treasury Ministry Narcotics Division, at his arrival at General Omar Torri~os
, Herrer.a international airport, aboard flight 112 of SAM airline, from Medellin,
Colombia. [Panama City MATUTINO in Spanish 28 Oct 81 p 2-A PA]
CSO: 5300/2102
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PERU
BRIEFS
COCAINE AT LIMA AIRPORT--Antidrug dogs at the Jorge Chavez international airport
in Lima detected yesterday 40 kg of pepper-camouflaged cocaine base in two suit-
cases carried by Colombians Fernando Micolta Salinas, 30, and William Alfredo
Gutierrez Gaitan, 28. [Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 15 Nov 81 p A-1 PY]
ILLEGAL COCA PLANTATIONS--The 6ivi1 Cuard's Intelligence Service have traced more
than 55,000 h~ctares of 311ega1 coca plantations with a production surpassing
60,000 metric tons per year. Dru~ traffickers operating in the country pay six times
more than the value fixed by the ENACO-Peru [National Coca Enterprise]. Illegal
plantations were found in the following deparments: Ayacucho (8,669 hectares, with
a production of 6,976,000 kg); Huanuco (17,000 hectares, with a production of
16,985,000 kg); San Martin (12,153 hectares, with a production of 10,535,000 kg).
~ [Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 16 Nov 81 p~4-14 PY]
DUTCH DRUG TRAFFICKER--Lima, 21 Nov (Tr'~,AM)--Peruvian police have arrested Dutch
citizen Ply Antonie Marinus for carrying 500 grams of p~e cocaine hydrochlori.de.
On the local marke t this would be about 20 million soles although abroaat its value
can increase about 10 times.~[Buenos Aires.TELAM in Spanish 2137 GMT 21 Nov 81 PYJ
DRUG SEIZURES ESTIMATES--Since 1 January 1981, Civil Guard Intelligence Sexvice
(DIRINGC) has seized drugs worth 71 billion soles. It has disrupted 50 drug traf-
fickers' organizations and captured 500 trafifickers. [Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish
14 Nov 81 p A-14 PYJ ~
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
0
BRIEFS
- MARIJUANA IN MAILBAGS--Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Friday (CANA)--Three mailbags
containing $75Q000 worth of mari~uana were discovered at Piarco International
Airport this week by Customs Officers, a spokesman said today. The cured mari-
~uana was found xn mailbags destined for Guyana. The bags arrived on a BWIA
- flight from Kingston, Jamaica, around 1Z.30 p.m. (0300 hours GMT) on Wednesday.
Having discovered a similar find a month go, the Customs Officers called in post
office agents to check the bags. It was found that there was no local registra-
tion of the "mail" and as a result the bags were opened, according to the spokes-
man. Recent Customs Officers stepped up surveillance at all ports of entry in a
~ bid to clirb smuggling, especially of narcotics and arms and ammunition, into the
country. Also on Wednesday night, in a3oint exercise with the Coagt Guard,
Customs Officers intercepted an inter-island schooner, the "Cathy-Ann," and
seized a firearm and 100 rounds of ammunition. The captain of the vessel has
been charged with failing to declare the firearm and ammunition. [Text]
[Bridgetown ADVOCATE-NEWS in English 14 Nov 81 p 3]
CSO: 5300/7516
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EGYPT
OP?.UM DRUG BUST ENDS IN ARREST ~F ITALIAN SMUGGLER, DIPLOMAT
Cairo AL-AHRAM in Arabic 8 Sep 81 p 10
[Article by Husayn Ghanim: "A Foreign Diplomat and an Italian Run a Narcotics-
Smuggling Ring: A Large Shipment of Opium, Worth 1.5 Million Egypti3n Pounds,
Seized in Cairo Airport"j' -
[Text] The Public Narcotics [Control] Bureau arrested a foreign diplomat and the
owner of a boutique in al-Zamalik, of Italian nationality, who were running a~.
large retwork which smuggled narcotics into Egypt from abroad. The ar~,est was
made after the two men had taken out,of the Gairo Airport customs area''f^.ur Sam-
sonite suitcases which were fi112d wi~th approximately 1.5 million Egyptian
pounds worth of unprocessed opium meari;t for delivery to narcotics dealers in
al-Batiniyah. The Public Prosecutc~'~i Office ordered that the Italian be ~ailed
_ and that his vehicle be confiscated. Initial information had indicated the
activity of some narcotics smugglers and dealers and the fact that they had made
contacts with some of their assistants for th.e psrpose of reaching an agreement
- concerning the bringing in of large shipments from abroad. Furthermore, the
Department of Investigations noted the fact that the owner of 3 boutique in al-
Zamalik, which dealt in imported clothes, had been making frequent trips to
al-Batiniyah. Careful surveillance revealed that the man was Antonio (Rishli),
42 years of age, of Italian nationality, and the owner of the Mondo boutique on
al-Barazil St. It turned out that he spent his money lavish].y during his even-
- ing parties with some local narcotics smugglers and dealers in various cabarets
_ and that he owned three cars.
An investigation showed that his lifestyle did not correspond to the income which
he earned from the boutique. It was also noted that he traveled abroad once every
week and that he made trips to some of the countries which produce narcotics.
When he returned he did not carry with him any suitcases, and this aroused sus-
picion and served to confirm the evidence concerning him. It was also noted
that he went back to the Cairo Airport, got in touch with a number of foreign
diplomats, and accompanied them while they cleared some of their suitcases
through customs. After Maj Gen Sami As'ad, head of the Public Narcotics Control
Bureau, had received ample information concerning this matter, he presented it to
Muhammad Nab~awi Isma'il, the deputy prime minister and minister of the interior.
Mr Isma'il then ordered that all of the diploma.ts seen in the company of this
Italian be put under careful surveillance and that the real role which the
Italian c~as undertaking be discovered.
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Maj Gen Mamduh Salim Zaki, the bureau's deputy director, Col Muhammad 'Abbas,
director of operations, and Col Sayyid Ghayth, chief of the Foreign [Narco-
ticsJ Operations Department, made a study of all of the possibilities and re-
corded all of these meetings which took place. It was confirmed that the
Italian was very active, together with some foreign diplomats who provided a
cover for his activities, in bringing in narcotics from abroad via Greece.
Surveillance of the Italian's activities recorded the fact that he left the
country on the third of this month, and by means of contacts with some secret
sources it was possible to learn that he was returning to Egypt yesterday after
learning the description of the four suitcases filled with opium.
Tlie stake-out and arrest plan was set up in cooperation with the General Bureau
of the Cairo Airport Police after it was provided with radio communications
equipment. [The operation was under] the command of Co1 Ahmad Nida, head of
the Airport Narcotics Division, and [others participating in the operation were]
Lt Cols Magdi Husayn, 'Imad Rashid, Shafiq al-'Ashari, Muhammad al-Zmam, Mahmud
'Abd al-Rashid, Ahmad Samak, Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab, and 'Atif Bakr. Tre
~ Italian was seen leaving the plane arid carrying a small suitcase, and he had
left the four Samsonite suitcases containing the opium among the various suit-
cases of the passengers. The suitcases were then put in the baggage storage
room belonging to the airline. After that the Italian met one of the foreign ;
dip].omats who was waiting for him outsidkedfforetherfour's itcasesntsayinghthat~
the airline office where the diplomat as
they were his suitcases and that they had arrived late. After the diplomat
received the suitcases and left the customs area, where he made use of. his status
- of diplomatic immunity, he and the Italian then got in a car outside the airport,
the license plate of which indicated that it belonged to a private car owner from
Gizah and the number of which was 48445. There the two of them were arrested,
the four suitcases were seized, and when thz car was searched the police dis-
covered papers relating to the shipment from Greece of the suitcases which had
been seized and they also found other papers concerning the foreign diplomat.
It turned out th at the suitcases contained 150 packages of unprocessed opium
wortt~ 1.5 m:Ll.lj.on Egyptian pounds.
'1'1?e investigatLon of: ttie case was taken over by Salah Hilal, counselor in the
- Narcotics Division, under ttle supervision of Public Justice an3 Attorney Muhammad
Muliammad Yaliya, chief of t}ie Narcotics Division. It was decided to jail the
Italian and conf iscate the vehicle.
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EGYPT
HASHISH OPERATION LEADS TO ARREST OF NARCOTICS KING
Cairo AKHIR SA'AH in Arabic 23 Sep 81 pp 52-53
[Article by Munir al-Masiri: "Finally the Downfall of the Narcotics Kingsl:
The Secret of the 'al-Ma'diyati' and 'al-Ha~nam' Operation, and the Smuggler
Called the 'Hairdresser
[Text] The narcotics kings of Alexandria have met their downfall. The Narco-
tics Control Police have managed to discover the most modern methods of narcotics
~ smuggling which the smugglers have been utilizing.
- It was not an easy operation to bring about the downfall of these narcotics kings.
In fact it was like the adventure stories you see in the movies. The world of
narcotics is a world which is surrounded by obscurity and enveloped in secrecy.
The great narcotics kings administer their "operation" from afar so that they do
' not fall under suspicion. But how did these narcotics kings get caught?
AKHIR SA'AH is bringing you this exclusive story concerning the downfall of the
biggest dealers in poison in Alexandria, and the story is being presented to you
both in words and in pictures. Suddenly--that is, since the beginning of the
~ summer and up till last week--the northern coastline from Rashid all the taay to
~ al-Salum had been witnessing large-scale activity on the part of big-time narco-
j tics smugglers to swamp the market with narcotics in various lacations along the
coast. From these locations they made several attempts to bring narcotics into
some of the summer resort beaches in al-'A3ami in order to avoid the surveillance
of the Frontier Corps forces. During these attempts some of the alleged smug-
i glers were captured and 20 tons of narcotics, worth 30 million Egyptian pounds,
~I were seized. Last week the smugglers resorted to a new method ofi smuggling.
They undertouk to bring in 50 tons of hashish in four different locatio~s at the
same time in order to keep the forces of the Frontier Corps busy in some places.
These places were the coastline at Abu Qir and al-Salum, where they attempted to
bring in 1 ton of narcotics. They attempted to do this in order to bring in 25
tons of narcotics, all at once,~ both at al-Hammam, near the province of Matruh,
~ and in the al-Ma'diyah area, near Rashid, while the police were busy:seizing nar-
cotics in the other areas. This was the new method resorted to by the smugglers
in order to avoid being surprised by the naval forces since it is difficult to
smuggle narcotics into the country via the sea and right before the Greater
~ Bairam Feast. Information was collected by Brig Gen Wahbi Habib, chief of the
~ Frontier Corps Intelligence Division, and he passed it on to Ma~ Gen 'Ali Faruq
- [illegible], member of the General Staff and commander of the [Frontier Corps]
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forces. A careful plan was then begun to shut the doors of Egypt's coastline
to these smugglers. Maj Gen Samih al-Tihami undertook the preparation of the
plan in cooperation with the Headquarters Command of the [Frontier Corps] ~
forces. The objective of the plan was to close off the desert roads and pre-
pare ambushes along them in order to make it possible to capture the smugglers
if they turned out to be successful in any of their attempts and managed to
penetrate, with their narcotics, from the coastline to the desert roads. Then
~ large reserve forces were sent out to keep a watch on all the desert roads. ~
At the same time Brig B~n Taha Muhammad 'Awad and Col 'Abd al-Hamid Sanjar, the
chief of the Frontier Corps Intelligenc; Division in Alexandria, began to inte;-
sify surveillance along the coastline and to utilize a large number of s~a
launches for ?.4--hour patrols in o�_der to ~:eep track of any activities engaged in
by the smugglers along the coastline.
~ A Huge Quantity of Narcotics
When the smugglers, in their small motorboats from Turkey, began to arrive in
the Abu Qir coastal area, the Frontier Corps was not fooled and the other Fron-
tier Corps forces and ambushes remained in their locations all along the coast-
line. The second attempt was made a few hours later on the coastline at al-Salum,
near the Egyptian-Libyan border. The [Frontier Corps] forces hastened to thwart
these attempts and capture the narcotics which the smugglers had dumped overboard
before fleeing.
The surveillance continued, and the plan which had been set up was successful.
A few hours later the smugglers began to bring in a very large quantity of nar-
cotics--amounting to 25 tons--on [each of] two smuggling boats in the al-Ma'diyah
area, near Rashid, and in the al-Ha~am area, near Matruh. Then there occurred
a battle in both of these areas between the coastal [patrol] launches and the
turkish smugglers which lasted 4 hours and in which machineguns were used.
- After the battle the smugglers were forced to dump their load of narcotics over-
board and flee.
Inside the Smugglers' World
Tlie world of the narcotics trade is an empire which exists in its own right!
_ The job of the smuggler kings is to bring narcotics in from abroad, to keep it
- conr_ealed--that is, in secret hideouts and storage places near desert roads--
and to control this illicit trade throughout all of the country's provinces.
The strange thing is that in the course of all of this they are quite far reuwved
from all of these operations. They engage in the operations only through their
men and their agents. They are careful never to be where the narcotics is be-
cause they know very well that this is the only thing which would prove their
guilt in a court of law! Also, the Narcotics Can~rol Police are not in a posi-
tion to reach them. The efforts of the police have always been concentrated on
- seizing the narcotics during attempts to smuggle it into the country or to
arrest the middlemen who are subordinate to the great narco~tics kings in this
world of evil. The big-time smugglers are always linked to the coastline! A~~
smuggler has to own some land along the coastline in order to be able to receive
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the narcotics when it is being brought in to shore! Furthermore, they have
unlimited amounts of money. In fact they have millions [of Egyptian pounds]!
A single narcotics deal, of the type which usually takes place more than once
each month, enables them to earn more than 1.5 million Egyptian pounds!1
An Agent Sent to the Hashish Producers ~
The smuggling operations always begin with the agent whom the big man or smug-
gler sends to the areas where the narcotics is grown, especially Lebanon. The
agent is the one who negotiates with the hashish growers and producers! As for
the smuggler, he never shows his face during all of these operations. Then the
~ deal, which they call the "affair" [al-maslahah], is concluded and agreement is
reached concerning all of the details of the operation and the places where the
narcotics will be smuggled in along the coastline. The agent then pays a large �
part of the price of the deal. If the smuggling operation is successful he will
pay ,the remainder of the price. But if the operation fails then each party con-
tents itself with the loss which it has suffered. This is the custom in this
. illicit trade.
~he first preparation concerning the narcotics which will be smuggled is the pro-
curement of sets of rubber automobile innertubes. The bags of hashish are put
inside the rubber tubes in accordance with their weight. Either each bag weighs
1 kilogram or each pair of bags together weighs this same amount. This happens
after each bag is wrapped up in cloth and nylon bags in order to make them water-
proof. After "stuffing" the inside of the tire, they firmly fasten the tire
around the hashish packages. Then they get a very long rope. They make "knots"
in this rope at particular intervals which include more than one tire. Then
they rent a small motorboat or launch or other types of small boats from Turkey
where the Turkish crews of these motorboats are specialists in smuggling opera-
tions. These crews do not receive their wages unless the operation succeeds.
The ~ourney with the shipment of narcotics starts out from Lebanon and the motor- .
boat crew usually is accompanied by the Egyptian smuggler's agent so tha*_ he can
guide them ta the particular place along the northern coastline of Egypt',where
the smuggler's men are waiting for them in order to receive the shipment'.
- The smuggling boat quietly penetrates Egypt's territorial waters and continues
until it reaches a place opposite the shoreline. At a given location, and dur-
ing the quiet of the night, light signals are sent out from the boat and these
signals are answered by the same light signals from shore. Then there is rapid
communication by radio between the men on shore and those in the boat. This
means that the way is clear. Then the members of the boat crew throw overboard
the rope with its tires, which they call "parcels" [turud], in clockwise fashion.
One of the crew members then takes hold of one of the ends of the rope, jumps in
the water, and swims to shore in order to give the end of the rope to the smug-
glers who are on shore. This is the end of the ~ob of the boat crew. The
smuggler's agent then goes on shore while the boat withdraws and goes back where
it came from.
Storage Places in the Desert!
Usually the big-time smuggler follows these operations from afar, and does not
come close at all! His men bring the narcotics out of the sea for him while he
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sits in another place which is safe. "Pulling the rope" in order to bring in
the narcotics parcels from the sea requires the efforts of between 20 and 35 .
men! Then the narcotics parcels are loaded on trucks which go to a particular
point where they stop. Usually this point is near al-'Ajami or not very fa~
from it. A privately-owned car which carries several people waits for the
shipment. These people then take over the driving of the truck along with its
shipment after the truck's driver gets out and is sent back. Or else the truck
goes directly to the desert rcads if the narcotics was smuggled into the northern
coastline between Alexandria and Matruh or al-Salum. In both cases the truck
goes to the desert roads where the narcotics is put in storage and hiding places.
The desert storage places usually are not specially-constructed hiding places.
Usually they amount to a large hole in the sand in which the narcotics is buried,
and their location is indicated by natural markings such as a stone or a few
bushes growing in the desert. This makes it impossible for anyone but the per-
son who knows about them to find them!
At this time the agent sent by tl~e smuggler is on his way back to see him in
order to inform him of the success.of the operation and the safe arrival of the
"af fair ! "
Then tfie smugglers, through their men, begin to conclude deals with the large-
scale wholesale dealers throughout Egypt. What they then do is to put small
quantities of narcotics in the marketplace, rather than glutting the market all
at once, in order to keep the price high!
During the last 3 months, and for the first time, six of ~.he largest narcotics
smugglers have met their downfall! One of these smuggler kings was Sa'd Ahmad
Muhammad, 45 years of age. But his name as such did not mean anything in this
strange world of narcotics smuggling. He is known to all of the narcotics pro-
ducers and growers in Lebanon and in other countries from which narcotics is
smuggled. He began life as a carpenter, and then he opened up a women's beauty
shop in the al-Muntazah area. It was at this time that he began to deal in the
narcotics trade, and with time his activities expanded. Within 15 years he be-
came one of the largest narcotics smugglers in Egypt. In other words he became
one of tlie narcotics kings!
The smuggler who was formerly a hairdresser was careful to avoid being detected
by the Narcotics ControJ. Police from either the public Bureau or the Narcotics
Bureau in Alexandria. He always switched his privately-owned cars so that no-
body would be able to track him down. When he came to the summer resort, he
had already sold his own car and bought a Mercedes in its place. He then out-
fitted it with the most modern of radio communications equipment which operated
at a distance of 70 miles!! Then he settled into a villa which he owned at Ard ~
Blis in al-'Ajami. ~
However, the eyes of the men from the Narcotics Control Bureau in Alexandria
had been following him without his knowing it! The police officexs and author-
ities had already had information to the effect that a large shipment of narcotics
was about to be smuggled in at al-'A~ami! [They also knew] that he used a modern
piece of radio equipment to guide the smuggling boats, operating for his benefit,
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before they entered Egypt's territorial waters! He was on the point of conclud- ~
ing a large deal. He especially felt this way because the agent whom he had
sent to the narcotics growers and producers in Lebanon had returned and shown him
samples of the highest grades of narcotics there in order to obtain his agreement
to buy the sorts of narcotics which he was choosing. This was one of the few
times when it was possible for narcotics to be in the presence of one of these
narcotics kings. The quantity of narcotics, as such, is very small and amounts
to no mo re than one bag! However, this quantity constitutes samples of the types
of narcotics which he contracts to buy. Then there took place the ambush operation
in which the Public Narcotics Bureau branch participated along with the Narcotics
Bureau of the police of the province of Alexandria, and the time was set to make
a raid on the hairdresser. This was when the narcotics king met his downfall.
He had no choice but simply to confess. H3.s radio car was discovered in front
of his villa, and they also found some strips of (Matorex) narcotic tablets which
he was alsc+ in the process of contracting to buy.
The downfall of narcotics kings does not mean that their empire is destroyed.
When one of the m falls, their place is taken by another person who becomes a
narcotics king or emperor as long as there are always people who are drug addicts
and are always begging and searching for narcotics!
[Photo caption] Ahmad Muhammad the Hairdresser, a narcotics king
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IRAN
BRIEFS
OPIUM SEIZURE IN MASHHAD--During the past 24 hours Mashhad police have seized
36 grams of heroin and 68 grams of opium from a number of people. Similarly, the
Mashhad Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have seized 1.200 kg of opium from two
persons. [CF061905 Mashhad Domestic Service in Persian 1430 GMT 6 Dec 81]
UI'IUM SETZURE IN SIiIRAZ--The Shiraz antidru~ squad has seized 2.150 kg of opium
from two persons. [GF061905 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1500 GMT 6 Dec 81]
MASHHAD HEROIN SEIZURE--The Mashhad Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has seized
3.4 kg of heroin and 7 kg of opium from a number of persons. [GF081752 Mashhad
Domestic Service in Persian 1430 GMT 8 Dec 81] .
MASHHAD OPIUM SEIZURE--The Mashhad antidrug squad has seized 100 grama of heroin
and 21.5 kg of opium from a number of persons. [GF100452 Mashhad Domestic Service
in Persian 1430 GMT 9 Dac 83.]
POPPY CULTIVATION BANNED--The Firuzabad Islamic Revolution Court has banned the
cultivation of poppies and has announced that those attempting to cultivate poppy
will face trial and their land will be confiscated. [GF151710 Shiraz Domestic
Service in Persian 1500 GMT 15 Dec 81]
KHORASAN DRUG DISCOVERIES--The Abkuh Revolution Guards have seized 7 kg of opium
from three residents of Torbat Heydariyeh. They have also confiscated 300 grams
of opium and 557,000 rials from a woman. The same guards have also discovered a
total of 200 grams of heroin in the possession of twn individuals. A group of
- Torbat Fam Revolution Guards have discovered 310 g�rams of heroin and 75 grams of
opium in the possession of a number of individuals. [GF210719 Mashhad Doanestic
Service in Persian 1430 GMT 20 Dec 81]
DRUGS CONFISCATED IN SHIRAZ--Shiraz police personnel in the past week have arrested
a number of thieves, discovered stolen goods and destroyed six narcotics hands
distributing drugs in Fars Province. One of the gangs has repeatedly imported
large quantities of heroin from Baluchestan to Shiraz. One and 1/2 kg of heroin
powder have been confiscated. [GF210719 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian
1500 GMT 20 Dec 81]
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INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED--Tehran, 20 Dec (PARS News Agency)--Members
- of an international drug trafficking gang have been arrested by Ci~e anti-narcotics
. squad of St~iraz, rars Province, it was reported on Saturday. One and a half kilo
~ of heroin, some opium and other types of narcotics, and about 10,000 U.S. dollars
cash which had been cleverly false bottomed in their Paykan car have been discovered
with them. The same report indicated that the gang was led by a person named
Rahmatollah (Naruie), fluent in five languages. [Text] [GF210719 Tehran PARS
in English i450 GMT 20 Dec 81)
DRUGS SEIZED IN SHIRAZ--The Shiraz Islamic Revolution Guards have seized i kg of opium,
hashish and heroin and have arrested 16 persons in this connection. [GF161627 Shiraz �
Domestic Service in Persian 1500 GMT 16 Dec 81]
OPIUM SEIZED IN MASHHAD--The Mashhad antidrug squad has seized 700 grams of opium
and 295 grams of heroin from two persons. [Mashhad Domestic Service in Persian
1430 GMT 16 Dec 81 GF]
SHIRAZ DRUG SEIZURE--A drug distributor has been recognized and arrested. Some
2.015 kg of rolled opium was seized from his house. [Text] [GF211926 Shiraz Domestic
Service in Persian 1500 GMT 21 Dec 81]
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- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE ADOPTS PROGRAM AGAINST NARCOTICS
- Luxemburg LUXEMBURGER WORT in French 23 Nov S1 p 3
[Article: "The Council of Europe Strengthens Fights Against Drugs"]
LText] At the end of a ministerial conference on the problems of drugs, the minis-
- ters of the 12 member states of the Council of Europe comm~tted themsel~res, as we
have already announced, to support increased cooperation in the fight against the
abuse of and illegal traffic in narcotics and to promote the treatment and social
reintegration of drug addicts.
The conference, which was held in Strasburg on 12 and 13 November 1981, was chaired
by Mrs Nicole Questiaux, French m3.nister of national solidarity~ and by N1r Joseph
- Fxanceschi, secretaxy of sta.te to the minister of na,tional solidarity.
Four issues were b~oached at the meeting~ specifically: the evolution of drug
abuse in Europe, international cooperation in the repression of_illegal trafficking~
the taking chaxge of serious drug addicts~ and the abuse of mind`'altering medica-
tions.
The ministers expressed their anxiety in the face of growing drug abuse~ specifi-
cally of heroin and cocaine. They noted that amphetamines and solvents represent
a growing problem in certain countries, the solvents presenting a real c~anger for ~
thousands of increasingly younger high school students. The conference also stres-
- sed its concern in the face of a broadening of the use of naxcotics to new layers
of the population, as the proportion of female drug addicts~ for example, has sub-
stantially increased. In this context~ the ministers stressed the very important
role of prevention.
~ As fax as marijuana is concerned, following a broad discussion the ministers reaf-
firmed their opposition to a11 atempts to legalize maxijuana other than for thera-
peutic or reseaxch purposes. However~ the ministers decided to establ.ish an ex-
cha,nge of information on their practice with regaxd to the repression of the use of
marijuana. When a11 is said and done, this attitude indicates a new and more subtle
approach to a question which remains at the center of the concerns of the various
states.
In order to fight the illegal traffic in narcotics, the ministers want to streng-
then international cooperation through existing a~eements. �
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As to the taking chasge of the heavy drug addicts, the ministers stressed the need
for a particularly motivated personnel, with appropriate training and ahle to re- ~
- ceive assistance from professionals in the vaxious services having experience in
this field.
According to the ministers~ paxticular attention should be given to specific com-
paxison and evaluation of existing treatment programs.
As far as the mind altering medications axe concerned, ~he ministers have noted
the increasing concern of certain member states with regard to the abuse and the
unappropriate use of these medications, Action to control the supply and demand
should involve close cooperation between the public authorities and doctors, phax-
macists and the ph~smaceutical industries.
Finally, the ministers adopted an action pro~am for 1982 and 1983 directed towaxd ~
the following points: .
- intensified European cooperation with regard to the fight against illegal traf-
ficking;
- problems related to the suppression of drug use;
- problems related to the detention of drug addicts;
- taking chaxge of serious drug addicts and prohlems related to those involv$d in
treatment as well as to the social rehabilitation services;
- balance between supply and demand of legal opiates; ~
- exchan~e of informa.tion on reseaxch in Europe; ~
- control of substances leading to the use of drugs;
- development of national administrative control systems to evaluate the social
and public health problems in the area. of drug abuse.
The text of the final declaration (Reference PPCM(81~22) is available in French and
in English upon request from the press services of the Council of Europe~ Post Of-
fice Box 4~31 R6, 67006 Strasburg-Cedex~ F`rance. ~
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c~xus
BRIEFS
CYPRUS BATTLES NARCOTICS--The use of Cyprus as a centre of international smuggling
gangs for narcotics and other illegal trafficking is causing concern to the Cyprus
police. This is stated in the annual Police Report by Police Chief Mr Sawas An-
toniou who says: The data and information available to the police d~ not justify
concern about widespread use of narcotics in Cyprus. Cases involving mainly younq
people and aliens come to light from time to time but the measures being taken by
the police are a strong restrictin factor. "Concern, however, is caused by the
- chanelling of narcotics to European countries from the Middle East and Turkey,
through Cyprus, and the use of the island as a centre of internationaY smuggling
gangs (narcotics and othex illegal trafficking). In cooperation with INTERPOL and
other national police forces, the Cyprus police are striving to locate and aeutra-
lise such gangs, says the report which adds that police success in this field is
significant and is internationally acknowledged. [Nicosia CYPRUS MAIL in English
2 Dec 81 p 1]
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SWEDEN
BRIEFS
DOGS' ENFORCEMENT CONTRIBUTION EXPLAINED--Customs' narcotics dogs sniff narcotics
that are worth much more than the price of the,dogs. During only one week in
August this result was obtained, states an article in the ALKOHOL OCH NARCOTIKA
magazine that is published by the Central Federation for Alcohol and Narcotics
In~ormation. This is the week of 24 to 30 August. The largest confiscation was
made that week in a boat in the Norrkoping harbor where Customs officers found
narcotics worth 5 million kroner. Each dog costs the Customs Office 55,000
- kroner. The dogs can be used effectively for about 7 years. The author of the
article, Nils Gardegard, who recorded the activities of the 22 dogs during this
week in August, thinks that his compilation demonstrates that increased coverage
at the borders would make drug trafficking more difficult. He further points out
that ~despite the dogs' proven effectiveness, the Customs Office gets one new dog
a year at the most. The police are deliberating whether the number of dogs can
be reduced. [Text] [Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 5 Nov 81 p 14j 9583
INDIAN GANG SMUGGLED CANNABIS--The leader of the Indian dope ring that was caught
in groups at Arlanda in September, whereby the so-called smuggling of people via
S~aeden to West Europe also was disciosed, was captured an a street in Uppsala on
Wednesday. The man who had been sought during his absence and is considered the
organizer of the smuggltng--25 kilos of cannabis were confiscated--is now being
interrogated by personnel from Che National Criminal Police. The amuggling of
people and narcotics from India aroused great attention after it was disclosed
that a systematic smuggling of Indians was taking place via Polish flighCs to
Arlanda. Many of those arrested said that they had paid large sums of money to
agents who were collaborating with the tour guides of the flights. One of those
guides has been sentenced to one month in ~ail while the others ha.ve been sent
back home. During the tightened control at Arlanda, a number of Indian couriers
with prepared suitcases were discovered. Nearly 25 kiloa of cannabis were found
in the suitcases. During the interrogations it was disclosed that an Indian
living in Uppsala was to be the organizer'and receiver of the shipments. The
man, who has lived in Sweden for a long time, ma'rried a Swedish woman in June.
Three days af ter the wedding he returned to his homeland. The National Criminal
Police inquired about the man via lnterpol, and one week ago it was known that
` he was on his way to Sweden. He was arrested while on his way to see his wife.
He claimed surprise ar the arrest. Eleven members of the dope ring are under
arrest on suspicion of having committed a serious narcotics offense and an attempt
of serious smuggling of inerchandise. [Text]�.[Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in S~iedish
5 Nov 81 p 14] 9583
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