JPRS ID: 8655 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFOUO 38/79)
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].2 Sep~~mber 1979
WORLDWIDE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 38/"79)
CONTENTS PAGE
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Minister Reports Qood Response to Drug Hotline
('TI3~ WEST AUSTRAI,IAN, 21 Jul 79 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Smuggler Claims Knowledge of Narcotics Bureau Leaks
(Donald Roy Tate Interview; THE COURIER-MATL, 28 Jun 79) 2
Brisbane Judge Says I?rug Penalties Not Effective
(THE COURIER-MAIL, 29 Jun 79) 6
Commonwealth Charges Against Heroin Suspects Withdrawn
(THE COURIER-~G:.TL, 30 Jun 79) 7
Alleged Head of International I?rug Rin~ in Sydney Trial
(TFiE COURIER-MAIL, 20 Ju1 ?9) 9
Briefs
Addict on Probatio~ 10
Marihuana Plan~in~ 10
Heroin Sold to PoliLe 10
BURMA
Heroin Seized in Mandalay
(410RKING PEOPiF~S ~AILY, 19 Aug 79) 12
Urug Pushers CaugnL
(wo~ttlNr F~oPL~~S DAILY, 18 Aug 79) 13
Briefs
Heroin Addicts Arre~te~ 1~
Drugs in Sp~,.^~ -Tire 1~
Rangoon :-ieroir. Arrests 1Li
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CONm~N'CS (Cnntinued) pAgQ
Opium, Opium Oil Found ~5 :
Heroin in 5chool 15
Heroin in Pabedan 15
INDIA
Why Students Become Drug Addicts M scussed
(TH~ HINDU, 10 Aug 79~ i6 -
Br3.efs
~bi.plomatic~ Ring Broken 18
INDONESIA
Island Used as Narcotics Transit Point Evacuated
(KOMPAS, 11 Jun ?9) 19
Eriefs
French Musician Sentenced 21
Drug Peddler Arrested 21
Australians Jailed 22
MALAYSIA '
Brie�s
~ooperation With Thais 23
PAKISTAN
Briefs
Foreign (}oods Recovered 2!~
~ight Maunds of
Charas Seized 2t~
Charas Bound �or Ams~erdam 24
P;1iLIPPINES
An~;eles City Drug Caripaign :
(BULLETIN TODAY, 15 Aug 79) 25
Iranian Student Held in Benguet
~BULLETIN TODAY, 15 Aug ?9) 26
Woman 'Jendor, ?0, Sentenced to 26 Years
(BULLETIPt TODAY, 1!~ Aug ?9) 2? _
Cops Raid Quiricada Drug House
(PFiILIPPINE5 DAILY EXr'~RESS, q Avg 7q} 28
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CON'PENTS (Continued) p~~Q
- ~rief
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Mari~unnn P~n~?~t,s Coni'i~cntad 2~
'CIIA1 C.ANll
Australian Smuggl~.ng Suspects on Trial in ~angkok
(TH~ COURIER-r~r,, i9, 2i ~r~~i 79) 30
Auytralian Agent~s Testimony, by Neil K~~.~y
Sinc~a~.r Ca11~d ~Organ3zer~
r~orm~r Prison Warden Arrest,ed for Hero3n Kingpin~s Relegse
(Various sources, 22, 26 Jun 79) 32
Bai1 Re�used
~'urther Arrestq Expected
CAiJADA
Briefs
LSD, PCP Seized in Montreal 35
EAST EUROPE
YUQOSLAVIA
'POLITIKA~ Revieaed Recent I1rug Smuggling Cases
(B. Jankovic; POLITIKA, 26 Ju1 79) 36 -
LATIN AMERSCA
AR~3~fitTINA
Br;.efg
Cocaine Traffickers Arrested . 37
Drug Ring Broken 37
1?rug Traffickers Arrest~d 37
BRAZIL
Brief's ~
Drug Seizures 38
CHILy
Bolivian 7'rafficker Acrested Carz^,fing Cocuine
(Adolfo Vargas Jofre; LA TBRCE~t, Dr", LA HO~A, 25 ~ul 79) 39
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COL,OMBIA
Drug mrafSicker Tracked Down, Slain
(EL TIEMPO, 18 Ju1 79) !~1
C~nsu1: Distrust of Col.omb3ans Increases Due to Drugs
(EL TIEMPO, 13 Ju1 79) 1.~
Coca3ne Traff3ckers K3dnaped, Rescued
(EL TIENIPO, 25 Jul 79) 46
F-2 Arrests Cocaine Traffickers
(~L TIENiPO, 1 Aug 79) 1~8
Traffickers, F`ive Planes Seized 3n Raids
(EL SIC}L0, 9 Jul 79) 50 ~
Large Mari3uana Plantation Found in Acandi
(EL ESPECTADOR, 20 Jul 79) 53
Forensic Medicine Director Arrested as Trafficker
(Edison Parra; EL TIEMPO, 31 Jul 79) 5Lt
Four Cocaine Traffickers Sei2ed
(EL TI~iPO, 31 Jul 79) 56
Briefs
Legalization of Marihuana Opposed 57 ~
ECUADOR ,
New Method for Cocaine Trafficking I?iscovered
(EL COi~iERCIO, 11 Jul 79) 58
Two Traffickers Arrested With Cocaine Paste
(~L UNIVERSO, 2o Jul 79) 59
International Drug Trafficker Escapes
(EL COMERCIO, 14 Jul ?9) � 61
~ro Cocaine Traffickers Arrested Af+�er Chase
(EL COMERCIO, 17 Jul 79) 63
Cocaine I,aboratory I}iscovered, Trafficker Arrested
(EL COMF~EtCIO, 20 Jul 7y) 65
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
MEXZCO
Of.ficial Admi.ts Drugs Taken 3n Rehabil3,tation Institute 1
(EL SOL DE SSNAI,OA, 9 Aug 79) 67
Pol.iceman Ki11ed in Battle With Marihuana Traffickers
(EL DIAtiIO DE PIEDRAS NEaRAS, 18 Ju1 79) 68
Conv3cted Traffickers Transferred Closer to Home
(EL MANANA, 26 Jui 79) ?0
Texas, Tamaulipas Governors To Discuss Drug Traffi.c
(EL BRAVO, 6 Aug 79) 71
Marihuana Traff3ckers Moved for Court Proceedings
(EL DIARTO DE NUEVO LAREDO, 17 Aug ?9) 72
Brief s ~
Warden, Heroin Trafficker Caught 73
Judicial Police Shakeup Rumored 73
Decline in Trafficking 73
Traffickers, Drugs Seized ~7~
PRS Antidrug Drive 74
Heroin Seizure in Mazatlan 71~ -
~Operation Condor~ To End ?5
~irther Drug Seizures 75
PERU
Brief s
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NEAR EAST & N~RTH AFRICA
IRAN
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(James Allan; BULLETIN TODAY, 1t Aug 79) 77
ISRAEL
Briefs ~
Arrest of 12 Pushers 78
SUB-SAHARAN AF~?SCA
RHODESIA
Deaths From Drug Misuse on Increase
(THE HERALD, 30 Aug 79) 79
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CONTENTS (Continued) Pa~�
' WEST EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF aERMANY
Three Arrested for Producing LSD
(Ortw3n Kuecholl; DSE WELT~ 1 Aug 7q) 80
Dealsrs 3n Hashish, Heroin Sentenced
(hoeff; DER TAC~ESSPI~QEL~ 3 Ju1 79) 82
FRANCE
Decrim3nalization of Marihuana Seen Increasing Use
(Francois Lebretta; VALEURS ACTUEI,LES~ 13 Aug 79) 84
Briefs
Attempted Drug Theft 88
Drug Related Deaths 88 '
NORWAY
Oslo To Establish Collective fo~~ Young Addicts
(ARBEIDER.BI.ADET, 5 Jul 79) 85
Three Youths Arrested With Ne~r Narcotic -
( AFTENPOST~rr, 27 ~ wz �r 9 ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Narcotics-Related Deaths Incre~.:3iri~ in Norway -
(ARBEIlir^,RBLADET, 20 Jul 79) 91
Police Break Jp Hashish SYnuggling Operation
(AR.BEIDERBI~ADET, 20 Jul 79) 92
Stuc~y RQports More Hashish, Less T.SD Use Among Oslo Youth
(AFTENPOSTEV, 28 Jun 79) 94
Large Heroin 5muggling Case Cracked in Oslo ,
(ARBEIDERBLADET, 23 Jun 79) 95
t'NITED RIPJGDOM
~ Addict Ranks Increase Due to Cheaper Drugs r^om Iran
(Karen Earnshaw; THE AUSTRA~IAN, 20 Jvl 79) ~7
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AUSTRALIA
MZNISTER RERORTS GOOD RESPONSE TO DRUG HOTLINE
Per+,h THE WEST AUSTRALTAN in English 21 Jul 79 p 1$
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[Text; Canberra: There had been a good response to the drug intelligence
hotline~ the Minister for A+.;siness and Consumer Affairs, Mr Fife, said yester-
day.
�Mr` F1fe told b~.s..�lnese TbSs~:~;~i. aq at~';`1?
men in SyQney that the hqd~y.; ~r;e~~ �'~~"W~
Covern ~aa atarting pleoed,dr?~~ 114~gnoe ~ ,
a;s qtpi~". 0 lncreaee selert `~~ie,~~ t`'~bnti~tn�
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o: ea~?a~n eae ot the ers tonexa~n~tion.�
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opened tMs year. However,~:,~Government
~The telephone, whlch ~OUn~e.�c~ul~.`+'do ortly
can be ~ifalled free ot so mu~,ti..`:`.
charge throughout pu~ erable'~' ''relianoe
tralla is 0627336T1. v~ras p~ced on;the public
'Z'he drug problem !a for su~port fli;this mast
not coniined~to s parti im~or~~t areq, . ot 3~y
1nf-.are ~ p~cyCUl~r en~o ,rcemen~ ~
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Police have arrested the Ecuadorian Julio Flores, who had a number of
grams af pure cocaine in his possession.
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ECUADOR
INT~;EtNATIONAL DRU(} TRAFFICKER E8CAP&5
Quito ~L COMERCIO in Spanish llt Jul 7q p 22
~ [Text] (}uayaquil, 12--It was officially reported to the First Criminal
Cou.Nt o~ (}uayas th~t Luie Marotto Fuentes~ a well-known narcotics trafficker
and leader of an international drug traffie gang, esaaped rr~rsteriously on
the 17th of' las~ montih, when he managed to escape the vigilance of the
prison guards who were watching him and supposedly transporting the prisoner
to the Bshia de Caraquez ~ail, where he was to have served 8 years impxison-
ment for drug trafficking.
Led a 3trike
Marotto Ftientes, after being arrested by agents of the Guayas Interpol,
had been sent to the Litoral Penitentiary, but because oF disciplinary
problems which he caused, including leading a strike me~nt to bring about
the change of the present warden of the penitentiary, he was sent to the
Garcia Moreno prison, from which his transfer was ordered by higher
authority to the public 3ai1 of Bahia de Caraquez,
In Guayaquil
The drug trafficker and two prison guards arrived in Guayaquil from Quito
on 17 June, and on arrival in Guayaquil Marotto ~sked the guards to allow
him to say goodbye to his wife. Accordingly they went to his home at
Maldonado and 17th Streets, ~rhere he delivered a television set,a n,attress,
a tape recorded and other items, at the same time making a dramatic scene,
embracing hi s wife and saying goodbye, saying that he was being moved to
Bahia.
The Flight
Later the drug trafficker, before going with the guards to the vehicle
check point at Bahia de Caraquez, asked them to allow him to make a tele-
phone call to his mother, for which they went to the Hotel Guayaquil at
Boyaca and 10 de Agosto Streets, The report states that Marotto made
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the call~ ~.nd 3.n gn unguard~d momant min~led wi~h several tourists wno
wern po~~~ing tt,rough thr 1.obby nf th~ hot~l and quiekly disa~pearad,
thus Qva~ding ~h~ har~d oi' the law. Th~ First ~tud,e has requ~~ted tho
idontiti.os o~' the guard3 3n order to pro~ecute them for the e~c~pe, ~nd
at the g~rn~ ~ime will order the recapture oF the criminal and tho
imprisonment of the gu~rds.
Far. tory S~t Up
Maratto, using hig econom3.c infJ.uence, had set up a factory to mako brooms
and other it~ms in the ~itoral penitentiary, wh3.oh gave work to some of
the pri~on inmates. The factory, according to rQliable reports, cost more
thtt~~ a millian ~uares.
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ECUADOR '
- TWO COCAINE TRAFFTCI~tS ARRESTED AFTER CHASE
~ulto EL COM~RCIO in 5panish 17 ~ul 79 p 20
Cext C}uaynquil, 16--Afrer a dr~una~ic chase, agents of the Guayas
SIC ~r3mina]. Intelligence ServicJ arres~ed the criminals Jorge
Ale~janciro (~utierrez Pezo, e~].ias "The Giant," and Segundo Wong Calderon,
who were carrying 43 envelopes of "base~" Two 9-round revol.vers and a -
22 caliber RG revolver were also found in the~.r possession, which they
had used to fire at'their purauers while trying to escape.
mhe ~acts
Sn ~ SIC report it was announced ~hat the criminals were occupying a
veh3cle driven by Segundo Wong Calderon, e.nd that on being taken by
surprise while ~hey were receiving 43 envelopes o� "base" �rom the
possession of the drug traffickers known as "Jessy," they took flight,
and ~aere closely pursued by the agents through various atreets of the
city. Shots were exchanged. The arrest took place on Saturday, 7 Ju].y.
It was reported that when the criminals were surprised, they threw away the .
envelopes of "base" and proceeded toward Ayacucho and Juan Pio Montufar
Streets, where the car they were in overturned, thua allowing their
arrest.
The criminals were placed at the disposal of one of the criminal ,judges
for appropriate proceedings.
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