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WORLDW I DE REPORT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
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CONTENTS
ASIA
INBIA
Major I1rug Smuggling Ring I}i.scovered in Bophal
(THE STATESMAN, 20 Jul 81) 1
Brief s
Heroin Smugglers Convicted 2
Morphine Factory Seized 2
MALAYSIA
' Briefs
Dog Sniff s Out Opium 3
PEiKISTAI`1
Drug Seizures Repoxted for 1981 Fiscal Year
~ (DAWN, 17 Aug 81) 4
- Tabani Urges Illegal T1rug Sa1e Curb
(BUSTNESS RECORDER, 26 Jul S1) 5
3rie~'s
Narcotics Sales Increase 6
Narcotics Seized 6
Heroin, Charas Worth Qve~ Rs.10 Lakh Seized 6
Maxihuana Seized 7
Opium Rncovered 7
Hashish in Wheelchair 7
Customs Stops Hashish 7
' Contraband Narcotics Increase 7
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PHILIPPINES
- Brief s
Raid Yields Heroin 8
Ifugao Marihuana Plantation I}iscovered 8
SOUTH KOftEA
Metriamphetamine Ring Apprehended
(THE KOREA TIMES, 26 Jul 81) 9
THAI7sAND
Brief s
Four Sentenced for Possessing Heroin 10
VIETNAM
Hau Giang Cracks Down on Reactionary Culture, Narcotic Use
(SAIGON GIAI PHONG~ 24 Jun 81) 11
I,ATIN ~MERICA
BAHAMAS
Marihuana Worth $6 Million, 8 Boats Seized; 19 Arrested
(Athena Damianos; THE TRIBUNE, 20 Jul 81) 12
Six Policemen Arrested, Charged T~.th Drug Offenses
(Dilette Thompsan; THE TRIBUNE, 20 Jul 81) 1!~
Brief s
Cocaine Chaxge 15
Colombians in Custody 15
PERU
Briefs
Arrest by Civil Guaxds 16
_ PIP Captures Narcotics Bands 16
Laxge Cocaine Seizure 17
C?andestine Airstrip 17
International Cocaine Trafficking 17
International I?rug Operation 18
Undercover Drug Bust 18
Civil Guard Drug Seizures 18
PIP Cocaine Raid 19
New Shipping Method - 19
Cocaine Distributor Arrested 19
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IRAN ~
Brief s
Heroin in Estahbanat 20
Narcotics Seizure 20
Hashish SeizUre 20
55nuggler Arrest 20
Drug Arrests 20
Opium Seized in ~Adelabad 20
Zahedan Drug Find 21
Heroin Seizure 21
Opium Seizure 21
Drug Seizure in Shiraz 21
Drug Seizure in Borazjan 21
WEST EUROPE
FRANCE
I,argest Drug Haul Made Off Brittany Coast
(AFP, 23 Aug 81) 22
'SWEDEN
Po11 Shows Half of Population for Drug-Case Phone Taps
(DAGFNS NYHETER, 26 Jul 81) 23
Brief s
Heroin S~nuggler Seized 2!~'
Joint Nordic Narcotics Effort 21~
Amghetamine Manufacturer Sentenced 2!~
LSD Smuggler Seized 25
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INDIA
MAJOR DRUG SMUGGLING RING DISCOVERED IN B~HOPAL
Calcutta THE STATESMAN in English 20 Jul 81 p 11
[Text]
BHOPAL, July 19.-A chance tiarcotIcs Cummissione`r's': o~ce, ;
relzure ot morphine on :Kaq 13, appear to be stlll ~roplnX in the ~
valued at Rs 8 lakhg, Erom the d~rk. The rea~on i~ that the mor
houee of an employee of the Nee. phlne catch 1~ the biy~est in Neo-
aivch alkalide factory has led to much in 3landsaur district.~ whicb
- the discovery of what !s apparenG u normallq known for its maring
ly a maJor drug smugeline rin; opium smug~ling slnce it 1s tha
tn eaistence for same years. country's biggest opium Yrowin~
The maln man in th~ lon� chaln area.
i~ yet to be identiSed. :14eanwhile, ~�o posaibillties ere beia~ dis
the State ' Criminal Investigation cussed. One 1s that that the mot~
Department has requested the Cen� phine would be smugAled out
tral Bureau of Investigation to through the several illleft factoriea
take custody of the arrested em- tn the countrq where morphine i~
ployee, ~Ir Lateef In whoae conveMed lnto heroin. The other
howe 21 kgs of aemi-reHned mor poasfhility 1s th~t ths � morphina
p6fne were repartedly found. He � may be smu~gled out of the coua�
ts alleged to have confessed that u.y,
- ihe racket uas bean !n exi~teace
iince August 1880, whlle claiming The alleQationi ol amug~line
total ignorance about the quantiq from the factory ibel! are not
ot morphlne smuggled out of tha new. :4Ir R, K. Pathak. a labou!
factory and the man behfnd S~ leader and now a disrnisaed em~
ThonAh yIr I.ateef was arrested ~ ployee, clalms tbat he had written
along with four others, a fitth to the Finance Minfstry as early
man cailed Santosh, a dismiued es 1978, sayin� that there was
- emp{oyee, Is atfll abscondln~. San ?=e6e~acale smuggling ~oing on. It
tosh, wh� ha~ taken anticipatory aPNuiris k at about 2; yeara ago
ball, hu now been descrfbed a~ b g of morphine was found
Mr Iateef's "contact man", but 3n a place in the tactory where !t
where the chain will ultir.fately was not suppoaed to be. Since
end ia not knowa. there wen no elalmanta; tbe taN
At &st~ factorq oBicfals clalmed tory authoritfes menlp restored
tbat the morptitne was not~ thelre. the morphine and d1d not even
L;~ter, however, they ~re saM to order an inqu!
have accepted that that morphine In one securi~y eheet, .an em~
could be trom the factory. Ployee waa found to Ra 9,000 in
Authoritles invest)gatlnQ the ae! cssh, but his explanatton that be
zure one convinced that the mor I6ad won the money throuIIh pamb�
phine could not have Xone out. ~Y.waa accepteC.
consi~aring the heavy sacurity~ There aaa a 40day strike ia
~rithout tbe connlvance of hl�b ~ October 1979 and. one of tbe main
security odlcials. demands was that there should be
Tbe morphine flnd has' rataed ~a a~8I piobe into the . large~icale
number of possible leads, some o! smuqglJnq trom the factory.
them matnly in the realm ot ape- The Central ~ Indnstriai Securitq
culation. In tact an inexporienced Force l~ ttuardfng the factory, but'
State CID team went aU the way t6~ ~ervanta in~ the re~idences ol
to PunJab only to raturn empty tbe nianagers and the qenerat ma-
hLndad. All tho~e connected with nager w6ich are 1tt~ide tbe com�
the investiRation. includina the pound, do not like to be sub)ected
'o cheelr~.
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INDIA
BRIEFS
- HEROIN SMUGGLERS CONVICTED--An Indian and a US passport holder convicted for at-
tempting to smuggle out of the country 860 gms of heroin worth over Rs 1.5 crore
~ last June were on Frid~y sentenced to the maximum prescribed sentence of three
years rigorous imprisonment each by additional chief inetropolitan magistrate ~
Jitender Mohan Malik reports PTI. Mr Malik also imposed a fine of Rs 30000 each
on Sukhan Lal Tyagi, the Indian who allegedly supplied the heroin and Joseph Frenna
the US passport holder in default. He directed, they undergo nine months rigorous
imprisonment each. Mr Malik imposed a two year term and a f ine of Rs 30,000 on
Ms Michellene Marcoux the Canadian woman member of the international gang of drug
smugglers, found guilty along with Frenna and Tyagi. [Text] [New Delhi PATRIOT
in English 18 Jul 81 p 5)
_ MORPHIN~ FACTORY SEIZED--New De1hi, 31 July--Police in the Indian capital has
alerted the Interpol f ollowing the seizure of a morphine manufacturing factory
and narcotics worth over two million rupees (250,000 dollars), it was revealed
here today. SuresY: Roy, one of the deputy commissioners of New Delhi police, '
said that two persons including a dismissed employee of the Narcotics Department
had been arrested in this connection. He said tha.t police in its biggest seizure
recovered from the factory operating for about three months, 550 grammes of
morphine, 10 kilogrammes of opium solution and 8.5 kilogrammes of opium besides
equipment for the conversion of opium to morphine~,--NAB/AFP ~Text~ ~Rangoon
THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English 2 Aug 81 p 7~
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MALAYSIA
B RI EFS
DOG SNIFFS OUT OPiUM--Kuala Lumpur, 30 July--The Malaysian customs anti-narcotics
dog unit scored a major success when ~ne of the dogs sniffed out.100 pounds of raw
- opium from a car in Changloon neax the 'I'hai-Malaysian border yesterday. A customs
spokesman said the opium, hidden in secret compartments behind the back seat of
the car, was worth 70,000 Malaysian dollars (33,000 US) in the local market and
about one million dollars (450,000 US) in the international black market. The
driver of the car, a hairstylist, and his passenger, a mechanic, bath 21, from
Penang, in North Malaysia, were detained for questioning. The spokesma.n said
this was the first success of the dog unit without the benefit of a tip-off. He
said the car, with a Penang registration plate, was stopped for a surprise check
as it came in from Thailand. The dog went inaide the car and gave out an excited
cry before it began to tear the back rest of the back seat and sniffed out 25
slabs of raw opium. He said the car was heavil perfumed but th3.s did not prevent
the dog sniffing out the drugs. NAB/AFP ~Text~ ~Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE`S
DAILY in English 1 Aug 81 p T~
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~ bRUG SEIZURES REPORTED FOR 1981 FISCAL YEAR
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~ Kar~.chi DAWN in English 17 Aug 81 p 10
[Text] Pakistan Customs ma3e seizures of smuggled goods worth Rs. 1.78 billion-
~a~or hauls being of narcotics worth Rs. 930 million and of other contraband items
worth about Rs. 852.7 million during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1981.
I According to figures of the Central Board of Revenue (CBR), the narcotics seized in-
~:luded Ogium 1,996 kilograms; Hashish 10,678 kilograms; Heroin 26,626 kilograms;
' Hashish oil 25,000 Rgs; Morphine 1.95 kgs.; Cocaine 11 Phials and Methaquolone
~ tablets 2.1 million doses. The contraband narcotics were meant for "illegal ex-
' port" to USA and other European countries.
~ 'Other contraband goods seized include foreign cloth, electrical goods, vehicles,
' launches; watches; betel nuts, bidi leaves, foodgrains; spare parcts, currency Rs.
28.2 million) and armF and ammunition (Rs. 9.4 million), VCRs, Liquor and other
~ ~miscellaneous items (Rs. 498.3 million).
~The seizures made by Rarachi Custams anti-smuggling organ3sations amounted to over
' Rs. 212.3 million, including narcotics during 19g0-81, excluding the biggest-ever
cache of Hashish weighing ~ver 4,OQ0 kil~grams lately,
The CBR also reported the loss of lives of two custom inspectors and two sepoys
during encounters with smugglers of narcotics during the year.
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PAKISTAN
TABANI LTRGE~ ILLEGAL DRUG SALE CURB
Karachi BUSINESS RECORDER in English 26 Jul 81 p 3
[Text]
The 8ind Excise and Taxatioa Co~trot Bcsid !or actfon~ agaiast '
~ biiaiater, Ashraf N. Tabani yes- the ns~rcotic dealera.
Lerday direcced the officiaLS of; Abaut the i~.u~ctioning of the
:us departmsnt W keep a strict' Directorate, t,he Director Excise~
vigilance on unauti~orised sale Karae:~i, Anwaz Shailcli said ;
of coatraband intoxicants in the t`~?at a total of 116 ca.ses were de-
City. tected 'oy tl;e: Excis~ 3taif in
He was oresiding ove,r a Pr~' Karachi ~luring 1980-1981.
sentation hal3 at h:s office, in Tha tireak-up of the detection
conaection with the working of of exeise crimes is, seizure of
- Uhe Directorate oP Exciae~ Kar. 8.iZ8.~80 k~ oi charas; 128.O7b
achi The Seretary, provincial kg of opium; 0.123 kg of bhang;
Excise aad '!`axation Departm~t, 21it quads of fqreign liquor; 73
Manzuorul Hasan tnd Directer quads of Pa,cistan made foreign
General Exciee aad Taxation~ liquor; 65 q~~ads and two tins
Sind Syed MoYubullah Sha1i~ of bee: ; 5i4 quads of ilicit liquor
were also pr~ent. and 25 Lbs: and uinecups o!
'i~e Miniater esked the Dlrec- tincture.
tor Excise, Kar~chi lo depute In addition 2.100 kg of heroin
speclal teams o! the Iutelligance was aeized by the Karachi Ex-
8taff at various places to take cise Police, durin~ last year
immedtate action against all which was firsl, haul�up o! the
those persons involved in this heroin in ~he history of Sind
illegal b~sinesa. Abkari.
He further directed them to 'P:~e Mini,ter was told that an
' take auitable r~~e'vcntive measures amount of Rs. 25.554 was re-
In various localities of Karaahi covered as P~cise revenue during
against the ac!dicts and the per- laet l~~i~ Y~' ~der dilfer-
soas involved in the tratficking eat heads of excise duty an~
o! Lhe contraband articles in� finea.
cluding liquor, opium, charaa, The ~ind Excise and Z`axati6n
heroin etc. l~inister appnciateci the effortc
Tabsni atressed 1]~e aeed for of the Exci~e Staii for detectioa
close and regular coordination ot excise crimes including the
with the E'akistan Narcotics capture ot heroin.
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
' NARCOTICS SALES INCREASE--The sale of narcotics especially of charas is on the in-
; crease in the City. According to a repart, in most of the City localities the p~d-
dlers of narcotics have increased their activity and now they offer narc~tics in
cigarettes ready for use. The areas where the narcotics is easily available include
Lyari, PECAS, Jacob Lines area, Tariq Road and various other localities where low
income group people reside. According to report, two peddlers of Jacob lines area
; have adopted new method of sale of narcotics. They usually fill the cigarettes
with narcotics and their agents sell them to the well-to-do people at price between
Rs. 5 to 10. These cigarettes are also avilable in some big hotels in posh Saddar
area where these are offered to foreigners. According to report, there are numerous
charas dens in Lyari which cater to the demand of narcotic addicts from whole of
; the City.--PPI. [Text] Karachi BUSINESS RECORD~R in English 24 Jul 81 p 4]
NARCOTICS SEIZED--Police failed to arrest a drug trafficker in a raid on his den
~ in North Nazimabad seized a large quantity of narcotics and detained two other per-
sons. Intoxicants seized are 1020 botteles of wine, 4000 pills of a mandrex, 13
kilo charas, 200 grams of opeium. According to details the burglary staff of
Liaquatabad along with the police of North Nazimabad raided the house of accused
! Said-ur-Rehman.and arrested two persons Ahmed Shah alias Badshah and Mian Younus
Kt?an, Said-ur-Rehman made good llis escape. Police have registered a case against
! the accused and are looking for them.--PPI. (Text] [Karachi BUSINESS RECORDER
in English 29 Jul 81 p 3]
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HEROIN, CHARAS WORTH OVER RS.10 LAI~i SEIZED--Charas and heroin worth over Es 10
lakh in foreign currency were seized from two persons while they were going in a
' car on Tariq Road by CIA police it was reported yesterday. The accused were iden-
tified as F.ashid and Zahid. The former lives in a building near Jubilee Cinema
~ while the latter in Mohammad Ali Housing Society. Rashid, a young man, zhe police
sources said was convicted in Holland two years ago on the charge of narcotic
; smuggling while Zahid, an elderly man, is a previous convict in three cases of cha-
ras trafficking here. Accrrding to the reports both the accused were going in a
' car No 069-344 carrying one killo of heroin and five killos of charas in the boot
of the car when a police party of CIA, after a tip off, intercepted them at Tariq
~ Road and seized tt~e contraband cargo. The contraband cargo, the police said, if
i smuggled abroad would have fetched Rs 10,50,000 in foreign currency. The car be-
longing to Zahid was impounded by the police. A separate case under Arms Act was
regiatered against Rashid following recovery of an unauthorized revolver from his
~ possession. [TextJ [Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 20 Jul 81 p 5]
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MARIJUANA SEIZED--Contraband marijuana weighing about four maunds worth about Rs.
3.5 million was yesterday seized from an upcountry truck near Musical fount_ain on
Abdullah Haroon Road by the Anti-Burglary Staff of the Civil Lines Aivieian.
According to details SuperintendenC oF Police Babar Khattak ot tlie Civi1 Lines Uiv-
ision was tipped off about a truck bringing contraband mari~uana from tribal belt
in the false cavities o� the vehicle (PR 8721). The detectives went all over the
city in search of the said truck and f inally intercepted it c~n Abdullah Haroon Road,
while it was moving away towards the harbour. The driver of the truck, identified
as Abdul Rashid, has been arrested and is under intensive questioning in a bid to
find out the 'links' at Karachi who were to receive the contraband for onward ex-
port to a European country. [Text] ~[Karachi DAWN 28 Jul 81 p 8]
OPIUM RECOVERED--Rawalpindi, July 25--Two kilo opium was recovered from a bus pas-
senger near Wah Garden yesterday. The raid was conducted by the Excise Inspector
and the opium was found in Iftari basket--PPI. [Text] [Islamabad THE MUSLIM in.
English 26 Jul 81 p 3]
HASHISH IN Tr7HE~,LCHATR--Islamabad, July 28--The airport customs_staff, arrested
~:ie involved person here today and allegedly recovered from him 18 kilograms of
- hashish worth about Rs. 10 lakh in the international market. Acting on a tip-off,
_ the customs staff searched the wheel chair on which the accused Safden Sethi had
been seated and found that a small portion in the middle was very soft whereas
being an iron chair this could not have been the case.--A.P.P. [TextJ [Peshawar
KHYBER MAIL in Eng~ish 29 ul 81 p 1]
CUSTOMS STOPS HASHISH--Karachi, 19 July--Over 100 kilogra~es of hashish intended
for shipment to Rotterdam by a ship, S.S, Mount Sanana, was seized by the customs
officials here today. NAB/AFP ~Text~ ~Rangoon THE WORKING PEOPLE~S DAILY in
English 21 Jul 8i p 6~
CONTRA,BAND NARCOTICS INCREASE--Hyderabad, 11 Aug--An overdose of Mandrex tablets
- (a narcotic) has killed one Shaukat, 27, of the Cantonment area. flis body was
found early yesterday morning. Postmortem report revealed the cause of death.
Contraband narcotics are rampant here and some medical stores are reportedly in-
volved in pushing them. A couple of months back seven medical stores were raided
and a large quantity of locally brewed liquor was also impounded. [Text] [Lahore
THE PAKISTAN TIMES in English 12 Aug 81 p 6]
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PHILIPPINES
BRIEFS
RAID YIELDS HEROIN--Operativea of the Constabul.ary Anti-Narcotics unit (CANU) under
Majors Beltran.and Aldaba arrested five persons, including three Americans and
confiscated ~101,117 in bank notes during a raid last Saturday on a residence in
Angeles city. Apgrehended were Virginia de la Pena, alias Mama King, Master Ser-
geant Larry I~'urman of the US Air Force, Patrick Sullivan, James King and Cesar
Reyes. Also confiscated by CANU agents were one plastic bag.reportedly contain-
ing heroin powder weighing 50 grams, one attache case containing marijuana resi-
due, one display scale containing heroin powder residue, one gold-plated Buddha
containing hero3.n powder residue, one weighing.scale, and assorted notes containing
names and addresses and telephone numbers of customers and heroin buyers of De la
Pena. [Text] [Manila BULLETIN TODAY in English 4 Aug 81 p 28]
IFUGAO MARIHUANA PI;ANTATION DISCOVEREI~--A large marijuana plantation in the moun-
tain slopes of Ifugao was discovered a~zd raided.by national bureau of investiga-
tion (NBI) anti-narcotics operatives following the arrest of two suspected members
of a marijuana syndicate in Baguio city. NBI Directflr Jolly R. Bugarin said that
the mari~uana plantation which is located at.Barangay Gusadan, Tinoc, Ifugao
yielded 2,150 fu11-growm mari3uana plants measuring seven to l0 feet high and es-
timaCed to be wor~h ~8.6 million. Those arrested were Ramon Pagad-o, 18, ma.rried,
a farm~r of Pingad Sabangan, Mt. Province aad Edwin Cabanse.y Viado, 21, single.
Charges �or violation of RA b425 (Dangerous Drugs Law) have been filed against
them by the NBI before the Ifugao provincial fiscal. According to Director Jolly R.
Bugarin, his operatives disclosed that on July 21, Pagad-o together with Cabanse
were caught while delivering three kilos of dried high-grade mar3.~uana to an NBI
undercover agent poaing as an Americaa merchant marine from Olongapo city. The
mari~uana was reportedly being sold at $500 a kilo. [Text] [Manila BULLETIN TODAY
in English 31 Jul 81 p 36]
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SOUTH KOREA
METHAMPHETAMINE RING APPREHENDED
Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English 26 Jul 81 p 8
[~Text] Eleven people including one Japanese have been axrested on suspicion of
trafficking in hiroppon worth more than 10,000 million won sinci~e late last year
by productng it at secret workships they built in their houses or on uninhabited
islets, the Seoul District Prosecution reported yesterday.
Those arrestpd are among 24 people who were checked by a special investigation team
- from the district prosecution. They are charged with violation of the Psychotropic
I~rug Control La.w.
Mrs. Kang Chong-suk, 31, having no fixed residence, and another were criminally
booked in connection with the case.
Oh Kuk-hwan, 35, an official of Health-Social Affairs Ministry, is alleged to have
accepted eight miTlion won f,rom the hiroppon ring in return for not reporting the
crimes, and Hirogat,su Nakasima, 40, of Okinawa, Japan, is accused of attempting
to smuggle the drug to Japan.
The prosecution seized 2.4 kg of hiroppon valued at about 240 million won, syringes
and distilled water in raids on the workshops.
Pyong Hi-j in, 50, living :Ln Yoksam-dong, southern Seoul, has three criminal con-
victions and is alleged to have produced 3 kg hiroppon at his house since October,
1979.
G~hoe Wan-su, 50, of Kwang-an-dong, southern Pusan, is accused of supplying the work-
shops with raw materials such as chloride ephedrine in exchange f~r processed
hiroppon, according to the prosecution authorities.
' The authorities said Nakasima tried to smuggle 360 g of hiroppon to Japan after
buying it for 900,000 yen from Choe Tae-san, 50, now under arrest, at his Lex Hotel
room in central Seoul on July 17.
The Japanese suspect attempted to take the hiroppon to Japan after dissolving it
in liquor, according to authorities.
A certain Lee, 45, and seven others suspected of producing of the unlawful drug
are being sought by the prosecution.
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THAILAND
BRIEFS
FOUR SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING HEROIN--Bangkok, 23 July--Three Australians and a
Thai today were sentenced to a total of 121 years imprisonment af ter being found
guilty of possessing 8.5 kilogrammes (18 pounds) of heroin for sale. The court
jailed Sydney hairdresser Warren Fellows, 27, Wil'liam Sinclair, 67-year-old
Bangkok bar owner, and Thai Kitti Imsap to 33 years and eight months each. Sydney
football player Paul Hayward, 27, was sentenced to 28 years. The three Austr~.lians,
arrested in October 1978 and held in cus.tody since then, pleaded not guilty to
attempted trafficking. But Hayward and Fellows pleaded guilty to illegal posses-
sion of the heroin which the prosecution said was found in their hotel room. The
Thai, who was accused of supplying the drug, also pleaded not guilty. Defence
lawyers said the Australians would appeal against the judgment. In a lengthy
judgment, the court said it could have imposed life imprisonment but had passed
lighter sentences because the defendants had been cooperative during the trial.
It said the prosecution had estab lished clear evidence that Fellows and Sinclair
were involved in drug trafficking for seve~. or eight years. Hayward was given a
lighter term because there was no evidence that he was involved in drug trafficking
prior to 1978, the court said. It said the sentences took into consideration the
large amount of hemin involved. Dealing in such qua.ntities of drugs was a threat
to the world community, it added. The court also noted prosecution evidence that
about 30 kilogrammes (50 pound~) of drugs were being smuggled into Australia every
month. NAB/Reuter ~Text] ~Rangovn THE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in English
25 Jul 81 p 6~
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[Article: Hau Giang "Severely Punishes Those Who Store, Disseminate Decadent,
Reactionary Culture"J
[Tekt] VNA--The peaple's court of Can Tho City (Hau Gian Province
session to try Nguyen Phu Huu and Nguyen Van Giau for thegcrime of storinghand a
disseminating decadent and reactionary culture, and of buying, selling, smoking and
injecting narcotics.
Since January 1980, with a stealthily purchased portable movie
Huu has made a good deal of money by lurin man Projector Nguyen Phu
films left behind by American impe'rialistsg Asyfor N.guyentVan~GiaumedespiteWhavingent
been educated several times, he continued to stealthily organize the purchase, sale,
smoking and injection of heroin and narcotics, poisoning the existence of
unprogressive youths.
Huu's and Giau's activities were exposed by the people, who helped responsible organs
to arrest and detain them with complete incriminating evidence. . Before the court,
both Huu and Giau admitted their guilt.
The people's court of Can Tho City sentenced Nguyen Phu Huu and N.guyen Van Giau to
24 months in prison each, with confiscation of all incriminating evidence and means:
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COUNTRY SECTION BAHAMAS
MARIHUAi39 WORTH $6 MILLION, 8 BOATS SEIZED; 19 ARRESTID
, Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 20 Jul 81 p 1 .
[Article by Athena Damianos]
- [TeYt] MARIJUANA, VALUED at
No drugs were found on any ~
over S6mlllian.eight boats and of these boats.
about 20 pounds of scalefish Nothing was found aboard
and crawfish were seized by either "Juventud" or
' the Bahamas Defence FoYCe off "Talisman," both of which are
West Andros Saturday. Florida registered.
The incident, which took However, � the Defence
p tace neaz the "drug spokesman said crawfish traps
hideaway" William's island, were found in the area where
~ ended up in the arrest of 19 the two boats were picked up.
foreigners. The of~cers also reported that
The 19 suspects were some of the men were seea
arrested at about 10 ~ am "throwing something
Saturday by officers of the overboard."
60-foot patrol craft "Exuma," Another boat was seized
I captained by Lieutenant but later released.
; Co m mander Bachelette The boat had another vessel,
LaFleur. Exuma, which was on "Wild 'n Wet." in tow . whea
"routine pafrol," was later the Defence Force appeared.
assisted by "Inagua," under the "Wild 'n Wet," which crewmen
command of lieutenant reported was found drifting,
Jackson Ritchie. was cut loose as the boat tried
Of the eight boats arrested to leave the area. The boat was
' at sea was "Capricorn," a however, stopped and then
' S0-foot vessel carrying 286, freed,
; 50-p~und bales of what is A senior police officer told
believed to be marijuana. Six The Tribune that a pound of
Cubat~-Americans and one marijuana could be broken into
' Brazilian-American were smaIIer quantities and sold for
, arrested. a street value of SS00. The
~ The other boats were the substance seized from
- Florida-registered "The Capricorn was believed to be
Playboy," with five pounds of marjjuana. It was packaged in
crawfish tails; "fitnino", 286 50-pound bales, which
` Florida, 10 pounds of scalefish, would bring in a street value of
and; Marie Dei Carmen, more than $6 million.
Florida, five pounds of The 19 persons arrested are
scalefish. The crawfish season expected to be charged in the
u presently closed. . Magistrate's Court tomonow.
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COUNTRY SECTION BAHAMAS
S,IX POLICEMEN ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH DRUG OFFENSES ,
Nassau THE TRIBUNE.in English 20 Jul 81 pp 1, 12
- [Article by Dilette Thompson]
[Text] SIX POLICEMEN of the ~Ieadquazters with intent to as seven live rounds of .45
Fire Branch Department of the steal. bullets. Taylor was also
Royal Bahamas Police Force A further chazge alleges that charged with being in
were charged this moming with between 7uly 4 and 9, the possession of three grams of
various offences which three men stole ~20 bales of marijuana on the same date. He
included conspiracy to possess marijuana fram ~?rthur's pleaded noz.guilty.
20 bales of marijuana, House. Bail was sat at ~10,000 The case was adjourned to
shopbreaking and stealing. each with a surety. August 24 while. bail wa~
The arrests were made as a Philip Rolle, 29, of Westem granted in the sum of $5,000
result of an ' internal Police Station and Henry with a surety.
investigation conducted by the Johnson, 24, of the Police ALso charged with possession
C r i m i n a 1 [ nvestiga tio n Headquarters were charged of mar~juana before Magistrate
Department. The investigation together with Rotle, Culmer Edun today was George;
followed a hreak-in which and Taylor ith conspiracy to Knowles 23, of C~ilmersville.~
occurred at Arthur's House, possess dangerous drugs, 20 He was chazged with possession~
the drugs storage department bales of mari~juana, between of .six grams of mat~juana on
at the East Street Police July 4 and 9. July 17 and was granted bail
Headquarters. Rolle was also charged with set at 52,000 with a surety.
Represented by Elliott possessiun of four , grams of Trial begins August 24.
- Lockhart and Godfrey' Pinder, marijuana on July 15. B;W for Kendal Rolle, 24, of Third~
bail totalling 330 Q00 was Rolle and Johnson was set at Street Coconut Grove is alleged~
levied on Mitchell 'Iraylor, 21, $1,000 each with a surety. to have possessed four grams of
Arthur Sraith,' 24, of Seven Elected summary trials are mar~juana on July 18. Dominic
Hills Estates; and Hensiey slated to begin August 26. Licencear, 20 of Wilson Tract
Culmer, 23, of Richville ' Also before the court today was charged ~with possession of
Subdivision. was another policeman, g grams .of marijuana and
~ The three pleaded not guilty Emmaauei Johnnie Taylor, 26, released on bail set at 51,500
to sho breakin between Jul of Sweeting Lane, Fox Hill. He with.surety.
_ p g y was represented by Blliott Convicted of havin three
4 and 9 when tliey are alleged ~ckhart and Godfrey. Pinder. g
to have broken into the The indictment alle ed that �f marijuana was
Southern section of Arthur's g Shelton Moss, 19, of Ridgeland
House at the Police Taylor possessed an unlicensed pazk. Moss was fined 51,000 or
.45 revolver on July 15 as weU six months in prison.
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COUNTRY SECTION BAH`~S
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COCAINE CHARGE--Bernard Curry, 40, of Sweeting's Lane and Karen Munroe, 18y of ,
William's Lane were charged with possession of cocaine, an unlicensed firearm, �
and ammunition before Magistrate Shirin Edun yesterday. Bail for each was set
at $5,000 with one surety. The two were charged with possession of 15 grams of
cocaine on July l, possession of a.357 magnum revolver, and possession of
eighteen .38 bullets. They both pleaded not guilty. The case was ad~ourned
to July 24. [Text] [Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 3 Jul 81 p 1]
COI,OMBIANS IN CUSTODY--Six Colombians arrested aboard "Mariner" Tuesday by
members of the Defence Force patrol craft "Inagua," were remanded in custody
yesterday afternoon when they appeared before Magistrate Shirin Edun. The men
were charged with being in possession of 403 bales of mari~uana on July 21 at
Joulter Cay in the Bahama.s. They were represented by Nigel Bowe. Charged were
Roberto Flores, 30, Carlos Perez Gonzales, 28, Jorge Robinson, 24, Osmond
Newhall, 41, Eduardo Achivoro, 38, Mirando Taylor, 28, and Hector Andrade, 51.
They were also charged with possession of marijuana with intent to supply. The
case was adjourned to August 12. [Text] [Nassau THE TRIBUNE in English 24 Jul 81
p 1]
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PERU
BRIEFS
ARRESr BY CIVIL GUARDS--Specialized personnel of the Huanuco and Tingo Maria units
of the Civil Guard (GC) caught redhanded a number of traffickers making cocaine
base paste (PBC) and selling the drug. According to a report from the inf ormation
and public relations office of GC, the firat arrests ~ook place in Chaupiyacu,
Huanuco, where 2 m3.lZion soles in illicit profits from drug sales were confiscated
from Ploises rielandez Herrera, 53, and Ama.ncio Santol Gabriel, 44. During this raid,
two processing tanks built by Dario Espinoza Vidal were destroyed. Es,pinoza Vidal
admitted that he had sold 2 million soles worth of PBC. Also arrested by GC was
Silvestre Malpartida Tru~illo, 62, on whose property four tanks were found with
coca l~aves undergoing maceration; these tanks were also destroyed. It was re-
ported also that the Cayhuayna GC road check unit searched a bus belonging to the
Leon firm of Huanuco and found among the parcels a package contining 4.5 kilograms
of PBC worth 2.25 million soles. Also searched was a Toyota, license AM-2660,
driven by Tomas Villar Tumbay, 22, and three packages of coca were found weighing
100 kg. In addition, members of the 64th Command (Tingo Maria) arrested Gumercindo
Dominguez Tru~illo, 39, Benedicto Ca~as Atachahua, 22, and a minor, 16, confiscating
from them 6.55 kilograms of PBC. In another raid, at Arabe Alto, on the highway
between Tingo Maria and Aucayacu, GC located and destroyed 4 coca maceration tanks.
The persons arrested and the confiscated drugs and equipment have been placed in
charge of the proper authorities. [TexC] [Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 13 Jun 81
p 56] 11989
PIP CAPTURES NARCOTICS BANDS--The Illicit Drug Traffic Investigation Division [INTID]
of PIP [Peruvi~n Investigative Police] cracked three drug trafficking rings and con-
fiscated a total of 110 kg of cocaine base paste. ltao of the organizations were
operating in Tingo ;Ka.ria and the other in Piura. This report was made at�a presa
conference by Che head of the drug investigation unit of PIP, Gen Berly Baca
Vald:tvia, vaho noted that recently the drug rings have "recruited" naive women for
their opera~ions. This is shown in the presence of women among two of the three
groups of traffickers arrested recently. In Tingo Maria, he said, Ignacio Jorge
Penadillo, 30, and David Raml.rez Espaldeza, 29 were arrested. They were part of an
international ring and in their possession were 65 kg of PBC. General Baca Valdivia
reported that in Piura Jul.ia 0lguin Ca11e, 23, was arrested as the leader of a
trafficking ring; also arrested with her were Moisea Gomez Poma, 22; Felipe Santa
~ruz, 40; Andres Cumbicus Jimenez, 23; and a minor girl, 17; with this group 23 kilos
of the drug were confiscated. Also in Tingo Maria, PIP arrested traffickers Luciano
Vi11ar, Juan Florez Tuesta, Juan Mori Grandez, Jose Bernaola Mellan, Santos Sanchez
vega, Juan Ayala Baldeon, Macario Perez Tru~illo and Silvia Vargas Suarez. This
group yielded 22 kg of PBC. [Text] [Lima EXPRESO in Spanish 19 Jun 81 p 9] 11989
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LARGE COCAINE SEIZURE--The Civil Guard yesterday confiscated 1,OQ0 kg of cocaine
base paste worth 750 millian soles. The GC operation, in Pucallp.a, was named
"Pincer" and was under. the command of Capt Carlos Zamora Viacava, of the Intelligence
Directorate, working with staff of the 39th Command. A unit patrolling the Aguaytia
River at 1400 hours apprehended two motor boats with four trafficker crew members.
Shots were exchanged but no one was seriously injured on either side. After
arresting the traffickers, the police searched the boats and found 1,000 kg of base
paste, two containers of chemicals used in processing cocaine, a power saw, and an
assortment of firearms, including machjne guns, shotguns, pistols, revolvers and
a great quantity of ammunition. The Civil Guard arraigned the arrested persons
before the penal judge in office in Pucallpa. Investigations are under way to locate
the rest of the organization, and within 24 or 48 huurs there will be more concret~
information on this sensational raid. Already the persons arrested can be sure of
at least 20 years behind bars, according to the new laws passed recently by the j
legislature. It is to be noted that this is the largest haul of base paste on re-
cord. [Text] [Lima EI. COMERCZO in Spanish 19 Jun 81 p 10] 11989
CLANDESTINE AIRSTRIP--The Civil Guard discovered a clandestine airstrip in
Carabayllo being used by international drug traffickers and seized 64 kg of cocaine
base paste and the equipment for its manufacCure. This discovery and drug seizure
were made at 2336 houra yesterday by personnel of the Carabayllo Civil Guard Post,
in collaboration with the 72d Commissariat of Puente Piedra. A half hour earlier,
several individuals were aeen in the vicinity carrying bundles among the underbrush.
This fact was reported to the police who combed the area in search of the suspects.
After an intensive searcii, the~~Civil Guard found three bags containing a total of
64 kilos of base paste, which were hidden in a drainage ditch located in a brush-
covered, unpopulated area. In the vicinity, the Civil Guard also f ound two large
empty cylinders, a medium-size cylinder con~aining sulfuric acid, a large plastic
sheet for the maceration of cocaine base paste and other equipment for the manu-
facture of the drug. Both the drug and the equipment used for its manufacture were '
found a short distance from a large fie13 which was being used as an airstrip for
smal..l airplanes. A police spokesman said that intervention by the authbrities
had prevented the~shipment abroa.d of 65 kg of cocaine base paste, which, according
to investigators was to have been sent out of-the country in tt?e early morning
hours. [Excerpts] [Li:~a EXP'RESO in Spanish 23 Jun 81 p 14] 8143
INTERNATIONAL COCA.INF TRAFFICKING--During operations carried out in the capital
and the interior of the country, the Peruvian Investigative Police [PIP] made the
largest confiscation of cocaine hydrochloride ever. The drug is valued at over
2 billion soles on the international black market. The police seized 30 kilos
of cocaine hydrochloride from a powerful organization of drug traffickers made up
of foreigners and Peruvians. Thia is the largest confiscation of such material
recorded up to now in palice annalo. According to the official report, a former
world class [soccer] player is a member of this "white gold mafia." The PTP
also discovered modern clandestine laboratories where the cocaine hydrochloride
was processed. One o� the labs was functioning in Salamanca, where the mafia had
its center of operations. The identity of Che individuals involved in the mafia
will be revealed next Thursday during a press conference, it was learned. Elsewhere,
in another ^neration, the Carabayllo Civil Guard found cocaine base paste in a
dr~inage ditch. The paste is valued at over 150 million aoles. In that same
area, the police also discovered a amall landing field for light planes.
Neighbors of the Pueblo Viejo country estate in Carabayllo had reported the presence
of airplanes at night and in the early morning houra, thus alerting the police.
In another development, two drug traffickers (one Brazilian and one Peruvian) were
captured in a police net yesterday in the vicinity of Pucallpa. They were trans-
porting 20 kg of cocaine base paste valued at 20 million soles." The prisoners are
Franciaco Fracio Correia, a Brazilian, 31, and Italo Mexa Frais, a Peruvian, 39.
Both men were arrested near the village of Leoncio Prado, of Lago Yarinacocha,
while agents specializing in the anCidrug campaign were "combing" the area during
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operation "White Gold," which is designed to eradicate illicit trafficking in the
regions of Pucallpa and Tingo Maria. In Tingo Maria, the Civil Guard destroyed
maceration pits for coca leaves and arrested theix~owner, Teser Paredes Pezo,
and his brother, Pedro P~.redes Pezo. The men had 250,000 soles"cash in their
possession. [Text] [Lima EL COMCRCIO in Spanish 23 Jun 81 p 12] 8143
INTII~1~tATIONAL DRUG OPERATI~1--Members of the Tacna PIP [Peruvian Investigative
Police] seized 10 kg of cocaine base paste from a ring of international drug
traffickers made up of Peruvians and Chileans who were transporting the drug to the
neighboring country. Detectives of the Tacna Departmental Headquarters, under the
command of Col Alfredo Vergaru Cordova, during a quick-strike operation, indentified
and arrested the ringleader and some of the criminals. The antidrug agents ohtained
the clue leading to the arrests from Juana Rivera Caceres de Ramos, who liad
traveled regularly to elrica on the pretext of purchasing merchandi.se. Her conduct
aroused the suspicion oi the police who, after several days of surveillance,
determined the real activi*.ies of the woman. Later, the detectives arrested Miguel
Llanque Turpo, Valen~in A~;ui1~r Nieto and I.uciano Ramos Cana, th~ husbgnd of the
female prisoner. In turn, thege prisoners named Baudilla Teofil~ Caipa Valverde de
Velasco as tt~e.leader of the organization. When she was arrested at her home at
698 Au~usto Legui~ Ave, the police found 10 kg of-the drug hidden in a refrigerator.
In a related development, ehe PIP said that it was coordinating with INTERPOL to
locate the other members of the band who are of Chilean nationality. [Text) [Lima
EXPRESO in Spanish 24 Jun 81 p 37] 8143
UNDIItCOVER DRUG BUST--Pretendi~g that she was a drug buyer, a female detective of the
Jesus Maria PIP [Peruvian Investigative Police] led to the arrest of the members
of a ring of drug traffi�^kers from whom 4 kg of cocaine base pasre were confiscated.
The police operation was planned by Ma~ Taul Bringos Villacorta, of the Jesus Maria
PIP Station, ti~ho g~ve Detective Fania Vargas Olarie the dangerous mission of re-
presenting herr~elf to the drug traffickers as a drug buyer. This detective reached
an agreement with the "pushers" to deliver the PBC [cocaine b ase paste] at
kil.ometer marker 6 on the North~Pan~nerican Highway. At ehis 1oc~.tion the police
arrested E.f.rain Miranda Salicio, 35, and Humberto Isla Amasifueen, 39, and con-
fiscated 2 kg of the drug. On the basis of the prisoners~ statements, ttie police
were able to arrest Maria Edith Carmen Paz, 35, and Rubenson Calvo Rodriquez, 29,
with 2 more kg of cocaine base paste, on San Maxtin S~, San Martin de Porres
district. During the invesL-igations, it was determined~that Rubenson Calvo had
brought the drug trom the town of Uch3za [Tingo Maria, where he had manufactured it.
[Text] [Lima ~:Il'F~ESO in Spanish 24 Jun 81 p 14] 8143
CIVIL GUARD DRUG SEIZURES--In four police actions carried out in different parts
of Huanuco, the Civi.l Guard aeized over 9 kg of cocaine base paste and arrested five
drug traf~ick~rs. The firsr police action took pl.ace at the Cullqui Checkpoint
whert~ passenger Mayle Crispin Rojas, 24, wlio was carrying a huge knife inside of
which there were 1'1/2 k3.'.~s ot the drug, was arrested. Later, Capt Edgar Salinas
, Azpur and Sgt Enrique LchevarY�ia Espin~za, who'were on duty on the Monzon-Huanuco
Highway, arrested Juliu Ciriaco Blas, 3$; t~Ial.a~~sias Znfantas Roldan, 19; and Donato
Morates Zevallos, who were trarisporting 1 kg of cocaine base paste: The third
seizure took place at the Sullqui-Huanuco Toll GaCe. When bus XM=2333, of the
Huallage Transportation Company, was inspected, 4 icg of the drug were found hidden
~ in the tank of a kerosene gas stove which was addressed to Alberto Campoa Cannelino.
Finally, Civi1 Guard agents arrested DemeCrio Espinosa Dominguez, who was trans-
porting 1 kg of cocaine base paste skillfully camouflaged as a wooden heel. .
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This prisoner and the above-mentioned drug traffickera were turned over to the
Judicial Authorities with their respective statements. [Text] [Lima EXPRESO
in Spanish 24 Jun ~1 p 37] 8143
PIP COCAINE RAID--A epiritualist house which wae the center of operatione of a
dangoroue ring of internaCional drug traffickore wae diemantled recontly by rha
[Peruvian Investigative Police] Directorate oi Inveetigatior; of Illicit Drug
Traffi.cking [DINTID]. 7.'his house was discovered by the DINTID during Operation
"Mandrake,"~with the partic3.pation of PIP noncommisaioned officer polores Sanan
de Valdivia, who visited the drug traffickers~ center of operations under the
pretext of being a fervent believer in spiritualism. According to information
released yeaterday during a pre~s conference, the head of the DINTID, Gen Berly
Baca Valdivia, ~he operation required over a month of surveillance of the goin,~-
and-c anings of the drug traffickers. Spiritualist I.uz Blanca Polo Loayza, 48,
known to her clientele ~s "Madame Carmeli," was the connection between buvers
and producers of cocaine hydrochloride. Her "consulting room~' was loeated at
1423 Raymondi Ave, La Victoria. General Baca Valdivia reported that the d~ug
produced by the above-mentioned drug trafficking organization was of good quality
and was sent abroad in booksr which bore title on the subject of Che History of
Peru. Over 16 kg of 98 percent pure cocaine hydrochloride were seized fram the
ring. In addition tb the spiritualist, "Madame Carmeli," the PIP arrested
Eugenio Huaman Gomez, 64, and his wife, Rosa Quijano Diaz, 60, and their children,
Roel and Graciela, 23 and 27, respectively. f~ufino Alcibiades Cabre,jos Paz, 26,
son-in-law of the spiritualist, was arrested with her. The following Colombians
were also arrested: ~Iernando de Jeaus Uribe Restrepo, 33; Diego Mazuthler Camelo,
35; and Luis Felipe Debedout Molina, 27. [Text] [Lima EXPRESO.in Spanish 27 Jun
81 p 23 ] E1143
NEW SHIPPING METHOD--Using new and highly refined methods, an international drug
ring has been sendin~ cocaine chlarhydrate abroad concealed in volumes of a History
of Peru, as reported bq completely reliable sources. The criminal operation was
discovered yesterday by the Illicit Drug Traffic Investigation Division of PIP
[Peruvian Investigative Police] in a raid on a luxurious apartm~ent in the Salamanca
district, where 20 kg of cocaine chlorhydrate were found cleverly concealed in more
than 15Q volumes of the History of Peru. According to the sources, the acting
attorney general took part in the police operation and stayed up until dawn in
ord~er to file all the necessary charges. Investigation by our reporters revealed
that this drug trafficking ring had a modern laboratory capable of making large
quantit~Les of drugs. This type of laboratory, according to one detective, is the
most modarn and sophisticated yet to be uncovered. [Text] [Lima EXPRESO in Spanish
19 Jun 81 p 9] 119 89
COCAIIJ~ DTS`TRIBUTOR ARR.~STED--The Illicit Drug Traffic Investigation Division of
PIP [Peruvian Investigative Police] reported yesterday the capture of Raymunda
("Poison") Ramos Cavero, 50, considered the principal disCributor of drugs in the
form of sma11 packets to young people in the river district. According to the chief
of this police unit, Gen Be�r1y Baca Valdivia, the arrested woman was destroying
through a net of female runners working near centers throughout this densely
populated area. "Her accomplices have been identif ied and may be arrested at any
time," he added. He said that Ramos Cavero was caught in a residence in the
Villacampa district in the act of preparing 200 packets or "ketes," most of which
were ready for sale, A thorough search of a residence at 650 Los Molinos Boulevard
yielded a clevexly concealed kilogram of cocaine paste base, according to the PIP
official, [Texe] [Lima EXPRESO in Spanish 20 Jun 81 p 18] 11989
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BRIEFS
HEROIN IN ESTAHBANAT--The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Estahbanat, Fars
Province, have s.eized 2,4 kg of opium and 1,700 cents [as heard] of heroin from
several cars. Three people were arrested. [LD170137 Tehran Domestic Service
:in Persian 1630 GMT 16 Aug 81]
NARCOTICS SEIZURE--The Estahbanat Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.has seized 2.4 kg
of opium and 1,700 pounds [as heard] of heroin from a number of cars. [GF161941
_Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1430 GMT 16 Aug 81]
?HASHISH SEIZURE--The BushEhr antidrug squad has seized 2.2 kg of hashish from an
Afghan. [GF161941 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1430 GMT 16 Aug 81]
"SMUGuLER ARREST--According to L-he PARS News Agency, thanks to the efforts of the
~officers of the antinarcotics headquarters of the Islamic Revolution Court in
~Mashhad, yesterday an Afghan smuggler was arrested ~ogether with (?2,010) grams of
tpure heroin in Torbat-e Jam and was handed over to the Mashhad Islamic Revolution
Court, (?with his dossier). [Text] [Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1630 GMT
17 Aug 81]
DRUG ARRESTS--Quoting the Islamic Revolution Committee of Eslamabad-e Gharb, the
~Central News Unit reported: 9.421 rounds of am~unition and 6 assorted weapons,
�4 grenades and 2 kg of opium were discovered from buyers and sellers of unauthorized
weapons. In this connection, five were arrested. The Islamic Revolution Guard
~Corps of Khorramabad, with the cooperation of the gendarmerie brothers in that city
discovered 3,125 brams cf opium, 2 Cr 3 rifles, 1 kalashnikov and one hunting (?rifle)
and ammunition. ~lccording to the Central News Unit, the Islamic Revolution Guards
of Sahneh, the day before yesterday, also discovered three G-3 rifles, three
Brno rif les and 30 kg of opium, which was hidden in a car. In this connection,
six persoi:s were arrested and handed ovex to the Islamic Revo].ution Court. Also '
according to this r.eport, the members of the Torbat-e Jam Islamic Revolution Guards
Corps discovered 15 kg of opi.um an~3 250 grams of heroin and also 280,500 rials in
cash from a smuggler. [TeYt] [Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1630 GMT 17 Aug 81'J
OPIUM SEIZED IN 'ADELABAD--Members of the Fars Islamic Revolution Cotmnittee have
seized 500 grams of opium, a handgun and 11 rounds of ammunition from a car in
'Adelabad. [GF181610 Shiraz Domest3.c Service in Persian 1430 GMT 18 Aug 81J
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ZAHEDAN DRUG FIND--Officials of the Nosratabad Gendarmerie Post of Zahedan dis-
covered a bogus officer with 62 kilograms of hashish and 700 grams of heroin. The
Public Relations Office of the Gendarmerie of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced
that the officials of the Nosratabad Gendarmerie Post of Zahedan became suspicious
of Ahmad Sa'id who was driving a convertible jeep with Shiraz license ~~'S5812 and
was wearing an officer's uniform, but did not have an identity card. After inspec-
ting his car, they discovered, in a compartment in front of and under the seat,
' the following: 700 grams of heroin, 62 kilograms of hashish, a Colt .45 caliber
pistol with a magazine and seven cartridges. According to the report submitted,
the driver of the jeep was arrested and after the investigations he was turned
over to the legal authorities. [Text] [Tehran ETTELA'AT in Persian 10 Aug 81
P 4]�
HEROIN SEIZURE--According to a PARS News Agency report, Shiraz police succeeded
yesterday in discovering 2.4 kilos of heroin on a person named Abdolhoseyn Gholami,
son of Abbas. The narcotics were seized near Takht-e Jamshid, and the person
involved was detained and handed over to the legal authorities. [Text] [LD230311
Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 1630 GMT 22 Aug 81]
OPIUM SEIZURE--According to the PARS News Agency, thanks to the alertness and
perseverance of the antinarcotics personnel of Quchan police. Yesterday 36,200 gr
of opium was discovered from three passengers in a van. The persons were arrested
and handed over to the relevant authorities together with their dossiers. [LD222227
Tehran Domestic Service in Persian 0730 GMT 20 Aug 81]
DRUG SEIZURE IN SHIRAZ--During the past few wesks the Shiraz police have seized
4,250 grams of heroin. [GF221835 Shiraz Domestic Service in Persian 1430 GMT
22 Aug 81]
DRUG SEIZURE IN BORAZJAN--Borazjan revolution guards have seized 1 kg of opium
from two individuals who have been arrested. [GF231801 Shiraz Domestic Service
in Persian 1530 GMT 23 Aug 81]
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FRANCE
LARGEST ~RUG HAUL MADE OFF BRITTANY COAST
NC2322C~1 Paris AFP in English 1838 GMT 23 Aug 81
[~xcerpt] Brest, West France, 23 Aug (AFP)--French customs made their biggest
narcotics haul ever when they netted six million dollars' worth of canabis resin
aboard a 55-ton British-registered yacht near here Friday, it was revealed today.
T~o West Germans wer.e arrested after customs made a chance-boarding of the Conquest
IIT laden with 1.75 tons of canabis which police said came from Morocco and was
intended for a"north European country."
Tt?e 60-foot (18-meter) wooden yacht, registered in Falmouth, Cornwa].1, and bristling
with radio equipment, had reportedly lost its bearings off Brittany's western coast.
It had sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, to the Mediterranean where it rendezvoused
with another ship to take on the drugs,~ police said.
Oustoms said the yacht's skipper was to be paid 135,000 marks (about 50,000 dollars)
for the trip. According to police, he had previously been sentenced t.o 4 years'
i~inprisonment for cigarette smuggling. .
One of~ the two Germans, both said to be in their 50's, was sea-sick when customs
boarded the yacht off the north-western French island of Ouessant (Ushant).
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POLL SHOWS HALF OF POPULATION FOR DRUG-CASE PHONE TAPS
Stockholm DAGENS NYkIETER in Swedish 26 Jul 81 p 1.
[Text~ Every other Swedish voter is prepared to approve concealed microphones
and telephone tapping without authorization in order to cut down on drug abuse
and to uncover tax violations. This was shown by an opinion poll taken by the
Institute for Opinion Analysis during the spring of 1981.
The institute has conducted opinion polls based on checking off a form containing
around 500 questions in 1979, 1980 and 1981.
This is the first year narcotics appeared in the questionnaire. Nine out of ten
Swedes favor strong steps against narcotics and eight out of ten voters favored
measures to combat tax violations and foreign deb.ts.
Asked if hidden microphones should be placed in residences to uncover drug deal-
ings and tax cheating, 30 percent answered, "Yes, definitely" and 23 percent said,
"Yes," for a total of 53 percent. Unauthorized telephone tapping was approved by
29 percent in the top category and 31 percent in the next for a total of 60 per-
cent. TV surveillance without special authorization was accepted by a'total of
53 percent.
Pessimism is widespread when it comes to getting at narcotics, with 36 percent
thinking the situation will get "much worse" in a few years and another 27 per-
cent feeling it wi11 get "somewhat worse."
At the same time as demands for taking action against tax cheating are rising,
tolerance for tax eheating is increasing.
6578
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~
BRIEFS
HEROIN SMUGGLER SEIZED--Helsingborg (TT)--A routine check paid off. The two , !
small packages customs officials were interested in turned out to contain heroin, j
216 grams in all. Customs people in Helsingborg found the heroin packages a ,
' short time ago in the trunk of a car. The driver, a 35-year-old man, was on his
way to Stockholm where he was going to sell the heroin. In an interrogation the
man said he estimated he wou?d get 140,000 kroner for the heroin. This quantity
is worth considerably more on the street. The man had obtained the heroin in
Beirut from where he had flown to Kastrug Airport. He is now jailed in Helsing-
borg. [Text] [Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 25 Jul 81 p 6] 6578
JOINT NORDIC NARCOTICS EFFORT--Ostersund (TT)--"We will all safeguard free mo- _
bility in the Nordic region. But we must all regard the alcohol and narcotics
problem as a mutual one and try to cooperate in reducing the harmful effects of
these drugs. So said Social Minister Karin Soder (Center) on Sunday to the
Nordic abstinence congress being opened in Ostersund. The congress will last .
until Thursday. Karin Soder said that both the delegates to the Nordic Counil
and the governments through the Nordic Council of Ministers will intensify coopera-
tion on these weighty s4cial issues. The problems of alcohol and narcotics are
~ shared ones and to some extent the same in all the Nordic countries. Therefore
we have stepped up cooperation in recent years. By exchanging knowledge and expe-
riences we can work together to combat the forces spreading drugs throughout the .
Nordic region, Karin Soder said. Some ten Nordic organs are involved in research
in this area. The Nordic Agency for Alcohol and Drug Research, set up in 1980 in
Helsinki, and the Nordic Health Care School are two examples. [Text] [Stockholm
DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 27 Jul 81 p 3~ 6578
AI~HETAMINE MANUFACTURER SENTENCED--Goteborg (TT)--Prison for 1 year followed by
permanent expulsion from Sweden was the sentence handed down for a 35-year-old
chemical student in Goteborg who worked at manufacturing amphetamines. The police
and prosecutor do not know how much of the substance the man produced but remains
of amphetamines have been found in his residence. The 35-year-old said that
during an carlier stay in prison he had been so badly affected by all the drugs
in the institution that he decided to find an antidote to narcotics. [Text] ,
[Stockholm SVE~3SKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 11 Jul 81 p 6] 6578
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LSD SMUGGLER SEIZED--Goteborg (TT)--A 30-year-old man from Dalarna has been
smuggling in LSD from the United States for 2 years. He sent the substance on
blotting paper in letters to Sweden and also brought in LSD tablets taped into
the folds of a shirt. The man is now charged in Goteborg District Court with
serious narcotics violations but denies that he sold narcotics and maintains that
he used them himself or gave them away to friends. But a 25-year-old friend of
his says he bought LSD from the 30-year-old. The 25-year-old, who is from Varm-
land, is also charged with possession of LSD. He has confessed. Compared with
the situation in the early 1970's LSD is quite uncommon. The Goteborg police
said the occasionally confiscate some. The last time was more than a year ago.
[Text] ~Stockholm SVENSKA DAGBLADET in Swedish 11 Jul 81 p 6] 6578
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