on narcotic drugs summary of illicit transactions and seizures

UNITED NATIONS

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

NATION.S UNIES

CONSEIL ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL

COMMISSION· ON NARCOTIC DRUGS

SUMMARY OF ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS AND SEIZURES

-Reported to the Secretariat of the United Nations

between 1 May and 30 June 1948

1 Lake Success : New York, 1948

·E/NS.1948/Summary 3 , 31 August 1948

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KEY 1D NUMERALS APPEARING IN EAQI CASE IN PART I I

PART I.

No.

463 569

FURTiiER INFOIW.ATION CONCERNING CASES REPORTED IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES . . . . . . . . • . . . .

Place and Date

Bombay, India, on 14 November 1947 Shanghai, China, on 15 Febr~ary 1948

PART II. NEW CASES ARRANGED IN TilE FOLLOWING GROUPS:

1. · Raw Opium

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634 635 636 637 638 639 640 6 41 642· 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 6 56 6 57 658 6 59 660 661 662 663 604 665 666 667 668 669 670 7 45a 671 7 43a 672 67 3 67 4 675

Place and Date

Brisbane, Australia, on 12 February 1948 Melbourne, Australia, on 8 Janua~y 1948 . Melbourne, Australia, on 16 February 1948 Melbourne, Australia (no date given) Montreal, Canada, on 23 May 1948 ' Wuhu, Anhwei, China (no date given) . Chiuliencheng, Antung, China on 18 January 1947 Chin District, China,• ~n 10 April 1947 Chungking, China (no date given) Changting, Fukien, China (no date given) Yu Y Chieh Kow, Hankow, China, on 5 January 1948 Hsing Jen District, China, during June 1947 Chang-sha, Hunan, China, on 28 June 1947 Hankow, Hupeh, China, on 17 January 1948 Hsingkuo, Kiangsi, China, on 30 March 1946 Shih Tze Tan; Kiangsi, China (no date given) Yun Lung Shan, Hsuchow, China, duri~g June 1947 Kiukiang, China (no date given) . . . Nanning, Kwangsi, China, on 20 June 1947 Yong Ning, Kwangsi, China, on 29 June 1947 Kaiping, ,Kwangtung, China, on 24 April _1947 Heng Shan Yu, Tai· Shan, China,· on 3 October 1947 Pingpa, Kweichow, China, on 25 June 1947 ~lukden, China, on 22 October 1947 ..... Ta Shi Chieh, Mukden, China, on 22 Fehi"uary 1948 Nanking, Chi~a, on 9 April 1947 .... . Nanning, China, on 14 July 1947 ..... . Teh Chang, Sikang, China (no date given) Sha Ping Hsin Chun, China, on 16 June 1947 Shanghai, China, on 1 May 1948 Shanghai, China, on 7 June 1948 ..... Taiyuan, Shansi, China, during June 1947 Tsingtao, Shantung, China (no date given) Mien Ning, Sikang, China, on 12 January 1948 Kwangan, Szechuan, ·china, during November 1947 Ta Shih, China, on l September 19.47 .· ... Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China, on 12 May 1947 Mataria, Cairo, Egypt, on 26 Sept~mber 1947 Interior of Egypt from July through December 1947 Interior of Egypt ·from September· through Decemb~r Ismailia, Egypt, on 20 January 1948 Kantara, Egypt, on 6 De,cember 1947 · ·. Kantara, Egypt, on 12 December 1947 Kantara, Egypt, on i4 December 1947

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699 700

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Plac·e and Date

Kantara; Egypt, on 15 December 1947 Kantara, Egypt, on 22 December 1947 .. . .

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• 13 13 13 K~ntara,, Egypt, on 23 December 1947 •.••

Kantara, Egypt, on 28 December 1947 . . . . . . 13 Karitara, Egypt, on 31 December 1947 •••• Kantara, Egypt, on· 5 .January 1948 ~

Kantar'a, E'gypt, ·on 8 January 1948·

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14 • 14· Kantara, Egypt~ ·on 8 Janua~y:1948

Kantara 1 Egypt, on 18 January 1948 • Port Said, Egypt, .on 1:5 January 194~ Port Said, Egyp~, Dn.31 Ja~uary 1948 Port Said, Egypt, on 24 February 1948 Sohag, Egypt, on' 15 September 1948 •

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• • • 15 16 Suez, Egypt, on 25 Janu~ry 1948 • · •••••

Suez Canal, Egypt, du~ing ""i946 • • • • • • India, during 1946 ••••.••••••

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.Bombay, India, o~ '15 Ja:n,uary 1948 ••••• , ••••• Bombay, India, during February 1948 ·Bombay, India, during March 1948

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.- . . . . .. . . . . .~ 19 Bombay, India, on 13 Apri~' 1948 · ••• Calcutta, India, dudng December 1947 Calcutta;· India, on 13 ··February 1948· •• Calcutta, India, duriqg March }948 Calcutta, India, during April 1948 • ·• Madras, India, during March 1948 • • •. • • • . .• Thefts in Yugo.siavia, Trieste, ·or high seas

'during August and December 1947 ~

London, England, on 25 May 1948 ••.• Atlantic and Pacific Coast 'Ports and the Mexican

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Border duting September, Ottober and November 1947 ••• 22 New York, N.Y., U.S.A., during November and ·December 1947. 23 Theft ·between Yugoslavi'a ·arid .Trieste during

July or August 1947 ' '-· • • • • 24

2. ·Prepared Opibm arid Dross . .. • 24

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703 704 705 706 707

708

3., Morphine

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741a 709 710 71} 712 71S 71~ 715 716 698a

717

Place and·Date'

Chiaochiehliang, China, duri~g·June 1947 •· ••••• Wuhsing, Chekiang~ China, ·on 30 June 1947 Hsin Chang Shih, China, on 30' June 1947 Teng Erh '{un, Liaoning, China, on 3 January 1948' • Arizona and talifornia, U.S.A., duiing Octobe~,

November and December 1947 • • • ·• • . .• • ,. • • Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.; on -18 and 22 Decem.ber 1947 •

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Place and Date

La Colle and Montreal, Canad·a, on 1 and. 3 November 1947 26 H~nkoi, Hupeh, China, on 23 January·1948 • • • • • • • 26 Cha'nchun, Ki rin, China, during .December 1946 • • • • • 26 ·Pei Hsing Ch.ieh, Mukden, China, on 10 January 1948 • • • • 26 Nanking, China,. during July 194? . • . • • • •. ~ • • ••

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Sh~nghai, China, on 21 March• and 25 April 1948 • · 27 Shanghai·, China, on 28 March 1948 • • • • • • • 27

. Sungkiang; China, on. 24 September 1947 • . • : 21 Athens and Sperchias, Greece, on or about 25 July 1946 •• 28 Thefts in Yugoslavia, Trieste, or on the h~gh,. seas,

duringAugust and December 1947 •• ; ••••• 28 United S~ates during October, No~ember and December 1947 • 28

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734 735 736

Place and Date

Heroin . . . . . . . . . .

Place and Date

Hamilton, Canada, on 19 March 1948 . . . . . Toronto, Canada, on 22 November E·t-7 . . . . Toronto,_Canada, on 25 February 1948 . . . . . Toronto, Canada, on 28 March 1948 . . Toronto, Canada, on 19 Ap~il 1948 . . Toronto, Can ad~, on 20 and 21 April 1948 . . . Hankow, Hupeh, China, on 27 February 1947 . . . ~suchow, Kiangsu, China, on 21 July 1947 Hsuchow, Kiangsu, China, on 23 September 1947 . . Peiping, China, on 9 March 1948 . . . . . . Tientsin, China, during May 1946 . . . . . Tientsin, China, on 26 July 1947 Alexandria, Egypt,, on 20 May and 12 September 1947 Interior _o £ Egypt, on 9 October and 6 November 1947 Brawley, California, u.s.A., on 31 October 1947

Cocaine

Encinal, Texas, U.S.A., on 25 November 1947

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Boeschepe, France, on 28 February 1948 New York, N.Y., U.S.A., on 21 October 1947 New York, N.Y., U.S.A., on 14 November 1947 •

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737 738 739 740 Hl 742 7me opium in a packet on 4 July 1947, and while he was on his way to sell it he was arrested by the police. The police took Yao back to his home where they searched and found a second quantity of opium.

3. Yao was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years~

No. 667 Seizure at Mien Ning, Sikang Province, on 12 January 1948. Report communicated by the Government of China on 30 April 1948. (479) l(a). Opium: 531.3 grammes 2. Mien Ning police confiscated the afore-mentioned.opium which had been

concealed in Chinese herbs from a person named Qiao' Hung-shun who had just left the Mien Ning Hotel.

3. Chao was still at large, but was sentenced on 10 February 1948 by the Mien Ning District Court. The opium was confiscated.

No. 668 Seizure at 'Kwangan, Szechuan Provin'ce, during November 1947. Report commum­cated by the Government of China on 30 April 1948. (464) l(a). Opium: 312.5 grammes 2. ·A 36-year-old doctor named Chiang Chih-ming was on his way to Hochuan

aboard the s.s. Ming Lu of the Ming Sung Industrial Company. He had two bottles·of anhydrous acet~c acid attached to his leg ~y means of bandages and had concealed the afore-mentioned opium in his traveling bag. Detectiv~s of the Hochuan Water Police Office •were informed of his activities and searched the ship as soon as,it arrived in that city. They found the opium and arrested Chi an g. ·

3. The Hochuan District Court sentenced Chiang to imprisonment for life and the seized drugs were destroyed. ·

No. 669 Seizure in Ta Shih District on 1 September 1947. Report communic'a:ted by the C-overnment of China on 30 April 1948. (461} 1( a). Opium: 1 kg. 93.8 gr. 2. It was suspected that a certain Yen Yao-chung was engaged in the illicit

traffic. The local police apprehended him as he wa's bringing the afore-mentioned opium from one address to another in Ta Shih District for the purpose·of selling it.

3. Yen was· s_entenced to imprisonment for seven years and deprived of his ci vi 1 rights over a similar period.

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No. 670 Seizure at th~ Harbor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province, on 12 May 1947. Report colliiiUJlicated by the G>vernment of China on 30 April 1948. (466) 1( a). Opium:. 625 granmes 2. · A 24-year-old journa:list named Chang Shih-cheng purchased the afore-

mentioned opium from his friend, a'inan named Lin Shun-hsi, for 1,600,000 Taiwan dollars (ra·te of exchangenot know~). At the same time L~n gave him a second quantity of opium to he sold!. Chang proposed to go. frOIJ! Swatow to Taiwan and during this trip concealed the opium in a leather case. When he arrived at Kaohsiung, he was searched by the police who discovered the opium.

3. Changwas sentenced to imprisonment for th:r;ee and one half years by the Kaohsiung Distri~t Court.

No. 745a Seizure at Mataria, Cairo, on 26 September 1947. Report communicated by ~he Government of Egypt m 23. March 1948. (424) 1( a). · Opium: 5 grammes

(Hashish: 9 kg. 823 gr.) 2. For details, see Case No •. 7 45; page 39.

No. 671 Seizures in the Interior of Egypt from July through December 1947. "Report cOIIIllunicated by the Government of Egyp1t .on 5 APril 1948. (428)

This report gives, among others, the following seizures involving a total qtiantity of opium as follows: Opium: 36 kg. 915.7 gr·. · · 1

(Hashish: 21 kg. ·384.3 gr.) (Heroin: 3.3 grmlli~~s)

A. Seizure at Cairo ·on 2 .July.l947. 1(a). · Opium: 305 grammes

(Hashish: 4 kg. 7 40 gr.) 2. . For.d~tails, see Case No. 742, p~ge 36.

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B. Seizure on a ra1lway train on 2 July 1947. 1( a). Opium:. 5 kg. 350 gr. 3. On 15 February 1948, tpe Summary Native ·Court, Maghagha, sentenced two

men named Mohd. Abdel Hamid Mohd. and Abdel Wahab Hassan Ali to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E 400 (U.S.A. $1,653.80) each.

C. Seizure at I~mailia on 9 August 1947. 1( a). Opium: 3 kg. 700 gr.

{Hashish: 1 kg• 425 gr.) 3. . On 24 December 1947, the Sullillary Native Court, Ismailia, sentenced by

default a man named Mashhour Ibrahim Hanmad to imprisonment' for two years. and to a fine of £E 500 (U.S.-A. $2,067.30).

D. Seizure at Cairo on 11 September 1947. 1( a). Opium: 1 kg. 150 gr.

· (Hashish: 625 grammes) . 3. On ·14 February 1948,'' the Drugs Summary Native Court, Cairo, sentenced

Fayyad Mohd. Hassari El Sherif to imprisonment for three years and to a fine of £E 600 (U.S.A. $2,480. 70)..

E. Seizure at Cairo on 23 September 1947:-1( a). Opium: 1 kg. 640 gr.

(Hashish: 610 grammes) 3. - On 13 March 1948, the Drugs Summary Native Cnurt, Cairo, sentenced two

men named Mohd. Marazik .El Edin'i and Eid Maatak Hussein to imprisonment £or two years and to a fine of £E 400 .(U.S.A. $1, 653.84) each.

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F. Seizure at Dessouk on 23 September 1947. l( a). Opium: 305 grammes

(Hashish: 1 kg. 485 gr.) 2. For details, see Case No~ 742, page 36.

G.. Seizure at Port Said on 9 October 1947. 1(a). Opium: 5.3 grammes

(Heroin: 3.3 grammes)

May - June 1948

3. On 4 January 1948, the Summary Native Court, Port Said, sentenced a certain Ibrahim Mahmoud El Sayed to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 400 (U.S.A. $1,653. 60) and one Ibrahim El"t:an Mohd. to imprisonment for six months and to a fine of £E ·so (U.s. A. $206. 70).

H. Seizure at Alexandria on l9 October 1947, l( a). Opium: 1 kg. 120 gr.

(Hashish: 212.3 grammes) 3. On 18 Janua:ry 1948, the Drugs Surcmary Native Court, Alexandria, sentenced

a certain Zeinab Sayed Ahmed Sayed Ahmed to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826.80) and one Abdel Hamid Ahmed Merza alias Hamidou to imprisonment for three years and to a fine of £E 400 (U.S.A. $1,653.60).

I.. Seizure at Port Said on 21 October 1947. l(a). Opium: 21kg. 820 gr.

(Hashish: 10 kg. 732 gr.) 3. On 26 J.anuary 1948, the SUIII!lary Native Court, Port Said, sentenced by

defaul"t &lim Eid Selim t,o imprisonment for two years and to a fine of ;f;:E 200 (U.S. A. $826. 90).

J.. Seizure at Cairo on 2 November 1947. l( a). Opium: 1 kg. 520 gr.

(Hashish: 95 gramrnes) 3. On 7 March 1948, the Drugs Summary Native Court, Cairo, sentenced

Mahmoud Mohd. Karkar to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E 400 _(_U.B. A. $1,653.84) and Mohd. Hassanien Soliman to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826.92).

K.. Seizur~ at Alexandria on 20 November 1947. l(a). Opium: 0.4 gramme

(Hashish: 1 kg. 460 gr.) 2. ·For details, see Case No. 7 42, page 36.

No. 7 43a Seizures in the Interior of Egypt from September through December 1947. Report communicated by the Government of Egypt on 16 May 1948 •. (522)

This report gives, among others, the following seizures involving a total quantity of opium as follows: Opium: 1 kg. 140.7 gr. (Hashish: 3 kg. 721.2 gr.) (Heroin: 5 gramrnes)

A. Seizure at Alexandria on 12 September 1947. 1( a). Opium: 0. 7 gramme

(Hashish: 1.2 gramme) (Heroin: · 5 grammes)

2. For de tails see Case No. 7 30, page 33.

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B. Seizure at Alexandria on 7 October 1947. 1( a). Opium: 630 granmes

(Hashish: 1 kg. 245 gr.) 2. For details, see Case No. 743, page 38.

C. Seizure at Cairo on 25 December 1947. 1( a). Opium:. SlO granmes

(Hashish: 2 kg. 475 gr.) 2. · For details, see Case No. 743, page 38.

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No. 672 Seizure at Ismailia on 20 January 1948. Report -communicated by the Government of Egypt on 4 April 1948. ( 493) 1( a>. Opium: 42 kg. 200 gr.

(Hashish: 19 kilogrammes) 2.. While on duty along the west bank of the··Sue~· Canal between Kilo 87/500

and Kilo 89/400 near the village of Serabium a coastguardman -saw _a man emerging from the Canal. He fired sevez:al V,:~~ing shots and arrested the man. who w~.s identified as Soliman. Saad Sobeih. ihe co~stguardman found a water skin containing both his clothe~. and-narcotics in Sobeih' s possession. · . . - ·

Several addi tiona! water. skins containing hashish an~l opium were' folind in the v1c1nl.ty. When questioned,_ Sobeih denounced several person's. a~ accorrplices and asserted that he had purchased the afore-mentioned narcotics from individuals in Al A:rish.

The origin (>'£ the drugs was not known. · 3. The Summary Native Court, Ismailia, sentenced Soliman to imprisonment \

for 5 years and to a·fine of fE 1,000 (U.S.A. $4,134). The·other persons, whom he had denounced, were acquitted.

No. 673 Seizure at Kantara on 6 December 1947. Report commw1icated by· the Government of Egypt on 2.2 April 1948. (494) 1 (a). Opium: lOS grammes 2. While Ahmed Mohd. Hendi was travelling on the west-bound train to

Kantara he was searched by a patrol of the Camel Corps on duty aboard the train. The patrol found 105 grammes of opium inside a rubber container which had been tied to his thigh. . '

Ahmed admitted ownership of ~h~ narcotic but refi.sed·t~ divulge.its origin, which 1s now under investigation.

3. On 8 April 1948, the Sunrnary Native Court, Kantar.a, sentenced Ahmed to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $825.40).

No. 674 Seizure at Kantara on 12·December· 1947. Report communicatedby the Government o f Egypt on 15 Ap ri 1 19 48 • ( 48 7) l(a). Opium: 155 grammes 2. When Khalaf Meawwad ~lohammed passed through the customs gate i!t Kantara,

he was searched on suspicio~, and- the ~fore'-mt;~tioned opium was fourid in a rub~r con­tainer tied to his thigh. Khalaf asserted. that he had pu'rchased t~e opium for his per­;"onal use from a Palestini~ stranger. He admitted having entered Palestine illegally.

The origin of the opium was not known. . . . 3. On ll March 1948, the Suninary .Native Court, Kantara, sentenced Khalaf to

impris~nment for one year and to a fine of .fE 200 (u.s.A; $826.92).

No. 675 Seizure at Kantara on 14 December 1947. of Egypt on 15 April 1948. (486) l(a). Opium: 635 grammes

.Repo:rt communicated bf the Government

2~ When the west-bound train arrived at ·Kantara on 14 December, a man named Mohanmed. Abdel Bari· Farghali proceeded to the customs officials for his inspection. As a

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strong odour of opium was noticeable, he was searched, and the afore-mentioned op1um was found on his person. Mohammed asserted that a stranger had given him the drug while they were travelling in the train.

The origin of the opium was not known. 3. On-11 March 1948, the Summary Native. Court, Kantara, sentenced Mohanmed

to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E 500 (U.S.A. $2,067. 30).

No. 676 Seizu're at Kantara on 15 December 1947. Heport communicated by the wvernment of Egypt on 15 April 1948. (4{38) 1( a). Opium: 199 granmes 2. ' When Mohammed Hammad Awad arrived at Kan tara from Rafa aboard the· west-

bound train, he was searched by 'customs officials who found the afore-mentioned opium in his possession. He had placed the drug inside two rubber containers and hidden -them among his clothing. He ad~itted· that he had purchased the opium while he was in Rafa for his personal use as an addict.

1he origin of the opium· was not known. 3. On 11 March 1948; 'the Su'nmary Native Court, Kantara, sentenced Mohammed

to imprisoimien t for two years -a~d to a fine of £E 200 (U.S. A. $8 26. 92) • .... _·

f\;o. 677 Seizure at Kantara on 22 December 1947. Report. communicated by the Government of Egypt on 15 April 1948. (489) l(a). Opium: 608 grammes 2. When a man named Attal)ah Osman Hassan passed through the customs wne,

customs officials searched him and found the afore-mentioned opium hidden in his shoes. Attallah claimed th~t neither the opium nor the shoes belonged to him.

The origin of the drug was not known. 3. On ll March 194{3, the Stmunary Native Court, Kantara, sentenced Attallah

to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826. 92).

No. 678 Seizure at Kantara on 23 December 1947. 'Report communicated by the wvernmen t of Egypt on 22 April 1948. (495) 1(a). Opium: 695 grammes 2. While en route to Kantara aroard a west-bound train; Ayyed Fahmy Youssef

was searched by a patrol. It was suspected that a suitcase in his possession contained narcotics and when the bag in question was searched at Kantara, the afore-mentioned opitun was discovered in a false bottom. When questioned, Ayyed said he had purchased the opium from a stranger for £E 24 (Lr.S.A. $103.18) and had intended to resell'it at profit.

The origin of the opium was not known. 3. On 8 April 1948, the Summary Native Court, Kantara, sentenced Ayyed to

imprisonment for on'e year and to a fine of £E 200, (U.S.A. 2:825. 40).

No. 679 Seizure at Kantara on 28 December 1947. Heport communicated by_ the Government of Et,rypt on 11 March 19-18. (490) 1( a). Opium': 3 kg. 330 gr. 2. \\hen a· certain freight train arrived at' Kantara rail way station from

Palestine, detectives of the Kantara police district on duty .at the station saw the watchmen, Salem Mohd. Tewfik and ~lansour Borae i11ahmoud, throw a sack from the train. Salem subsequently attempted to recover the sack but was arrested .. ~lansour tried to escape but was also arrested. The sack contained the afore-mentioned opium.

The origin of the drug was not known. 3. On 11 ~~a~ch 194{3, Salem r 1946. · (E/NR.l946/84)

This report gives, · anong others, the following seizures involving a total quantity of opium as follows: Opium: 875 kg. 95 gr.·

A. Seizure at the Howrah railway station, Bengal (date not ·~ven). 1( a). Opium: 7 kg. 455 gr.· 2. The afore-mentioned opium was found tied to the stomacl!_ of a certain

Sundar Mustari who had been detained o.n ~uspicion a·t the Howrah railway station~ 3. Sundar was sentenced to rl.gorous imprisonment for four months and to a

fine of Rs 200 (U.S.A. $60.32). . .

B. Seizure at Sea1dah railway station, Bengal Province (date riot given). l( a>. Opium: 6 kg. 532 gr. 2. A certain Cyril John Pereira of Calcutta was detained at the Sealdah

railway station as he was entraining for Dibrugarh in ASsam, where he was employed in a shoe factory. After a thorough search had been made of his belongings, the afore­mentioned opium was found in the false. bottom of his sui tease.

C. Seizure at the Bhopal railway station, Central Provinces, on 7 May 1946. 1( a). Opium: 12 kg. 130 gr. 2. A certain Badullakhan 'of Dera Ghazikhan in the Northwestern Frontier

Province was arrested at the Bhopal railway station with ~he afore-mentioned.opium·in his possess1.on.

3. Badullakhan was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years.

D. Seizure at the Bhopal railway station on 6 ~1ay 1946. l( a) • Opium: 13 kg. 413 gr. 2. Akil and Raghunath Sing were apprehended at the Bhopal railway station

in possession o-f the a£ore-mention~d opium. 3. Akil was sentenced to rigoro.us imprisonme'nt ·for 'nine months· while

Raghunath was sentenced to rigorous. imprisonment for six months.

. . . E. Seizures at Madras (dates not .given).·

. l( ~). Opium: 46 kg. 655 gr. :. 2. Thre~ instances of unlicen~ed possession of opium were detected at the

Madras Central Station. The drug had been supplied from Northern I~dia.

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F. Seizure between Karnal and Ambala, Punjab Province (date not given). l(a). Opium: 592 kg. 500 gr. 2. Lorry No. 212615 was intercepted by the patrol on the road leading from

Karnal to Amhala. The afore-mentioned Malwa opium had been hidden under one of the s~ats. The vehicle had been purchased by one Rangi Ram of Nabha State and lhe opium had been procured from Jahlawar State for Rs 75,000 (U.S.A. $22,620).

3. Judicial proceedings were pending.

G. Seizure at Lahore railway station, Punjab Province (date not given). l( a). Opium: 39 kg. 190 gr. 2.., The afore.:mentioned Afghan opium was recovered from the belongings of a

pathan who had been detained at the Lahore railway station on suspicion. He stated that he was to have carried it to Ferozpur rut did not disclose the name of the person to whom it was to have been delivered.

H. Seizure in the United Provinces (date and place not given). l( a). Opium: 104 kg. 500 gr. , 2. This crude opium was recovered from five oilcloth bags ingenious! y

ce~led in the thatched covering-of a boat hired by six residents of Bengal.

I. Seizure at Moghalsarai (date not given). l( a). Opium: 29 kg. 400 gr.

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2. The afore-mentioned_crude opium was recovered from three leather cases found in the.possession of a resident of Saharanpur City at Moghalsarai. opium was being transported to Bengal.

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J. Seizure at Be~ares, United Provinces (date not given). l( a) . Opium: · 23 kg. 300 gr. 2. ' This opium, prepared in cakes of 466. 5 grammes each, had been packed in

oilcloth. It was recovered at Benares from a box belonging to a resident of Calcutta.

No. 689 Seizure at Bombay on 15 January 1948. Report conmunicated by the Government of India on 20 May 1948. (509) 1( a). Opium: 893.8 gramnes 2. Two cylindrical tins of opium were dis~overed aboard the s.s. Castledon

(Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.) on an open deck near the warehouse at the stern of the ship. Since there were no labels or wrappers, the origin of the drug could not be ascertained.

'3. On 16 January 1948, under Section 168, clause 8, of the Sea Customs Act, the opium was confiscated.

No. 690 Seizures at Bombay. during February 1948. Reports communicated by the Govern-ment of India on 20 May 1948. (508, 508a) .

This report gives, · among others, the following seizures involving a total quantity of opium as follows: Opium: 10 kg. 994.6 gr.

A. Seizure on 4 February 1948. l( a). Opium: 3 kg. 319. 4 gr. 2. , The afore-mentioned Ujj ain opium was found wrapped in packets of bro'Ml

paper in the possession of a certain Noor Mohamed Sharafraj; 35-year-old unemployed Muslim. Noor Mohamed said that he had received the opium from a Bengalese.with instructions to bring it aboard a nearby vessel, and that he was to have been paid Rs 10 (U.S. A. $3. 02) for performing this service. Th~ ·opium packets were found i-nside a cloth jacket.

3. The 7th Presidency Magistrate sentenced Noor Mohamed to rigorous impri-sonment foJ: six months and to a fine of Rs 1,000 (U.S.A. $301. 70) or, in default of pay­ment, to additional confinement for four months.

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B. Seizure op. 7. February 1948. l( a). Opium: 7 kg. 656. 3 gr.· 2. The afore-mentioned opium was found in the possess;ion of two men n001ed

-Subramanian Govind Raj an .and Ganichand Gangaram. on or near the s. s. Coastal ,Buccaneer (Killick, Ni~on & Co., Ltd,) coming from Hong Kong; Penang, Malaya; and Madras via Karachi and hound for H9ng Kong via Colombo, Ceyl.on; and Singapore, Malaya.

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C. Seizure on.7 1( a).

2. mentioned opium

February 1948·. Opium: 18.9 granmes Kee Chee Yung was arrested in connection on or near the s. s. Coastal Buccaneer·.

with the sei mr.e of the afore-

No. 691 Seizures at Bombay during·.March 1948. Report conmunicated by the Government of India on 23 June 1948. ( 528)

This report gives the following s~1zures involving a total quantity of opium as follows:

·Opium: 4. kg. 282.6 gr.·

A. Seizure on 28 February 1948 •. . Ha). Opium: 17.7 granmes

2. Kendamal Shro Karam was arrested in ~onnection With the seizure of the afore-mentioned opium on or near the s. s. · Bamora (Macki~on, Mackenzie & Co.) coming from and bound for th~ Persian Gulf..

3. Kendamal wa's {ined f\s 100 (U~S.A. $30. i7). The opiUill w.as confiscated by the Assistant Collector.

B: Seizure'(date 'not given). H a). Opium: 3 kg. 786.4 gr., 2. Ramkuvar Satari was a;r:r~sted in 'coi:me~tion with the seizure of the

afore-mentioned opium on or ~~ar the s.s. Amra (Mackinnon, Mackenzie &·Co.) coming from and bound fo.r Africa.

3. Ramkuvar was sentenced by the 3rd Presidency Magistrate to rigorous 1m-prisonment for three months and to a fine of Rs 500 (U.S.A. $150.85) or, in default of' payment, to addi tiolial confinement for six months.

C. Seizure on 28 February 1948. l( a).. Opium: 443.1 granmes 2. A certain Wing Wo Hee was arrested. in connection with the seizure of the .

afore-mentioned opium o1n or near the s. s. Ruby "Stone (Macki~~m,· Mackenzie & Co.) coming

from and bqund for Hong 'Kong. . . · . . 3. · Wing was sentenced by the Presidency Magistrate to rigorous imprisonment

f~r on~ day and to a fine of Rs 500 (U.S.A. $150.85) or, in default of payment, to addi­tional confinenien t for six months.

D. Seizure on 29 March 1948. 1( a). Opium: 35.4 granmes 2. Ma Sing Soog was arr:es ted in connection with the seizure of the afore-

mentioned opium on or near the. s. s. Promise (Lioi-tel Edwards) coming fran and 'bound for Port Blair, Andaman Islands. .

·3. Ma Sing Soog was fined Rs 100 (U.S. A. $3'o. 17) • The op1 urn was con-fiscated by the Assistan·t Collector of Customs.

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No. 692 Seizure at Bombay on 13 April 1948. Report communicated by the Government of India on 23 June 1948. (531) '!(a). Opium: 87 3. 5 grammes 2. A man named Keshav Tatia Rao was arrested in connection with the seizure·

of the afore-mentioned opium on' or near the s.s. Khandalla (Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co •. ) coming from Zanzibar, Mombassa, Kenya, via Porebunder and bound for Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanganyika.

3. Judicial proceedings were pending.

' No. 693 Seizures at Calcutta during December 1947. Report communicated by the Govern-

ment of India on 2 June 1948. (513) This ·report gives, among others, the following se1zures involving a total quantity of opium as' follows: Opium: 21 kg. 753.9 gr.

A. Seizure on 4 December 1947. 1( a). Opium: lB kg. 546.3 gr. 2. A certain Lam Tai Ching was arrested in connection with this se1zure on

or near the f>· s. Uni ta (F. W. Heilgers and CD.) coming from Rangoon, furma, and bound for Singapore,. Malaya.

B. Seizure on 27 December 1947. · 1( a). Opium: 3 k'g. 207. 6 gr.

. 2. In connection with this seizure, a certain Fong Hing was arrested on ;,r near the s. s. Chi Hing (W.ollers Ltd.) coming from Rangoon, Bu:rma, and bound for Hong Kor.g.

3. In respect qf both the foregoing cases, judicial proceedings -.yerependiBg.

No. 694 Seizure at Calcutta on 13 February 1948. Report conmunicated by the Government of India on 20 May 1948. ( 510) l(a). Opium: 2 kg." ·390.5 gr. 2. A certain Sagrani Hassaram Virumal was arrested when the afore-mentioned

opium was found in his baggage aboard the s. s. Sangola (Mackinnon, Mackenzie & CD.) coming from the Far East via Rangoon, Burma, and bound for a similar destination.

3. The Add!. Presidency Magistrate sentenced Sagrani to rigoro~s 1mpr1son-ment for four months.

No. 695 Seizures at Calcutta during March 1948. Report conmunicated by the Government of India on 23 June 1948, ( 527)

This report gives the following seizures involving a total quantity of opium as follows: Opium: 135 kg. 170.1 gr.

A. Seizure OIJ. 7 March 1948. 1( a). Opium:. 129 kg. 642 gr. 2. The afore-mentioned opium was seized on or near the s.s. Karapara

(Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.) coming from ClJ.i ttagong and bound for Singapore, Malaya.

B. Seizure on 24 March 1948. . .. ·~:follows:

Opium: 27 kg. 379. 3 gr.

A. Seizures at Karaikal on 25 and 26 March 1948. 1( a} • Opium:. 26 kg. 467.8 gr. 2.. In both the foregoing s~izures, local .aut-horities intercepted an attempt

to' place. packages -of. opium in the .Jaffanite launch. When ·the custpms de'tachment arrived on the scene, the traffic~e-rs aban.doned their. packages and fled, escaping arrest. ·

. 3. Judicial proce~dings were pending.

B. Seizure at Madras on 23 March 1948. 1( a). Op~lirri: . 911.5 grammes' 2. ·A ·c:oolie named· Peruina:l was :ar . .rested in :conhection:.~with this seizure: 3. Judicial proceedings were ~ending.

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No. 698 Thefts in Yugoslavia, Trieste, or on the high seas durirfg August and I:ecember 1947. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom on 21 May 1948. (525) J(h). OQium: 27 kg. 669.1 gr. (Morphine alkaloid: 20. kg. 114 gr.) 2. There were two rather large losses of narcotics from the licit channels

during the last few months of 1947 and an investigation of these losses by United Kingdom authorities has brought to light rather disquieting information concerning the measures taken by the authorities at Trieste for ensuring the security of consignments of dangerous dru_~s.

The first loss was reported in October 1947. Twenty-·five oases 0.1. upwtn had been. placed aboard the steamship Cattaro (Ellerman Wilson Lines, Ltd.) at Trieste on 20 September and, when the shipment arrived in London, it was found that the consignment had been pilfered. More than 27 kilogramnes of opium had been replaced by sticks, stones, and a jute bag. An inquiry r~vealed that the theft could not have occurred aboard the Cattaro. /Furthermore, the jemmy marks on-the case corresponded with those found on another case which had been noted.in Trieste as deficient in weight and had been pil­fered.=* The twenty-five cases haci_"been sent from Skoplje in a sealed railway wagqn, and it had been noted at Trieste that the seals were broken.

On 12 January 1948, an addi tiona! loss was reported. In this instance more than 20 kilogrammes of morphi~e alkaloid had been pilfere'd from a consignment amounting to about 227 kilogrammes. This consignment had also been·shipped from Trieste aboard the s.s. Cattaro on 15 .December 1947. It had been forwarded by the same supplier in Yugo­slavia to the same importer in the United Kihgdom. steamship Island Mail arrived at Wilmington from

Hong Kong, a customs office:r found a plastic container of raw opium aboard the vessel among the personal effects of a crew member. 1ne sailor in question denied any knowledge of the opium and, when the '_case was pre sen te.d to the Grand Jury, lhat body refused to return a true bill of indictment. TI1e opium contained 12 per cent anhydrous morphine and its origin wa~ not known.

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F. Seizure at Nogales, Arizona, on 21 November 1947. 1( a). Raw Opium: 1 kg. 587. 6 gr.

May - June 1948

2. After his arrival from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Rafael Chiu Bak~r, a Mexican c1t1zen of Chinese .extraction, w,as apprehen~ed by customs patrolmen, and raw opium was found hidden under one of the fenders of his automobile. There were ten pieces of opium, nine of which were wrapped in corn hus..l

No. 720 Seizure at Toronto, Ontario, on 25 February 1948. 'Report No. 78 communicated by the Government of Canada. on 18 May 1948. (503) l( a). Heroin: 0, 3 gral1II1e 2. Canadian authorities learned that a housewife named Helen Victoria

Catton, 39 years old, would be proceeding to a spot where narcotics had been hidden. She was therefore kept under close observation. It was noted that she began sear~hing around the drain pipes near various houses. ·When she left the vicinity of these houses, she was accosted; she immediately dropped a parcel which was found to contain the addict's cus­tomary paraphernalia. A further search uncovered a match box which contained 10 capsules of a whitish powder subseqliently analyzed as heroin. She was thereupon arrested and charged with the illegal possession of diacetylmorphine.

He.len Catton had been convicted on three previous occasions of violating the Opium and Narcotic Drugs Act. Since 1933, she had also been convicted on nine separate occasions on charges intimately .associated with prostitution. She is a known addict.

3. On 4 March 1948, at Toronto, Ontario, Helen Catton was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of $200 (U.S.A. $200) or, in default of payment, to additional confinement for two months.

No. 721 Seizure at Toronto, Ontario, on 28 March 1948. Report No. 81 col1II1unica:ted by the Government of Canada on 18 May 1948. ( 506) 1( a). Diacetylmorphine: approximately 0. 16 gramme 2. Ivan Mottishaw alias Jack Stewart, 49-year-old salesman and former long-

shoreman, had been a trafficker in narcotics on the west coast of Canada. Since informa­tion reached the Canadian au tho ri ties that Mottishaw had cached some narcotics in To ron to, he was kept under observation. On the day in question, he was followed to a certain lamp post where he recovered a small article which he placed in his mouth. After a short pursuit and struggle, Mottishaw was apprehended and forced to disg~rge a piece of contra­ceptive which contained five heroin capsules. He was thereupon arrested.

~iottishaw refused to divulge his source of supply. He admitted, however, that he had recently arrived in 1oronto, from Vancouver, B.C., via the Trans-Ca!Jada Air Lines. \\'hile in Vancouver, Mottishaw, a confirmed addict, had had two p.revi.ous cor viction~ for breaches of the Drug Act.

3. On 27 April 1948, at Toronto, Ontario, Motti shaw was sentenced to ~m-prisonment for two years and to a fine of $,200 (U.S.A. $200) or, in default of payment, to addi tiona! confinement for one moil th.

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No. 722 Seizure at Toronte, Ontario, on 19 April 1948. Report No. 79 conmunicated by the Goverrunent of Canada on 18 May 1948. (~04)

1(a). Heroin: approximately 0.3 gramme 2. · Canadian authorities learned that a labourer named Cecil John Lynch,

44 years old, was peddling d~ugs for one John ''Duke" Darby. In order to ascertain his method of operation and, if possible, the location of his cache, arrangements' were made for an agent to purchase some samples. On 19 April, the agent paid Lynch $10 (U.S.A. $10) for five capsules of heroin, which, he was told, were hiqden at the base of a cert~in telephone pole. 'Police recovered the capsules at this location. On the afternoon of-the same day, officers of the Narcotic Squad proceeded to another location where, by the foot of an electric light pole, a match box containing five. capsules of heroin was recovered. After removing two capsules, the match. lox was initialled for identification purposes. and replaced in its original position. Watch was maintained over the vicinity and that evening when Lynch approached the hiding place and dug up the match box, he was inine­diately seized and arrested on a charge of "illegal possession ·of diacetylmorphine".

' Since 1923, Lynch had been convicted at least eleven times for theft. His last two convictions were for breaches of the Opium and Narcotic Drug_Act. He had been~­leased from prison on 21 July 1947. Lynch is a known addict.

3. On 22 Aprl.l 1948, at Toronto, Ontario, Lynch was sentenced to i"l'rison-ment for 2 1/2 years and to a fine of $200 (U.S.A. $200) or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for six months.

No. 723 Seizure-s at Toronto, Ontario, on 20 anq 21 April 1948~ Report No. 82 com­municated by the Government of Canada on 18 May 1948. (507) l(a). Diacetylmorphine: approximately 0.3 granme 2. Canadian authorities believed that John Daniel Scriver, 38-year-old

salesman and former fitter's helper, had been distributing from five to ten capsules of heroin daily. In order to ascertain his method of operation, it was arr3llged that an intermediary, one John Darby, should purchase five capsules fo~ tiO (U.S.A. $10) from Scriver. This sale was completed on·20 April. On the next day, Scriver was apprehended on his way home and after a short struggle the officers extracted five heroin' capsules from his mouth. .

Scriver was a known addict and had a lengthy criminal record dating back to 1930. In 1943, he was convicted for breach of the Drug Act. He is also known to be con­nected with one of the Toronto narcotic syndicates.

3. On 29 April 1948, at Toronto, Ontario, Scriver was sentenced to im-prisonment for 18 months and to a fine of $300 (U.S.A. $300) or, in default of payment to additional confinement for four months.

No, 724 SE)izure at Hankow, 'Hupeh Province, on 27 February 1947. RepoTt conmunicated by the Government of China on 30 April 1948. ( 438) l(a). Heroin: 25 granmes 2. In February 1947, a 29-year-old farmer named Wang Chin-hsing concealed

the afore-mentioned heroin on his person and took the train from Yen Cheng to Cheng Chow. He also had a pistol (No. 2599) hidden on his person~ In view of his abnormal appearance; he was searched by policemen resulting in the discovery of the heroin.

3. At Hankow, Wang was sentenced to imprisonment for three years and de-prived of his civil rights for a similar period.

No. 725 Seizure at Hsuchow, Kiangsu Province, on 21 July 1947. R~port communicated by the Government of China on 30 April 1948. (442) l(a). Heroin: 468.8 grammes 2. In the beginning of July 1947 a man named Chang Olao-kwan of Tsao Dis-

trict, Shantung Province, and three women of Honan Province surnamed Ma, Han and Cheng, were operating a syndicate which purchased heroin in Shanghai and brought it to Hsuchow.

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While these persons were residing in a Hsuchow hotel, the 88th ~vision stationed in that city was infonned by a man named Pai Hsiu- shan of their presence and also of the traffic in which they were engaged. The afore-mentioned heroin. was thereupon. seized. In addi­tion, another person named Sun Chen-hung of Shantung Province was implicated in this case.

3. Chang was sentenced to imprisonment for life in October 1947; the three women received terms of imprisonment for twelve years each.

No. 726 ·Seizure atHsuchow, Kiangsu Province on 23 September 1947. ·Report commQnicated by the Government of ·China on 30 Apri 1 1948. ( 443) 1(a). Heroin: 2 grammes 2. Hsuchow police arrested two men named Chu Sung-lin Taiho and Chiu Yu-

_hsiang in a hotel where they ;had been smoking* and using heroin. As the police were taking them to the station, they met a third person named Hsia Hai-ching. When he seemed uneasy, the police examined him and discovered the afore-mentioned heroin.

3. Chu and Chiu were sentenced to imprisonment for three years each while Hsia received a term of six months.

No. 727 Seizure at Peiping on 9 March 1948. Report communicated by the Government of China on 23 April 1948 .. (429) 1(~). Heroin: 687-5 grammes 2. It was learned that the Communists had sent secret agents to Peiping for

the manufacture of ·drugs in order to sell them and raise funds for the Communist Army. Several persons believed to have been such agents named I-Io Hung-chi alias Ho Peng-liang, 28-year-old cloth merchant, Lu Yu-chen, Li Tung-teh andothers were arrested in connection with the seizure of eight pieces of heroin bearing the Pine-Bamboo-Plum Label and manu­factured at 20 Feng Sheng Hutung, Peiping. The_ drug had been conceaJed in dY,e and coffee tins and in a case containing tooth powder and was apparently to have been shipped by a~r from Peiping to Taiyuan and Sian.

3. 'The Peiping District Court was to have heard this case.

No. 728 Seizure at Tientsin during May 1946. Report communicated by the Government of China on 30 April 1948. (468) l( a). Heroin: 265.6 grammes 2. Four persons riamed Lee Lo-hsin, 37 -year-old Korean c~tlZen, Lee Fu-teh,

42-year-old Russian, Peng Teh-sen, 45 years old, and Lee Chin-yu, 24 years old, were arrested in ·connection with- the afore-mentioned seizure. They had all owned the above­mentioned heroin at one time or another.

3. The four men were sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years each, and Lee Chin-yu received, in addition, a sentence of four months to cure his addiction.

No. 729 Seizure at Tientsin on 26 July 1947. Report communicated by the Govemm~t of China on 30 April 1948. (467) 1( a). Heroin: 281. 3 grammes 2. A man named Mai Chin-chung and two women named San and Cheng arrived at

Tientsin from the interior som~time during June 1946. Later they went to Peiping where Mai purchased· 593.8 grammes of:heroin and asked San to t;.ake it back to Honan Province from which they had come originally. She was to have received 1,000,000 Chinese dollars (U.S.A. $80) for performing this service. The two wanen, therefore, returned to Tientsin while Mai remained in Peiping. As Cheng was about to board th~ steamship Hsi Lin (Olinese Merchants' Shipping Co.), she was searched by the police who found the heroin. Both women were accordingly arrested. Mai, however, had already left for the south by steamboat and his whereabouts wer~ not known.

3. _San and Cheng were each sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years.

*Note by the Secrettniat: "1 t may be surmised that the word "opium" was inadvertently omitted in the original report •.

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No. 730 Seizures at Alexandria on 20 May and 12 September 1947. iltport conmunicated by. the Gmi:nunent of Egypt on 16 May 1948. (522) 1( a). Heroin: 57 gr~s

(Hashish: 1. 2 graDIIIes) (Opium: 0. 7 gramne)

2. On.20,May, a man named Dimitri Anis Antoun Zariah was arrested in con­nection with the seizure of 52 gr811111es of heroin, while on 12 September 1~_47 ~ certain Abdel Monem El Sayed Atta was arrested while in possession of 5 granmes q£. heroin and small quantities of hashish and opium.

3. On 21 March 19,48, the Drugs Sunmary Native. Court, Alexandria, sentenced Dimitri to imprisonment for three years and to a fine of £E. 500 (U.S.A. $2,067. 30) and Abdel Monem to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826.92).

No. 731 Seizures in the· Interior of Egypt on 9 October and 6 November 1947. Report -;••11municated by 'the Goveq;nment-of Egypt. on 5 April 1948. (428)

This report gives, among others, the following seizures involying a total quantity of heroin as follows: Heroin: 20. 3 granmes (Opium: 5.3 grammes)

A. Seizure at Port Said on 9 October 1947. l(a). Heroin: 3.3 grammes

(Opium: 5. 3 granmes) 2. For details, see Case No. 671, page 10.

B. Seizure at Cairo on 6 November 1947. 1 ( a) , Heroin: 17 grammes 3. On 11 January 1948, the Drugs Summary Native Court, Cairo, sentenced

Ahdel Hamid El Sayeh Attia to imprisonment for 2 1/2 years and to a fine of £E 500 (U.S.A. $2,067) and Mah~llawi Rabia Attia to imprisonment for 1 1/2' years and to a fine of £E 300 (U.S.A. $1,24Q.20).

No. 732 Seizure at Brawley, California, on 310ctober 1947. Report No. 1173 communi­cated by the Government of the United States of America on 5 May 1948. (480) 1( a). Heroin: 24. 4 grammes

(Marihuana: 0. 9 granme) 2. Having become suspicious of the act1 v1 t1es of an American c1 t1 zen of

Japanese ancestry named Robert Uyeda and one Julia Viana, customs patrolmen stopped the automobile in which they were travelling and found two cellophane "bindles" of heroin together with two marihuana cigarettes in the woman's handbag. She also had in her purse a loaded automatic pistol. She offered the arresting officers a bribe of $1,000 if they would destroy the evidence and release her.

No. 733 Seizure at Encinal, Texas, on 25 November 1947. ·Report No. 1173 communicated by the Government of the United States of America on 5 May 1948. (480) l(a). Heroin: 3.4 grammes

(Marihuana: 0. 4 granme) 2. A man named Dan~el Perez was arrested by customs patrolmen who had re­

ceived information that he. had purchased some heroin in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.. In addi­tion to the heroin, they confiscated two marihuana cigarettes. The heroin itself was of a dirty gray color typical of,Mexican opium derivatives which have been bleached im­properly.

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5. Cocaine

No. 734 Seizure at Boeschepe on 28 February 1948. Report communicated by the l!OVern­ment of France on 30 April L94.S. (500) l(a). Cocaine Hydrochloride: 250 grarnmes 2. French Immigration Offi.cials intercepted a Belgian national named Julien

D-hont when he attempted to smuggle the afore-mentioned cocaine across the Franco-Belgian border.

It was· disclosed that Dhont, a Belgian soldier, stationed in the Armies of Occupation at Stallberg, Gennany, had purchased the cocaine in question from a German and then smuggled it across the German-Belgian border and was about to bring it into France when he had bee~ arrested.

The cocaine was bf German origiP

No. 735 Seizure at New Yo.rk, New York, on 21 October 1947. Report No. 1173 communi­cated by the Government of th~ United States of America on 5 May 1948. (480) 1( a). Cocaine: 371.8 grammes 2. When the United States steamship Santa Lucia arrived in New York from

Peru, a customs searcher found an oilskin container of cocaine on a ledge. over the reserve lubricating oil tank in tbe engine room, starboard side. It is believed that the cocaine was of Peruvian origin.

No. 736 Seizure at New York, New York, on 14 November 1947. Report No. 1177 corrrnun1-cated by the Government of the United States of America on 5 May 1948. ( 1m3) l(a). Cocaine: 258.3 grammes 2. When the Chilean steamship Maipo arrived in New York, customs searchers

found two packages of cocaine {ri the bottom of a torpedo inspection system in the wheel house. It was believed ·that. the cocaine was of Peruvian origin. The Maiiw had called at the following ports: Talcahuano and Antofagasta, Chile; Mallendo and Callao, Peru; and Colon, Panama.

6. . lndi an hernp

No. 737 Seizure at Fremantle, Western,Australia, on 22 February _1948. Report commum­cated by the Government of Australia on 1 June 1948. (518) l(a). Indian hemp: 1. 7 grammes 2. . A man named Saloon Topaz Modone was arrested in connection with the

s0izure of the afore-mentioned Indian hemp aboard the British steamship Indian Trader. Madone said that he had purchased the drug in Karachi.

3. Madone -was fined fA 2.10. 0 (U.S. A. $8. 03).

No. 738 Seizure at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 9 March 1948. Report communicated by the Government of Australia. on 1 June 1948. (519) 1(a). Indian hemp: 113.4 grammes . 2. The afore-mentioned Indian hemp was discovered aboard the United States

steamship Bert Willian,s coming from ·Ga:veston, Texas, U.S.A., via Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Suez and ['ort Said, Egypt; and Karachi, India. The drug was found loose in cigarette tins and wrapped in paper. The master of the Bert Williams believed that the drug had been obtain.ed in Karachi.

No. 73S Seizure at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 16 March 1948. · Report communicated by the Government of Australia on 1 June 1948. (520) 1( a). Indian hemp: 113.4 grammes

-2. Th~ afore-mentioned Indian hemp was found aboard the United States steamship William Wilkins coming froin Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, via Port Said, Egypt; Aden; Bombay, India; and Colombo, Ceylon. The hemp was found loose in cigarette tins and wrapped in paper. The master of the lfiLliant Wilkins said that Indian hemp was sold openly in the streets of Ceuta. '

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No. 740 Seizure at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 20 March 1948. Report cornlJtmicated by the Government of Australia on 1 June 1948. ( 521) 1( a). Indian hemp: 453. 6 grarrmes 2. The afore-mentioned Indian hemp was found aboard the British steamship

Ocean Vagrant (British BaJ.tic Shipping Co.) coming from Glasgow, United Kingdan, via Torre Vieza; Port Said, Egypt; Aden; and Calcutta, India. The narcotic was found in the crew's quarters in an oil skin locker wrapped up in forty small paper packets. The _master·· of the Ocean Vagrant asserted that several of his crew-members had been arrested in Calcutta and various narcotics confiscated. He was positive, therefore, that the Indian hemp had been obtained there.

No. 741 ·Seizures at La Colle and Montreal, Province of ().tebec, onl and 3 November 1947. Report No. 80 commuriicated by the Government of Canada on 18 May 1948. (505) 1( a). Mar'ihuana leaves: 170.1 grammes

Marihuana seeds: 85. 1 grammes (Morphine sulphate: 10 tablets)

2. Eugene Markey, 35-year-old New ~aland labour organizer, entered Can~da on 1 November 1947 at the international boundary in La Colle. He was driving a 1947 Hudson sedan bearing a Province of ().tebec licence plate. In view of cert~in advance information regarding Markey which had been furnished by the United States customs officers at Rouses Point, New York, extra precautions were taken regarding his entry into Canada.

When questioned, Markey asserted that with the exception of a pair of ladl.es' shoes and a box of chocolates he had nothing to dE:.clare and signed a form to that effect. When the authorities observed a bulge in his hip pocket, they asked Markey if he had any firearms. He thereupon produced a . 32 calibre automatic pistol "Savage" Serial No.85999H. When the pistol was opened in the presPnce of witnesses, it was discovered that there was a bullet in the breach; the magazine was also full of live ammunition. Markey caul d produce no permit for his revolver. He informed police, however, that it had been pvr­chased in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. Markey was thereupon placed .under watchful detention and his car was seized.

With the assistance of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who had arrived on the scene, a complete search was made of the automobile and of Markey's person. In the pocket of his windbreaker they found a cigarette subsequently analyzed as marihuana. Quantities of seeds, plant stocks, cigarettes and cigarette butts, all of which were analyzed as marihuana, w~re found hidden in various parts of the car. Markey was con­sequently arrested and charged with the illegal possession and importation of marihuana. Canadian authorities found the following ad. Hashish: 1.2 gramme

(Opium: 0.7 gramme} Uleroin: ;> grarnrnes)

2. For details, see Case No.

1947.

730, page 33.

B. Seizure at Alexandria on 7 October 1947. 1( a). Hashish: 1 kg. 245' gr.

(Opiu!ll: 630 grammes) 3. On 11 April 1948, the Drugs Summary Native Court, Alexandria, sentenced

Ahrnrned Mohd. El Naksha alias Hamarna and Mohd. Mohd. El Haddad to imprisonment for 'one year and to a fine of £E 200 (~.S.A. $826.92) each.

C. Sei:wre at Kantara on 14 December 1947. l( a). Hashish: 1 kg. 286 gr. 3. On 11 March 1948, the :Sunrnary Native Court, Kantara, sentenced Hussein

Mohd. Abboud to imprisonment fo:r two years and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826. 92).

D. Seizure at the Tanta Railway Station on 24 December 1947. 1( a). Hashish: 1 kg. 245 gr. 3_. The, Summary Native Court, Tanta,· sentenced a certain Fatma Ibrahim to

imprisonment for. six months and to a fine of ££ 30 (U.S.A .. $123,81). The Court of Appeals, however, changed the sentence to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826.92).

E. · Seizure at· Cairo on 25 December 19 47. l( a). Hashish: 2 kg. 47 5 gr.

(Opium: 510 granmes) 3. On 27 March 1948, the Drugs Summary Native Court, Cairo, sentenced

Amin Mustafa El Erian and Arnin Rizkalla Ghattas to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 {U.S.A. $826.92) each and Ishak Messiha to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E 400 (U.S.A. $1,!553.84).

No. 672a Seizure at Ismailia on 20 January 1948. Report communicated by the Government of Egypt on 4 April 1948. (493) l( a). Hashish: 19 kilograrnrnes

(Opium: 42 kg. 200 gr.) 2. For details, see Case No. 672, page 12.

No. 7 44 Seizure at Kantara on 27 October 1946. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of Egypt for 1946. (E/NR. l946/86/Add.1) l( a}. Hashish: 2 kg. 465 gr. 3. On 16·December 1946, the Summary Native Court, Port Said, sentenced a

'certain Abbass Harned Abdel Ra,hrnan El Madbouli to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of££ 200 (U.S.A. $826.00).

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No. 682a Seizure at Kantara on 8 January 1948. Peport conmunicated by the ·Government of Egypt on 11 March 1948 •• ( 426) 1( a). Hashish: 165 grammes

(Opium: 230 grammes) 2. For details, see Case No. 682, page 14.

No. 683a Seizure at Kantara on. 8 January 1948. Report communicated by the Govemment of Egypt on 11 March 1948. (427) 1( a). Hashish: 6 kg. 420 gr.

(Opium: 7 kg. 650 gr.) 2. For netails, see Case :'-lo. 683, page 14.

No. 687a Seizure at the R~ilway Station at Gizaret Shandawil, Sohag, on 15 Septem­ber 1946. Information contained in the Annua~ Report of the Government of Egypt for 1946. (E/NH.l946/8'6/ Add.l) l(a). Hashish: 305 grammes

(Opium: 12 kg. ·425 gr.). 2. For details, see Case :'-lo. 687, page 15.

No. 7 45 Seizur~ at Mataria, Cairo, on 26 September 1947. Report copmunicated by the Government of Egypt on ·23 ivlarch 1948. ( 424) 1( a). Hashish~ 9. kg. 823 gr.

(Opium: 5 grarrmes) 2. Having learned that a Palestinian named Fathi Khalil El Azza, who had

entered Egypt illegally, was trafficking in narcotic drugs, the Anti-Narcotics Adminis­tration kept him under close observation in the hope of arresting him en fLagrant deLit. ~hen he returned to Cairo from Ismailia in his private car, the vehicle was searched, and a quantity of hashish was found hidden in "the fore part of the car". Fathi Khalil and Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Hafez, who was with him, were thereupon arrested. During a search of Fathi' s home, additional narcotics were seized, and a woman named Habiba Mohd. Barakat alias Gamalat Hassan who lived there was arrested. Fathi at first denied all knowledge of the drugs that had been confiscated and stated that due to a misunderstanding between the other members of his family and himself they might have placed narcotics in his car. Subsequently, however, he confessed that he used to purchase drugs from a man at Khan Younes and that that person had employed military persoru1el for transporting narcotics to Egypt. Mustafa said that the hashish seized in the automobile belonged to Fathi, and that the 1 atter had obtained it from two persons living in Kantara. Habiba explained that the narcotics found in her home had been brought there by both Fathi and ~1ustafa.

The origin of the drugs was under enquiry. 3. On 6 March 1947, the Drugs Summary Native Court, Cairo, sentenced

Fathi Khalil and Mustafa Mahmoud to impr:i sonment for three years and to a fine of £E 600 (U.S.A. $2,480. 76) each. Habiba Mohd. was 'sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826.92).

No. 746 Seizure at Port Said on 31 January 1948. Report communicated by the Goverllineht of Egypt on 19 May 1948. ( 524) l (a). Hashish: 62 kg. 330 gr.

(Opium: 12 kg. 750 gr.) 2. The Coast Cuard Administration learn11d that a quantity of narcotic drugs

were to be smuggled across the Suez Canal near K;ilo 20 with the assistance of a certain coastguardman. The officer in charge of the detective force consequently transferred the coastguardman in question arid warned all agents in the vi,cinity to be especially watchful.

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On 31 January, at 4 o'clock in the morning, four men emerged .from the Suez Canal; the coastguardman on duty fired at them whereupon they abandoned six water skins and a small sack and attempted tp escape. They were, however, arrested and identified as Hamad Salman Nasr, Auda Mansour Sehban, Soliman Hassan Salman and Selim Salama Soliman. The afore-mentioned narcotics were alqo confiscated. The four men admitted that they had p.urchased the drugs in Palestine from a stranger for resale in Egypt.

The origin of the narcotics was not known. 3. On 3 March 1948, th~ Sunmary Native Court, Port Said; senteitced the four

men to imprisonmP.nt for three years and to a fine of £E 500 (U.S.A •. $2,067) each~

No. 747 Seizure at Suez on 25 Janua~y 1948. Report communicated by the Government of Egypt on 22 April 1948. (497)· l(a}. Hashish: '59,kHogr~e~

(Opium: 30 kg. 600 gr.) 2. 0~ 11 January 194,s, the Anti-Narcotics ·Administr-ation a:t Suez was

infonned that a large quantity of narcotics. would be.smuggled from Eyoun Moussa_on the east bank of the Gulf of Suez to t}:J.e city of Suez and therefore rein_forced the coast­guardmen who were on duty in that ~icinity and instructed them to-keep a close watch ove;r the situation. .

Two weeks later, a fisherman reported that thre~ bedouins named Soliman Mohd. Salem Said Abu Tamsha, Hamed Moussa Rizk, and Aleya Hassan Salem, had been arrested by the Coast Guard detachment while transporting narcotics in his felucca or boat. 1l1e smugglers had tried to get rid of the drugs by throwing them into the water, but the coastguardmen_ had recovered them. The 'three smugglers asser!:ed that the narcritics had been brought from Gahal El Raha to Eyoun Moussa by a man named Ouda Soliman.

The origin of the seized hashish-and opium was nqt known. 3. On 3 March 1948, the Surmiary Native Court, 'Suez, sentenced the folir

traffickers t,o_ imprisonment for one year and a fi~e of £E 200 (U.S.A. $826. 92) each.

No. 748 Seizures along the Suez Can~l during the year 1946. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of Egypt for 1946. (E/NR.J.946/86/Add.l)

This report· gives, among others; the foUowitig se1.zures involving a to.tal quantity of •Indian hemp as follows: Hashish: 1,099 kg. 995 gr.· (Opium:, 864 kg. 405 gr.)

A. se{zure on 11 February 1946. 1( a>.· Hashish: 57 kg. 20 gr.

(Opium: 27 kg. 350 gr.) 2. At Kilo 48.800 along the Suez Canal a coastguardman noticed that two

persons were laying down several packages which they were carrying •. He attempted to arrest them, threatening them with hi~ rifle, but they escaped, leaving behind their· packages which, on investigation, contained the ·afore-mentioned drugs.

B. Seizure on .1 March 1946. · ' 1( a). Hashish: . 14 kg •. 100 gr. 2. Having retei ved confidential information, the Coast Guard detachiDent at

Post No. 26 on the Suez Canal was reinforced. At two-thirty in the morning, a floating object· seen J.n the Canal was picked up and found to be a waterskin containing the drug.

C. Seizure on 9 .March 1946. 1( a). · Hashish: 21 kg. 140 gr.

(Opium: 3 kg •. 800 gr.) 2. Upon the receipt of confidential information, the guards at Kilo 37

along the Sue.z Canal were reinforced. At' about midriight they saw two persons approaching in a suspicious m~er along the western bank of the Canal. -Shots· were fired by the coas tguardmen, and the men turned hack 'to the eastern bank abandoning the afore-men tin.,..:.?. narcotics.

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D. Seizure on 31 March 1946. 1( a>. Hashish: 428 kg. 800 gr.

(Opium: 7 kg. 490 gr.)

May - June 1948

2. Upon the ·receipt of secret infonnation that narcotics would be smuggled across the Suez Canal, reinforcements were brought up. At Post No. 137 along the Canal, four persons who were approaching the western bank exchanged shots with the coastguard­men and finally returned to the east bank leaving the drugs behind them.

E. Seiz!].re on 3 April -i946. 1( a). Hashish: 24 kg. 260 gr. 2. When smugglers crossed the Suez Canal at Kilo 66.200, a coastguardman

fired several shots at them-whereupon they fled and abandoned the afore-mentioned hashish.

F. Seizure on·ll April 1946. l(a). Hashish: 1 kg. 300 gr.

(Opium: 17 kg. 600 gr.) 2. When a coastguardman on duty at Post No. 95 along the Suez Canal observed

a bedouin trying to hide behind a''cJi{f on the east bank of the Canal, he cross:ed the water accompanied by a tracker and~.foliowed the footprints, but the smuggler, observing their activities, escaped. He left behind, however; the ·afore-mentioned drugs.

G. Seizure on 15 April 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 25 kg. 7 50 gr.

(Opium: 212 kg. SO gr.) 2. At· four-thirty in the morning, a tracker saw a boat proceeding to Abu

Roumana near Suez and ordered it to stop in order to search it. The boat, however, turned back and shots were exchanged between the tracker and the_ smugglers on board the boat.

On the following morning, coastguardmeri on duty near Kasfarit observed a boat proceeding to the west bank of the Canal. The occupants of the boat; seeing them, tried to escape and threw the narcotics in their possession into the water~ The Coast Guard detachment, howeve·r, recovered the drugs and 'arrested the persons on board the boat.

H. Seizure on 25 April 1946. l(a). Hashish: 71 kg. 500 gr.

(Opium: 124 kg. 200 gr.) , 2. Learning that narcotics were .kept near Kasfarit, coastguardmen searched

the area and found five sacks containing the afore-mentioned dr~gs.

I. Seizure on 26 April 1946. 1( a). Opium: 34 kg. 500 gr. 2. Having learned that narcotic drugs would be smuggled at Abu Sul ~an

station on the Suez Canal, coastguardmen made all necessary arrangements to arrest the smugglers. At '4: 30 on the day in question, a coastguardman saw a boat which ·he sus­pected and watched. After two ho~rs, when a hired motor cab arrived on the spot and attempted to communicate with the boat, the coastguardman became certain that arrange­ments for smuggling drugs were being made. He therefore seized both the boat and the cab and searched them at once. Nothing could be found, however. Some time later the sur­rounding water was examined and the afore-mentioned opium was recovered.

3. The ·fisherman aboard the boat was sentenced to imprisonment for two.' years and to a fine of £E 400 (U.S.A. $1,652.00); .'fhe driver 9f the cab was acquitted.

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Summary of illicit transactions and se~zures May - June 1948

J. Seizure on 30 April 1946. Ha). Hashish: 3 kg. 250 gr •

. (Opium: 5 kg. · 500 gr. ) -2. Having learned that narcotics were to be smuggled across the Suez Canal

at a certain location, the Coast Guard Administration stationed additional personn~l at that point·. At, two o'clock in the morning a person was seen trying to cross .the,~ road. As he refused to ·compiy with the orders of the coastguardman on· duty, shots w~re fiied at him; the man thereupon fled to the ~ast baiik, a?andoning th~ afore-mentioned drugs.

K. Seizure on 5 May 1946. l(a). Hashish: 4 kilog~ammes

(OpiU!n: 8 kilogrammes) 2. Having learned that narcotics _would he smuggled across the Suez Canal

near the El Qersh Post, .tHe Coast Gu~rd Administration made the necessary arrangements to cover the situation:' At 12:20 in the morning, three persons were seen running across the road. ·Shots were fired at them, hut they, managed to. escap.~ leaving behind· the 'afore­mentioned narcotics.,

' L~ Seizure on 6 May 1946.

1( a>. · Hashish: 870 gr:_amnes (Opium: 16 kg. 600 gr.)

2. When a man was seen '.coming out of the Suez Canal near Post No. 92, a coastguardman ordered him to stop, 'but instead he .ran away ah~doning the afore-mentioned drugs.

M. Seizure on 7 1( a).

May 1946. Hashish: (Opium:

15 kilog-rarrimes 12 kg. 500 gr.)

2. The crew of a coastguard boat, which had been assigned to watch the ' ships at Alexandria Port, recovered an object floating on the water. It consisted of two' tins which contained the afore-mentioned drugs.

N. Seizure on 10 May 1946. l( a). Hashish: 33 kg. 670 gr.,

(Opium: 7 kg. 600 ~'r.)' 2. A coastguardman ohserYed several people who were acting in· a suspicious

manner :on the east hank of the Suez Car).al. They in turn saw him and fled~ al;>andoning the afo.re-mentioned narcotics.

0. Seizure on 26 May 1946. 1( a). Hashish: ll kg. · 970 gr •

. (Opium: 5 kg. 100 gr.) 2. After exchanging shots with the coastguardman on duty at Post No •. 137

along the Suez Canal, several smugglers Jled ab.andoning the afore-mentioned drugs.

P. Seizure on 2 June 1946. I'

, l( a).. Opium: 8 5 kilogranimes 2. As a result of search~s made-by a Coast. Guard detachment on the b·asis of

confidential information that had been received, the afore-mentioned drugs were found and confiscated on·'islands near Alawi El Fesikh.

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Q. Seizure on 27 June 1946. l( a). Hashish: 4 kg. 900 gr.

(Opium: 70 kilogrammes)

May - June 1948

2. Having learned that twelve persons \\{mld attempt to smuggle drugs across the Suez Canal near the.fQhal.Mariam and Serabium Posts, the Coast Guard Administration reinforced the guards in that general vicinity~ At 9 o''clock in the evening, one of the coastgu!!,rdmen saw three persons on the east bank. He challenged -them :md fired warning shots whereupon they escape'd into the desert.

R. Seizure on 6 July 1946. l( a). Opium: 9 kg. 850 gr. 2. When a coa.stguardman at;tempted to arrest a man who had been seen acting

~n a susp1c1ous manner near Post No. 42 on the west bank of the Suez Canal at one o'clock , in the morning, ,the latter exchanged shots with the coastguardman· and ran away' abandon­ing the afore-mentioned drugs.

S. Seizure on 18 July 1946. l( a). Hashish.: 23 kg. 320 gr.

(Opium: 24 kg. 360 gr.) 2. At 7:30 in the morning a coastguardman fired at. three persons who were

acting in a suspicious manner near his post. They thereupon abandoned the narcotics they had in their possession 'and fled.

T. S~izure on 26 July 1946. 1(a). Opium: 10 ki1ograrnmes 2. When a coastguardrnan attempted to arres.t a person who had tried to

cross t~e Suez Canal near Kantara, the latter fled in an easterly direction abandoning the afore-mentioned opium.

U. Seizure on 27 July 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 15 kg. 180 gr.

(Opium: 23 kg. 10 gr~) 2. When the Coast Guard Administration learned that narcotic .drugs oould be

smuggled across the Suez Canal at Kilo 22.800, reinforcements were brought up to that v1c1n1ty. At about one o'clock in the morning the guards observed several smugglers swimming across the Suez Cana~ towards the western shore. As soon as they arrived at the west bank, the coastguardmen fired at them, whereupon they swam back to the east bank, leaving.behind the afore-mentioned drugs.

V. Seizure on 15 September 19-1-6. 1( a). Hashish: 56 kg., 360 gr.

(Opium:) 6 kg. 660 gr.) 2. Coastguardmen observed several persons crossing the Sue·z Canal from

east to west. On their arrival at the. west bank, coastguardmen fired several shots in their direction, whereupon they swam back to the east hank with the exception of one smuggler who managed to escape westwards. They had, however, abandoned the afore­mentioned drugs.

W. Seizures on 30 September and 1 October 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 62 kg. 150 gr.

(Opium: 9 kg. '300 .gr.) 2. Having learned that narcotics would be smuggled acro.ss the Suez Canal

at Shandoura, the Coast Guard Administration made the necessary arrangements to inter­cept them. At ten o'clock in the evening a group of smugglers abandoned the afore­mentioned drugs and fled after exchanging shots with a coastguardman. lliring the night a .coast guard force followed the footprints of the smugglers and eventually found a cache of narcotics amounting to more than 50 kilograllilles of hashish and nearly 8 kilo­grammes of opium.

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X. Seizure on 8 October 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 84 kg. 900 gr.

(Opium: 7- kg. 450 gr.)

May - June 1948

2. Having learned that narcotics were to be smuggled across the Suez Canal near El Medawarra, the Coast Guard Administration made the necessary arrangements to intercept them. When sane guards stationed in that area saw ·a group o_f smugglers .emerg­ing from th~ Canaf they exchanged shots with them, 1 but the latter escaped, abandoning the afore-men tione.d drugs.·

Y. Seizure on 18 October 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 8 kg. 370:. gr.

(Opium:. 6 kg. 190 lbl"•) 2. Having learned tha't a large quantity of drugs would be smu-ggled across

the Suez Canal near Serabium, the CoS:st Guard Administration made the necessary arrange­ments to arrest the smugglers. Trackers followed suspicious footprints as far as the east bank of the Canal where a water skin ·containing the afore-mentioned narcotics was discovered.·

Z. Seizure on 5 November 1946. 1( a). Hashish: ·12 kg. 500 gr.

(Opium: 46 kilogrammes)

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2. When smugglers approached Post No. 138 along the Suez Canal, the coast­guardman on duty ord~red them to halt and as they refused tp do so, he fired at them. They escaped, howe~er, lel,lving behind the a,fore-mentioiied drugs~

M. Seizure on 8 November 1946. l(a). Hashish: 9 kg. 875 gr.

(Opium: 35 kg. 825,gr.) · 2. A Coast Guard detachment, which was on

suspicion a boat crossing ·.the lake from ea·st to west. mentioned narcotics were found aboard the boat.

BB. Seizure on 13 November 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 13 kg. 980 gr.

duty near Temsah Lake, seized on Three -smugglers and the afore-

2. A .coastguarc:lman stationed at Post No. 68 along the Suez Canal became suspicious of a man who ·was walking along the west. bank. He therefore fired several shots at the man; the latte-r ran away· leaving the afore-mentioned hashish behind.

CC. Seizure ·on 23 December 1946~ 1(a). Hashish: 17 kg. 820 gr.

(Opium: 8 kg. 490 gr.) 2. When two persons crossed the Suez Cana-t' from east to west near Kantara,

the coastguardman on duty there kept them under observation, and when they arrived at the west bank fired several shots in their direction. The men thereupon swam back to the east bank leaving the afore-mentioned narcotic~ behind them.

DD. Seizure on 28 December 1946~ 1( a). Hashish: 73 kg. 800 gr.

, (Opium: 16 kg~ 300 gr.) 2. · · Having learned that three bedouins would smuggle a' quantity of narcoti~s

across the Suez Canal, the Coast Gu·ard Administra'tion made the necessary arrangements to arrest them. At two-thirty in the 111o~ning, when a fishing boa.t was crossing the Suez Canal' at Aggaga, the coas tguardman on duty kept it under observation. When it arrived at the west bank three· persons disembarked and after exchanging_ shots with the coast­guardmen, they escaped into the darkness, leaving _the afore-me~tioned drugs behind.

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EE. Seizure on 29 December 1946. 1( a). Hashish: 4 kg. _210 gr.

(Opium: 23 kg. 680 gr.) 2. Having received information from an employee of the Suez Canal Company a

fishermaJ?, located and recovered from the Canal the corpse of a drowned man to whose oody two waterskins containing the afore-mentioned narcotics had been tied.

No. 749 Seizures in India during.1946. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of Indif!. for 1946. (E/NR.l946/84) ·

This report gives, among others, the following seizures involving total quanti ties of Indian hemp as follows: Ganja: 59 kg. 394 gr. Charas: 10 kg. 600 gr.

A. Seizure at Mayavaram, Tanjore District, Madras Province (date not given). 1( a). Ganj a: 22 kg. 394 gr. 2. This ganj a was Jound in the possession of one who had no licence to keep

it. It was to have been smuggled into Ceylon. ·

B. Seizure at Deharadun, United Provinces (date not given). 1( a). OJ.aras: 10 kg. 600 gr. 2. This charas was recovered from the bedding of a resident of Quetta

(British Baluchistan) who had been dis~harged from the R.I.A.S.C.

C. Sei~ure at the Khanpur central railway station, United Provinces (date not given). l(a). Ganja: 28 kilogrammes ~· 1his ganja was recovered from two boxes that had been left unclaimed at

the Khanpur railway station

No. 750 · Seizure at Avonmouth, England, on 30 March _1948. Report No. 120 communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom on 5 May 1948. (470) 1(a). Indian hemp: 45~.6 grammes 2. During a rummage by customs officers aboard the British steamship Deido

(Elder Denpster Lines Ltd.) coming from Donala, French West Africa, a small linen bag-· containing Indi_an hemp was discovered hidden beneath a number of firebricks on a shelf at the extreme end of the propel1or shaft tunnel. Efforts to trace the owner were without success.

The origin of the Indian hemp was not known.

No. 751 ,Seizure at Liverpool, England, on :'J November 1947. Report No. 119 commum.­cated by the Government of the United Kingdom on 5 May 1948. (469) 1( a>. Indian hemp:· quantity unknown . 2. While police officers were executing a warrant against a cafe proprietor

named Secunder Ali, they saw him drop a parcel and kick it under the table .. On examina­tion, the contents of the parcel proved to be Indian hemp. Ali asserted that the drug was the prope,rty of another man who had gone away and could not be found, but there appeared to be no truth i11: this allegatl.on. Ali had been. found guilty on 7 March 1947 of being in unlawful possession of Indian hemp at which time he had been fined 401- (U.S. A.

-$8.06). 1he origin of the Indian hemp was not known. 3. On 13 April 1948, Secunder Ali was fined £50 (U.S.A. $201.37) plus

costs amounting to £3.3.0 (U.S.A. $12.69).

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No, 752 Seiztire at Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1948. Report No. 121 communicated by the Government of th~ United Kingdo~ on 5 May 1948. (471) 1( aL Indian hemp: -425.2 grarnmes 2. A police officer hal ted one Turab Ali, seaman aboard the British motor

vessel Derbyshire (The Bibby Line ,Ltd.) coming fr'om Rangoon, Burma, as he .,;..as about to leave the dock area.· A search revealed three small cloth parcels containing·I~dian hemp which had been hidden about his person. When asked where he had obtained the hemp, Turab Ali replied he had purchased it from a man in Rangoon for 20 rupees (U.S.A. $6. 03).

1he origin of the Indian hemp was not known. The Derbyshire had called at Colombo, Ceylon, and Port Said,' Egypt, on her way to the United Kingdom.

3. Turab Ali was sentenced to, imprisonment for three months and fined £4. 2s. Od (U.S.A, $16. 52) costs.

No. 753 Seizures at Atlantic Coast, Mexican Gulf and Pacific Coast ports and along the Mexican border during July, September, October, November, and December 1947. Report No. 1174 communicated by the Government of the United States of America on 5 May 1948. (481)

This report gives the following seizures involving total quanti ties of Indian hemp as follows: Marihuana: 80 kg. 350.9 gr. Takrouri: , 371.5 grammes Hashish': 368. 7 grammes Dagga: 17.6 grammes

A. Seizure at Weehawken, New Jersey, on 2l September 1947. l( a). Hashish: 368.1 grammes 2. A fireman on the Turkish steamship Bakir named\ Huseyin Urer, was searched

by a customs officer when h~ came ashore, and two pieces of hashish were found hidden in his shoes. Urer, a Turkish citizen, stated he had purchased the hashish in Iskenderun, Turkey, and that he had ·smok~d the drug for ten years. The Bak i r had called at the following ports: Iskend~run; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; and Baltimore, Maryland.

B. Seizure at Brooklyn, New York, on 6 October 1947. l(a). Marihuana: 211.4 grammes 2. When a utili tyman named Warren Cruz who was a crew-member aboard the

United States' steamship. Anadarko Victory came ashore, a port patrol officer searched him and found a package of marihuana tied around his body with a long piece of string in bandolier fashion. The Anadarko Victory had called at the following ports: Trinidad, British West Indies; Recife and Santos, Brazil; Mbntevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cabadello; and Belem, Brazil.

C. Seizure at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 20 November 1947. l( a). T akrouri: 154.9 grammes 2. Following the arrival of the United States steamship John A. Quitman

from Novorossisk, U.S.S.R., a customs searching squad found a package of takrouri on an overhead beam above the laundry, starboard side. The John A. Quitman had also called at Oran, Algeria, and Bermuda.

D. Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, on 24 November 1947-. -1( a)-. Ma,rihuana: 96.9 grammes 2. During a search of the United Stll;tes steamship Beatrice Victory comHtg

from South American ports, a customs officer· found a package of marihuana in a vent pipe leading to the powder room, starboard side, aft ..

Summary of illicit transactions and se1zures

E. Seizure at Naco, Arizon·a, on 26 September 1947. l( a). Marihuana: 567 grammes

May - June 1948

2. Having learned that two men named Louis C. Gonzales and Edward 0. Camacho would visit Naco, Sonora,. Mexico, for the purpose of purchasing marihuana there, customs patrolmen inspected them as they arrived from Mexico employed as helper§ on a produce truck. 1ne marihu~a was discovered among some boxes aboard the truck. The driver of the truck had no knowledge of the marihuana and was not held.

F. Seizure at Laredo, Texas, on 4 October 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 34 kg. 19. 4 gr. 2. Having been informed that a Mexican e1t1zen named Geronimo Peralez

Gonzalez would smuggle a.large quantity of marihuana across the Rio Grande River from 'Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, customs patrol inspectors kept a watch on the river trail about

three miles above Laredo and intercepted Peralez when he apPeared carry1ng three sacks of hulk marihuana. His compan1on escaped.

G. Seizure at Brownsville, Texas, on 13 October 1947. . l( a). Marihuana: 112.7 grarnrnes

2. wstoms patrolmen· arrested a Mexican C1t1zen named Juan Cruz Valadez when they found fifteen rolls of marihuana in his possession. Valadez asserted he had smuggled the marihuana across the Rio Grande River from Matamoros, Mexico, ten days previously in order to sell it in the United States.

H. Seizure at Nogal~s, Arizona, on 21 October 1947. l{ a). Marihuana: 330.1 grarnrnes 2. '\Vhen five men arriyed by automobile at Nogales, Arizona, from Nogales,

Mexico, they were questioned and searched. A sack of bulk marihuana and four marihuana cigarettes were found tied underneath the car 1near the rear wheels. It transpired that the marihuana belonged to two of the men named Elois Womak,and Floyd Davis Philips.

I. Seizure at Houston, Texas, on 24 October 194J. l( a). Marihuana: 6 kg. 17 4. 5 gr. 2. A custom~ agent arrested three Mexicans named Noe Carmona, Librado

Davilla and Romero Rivera when an investigation revealed that they had smuggled the afore-mentioned marihuana into the United States from Mexico and had .transported it to Houston.

J. Seizure at Edinburg, Texas, on 31 October 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 113. 4 grarnmes 2. Railroad empioyees found thirteen rolls of marihuana on the railroad

tracks near Laredo and turned them over to customs. The marihuana had been wrapped in Mexican newspapers and had presumably been srnliggl ed in to the United States from Mexico.

K. Seizure at Iouglas, Arizona, on 2 November 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 6Z7. 6 grarnrnes 2. When he arrived from Agua Prieto, Mexico, a Mexican e1t1zen named

Placido Cuen Acedo was searched by customs patrol inspectors who found a paper bag o £ marihuana and two marihuana cigarettes in his-possession.

L. Seizure at Harlingen, Texas, on 15 November 1947.' l( a). Marihuana: 103.7 gramnes . 2. Utilizing infonnation which .he had received, a customs patrolman ar-

rested a Mexican citizen named-Pablo Medina Medrano who had tried to smuggle a quantity of marihuana into the United States from Matamoros, Mexico.

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M. Seizure at San Ysidro, California, on 19 November 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 1. 5 grammes

May - June 1948

2. When Robert Donald May, Harold F. Enderson and Robert Saunders arrived by automobile in California from. Tijuana, Mexico, a search of the car disclosed that three marihuana cigarettes had been concealed in a package of tohaq:o cigarettes on 'the dashboard. ·

N. Seizure at Brownsville, Texas, on 19 November 1947. 1( a>. Marihuana: 1 kg. 700.9 gr. 2. A Mexican citizen named Jose Carlos Sanchez. attempted to smuggle a sack

of ·marihuana into the··Uni ted States near Brownsville, Texas, by w~diil.g across t~e Rio Grande River from Matamoros, Mexico. He was, however, intercepted by customs patrolmen.

0. Seizure at Nogales, Arizona, on 23 November 1947. 1(a). Marihuana: 755.5 grammes 2. Immigration officers stopped two Mexican citizens named·.Jesus·Maria

Valenzuela and Frank G. Castelo in order to question them regarding the~r iiJllriigration status. When they opened a paper hag carried by one of th,e men, they found it contained marihuana. They surrendered the marihuana and the two men to custoins. authorities.

P. Seizure at Elsa, Texas, on 24 November 1947. 1( OJ. Marihuana: 12.7 grarrmes 2. Customs patrolmen found three envelopes of marihuana at the tavern where

Guadalupe Villarreal Martinez worked. He had smugg:led the drug into the Uni,ted States from Reynosa, Mexico.

Q. Seizure at San Ysidro, California, on 25 November 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 105 grammes ' 2. When John Kenneth Matot, Duke Warren and John lvlichael Betterton arrived

by automobile in the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, a customs inspector found a hag of bulk marihuana under the springs of the car's rear -seat.

R. Seizure at Nog.ales, Arizona, on 26 November 1947. l( a). · Marihuana: 25 kg. 854.7 gr. 2. A customs i~spector examined what appeared to Le a false compartment

inside the automobile driven by a Mexican citizen named Maximinio Nunez from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. He confiscated three hags of hulk marihuana which he had found in the compartment.

S. Seizure at Laredo, Texas, on 10 December 1947."' l( a). Marihuana: 1 kg. 20.6 gr. 2. When an unidentified ~1exican· .woman arrived from Nuevo Laredo, she was

searched and a sack of marihuana was found underneath her clothing. An investigation indicated that the informant in this case had induced the woman to smuggle the marihuana in order to collect a reward.

T. Seizure at Laredo, Texas, on 13 December 1947. l( a). Marihuana: 1 kg.· 700. 9 gr. 2. The afore-mentioned marihuana was found in an. automobile occupi,ed by. two

i men who convinced investigating officers that they ·had no knowledge of the smuggling, and that the marihuana had been "planted" in their car by the informant.

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U. Seizure at Douglas, Arizona, on 13 December 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 1 kg. 34. 7 gr.

May - June 1948

2. Customs patrolmen observed that a Mexican c1.t1.zen named Jacob Padilla Gastelo had entered the United States illegally from Agua Prieta, Mexico, through a hole l.n the International Fence. As Padilla was being apprehended, he abandoned a cloth sack of bulk marihuana.

V. Seizure at Laredo, Texas, on 20 December 1947. l(a). Marihuana: 5 kg. 343.9 gr. 2. · wstoms patrolmen hal ted an automobile occupied by three men named

lloyd Berry, Earl Johnson and George R. Williams, after its arrival from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. As the car was being stopped, one member of the trio attempted to throw a burlap sack and a paper bag containing marihuana from a car window. ·

W. Seizure at Wilmington, California, on 20 December 1947. 1( a). Hashish: 0, 6 gr~Wme 2. When the United States steamship Steel Director arrived from Ras Tumeria,

Arabia, a customs officer found a piece of hashish on the person of a crew-member named Jinmy -Nowlin. The latter asserted that he had obtained the hashish from one 'Matti", an Arab in charge of the checkers at Ras Tumeria and that ''Matti" made a practice of ap­proaching the crew-members of incoming vessels with a view to selling them hashish.

X. Seizure at El Paso, Texas, on 23 December 1947. 1( a). Marihuana: 226. 8 granmes 2. A customs officer found a bag of marihuana concealed on the person of a

Mexican boy named Manuel Carrillo. The youth said he had paid $30 for the marihuana in Juare'z.

Y. Thirty-four other seizures during this period. l(a). Marihuana: 208.3 grammes

Takrouri: 216.5 grammes Dagga: 17.6 granmes

2. The following American citizens and vessels were involved in these seizures: The United States steamship Netherlands Victory coming from Trieste; Venice, Italy; and Ceuta, Spanish Morocco; Will Burns, chief cook aboard ·the United States· steamship Norwalk Victory coming, from Belgian ports; the United States steamship Union Victory coming from Antwerp, Belgium; and Rotterdam, Netherlands; John Thomas Rogers, bedroom steward aboard the United States steamship Louis McHenry Howe coming from Shanghai, China; Manila, Cebu, and Davao, Philippines; Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang, Malaya; Colombo, Ceylon; Bombay, India; Suez, Port Said and Alexandria, Egypt; Naples and Leghorn, Italy; and Marseilles, France; Abraham N. Evans, second cook aboard the United States steamship Waigstill Avery coming from Riggio and Gibraltar; the United States steamship Cape Isabel coming from Kingston, Jamaica; Cristobal, Panama; Limon, Costa Rica; Cartagena and Barranquilla, Colombia;. the Netherlands tanker Backhuysen coming from ~Jarseilles, France; the United States steamship Agwiqueen coming from Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic; via San Juan, ?orto Rico; the United States steamship Florida Sword coming from Galveston·,· Texas; the United States steamship Cornella coming from Cuba; Oliver D. Paterson, seaman aboard the United States steamship Shendoah coming from Naples, Italy; the United States steamship Jacob Martsfeld coming from French ports; the United States ste·amship Louis D. Brandeis comiP.g from Rouen, France; Dennis Hugh Jackson, crew-member'_ aboard the United States steamship Walker [l. Hines coming from Cherbourg, France; and Plymouth, United Kingdom; Moses Thompson, pantryman aboard the United States steamship MormacdOve coming from a Brazilian port;.Harold R. Johnson, cook aboard the United States steamship James M. Gillis coming from Saloniki, Greece, via Ceuta, Spanish Morcc:co; llidley M. Purdy, crew-member aboard the United States steamship African Lightning

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coming from African ports; the United States steamship Marine Swallow coming from Yokohama, Japan; Shanghai, Olina; Hong Kong; Manila, Philippines; and Honolulu, Hawaii; David L. Barrera; Luther Edward Anglin, crew-member aboard the United. States ·steamship General M. C. Meigs coming from Shanghai, Olina; Hong Kong; and Yokohama, Japan; the United States steamship Frances E. Siltz coming from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The following Mexican citizens were also implicated in these seizures: Jesus Sepulveda Garcia; Matias R. Heros; Antonio C. Cidron; Maria R. Numez; Roberto Garcia Castro; Hector Rivera; Gabino Tovar Alanis; Juan Rivas Seria; Ramiro Quintfu1illa Ramirez; Juari Diaz Galvan; Jenaro Maldonado; Silvestre Sepulveda; Refugio Serna Aguilera, and Ramon Hernandez.

Indian hemp was found in the following places aboard ships: under a· winch, aft; wrapped in a scarf on an overhead vent in the engineers' lavatory on the port side of the crew working alleyway; under a ledge in the shaft alley escape; behind pipes in the shaft alley; in the engine room; under and behind a wash stand in the utilitymen's forecastle;' in an officers' messroom; on overhead beams in the steering engine room; at the entrance to a passageway, portside; in a serving cabinet, top drawer; inside a door leading to the saloon mess, starboard side; in a laundry behind some cable; strewn about 'the main deck, amidships; on. top of an air ·chute in a steward sundry store room, "A" deck, starboard side; in a refuse can near the crew laundry.

In two instances, marihuana was found hidden in the shoes of persons crossing the Mexican border.

No. 754 Seizures at Atlantic Coast and Mexican Gulf ports during January and February 1948. Report No. 1175 communicated by the Government of the United States of America on 5 May 1948. (484)

'This report gives the following se1Zures involving total quantities of Indian hemp as follows: Marihuana: 3 kg. 253. 3 .gr. Bhang: 34. 3 grammes Dagga: 1 kg. 63.8 gr. Takrouri: 11 grammes Ganj a: 3. l grammes Charas: 9.7 grammes

A. Seizure at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 8 January 1948. 1( a). Marihuana: 1 kg. 814. 4 gr. 2. Upon the arrival of the United States steamship Levers Bend from Bar-

ranquilla, Colombia, cusfoms officers found a carton containing bulk marihuana over an a1r compressor on the main deck of the engine room.

B. Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, on 8 January 1948. l(a). Takrouri: 5.7 grammes 2. \Vhen a customs searcher came aboard the United States steamship Richard

Yates which 'had just arrived from Algiers, Algeria, he found takrouri on the person of and in the locker of the chief cook, a man named Jack Denny. Denny asserted he had obtai:ned the marihuana from a French girl in Al_giers.

C. Seizure, at Boston, Massachusetts, on 12 January 1948. 1( a). Dagga: 968. 4 grammes 2. During a search· of the United States steamship African Plant coming from

Capetown, Th1ion of South Africa, a customs officer found a pillow case containing twelve rolls of dagga on overhead pipes in the port-to-starboard passageway, amidships.

D. Seizure at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 13 February 1948. 1( a). Marihuana: 109 gran1mes 2. A customs searcher aboard the United States steamship Junior com-

1ng from Puerto Armuelles found. 17 4 marihuana cigarettes and six .packages of loose marihuana in a suit and overcoat pockets of a messnari named Mitchell Allen, as he was leaving the vessel.

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E. Seizure at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 'on 17 February 1948. l(a). Marihuana: lkg. 308.7·gr.

May . - June 1948

2. After the United States steamship CoastaL Messenger had arrived from Cuba, a customs searcher found a package of marihuana among the effects of A. H. Moore, oiler. On the same day, another searcher found a large quantity of marihuana behind an alarm bell, port side passageway, main deck; in a parts box in the steering engine room; and behind a fire extinguisher, starboard side, main deck.

F. Seizure at Tampa, florida, on 29 February 1948. l( a). Takrouri: trace 2. ll.tring a search of the United States steamship Alabama Sword coming

from Marseilles, Fran