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Abdel-Aziz Mohamed Gomma—Seizure of 952 Grammes of Opium at Alexandria on J U Ly 20, 1939 Communicated to the C.75-M.68.1940.XI. Council and the Members (O.C./A.R.1939/3) of the League. Geneva, June 6th,19^0. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS. ANNUAL REPORTS BY GOVERNMENTS FOR 1939- Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo. Communicated by the Egyptian Government. Note by the Secretary-General. In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention of 1931 for limiting the Manufacture and regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, the Secretary-General has the honour to communicate herewith the above-mentioned report to the parties to the Convention. The report is also communicated to other States and to the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs. (For the form of annual reports, see document O.C.I6OO). LEAGUE OF NATIONS Communicated to the C.75.( a ) .M.68.( a ) .1940.XI Council and the Members (0.C/A.R.1939/3(a)) of the League. (Issued in English o nly). Geneva, June 21st, 1940. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS. ANNUAL REPORTS BY GOVERNMENTS FOR 1939. EGYPT. Note by the Secretary-General. In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention of 1931 for limiting the Manufacture and regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, the Secretary-General has the honour to communicate herewith the above-mentioned report to the parties to the Convention. The report is also communicated to other States and to the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs. (For the form of annual reports, see document 0.C.1600). a . GENERAL. Laws and Publications. No laws, orders or regulations were issued by the Egyptian Government during the year 1939 on the question of opium and other dangerous drugs. Administration. No difficulties of any kind have been encountered during the year under this heading. ^ • International Co-operation. The Egyptian Government has received full co-operation and no difficulties whatever have arisen in this connection. T- Illicit T rrT Mr.. See the Report of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of the Egyptian Government for the year 1939.*) *) Document O.C./A.R.1939/3. P.T.O. - 2 - B. RAW MATERIALS. IX. Indian Hemp (Hashish). See the Report of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of the Egyptian Government for the year 1939.*) C. MANUFACTURED DRUGS. X. Internal Control of Manufactured Drugs. Egypt is not a manufacturing country. Document 0.C ./A.R.1939/3. C.75.K6S.i940.XI.)Aaneze. h . 1 9 3 9 / 3 / ) EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1939 CAIRO Go v e r n m e n t P r e s s , B itlâq 1940 EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1939 CAIRO Go v e r n m e n t P r e s s , B ulâq 194 0 CONTENTS Page I ntroductory N o te ................................................................................................................ xi CHAPTER I.—B r a n c h e s o f t h e C.N.I.B. 1.—Alexandria Branch ............................................ ,.................................... i 2. -Port Said Branch ...................................................................................... 4 3.—Suez Branch .............................................................................................. 8 4.—Cairo C.N.I.B..................................................................................................... 12 5.—Provincial Branches........................................................................................ 13 CHAPTER II.—Cases of Seizures of Narcotics ON OR BEFORE ARRIVAL FROM ABROAD 1.—Seizure of 595 grammes of Indian hashish at Port Said on January 23, 1938, ex S.S. “ Somersetshire Case of Babu Lall Topsass and L all Mean L ascar, Indians, British subjects 23 Seizure of 72 grammes of hashish at Suez on November 18, 1938, ex S.S. “ City of H ong-K onr Case of Ali I brahim K ambouris 23 3.- Seizure of 667 grammes of heroin at Alexandria on December 5,1938, ex S.S. “ K hedive I smail Case of Mohamed Abu-el-K heir Abu-Shelbanah .......................................................................................... 24 4.- Seizure of 2-500 kilogrammes of hashish at Alexandria in December 1938. Case of H amdi K heir-el -Din E l-Tarabulsi and others 24 5. Seizure of 66 grammes of Indian hashish at Port Said on January 8, 1939, ex S.S. “ Mahseer Case of Gomani K han .................... 26 6.- -Seizure of 45 grammes of hashish at Port Said on January 11, 1939, ex S.S. “J ohannesburg”. Case of A shref Ali R izkalla and Ami an Abdel-H amid ................................................................................. 26 7. Seizure of 385 grammes of hashish at Suez on January 16, 1939, ex S.S. “ E l-Amin ”. Case of Soma R ama K ik i, Indian, British subject ............................................................................................................ 27 8 - S :izuxe of 37 grammes of hashish at Port Said on January 22, 1939, ex S.S. “ Strathnaver”. Case of Mohamed E l-Tabbe Abu-Emara 27 9.—Seizure of 392 grammes of heroin at Alexandria, on January 28,1939, ■XX S.S. “ Champolion Case of Abdel-Aziz E l-Sayed and ■tliers ........................................................................................................... 28 10.—Seizure of 430 grammes of heroin, ex S.S. " Mariette P acha ” and 40 centigrammes of hashish at Alexandria on February 10, 1939. Case of Mustafa Soliman, alias Mustafash and others ........... 29 — i r — Paga 11.—Seizure of 35 grammes of Indian hashish at Port Said on February 13, 1939, ex S.S. “ City of K obe Case of E l-Said Mohamed Abu-Zeid .................................................................................................. 30 12.—Seizure of 23 grammes of hashish at Port Said at the end of February 1939, ex S.S. “ City of B irmingham Case of Abdel-Alim E l-Sayed .................................................................................................. 31 13.—Seizure of 700 grammes of Indian hashish at Port Said on March 16, 1939, ex S.S. “ Mahratta ”. Case of Mokbel Ahmed Munir- el-Din and Sultan Ahmed Anwar Al i, Indians, British subjects 31 14.—Seizure of 140 grammes of heroin at Alexandria on March 18, 1939, ex S.S. “ Marco P olo Case of H assan Ali E l-Sayed ........... 31 15.—Seizure of 500 grammes of hashish at Port Said on March 22, 1939, ex S.S. “ Markhor ”. Case of Abdu I brahim E l-Dessouki 32 16.—Seizure of 120 grammes of hashish at Port Said on April 11, 1939, ex S.S. “ Viceroy of I n d ia ”. Case of Awad Ahmed E l-Razki 32 17.—Seizure of 141 "800 kilogrammes of hashish and 16'400 kilogrammes of opium at Port Said on April 19, 1939. Case of Taha Mohamed Oaf and others ...................................................................................... 33 18.—Seizure of 900 grammes of hashish at Port Said on May 12, 1939, ex S.S. “ City of J ohannesburg ”. Case of I brahim Mohamed Mabrouk .................................................................................................. 34 19.—Seizure of 825 grammes of heroin at Alexandria on May 24, 1939. Case of H assan Ahmed E l-D omiaty .............................................. 34 20.—Seizure of 199 grammes of heroin at Alexandria in May 1939. Case of Antoine Constantin Yoannou, Greek subject ........... 35 21.—Seizure of 200 grammes of heroin at Alexandria on June 1, 1939. Case of sailor K hamis Abdel-Aa l ....................................................... 36 22.—Seizure of 520 grammes of heroin at Alexandria on July 30, 1939, ex S.S. “ Mohamed Ali E l-K ebir ”. Case of A hmed Mohamed B oghdadi and others ............................................................................. 36 23.—Seizure of 1‘340 kilogrammes of hashish at Port Said on August 3, 1939, ex S.S. “ Serbino Case of Y'oussef Ali Mohamed and another ...................................................................................................... 37 24.—Seizure of 410 grammes of hashish at Port Said on August 10,1939, ex S.S. “ Streefkerk Case of Arab Ali Satkouri and Ali H egazi ....................................................................................... :................. 38 25.—Seizure of 149 grammes of opium at Suez on September 11, 1939, Case of Madbouli N e s s im .................................... ................................... 39 26.—Seizure of 185 grammes of cocaine at Alexandria on November 2v, 1939, ex S.S. “ Dacia Case of D imitri E vstatieff I lieff and Christo P etroff Athanasoff, Bulgarian subjects .......... 39 27.—Case of Chaeilaos F anioudakis and Spiro Antzoulatos .......... 40 28.—Case of Abdel-R ehim Mohamed Abu-el-Gheit and others 40 v — Pago 29.—Case of E isp a. Abdulla E l-Mazaini, Abdel-Majid Shakour Ghar- biyeh and others ................................................................................. 41 30.—Case of Vincent Laudato and others .............................................. 41 CHAPTER III.—Smuggling through Sinai Seizures by Frontiers A d m in istra tio n ................................................................ 42 CHAPTER IV.—Cases of Seizures in the I nterior of the Country 1.—The Long Arm of the Law ........................................................................ 50 2.—Doctors’ cases :—- («) Case of Doctor Mahmoud Galal-el-Din Shukri ............. 51 (b) Case of Doctor Maurice Naguib K halifa ...................... 52 (c) Cases of Doctors Aziz Mikhail Bishai and F uad I skandar 53 3.—Chemists’ cases :— (a) Case of Chemist Abdel-Aziz Abdel-Ghani Shafshak ... 53 (b) Case of Chemist M ah er Y u sri ...............................................
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