This document is communicated to Governments for confidential information in view of the fact that it has not yet been considered by the Advisory Committee on Traffic in

Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs. [Communicated to the Council C. 133. M. 122, 1940. xi. and the Members of the League.] [Q.C.S.300 (q).]

Geneva, July 1st, 1940.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

SUMMARY

OF

ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS

AND SEIZURES

REPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

BETWEEN APRIL 1 s t AND JUNE 30t h , 1940 PART I

CASES REPORTED IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD TO WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED

In its annual report for 1939, the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, gives I he following supplementary information in regard to the three under-mentioned cases :

No. 1372. — Seizure at Tura, Egypt, on August 18th, 1938.

Reference: ^ While serving his sentence, Mansour Mansour Bassiouni was brought fn1 r^q'nn/n? 39'X 1 out of prison in March 1939 to attend trial for a charge brought against pao-e it him in December 1937. During the journey from Ayat to El-Saff he O.C.S./Gonf. 748. escaped from his escort and went into hiding, evading arrest for six months. In October 1939, information was received that he was in his village of Arab El-Hissar, living under the protection of his brother the omda (Government chief of the village) and the ghaffirs of that and the neighbouring villages. On October 3rd, the senior police officer of El-Saff threw a cordon round the village and raided it. Bassiouni and his guards tried to escape over the roofs and, when pursued, fired on the police. Bassiouni was killed by a shot from a constable. For complicity in hiding him, his brother, the omda of the village, was suspended from duty and will be tried by the Mudiria Council, while six of the village ghaffirs, of whom three were his relatives, received court-martial sentences of imprisonment for from six to eighteen months.

No. 246. — Illicit traffic by a doctor and a chemist in Qalioub, Egypt, 1935. Cases of Dr. Aziz Mikhail Bishai and of Maher Yousri, chemist.

Reference : _ The High Medical Council considered these cases on December 12th, [ÿc^SOOfa')19 3 6 and 19th. 1939, and sentenced the doctor and the chemist to be suspended page'52. from practising their professions for one year to commence from the O.C./A .R .1935/1. date of notifying the sentence to them.

No. I 16 I. - Prosecution of doctors at Mansoura, Egypt, in May 1938. Case of Dr. Fuad Iskandar.

Reference : The High Medical Council considered this case on December 12th, a i ^ S .ir .XI 1939t and sentenced Dr, Iskandar to be suspended from practising his page" 38. profession for one year to commence from the date of notifying the O.C.S./Gonf. 757. sentence to him.

No. 1674. — Seizure at Havre, France, on the High Seas and at New York in June 1939. Reference : The following further information concerning this case was C.14.M.12.1940.XI [O.C.S.300(o)], communicated by the French Government to the Seizures Sub- page 21, Committee of the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other O.C. S./Conf, 1014. Dangerous Drugs on May 9th, 1940. O.C.S..320. Arthur Pourcin, or “ Gaston ”, stated that he had been trafficking in drugs for seven or eight months past. A man he had met in New York a year previously under the name of Henri Martin or Charles Martin, but whose real name was < diaries Vincileoni, 9, rue Mansart, Paris, had supplied him with narcotics and instructed him to convey them to Havre. Shortly afterwards, he had secured the help of Roland Bellanger. For five or six months Pourcin had not made any voyages, but had been engaged solely in smuggling narcotic drugs. Though he claimed to have had no other supplier than Vincileoni, he had been in touch with two other men for the purchase of drugs, one of whom, a sailor, has frequently been reported as engaging in the smuggling of narcotics. These two men, in the face of all the evidence, denied that they had any knowledge of Pourcin ^ activities. A search was made, without any noteworthy results, at the address of Charles \ incileoni, who was served with a summons.

No. 1751. — Seizure at New York on September 6th, 1939.

Reference : ^ The Venezuelan Government, on February 29th, 1940,sent the rO ^'s^oV p)]0 XI following information in regard to this case : On December 13th, 1939, page"22. ’ the Venezuelan authorities received information from the authorities Q.C.S. Conf. 1035(a) of the United States of America concerning the arrest of Pablo Velasquez, member of the crew of the Santa Rosa, at New York in the possession of marihuana cigarettes, and his statements that the cigarettes were bought at Puerto Cabello. On the receipt of this information, the Venezuelan authorities endeavoured to ascertain whether the cigarettes in question really came from Venezuela, where the cultivation of marihuana was completely unknown. A visit was paid to the Santa Rosa, which was then — 3 — anchored in the harbour of La Guaira, in order to ascertain whether Velasquez was still on board as a member of the crew. Unfortunately, however, he had been dismissed by the company. Enquiries were made to ascertain whether there were any addicts in the districts of Aragua, Carabobo and Lara, and to obtain any information regarding smuggling of narcotics in these districts. It was then discovered that not only was there a traffic in marihuana cigarettes at Puerto Cabello, but that the plant was being cultivated there. An inspection of what was apparently a market-garden at Paso Real was made and it was found that a man named Augusto Caraballo was growing cannabis sativa there. He was immediately arrested and, from his statements, it appears that the seeds of this plant were introduced clandestinely into the country and given him for planting. All the stocks were confiscated and the plantation was destroyed, together with the seeds which the planter was keeping for new sowings. Caraballo wTas kept at the disposal of the police authorities of Puerto Cabello with a view to a full enquiry.

RESULTS OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH CASES OF ILLICIT TRAFFIC PREVIOUSLY REPORTED

Results Reference Name Imprisonment Fine

International Settlement, Shanghai: C.212. M. 140.1939. XI Sai Sen Y o ...... / Y 100 (90 Swiss gold francs [0,C.S.300(m)], page 8, Sai Sen Yei ...... > each. No. 1485. (Formosans) '

Page 19, No. 1526. Lee Gen Sho (Korean) Prosecution suspended.

Page 19, No. 1527. I Chi Chuku (Korean). Y50 (45 Swiss gold francs).

Page 20, No. 1529. Kin Fo Fu . Two were fined Y20 (18 Yoh Sei Mo Swiss gold francs) each Li Lien Kou and the prosecution sus­ Kin Keishoku pended in the case of (Koreans) the other two.

G.346. M.261.1939.X I Go Shin 1 (Korean). Y20 (18 Swiss gold francs). rO.C.S.300(zi)], page 17.

Kin Shee Tao . . One fined Y20 (18 Swiss Bau Koo Nichikin gold francs) and the Kin Taku Jun other two cautioned and (Koreans) released.

Liu Su San Y20 (18 Swiss gold francs) King Lai Shing each. King Too Eeki (Koreans)

Kin Sho K i n ...... j One was fined Y20 (18 Sai Bun Kaung . . . . Swiss gold francs) and (Koreans) 1 the other discharged.

C. 14. M. 12.1940. XI Matsuo Morikawa (Japa­ Y100(90Swiss goldfrancs) ;0,C.S.300(o)], page 5. nese).

Page 18. Tei Ei Bun (Korean). . Y20 (18 Swiss gold francs).

Page 19. Li Kei B a k u ...... One fined Y40 (36 Swiss King I - s h u ...... / gold francs), two fined Bok So A n ...... Y20 (18 Swiss gold I Zai K o ...... \ francs) each and one (Koreans) still on remand.

Page 19. King Ai Zung (Korean). Y20(18 Swiss gold francs).

C. 55. M.50.1940.X I Twenty-one Koreans on Two fined Y20 (18 Swiss [0,C.S.300(p)], page 16, rem and from, quarter gold francs) each, one No. 1732. ending December 31st, discharged and eighteen 1939. still on remand.

4440. — S. d. N. 770 (F.) 645 (A.) 9/40. Imp. Granchamp, Annemasse. Results Reference Name Imprisonment ! Fine

International Settlement, Shanghai (continued) : C.55.M.50.1940.X I W ong Ah Sai (Chinese). | Two years and six [O.C.S.300(p)]. page 20, months. No. 174.3. (December 27th, 1939)

E g y p t: C.65. M.27.1939.X I Charilaos Fanioudakis. | Fourteen months ! £E,200 (3,060 Swiss gold [O.C.S.300(*)], page 28. francs). No. 1320. Spiro Antzoulatos. . . Two years. i SE.200 (3,060 Swiss gold francs).

G. 1-28. M.80.1939. XI Ali Ali Khedr, alias Ali Two years. £E.400 (6,120 Swiss gold [O.C.S.300;/'], page 35, Mukhtar ...... francs). No. 1453. Abdel-Fattah Mohamed K h a l i l ...... One and a half years. £E,300 (4,590 Swiss gold francs).

C. 65. M.27.1939. XI Sayed Mustafa . . . . \ £E.400 (6,120 Swiss gold [O.C.S.SOO(fc)], page 13. Ahmed N a d a ...... f Two vears francs', each. No. 1263. Mohamed Abdel-Hamid ^ ■ Shalabi

C. 128. M.80.1939. XI Xlncent Laudato One year. £E.200 (3,060 Swiss gold [O.C.S.300(7)1, page 34, François Sarvelli francs) each. No. 1452.

C.14.M.12.1940.XI Ahmed Omar Baza . . £E.150 (2,295 Swiss gold [O.C.S.300(c)], page 6, Ibrahim Mohamed I francs) to be paid No. 1625. A b d a l l a ...... > Four years conjointly. Ahmed Ibrahim Moha- \ med Abdalla .... Atia Shawrki Abdel Hamid Two years. £E,200 (3,060 Swiss gold francs). Hussein Mohamed Ali . £E.300 (4,590 Swiss gold ( Three years. Hassan Mohamed Ali francs) each.

C.14.M.12.1940.XI Ali El-Shakhtour . . . / £E,400 (6.120 Swiss gold [O.C.S.300(o)], pages 25/26 Mohamed Ibrahim El- > Two years. francs) each. No. 1689. F a r ...... ) France: C. 346. M.261.1939. XI Joachim Diamandoglou Eighteen months ; 10,000 francs (900 Swiss i O.C.S.300(/z) , page 16, deported by order gold francs). No. 1603. of .January 13th, 1939. Pierre Ciolan . . . One year. Deport­ 3,000 francs (270 Swiss ed by order of gold francs). January 13th. 1939. They wrere also sentenced to a Customs fine of 385,000 francs (34,650 Swiss gold francs).

Maria Barbu (wife of Acquitted. Deport­ Ciolan) ...... ed by order of January 13th, 1939. C.317.M.213.1937.X I Louis Lyon ...... Two years ; five 10,000 francs (900 Swiss [O.C.S..300(e)], page 4. years prohibition gold francs). No. 4o4, and of residence and O.C.S. Conf, 857, page 5. loss of civic rights.

Fernandez Carlos Bacula Twenty months. 10.000 francs (900 Swiss gold francs). Jean-Baptiste Peretti. . Thirteen months. 1.000 francs (90 Swiss gold francs).

Salomon de Toledo, (alias Twenty months. 10.000 francs (900 Swiss “ Simon ”)...... gold francs).

Cleovoulos Vafladis (alias Thirteen months. 1.000 francs (90 Swiss “ Clovis ”) .... gold francs). Mireille Moreau .... Four months. 8.000 francs (720 Swiss gold francs). G. 128. M. 80.1939. XI Isaac L e i f e r ...... Two years. Deport­ 5.000 francs (450 Swiss [O.C.S.300:/)], page 2, ed by order of gold francs). No. 1207 and November 22nd, O.C.S. Conf. 857, page 5. 1939. O.C.S. Conf. 857, page 7. Giuseppe Failla (alias One year. 1,000 francs (90 Swris: “ Peppino ”) .... gold francs). Results Reference Name Imprisonment Fine

France (conlinued): C. 346. M. 261.1939. XI Guillermo y Mirales Ma­ 3,000 francs (270 Swiss [0,C.S.300(n)], page 16, riano (alias Scherber). Twenty months. gold francs) each. No. 1601. Michel Rochas ....

C. 385. M.230.1938. XI Nemettallah Bassoul . . [O.C.S.300(/j], page 31, Chucri Bassoul .... Acquitted. No. 1225. Bachir Koleibat ....

Turkey: C.55.M.50.1940.XI Mehmed Duman . . . Twenty months. £T.4,550 (10,920 Swiss [0,C.S.300(p)], page 22, gold francs). No. 1750.

Cevad Ozden...... Sixteen months, £T.3,817 (9,160.8 Swiss twenty days . . gold francs).

Huriye Can ...... Seven months. £T.435 (1,044 Swiss gold francs).

Fikriye T e t i k ...... Seven months. £T. 1.855 (4,452 Swiss gold francs).

Hakki Batirmis .... Yakup Gokaydin . . . Acquitted. — 6 —

PART II

A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CASES

B, NEW CASES OF SEIZURES DIVIDED INFO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS :

1. R a w O p iu m . 5. Co c a in e . 2. P r e p a r e d O p iu m a n d D ro ss. 6. N a rco tic P il l s . 3. M o r p h in e . 7. I n d ia n H e m p . 4. H e r o in . 8. M iscellaneous .

A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CASES

No. 1766. — Discovery at Istanbul of Apparatus for the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs. Report communicated by the Turkish Government, March 26th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Morphine base : 200 grammes. O.C.S./Gonf. 1128. Heroin : 10 g ra m m e s. 40187 387 Utensils and chemical ingredients. 3. Lemi Kermen, hawker, born in Bulgaria, who, a month ago, came out of prison, wTiere he had been serving a sentence for clandestine manufacture, wras arrested on March 12th, 1940, with 100 grammes of morphine base in his possession. Enquiries led to the discovery of premises fitted up in the dw'elling-place of Kazim Baysal, shoemaker, at No. 14 in a street in Fatih Istanbul). The apparatus for the manufacture of the drugs was of a most rudimentary character, the quantity it was capable of producing being insignifi­ cant. At the adress of the shoemaker, 100 grammes of morphine base and 10 grammes of heroin were also seized. Kazim’s wife, Naime Baysal. was also arrested for aiding and abetting her husband. The police learned that a former offender named Ihsan was also a member of this gang, but that he had taken to flight.

B. NEW CASES OF SEIZURES

1. RAW OPIUM

No. 1767. — Seizure at Hong-Kong on January 9th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 26th, 1940. Reference : ^ 1 (a). Raw opium : 2 kg. 646 gr. (70 taels). O.C.S./Gonf. 1126. Chinese origin. In one package, with no marks. 10051/388(4). 3. Yau Wong, Chinese, was taking the opium from Hong-Kong to Tai Po Kau by motor-car and then to Chinese territory by sampan. It was seized near Tai Po Kau Railway Station, New Territory. 4. Yau Wong was sentenced to a fine of 81,400 (1,260 Swiss gold francs) or hard labour for eight months.

No. 1768. — Seizures in Burma in 1939. Cases described by the Government of Burma in its report on the illicit traffic for 1939.

Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 1,252 kg. 420 gr. Chinese origin. 3. There were three large seizures in Rangoon. 29 kg. 760 gr. were found in zinc containers ingeniously concealed in the back of the rear seat and along the footboard of a motor-car. There were three arrests. 136 kg. 80 grammes were found concealed in twelve cases in a consignment of 38 cases of jaggery on the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s mail steamer Mysore. The twelve cases had large lead nails on them as a distinguishing mark. No arrest wras possible. 56 kg. 640 gr. were seized from a motor-car, the driver of which escaped when chased. Another man who was in the car was arrested. In the Maubin district, 193 kg. 200 gr. were seized in bundles concealed in half kerosene tins. Four persons were arrested. In the Mandalay district there were twro important seizures of 685 kg. 440 gr. and 105 kg. 420 gr., with five and one accused respectively. A seizure of 45 kg. 880 gr. was made in the Myitkyina District, without any arrest. On seeing the Excise party, the smugglers opened fire and, when the Excise party retaliated, dropped their loads and escaped. 4. One case is still pending. In the other cases in which arrests were made the accused were fined and imprisoned. — y —

No. 1769. — Seizures in the International Settlement, Shanghai, during the First Quarter, 1940. Report communicated by the Municipal Council. Shanghai, April 22nd, 1940.

Reference : January 12th, 1940. O.C.S./Gonf. 1158. 1 {a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 136 gr. (40 ounces). Possibly of North 13103/388(3). China origin, contained in twenty packets bearing no marks of identification. 3. Acting on information received, detectives raided the Yuen Chow Lodging-House, Lane 524/20, Avenue Edward VII and seized the opium. Lee Ah Hoo, and Tseu Pah Soong, were arrested. Enquiries showed that opium hongs situated in the Western area of Shanghai (outside the jurisdiction of the Municipal Police) wrere supplying the accused with opium. 4. Lee Ah Hoo was sentenced to imprisonment for six months and deprived of civil rights for one year, while Tseu Pah Soong was discharged.

January 14th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 426 grammes (15 ounces). North China origin. No marks. 3. A Chinese woman. Tsang Woo Sz, was arrested on a pontoon on the Bund in possession of the opium, which was concealed in specially made bags tied around her legs. She claimed that she had obtained the opium from a man named Ah Eoh and was taking it to Zangzoh. Enquiries have failed to trace the whereabouts of Ah Eoh. 4. Tsang Woo Sz was sentenced to imprisonment for four months.

January 17lh and 19th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 937 grammes (33 ounces}. Probably North China origin. Some of the packets bore the trade mark “ Wei Faung ” and were chopped by the “ Shanghai Area Opium Examination Bureau ”. 3. There were two cases. 256 grammes of raw opium were seized from the person of Wong Zien Sz while she was travelling in a motor-car on Jessfield Road ; 682 grammes were seized on Avenue Road from under the cushion of the back seat of a hired car which was occupied by Tsu Ding Fong and Tsu Lai Sz and Lai Ih Shing, his wife and brother-in-law. All denied knowledge of the contraband in the car. 4. Wong Zien Sz was sentenced to imprisonment for five months with the option of conversion to a fine at 81 (0.70 Swiss gold francs) per day, while the other three accused were each sentenced to pay a fine of §400 (280 Swiss gold francs).

January 20th to 24th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 525 grammes (18% ounces). North China origin. Prepared opium : 199 grammes (7 ounces). No marks. 3. There were three cases ; 170 grammes of prepared opium and 284 grammes of Bi- Yue (an opium adulterant) were seized at an opium-selling-place at No. 48. Lane 546, Tiendong Road following the arrest of Cheu Ts Ziang, Lieu Tsung Mei, Phen Wong Sz and Lieu Koo Sz. '.’98 grammes of raw opium and 28 grammes of prepared opium were seized at a public opium- moking den at 7-158 Yunnan Road, where, in addition to the conductor Liu Ching Pao, two smokers wrere also arrested. 227 grammes of raw opium were found in possession of Tsang Wei Chu and Zung Sih Ivyung, wrho were arrested by a search party while travelling in a motor-bus on Jessfield Road on January 24th, 1940. Tsang admitted being employed as a carrier of opium by the Zung Yah Kyi opium hong, 53 Sing Kong Li, Jessfield Road, outside the control of the Municipal Police. 4. Cheu Ts Ziang, Lieu Tsung Mei, Liu Ching Pao were each sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months, Tsang Wei Chu and Zung Sih Kyien to imprisonment for six months, wdiile Phen Wong Sz and Lieu Koo Sz were discharged.

January 27th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 2 kg. 812 gr. (99 ounces). Probably Iranian origin. Some of the packets bore stamps of the “ Shanghai Area Anti-Opium Bureau ” and the “ Shanghai Western Area Opium Examination Bureau ” and contained leaflets purporting to have been issued by the Tsong Kyi opium hong, located outside the jurisdiction of the Municipal Police. 3. There were three cases. Tsang Wong Sz, Zee Foh Sung and Mao Ivung Sung, were arrested by police search parties in possession of the opium. They admitted being engaged in the sale of opium. 4. Tsang Wong Sz was sentenced to imprisonment for ten months while Zee Foh Sung and Mao Kung Sung were each sentenced to imprisonment for eight months.

January 29th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 349 gr. (47% ounces). Probably Jehol origin. No labels. 3. Loh Ling Sz was arrested in possession of 909 grammes of raw opium while travelling on an omnibus on Jessfield Road. 440 grammes of raw opium wrere seized from the person of Lee Kyung Pao, a young girl w7ho was used as a carrier of opium by a gang of opium peddlers including Kwen Soong Sai, Tseu S Tuh and Siau Zung Chien who were arrested. 4. Kwen Soong Sai and Tseu S Tuh were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months, Siau Zung Chien to one year and Loh Ling Sz to imprisonment for eight months, while Lee Kyung Pao was discharged. February 19th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 454 grammes (16 ounces). Probably of Jehol origin. Packed in red paper. No marks. 3. Following negotiations carried out by a police agent posing as a prospective buyer, Yue Tsung Ziang, Yue Wong Sz, Van Lee Sz and Ng Mah Sz were arrested at House 7, Lane 28 Yunnan Road, in possession of the opium in question. They admitted having acted as brokers on behalf of the Chu Fong opium hong. Sing Kong Lee, off Jessfield Road, located outside the jurisdiction of the Municipal Police. 4. Yue Tsung Ziang and Yue Wong Sz were each sentenced to imprisonment for six months, while Van Lee Sz and Ng Mah Sz were each sentenced to imprisonment for one year.

February 12th to 28th, 1940. 1 fa). Raw opium : 724 grammes (25% ounces'). Probably North China origin. No labels. 3. Wong Zee Sz, Tseng Pau Ding and Ying Fung Ts, were arrested in the Central District in possession of the opium. They admitted having been engaged in the sale of opium on a small scale. 4. Wong Lee Sz was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months, while Tseng Pau Ding and Ying Fung Ts were sentenced to imprisonment for six months and eight months respectively. March 1st, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 653 grammes (23 ounces). Probably of North China origin. No marks or chops. 3. Wong Ching Kung was arrested in Love Lane in possession of the opium. He admitted being employed as a carrier of opium by an opium hong in the Kong Foh Lee, off Brenan Road, located outside the jurisdiction of the Municipal Police. 4. He was sentenced to imprisonment for three years.

March 3rd and 4th., 1940. 1 fa). Raw opium : 568 grammes (20 ounces). Liangchow origin. No marks; 3, Eight packets of raw opium, weighing 312 grammes were seized at a clandestine selling-place of opium in the Dali Hsing lodging-house, 108 Hupeh Road, following the arrest of the trafficker, Wong Pao Keng. Another four packets were found in possession of Dau Yoong Zai, who was arrested at No. 148. Lane 159, Tseu Ka Ba Road, as a result of a visit by the Police to investigate a case of housebreaking. 4. Wong Pao Keng and Dau Yoong Zai were sentenced to imprisonment for eight and three months respectively.

March 6th, 1940. 1 fa). Raw opium : 1 kg. 363 gr. (48 ounces). “ Red ” opium, probably of Iranian origin. Consisting of three pieces which were wrapped in red paper. 3. As a result of negotiations carried on by a narcotic agent, posing as a purchaser, Tseu Tsung Yoong and Zung Tsung Ling, w’ere arrested in Lane 330, Yu Y a Ching Road, in possession of the opium in question. They admitted having procured it at the Tai Chong opium hong, Sing Kong Lee, off Connaught Road, located outside the control of the Municipal Police. 4. They were each sentenced to imprisonment for three years and deprived of civil rights for the same period. March 12th-14th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 362 grammes (123/4 ounces). Probably of Chinese origin. No distinctive marks. 3. Wong Siao Tsor, Zah Ts Yu, Tsang Yang Sz and Ts Dau Sung, who were in possession of small quantities of raw opium totalling 362 grammes, were arrested by police search parties operating in the Gordon. Hongkew, and Chengtu Road districts. 4. They wrere sentenced to imprisonment ranging from four months to two years and six months.

March 22nd-25th, 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 469 grammes ( 16% ounces). North China origin. No marks of identification. — 9 —

3. A Chinese woman Chang Cheu Sz was arrested on a Pontoon on The Bund in possession of 199 grammes of opium, which she was taking to her native place at Tsungming Island for sale. Kao Ah Mao was apprehended at the Foh Shin g Food Shop, 539 Chekiang Road, in possession of 270 grammes of raw opium, which he had purchased at an opium hong in Sing Kong Lee off Connaught Road, located outside the control of the Municipal Police. 4. Chang Cheu Sz and Kao Ah Mao were sentenced to imprisonment for five months and six months respectively.

March 30th. 1940. 1 (a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 619 gr. (57 ounces). Probably Iranian origin, consisting of forty packets. No marks of identification. 3. Ivwoh Shing, was arrested in possession of the opium while travelling in an omnibus on Yu Yuen Road. He admitted having purchased the opium at the Ching Sing Opium hong, Ching Sai Lee, off Jessfield Road. located outside the control of the Municipal Police. 4. He was sentenced to imprisonment for three years and deprived of civil rights for the same period.

>.o. 1770. — Principal Seizures in the French Concession of Shanghai during the Second, Third and Fourth Quarters of 1939. Report communicated by the French Government, May 5th. 1940.

Reference : 1 [a). Raw opium : 49 kg. 311 gr. O.C.S./Gonf. 1134. Morphine : 1 kg. 161 gr. 26579/388(2). Heroin : 485 gr. 3. The French Government states that only seizures exceeding $100 (about 350 French francs) have been included in this report. Most of the seizures were made in the street, but in ten cases, involving 6 kg. of opium, the drug was seized in the offenders’ homes. Most of the drugs were intended for retail sale outside Shanghai or to unknown customers. Small quantities of opium were for the personal use of the offenders. 4. There was one sentence of imprisonment and loss of civic rights for life. Others varied between four months and five years imprisonment. In several cases the sentence could be coverted into a fine varying from $2 to $20 1.40 to 14 Swiss gold francs) per day; in some cases offenders were also sentenced to loss of civic rights. Fines ranged from 840 to $500 (28 to 350 Swiss gold francs) ; in a few cases they could be converted into imprisonment.

No. 1771. — Seizure at Cairo on October 7th, 1939. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 29th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 137 grammes. One piece, packed in glacé paper. O.C.S./Conf. 1160. Origin unknown. 40448/387. 3. Detectives of the Railway Police on duty at the train leaving Cairo for Upper Egypt found the opium on the person of Abdel Hamid Abdel Latif. The accused was returning to his village in Sohag Markaz from Haifa, where he had been employed as port labourer for the last five years. 4. Abdel Hamid Abdel Latif was sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen months and a fine of £E.300 (4,590 Swiss gold francs).

No. 1772. — Seizure at Mit Ghamr, Egypt, on March 8 th,, 1940. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 28th, 1940.

Reference : 1 ta). Opium : 18.36 grammes i 11 u.u.a.,uoni.n r s /pnnf no/. Hashish t t i • i : 12.30 or? grammes j i Uriffin8 u n k n o w n .

40449/387. g Information having been receix'ed that a gang in Lower Egypt was active in drug trafficking, two confidants were instructed to pose as buyers for an oke of hashish and opium and were given £E.100 (1,530 Swiss gold francs) in marked banknotes. On March 8 th, following a telephone call from the informers, C.N.I.B. officers went to Mit Ghamr and, on a signal that the transaction had taken place, arrested Abdallah Ahmed Mesha, who was in possession of a tin box containing opium. The rest of the gang were then arrested, and opium and hashish found in their possession was seized. According to the confidants, the traffickers showed them only samples of the drugs, as they asked for higher prices to be paid in advance, to which proposal the, confidants could not agree. 4. Abdallah Ahmed Mesha, Abdel Latif Ahmed Mesha, Abdulla Mohd. Abdulla, Enani Abdulla Mohd. and Hassanein Mustafa El Newihi were sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen months and a fine of £E.500 (7,650 Swiss gold francs) each. ITassan Mohd. Ahmed was sentenced to imprisonment for six months and a fine of £E.30 (459 Swiss gold francs). — 10 —

No. 1773. — Seizure at Romani Station, Sinai Province, on December 7th, 1938, reported by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, in its Annual Report for 1939.

Reference : 1 fa). Raw o n iu m : 13 kg. 930 gr. C. 75. M.68.1940. XI 1 & 5 Annexe 3. Information was received that a ticket-collector would be (O.C A .R .1939 3). bringing narcotics on a train. The Police searched the train and found, hidden in a waggon, a tin containing the opium.

No. 1774. — Seizure east of Lake Temsah, Sinai Province, on October 22nd, 1939, reported by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, in its Annual Report for 1939.

Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium : 27 kg. 119 gr. C.75,M.68.1940.XI Hashish : 14 kg. “886 gr. Annexe. ° c [O.C. A .R .1939/3], 3 A soldier of the Camel Corps followed the tracks of three smugglers and, on coming up with them, opened rapid fire. The smugglers made off. leaving the narcotics behind. Another Camel Corps patrol arrived soon after and arrested some fishermen in a boat on the east bank of Lake Temsah, where they had no doubt been waiting for the smugglers.

No. 1775. — Seizure in the Gebel P/taghara, Sinai Province, on November 24th, 1939, reported by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau. Cairo, in its Annual Report for 19.39.

Reference : 1 (a). Onium and hashish : 29 kg. 640 gr. C.75.M.68.1940. XI Annexe. 3. A patrol followed tracks of men into the Gebel Maghara, but [O.C. A.R. 1939/3], th e smugglers got into the mountains and could not be tracked owing to the rocky nature of the ground. The patrol had to watch all places of egress from the mountain. Five days later another body sent to find the first patrol followed tracks leading from the mountain to the east and came up with two men just before the Palestine Frontier. The men confessed and showed where the drugs had been hidden.

No. 1776. — Seizure at Allauch, France, on April 30th, 1939. Information communicated by the French Government to the Seizures Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs, May 9th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium : 94 kg. O.C.S. 320. 3. A Police officer discovered, in the dry bed of a stream in the commune of Allauch. near Marseilles, four canvas bags containing balls of raw opium. No owner could be traced.

No. 1777. — Seizure on s.s. “ Jean Laborde ”, at Marseilles, on October 4th, 1939.Informa­ tion communicated by the French Government to the Seizures Sub- Committee of the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs, May 9th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium :60 kg. O.C.S. 320. 3. The Marseilles Customs authorities discovered the opium in an empty space on the starboard side of the stern engine-room of the vessel. No owner could be traced.

No. 1778. — Seizures in Indo-China during the Fourth Quarter of 1939. Report com­ municated by the French Government, May 5th, 1940.

Reference : _ 1 (a). Raw opium : 164 kg. O.C.S. Conf. 1135. Prepared or concentrated opium : 37 kg.

27084/383. 3 . Charges were laid in 304cases. 108 persons were arrested and 76 convicted. In all cases the opium was confiscated on behalf of the Monopoly. The seizures took place at Bacninh, Hoabinh, Hanoi, Haiphong, Laokay, Namdinh, Sontay and Sonlah, in Tonkin ; and at Phunghia, Benthuy, Hatinh and Tourane, in Annam. 4. Terms of imprisonment varied from one month to two years and fines from 500 to 3,000 francs (45 to 270 Swiss gold francs). Damages inflicted ranged from 1,870 to 18,700 dollars (1,683 to 16,830 Swiss gold francs). — 11

No. 1779. — Seizure at Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 7th, 1940. Reports com­ municated by the Government of the United States of America, May 27th 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium : 3 ksr. 332 gr. (7 lbs 5.31 oz.). O f1 c ' f-1 n n f 1 1 ^ Q ■ . u.u.^.;uoin. 6 bricks, each wrapped in French newspaper. 1281/388(665). 3. A Customs guard discovered the opium concealed in the fan-tail, aft of the steering gear, under a wooden platform and ropes on the appor . . . . s g. j7xmoui}l (American Export Line — American) coming from Izmir via ports. It is believed that it was put on board by Jacob A. Ras­ mussen, a naturalised American, seaman on the vessel, who had been arrested at Izmir on December 31st, 1939, as he attempted to board the ship with a quantity of raw opium.1 It is understood that Rasmussen purchased the opium at Izmir from the Greek trafficker Bouyoucas, who had also been arrested. 4. Rasmussen will be prosecuted on his return to the United States.

Noie. — Seizures of raw opium wrere also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Cases Nos. 1784, 1785 and 1787. under " Prepared Opium ”, Case No. 1798. under “ Heroin ”, Cases Nos. 1806 and 1810, under “ Indian Hemp ”.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f R a w O p i u m s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1938 1939 1940 13 kg. 930 gr. 1.653 kg. 466 gr. opium 27 kg. 128 gr. 29 kg. 640 gr. opium and 1 cc. tincture of opium, hashish.

2. PREPARED OPIUM AND DROSS

No. 1780. — Seizure at Sydney, Australia on February 17th, 1940. Report communicated by the Australian Government, March 19th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 724 g ra m m e s . Tick Kee — Lion an d O.C.S./Gonf. 1137. Globe brand. 40352/387. 3. The opium was found in a bucket carried by Ching Lin. Assistant Steward on the m.v. Tulagi (Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., Sydney), coming from Port Darwin. Ching Lin was trying to transfer the drug from the stewards’ quarters to another part of the vessel. 4. Ching Lin, wTho admitted ownership of the drug, wras fined £20 (238 Swiss gold francs).

No. 1781. — Seizure at Hong-Kong on January 17th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 26th, 1940. Reference : ^ 1 (a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 21 gr. (27 taels). O.C.S./Gonf. 1126. Origin : French Indo-China. The opium was in twenty- 10051 '388(4' seven tins, with no marks. 3. Chan Kwai, Chinese, was travelling on a train from Kowloon to Lo Wu with the opium. He apparently planned to cross into Chinese territory. The opium wras seized at Tai Po Market, Newr Territory. 4. Chan Kwai wras sentenced to a fine of $1,360 (1,224 Swiss gold francs) or hard labour for nine months.

No. 1782. —Seizures at Hong-Kong on January 25th and 26th, 1940. Report com­ municated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 26th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 2 kg. 155 gr. (57 taels). O.C.S./Conf. 1126. Origin : French Indo-China. 832 grammes were contained in 10051/388(4) fourteen large and sixteen small tins, with no marks. 1 kg. 323 gr. wrere contained in forty tins. 3. There were two seizures : one from Tong ITon Cheong, Chinese, at an engine shed, Lo Wu, and the other from Yip Siu, Chinese, on the railway track near Lo Wu, New Territory. In each case the opium was concealed amongst coconut husks in a load being carried by the accused from British to Chinese territory. 4. Tong Hon Cheong was sentenced to a fine of 1,000 dollars (900 Swiss gold francs) or hard labour for six months, and Yip Siu to a fine of $2,000 (1,800 Swiss gold francs) or hard labour for nine months.

1 See document C.55.M.50.1940.X I (O.C.S. 300 (p) ), page 7, No. 1710. No. 1783. — Seizures in Hong-Kong during February 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, April 10th, 1940.

Reference : 1 ;«). Prepared opium : 8 kgs. 883 gr. ("235 taels!. 7 kg. 749 gr. O.C.S./Gonf. 1133. were manufactured by the French Indo-China Government Monopoly 10051 .'388(4' an^ were in one bag containing 328 tins. 1 kg. 134 gr. were local boiled opium.

3. There were two cases. 7 kg. 749 gr. were found on board s.s. Cambay Prince (British) (agents : John Manners & Co., Hong-Kong), coming from Haiphong. Leung Ngau, a Chinese greaser on that vessel, was charged. In the other case, 1 kg. 134 gr. were found in an enamel pot in a house at 338, Un Chau Street. The inmates were out at the time of the raid. 4. Leung Ngau was sentenced to a fine of §5,000 (4,500 Swiss gold francs) or hard labour for twelve months.

No. 1784. — Seizures in the Straits Settlements during January, February and March, 1940. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom March 26th. April 25th and May 18th, 1940.

January 1940. Singapore Malacca 1 (a). Prepared opium :

Reference : 77 kg. 103 gr. 468 grammes 42 grammes O.C.S./Gonf. 1125. (2,039.76 tahils) 12.37 tahils (1.10 tahils) 15391 388(4). n ross

141 grammes 36 grammes 2 grammes (3.73 tahils) 0.95 tahils: 0.05 tahils;

Raw opium : 454 grammes (12 tahils)

71 kg. 468 gr. of prepared opium bore the “Red Lion ” mark, 1 kg. 512 gr. the “Anchor” mark, 463 gr. the “D ragon” mark, and 2 kg. 343 gr. the Saigon mark. 154 gr. of raw opium were of Chinese origin. 3. 529 grammes of prepared opium were seized at 165, Silat Road, Singapore, when revenue officers, having watched the house from 3 to 4.45 a.m.. found two Chinese cooking chandu from raw opium and dross. 1 kg. 134 gr. of Saigon prepared opium, packed in Lahil and half-tahil canisters, were found concealed in a rear locker in sampan No. S.226 (a small passenger boat), which was being rowed towards the landing-steps at Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore, by a Chinese. 1 kg. 210 gr. of Saigon prepared opium were discovered at Singapore on board s.s. G.G. •Maurice Long, hanging outside a porthole in a forward lavatory situated in the ’tween decks, within easy reach of anyone in a native craft alongside. No arrest was made. A Chinese hatch clerk on board the s.s. Anhui, which had arrived at Singapore from China ports, threw a sack containing 5 kg. 368 gr. of “Red Lion ” prepared opium from the ship into a cargo boat alongside and came ashore by a passenger boat. He was arrested while claiming the sack from the helmsman of the cargo boat. 25 kg. 742 gr. of “Red L ion” prepared opium were found concealed amongst passengers’ baggage under the companion-way amidships and in an unlocked first-class baggage room on board the m.v. Cremer at Singapore. Ownership could not be established. 16 kg. 658 gr. of “Red L ion” prepared opium were found at Singapore in a large recess behind a wooden locker built into the side of the m.v. Van Heutsz in the forecastle head, and 1 kg. 512 gr. of “Anchor” brand prepared opium in three packages tied by wire to the shaft actuating the flap of the refuse chute in the crew’s pantry of the same vessel. No arrest was made. 23kg. 701 gr. of “Red L ion” prepared opium were found, during Customs examination at Singapore, concealed in the false tops and bottoms of two trunks belonging to a Chinese second-class passenger from the s.s. Alhos II, arrived from Hong-Kong. After passing the Immigration Department, the passenger had called on a runner of the China Travel Service to clear his baggage. He was arrested when claiming his baggage from the travel agency the following day. 451 gr. of raw opium were found tied round the waist of a Chinese walking along the road at Potong Pasir. 463 grammes of “Dragon” brand prepared opium were found concealed in coal dust beside the ventilator pipe on top of boilers on s.s. Yuen Sang at Penang. No arrest was made.

4. Two Chinese were each sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of $300 (510 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for four months. A third Chinese v as sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of $720 (1,224 Swiss gold francs), or rigorous imprisonment for four months ; a fourth to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of $3,300 (5,610 Swiss gold francs), or rigorous imprisonment for seven months ; a fifth — 13 — to rigorous imprisonment for one month and a fine of §60 102 Swiss gold francs : or further rigorous imprisonment for two months, and a sixth to one day’s simple imprisonment and $15,000 (25,500 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for twelve months. Banishment proceedings were being taken against three of the Chinese.

February 1940.

Singapore Penang Malacca 1 (a). Prepared opium : Reference : 21 kg. 96 gr. 21 grammes 3 grammes O.C.S./Gonf. 1148. (608.12 tahils) (0.56 tahil) (0.07 tahil) 15.391 388(4). Dross : 543 grammes 9 grammes d grammes 14.37 tahils (0.07 tahil 0.07 tahil' Raw opium : 1 kg. 901 gr. 3 kg. 478 gr. (50.30 tahils) ( 92 tahils)

11 kg. 340 gr. of prepared opium bore the “ Red Lion ” mark and 8 kg. 689 gr. the Saigon mark. 5 kg. 368 gr. of raw opium was of Chinese origin.

3. The Revenue officers at Singapore guarding the s.s. G.G. Pasquier, from Saigon, were alarmed by the suspicious behaviour of the ship’s crew and the approach of a suspected motor sampan, which came alongside by the starboard side bath-room amidships. On entering this bathroom, the guard found a sack containing 4 kg. 285 gr. of chandu and 945 grammes of chandu dross. No arrests were possible, but the suspected persons have been recorded. The s.s. Varenne arrived at Singapore from Saigon and guards were posted aboard. At night a cargo boat coolie, who was a chandu agent, was observed climbing on board by a rope. He was next found in the quartermaster’s accommodation, under the foc’s’le head, watching the quartermaster counting tins of chandu. 4 kg. 404 gr. of chandu were seized. The coolie and the quartermaster, an Annamite, were arrested, but only the quartermaster was convicted. 1 kg. 890 gr. of raw opium were found concealed on the person of a Chinese who was leaving the m.v. FI ai H in g for the pier in a motor sampan, at Singapore. 11 kg. 340 gr. of chandu were found in the sea off Pulau Ivusu, by the helmsman of a ship chandler’s launch, who. in lifting his anchor, found entangled with it another anchor and a sack containing the chandu. 3 kg. 478 gr. of raw opium of Chinese origin were found at Penang, in the possession of a tally clerk employed on board the s.s. Hong Kheng, who was arrested while riding in a ricksha along Carnarvon Street.

4. The Annamite was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of 82,700 (4,590 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for six months. One Chinese was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of §360 (612 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for three months. A Chinese at Penang was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of §1.800 (3,060 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for thirteen months. Banishment proceedings were taken, or are to be taken, against all three.

March 1940. Singapore Penang Malacca 1 a). Prepared opium : 6 kg. 70 gr. 93 g ra m m e s 304 g ram m es Dross : 72 grammes 93 grammes 3 grammes Raw opium : 227 grammes

2 kg. 79 grammes of prepared opium bore the “ Red Lion ” mark and 1 kg. 181 gr. the Saigon mark. 1 kg. 134 gr. of prepared opium, not of first quality, was packed in flat tins of 10 tahils (378 grammes) each, with no markings.

3. The s.s. G.G. Maurice Long arrived at Singapore on March 6 th from Saigon and the usual routine search was made. On suspicion, a rack was removed from the wall of one of the cabins. This rack concealed a hole cut out behind the panels, in which 416 grammes of Saigon chandu were found. No arrest was made. When the same vessel arrived from Saigon on March 21st, 765 grammes of Saigon chandu were recovered from hatches Nos. 1 and 4. No arrests were possible. 1 kg. 323 gr. of Red Lion chandu were found concealed around the legs and waist of a Chinese who was searched when about to leave one of the main gates of the wharves at Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore. The 1 kg. 134 gr. of chandu, — 14 not of first quality, packed in three flat 10-tahil tins with no marks were found in a basket hanging on a wall at 4, Wayang Street, Singapore. A Chinese woman was arrested. 756 grammes of Red Lion chandu were discovered tied to the legs of a Chinese as he was passing the Customs barrier leading from the wharves at Gate 9, Singapore. 4. One Chinese was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of $1,400 (2,380 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for seven months. He will be deported after serving sentence. The Chinese woman was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of $450 (765 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for four months, and another Chinese to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of §480 (816 Swiss gold francs) or rigorous imprisonment for six months.

No. 1785. — Seizures by the Chinese Maritime Customs from October 1939 to January 1940. Report communicated by the Chinese Government, April 18th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 8 kg. 316 gr. O.C.S./Gonf. 1129. Raw opium : 1 kg. 208 gr. 14177/388(2). 6 kg. 25 gr. of prepared opium was smuggled in by persons coming from Macao. 3. 6 kg. 25 gr. of prepared opium and 500 grammes of raw opium were seized at Lappa Customs in October, November and December 1939. 708 grammes of raw opium were seized at Lungkow Customs in October 1939 and 2 kg. 291 gr. of prepared opium at Kowloon Customs in January 1940. At Lappa, 2 kg. 287 gr. of prepared opium and 500 grammes of raw opium were seized on Chinese sampans. 1 kg. 536 gr. of prepared opium were seized at Lappa station ; 669 grammes on the Ki Kwan bus ; 121 grammes on the bus route and 227 grammes on the Chinese cargo boat Hsin Do Li. At Lungkow, 708 grammes of raw opium were seized on the s.s. Ryuhei Maru, coming from Dairen. At Kowloon, 1 kg. 995 gr. of prepared opium were found on the Po On ferry, of which 325 grammes came from Hong-Kong.

No. 1786. —- Seizures in the International Settlement, Shanghai, during the First Quarter, 1940. Report communicated by the Municipal Council, Shanghai, April 22nd, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 966 grammes (34 ounces). O.C.S./Conf. 1158. 3. A total quantity of 966 grammes of prepared opium was seized 13103/388(3). as a result of a series of raids on public opium-smoking dens discovered to be operating in the International Settlement.

No. 1787. — Seizures at Paris in February 1940. Information communicated by the French Government to the Seizures Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs, May 9th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Refined opium : 4 kg. 480 gr. IJi ,l|j ■- "■ Raw opium : 1 kg. 420 gr. 3. 450 grammes of refined opium were found on an engineer officer of the Messageries Maritimes, who was arrested in the military zone on February 25th, 1940. A search was then made at the house of his mistress, where 4 kg. 30 gr. of refined opium and 1 kg. 420 gr. of raw opium were discovered. The man stated that the drug was imported into France in a crude state by the s.s. Chcimpollion and bought by him in Marseilles in July 1939. Enquiries are being made as to the origin of the drug and the persons responsible for its importation.

No.1788. — Seizures in Macao in December 1939, and January 1940. Reports com­ municated by the Portuguese Government, April 6 th and 30th, 1940.

December 1939. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 19 grammes. O.C.S./Gonf. 1130. Dross : 624 grammes. 529/388(9). “ Halan ” : 340 grammes. 3. There were four cases. Three Chinese were found in possession of dross, one in possession of prepared opium and one in possession of “ halan”. 4. The accused were sentenced to fines of $50 and $250 (35 and 175 Swiss gold francs). These fines were all paid. January 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 941 grammes (1 lb. 5 oz. and 9 taels). O.C.S./Gonf. 1136. 3. There were five seizures. One Chinese was arrested for having 529/388(9). in his possession a kind of gum used by traffickers to adulterate prepared opium1 ; another was found in possession of 121 grammes of “ h alan ’' and three others in possession of prepared opium other than Monopoly opium.

1 Note. — The Secretariat has asked the Portuguese authorities for information as to the nature of this substance, which is being seized in large quantities in Macao. It has also asked whether the quantities of prepared opium reported as being seized consist of prepared opium adulterated with the gum, or gum only. 1. Fines amounting to $1,220 (878 Swiss gold francs) were inflicted and ranged from $30 to $1,000 (21 to 700 Swiss gold francs). In one case the fine was not paid and the accused was therefore brought before the Court.

No. 1789. — Seizure at San Diego, California, on February 18th, 1940. Report com­ municated bv the Government of the United States of America, February 18th, 1940. Reference: 1 [a). Prepared opium : 379 grammes (13 1/3 onces). In two O.C.S./Gonf. 1142. 5-tael tins apparently made in a first-class sheet-metal works plant. 1281/388(688). The accused stated that the opium was of Mexican origin. 3. Wong Nay Kwong (alias “ Wong Noon ”), Chinese, was searched . . epor _ o. ■ hy an Immigration Patrol Inspector at San Diego, who found a baggage check for a bag checked to Bakersfield, California. The bag was opened at Bakersfield and found to contain the opium. Wong Nay Kwong stated that he had paid $50.00 (155 Swiss gold francs) for each tin. Pie is being held for prosecution.

No. 1790. — Seizures in the Commonwealth of the Philippines, at Davao City on June 26th, 1939, and at Cabadbaran, Agusan, on September 6th, 1939. Reports communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 9th. 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 226 grammes. Seven 1-tael tins, “ Red O.C.S./Gonf. 1151. Lion (Lion and Globe) ” label ; of the type alleged to be offered for sale 1-281/388(656 et 657). in the retail shops of the Macao Opium Monopoly.1 3. Two 1-tael tins, each weighing approximately 38 grammes net, U.S Reports Nos. 940 and 941. were seized at Davao City from Tranquilino Javier, Filipino, a passenger on a train arriving from Iligan, Lanao. Javier stated that Andres Martinez of Iligan, Lanao, was the consignor of the opium and that it was to be delivered to Vicente Martinez at Davao City. The case is pending. Five 1-tael tins, of a total net weight of approximately 150 grammes, were seized at Cabadbaran, Agusan, from Chung Hok, alias Emilio, Chinese, when he arrived by train from Surigao, Chung Hok is held for prosecution.

No. 1791. — Seizures at San Francisco on September 13th, 1939 and February 4th, 1940. Reports communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 9th and 22nd, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 404 g ra m m e s (14 oz. 110 grains). O.C.S./Gonf. 1143. Opium dross : 16 g ra m m e s (246 grains). 1281/388(655 et 663) grammes of prepared opium were in a square brass tin which would contain ten taels (378 grammes). On top of the tin were two small U.S. Reports _ Chinese characters meaning “Upper ring, or circle” (possible referring Nos. 939 and 9o2. Upper part of a town) and two large characters meaning “ beautiful fountain” (probably the name of a shop). One five-tael 189 grammes) tin bore the “ Lam Ivee ” — Macao Rooster and Elephant brand label. This label appears to be identical with those on opium tins which may be purchased from the Opium Monopoly Rureau in the French Leased Territory of Kwangchow-wan. The rest bore no identifying marks or labels. 3. The brass tin containing prepared opium was found in the possession of Lew Goon, Chinese. It is supposed that the tin was constructed at home of odd bits of metal. The remainder of the drugs were found in the possession of Yee Duck Ming, alias " Jins M. Yee ”, alias “ Yee Tuck M in”, Chinese. 4. Lew Goon was sentenced to imprisonment for five years. Yee Duck Ming will be prosecuted.

No. 1792. — Seizure on the High Seas between Honolulu and San Francisco, January 14th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 22nd, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : Four 5-tael tins (exact weight not O.C.S./Gonf. 1143. determined). 1-281/388(664). The tins were of the “ Rooster and Elephant” brand (Lam Kee — Macao), with the letter “ K ” stamped on the metal on one side. U.S. Report No. 955. Beneath the “ K ” was a sm all square p a p e r label with the figure of a rooster in each corner, similar to the likeness stamped on the metal on the so-called “ Rooster No. 1 ” opium tins.2 (“ Rooster No. 1 ” tins are believed to be a variety of the Lam Kee brand, prepared in the French Leased Territory of Kwangchow-wan.) In the centre of the label is the Chinese character “ Wan ”, Painted on the side of one of the four tins was the number “ 130” in Chinese characters.

1 For last reference to this label, see document C. 128.M.80.1939.XI (O.C.S. 300 {I) ), page 23, No. 1410. 2 See document C. 14.M. 12.1940.XI, page 15, No. 1652. — 16 —

3. An assistant freight clerk on the s.s. President Pierce, bound for San Francisco from Honolulu, discovered four tins of prepared opium concealed by a piece of board patterned into a shelf in his dresser drawer. He notified the master of the vessel, who destroyed the opium but kept the tins and handed them to the Customs officers at San Francisco Ownership of the opium was not established.

Note. — Seizures of prepared opium were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Cases Nos. 1769 and 1778, under “ Raw Opium Cases Nos. 1809 (tincture of opium) and 1816 under “ Indian Hemp

Quantities of Prepared Opium, Dross and “ Halan ” seized as reported to the S e c r e t a r i a t : Prepared Opium: Dross: “Halan ”: 1939 1940 1939 1940 1939 45 kg. 750 gr. 125 kg. 165 gr. 624 grammes 904 grammes 340 grammes four 5-tael tins (weight not determined)

3. MORPHINE

No. 1793. — Seizures at Two Pharmacies at Bogota, Colombia. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, March 7th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Morphine hydrochloride : 0.9 grammes. O.C.S./Gonf. 1132. Heroin : 0.14 grammes. 40254/387. 3. During a visit, of inspection to the Drogueria Nueva York, of Bogota, the Public Health Police found that, according to the narcotic drugs register, the amount of morphine hydrochloride in hand should have been 300.20 grammes. The stock, on being weighed, was found to amount to 301.10 grammes. 0.9 grammes were therefore seized to be handed over to benevolent institutions. For similar reasons, 0.14 grammes of heroin were seized at the Drogueria Real, Bogota, and destroyed.

No. 1794. — Seizure at Roosendaal, Netherlands, on February 12th, 1940. Report com­ municated by the Netherlands Government. April 10th. 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Morphine hydrochloride : 10 tablets, containing 230 milli­ O.C.S./Gonf. 1127. grammes, in a tube. 661/388(3). Morphine sulphate : 21 tablets, containing 560 milligrammes, in a tube. Cocaine hydrochloride : 22 tablets, containing 630 milli­ grammes, in a tube. All three tubes bore the inscription : Parke Davis & Co.. New York. 3. The drugs were found by the police, at Roosendaal, in the clothing of Johannes Reinardus Burlage, a merchant living at 383, Marnixstraat, Amsterdam. The accused stated that he found the tubes in an aluminium container in a train. The case against him is still pending.

No. 1795. — Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, on November 19th, 1939. Report com­ municated by the Government of the United States of America, June 4th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Chinese medicine, of a morphine content of 0.1 % : Two O.C.S./Conf. 1161. boxes, containing twenty-three bottles, Loy Yin Yat Cholera Mixture.1 1281/388(671). 3. The twenty-three bottles of Chinese medicine were found during a search by Customs Officers at Boston in the baggage of Yick Shee Soo, L'.S. Report No. 9o4. a Chinese passenger on the s.s. Yarmouth (Eastern Steamship Line, American), coming from Yarmouth, N.S. The medicine was for the personal use of Yick Shee Soo. He was not prosecuted.

Note. — Seizures of morphine were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Case No. 1766 (morphine base), in Part I.A. Case No. 1770. under “ Raw Opium ”, Cases Nos. 1806 and 1809 (morphine and atropine ampoules), under “ Indian Hemp ”.

1 For the most recent reference to this medicine, see document O.C.S./Confidential/1058. — 17 —

Q u a n t i t i e s o f M o r p h i n e s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t : Morphine: Morphine Base: Morphine Hydrochloride : 1939 1940 1940 1940 1 kg. 161 gr. 3 grammes 200 grammes 1.13 grammes Morphine Sulphate: Chinese Medicine containing Morphine and Atropine 1 0.1 % Morphine: Ampoules: 1940 1939 1940 0.56 grammes 23 bottles 1 box.

4. HEROIN

No. 1796. — Seizures in the International Settlement, Shanghai, during the First Quarter, 1940. Report communicated by the Municipal Council, Shanghai, April 22nd, 1940.

January 3rd-l2th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Heroin : 256 grammes (9 ounces) contained in 1,149 packets, O.C.S./Gonf. 1158. bearing no distinguishing marks. 13103/388(3). 3. Loo Yung Chi. Tei Zen Mo, Sai Han Sei, Kan Ei Kwen, Kien Ban Yo, Boku Chien Shu, Lee Tong Mang, Kyo Etsu Iku, Lee Un Ching, Boku Lo Kei, Kim To Sen, and M. Kanada (Koreans) were arrested in various alleyways in Louza and Yulin Road districts in possession of a total of 256 grammes of heroin. 4. The cases against all the accused are still on remand in the Japanese Consulate Court.

January 17th-18th, 1940. 1 (a). Heroin : 213 grammes (7% ounces) contained in 377 packets, bearing no distinguish­ ing marks. 3. There were seven cases of clandestine heroin-selling. Eight Koreans, Boku Shaku lvun, Gan Ei Li. Sai Shing Hang, Ryu Ban Sei, Sen Tolcu Ho, Lee Jun Kou, Sai Jen Jyoku, and Lee Bin Tstsu, and one Chinese, Zee Yoong Sung, were arrested in t he Wayside, Hongkew. Sinza and Louza districts for being in possession of heroin for sale. 4. The Chinese was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and dperived of civil rights for the same period. The cases against the Koreans were still on remand on March 31st, 1940.

February 1st. 1940. 1 (a). Heroin : 128 grammes (4% ounces) contained in nine packets, bearing no marks of identification. 3. The heroin was seized by a Police search party on Ferry Road from a public motor-car occupied by Zau Yoong Foh (Chinese), and Kying Shee Tai (Korean). 4. Zau Yoong Foh was sentenced to imprisonment for six years, while the case against Kying Shee Tai is still on remand in the Japanese Consular Court.

February 2nd. 1940. 1 (a). Heroin : 312 grammes (11 ounces) contained in 1,479 packets, no marks. 3. A series of raids at various addresses in Sinza and Louza districts resulted in the arrest of An Kan Shoku. Lee Zung Kon, Kim Lei Ko, Lin Seki Gan, Cho Ei Kan, Lee Sho San, Bi Kichi Zeu, Go Lo So, Koreans, and Long Kying Kung, Wong Zee Sz, Chinese, and the seizure of 312 grammes of heroin. 4. Long Kyung Kung and Wong Zee Sz were each sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years, while the cases against the Korean traffickers were still on remand on March 31st, 1940.

February 21 st-March 5th, 1940. 1 (a). Heroin : 199 grammes (7 ounces) consisting of 389 small packets, bearing no marks of identification. 3. There were six cases. The Korean, Lee Han Des, together with three of his Chinese confederates, Zung Ah Sing, Koo Ah Mee and Zee Zung Zen, was arrested in an alley-way of Sinza Road ; Kin Gen Shoku, Korean, was apprehended at 493, North Shanse Road ; Tei Yo Shi, Korean was arrested at 288/39 Elgin Road ; Kan Go Gen, Korean, was found in possession of a small quantity of heroin while travelling in a public hire car on Robinson Road ; Boku Ki Jun, Korean, was arrested at 297/12 Iiwangse Road, and Cho So Ivoku, Korean, on Fokien Road. All the accused admitted having been engaged in the sale of heroin. 18 —

4, Zung Ah Sing was sentenced to imprisonment for three years. Koo Ah Mee and Zee Zung Zen were each sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months, while the cases against the Korean peddlers were still on remand in the Japanese Consular Court on March 31st, 1940.

March 19th, 1940.

1 (a). Heroin : 170 grammes (6 ounces), consisting of 492 small packets wrapped in blue, green and red paper. 3. The seizure was effected when a public heroin-smoking den in an unnumbered housa in Lane 239, Taku Road was raided. The smoking den wals run by Kin Min Ko (alias Kin Sho Ju), and Kin Ei Shoku, Koreans, who were arrested, together with three Chinese heroin addicts. 4. Both Koreans were still on remand in the Japanese Consular Court at the end of March, 1940.

March 22nd, 1940. 1 (a). Heroin : 156 grammes (5% ounces) contained in 213 packets. No distinguishing marks. 3. The heroin was seized in connection with the raiding of three public heroin-smoking dens in the W est Hongkew districts, where in addition to Kyo Sei Chui, Baku Le Hsung" Ko 1 u Hsun, and King Sei Ichi, Korean heroin traffickers, thirty-four Chinese heroin addicts were also arrested. 4. The cases against the Koreans were on remand in the Japanese Consular Court at the end of March, 1940.

March 22nd-26th, 1940. 1 (a). Heroin : 369 grammes (13 ounces) contained in 1930 small packets, wrapped in coloured paper. No marks. The heroin peddlers Sai Shi Gaku, Gu Ayi Kyi, Boku Mi Ryo, Kin Min Ivo, Tei Zen Kyo and Zyo Dei Ko, Koreans, and H. Kamiyama, Japanese, were arrested in possession of the heroin in question as the result of five raids carried out by the Municipal and Japanese Consular Police on clandestine selling-places in the Louza. Hongkew and Chensrtu Road Districts. 4. They were still on remand in the Japanese Consular Court at the end of March, 1940.

No. 1797. — Destruction of Heroin surrendered by Two Pharmacies at Barranquilla, Colombia. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, April 6 th, 1940. Reference : 1 a Heroin : 198.88 g ram m es. O.C.S./Gonf. 1164. 1 ' 6 3. The owners of two pharmacies at Rarranquilla, in a desire to 40380/387. collaborate with the Colombian Government in the steps it has taken to prohibit the import and use of heroin, surrendered 175.37 and 23.51 grammes of heroin respectively. These quantities of heroin were destroyed.

No. 1798. — Seizure at Marseilles on January 12th, 1940. Information communicated by the French Government to the Seizures Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, Mav 9th. 1940. n r eqe?9 fe " ^ Heroin : about 10 kg. Raw opium : 150 grammes. 3. The Marseilles Sûreté searched the house of two persons who, they were informed, were engaging in the drug traffic. They found in a wall cupboard a suitcase containing : packet wrapped in blue paper and with several lead seals, containing 1 kg. 100 grammes of heroin ; three packets wrapped in white paper, each containing 1 kg. of heroin ; one packet wrapped in white paper, containing 870 grammes of heroin ; one packet wrapped in white paper containing 500 grammes of heroin ; two packets wrapped in light- brown paper, each containing 1 kg. of heroin ; one packet wrapped in light-brown paper, with lead seals and marked “ coffee ”, containing 1 kg. of heroin ; one packet wrapped in light brown paper, with lead seals, containing 1 kg. of heroin ; a tin box containing eight packets of different sizes, each containing heroin ; a small tin box containing three small packets with small quantities of heroin ; two pieces of raw opium, weighing together 150 grammes ; a Roberval ” scale and seven weights habitually used by traffickers to weigh the drug ; making a total of about 10 kg. of heroin and 150 grammes of raw opium. The two accused refused to state from whom they had obtained the narcotics and, despite searching enquiries, it has not been possible to discover the origin of the drugs, particularly as the wrappings bore no marks. 19 —

No. 1799. — Arrest of Heroin Traffickers in France in 1939. Information communicated by the French Government to the Seizures Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, May 9111 1940. Reference : 3. Following the seizure of a postal parcel containing morphine O.C.S.320. sent from Marseilles, proceedings were opened by the Public Prosecutor at Ne vers and, as a result of the enquiry, five heroin traffickers were arrested. One of the accused, who had been expelled from French territory, had for some years been known to the French authorities as a trafficker in arms and narcotics. Known as “ Pierre ”, he had numerous clients among narcotics peddlars in Paris and the provinces ; under the name of “ Tony ”, he was also known as an international trafficker. The American authorities believed him to have been implicated in various cases of traffic between France and the United States, and particularly in the case brought against Georges Limacher and Henri Poncet, in 1936.1 These two accused had confessed to the American Police that drugs had been handed to them at Le Havre by a man known as " Tony”. In 1937, the American authorities had asked the French Government, in case of arrest, to extradite this man for having been concerned in sending narcotics to the international trafficker Maurice Schatz.1 He is to come up for trial, with his accomplices, before the Correctional Tribunal of the Seine. A ministerial order for his deportation was made on October 6 th, 1939.

Noie. — Seizures of heroin were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Case No. 1766, in Part I. A. Case No. 1770, under " Raw Opium ”. Case No. 1793, under " Morphine Cases Nos. 1813, 1814 and 1817, under " Indian Hemp ”.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f h e r o i n s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1939 1940 792 grammes 12 kg. 12 gr.

5. COCAINE

No. 1800. — Seizure in the Straits Settlements on March 28th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, May 25th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 4 kg. 984 gr. Wrapped in old O.C.S. Conf. 1162. Chinese newspapers, in eight oblong and ten cylindrical tins, bearing the 15391/388 well-known Fujitsuru Brand label. Probable origin : Japan. 3. The cocaine hydrochloride was seized by the Penang Customs Department, and was found behind wooden panelling in the smoking-saloon on the boat-deck of s.s. Yuen Sang (agents : Boustead & Co., Ltd., Singapore and Penang) coming from Osaka and bound for Calcutta via Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Penang. The drug was probably destined for Calcutta, and was valued at 2,457 dollars (4.177 Swiss gold francs).

No. 1801. — Seizure at Rangoon on March 6th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom on June 3rd, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 703 grammes (24 3/4 oz.). Two O.C.S./Conf. 1163. paper packets. The cocaine was in a brown paper bag with a wax 40452/387 paper lining — the whole wrapped with soft cream-coloured paper. No marks or labels. 3. The cocaine hydrochloride was seized by the Rangoon Customs Department. It was found in a corner behind old furniture and wood scrap, lying between the ’tween deck port oil tank and the bulkhead in No. 3 hatch on the m.v. Hai Hing (agents : Chip Hwat & Co.) coming from Rangoon,Kulangsu, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang.

No. 1802. — Seizure at Axel, Netherlands, on February 22nd, 1940, Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, April 10th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Cocaine hydrochloride : Two bottles, with 90 grammes and O.C.S./Conf. 1127. gÿ grammes of a mixture containing 1 % of cocaine hydrochloride — i.e., 661/388(3) in all, 1.75 grammes of cocaine. 3. The seizure was made by the Customs, who found the drug in a cupboard in the house of Emilius Alphonsus Herman, tavern-keeper and merchant, living at 1. Weststraat, Axel. The accused stated that he bought the drug from an unknown person about thirteen years ago in the market at Oostburg, and that the mixture was to be used to stimulate the fertility of mares. The bottles cost two florins (2.8 Swiss gold francs) for the two. The case against the accused is still pending.

1 See document C.209.M.152.1937.XI (O.C.S.3QO(cf) ), pages 10-13. - 20 —

No. 1803. — Seizure on the High Seas en route from Hong-Kong to Honolulu on January 25th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 9th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Cocaine : 909 grammes (32 ounces). Sixteen packages, O.C.S./Gonf. 1138. each in a glassine envelope, the whole wrapped in olive-green rubberised 1281/388(662). cloth. No labels. 3. The master of the President Coolidge, coming from Hong-Kong U.S. Report No. 946. Honolulu, informed Customs officers at Honolulu that, having been told at Hong-Kong that cocaine was concealed on the vessel, he had searched, and found the drug in a sand locker. The locker contained ten or more 100 lb. (45 kg. 450 gr.) bags of sand, all tied with wire except one, which was tied ' with a grass string and was found to contain the cocaine. The master threw the cocaine overboard.

Note. — Seizures of cocaine were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Case No. 1794, under “ Morphine ”, Case No. 1809 (tincture of coca), under “ Indian Hemp ”.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f C o c a i n e s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t : Cocaine: Cocaine Hydrochloride : Tincture of Coca 1940 1940 1940 909 grammes 4 kg. 993 gr. 200 grammes

6 . NARCOTIC PILLS

No. 1804. — Seizure at Honolulu on January 26th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, June 4th, 1940. Reference : _ 1 (a). Chinese cough pills : Thirty-six bottles (72 grammes — O.C.S./Conf. 1 lo9. 1.110.96 grains) of Chee Sau W an (Chee Kut Yuen) cough pills, U.S. Report No. 953. containing 0.26% anhydrous morphine. Manufactured by Lee Chee Jian (Lee Sing Ching), Canton.1 1281-388/670). g rp^e pjjjs were found by Customs officers at Honolulu during the examination of the baggage of Lai Tim, a Chinese passenger on the s.s. President Coolidge (American President Lines, American), coming from Manila via Hong-Kong, Shanghai and Kobe. Lai Tim had brought them from Hong-Kong for his personal use. He will not be prosecuted.

7. INDIAN HEMP DRUGS.

No. 1805. — Seizure on the Geld Coast in 1939. Case described by the Government of the United Kingdom in its Annual Report for 1939. Reference: ] la). Cannabis sativa : 109 small packets. C.94.M.86.1940.XI. ' ' . , ü -, O.C./A.R. 1939/21. 3. 1 he packets ot cannabis sativa were seized on board a British boat. 4. One Sierra Leonean and two Liberian labourers and two Liberian seamen were prosecuted. The following sentences were given : A fine of £10 150 Swiss gold francs) or imprisonment with hard labour for two months ; a fine of £5 i 75 Swiss gold francs : or imprisonment with hard labour for two months (in these two cases the fines were not paid) ; imprisonment with hard labour for six months, three months and three weeks.

No. 1806. — Seizures in Palestine during January, February and March 1940. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, April 22nd, May 2nd and May 21st, 1940. January and February 1940. Reference : ^ 1 (a). Hashish : 10 kg. 938.5 gr. O.C.S.,Conf. 114b. Opium : 94.97 grammes. 34046/388(2). 3. In January, 239 grammes of hashish were seized from the shop of Haindan Ali el Bisani, at Station Road, Mansheih, Jaffa. 4 kgs. 6 gr.

1 For the most recent reference to these pills, see document C.128.M.80.1939.X I (0,C.S.300(Z) ), page 32, No. 1445. — 21 — were found in the possession of four other persons at Jaffa, and 3 grammes were seized from a man arrested while smoking. 2 kg. 614 gr. were found in the possession of a man arrested at Tel Arish. 66 grammes of hashish and 31 grammes of opium were seized during snap searches at Sarafand El Arnar. 10 grammes of hashish were confiscated from a man sitting in a café at Majdal. 7.97 grammes of opium were seized from a sack carried by a man at Gaza. At Haifa Port, 1.5 grammes of hashish were seized from two sailors from Egypt. 3 grammes of hashish were found in the possession of a prisoner at the Central Prison, Acre, and 3 grammes of hashish in the possession of a man at Acre. In February, at Jaffa, 1 kg. 400 gr. of hashish were seized from a child of 10 years ; 2 kg. 500 gr. from Moussa Moil’d Fareg ; 10 grammes of hashish were found in the café of Daoud Salheih and 20 grammes in the possession of a man in the Old City. Another man was arrested in possession of 10 grammes of opium. 41 grammes of opium and 4 grammes of hashish were found in the course of snap searches at Ramie Town and Sarafand el Amar. At Acre Beach, 30 grammes of hashish and 2 grammes of opium were found on two persons. At Haifa, 6 grammes of hashish were seized from one man, 31 grammes of hashish and 1 gramme of opium from three persons in cafés, and 2 grammes of opium from a man walking in the street. 2 grammes of hashish were found on a child of 15 1/2 who was acting suspiciously in the street. 4. Sentences of imprisonment varied from two weeks to six months, and fines from 250 piastres (3.75 Swiss gold francs) to £P.3 (45 Swiss gold francs). One of the accused was cautioned, and one bound over for one year on a bond of fP.2 (30 Swiss gold francs). The child of 10 was sentenced to one year on probation and the child of 15% bound over for two years on a bond of £P,10 :150 Swiss gold francs).

March 1940.

Reference : _ 1 (a). Hashish : 689,5 g ram m es. O.C.S./Gonf. llo2. Opium : 10 gram m es. 34046/388(2). Morphine : 3 g ram m es. 3. There were ten cases. 5 grammes of hashish were seized at Jaffa from a man found smoking the drug in his house. At Gaza, 8 grammes of hashish, 4.5 grammes of opium and 3 grammes of morphine were found when two houses were searched. Some of the drugs, in the house of Moh’d Ibrahim Barakat, were under the table at which he was sitting, and some opium was found in the hand of Moh’d Abdalla Khatib, who was also in the house. Drugs were also found in a drawer in the house of Terfic Ahmed Shurab, and hashish in the pocket of Moh’d Ibrahim Mekati, who was also in the house. 4 grammes of hashish were found on the person of a man searched at Jura. 606 grammes of hashish and 5.5 grammes of opium were seized during four snap searches at Haifa, and 66.5 grammes of hashish during two searches at Acre Beach. 4. Sentence» of imprisonment ranged from one to three months. Seven cases are still under investigation or awaiting trial.

No. 1807. — Seizure at Barranquilla, Colombia, on December 21st, 1939. Report com­ municated by the Colombian Government, March 4th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana cigarettes : 11 cigarettes. O.C.S./Gonf. 1132. 3. Francisco Blanco and Luciano Barrera were detained by Police 40221 /387. officers in the Galle de Santander, Libertad e Independencia, Barran- qui 11a. Blanco had in his possession 11 marihuana cigarettes which he was attempting to sell to Barrera. Blanco resides at Tubara (Atlantico district) and had already been accused of owning marihuana plantations, but a search of his home had yielded no result. 4. Barrera was released, as he could not be charged with any offence. Francisco Blanco was sent for further action before the Investigating Criminal Magistrate.

No. 1808. — Seizure at the “ Drogueria Santander ”, Bucaramanga, Colombia, on March 7th, 1940. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, March 29th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Indian hemp (in powder) : 450 grammes. O.C.S./Gonf. 1153. 3. The " Drogueria Santander ”, of Bucaramanga, had in stock 40388/387. 450 grammes of Indian hemp in powder, which was shown in the returns in accordance with the regulations. The import and sale of this substance, however, is prohibited, its sale being allowed only in the form of medicinal extracts or tinctures. The drug was therefore seized and destroyed. 22 __

No. 1809. — Seizure at the “ Farmacia Miranda ” , Barranquilla, Colombia on February 29th, 1940. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, April 22nd, 1940.

Reference : __ 1 (a). Tincture of Indian hemp : 500 grammes. O.C.S./Gonf. 1155. Pure codeine : 1.12 grammes. 40324/387. Bromide of codeine : 1 small ampoule. Tincture of coca : 200 grammes. Tincture of opium : 1 cc. Morphine and atropine ampoules : 1 box, " Gifrer “ brand. 3. The tincture of Indian hemp, pure codeine, bromide of codeine, tincture of coca and tincture of opium were seized by the Public Health Police of Barranquilla from the “ Farmacia Miranda ”, owned by Francisco A. Miranda, on the ground that no proper supervision was exercised. The box of morphine and atropine ampoules was, at the time when the police entered the pharmacy, being handed to the youth Moises Orozco for the drug addict Andrés Avelino Fernandez. Criminal proceedings were instituted.

No. 1810. — Seizure at Cairo and Shebin El Kanater on December 22nd and 23rd, 1939. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 28th. 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 6 ko-. 294 er. ) D , , , f c ■ • • w.v.o.O C S uum. Conf n.jo, 1156 On pium ■ ; ~0 kg.i 271 mi gr. ) , Presumed to be ot Syrian J origin, e

40450/387. 3 . The C.N.I.B. had long been aware that a bedouin called Heleil Sewelim was importing large quantities of hashish and opium from Syria and Palestine and selling it in Egypt, but he had escaped arrest by frequently changing his residence. It was learnt that 30 kilogrammes of hashish and opium which Heleil was importing from Palestine was on its way to Egypt via Jebel El Ahmar, in charge of two bedouins of Sinai Province named Ayed Abou Said and Soliman Saad. It was also learnt, that. Heleil and his accomplice, Mohd. Abou Rashid, would wait for the drugs on December 22nd, 1939, at Kayed Bey Cemetery, Cairo, where they would be hidden until distributed to traffickers or sent on to the residence of Heleil. It was decided to arrest the carriers on their way down the Jebel, and a C.N.I.B. force was detailed for this purpose. At Jebel El Ahmar, the carriers saw the men of the force. One of the carriers threw down his sack and ran. The police seized the sack. His partner, Soliman Saad fired a number of rounds at the force, finally running off with his sack. The force continued the pursuit until dark and then returned to headquarters with the seized sack, which contained ten packets of hashish, some in pieces and some in powdered form, five packets of opium and a goat-leather water-bag of the kind used by the smugglers as a life-belt when crossing the Suez Canal. A strong force searched the district for the smugglers, but without result. On L>ecember 23rd, 1939, the C.N.I.B. raided the house of Heleil at Ezbet El Aggagat, Shebin El Kanater District, Qalubia. Heleil was not in the house, and his brother, Salem Sewelim, who was there, denied all knowledge of the affair, but a search of his residence revealed a linen packet containing opium. This Salem stated belonged to his brother. 4. Heleil Sewelim was sentenced to imprisonment for three years and a fine of £E.500 (7,650 Swiss gold francs). Salem Sewelim was acquitted. Soliman Saad was arrested later and is awaiting trial. The other two accused have not so far been traced.

No. 1811. — Seizures in the Sinai Province during 1939. Reported by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau in its Annual Report for 1939.

Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : a small quantity. C.75.M.68.1940.XI. Annex 3. A small quantity of hashish was discovered in a matchbox in [O.C./A.R. 1939/3], the possession of an Arab woman at Kantara Customs House. The woman finally stated that she had “found ” the hashish in the road and put it in the box.

1 (a). Hashish : 360 grammes. 3. The hashish was found by the Kantara Customs in a Primus ” stove.

No. 1812. — Illicit Traffic at Bor, Upper Nile Province, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Case reported by the Sudan Government in its annual report for 1939.

Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 45 kilogrammes. C.86.M.88.1940.XI ° [O.C. A .R .1939/16], 3. A peddler put. off from a Nile steamer at Bor, in the Upper Nile Province, for travelling without a ticket, was found to have 45 kilogrammes of hashish concealed in the false bottom of his trunk. No. 1813. — Seizures in Turkey in 1939. Cases described by the Turkish Government in its Annual Report for 1939.

Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 84 kg. 546 gr. C.78.M.70.1940.XI. Heroin : 307 grammes. O.C./A.R.1939/5. & 3. Various quantities of hashish were seized from individuals and in houses searched by the police. In particular, Ahmed Erol, of Izmit. was arrested in the act of selling 3 kg. of hashish. 307 grammes of heroin and 680 grammes of hashish were found in the possession of a gang of six traffickers. A package abandoned on the Istanbul-Izmit railway line, on the bank at Kartal, was found to contain 1 kg. 400 gr. of hashish. Enquiries showed that it belonged to Deli Ali. 13 kg. 571 gr. of hashish, belonging to Ahmed Vehbi Avci. butcher, were seized in a hotel room at Ankara. The biggest seizure of hashish was 54 kg. 750 grammes, found in the house of Emin Ozkasap at Seydikôv, a village at Izmir. Enquiries failed to show whether this quantity came from old stocks or was of recent illicit cultivation. Two persons were charged, and the case is still pending. 3. One of the accused was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £T.3,425 (8,220 Swiss gold francs) ; in another case two accused were sentenced to a total of imprison­ ment for two years and ten months and a fine of £T.2,840 (6,816 Swiss gold francs) and a third acquitted ; three of the gang of six traffickers were sentenced to imprisonment for a total of two years and seven months and a fine of £T.440 (1,056 Swiss gold francs) ; Deli Ali was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £T.1,341 (3,218 Swiss gold francs). Six cases are still pending.

No. 1814. — Seizures at El Paso, Texas, in February 1940. Reports communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 9th, 1940.

Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 67 grammes (1,030 grains). O.C.S./Gonf. 1147. Marihuana cigarettes : 12 cigarettes — 6.8 grammes. 12/1281/388(652- Heroin : 0.01 grammes (1.5 grains). 654, 6t>8). 3. Five rolls (6 grammes) of marihuana and three paper “ bindles ” U.S. Reports (0.01 grammes) of heroin were found on the person of Jesus Escobedo, Nos. 930, 933, 937 a Mexican arrested for robbery at El Paso. The heroin was concealed and 942. in a watchcase empty of watch movements. Loreto Fernandez, a Mexican, was arrested in possession of two marihuana cigarettes (0.8 grammes) which the authorities had been informed was smuggled from Mexico. Loreto Fernandez will be prosecuted. Customs Patrol Inspectors were informed that Jose Maria Fer­ nandez, Mexican, would smuggle marihuana from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and, on searching him found 61 grammes of bulk marihuana. He will be prosecuted. Ten marihuana cigarettes (6 grammes) were found on the person of Russel E. Scott, American, when he crossed to the Ünited States from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Scott is held for prosecution. 4. Jesus Escobedo was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years.

No. 1815. — Seizures at New York in February and March 1940. Reports communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 9th. 1940.

Reference : _ 1 (a). Marihuana1 : 2 kg. 656 gr. (93.34 oz.). O.C.S./Gonf. 1147. Marihuana cigarettes : 1. weighing 0.2 grammes. No 12/1281/388(659-661). identifying marks or labels. U.S. Reports 3. On February 5th. 1940, Customs inspectors found 821 grammes Nos. 943-945. of marihuana concealed on the person of Peter Poth, American, as he left the s.s. Monterey (New York and Cuba Mail s.s. Co, Ward Line, American), coming from Progreso, Veracruz, Havana. On February 25th, 1940, Customs guards found a suitcase containing 1 kg. 658 gr. of marihuana on the pier where the s.s. Monterey was docked. Ownership could not be established. 13 grammes of marihuana were found by Customs officers beneath the locker of Frank Vo Ike, utility man on the s.s. Santa Clara (Grace Line, American), coming from Havana (last port of call), who denied knowledge of the drug. On examination of the crew, a marihuana cigarette was found on the person of Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican and 158 grammes of bulk marihuana under a dummy stack in the set of cabins in charge of Charles Diaz, Puerto Rican. Another Puerto Rican member of the crew, Santos Ayala, was held because of his relations with the other accused. A tobacco tin containing 6 grammes of bulk marihuana concealed beneath cigarettes was found on the person of Peter Nagurnen, Russian, waiter on the s.s. City of Baltimore Panama Pacific Line, American, (coming from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Colon, Havana), when he came ashore at New York. Nagurnen stated that he found the tin on the ship and did not knowr that it contained marihuana.

1 All the above marihuana consisted of the dried, pulverised flowered tops and leaves of the cannabis plant, in the form most frequently encountered in the United States. — 24 —

4. Peter Poth was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for one year. Frank Vo Ike and the three Puerto-Ricans were released owing to the belief of the United States Attorney at New York that there was insufficient evidence for a successful prosecution. Peter Nagurnen was released.

No. 1816. — Seizure at Calexico, California, on January 25th, 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, May 18th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana cigarettes : 5 cigarettes (5 grammes). O.C.S./Conf. 1141. Prepared opium : 2 grammes (25.5 grains). 1281/388(667) No identifying marks or labels. The paper on the marihuana cigarettes was of the brown variety ; the marihuana consisted of the U.S. Report No. 949. dried, pulverised flowering tops and leaves of the cannabis plant in the form most frequently encountered in the United States ; the opium was contained in five wax-paper “ bindies ”. 3. Connor Cathley Lowe is a well-known negro smuggling suspect of Calexico. He has been searched often when returning from Mexico, but previously no contraband was found. On this occasion, Customs officers searched his person and his automobile when he returned from a visit to Mexicali, and the drugs were found wrapped in tissue paper tied to the gasoline filler pipe, just above the exhaust pipe of his car. Lowe will be prosecuted.

No. 1817. — Seizures at Laredo, Texas, in February and March 1940. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America on May 27th, 1940. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 4 kg. 630 gr. (10 lbs. 3 oz.). O.C.S./Conf. 1144. Marihuana cigarettes : 4 cigarettes — 0.8 grammes. 1281/388(669). Heroin : 0.3 grammes 4.5 grains). The drugs came from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The marihuana U.S. Report No. 951. consisted of the dried, pulverised flowering tops and leaves of the cannabi.' plant in the form most frequently encountered in the United States. 3. There were five seizures. In each case the accused was arrested in attempting to smuggle the drug into the United States from Mexico. The following defendants will be prosecuted : Domingo Ybarra, Mr. and Mrs. Luis Mendoza, Reyes Ariola, Juan Guerrero, Li bra do Lopez, all Mexican citizens.

Note. — Seizures of Indian hemp drugs were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Cases Nos. 1772, 1774 and 1775. under " Raw Opium ”. Case No. 1818, under “ Miscellaneous ”.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f I n d i a n h e m p d r u g s s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

Hashich : Indian Hemp.

1939 1940 1939 1940 151 kg. 8( ST. 11 kg. 640 gr. 109 small packets 450 grammes (powder). 236 Chinese “ tea-cakes : 500 grammes (tincture). containing about 5% of 7 kg. 353 gr. (bulk cannabis. marihuana).

Marihuana Cigarelles :

1939 1940 11 cigarettes 2 2 cigarettes

8 . MISCELLANEOUS.

No. 1818. — Seizure at Montreal in 1939 of Chinese medicines Tea-cakes containing Cannabis. Information given by the Canadian Government in its Annual Report for 1939...... 1 (a). Cannabis : 236 Chinese “ tea-cakes ” containing about 5% C.70.M.63.1940.XI 0 f ra n r)a hi« [O.C./A.R. 1939/2,] cannam». 3. The United States authorities discovered that, in 111 cases of foodstuffs, etc,, arrived at New York from China and consigned to a Chinese firm in Montreal, two cases contained 4,800 small pills with a morphine content and 25 —

2,0 0 0 so-called “ tea-cakes ”, cylindrical in shape, about 1 1/4 inches long by 1 inch in diameter1 wrapped singly in white tissue paper bearing the following inscription :

Fatshan, Canton, China (manufacturer’s name and address). Kam Lo Char (Medicine tea-cake). Ip Tak Shee.

The wrapper also gave instructions in Chinese for the use of the tea-cake, stating that it was a treatment for colds, headaches, etc. On analysis, the cakes were found to contain about 5% of cannabis, consisting of the leaves of the plant ground up with other herbs. On receiving this information from Washington, officers visited the premises of the consignee in Montreal and found 236 similar cakes already there, doubtless remaining from a former shipment. These were seized.

No. 1819. — Seizure at Barranquilla, Colombia, on August 3rd, 1939. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, October 7th, 1939.

Reference : 1 (a). Codeine : 1 kilogramme. O.C.S./Gonf. 1145. 3. The importation of 1 kilogramme of codeine for the pharmacy 39277/387. and laboratory of Messrs. Alvarado Brothers, at Barranquilla, was authorised under licence, but the drug was seized because it was imported by postal package, which is prohibited by law. The codeine was handed over to public relief institutions.

No. 1820. — Discovery of the Illicit Manufacture and Sale of Sedol Ampoules in Colombia. Reports communicated by the Colombian Government, March 18th and April 6th, 1940.

Reference : Since August 1939, information had been reaching the Ministry O.C.S./Gonf. 1131. of Labour, Health and Social Welfare that faked Sedol ampoules were 40134/387. in circulation, but the action taken to trace the responsible parties proved unsuccessful. Recently, however, three boxes of twelve ampoules each, one isolated ampoule and three empty boxes, all of them faked, have been seized, and definite evidence has thus been secured that there are now circulating in Colombia supplies of Sedol which have been manufactured illicitly. The characteristics of this product are described in full in order that all Governments, and especially those of America, may be in a position to take suitable action. The faked ampoules, although the sealing is comparatively well done, are easily distinguished from the authentic article by the type of lettering used for the inscription 'L Sedol Injectable ” which differs in size from that of the real ampoules, as will be be seen from the accompanying photograph.1 The same photograph also shows that there are two kinds of falsified labels. That in the centre is the authentic label, those on the side are the falsified ones. An examination of these labels will show that the printing work L crude and lacks the neatness of the original. The most important differences are : on label No. 1, “ Entreguiste ” instead of “ Enregistré ” ; " Mohrpiné clorhydiate ” instead of Morphine clor ” ; “ Centigrames ” instead of “ centigrammes ” ; Pour Gents grammes ” instead of “ pour cent grammes ” ; “ Solutio ” instead of “ Solution ” ; “ Cutanés ” instead of cutanées ” ; “ Morphine Chio ” instead of “ Morphine chlor. ” ; “ Dixiems ” instead of dixièmes ” ; “ Ste Gie ” instead of “ Sté Gle ” ; " Thérapeutique ” instead of “ Thérapeu­ tiques” ; “ Acien ” instead of “ Ancien ” ; “ Horpitaux ” instead of “ Hôpitaux”. Label No. 3 does not display the spelling mistakes of label No. 1. There are a few, however, such as Enregistre ” for “ Enregistré ”, “ cutanees ” for “ cutanées ”, and a few changes of accents. On the other hand, the printing is very poor. In addition, all the faked labels bear the words “ Echantillon Gratuit ”, whereas according to the statement of the agent for the product never have any samples of Sedol been distributed in Colombia ”. Nor can it be assumed that these are new articles put up by the firm in question, since on this point the representative answered : " the supposition you are advancing must be ruled out, since information on any change in packing and presentation would be given beforehand to all representatives of the Sedol manufacturing firm ”. The boxes and ampoules in question were handed over by pharmacists or found during visits of inspection. In two pharmacies, a box of Sedol was bought for $2 (3.40 Swiss gold francs), whereas the gen me article is sold to wholesalers at 82.80 (4.76 Swiss gold francs) and by wholesalers to the public at prices varying from §5 to $6.50 (8.50 to 11.05 Swiss gold francs) a box, or 0.50 to 0.60 centavos (0.85 to 1.02 Swiss gold francs) per ampoule. This purchase was made by the pharmacies in question from an itinerant trafficker : Popavan, Cauca. A pharmaceutical chemist at Cauca applied for a licence for three boxes containing twelve ampoules each, which he said he had bought from M. Alfonso Lombana and which proved on examination to have been faked. The chemists concerned have been interrogated and the results of the investigation now proceeding are awaited before any decision is taken regarding them. It has not been possible to trace M. Lombana or the other selling agents.

1 See document O.C.S./Confidential/1131. - 26 —

In 1939, 24,000 ampoules of real Sedol were sold in Colombia, this being the quantity imported by the manufacturer’s agent with the permission of the Government, Colombia does not manufacture ampoules, the supplies required for its own manufactures being imported. The ampoules used for this faked product must therefore have come from abroad. The neatness of the sealing makes it doubtful that they could have been filled in Colombia, since machines for the purpose are not known to exist in the country. It is highly probable that the labels and boxes were made in Colombia. The sales in Colombia of faked Sedol are not large enough to yield an adequate return on the invested capital and to warrant the risk which is run. It is therefore probable that the faked product was intended for sale in neighbouring countries and in the United States. * * * Bogota, April 6 th, 1940. Further quantities of faked Sedol boxes and ampoules, of the types shown in the attached photographs1 have been seized at various pharmacies. The faked ampoules are of different sizes. At one pharmacy, eleven faked ampoules were found packed in genuine boxes, bearing Nos. B.136.572 and B.334.486. The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Welfare has handed the evidence over to the criminal law judge and has held at his disposal the itinerant dealers José Antonio Ardila and Alfonso Lombana. who are charged with selling faked Sedol.

No. 1821. — Possible Case of Illicit Traffic at Bogota, Columbia. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, April 12th, 1940.

Reference : In the course of a visit by representatives of the Public Health O.C.S./Gonf. 1140. Police Inspectorate to the Drogueria Riveros, of Bogota, eighteen 40290/387 small ampoules of faked Sedol were discovered in two boxes. The Drogueria Riveros is one of the principal establishments of the city, and the sale of faked ampoules’may afford the means of accounting for the absence of the real ampoules which can thus pass into the illicit traffic. According to the information of the police, the seized ampoules were prepared for sale. Information was obtained from a drug addict that the pharmacy of M. Rafael Gonzalez Castillo, Calle 10, No. 13-06, a firm not authorised to sell narcotic drugs, was selling morphine and cocaine. A visit to this establish­ ment brought to light only one small brown glass phial containing 16 white tablets. The phial bore a white paper label, and, in red lettering, the following inscription : 100 hipodermic tablets No. 14-Morphinne sulfate 1/8 grain Poison Parke, Davis y Co. Detroit. Mich. U.S.A. ”. In addition, the label bore the serial number 1895082. At the date of the report, the case was under investigation.

No. 1822, — Possible Case of Illicit Traffic at Bogota, Colombia, Report communicated by the Colombian Government, April 12th, 1940.

Reference : ^ When the Public Health Police visited the Drogueria Riveros at O.C.S./Gonf. 1154. Carrera 7a. No. 12-94, Bogota, they found a phial labelled “ Chlorhidrato 40389/387. ^lorfina ” and containing 47.50 grammes of a white substance which, according to the manager of the pharmacy, was not morphine, but carbonate of magnesia, and was therefore to be deducted from the stock of morphine of 231.20 grammes appearing in the books of this establishment, When questioned in the matter, the manager explained that, shortly after taking over the pharmacy, which he had bought from M. Eliécer Riveros, he discovered the state of affairs in question. The Health Police seized the phial, which was sent to the National Institute of Hygiene for analysis. The results of the analysis and the findings of the enquiry which has been ordered will be communicated in due course.

No. 1823. —- Irregular Sale of Drugs by the “ Farmacia Cuervo”, at Bogota, Colombia, in October 1939, Report communicated by the Colombian Government. April 23rd, 1940.

Reference : 3. On October 29th, 1939, the Public Health Police visited the O.C. ./Conf. 1150. « Farmacia Cuervo » owned by Dr. Luis H. Cuervo, at Bogota. This visit 40323/387. showed that the establishment in question was not keeping a check on its narcotic drugs as required by law, since in some cases prescriptions were not kept, whilst in others the relevant details were not entered in the proper register. 4. The local Police Inspector inflicted on Dr. Cuervo a fine of 50 Colombian pesos (85 Swiss gold francs). The accused having appealed, the Central Police authorities upheld the fine.

No. 1824. — Clandestine Import of Opium into Guatemala. Case reported by the Guate­ malan Government in its Annual Report for 1939. Reference : 3 . Miguel Lam Leôn (Chinese), with two accomplices, Andrés rô G 1 A. R 1939 11] Daniel Zepeda Coutino (Mexican) and Guillermo Barrios Morales, wras found guilty of the illicit import of extract of opium into the country.

1 See document O.C.S./Confidential/l 131. QUESTIONNAIRE REFERRING TO PART II

1. Kind and quantity of drugs (a) seized or (b) involved in the illicit transaction. Origin of drugs. Nameof manufacturer of drugs : labels, marks, packing, etc. 2. Name of consignor, consignee and addressee, or other persons implicated. Forwarding agents and other persons or firms whose names appear in connection with the case. 3. Additional details. 4. Legal proceedings and penalties.

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4. Miguel Lam Leon was sentenced to imprisonment for six years, not commutable, and to the payment of Customs duties and fines amounting to Q-16^ (508.3 Swiss gold francs). He will be deported after serving his sentence. His two accomplices were sentenced to imprisonment for two years, not commutable.

No. 1825. - Seizure at San Pedro, California on January 25th, 1940. Report com- m unie ate d by the Government of the United States of America, May , 1940, Reference : 1 (a). Opium poppy seed-pods : 1 kg. 818 gr, (4 lbs.). No labels. O.G.S./Conf. 1140, g The p o p p y pods were found by Customs Officers at San Pedro, 1281/388(666) c o n ce a le d 111 the crew’s quarters on the s.s. SilverbeUe (Silver Line, Ltd., U81/388(fabt,)' British), coming from Manila (last port of call). Ownership could not U.S. Report No, 948. (||, established.

Note — Seizures of codeine were also made in connection with the following case, which included seizures of other drugs and which has been summarised under the correspondi g heading : Case No, 1809, under 11 Indian Hemp

Q u a n t i t i e s o f C o d e i n e s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t ;

1940 1 kg. 1 gr. 1 small ampoule of bromide of codeine.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f O p i u m P o p p y S e e d - p o d s s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e p a r i a i .

1940 1 kg. 818 gr. PART III

AMOUNTS OF THE VARIOUS DRUGS SEIZED IN EACH COUNTRY AS REPORTED IN THE ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1938 RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARIAT

Since I he publication of the table on page 28 of document C.55.M.50.1940.XL [U.S.<',.300 (p)], the annual reports for 1938 for the following Governments have been received by the Secretariat. The following figures should therefore be added lo the table :

Opium Opium Chanvre Drogues à base de chanvre indien Pilules brut préparé Mor- Héroïne indien Hascliich Indian-hemp drugs Pays Référence Dross Cocaine narcotiques Raw Prepared Heroin Indian Hashish Narcotic Country opium opium hemp Ciga­ Pills Ganja Dagga Bhang Kit' Charas rettes

O.C./A.R. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. rrq Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Kg. gr. Colonies britanniques : 1938 British Colonies : S w a z ila n d ...... 64 705 000 Swaziland C h i n e ...... 102 26 066 877 650 141 102 025 2 013 68 971 1 500 27 343 China

T h a ï la n d e ...... 80 (222)1 1 608 000 37 000 16 140 46 Thailand 80(a)

Y o u g o s la v ie ...... 105 43 800 1 005 10 000 Yugoslavia

T o t a l ...... 26 110 677 2 258 141 139 025 19 158 78 971 1 546 705 000 27 343 Total

which brings the figures for the year 1938 lo a grand total of :

T o t a l ...... 37 864 891 5 952 820 165 428 43 012 231 714 11 721 5 730 919 1 184 887 4 466 766 241 000 1 307 515 133 981 291 193 18 712 2 713 181 and 17 kg. 50 kg. 035 gr. Total coca leaves.

1 Already reported in document C.14.M.12.1940.XI. [O.C.S.300 (o)], page 31. — 29 —

INDEX TO LOCALITIES

Country and locality Dale Page Country and locality Date Page Australia : France : Sydney February 17th, 1940 11 Allauch April 30th, 1939 ___ 10 Havre June 1939 ...... 2 Marseilles October 4th, 1939 . . 10 British Colonies, etc. : January 12 th, 1940. 18 Gold Coast 1939 ...... 20 Ne vers 1939 ...... 19 Hong-Kong January 9th, 1940.. 6 Paris February 1940 14 January 17th, 1940 11 Januarv 25th and French Colonies : 26th,‘ 1940 ...... 11 Indo-China Fourth quarter, 1939 10 February 1940 .... 11 Palestine January, February Guatemala : 1939 ...... •26 and March, 1940. 20 Straits Settlements January, February Netherlands : and March 1940. 12 Axel February 22nd, 1940 19 March 28th, 1940 19 Roosendaal February 12 th, 1940. 16

Commonwealth of Burma : 1939 6 the Philippines : 6 Rangoon March th. 1940 . 19 Cabadbaran, Agusan September 6th, 1939. 15 Canada : Davao City June 26th, 1939 ____ 15 24 Montreal 1939 Portuguese Colonies Macao December 1939 and China : January 1940 .... 14 French Concession, Shanghai Second, Third and Sudan : Fourth Quarters, Bor, Upper Nile 1939 !.. 9 Province 1939 22 International Settlement, Turkey : Shanghai First Quarter, 1940 Ankara 1939 23 7, 14, 17 Istanbul March, 1940 6 Kowloon January 1940 14 Izmir 1939 23 Lappa October-December Izmit 1939 23 1939 ...... 14 Ixartai 1939 23 Lungkow October 1939 14 United States of America : Colombia : Boston, (Sedol case) 1939-40 25 Massachusetts November 19th, 1939 16 Barranquilla August 3rd, 1939 . . . 25 Calexico January 25th, 1940. 24 December 21st, 1939 21 El Paso February 1940 .... 23 February 29th, 1940 22 High seas (between 1940 .'...... ’...... 18 Hong Kong and Bogota October 29th, 1939.. 26 Honolulu) January 25th, 1940. 20 1940 16, 26 High seas (between Bucaramanga March 7th, 1940...... 21 Honolulu and San Francisco) January 14th, 1940. 15 Honolulu January 26th, 1940. 20 Egypt : Jersey City February 7th, 1940. 11 Cairo October 7th, 1939 . . 9 Laredo February and Marc! 1940 24 Cairo and Shebin 9 El K anater December 22nd and New York June 1939 ...... 23rd, 1939 ...... 22 September 6th, 1939 Mansoura May 1938 2 February and March Mit Ghamr March 8th, 1940. . . . 9 1940 ' ...... •23 Qalioub 1935 2 San Diego February 18th, 1940 15 Sinai Province : San Francisco September 13th, 1939 15 February 4th, 1940 15 Gebel Maghara November 24th. 1939 10 97 K antara 1939 22 San Pedro Januarv 25th, 1940 Lake Temsah October 22nd, 1939. 10 Romani Station December 7th, 1938. 10 Venezuela : Tura August 18th, 1938. . 2 Puerto Cabello — 30 —

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS, FIRMS, ETC.

Name Page Name Page Name Page Abdulla, Abdulla Mohd.. . . 9 Guerrero, Juan ...... 24 Orozco, Moises ...... 22 Ahmed, Hassan Mohd 9 Ortiz, Carlos ...... 23 Ali, Deli ...... 23 Herman, Emilius Alphonsus 19 Ozkasap, Emin ...... 23 Alvarado Brothers...... 25 Ardila, José Antonio ...... 26 Poncet, Henri ...... 19 Ariola, Reyes ...... 24 Ihsan ...... 6 Iskandar, Dr. Fuad ...... 2 Popayan ...... 25 Avci, Ahmed Yehbi ...... 23 Poth," Peter ...... 23 Ayala, Santos ...... 23 Pourcin, A rthur ...... 2 Javier, Tranquilino ...... 15 Jins M. Yee ...... 15 Barakat, Mohd. Ibrahim. . 21 Rashid, Mohd. Abou .... 22 Barrera, Luciano ...... 21 Rasmussen, Jacob A ...... 11 Bassiouni, Man sour Man sour 2 Khatib, Mohd. Abdalia ... 21 6 “ Real Drogueria ” ...... 16 Baysal, Kazim ...... Kermen, Lemi ...... 6 “ Riveros, Drogueria ” ... 26 Baysal, Naime ...... 6 Bell anger, Roland ...... 2 Lai Tim ...... 20 Saad, Soliman ...... 22 Bisani, H am dan Ali el ... . 20 Latif, Abdel Hamid Abdel. 9 Bishai, Dr. Aziz Mikhail . . 2 Said, Ayed Abou ...... 22 Leôn, Miguel Lam ...... 26 Salheih, Daoud ...... 21 Blanco, Francisco ...... 21 Lew Goon ...... 15 Bouyoucas ...... 11 “ Santander, Drogueria ” . . 21 Limacher, Georges ...... 19 Schatz, Maurice ...... 19 Burlage, Johannes Reinar- Lombana, Alfonso ...... 25 dus ...... 16 Scott, Russel E ...... 23 Lopez, Librado ...... 24 Sewelim, Heleil ...... 22 Lowe Connor Cathley . . 24 Caraballo, Augusto ...... 3 Sewelim, Salem ...... 22 Castillo, Rafael Gonzalez. 26 Shurab, Tevfik Ahmed ... 21 Ching Lin ...... 11 Martinez, Andres ...... 15 Chung Hok (alias Emilio). 15 Martinez, Vicente ...... 15 Velasquez, Pablo ...... 2 Coutino, Andrés Daniel Mekati, Mohd. Ibrahim... 21 Vincileoni, Charles ...... 2 Zepeda ...... 26 Mendoza, Luis (Mr. and Volke, Frank ...... 23 “ Cuervo, Farmacia ” .... 26 Mrs) ...... 24 Mesha, Abdallah Ahmed . . 9 Wong Nay Kwong, alias Diaz, Charles ...... 23 Mesha, Abdel Latif Ahmed 9 “ Miranda, Farmacia ” ... 22 Wong Noon ...... 15 Erol, Ahmed ...... 23 Mohd, Enani Abdulla .... 9 Escobedo, Jesus ...... 23 Morales, Guillermo Barrios 26 Ybarra, Domingo ...... 24 Yee Duck Ming, alias Yee Fareg, Moussa Mohd 21 Nagurnen, Peter ...... 23 Tuck Min, alias Jins M. Fernandez, Andrés Avelino 22 Newihi, Hassanein Mustafa Jee ...... 15 Fernandez, José Maria . . . 23 El ...... 9 Yick Shee S o o ...... 16 Fernandez, Loreto ...... 23 “ Nueva York, Drogueria ” 16 Yousri, Maher ...... 2