Summary Illicit Transactions and Seizures
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C. 91. M. 91. 1946.XI. [O.C.S.SOO(z)] Geneva, December 1946. LEAGUE OF NATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS SUMMARY OF ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS AND SEIZURES DURING 1945 REPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Note The cost of printing this document, which was prepared by the Secretariat of the League of Nations, was borne by the United Nations. 4708. — 720 (F.). 650 (À.).l /47. Imp. Granchamp. Annemasse. — 3 — PART I CASES REPORTED IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD TO WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED Nil. PART II NEW CASES OF SEIZURES DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS : 1. R aw Opium . 4. H e r o in. 2. P repared Opiu m . 5. Cocaine. 3. Morph ine. 6. Ind ian H em p . 1. RAW OPIUM No. 2404. — Seizure at Alexandria on February 20th, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 24th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 5 kg. 239 gr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l695. \ i r ^ 6 5 2. Wai Dang Fong, Young Ping Kong and Holi Tahou, Chinese seamen. 3. A Customs Police saw the three Chinese near the quay where the s.s. Klean Africa was berthed. As the Customs had received information that an attempt would be made to smuggle drugs from this steamer, they were followed and arrested and the opium in question was found on them. They stated that they had purchased it in Alexandria and meant to take it to Liverpool and resell it to fellow Chinese. 4. The accused were each sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of £ e .200. No. 2405. — Seizure at Alexandria on July 7th, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, December 23rd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 2 kg. 680 gr. Origin under enquiry. O.C.S./Conf. 1731. 2. See Yee Ke, Chinese seaman on the s.s. Hermes, plying between Alexandria and Haifa. 3. Upon information that Chinese seamen on this vessel were contemplating smuggling narcotic drugs into the country for sale, a thorough search was made of the ship’s quarters occupied by the Chinese crew and the opium in question was found in the cupboard belonging to the accused. 4. The accused was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of £ e .400. No. 2406. — Seizure at Alexandria on October 1st, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 23rd, 1946. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 120 gr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf. 1748. 2. Selim Mustafa Ismail, fireman on the s.s. Salder Haim. 3. On searching the vessel, the opium in question was found inside a cupboard belonging to the accused, who stated that he picked up the packet at Haifa without knowing its contents. 4. The accused was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of £ e .300. No. 2407. — Seizure at Cairo and Kasfarit on June 1st, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, December 23rd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 151 kg. 950 gr. I j O.C.S./Conf.l732. Hashish : 134 kg. 270 gr. ( 0ngm under en(*uir>- 3. Upon information that some men of the Allied Forces in Kasfarit were trafficking in narcotic drugs, arrangements were made to arrest them. A C.N.I.B. Officer was directed to act as a pseudo buyer and to contact the members of the gang. It was agreed that the members of the gang should meet the pseudo buyer at a certain hotel in Cairo in order to hand over a large quantity of drugs. When the members of the gang arrived at Cairo on the arranged date, they sent their intermediary, a Greek sailor of Alexandria, to meet the buyer and arrange a meeting. When the members of the gang arrived at the meeting-place, they had with them two valises containing the drugs. The two valises w'ere seized and the accused arrested. One of the accused soldiers confessed that the drugs were part of a large quantity hidden in the hills at Kasfarit. A search was made at Kasfarit and four sacks full of hashish and opium were found at the foot of the hills. Smaller — 5 — quantities were seized in a military camp near by. One member of the gang stated that the accused soldiers used to convey large quantities of narcotic drugs from Sinai desert across the Suez Canal for some natives of Ismailia, but that this time the soldiers had stated that the drugs were lost and had tried to sell them for their own benefit. 4. The Greek sailor was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £ e .200. The other members of the gang were handed over to the British Military Authorities. No. 2408. — Seizure at Gilbana, Sinai Province, Egypt, on October 10th, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo. March 6th, 1946. Reference : 1 la). Opium : 9 kg. 240 gr. Origin under enquiry. O.C.S./Conf.1771. w r b o e -i j 2. Ali Salem Ali. 3. The accused was searched on suspicion at the frontier post at Gilbana while on his way to Kantara across the Sinai Desert. He was carrying copper and iron vessels which were found to have false bottoms in which the opium in question was found. Ali Salem Ali said that he had bought the opium at Gaza and that the false bottoms were also made there by a tinsmith unknown to him. 4. He was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of £ e .300. No. 2409. — Seizure at Ismailia on April 21st, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 8th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 129 kg. 870 gr. Origin under enquiry. O.C.S./Conf.l667. 3. A military car passing by the Customs Control post was searched on suspicion and the opium in question was found concealed in two boxes under the floor of the vehicle. The driver of the car, and two others, all sailors of the Yugoslav Navy, were arrested. They stated that they were smuggling the seized opium for two persons of Alexandria whose names they refused to disclose. Enquiries revealed that the three sailors had managed to go to Haifa with forged military passes in order to bring over the drugs. 4. The three accused were each sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of £ e ,200. No. 2410. — Seizure at Kantara on January 28th, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 24th, 1946. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 16 kg. 330 gr. I n ■ ■ i O.C.S./Conf.1751. H£shish . x k| . 835 | r. j Origin unknown. 2. El Sayed Ali Ahmed El Shennawi, Salem Youssef Ouda, Awwad Selim Salem. 3. Information having been received from the British Military Police that a British military driver had been requested by two natives to transport a quantity of drugs for them, arrangements were made to arrest the members of the gang and instructions given to the driver to act according to a plan drawn up by the authorities. On January 28th, El Shennawi and Ouda accompanied the driver in his military truck to the place where the drugs were hidden in the Sinai desert. There they met Awwad Salem, who brought the drugs seized in a sack on his camel, put it in the back of the truck and left the party. The two others drove back with the driver to Kantara. They were arrested on the road and the drugs seized. The next day, the footprints of Awwad Salem’s camel were followed and he was arrested in a tent. 4. Each of the accused was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £ e .100. No. 2411. — Seizure at Kantara on February 2nd, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 17th. 1946. Reference : 1 (ct). Opium : 2 kg. 401 gr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf. 1750. 2. Abdel Wahab Ahmed Ramadan. 3. The accused, a passenger on the Palestine train, was searched on suspicion and a small piece of opium was found on him. A cushion that was beside him was found to contain more opium and a police dog identified Abdel Wahab as the owner of the cushion. The accused stated that he had bought the seized opium at Jerusalem from a Syrian unknown to him. 4. The accused was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £ e .100. — 6 — No. 2412. — Seizure at Kantara East on April 27th, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo. January 17th, 1946. Reference : 1 la). Opium : 1 kg. 280 gr. I ^ ■ , Ov.u.^./uum.i C s /Conf 1765/vo. trHashish u- u : 643cVo grammes \ Originb unknown. 2. Ahmed Mohamed Salem. 3. The accused was searched on his arrival from El Arish. During the search, he threw away a sack which he was carrying and tried to escape. The sack was retrieved and found to contain hashish. He was also carrying an oil tin which had false sides and in which a further quantity of opium and hashish was found. 4. Ahmed Mohamed Salem was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £ e .100. No. 2413. Seizure at Kantara on July 7th, 1945. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo. December 23rd, 1945. Reference : I (a). Opium : 3 kg. 626 gr. Origin under enquiry.