C. 19. M. 1 9. 1946. XI. [O.C.S. 300 (w).]
Geneva, February 16th, 1946.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS
SUMMARY
OF ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS AND SEIZURES DURING 1942
REPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT
As stated in the explanatory note to the Summary of Seizures and Illicit Transactions relating to the second half of 1941 (document C.78.M.78.1945.XI [O.C.S.300(u)]), the Secretariat has decided to group the reports on seizures received during the years 1942 to 1944 in a single document for each year. In view of the delay with which, owing to the war, certain reports were received, the Secretariat has also modified the system followed hitherto for the preparation of the Summary. In normal times, reports on seizures were incorporated in the Summaries according to the date on which they were communicated to the Secretary- General. Thus, reports despatched during the second half of 1941 were included in the Summary for that period, even if the seizures were effected on an earlier date. This method proved to be unsuitable owing to the fact that it would not have allowed of the inclusion in the Summaries for the years 1942 and 1943 of numerous reports on seizures which, though effected during that period, were not communicated to the Secretariat until 1944 or 1945. In order not to delay the insertion of the above-mentioned reports in the Summary, it has been decided, in preparing the Summaries for 1942, 1943 and 1944, to take account only of the date on which the seizure was made. Nevertheless, certain exceptions to this principle had to be admitted in the case of seizures relating to 1941, mention of which could not be included in the Summary for the second half of 1941, as the relevant reports were not transmitted to the Secretary-General until 1942 or 1943. Such cases are therefore included in the present document.
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PART I
CASES REPORTED IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD TO WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
No. 2023. — Seizure at Rouses Point, New York, July 26th, 1937. Further results of Judicial Proceedings. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1941.
References : In February 1941, at Brooklyn, New York, Cohen, Lorber, loln'rari. Angelson, and Bernstein were convicted and the following sentences U.u./A.n.iy41 /ol ! • j 11 C.160.M.145.1940.XI imposed on them : [O.C.S.300 (r)], pages 2 , . , , ,, and 15, Nos. 972 and 1849 ; AI Angelson, imprisonment for three years. C.54.M.54.1942.XI Philip Cohen, imprisonment for ten years. [0.c.s.300(«)], page 17, Sam Bernstein, imprisonment for ten years. O A O Q • • • i\o. ojzj. Abe Lorber, imprisonment for six years. Emanuel Weiss could not be tried in this or in the Dallas, Texas, case as he was then a fugitive from justice. Shortly after his indictments in March and May 1940, on narcotic charges, Weiss, along with Louis Buchalter and one Louis Capone, had been indicted in the State court in Kings County, New York, for murder ; and Weiss disappeared, forfeiting substantial bond. After being the subject of a country-wide search by law-enforcement agencies, he was apprehended by Narcotic agents in Kansas City, Missouri, in April 1941 and was taken to New York. There the Government deferred trial of Weiss on narcotic charges in order to enable the State authorities to prosecute the murder case against him, Buchalter, and Capone. (In the meantime, Buchalter had been taken from the penitentiary where he was serving his sentence of imprisonment for twelve years on narcotic charges, and was prosecuted and sentenced in March 1940 in New York County to imprisonment from thirty years to life for extortion, this term to be served after completion of the sentence of twelve years.) With the apprehension of W^eiss, Buchalter was again taken from the Federal penitentiary, and after another trial in which Narcotic officers actively participated as witnesses, Buchalter, Weiss, and Capone were, in November 1941, convicted of first-degree murder and subsequently sentenced to die in the electric chair. Their appeals are pending. Incident to their investigation of Emanuel Weiss, Narcotic officers were able to capture at St. Louis, Missouri, in July 1941, and to turn over to New York authorities another fugitive in the criminal organisation “ Murder, Inc. ”, one Jacob Migden. Migden, a close associate of Weiss and a companion during a portion of his flight from justice, was apprehended after he had undergone a major plastic surgery operation in an endeavour to alter his features beyond recognition. Philip Cohen, one of the persons referred to above as a co-defendant of Emanuel Weiss in a narcotic case, and who is serving a sentence of imprisonment for ten years on Federal narcotic law violations, also has murder charges pending against him in New York. This brings to three the number of narcotic violators apprehended by the Bureau of Narcotics and delivered to New York authorities to be tried for murder in connection with “ Murder, Inc. ”, An incidental development from the investigation of the Buchalter-Weiss group was the disclosure of evidence indicating that one Walter Hooper had been the Pacific coast narcotic representative of some of these persons. Hooper, a convicted narcotic law violator and mail-car burglar, was arrested in June 1941 and subsequently sentenced to imprisonment for five years. PART II
A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS
B. NEW CASES OF SEIZURES DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS :
1. R a w O p iu m . 5. Coca L e a v e s a n d C o c a in e . 2. P r e p a r e d O p iu m a n d D r o s s . 6. I n d ia n H e m p . 3. M o r p h in e . 7. M iscellaneous . 4. H e r o in .
A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS
No. 2137. — Discovery of a gang of traffickers involved in illicit manufacture of morphine and heroin at Rami, suburb of Istanbul. Reports communicated by the Turkish Government, February 25th and March 22nd, 1943.
Reference: 1 (a). Morphine hydrochloride : 77 grammes. O.C.S./Conf. 1460and 1460(a). Heroin : 446.6 gram m es. Mixture of morphine and heroin : 730 grammes. Apparatus and ingredients for clandestine manufacture. 3. The Istanbul Judicial Police apprehended a gang of traffickers, some of the members of which were arrested in the act of illicitly manufacturing morphine and heroin in a house in the neighbourhood of Rami, a suburb of Istanbul. The chief leaders of this clandestine organisation are two brothers named Ahmed Kavala and Hüsnü Kavala. The former is in custody of the police, whilst the latter has, for the time being, succeeded in evading arrest. These two traffickers, who are old offenders, had rented a room in the house of a certain Fehim Yeçildag, a dairyman, where they set up a rudimentary portable apparatus which could be packed into a single box. The enquiry showed that the undertaking was still in its early stages and manufacture had started only some three weeks before the police raid. The traffickers had thus not had time to dispose of their products in any large quantities on the illicit market. One of their assistants, named Barkev Taçciyan, was arrested with 250 grammes of heroin in his possession, whilst another, named Cevad Salkôk, had in his possession 50 grammes of heroin at the time of his arrest. Lastly, a third distributor, Arabaci Kâzim, was in possession of only an insignificant quantity of the same drug. In the room where the manufacture wras carried on, the search made by the police led to the discovery, not only of the apparatus and ingredients essential for operations of this kind, but also of the following drugs — namely, 77 grammes of morphine hydrochloride, 33 grammes of heroin and 730 grammes of a mixture of morphine and heroin. The enquiry further showed th at a medical student named Selim Takirdici wras a member of the gang and probably acted as its technical expert. Two other traffickers who were selling by retail the substances produced in the factory set up by Ahmed Kavala have been apprehended by the Istanbul Detective Force. The individuals in question, both hawkers and formerly convicted traffickers, are Osman Durmus and Cevat (Djevad) Salkôk. Osman Durmus was arrested in the act of selling for £T.l a packet containing 0.27 gramme of heroin. A search of his residence led to the discovery of other packets weighing, in all, 26 grammes. On being questioned, Osman stated that he had bought the drug from Cevat Salkôk. The latter had in his possession 27.97 grammes of the same drug and also had a further 59.35 grammes hidden at his residence. Cevat finally admitted that the drug had been supplied to him by Hüsnü Kavala. Hüsnü Kavala is as yet out of reach of prosecution, but the police are on his track and it is hoped that he will be arrested shortly. 4. The case was brought before the Istanbul Public Prosecutions Office, which has opened an enquiry the result of which will be communicated in due course. B. NEW CASES OF SEIZURES
1. RAW OPIUM
No. 2138. — Theft of narcotic drugs from the Central Warehouse of the Ministry of Hygiene and Health at La Paz. Report communicated by the Bolivian Government, May 6th, 1942.
Reference : 3. On May 6th, 1942, the Inspector-General of Pharmacies O.C.S./Conf.l431. and Drugs, of the Bolivian Ministry of Hygiene and Health, informed the Secretariat of the League of Nations that, about three days previously, there had been a considerable theft from the Central Warehouse attached to the Ministry, in the stores of which narcotic drugs intended for the Health Service of Bolivia were kept. The following quantities of drugs were stolen : 1 kg. 500 gr. of dried aqueous extract of opium, 11 kilogrammes of mild aqueous extract of opium, 4 kg. 500 gr. of cocaine hydrochloride, 3 kg. 150 gr. of morphine hydrochloride. On receipt of this information, the Acting Secretary-General brought, this theft, of narcotic drugs to the notice of all Governments of countries in the Western Hemisphere and of countries which possess territories in the Western Hemisphere, by telegram. The Acting Secretary-General requested, at the same time, the competent Bolivian Authorities to furnish further information concerning this theft. The Ministry of Hygiene and Health, La Paz, supplied the following details concerning the stolen drugs :
Cocaine hydrochloride. — Manufacturer : E. Merck, Darmstadt. Nine 500-gramme bottles, yellow amber. Factory’s serial number 2562 in the left-hand corner of the label ; factory’s serial number 5691 in the right-hand comer of the label. The first figure of the latter number is doubtful as it has been somewhat erased. Factory’s serial number 33027 in the lower middle part of the label. Morphine hydrochloride. — Factory : Bayer, F.A.VI.A., I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft’ Leverkusen (Germany). Sixty-three bottles of 50 grammes net. Each bottle has a capacity of 500 grammes, is wide-mouthed, of dark-brown colour and is marked 500 grammes at the bottom. Dried aqueous extract of opium. —■ Six 250-gramme bottles. Factory : E. Merck, Darmstadt. Serial number 3400 in the left-hand corner of the label ; 7692 in the right-hand corner and 31618 in the lower middle part. Extractum opii aquosum siccum. D.A.B.6, Ph. Helv. IV, jug. 1933, Ned. V. Noro IV, Ross IV, Succ. X, Türk Kod. 1930. Mild aqueous extract of opium. — Factory : E. Merck, Darmstadt. Forty-four 250-gramme bottles. Extractum opii aquosum spisun. ; the bottles are of dark-brown colour. Factory’s serial number 3405 in the left-hand corner of the label, number 7692 in the right-hand corner and 31608 in the lower middle part. The foregoing are the numbers for one series. The other series bears the numbers 8691 in the right- hand corner and 33067 in the lower middle part.
No. 2139. — Seizure at Hong Kong on September 19th, 1941. Reportcommunicate d- by the Government of the United Kingdom, January 13th, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium : 2 kg. 268 gr. Chinese origin. O.C.S./Conf.l389. V V c 5 6 3. 2 kg. 268 gr. (60 taels) of raw opium were seized by the police at Connaught Road West from Cheung Kwong Chuen, Chinese, unemployed, who declared that the drug was destinedfor local consumption. The defendant was carrying the opium in a basket bearing no marks with aparcel of dried meat on top. 4. Cheung Kwong Chuen was sentenced to a fine of SI ,000 or to hard labour for four months.
No. 2140. — Thefts of narcotics in Chile in 1941. Information contained in the Annual Re port of the Chilian Government for 1941. r i During the year 1941, a theft was discovered of 250 grammes (O.C /X R I94d m) powdered opium from a consignment of 4 kilogrammes of the substance imported by the firm Juan Reuter. Notwithstanding investigations, it proved impossible to recover the drug or trace the culprits. An investigation was also held in connection with the theft of 5 grammes of hydrochlorate of morphine, 10 grammes of codeine phosphate and 100 grammes of opium extract, forming part of a consignment of narcotics imported by the Drogueria Gevert & Neeb. The accidental loss was also reported of 25 grammes of opium extract belonging to the “ flgueria del Pacifico S.A., despatched to the Pharmacy “ Mussa ” of the firm Barona & Co., jn Santiago de Chile. These 25 grammes w’ere lost in transit and it was impossible to recover — 6 —
No. 2141. — Seizure at Alexandria on August 20th, 1941. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, November 23rd, 1941.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 440 grammes. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l411. 3. The Alexandria Coastguards Administration had received information to the effect that Selim Rihan Selim and Mohammed Ali Mohammed, both well-known traffickers, had approached one of their men with a view to disposing of a quantity of opium. A constable from the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau was introduced to the party as the buyer. After a good deal of discussion, he arranged a meeting with the traffickers on August 20th, 1941. They agreed to sell him half an oke (625 grammes) of opium at the rate of £E. 44 the oke (1 kg. 250 gr.), the delivery to take place at a spot in the Mallaha District. A small force of the Coastguards and the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Squad were posted in the vicinity and when the drugs were handed over they rushed to the spot and arrested the two traffickers. The drug, consisting of 440 grammes of opium, was found on the person of Selim Rihan Selim, whilst the purchase money, which had been previously marked, was in the wallet of Mohammed Ali Mohammed. 4. The accused were sentenced to imprisonment for one and a-half years and to a fine of £E. 300 each.
No. 2142. — Seizure at Cairo on November 29th, 1941. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, December 23rd, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 12 kg. 582 gr. ( ^ _ O.C.S./COHÎ.1474. Hashish : 329 grammes. I 0n^m unknown‘
3. On November 29th, 1941, a confidant reported at Old Cairo Police District that Ali Ahmed Hamza, of Qena, Upper Egypt, owner of sailing-vessel No. 224, which was at anchor at the landing-stage of Old Cairo, had concealed in his vessel a quantity of drugs which he intended to smuggle to Upper Egypt. The Officer of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Old Cairo Police District put the said vessel under guard and reported the matter to the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, whereupon arrangements were made for the perquisition of the vessel, which was loaded with sacks of chemical manure. In certain places in the vessel, seven packets of opium weighing 12 kg. 582 gr. and one packet of hashish weighing 329 grammes were found. 4. Ali Ahmed Hamza confessed the possession of the drugs seized. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E. 300 with the confiscation of his sailing-vessel.
No. 2143. — Seizures at Alexandria on January 13th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, March 23rd, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 5 gram m es / • , ______O.C.S./Conf.l428. Opium : 12.6 grammes $ Origin unknown.
3. Upon information received from the Rear-Admiral of the Greek Navy that Greek sailors living at Shutz, Ramleh, Alexandria, had fallen into the habit of smoking hashish and opium and that these drugs were sold to them by traffickers in the locality, a constable of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, disguised as a Greek sailor, and accompanied by a Greek sailor, met a groom by the name of Zaki Hussein Osman, who was the intermediary between the sailors and the traffickers. He was given two P.T.5 pieces and, a few minutes later, he returned with a piece of hashish. He was immediately arrested and handed over to the police officer who was in wait in the vicinity. The same procedure was followed in the case of Attia Awad Attia and Gaber Mustafa Abu Ali, who were also caught while handing over the drugs. A certain Khalifa El Sayed Khalifa, coffee-shop owner at Shutz, where the buying was done, was also arrested. In his shop was found a small tin containing 12 grammes of opium. The total quantity of the drugs seized is 5 grammes of hashish and 12.6 grammes of opium. 4. The four accused persons were sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E. 200 each.
No. 2144. — Seizure at Port-Said on April 30th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, August 13th, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 200 gr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l458. 3. Upon information from the British Military Authorities to the effect that an Egyptian named “ Charlie ” and his brother approached a driver of the British Army with a view to making use of him in smuggling — 7 — narcotics and War Department property, the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Port-Said Branch, made arrangements in order to arrest these smugglers en flagrant délit. On April 30th, the driver reported that, at the request of the smugglers, he would proceed on that day to the Customs Zone near Terzana Police Outpost in a lorry to meet another smuggler named Rashad Fahim Abu Zahra. The Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Squad, who were disguised, proceeded in the said lorry and, on the way the driver alighted to meet Rashad in a certain bar. The driver later returned with Rashad, when the driver gave the pre-arranged signal that the drugs were in his possession. Rashad was arrested and put in the lorry. The party then proceeded to the bar, where “ Charlie ”, who turned out to be Mohammed Mohammed El Shami, was waiting. On arrival at the bar, the driver left the lorry and, when he handed over the drugs to “ Charlie ”, the latter was arrested. The enquiry has revealed that the drugs were obtained from a certain Hafez Abdel Hamid Hassan by Rashad who, in turn, handed them to the driver. 4. The three accused persons were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of £E. 300 each.
No. 2145. — Seizure at Kantara on October 10th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, December 24th, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 4 kg. 945 gr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l476. Hashish : 622 grammes. Origin presumably Syrian. 3. Information was received to the effect that a certain Ali Mahgoub Youssef, of Cairo, who used to visit Palestine and Syria from time to time for the purpose of holding concerts, smuggled, on his return to Egypt, quantities of drugs concealed in false bottoms of his trunks. In August 1942, when it was reported that he had proceeded to Beyrouth, instructions were issued to the Officer in charge of the Kantara Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Branch to search him carefully on his return. On October 10th, 1942, when he arrived back at Kantara from Beyrouth, he was searched and a quantity of 4 kg. 945 gr. of opium and 622 grammes of hashish was found in false bottoms specially made in his trunks. 4. The accused was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E. 100.
No. 2146. — Seizure at Suez Port on October 16th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, February 21st, 1943.
Reference : 1 («). Opium : 2 kg. 800 gr. (In sticks.) Iranian origin. O.C.S./Conf.l482. 6 6 v > 6 3. On October 16th, 1942, Fong Chong, Shan Bong, Bang Kau and Lai Kee, Chinese members of the crew of the s.s. Donacilla were searched, on suspicion, by the Customs Guard at Suez Port and found to be in possession of opium sticks weighing 2 kg. 800 gr., which they had concealed under their socks. 4. The four accused were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E.400 each.
No. 2147. — Seizure at Marseilles, on March 4th, 1942. Report communicated by the French Government, June 1st, 1942.
Reference : 1 («). Raw opium : 2 kilogrammes. U.C.S./Conf.l416. 3. On March 4th, 1942, following confidential information received by the Marseilles Criminal Investigation Department, Toussaint Cordoliani, a known drug trafficker, was arrested in the passage-way of No. 59, Rue de la République, Marseilles, charged with attempting to sell 2 kilogrammes of raw opium in his possession at the price of 12,000 francs a kilogramme. Jean Giannatalacci, a journeyman baker, residing at 6, rue Samatan, Marseilles, an accomplice, was also arrested. Cordoliani stated that he had received the drug from a Chinese whose identity and address he refused to reveal. Giannatalacci denied any knowledge of the trafficking. Cordoliani, a former offender, was previously sentenced by the Toulon Court of Summary Jurisdiction, on July 19th, 1941, to imprisonment for two months and local banishment for two years, for an offence against the laws relating to poisonous substances. The source of the drug could not be ascertained. 4. The two accused were handed over to the Marseilles Public Prosecutions Department on charges of possessing and trafficking in drugs, and complicity. They were committed to the Marseilles prison.
The following are personnal particulars concerning the accused :
1- T oussaint Co r do lia ni, born April 15th, 1905, at Brando, Corsica ; son of Antoine Cordoliani and Marie Tomasi ; married to Justine Valle ; two children ; no definite occupation ; residing at 112, route Nationale, St. Antoine, Marseilles. — 8 —
2. J ean G ab riel G iannatalacci, born March 12th, 1912, at Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône ; married to Marcelle Griva ; judicially separated ; one child ; journeyman baker ; residing at 6, rue Samatan, Marseilles.
No. 2148. — Seizure at Marseilles on May 12th, 1942. Report communicated by the French Government, June 24th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 231 grammes. O.C.S./Conf.l423. 3. Following upon information, a search was carried out at the residence 1, rue de l’Abadie, of My Tran Dinh, seaman, born in 1900, at Cao-Mat, in the canton of Nga My, province of Hadong, Tonkin, son of Duyen Tran Dinh and Ng Thi Ba (deceased), unmarried, French subject, ship’s cook. This operation led to the discovery of a cauliflower, in the leaves of which there were hidden two men’s socks in which there were altogether 231 small packets, each containing 1 gramme of opium, and also an apparatus for smoking the drug. My Tran Dinh admitted that he was the owner of the opium and of the apparatus and that he had bought the drug for a sum of 3,000 francs from a person whose name and address he refused to reveal. He confessed, further, that he had been addicted to the use of opium for many years. He denied, however, that he was engaged in the opium traffic, but in view of the discovery at his residence of so many packets and of scales and sheets of paper for wrapping the above-mentioned packets, of the kind habitually used by traffickers, there are grounds for supposing the contrary. 4. My Tran Dinh was handed over to the Examining Magistrate, who charged him with being in possession of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and committed him to the Marseilles prison.
No. 2149. — Important cases of seizures in India during 1941. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of India for 1941.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 185 kg. 777 gr. C.27.M.27.1943.XI Oharas : 6 kg. 298 gr. (O.C./A.R.1941/45). Ganja : 60 kg. 567 gr. Cocaine : 1 kg. 271 gr. 3. A Jaffanite was arrested at the Tiruturaipundi Railway Station on July 7th, 1941, and 9 kg. 331 gr. of licit ganja was recovered from him. The drug was intended for smuggling to Ceylon. The accused was convicted. 18 kg. 662 gr. of opium was seized at the Madras Railway Station on October 13th, 1941. from an inter-class passenger who was travelling from Bezwada. The drug was suspected to have been obtained from Northern India for smuggling to Tanjore district and thence to Jaffna in Ceylon. The accused was convicted. 48 kg. 904 gr. of licit ganja and 8 kg. 699 gr. of licit opium were recovered from a suspected car at Tuvarankurichi village, Tanjore district, on December 31st, 1941. It was reported that the contraband was being carried to Muthinpet en roule to Jaffna in Ceylon. The case was under trial. A resident of Ghazni, Afghanistan, was arrested in Cawnpore City with 6 kg. 298 gr. of charas in his possession when he was going to deliver the drug to a bogus purchaser. Two cars which contained 104 kg. 507 gr. of opium and 2 kg. 332 gr. of ganja were detained in Benares district. It is alleged that the opium was being smuggled from Ghazipur to Assam. A Vaid (indigenous medical practitioner) and a smuggler were detected at Ajmer exporting a large quantity of admixture of opium pills to Assam under the guise of exporting medicines interprovincially. Acting on this information, two of the agents of these smugglers who received the drug in Assam were arrested. Their cases were pending in courts. A woman resident of the Faridkot State from whose possession 17 kg. 728 gr. of Afghan opium was recovered was arrested at the Rawalpindi Railway Station. She was sen ten ced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year. Two Pathans from whom 14 kg. 463 gr. of Afghan opium was recovered were arrested near Rawalpindi City. The drug was found concealed in specially prepared waistcoats, worn as underwear by the accused. The accused deposed that the opium seized was the p ro d u c t of their own cultivation and they were carrying it to the Patiala State for sale. Both the accused were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years. 9 kg. 679 gr. of Bikaner opium was recovered at the Bhatinda Railway Station from Chanan Singh, of Bikaner State. The opium was in tablet form and bore the seal of the Bikaner Government Opium Factory. The accused had purchased it from an opium licensee of th at State and it was being carried for sale to the opium licensee of Dhari or Patiala. 78 grammes of cocaine was seized from inside the rectum of the trimmer of the vessel s.s. Yuensang. This is believed to be the first time that this method has been detected in India. A Chinaman named Lew Thyan Ming was arrested in Calcutta for illicit possession and transport of 341 grammes of cocaine, which was imported from China via Hong-Kong through ship’s crews. The accused was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six months and bound — 9 — over for a period of six years with a surety of Rs.100, in default simple imprisonment for three months. Acting on information, the Excise staff in Calcutta searched a Chinese club and recovered from the possession of a Chinaman named Ling Chan 852 grammes of cocaine in original tubes from Japan and in packets. On prosecution he was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year and directed to execute a bond of Rs.300 with one surety of the like amount ; in default, simple imprisonment for one year. Acting on information, the Excise staff in Calcutta arrested three Russians — Shamriloff, Den-Sheff and Strelkovsky — and recovered 12 kg. 390 gr. of opium skilfully tied round their waists and legs. They came from Shanghai employed as anti-piracy guards in the s.s. Wing- Sang. They had obtained the opium in Calcutta for export to China. On prosecution they were each convicted to rigorous imprisonment for four months.
No. 2150. — Seizures in Calcutta in October 1941. Report communicated by the Govern ment of the United Kingdom, March 5th, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 33 kg. 853 gr. O.C.S./Conf.l400. & & 3. There were four cases. On October 7th, ex the s.s. Kulsang (Jardine, Skinner & Co.) arrived on October 4th from Hong Kong, Singapore and Penang, and bound for the same ports on October 10th, 2 tolas (23.4 grammes) of opium were recovered from Li Man Wai, who kept a small quantity in his mouth and some in his stocking. On the same date, ex the s.s. Hupeh (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.), arrived on October 6th, from Port Swettenham, Singapore, Penang and Rangoon and bound for the same ports, 15 seers 14 chittaks % tola (14 kg. 865 gr.) of opium were found tied around the waists of four accused : Tetto, Sk. Ramjan, Sk. Shamsuddin and Md. Hanif. The fifth accused was Sheshi Kong, to whom a quantity of opium was handed over by Md. Hanif aboard the vessel. On October 15th, ex the s.s. Wo Sang (Jardine, Skinner & Co.) arrived October 8th, from Singapore, and bound for Penang, Singapore, Hing Kong and Shanghai, 5 chittaks 4 tolas (339.3 grammes) of opium were recovered from inside the shoes of Pan Tsai. On October 19th, an amount of 19 seers 14 chittaks 3% tolas (18 kg. 625 gr.) of opium, packed in waterproof canvas to protect it from the river water at flood tide, was found concealed in a pit under a tree on the river bank in the botanical garden, Sibpore. It is presumed that the opium was intended for shipment on some outgoing vessel. No arrest was made. 4. A personal penalty of Rs. 30/- was imposed on Li Man Wai and collected ; Tetto was sentenced to eight stripes, and Sk. Ramjan, Sk. Shamsuddin and Md. Hanif to rigorous imprisonment for three months each ; Pan Tsai was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six weeks. The trial of Sheshi Kong is still pending.
No. 2151. — Seizures in Madras and Bombay in October 1941. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 12th and 25th, 1942.
Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 33.1 grammes. O.C.S./Conf. 1409. 3. There were two seizures : at Madras, on October 12th, 1941, on the tanker Soli (Burmah Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India, Ltd.), arrived from Rangoon and bound for Colombo, 0.48 tola (5.6 grammes) of opium were found and confiscated. The implicated person was Ling Ei Chang. At Bombay on October 13th, 27.5 grammes of opium were found in possession of Ah Tong, who was arrested when passing through the Green Gate of the Alexandra Dock. The accused is not attached to any ship, but is a shoreman. 4. Ah Tong was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/- or to rigorous imprisonment for one week.
No. 2152. — Seizure in Bombay on October 14th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, June 8th, 1942.
Q6,îecence : 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 973 gr. (4 pounds 5 ounces 164 grains) • ./Conf.1432. in four packets wrapped up in ordinary papers. On chemical analysis, the sample of opium was found to contain 10.56 % of anhydrous morphine.
3. The seizure was made at Mody Bunder. The opium was found on board the s.s. Alcides (Burmah-Shell Ltd.) coming from Abadan, Iran, and the s.s. Goldsmoulh (Burmah- bhell Ltd.), coming from Durban. There were two accused, both Chinese, Chung Sey Sing, quartermaster on the s.s. Alcides, and Inn Sing, sailor on the s.s. Goldsmoulh. The accused had the bundles of sticks concealed between the calf and the ankle, under their socks. The hrst accused reported that he purchased the opium in Abadan. 4. Chung Sey Sing was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two months, and Inn king to a fine of Rs.100/—. The fine was paid. — 10 —
No. 2153. — Seizures in Bombay in October 1941 and January 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, May 23rd, 1942. Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 14-29. October 15 th, 1941. 1 (a). Opium : 25 kg. 342 gr. (55 pounds 12 ounces 55 grains). Iranian Government opium. Six labels1 were sent with the report. 12 kg. 559 gr. (27 pounds 10 ounces 55 grains). Turkish opium. No wrappers or labels. The opium, on test by Chemical Examiner, was found to contain 13.4% morphine calculated as anhydrous morphine.
Chandu : 292.5 grammes (25 tolas). 3. The drugs were found in two gunny bags, one suitcase and several paper bundles of Iranian opium in sticks in Bombay Harbour, on board the s.s. Alcides (Burmah Shell Oil Co.) coming from Abadan, Iran. They were concealed in the false bottoms of two lockers, in a mud-box connected with the pumping-system of the ship, in old gum-boots, in the wheel-house and in a suit case concealed in a mine-raft. The accused, Ah Te, Chinese, sailor on the s.s. Alcides, declared that he had purchased the drugs from hawkers at Abadan at Rs.40/- per pound (454.5 grammes). 4. In all, seven members of the crew were charged. Ah Te was sentenced to simple imprisonment for one day and a fine of Rs. 250/- or, in default, to rigorous imprisonment for three months. Six other Chinese members of the crew were acquitted.
January \llh, 1942. 1 (a). Oharas : 743.8 grammes (1 pound 10 ounces 27 grains). Origin unknown. In two packets wrapped in old newspapers, without marks. Chemical analysis revealed specific rotation of drug 43.3°. The charas appeared to be one-third normal. 3. The charas was found on board the s.s. Rizwani (Turner, Morrison & Co., Ltd., Bombay), bound for Suez. The accused, Hassan Ahmad Zorab, Egyptian, mess-boy on the s.s. Rizwani, and Khalil Mohd. Gaber, Egyptian, seaman, frequently went into and came out of the same lavatory. Zorab wore an overcoat all the time. A Preventive Department’s peon, who had been shadowing their activities all through, noticed that Zorab and Gaber waited at the place where baggage was ready for shipment. Gaber took Zorab’s overcoat and attempted to place it in one of their suitcases that had passed Customs examination. 4. The accused were sentenced, the first to a fine of Rs.30/- or, in default, to rigorous imprisonment for one month ; the second, to a fine of Rs.50/- and simple imprisonment for one day.
No. 2154. — Seizure at Calcutta in November 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 5th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 123 grammes (10 tolas 90 grains). Reference * O.C.S./Conf. 1408. 3. The opium was recovered from inside the shoes of To Ee Sam, ex the s.s. Roschfontein, of the Java Bengal Line, arrived November 17th, 1941, from San Francisco, Sourabaya, Samarang, Tandjong-Priok, Singapore and Rangoon, departed December 2nd, 1941, for Samarang, Sourabaya, Tandjong-Priok, Macassar, San Francisco, Los Angeles (Harbour), and Balik Papan. 4. A personal penalty of Rs.100/- was imposed and collected from the accused.
No. 2155. — Seizure at Madras in November 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom. April 22nd, 1942.
1 (a). Opium : 3.9 grammes (0.33 tola). Reference * O.C.S./Conf. 1414. 3. The accused was Wong Fo, fireman on board the s.s. Chaksang (Binny No. 2156. — Seizures in Bombay and Madras in January 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, May 1st, 1942. Reference : Rombau. O.C.S./Conf.l418. January 10 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 3 kg. 682 gr. (8 pounds 1 ounce264 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Chung Tan, member of the crew of the s.s. Empress of Japan (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.), coming from Grenock. 4. Chung Tan was sentenced to a fine of Rs.200/-. The fine was paid. 1 Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. 11 January 16th, 1942. 1 (a). Charas : 933 grammes (2 pounds 375 grains). 3. The charas was seized from Shaik Hussain Sk. Ismail, cook on board the s.s. Alavi (Turner, Morrison & Co., Ltd.) coming from Jeddah and bound for the same port. January 19 th, 1942. 1 (a). Charas : 245.7 grammes (21 tolas). 3. The charas was seized from Syed Ahmed Halad ex the s.s. Rizwani (Turner, Morrison <£ Co., Ltd.) coming from Suez and bound for the same port. 4. The accused was fined Rs.4/-. January 19 th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 743.8 grammes (1 pound 10 ounces 82 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Hassan Ahmed and Khalil Mohomed ex the s.s. Rizwani (Turner, Morrison & Co., Ltd.) coming from Suez and bound for the same port. 4. The accused were sentenced, the first to a fine of Rs.30/- and the second, to a fine of Rs.50/- and to simple imprisonment for one day. The fines were paid. Cochin Port (Madras). January 21s/, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 23.4 grammes. In two packets of 1 tola (11.7 grammes) each. 3. The opium was seized from Goh Seng and Ngah Fung, quartermasters on the s.s. Kweiyang (Madura Co., Ltd., Cochin) coming from Colombo and bound for the same port via Tuticorin. 4. The accused were warned against the repetition of the offence. No. 2157. — Seizure at Calcutta on January 12th, 1942. Report communicatedby the Government of the United Kingdom, May 1st, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 842.4 grammes. O.C.S./Conf.l417. \ I r 3. On rummaging the s.s. Cape St. Francis (Turner Morrison & Co.), arrived from Rangoon on December 29th, 1941, bound for Colombo,5 chittaks 2 tolas (842.4 grammes) of opium were found concealed under some pieces of woodbehind a ventilator in the room of the boatswain. Accused were Ching Chou Yo and Sze Po Sang. 4. Sze Po Sang was found guilty and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for eight weeks ; Ching Chou Yo was acquitted. No. 2158. — Seizures at Calcutta in February 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, July 31st, 1942. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l437. February 1st, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 924.3 grammes (79 tolas). 3. The opium was discovered on the person of Yong Ah Kwong ex the s.s. Sjobris (Hagemeyer Trading Co.), arrived from Colombo and bound for Sourabaya. The accused had concealed the drug in the pocket of his coat. 4. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three months. February Uh, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 232.8 grammes (19 tolas 162 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Chan Sam ex the s.s. Wing Sang (Government-chartered). 4. A fine of Rs.25/- was imposed and paid. February 17th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 825 gr. (156 tolas). 3. The opium was discovered tied round the waist of Oli Mia ex the s.s. Masimpur (Burmah-Shell Co. Ltd.), coming from and bound for Rangoon. 4. The accused was sentenced to a term of rigorous imprisonment for three months. — 12 — No. 2159. — Seizures in Bombay and Madras, in March and April 1942. Reports com municated by the Government of the United Kingdom, August 24th and September 11th, 1942. Reference : Bombau. O.C.S./Conf.1441. March 11 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 3.2 grammes (49 grains). Charas : 11.2 grammes (173 grains). 3. The drugs were seized from Abulcasen Bembahani, tally-clerk, ex the s.s. Rizwani (Turner, Morrison & Co., Ltd.),'coming from Jeddah and bound for Suez. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.5/-. April 1th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 110.9 grammes (3 ounces 396 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Chow-Kan-Fud ex the s.s. Hiram (Turner, Morrison & Co. Ltd.), coming from Aden. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.40/- or, in default, to rigorous imprisonment for one month. April 9th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 810.4 grammes (1 pound 12 ounces 232 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Lin-Affkee ex the s.s. Hong Kheng (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.), coming from Calcutta. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/- or, in default, to rigorous imprisonment for two weeks. April 21st, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 798.8 grammes (1 pound 12 ounces 54 grains). 3. The opium was found on board the s.s. Tilawa (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.) in open places accessible to anybody. The s.s. Tilawa came from Duchen, bound for Africa. The owner could not be identified. April 21st, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 887.4 grammes. 3. The accused, Saleh Ahmed Asrafally, who was caught near the Main Gate, Prince’s Dock, is awaiting the Court’s decision. April 24th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 5 kg. 967 gr. 3. The opium was seized from the following persons : Lam Kwok, Wong Sing, Ng Wa, Ip Wing, Fung Ching, Lung Maw, Fse Choy, ex the s.s. Thesens (Graham’s Trading Co. Ltd.). 4. Each of the accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/- or, in default, to rigorous imprisonment for one month. April 27th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified (presumably opium) : (1) 1 kg. 993 gr. (2) 1 kg. 818 gr. (3) 1 kg. 858 gr. 3. The drugs were seized from Tsu Tu Shah, Chen Ah Chu and Fu Zai Sheng, ex the s.s. Denhigshire (Graham’s Trading Co. Ltd.), coming from the United Kingdom. 4. Each accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/- or to rigorous imprisonment for one month. Cochin Port (Madras). March 3rd, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 23.4 grammes (2 tolas). .3. The opium was seized from Fan Chu Tang, Chinese member of the crew ex the ss. Utsire (Pierce Leslie & Co. Ltd., Cochin) arriving from Akyab, bound for Ponnani. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/-. 13 — March 18th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 23.4 grammes (2 tolas). 3. The opium wasseized from Loy Kwang Joo, greaser on the s.s. Hong-Kheng (Madura & Co. Ltd.) arrived from Calcutta bound for Bombay. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/-. April bth, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 35.1 grammes (3 tolas). 3. The opium was seized from Sung Khin, Leung Law and Mau Fatt, members of the crew of m.s. Armilla (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. Ltd., Ernakulam) coming from Abadan, Iran, bound for Colombo. 4. The accused were let off with a warning against a repetition of the offence. No. 2160. — Seizures at Calcutta in April 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, August 24th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 318.2 grammes. O.C.S./Conf.1440. ‘ 8 3. There were two cases. On April 7th, 26 tolas (304.2 grammes) of opium were found on the bank of the River Hooghly. On April 12th, 1 1/5 tolas (14 grammes) of liquid opium in three phials were recovered from the persons of the three accused firemen of the s.s. Agnes (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.) : Lung Sing, Wong Wa Kwai, Lia Ling, wrhen they were returning to the ship. 4. The above-mentioned were dealt with by the Superintendent, Preventive Service, under the Sea Customs Act. No. 2161. — Seizures in Bombay in May and June 1942. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom. October 1st, 1942. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.1447. May 10th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 224.7 grammes (7 ounces 382 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Wan Ding Tueman, ex the s.s. Kentai (Forbes, Forbes, Campbell & Co., Ltd.), coming from Cape Town. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.25/-. The fine was paid. May 17 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 507.6 grammes (1 pound 15 ounces 409 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Lee Ting Fueman, ex the s.s. Zuidukuk (Killick, Nixon & Co.), coming from Glasgow. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.75/—. The fine was paid. May 22nd, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 123.3 grammes (4 ounces 150 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Chin Pay, carpenter, ex the s.s. Khandalla (McKinnon* Mackenzie & Co.), coming from South Africa and bound for Durban via the Seychelles. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.30/-. The fine w'as paid. May 24th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 4.4 grammes (68 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Tang Chang Chao, ex the s.s. Foo Shing (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.), coming from Madras. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.15/-. The fine was paid. June 3rd, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 418 gr. (3 pounds 1 ounce 382 grains). Manufactured by Barjeena J* Co. and Hussein tfc Co., at Khoram Shahar, Iran. Five labels1 were annexed to the report. The chemical examiner’s test showed that the opium contained 10.3 % of anhydrous 1 Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. — 14 — morphine. There were forty-eight sticks of Iranian opium wrapped in white paper, con cealed in a cotton pillow and two bundles of twelve sticks each of Iranian opium wrapped in a newspaper and placed in a cloth bag ; they were found in a brown paper bag. 3. The opium was seized from Lo Ngor, Cantonese, quartermaster, ex the m.v. Maclra (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. The drug was concealed in the cabin of the accused in a pillow and between a pillow and the bunk. The accused declared having purchased the drug at Suez from a Chinaman, for about £4. 4. Lo Ngor was sentenced to a fine of Rs.75/-. The fine was paid. June 3rd, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 359.4 grammes (12 ounces 287 grains). Manufactured by Hussein tfc Co. at Khoram Shahar, Iran. Two labels1 were annexed to the report. The chemical examiner’s test revealed that the opium contained 11.2 % of anhydrous morphine. There was one bundle of eighteen sticks of Iranian opium, wrapped in white paper and tied together in white cloth. 3. The opium was seized on board the m.v. Maclra (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. It was concealed in a “ Camel ” cigarette carton stowed in the locker in the cabin of Cheong King (Cantonese), quartermaster. Cheong King declared having brought the opium in Suez from a Chinaman, for £1. 4. Cheong King was sentenced to a fine of Rs.25/-. The fine was paid. June 10 Ih, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 38.2 grammes (1 ounce 150 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Ah Kow, ex the m.v. Alelta (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd.). 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/-. The fine was paid. June 12 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 115.4 grammes (4 ounces 27 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Kwok Kan, ex the hired transport Hai Ling (Lionel- Edwards Ltd.), coming from Cochin. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/-. The fine was paid. June 17 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 527.3 grammes (1 pound 2 ounces 246 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Lee Cheong, ex the s.s. Hai Hing (Lionel-Edwards Ltd.), coming from Cochin and bound for Haifa, Beyrout and Alexandria via Aden. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/-. The fine was paid. June 19 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 38.2 grammes (1 ounce 150 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Tahimez Gulul, ex the s.s. Isalamia (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.), coming from Cochin. No. 2162. — Seizures in Bombay on June 18th, 1942. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, October 29th, 1942. There were the following two cases : Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 485.6 gram m es (1 p ound 1 ounce 41 grains) O.C.S./Conf. 1456. (containing 11% anhydrous morphine) ; 472.3 grammes (1 pound 1 ounce 273 grains) (containing 11.2 % anhydrous morphine) ; 233.4 grammes (8 ounces 95 grains) (containing 12.5 % anhydrous morphine). Iranian Government opium. Seven labels1 were attached to the report. 3. The opium was discovered on board the s.s. Lacklan (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. Two bundles each of twenty-four sticks were concealed in the wall of the beam supporting the roof in the second boatswain’s, Yong Ah Sang, cabin and one bundle of twelve sticks wrapped in newspaper and white paper in the wall of the beam supporting the roof of a cabin adjoining the accused’s cabin. The latter declared that he had obtained the drugs from an Arab in Abadan for £12 10s. The name of the Arab is not known. 1 Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. — 15 — 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.200/- or, in default, to rigorous imprison ment for one month. 1 (a). Opium : 3 kg. 752 gr. (8 pounds 4 ounces 41 grains). Eight paper parcels of sticks of Iranian Government opium contained in one bundle, covered up by old canvas, which was concealed between a potato locker and the ventilator. The bundle was wrapped up in a towel and a ship’s blanket. Six labels1 were attached to the report. On test, the opium was found to contain 12.8 % anhydrous morphine. 3. The opium was found on the s.s. Lacklan (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd.), coming from Abadan. The owner could not be identified. No.2163. — Seizures in Bombay and Madras in July 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, January 21st, 1943. Reference : Bombau. O.C.S./Conf.1464. July 23rd, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 235.2 grammes (8 ounces 123 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Ong Yang Yong ex. the s.s Silverbeach (Volkart Brothers), coming from Halifax via Cape Town and bound for Lagos, Port Harcourt, Tokaradi and Maladi. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.40/-. The fine was paid. July 28th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 58.6 grammes (2 ounces 27 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Chang Saw ex the s.s. Silverbeach (Volkart Brothers), coming from Halifax via Cape Town, and bound for Lagos, Port Harcourt, Tokaradi and Maladi. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/—. The fine was paid. Cochin Port (Madras). July 13 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 23.4 grammes (2 tolas). 3. The opium was seized from Chin Tai and Chu Kay, greasers on board the s.s. Apple Leaf, Royal Naval Auxiliary Vessel. 4. The accused were let off with a warning against repetition of the offence. No. 2164. — Seizures in Bombay and Madras in August 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, January 13th, 1943. Reference : Bombay O.C.S./Conf.1462. August 1st, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 59.5 grammes (2 ounces 41 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Sk. Haniff and Sk. Habib Bhandari ex the hired transport Empire Banes (Hill, Son & Knox), coming from Karachi and bound for Colombo. 4. The accused were sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/-. The fine was paid. August 13 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 874.3 grammes (1 pound 14 ounces 341 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Woo Ahya Shing ex the s.s. Glenapp (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.) coming from Liverpool via Suez and bound for the same port via Cape Town. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.100/-. He was also fined Rs.10/- under the Defence of India Act. Both the fines were paid. August 13lh, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 115.4 grammes (4 ounces 83 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Ting King Huat, sailor, ex the s.s. Saroena (Anglo-lranian Oil Co., Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran, and bound for the same port. 4- The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.20/-. The fine was paid. 1 Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. — 16 — August 13 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 8 kg. 229 gr. (18 pounds 1 ounce 300 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Yong Ah Ping, sailor, ex the s.s. Glenapp (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.), coming from Liverpool via Suez and bound for the same port via Cape Town. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.200/-. The fine was paid. August 14 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 118.9 grammes (4 ounces 83 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Yong Tai Kong ex the s.s. Saroena (Anglo-lranian Oil Co., Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran, and bound for the same port. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.20/-. The fine was paid. August 14th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 2 kg. 736 gr. (6 pounds 146 grains). 3. The opium was seized on board the s.s. Glenapp (Graham’s TradingCo. Ltd.), coming from Liverpool via Suez and bound for that port via Cape Town. Ownership of the drug could not be traced to any particular member of the crew as it was found in a place accessible to anybody. August 19th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 39.9 grammes (1 ounce 177 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Chung Yan Cook, fireman, on board the s.s. Spondilus (Burmah-Shell, Ltd.) coming from Abadan, Iran. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.40/-. The fine was paid. August 25th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 466.9 grammes (1 pound 191 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Tio Ah Hee ex the s.s. Silverlark (Volkart Brothers), coming from Java via Karachi and bound for London via West-African ports. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/-. The fine was paid. Cochin Port (Madras). August 22nd, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 5 kg. 454 gr. (12 pounds). Twelve cakes wrapped in white paper and an old raincoat. 3. The opium was seized from the following persons : Lee Ming Ho, Wang Ah W ah, Chang Yung Tai, Mah Kohon, firemen on board the s.s. Diomed, Kumbatathan Mohammed (s/o “ Makkar ”), of Granganore, Umanarkutti (s/o “ Usana ”), of Mattancheri, boatmen. The accused were apprehended in a country boat in a backwater while they were smuggling the opium to the steamer from the shore of Mattancheri. 4. The opium seized from the first four accused was handed over to the Cochin State Police and the accused were remitted for trial under the Dangerous Drugs Act. No. 2165. — Seizures in Bombay in August and September 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, January 13th, 1943. Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 1463. August 15 th, 1942. 1 (a). Raw opium : 444.6 grammes (15 ounces 287 grains). In slabs. Iranian origin. Opium : 269.8 grammes (9 ounces 219 grains). One bundle containing sticks, presumably from Iranian Government Opium Factory. One label1 in Iranian language was sent with the report. 3. The opium was found on a bunk occupied by the Chinaman Kau Lau, fireman on board the s.s. Ceronia (Burmah-Shell Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. Kau Lau declared he had bought the opium from an Arab in Abadan. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.75/-. The fine was paid. 1 Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. — 17 — August 15 th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 806 grammes (1 pound 12 ounces 164 grains). Forty-two sticks, presumably from Iranian Government Opium Factory, wrapped in a cloth. Two labels in Iranian were attached.1 3. The opium was found on board the s.s. Ceronia (Burmah-Shell Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. It was hidden in the alley-way to the crew quarters. 4. The accused, A. H. Chong, Chinese, member of the crew, was sentenced to a fine of Rs.75/-. The fine was paid. August 15 th, 1942. 1 [a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 374 gr. (3 pounds 164 grains). Iranian opium, contained in one bundle. Opium : 434.9 grammes (15 ounces 137 grains). One bundle containing three parcels of sticks of opium, presumably from Iranian Government Opium Factory. One label in Iranian was attached. 1 3. The opium was seized on board the s.s. Ceronia (Burmah-Shell Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. The opium was found in the locker of the Chinaman, Loo Lee Moi, quartermaster. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.200/-. The fine was paid. August 15 th, 1942. 1 (a). Cigarette cartons and packets containing opium : in l„mns i 463 3 grammes (1 pound 137 grains). P I 458.9 grammes (1 pound 68 grains). in ^ kg. 578 gr. (5 pounds 10 ounces 328 grains). 1 (1 kg. 374 gr. (3 pounds 164 grains). in broken sticks : 308.9 grammes (10 ounces 382 grains). The above seizure was as follows : Cigarette cartons containing twenty-foursticks of opium, nine small packets of 163 sticks of Iranian Government opium, onepacket of Iranian raw opium, nine small bundles containing seventy-three sticks of Iranian Government opium, one packet of Iranian raw opium and one packet containing broken sticks of Iranian Government opium in paper parcel. 3. The opium was found on board the s.s. Ceronia (Burmah-Shell Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. It was concealed outside crew’s kitchen, in the lifebelt locker, in an empty store-room at the back of the crew’s quarters, as well as behind two oil drums in the side alley-way. The owner could not be traced. September 1st, 1942. 1 (a). Raw opium : 32.8 grammes (1 ounce 68 grains). Black opium of Iranian origin, in lumps. In a small packet wrapped in tissue and cellophane paper. No marks. Opium : 22.2 grammes (340 grains). Iranian Government opium in a small packet wrapped in tissue and cellophane paper. No marks. 640.9 grammes (1 pound 6 ounces 246 grains). In a tin containing thirty-one sticks of Iranian Government opium, wrapped in a newspaper and brown paper and tied with twine. One label was attached.1 3. The opium was found on board the s.s. Saroena (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. The respective quantities were concealed in the roof of the mess-room and behind a water-cistern. The owner of the drug could not be identified. September 1st, 1942. 1 (fit). Raw opium : 188.2 grammes (6 ounces 273 grains). Lump Iranian opium. Opium : 52.4 grammes (1 ounce 375 grains). Iranian opium in sticks. 3. The opium was found on board the s.s. Saroena (Burmah Shell Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. It was concealed in the locker of Wong Ah Ling, fireman-boy. The latter declared having bought the drug in Iran from an unknown person for Rs.20/-. 4. Wong Ah Ling was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/-. The fine was paid. September 17 th, 1942. ... 1 (a)- Opium : 6 kg. 936 gr. (15 pounds 4 ounces 82 grains). In one tin containing itteen bundles of sticks of Iranian Government opium. 1 Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. — 18 3. The opium was discovered in a linen locker on board the s.s. Lacklan (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co., of India), coming from Abadan, Iran. The accused, Wei Ah Hoi, Chinese, saloon-boy, declared having bought the drug from an Iranian (name not known), on board the vessel at Abadan, at £3 per pound (454.5 grammes). 4. Wei Ah Hoi pleaded not guilty and was acquitted, as the opium was not found in his cabin and as ownership could not be proved. September \lih, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 10 kg. 503 gr. (23 pounds 1 ounce 328 grains). In a large biscuit-tin and another tin, containing, respectively, nine and sixteen packets of Iranian Government opium. 3. The opium was discovered in the rear compartment of the bonded store-room, on board the s.s. Lacklan (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India), coming from Abadan, Iran. The accused, Wei Ah Hoi, made the same declaration as in the preceding case. 4. Wei Ah Hoi pleaded not guilty and was acquitted. No. 2166. — Seizures in Bombay in September, October and November 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, April 9th, 1943. Reference : O.C.S./ConI.1486. September 1 si, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : (a-1) 22.12 grammes (341 grains). Iranian Government opium ; (o-2) 32.8 grammes (1 ounce 68 grains). Black raw Iranian opium in one lump ; (b) 640.9 grammes (1 pound 6 ounces 249 grains). Iranian Government opium in sticks. One label concerning the stick opium was attached. 1 3. The drug was found on board the s.s. Saroena (Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distribu ting Co. of India, Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. It was discovered, as regards (a) in two small packets wrapped in tissue and cellophane paper, bearing no marks, in the roof of the mess-room ; (6) in one tin containing thirty-one sticks of Iranian Government opium, wrapped in newspaper and brown paper and tied with twine, concealed behind the water- cistern, suspended by a piece of wire. The name of the owner of the drugs is unknown, as it remained unclaimed. September lsf, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : (a) 188.2 grammes (6 ounces 272 grains). Lump Iranian raw opium ; (b) 52.4 grammes (1 ounce 369 grains). In sticks, Iranian Government opium. One label was attached. 2 3. One packet and three sticks of opium were found in the locker of Wong Ah Ling, Chinese, fireman-boy on the s.s. Saroena (Burmah Shell Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. Wong Ah Ling, declared that he had bought the drug in Iran from an unknown person for Rs.20/-. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/-. The fine was paid. September 6lh, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 221.9 grammes (7 ounces 354 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Ku Ching Tang, ex the s.s. Ting Sang (British India Steam Navigation Co.), coming from an unknown port. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.30/-. The fine was paid. September 8th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 75.4 grammes (2 ounces 287 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Chung Sua, ex the s.s. Taiposhaw (Turner, Morrison & Co.), coming from Colombo. 4. The accused was sentenced to simple imprisonment for one day and to a fine of Rs.20/-. The fine was paid. September 13th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 32.8 grammes (1 ounce 68 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Hon Kai Fook, ex the s.s. Ting Sang (British India Steam Navigation Co.), coming from an unknown port. 1 Not received in the Secretariat. * Kept in the archives of the Secretariat. — 19 — 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.25/-. The fine was paid. September 20th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 2,7 grammes (41 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Amin Ahmed, ex the s.s. Barala (British India Steam Navigation Co.), coming from the Persian Gulf and bound for Bahrein. October 31si, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 488.2 grammes (1 pound 1 ounce 82 grains). Iranian Government opium. 3. Two packets of opium, each of which was wrapped in a towel and placed between the folded canvas of a camp-bed, were found on the upper-deck aft of the s.s. Cleodora (Burmah- Shell Oil Co., Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. October 31s£, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 976.5 grammes (2 pounds 2 ounces 164 grains). Iranian Government opium. 3. Two bundles covered with newspaper, each bundle containing twenty-four sticks, of Iranian opium were found in the mess-room of the deck crew in the mattress of Lee Ki Ao, Chinese sailor, where it was wrapped in a coat, on board the s.s. Cleodora (Burmah Shell Oil Co., Ltd.), coming from Abadan, Iran. The accused declared having bought the drug in Abadan, for his personal use. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.50/-. The fine was paid. November hth, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 6 kg. 741 gr. (14 pounds 13 ounces 1-37 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Adeem Ahmed Moosa, ex the s.s. Rizwani (Turner, Morrison & Co.), coming from Jeddah and bound for the same port. 4. The accused was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six months. No. 2167. — Seizure at Calcutta on October 4th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 9th, 1943. Reference : 1 la\ Liquid opium : 114.1 grammes (9 tolas 130 grains). 0,C.S./Conf.l470. 3. Two phials of liquid opium were recovered from the person of Goh Nor None, on board the s.s. Saidja (Burmah Shell Oil Co.) coming from, and bound for Abadan, Iran. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.100/-. The fine was paid. No. 2168. — Seizures in Bombay in October 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 9th, 1943. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l47I. October 8th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 403 gr. (3 pounds 1 ounce 164 grains). Indian origin. 3. The opium was seized from Koh Lai Kai ex the hired transport Hai Hing (Lionel Edwards), coming from Alexandretta. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.200/-. The fine was paid. October 14th, 1942. 1 {a). Opium : 46 grammes. 3. The opium seized from A. H. Fook ex the s.s. Glenogle (Killick, Nixon Ltd.), coming from Liverpool, bound for Cape Town. October 24th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 147 gr. (2 pounds 8 ounces 164 grains). Indian origin. 3. The opium wTas seized from Ip Hai ex the s.s. Glenogle (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.), 1 °nung from, and returning to the United Kingdom. 4. The accused was sentenced t*o a fine of Rs.50/—. The fine was paid. — 20 — October '24th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 117.2 grammes (4 ounces 55 grains). Indian origin. 3. The opium was seized from Ling Ah Ging ex the s.s. Glenogle (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.), coming from, and returning to the United Kingdom. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.15/-. The fine was paid. October 24th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 869.9 grammes (1 pound 14 ounces 275 grains). 3. The drug was seized from W at Ying ex the s.s. Glenogle (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.), coming from, and returning to the United Kingdom. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.40/-. The fine was paid. October 24th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 449.3 grammes (15 pounds 358 grains). 3. The drug was seized from See Kong ex the s.s. Glenogle (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.), coming from, and returning to the United Kingdom. 4. The accused wras given the benefit of the doubt and discharged. October 24th, 1942. 1 (a). Drug not specified, presumably opium : 818.3 grammes (1 pound 12 ounces 354 grains). 3. The drug was seized from Lee Ah Ching ex the s.s. Glenogle (Graham’s Trading Co., Ltd.), coming from, and returning to the United Kingdom. 4. The accused was sentenced to a fine of Rs.40/-. The fine was paid. October 2bth, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 818 gr. (4 pounds). Indian origin. 3. The opium was seized from Chang Nin ex the s.s. Oldenbarnecelt (Killick: Nixon Ltd.), coming from a port held secret, on its way to the United Kingdom. 4. The case is pending with the police. October 26th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 56 gr. (2 pounds 5 ounces 82 grains). 3. The opium was seized from Tubarak Ali and R. M. Ahmed ex the s.s. Khandalla (McKinnon, Mackenzie & Co.), coming from East-African ports, on its way to Durban. 4. The accused were sentenced to a fine of Rs.100/- each. The fines were paid. October 29th, 1942. 1 (a). Opium : 2 kg. 106 gr. (4 pounds 10 ounces 55 grains). 3. No further details were given in the report. No. 2169. — Seizure at Guasave, State of Sinaloa, Mexico. Report communicated by the Mexican Government, July 7th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Opium gum : 2 kilogrammes, in a cardboard box or O.C.S./Conf.l434. package of Maizoro, without marks or labels. 4. The accused, Lewis Wong Fong, was handed over to the judicial authority, and the product in question was retained in accordance with Articles 513 and 433 of the Sanitary Code in force. No. 2170. — Seizure in Palestine by the Department of Customs Excise and Trade on June 9th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, October 13th, 1942. 1442 1 («)• Opium : 12 kilogrammes. 3. Ten pieces of opium were seized at Acre. The offenders. Nathleh Assad Hamadeh and Naim AssadHamadeh, were handed over to the police for prosecution. — 21 — No. 2171. — Seizure at Golem, Portuguese India, on March 16th, 1942. Report communicated by the Portuguese Government, March 2nd, 1943. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 11.7 grammes. O.C.S./Conf.l461. \ i v 5 3. The opium was seized in a small metal box at the Colem Branch on Mamod Hussen, native of Latur, Native State of Hyderabad, trader, residing at Latur. The accused declared that the drug was intended for his personal use. 4. Mamod Hussen was sentenced to a fine of Rs.15/- and to stamp charges and legal costs. No. 2172. — Seizure at Khartoum on March 12th, 1942. Report communicated by the Sudan Government, June 1st, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 454 grammes, in cylindrical sticks A" O.C.S./Conf.l430. (10.16 cm.) long % ' (1.27 cm.) in diameter, wrapped in white paper, plain and ruled, without watermark. Origin is not known, but it is presumed that the drug was introduced at Port Sudan from Egypt or the Hedjaz. 3. Solon Cudsi was reported to be engaged in drug trafficking. A confidant arranged to meet him on March 12th, 1942, for the purpose of purchasing two rotls (900 grammes). He was introduced by Cudsi to Minaides, who had just arrived from Port Sudan. The con fidant was taken by taxi to Khartoum North and Minaides produced a parcel of opium from the house in w'hich he was lodging. They returned to the office of Kircop & Co. Cudsi offered to sell at £E.21 per %-rotl (225 grammes). The confidant declined to buy and left the office, which was then raided by members of the Criminal Investigation Department. Minaides escaped, but was later arrested in Khartoum North. Cudsi was seen to hide a parcel under a barrel in the yard behind the office. The parcel contained sticks of opium. 4. Both accused : Solon Emmanuel Cudsi, of Syrian and Greek parentage, domiciled in the Sudan, employed as clerk with Messrs. Kircop & Co., commission agents, Sirdar Square, Khartoum, and Michel Minaides, Dodecanese Greek, unemployed confectioner, Port Sudan, denied all knowledge of the drug. They were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to a fine of £E.50 or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for six months. No. 2173. — Seizures in Turkey in 1941. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Turkish Government for 1941. Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium : 194 kilogrammes. H ash ish C.26.M.26.1942.XI(O.C./A.R.1941/1). H ashish .• "?8 k»kg 975J/D gr. »r ' ' Esrar : 52 kg. 38 gr. (b). Heroin : 524 grammes. Esrar : 3 kg. 871 gr. 3. The most important cases of illicit traffic discovered in 1941 were as follows : On January 21st, at Kilis, Hassan Tiirkü and Tahir Kenan were arrested when about to cross the southern frontier with a load of 194 kilogrammes of raw opium which they were trying to smuggle into Syria. Hasan Türkü was sentenced to imprisonment for five months and a fine of 316 Turkish pounds and Tahir Kenan to imprisonment for six months and a fine of 630 Turkish pounds. On January 21st, at Izmir, Cemal Sengenç was arrested by the police inthe act of making an illicit sale and 1 kg. 601 gr. of esrar found in his possession was seized. The case is proceeding. On February 21st, in a village of Yalova, on the shores of the Sea of Marmara, a search carried out by the guard responsible for the suppression of smuggling led to the discovery of 32 kg. 436 gr. of esrar. Two men and three women are involved in this case, which is in progress before the court of Istanbul. On February 3rd, at Izmir, Celal Stinger and Ibrahim Nané were caught in the act of selling 1 kg. 40 gr. of esrar and were brought before the local court, which has not yet delivered judgment. On February 5th, at Hatay, Haci Ahmed Topcu was found to be carrying 1 kg. 500 gr. of esrar. He was brought before the local court. On February 19th, at Eskiçehir, Hassan Cevher and Ali Demir were working in conjunction with a view to selling 2 kg. 610 gr. of esrar. They were arrested in the act and handed over to justice. The case is proceeding. On February 27th, at Hatay, the police arrested Ali Tekin in the act of selling 1 kilo gramme of hashish. He was brought before the local court, which has not yet given judgment. On March 5th, at Istanbul, Remzi Saçanç, attendant at the laboratory for chemical ^p.yses legal medicine, and two accomplices, were arrested for having disposed on the j licit market of 524 grammes of heroin and 3 kg. 871 gr. of esrar which they had stolen from he laboratory. Remzi was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and four months and to *fcne 402 Turkish pounds ; Mustafa Mavioglu, boot-black, to the same penalty as Remzi; " le Ahmed Hamdi, a pedlar, escaped with imprisonment for two months and a fine of °ne Turkish pound. F — 22 — On June 2nd, at Izmit, Nuri Ayral was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of 1,250 Turkish pounds for having concealed in his house 1 kg. 520 gr. of esrar. On June 23rd, at Istanbul, the police arrested a man named Halil Sôlez, who was carrying 1 kg. 80 gr. of hashish and the court sentenced him to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of 1,080 Turkish pounds. On July 16th, at Izmit, a search conducted in the house of a certain Ahmed Karakaç led to the discovery of 5 kg. 50 gr. of esrar. The case is still under investigation. On September 2nd, at Izmit, Ibrahim Ozgül, a farm worker, was arrested with 870 grammes of esrar in his possession. He was sentenced to imprisonment for six months and a fine of 560 Turkish pounds. On September 8th, at Istanbul, the police arrested a band of notorious drug traffickers including seven persons engaging in illicit traffic in heroin. The case is before the court. On October 8th, at Karamürsel, Izmit, a gang comprising three persons was discovered and 4 kg. 253 gr. of esrar were seized in their dwelling. The case was brought before the local court and is still under investigation. On November 6th, at Adapazari, Izmit, an important seizure of hashish (26 kg. 895 gr.) was made as the result of searches conducted in the dwellings of four traffickers operating as a gang for the illicit sale of drugs. The case is still pending. On December 27th, at Istanbul, a woman named Gülzar Altunay was caught in the act of selling drugs. 1 kg. 158 gr. of esrar was found in her dwelling and seized. The case was referred to the competent court and is still in progress. No. 2174. — Seizure at Cayirgâh, Turkey, on July 17th, 1942. Report communicated by the Turkish Government, November 19th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Raw Opium : 25 kilogrammes. O.C.S./Conf.l449. 3. Mehmed Tahir, of no definite occupation, was arrested by the Customs officers when he was endeavouring to cross the frontier into Syria. The opium was discovered in his luggage loaded on a mule which he was leading. 4. The results of the enquiry will be communicated in due course. No. 2175. — Seizures in Turkey in 1942. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Turkish Government for 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Opium : 106 kg. 80 gr. C.7.M.7.1943.XI Hashish : 253 grammes. (O.C./A.R.1942/1). Esrar : 3 kg. 150 gr. Heroin : 4 grammes. 3. On January 12th, at Izmir, three persons of no definite profession and inve terate drug traffickers, were surprised in the act of selling 253 grammes of hashish. The case is still under investigation. On April 6th, at Istanbul, Halil Gergin, a perfumer, was charged with the illicit sale of raw opium. The police had seized 10 kg. 930 gr. of opium in his shop. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of 200 Turkish pounds. On April 15th, at Istanbul, Kahraman Usanmaz, of no profession and an old offender, was caught by the police while engaged in the secret sale of 371 grammes of esrar. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and two months and to a fine of 382 Turkish pounds. On April 29th, at Urfa, Miislin Kaya, a butcher, was charged with having concealed in his dwelling 340 grammes of esrar. He was brought before the local court, which has not yet delivered judgment. On May 28th, at Istanbul, the police raided the dwelling of a certain Salim Kusabakan, unemployed and an old offender, and discovered 147 grammes of esrar hidden in a cupboard. The case is still under investigation. On July 4th, at Istanbul, three persons were arrested by the judicial police while engaged in the illicit sale of drugs. They had in their possession 102 grammes of esrar and 4 grammes of heroin. These three old offenders, who have no recognised profession, are still awaiting sentence. On August 7th, at Istanbul, a trader named Numan Yüncüoglu, was brought before the court on a charge of having in his warehouse 95 kg. 150 gr. of raw opium. He was finally acquitted. On November 14th, at Izmir, the police carried out a search in the house of Hiiseyin Gelgeç, at the time in prison for drug-taking, and found 890 grammes of esrar in the possession of his wife, Sehriban Gelgeç. The latter was also arrested and handed over to the local judicial authorities. On December 4th, at Diarbekir, Mahmud Ugün, at the time performing his military service, was arrested in the act of unlawfully selling drugs. He had in his possession 1 kg- 300 gr. of esrar. The case is under investigation. — 23 — No. 2176. — Smuggling from Mexico. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1941. Reference : On or about December 3rd, 1941, at New York City, Helmuth Hartmann, Dominick Petrelli, and Salvatore Santoro were indicted >' for violation of the Federal narcotic laws in connection with an extensive conspiracy which involved the smuggling of narcotic drugs from the Republic of Mexico and their distribution in New York City. A superseding indictment in New York and an additional indictment in Arizona were obtained, and it is contemplated that seventeen defendants will be prosecuted in New York City, ten of whom will also be prosecuted in Arizona for offences arising out of these unlawful transactions. Investigation by Customs and Narcotic officers with the assistance of Mexican officials, indicated that for some months correspondence relating to illicit drugs had been carried on between Helmuth Hartm ann at New York City and Celestino Hardtstein in Mexico City. In May 1940, Hardtstein advised Hartmann that a supply of drugs, both opium and “ white drugs ”, was available in Mexico City. It was alleged that Hartmann imparted this informa tion to Joseph Spitarelli, Dominick Petrelli, Salvatore Santoro, and other New York drug dealers, and certain of the conspirators, including Hartmann, Santoro and Petrelli, then proceeded to Mexico City, arriving there around July 1st, 1940. Upon being advised on their arrival in Mexico City that the drugs which they contemplated purchasing had been sold but that drugs were available on the west coast of Mexico, some members of the party proceeded to Guaymas, where they obtained 9 pounds 14 ounces 321 grains (4 kg. 500 gr.) of opium which it was charged they later caused to be smuggled into the United States through the Port of Naco, Arizona. It was further alleged that, in October 1940, as the result of arrangements which had been made on their July trip, Santoro and Petrelli proceeded from New York City to Mexico City, where they purchased 2 pounds 3 ounces 120 grains (1 kilogramme) of heroin, and 4 pounds 6 ounces 240 grains (2 kilogrammes) of cube morphine, which they smuggled into the United States. Quantities of heroin and opium, alleged to be portions of the above-described smuggled drugs, were afterwards seized in New York City. No. 2177. — Seizures on the Mexican border in January, March, April, June and July, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Raw opium : 19 kg. 196 gr. (42 pounds 3 ounces OC.S./Conf.l582. 3367/8 grains). 1 U.S. Report No. 1055. Prepared opium : 2 kg. 74 gr. (4 pounds 9 ounces 14% grains).1 Opium solution : 42.6 grammes (1 ounce 218% grains). Morphine sulphate : 3.7 grammes (581/4 grains). 3. There were fourteen seizures made in the following places : Laredo, Texas, Calexico and San Ysidro, California, Douglas, Gila Bend and Nogales, Arizona. The following persons were implicated : Winfield Scott, M.B. Harrison, Arthur Moore, Herbert Eby, Robert D. Nance, Elisabeth H. Banyai, Samuel Jepson, Florence D. Mitchell, Joe M. Pitta, Jr., and Robert James Ringer, all American citizens ; Pedro Rodriguez, Filiberto Verdusco, Francisco Perez, Alejandro Moreno, Jose Maria Solarez, Eduardo Castro, Gilberto Ramirez, Carlos Coronado and Buenaventura Cruz, all Mexican citizens. Pedro Rodriguez obtained the opium from poppies grown by him in Durango, Mexico. Winfield Scott, a wealthy rancher and an addict, purchased a quantity of morphine powders in Mexico City from Dr. Gregorio Oneta Barenque. Carlos Coronado and Buenaventura Cruz are supposed to act for the owner of a fish store in Phoenix, Arizona. The largest individual seizure was : for raw opium —-7 kg. 499 gr. ; for prepared opium — 6 kg. 363 gr. In six cases drugs were smuggled from Tijuana, Mexico. 4. According to the report, Winfield Scott was given a suspended sentenceand was ordered to rid himself of his drug addiction, failing which he would be committed toprison, and Herbert Eby was sentenced to imprisonment for two years. No. 2178. — Seizures at Hoboken, New Jersey, on January 10th, 1942. Report com municated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. n ï W 6 : 1 (a). Raw opium : 23 kg. 546 gr. (51 pounds 13 ounces). •i-b./Conf.l567. Prepared opium : 6 kg. 987 gr. (15 pounds 5 ounces S. Report No. 1047. Opium solution : 287.4 gram m es (10 ounces 52 grains). 3 kg. 627 gr. (7 pounds 15 ounces 306 grains) of prepared opium were contained in 1-tael tins °i the “Golden Deer” brand, of alleged Macao origin. The raw opium was contained in thirty-two 1 According to quantities indicated in the list of seizures, given in the original report, the grand totals for raw opium and prepared opium should be : Raw opium: 12 kg. 833 gr. (28 pounds 3 ounces 337s/8 grains). Prepared opium: 8 kg. 437 gr. (18 pounds 9 ounces 14‘/s grains). 24 — packages, twenty-nine of which consisted of sticks bearing labels believed to represent the product of the Iranian Government Opium Monopoly.1 The other three packages consisted of flat wicks. 3. Gin Shin Goo, laundryman on the s.s. President Van Buren (American President Lines, Ltd.,), purchased the above-described narcotic drugs in Hong Kong and, upon arrival of the ship at the port of New York (ports of call : Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Cape Town and Port-of-Spain), he met Wong King in Chinatown and, on the following day, proceded with him to the home of George F. Jochmann, American citizen, in Brooklyn, where arrangements were made to remove the contraband from the vessel on the night of January 9th, 1942. Jochmann, apparently in an intoxicated condition, attempted to bribe the Customs guards, in order to remove the contraband, and, due to this fact, the seizure was effected. 4. On February 26th, 1942, Wong King was sentenced to imprisonment for five years. Gin Shin Goo received a sentence of two years, while George F. Jochmann was sentenced to serve eighteen months. Subsequently, the sentence imposed on Jochmann was commuted to the time he had already served in jail. No. 2179. — Seizures at Atlantic Coast ports in May, July, August and September 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 [a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 591 gr. (3 pounds 8 ounces O.C.S./Conf.l581. 10% grains). U.S. Report No. 1054. Opium dross : 293.7 grammes (10 ounces 150 grains). Opium solution : 2 kg. 148 gr. (4 pounds 11 ounces 269y2 grains). Raw opium : 1 kg. 723 gr. (3 pounds 12 ounces 296 grains). 3 In one case, prepared opium was contained in soft-metal tubes marked “ Hong Kong - MCMXLI - Singapore Packing Plant ”, 3. There were the following cases : 1. While conducting a search on May 26th, 1942, of the British s.s. Menelaus arrived at Staten Island, New York, from Karachi, Customs officers found concealed in the seamen’s washroom approximately 3 pounds 8 ounces (1 kg. 591 gr.) of raw opium. Investigation showed that the opium was the property of Lee Foo Yung, greaser on the vessel. Lee stated that he purchased the opium while the Menelaus was in port at Karachi. On July 30th, 1942, this Chinese was sentenced to imprisonment for three years. 2. At Norfolk, Virginia, on July 2nd, 1942, Customs officers found, together with opium- smoking paraphernalia on and in the vicinity of Ah Choy, chief cook of the s.s. Michael Jebson, arrived from Glasgow, the following drugs : 273 2/B grains (17.8 grammes) of raw opium, 543/s grains (3.5 grammes) of opium dross and 7 ounces 388 % grains (224 grammes) of opium solution. 3. At New York City, New York, on August 3rd, 1942, Lee Kim Sing and Jung Gen, Chinese, were arrested by narcotic officers when in possession of nine soft-metal tubes of prepared opium, 3 200 grains (13 grammes) of opium dross and 10 grains (0.7 gramme) of opium solution, together with very complete opium-smoking paraphernalia. The metal tubes were marked : “ Hong-Kong - MCMXLI - Singapore Packing Plant ”. The defendants will be prosecuted. 4. At Brooklyn, New York, on August 7th, 1942, Customs searchers found 153/4 grains (1 gramme) of opium concealed in coils of rope in the forepeak of the s.s. Tjibesar. 5. At New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 7th, 1942, during a search of the s.s. Benlidi, arrived from Durban, Customs officers found a bottle containing 5 ounces 369 grains (166 grammes) of opium solution and opium paraphernalia in the locker of Rang Yang, Chinese, No. 1 man. 6. At Edgewater, New Jersey, on September 8th, 1942, City police encountered Wong Ah Fook, Chinese, walking on the highway in the vicinity of the waterfront. As his clothing appeared to be wet, he was searched and a tin containing 1 ounce 2183/4 grains (42.6 grammes) of prepared opium was found, wrapped, in oilskin and cellophane, under his vest. There were water-wings sewn into the vest in question and the Chinese admitted that he had swum ashore from the Dutch tanker Taria. H e also admitted th at he purchased the opium in Liverpool. Investigation showed that Wong, under the name of Low Bing, 4 was deported from the United States in 1941, after serving one year in prison for wounding another Chinese with a knife. 1 For most references to these labels, see documents C.72.M.69.1941.XI [0,C.S.300(s)], page 14, No. 1883, and C.78.M.78.1945.XI [O.C.S.300(y)], page 19, No. 2074. 2 The above totals are those given in the original report. According to quantities indicated in the list of seizures, they should be as follows for prepared opium, opium dross and opium solution : Prepared opium : 1 kg. 481 gr. (3 pounds 4 ounces 60 grains). Opium dross : 1 kg. 989 gr. (4 pounds 6 ounces 183/6 grains). Opium solution : 1 kg. 243 gr. (2 pounds 11 ounces 339 grains). 8 No figures were indicated in the original report. 4 See document C.27.M.27.1942.XI [0,C.S.300(f)], page 10, No. 1951. — 25 — On the evening of September 14th, 1942, Customs searchers at Bayonne, New Jersey, while searching the British steamer Gold Shell, arrived from Liverpool, found on the person of Ching Ah Lah, Chinese, seaman, fifteen pieces of raw opium weighing 2 ounces 140 grains (65.9 grammes) net, and a package of opium dross, weighing 70 grains (4.5 grammes) net. Ching stated that he purchased the drugs in Liverpool. On the same date, the searchers found under Ching’s bunk certain opium-smoking paraphernalia. At Constable, Hook, to which anchorage the ship had removed, on September 14th, Customs searchers found two jars, ont bottle and one tin, containing 2 pounds 5 ounces 350 grains (1 kg. 73 gr.) net, of opium dross ; one beer tin containing 3 ounces 218 grains (99.4 grammes) net, of opium dross and one envelope, containing 1 pound 12 ounces (795.2 grammes) net, of opium dross. The articles seized were found in a garbage pile, on the portside of the vessel, outside the Chinese quarters. On September 15th, in New York harbour, Customs officers found on the Gold Shell, under wire cable and burlap bags in the steering-gear room, an opium pipe and lamp. On the same date, there was found in the forepeak, under a coil of rope, a bottle of opium solution weighing 1 pound 109 grains (465.7 grammes) net. Later the same day, a package of opium solution weighing 5 ounces 358 grains (165.3 grammes) net, was found on the poop deck, forward. At Staten Island, New York, on September 22nd, 1942, when searching the British tanker Clausina, arrived from British ports, Customs searchers found on a ledge, in the working-alley, in the Chinese quarters, forward, a cigarette tin, containing 3 ounces 109 grains (96.6 grammes) net, of raw opium. The opium was in a decomposed condition and contained but 3 % anhydrous morphine. Ownership was not determined. At Staten Island, New York, on September 14th, 1942, when the Dutch vessel Garoet arrived from Colombo, Customs searchers found, in the coal bunkers, under pipe covering the starboard side, an opium pipe and three opium lamp parts. Later that day, they found a bottle of opium solution weighing 7 ounces 350 grains (221.5 grammes) net, and opium-smoking paraphernalia under a bed in the Chinese crew quarters. On September 23rd, three tins of prepared opium, weighing 2 pounds 14 ounces 350 grains (1 kg. 329 gr.) net, were found behind pipe covering in an old storeroom on Shelter Deck No. 5 hatch, aft, portside, together with complete opium-smoking paraphernalia. On September 29th, Customs officers found in hatch No. 5, starboard side, behind a pile of lumber, one tin of prepared opium, weighing 3 ounces 350 grains (108 grammes) net. In neither seizure was it possible to establish definitely ownership of the drugs. Note. — Seizures of raw opium 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. 2198 under “ Prepared Opium Case No. 2211 under “ Heroin ”. Cases Nos. 2224, 2228, 2234, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2240 and 2241 under “ Indian hemp ”. Quantities of Raw Opium seized as reported to the Secretariat : 1941 1942 527 kg. 512 gr. 806 kg. 754 gr. 8.2 grammes of powdered opium. 2 kg. 478 gr. of opium solution. 14.8 grammes of opium pills. 114.1 grammes of opium liquid. 2. PREPA RED OPIUM AND DROSS No. 2180. — Seizure at Sydney on July 22nd, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, August 8th, 1942. nep6oe^ e : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 16 kg. 699 gr. " '/Conf.1404. Sixty-eight 8%-ounce tins bearing the mark Yick Lee. Fifty-six 2-ounce tins bearing the Lion & Globe brand. Thirty 2-ounce tins bearing no mark. 3. Sixty-eight tins each weighing 8% ounces (241.4 grammes) gross, approximately 63/4 ounces (191.7 grammes) net, eighty-six tins each weighing 2 ounces (56.8 grammes) gross, approximately 1 % ounce (42.6 grammes) net, were found on the British vessel Taiping (G. S. Yuilts & Co. Pty. Ltd.) arrived from Hong Kong via Manila, Thursday Island, and Cairns. The drug was concealed in a suitcase placed with passengers’ baggage in the first-class accommodation corridor. The suitcase was not addressed and bore no identification maiks. There was no claimant and the owner was not located. — 26 — No. 2181. — Seizure at Hull, England, on November 28th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, January 7th, 1942. O ^ S 6/^6 f 1390 ^ (a)' PrePare^ opium : 389 grammes (13 ounces 306 grains). 3. On November 28th, 1941, H.M. Customs Officers at Alexandra Dock, Hull, went aboard the s.s. Algorab (Dutch) coming from Calcutta via Madras, Durban, Cape Town and Freetown, to rummage the ship. During the search a parcel of eighteen sticks of prepared opium weighing 13 ounces 306 grains (389 grammes) was found concealed amongst the coal in the ’tween-deck bunker of the vessel. The sticks were wrapped in white papers on one of which were indecipherable Iranian characters. There were no markings on outside wrappers. The Chinese fireman of the ship Mou Sze Tsieh admitted ownership and stated that he had purchased the opium from another countryman in Cape Town. 4. Mou Sze Tsieh was convicted and sentenced to a fine of £7 7s. and £1 11s. costs or in default to imprisonment for fifty-one days. No. 2182. — Seizure at Hull, England, on December 19th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, January 7th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 108 gr. (2 pounds 7 ounces). O.C.S./Conf. 1391. 3. On December 19th, 1941, H.M. Customs officers, when searching at Alexandra Dock, Hull, the s.s. Alcyone (Netherlands Shipping Trading Co., London), coming from Karachi via Durban, Cape Town and Freetown, discovered in the main bunker of the vessel a parcel containing a lump of prepared opium. This lump was wrapped in white paper bearing no marks or labels. The Chinese fireman of the ship, Sz Kin Choy, admitted ownership and stated that he had purchased the opium from a coloured man in Karachi. 4. Sz Kin Choy was convicted and sentenced to a fine totalling £11 11s. 6d. No. 2183. — Seizure at London on March 6th, 1942.Report communicatedby the Government of the United Kingdom, May 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 2 kg. 273 gr. (5 pounds). No marks O.C.S./Conf.1419. or labels. 3. The opium was found on board the s.s. Blitar (Netherlands Shipping Committee), coming from Panama via Auckland, Singapore, Penang, Batavia and Sourabaya. On March 6th, 1942, H.M. Customs officers, when searching the ship at King George V Dock, North Woolwich, London, E.16, discovered the package of opium in a tin which was hidden under coal in the starboard bunker. Lo Tso, Chinese fireman, admitted ownership of the drug and stated thathe had purchased it in Batavia for his own use. 4. Lo Tso was sentenced to a fine of £10, including costs. No. 2184. — Seizure at London on March 17th, 1942.Report communicatedby the Government of the United Kingdom, May 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 909 grammes (2 pounds). No O.C.S./Conf. 1420. marking on wrappings to show place of origin. 3. Chun Yew, Chinese fireman, on the s.s. Nijkerk (Nether lands Shipping Committee), coming from Calcutta via Colombo, Mombasa, Durban, Cape Town and Freetown, was stopped on March 17th, 1942, at the Tilbury Docks Gate, London, and when questioned produced the prepared opium which he had concealed beneath his raincoat. He admitted that it had been hidden in the ship’s bunker and stated that he had purchased the opium in Calcutta. 4. Chun Yew was convicted and fined £10 and £1 Is. costs. No. 2185. — Seizure at London on March 17th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, May 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 364 gr. (3 pounds). O.C.S./Conf.1421. r r 6 ' 3. Lim Song, Chinese fireman, on the s.s. Nijkerk (Nether lands Shipping Committee), coming from Calcutta via Colombo, Mombasa, Durban, Cape Town and Freetown, was stopped at the Tilbury Docks Gate, London, and when questioned produced the prepared opium which he had concealed beneath his raincoat. He admitted that it had been hidden in the ship’s bunker and stated that he had purchased it in Calcutta. 4. Lim Song was sentenced to a fine of £10 and £1 Is. costs. — 27 No. 2186. — Seizure in Hong Kong on October 4th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, March 14th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 8 kg. 316 gr. consisting of one large 0.G.S./Conf.l407. j.jn ^ con(a in jn g 220 small tins — no marks. Origin : probably Macao. 3. A large tin containing 220 small tins of opium was dropped from the stern of the s.s. Tai Shan, which had just arrived in Victoria Harbour from Macao. Men on a sampan were seen to pick up the large tin and the sampan was stopped and searched by Revenue officers. 4. Lee Yau, Chinese boatman, was sentenced to a fine of $5,000 or to hard labour for six months. The other two Chinese boatmen, Lam Fook and Lam Kan, wrere each sentenced to a fine of $1,000 or to hard labour for three months. No. 2187. — Seizures in Macao in September 1941. Report communicated by the Portuguese Government, July 7th, 1943. Reference : 1 la). Prepared opium : 60.4 gram m es. O.C.S./Conf.l493. w r r c 3. There w'ere four cases, in one of which the drug and quantity were not specified. In three cases, the original report mentions th at the opium will be rendered useless. 4. The following defendants were sentenced as follows : Chau Pac Loc, toa fine of $80 ; Tang Kin, to a fine of $5 ; Vong Kao, to a fine of $6 ; Sio Kuai was arrested and subsequently released as the offence was not proved. No. 2188. —- Seizures at New York City, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Hoboken, New Jersey, from March to November 1941. Report communicated by theGovernment of the United States of America, January 4th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 802.3 gram m es (1 pound 12 ounces O.C.S./Conf.l563. 108 i/2 grains). U.S. Report No. 1043. Opium dross : 73.2 grammes (2 ounces 251 grains). Pills : 14.8 grammes (227 grains). \ . • ■ Powder : 8.2 grammes (126 grains), ) con aimnS morphine. 3. In March, April and June 1941, Narcotic officers at New York City purchased prepared opium from the Chinese Lee Kaong and Lee Gim. Opium wras contained in the tins of the " Red Lion ” brand, said to originate in Macao, of the “ Rooster and Elephant ” (Lam Kee — Macao) brand, of alleged Kwangchow-wan origin, and a six-ounce tin of the tobacco type. Another purchase was made on September 19th, 1941, from Lee Gim, and consisted of 207 grains (13.5 grammes), gross, of prepared opium, and one soft-metal tube of prepared opium weighing 112 grains (7.3 grammes) net. This tube bore the words “ Packing Plant Sin gapore ”, and, on one end “ H.K. ” and also the numerals MCMXXXIX. The tin containing 7 ounces (198.8 grammes) of opium appeared to be home-made. It was constructed of tin-plate, with a removable top and, as Lee Kaong stated, it came from Curaçao. Lee Kaong disappeared and has not yet been apprehended. On October 16th, 1941, Customs officers at New Orleans, Louisiana, found concealed on the Dutch steamer Tjikarang, arrived from the Netherlands Indies, fifteen tubes of prepared opium, a package of opium dross, and certain opium-smoking paraphernalia. Ownership of the seizure was not learned. The tubes were flattened on one end and a brass eyelet inserted. Imprinted into the lead on the flattened end, on one side, wrere dates which read : “ December 1940 ; February 1941 ; March 1941 ; and April 1941 ”. There also appeared the words “ Opium — Regie ”, this indicating that the tubes were the product of the Netherlands Indies Monopoly. When the Tjikarang arrived at New7 York City on October 24th, 1941, Customs officers found concealed behind fire-bricks one box of yellow pills, a package of powder, both containing morphine, and a small hard piece of prepared opium. Ownership was not established. On November 17th, 1941, Customs officers at Hoboken, New Jersey, when searching the Dutch steamship Tjibesar, arrived from the Netherlands Indies, found hidden in a washroom a tin of opium dross, and ninety-nine partly empty tubes of prepared opium. The tubes bore markings which showed them to have originated in the Opium Monopoly of the Netherlands Indies. 1 The owner of the drugs seized could not be identified. 4. Lee Gim was arrested on September 19th, 1941, and another Chinese implicated, Louie How, alias Ah Bok, was arrested on September 23rd, 1941. The case is still pending. 1 For the most recent reference to seizures of prepared opium originating in the Hong Kong Opium Monopoly, see document C.27.M.27.1942.XI [O.C.S.300(Z)], page 12, No. 1955. rn n i or seizure of Netherlands Indies Opium Monopoly prepared opium, see document G.14.M.12.1940.XI lu.L.S.300(o)], page 14, No. 1648. — 28 — No. 2189. — Seizures at Watsonville and Santa Cruz, California, on May 16th and 20th, 1941, and February 3rd, 1942. Report communicated by the Govern ment of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 250.9 grammes (8 ounces 365 grains). O.C.S./Conf.ly64. 170.4 grammes (6 ounces) of opium were contained in a tin U S Report No 1Q14 of the once familiar “ Lai Yuen ” brand.1 15.5 grammes (239 grains) were in one paper “ deck 3. The paper “ deck ” and the tin of prepared opium were purchased by narcotic officers from Kay Chin and Leung Gum on May 16th and 20th, 1941, at Watsonville, California. These two Chinese were not arrested until February 3rd, 1942, at which time there were found in their premises at Santa Cruz two jars containing 2 ounces 126 grains (65 grammes) net, of prepared opium. 4. The defendants will be prosecuted. No. 2190. — Seizures at New York City on May 29th, June 6th and 24th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America on January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 698.8 grammes (24 ounces 264% O.C.S./Conf.l556. ' grains). U S Report No 1035 The opium was contained in three brass tins bearing no identifying marks or labels. The tins measured 11.3 cm. X 6.9 cm. (4% inches X 23/4 inches). 3. Following purchases of one tin of prepared opium each on May 29th, June 6th and 24th, 1941, Narcotic officers arrested Arnold Barbato alias “ Curley ”, Michael Pignetti alias Charles Santoro and Calogero Lo Vetro alias “ Petey ”, alias “ Charlie ”, on June 26th, 1941. On July 2nd, 1941, Joseph Gallichio was arrested. All defendants are American citizens. The defendants, prior to their arrests, claimed that the opium was smuggled into the United States from French Indo-China. The tins appeared to be home made. On August 13th, 1941, Joseph Gallichio, out on bail, was shot and killed by unknown persons. 4 . The cases against the remaining defendants are still pending. No. 2191. — Seizures at New York City, Gary, Indiana, Laredo, Texas, Avila, California, and Washington, D.C., on August 15th, October 4th and 27th, and December 13th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Various non-narcotic substances and prepared opium : O.C.S./Conf.l554. for quantities, see below. U.S. eport No. 1033. g On August 15th, 1941, Narcotic agents at New York City arrested Fong Mei Tong and Fong Sing, following the sale of one tin of purported prepared opium. In the premises occupied by these Chinese were found 18 grains (1.2 gramme) net, of prepared opium, three empty “ toys ”, containing traces of prepared opium and two com plete sets of opium-smoking paraphernalia. The tin weighed 8 ounces 109 grains (234.3 grammes), gross, and bore the markings of the familiar “ Rooster and Elephant ” brand (Lam Kee — Macao), alleged to originate in the French leased territory of Kwangchow-wan. Chemical analysis of the substance contained in the tin disclosed that it was molasses, containing an undetermined small quantity of morphine. * * * On October 4th, 1941, police at Gary, Indiana, turned over to Federal Narcotic officers a bottle of purported heroin which had been found by new tenants of an old house concealed in a panel of the bathroom of the residence. Since the house was over fifteen years old and had changed hands several times, it was impossible to establish ownership of the bottle. The bottle bore the following label : 200 G Di-Acetyl Heroine Hydrochlor POISON T. & H. SMITH, LTD. EDINBURGH LONDON GLASGOW GREAT BRITAIN Blown in the side of the bottle was the number “ 7 ” and, in the bottom, a square with a circle in the centre and, to the right, the number “ 6 1 For the most recent reference to this label, see document C.54.M.54.1942.XI [O.C.S.300(u)l, page 13, No. 2017. — 29 — Photographs of the bottle described above were transmitted to the British authorities, who, under date of December 3rd, 1941, reported that examination of the reproductions indicated that the label was a forgery, because of the use of the words “ Di-Acetyl Heroine ”, a misnomer, and for various other reasons. Chemical analysis of the substance contained in the bottle disclosed that it was ordinary flour. * * * On October 27th, 1941, a deputy-sheriff at Laredo, Texas, turned over to Customs officers a sample of a white powder which had been offered for sale as morphine. Chemical analysis disclosed that the substance consisted of magnesium carbonate and quinine sulphate, and did not show the presence of narcotic drugs. It was then ascertained that a resident of Laredo had discovered twenty-six tins of white cubes, ressembling morphine cubes, buried under a tree and had surrendered all but six of the tins to the deputy-sheriff. It was not determined definitively whether he had attempted to sell any of the tins, and he was prevailed upon to surrender the remaining six tins. The cubes were evidently prepared originally to perpetrate a swindle. On November 15th, 1941, a Customs officer, assisted by a California State highway patrolman, arrested Lee Leaverton and James Kee Gon Wong after search of their automobile resulted in the discovery of twenty-six 3-tael tins of purported prepared opium. The contents of the tins proved to be plain wheat flour. The tins bore the same stamped impressions and paper labels which generally appear on 5-tael tins of the “ Rooster & Elephant ” brand. Investigation disclosed that Leaverton had engaged a local engraving company to make him one hundred brass squares from a dye which he furnished. Unquestionably, Leaverton, who is a sheet-metal worker, made up the tins himself and pasted thereon the labels, which he had obtained in some manner. Because of failure to produce evidence of violations which would permit successful prosecution, Leaverton and Wong were released, but were ordered out of town immediately. They are notorious “ con men ” and have criminal records. * * * Narcotic officers in Washington, D.C., on December 13th, 1941, raided the premises of certain Chinese and found therein the following articles : one tin of purported prepared opium ; three lemons impregnated with prepared opium, of a total gross weight of approximately 4 ounces 162 grains (124.1 grammes), thirteen “ bindles ” of prepared opium, weighing 177 grains (11.5 grammes) ; three glass jars of prepared opium, weighing 3 ounces 109 grains (92.3 grammes) ; one opium pipe and one opium-smoking lamp. No arrests were made. Examination of the content of the tin disclosed that it was, in fact, molasses. 4. On September 18th, 1941, Fong Sing was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and eight months, while Fong Mei Tong received a sentence of seven months. No. 2192. — Seizures at Honolulu, T.H., in December 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 107.6 grammes (3 ounces 344 grains). O.C.S./Conf.1590. 3. In August 1941, W alter A. Glenn, American citizen, a ■ ■ Report No. 1063. known drug addict, returned to Honolulu from San Francisco, California, and was kept under surveillance. On December 22nd, 1941, Narcotic officers raided his premises and seized a toothpaste tube and a small tin both containing prepared opium. The tube was marked “ Lion Toothpaste manufactured by T. Kobayashi & Company Ltd., Tokyo, Japan The trail led to a Chinese named Lau Yin Tai, alias Hop Sing, from whom two similar toothpaste tubes, holding also prepared opium, were seized. Lau stated that he obtained the opium from a Japanese taxi driver named Ushishiro Ishiki. This Japanese was arrested on December 31st, 1941, when he delivered to agents one additional toothpaste tube of prepared opium. Search of his premises disclosed the presence of nineteen brass tins of purported prepared opium, ten bottles of purported heroin and thirty-six pieces of a substance resembling raw opium. Examination and analysis disclosed th at these substances were non-narcotic, and were to be used for flim flam ” purposes, a practice common in Honolulu in recent months. Ushishiro Ishiki admitted that the toothpaste tubes of opium had been smuggled into Honolulu by his twin brother, Kameseu Ishiki, who is now in Japan. 4. Walter A. Glenn appeared in Military Court in Honolulu on January 31st, 1942, and was given a suspended sentence of imprisonment for two years. He was placed on probation and required to report to Narcotic agents each month. — 30 — No. *2193. — Seizures at San Francisco, California, on February 11th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 125.2 grammes (4 ounces 180 grains). O.C.S./Conf. 1577. Mixture of opium dross and prepared opium : 582.2 U.S. Report No. 1049. grammes (20 ounces 218 grains). Opium dross : 59.6 grammes (2 ounces 44 grains). 3. Customs officers, during a search of the Dutch motor- vessel Boschfontein (Vereeniging Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij), found in the shirt pocket of Kwok Kow a paper package of prepared opium containing 8.8 % anhydrous morphine. Search of his quarters aboard the ship resulted in the discovery of a matchbox holding prepared opium, together with opium-smoking paraphernalia. Later that day, the searching officers found on a ledge of the mirror, in the starboard side crew washroom, a toothpaste tube, containing prepared opium. The tube bore the following label : “ Tooth paste — girl in moon — Young Woo Industrial Company ”. A member of the Customs searching squad then found two life preservers concealed beneath some deck gear under the stern gun platform. In examining the life preservers, he noticed that the string used to sew some of the pockets containing the cork was cleaner than that on the other pockets. There fore, he opened one of the pockets and noticed that on top of the block of cork therein were nail heads. He removed the cork from that pocket and saw two paper packages concealed in the cork, which had been hollowed out. There were five such caches in the two life preservers. Four of the packages contained a mixture of prepared opium and opium dross, in the form of sticks, and with a content of 8 % anhydrous morphine. The fifth package contained opium dross, of a morphine content of 4.9 %. The Customs chemist who analysed the seizure stated that the sticks, or rolls, of opium were neither raw nor prepared opium, but appeared to be a combination of prepared opium and opium dross that had been blended and boiled down and formed by hand into sticks or rolls, as found. These sticks were first wrapped in cellophane paper and re-wrapped with ordinary w'hite paper. The packages were then tied with strings of the type that are usually found in any deck gear locker. It was noted later that on each of the two life preservers a smear of red lead had been placed on the strap used for tying the preservers around the body. This, evidently, had been placed there for ready identification by the person who concealed the opium therein. Kwok Kow denied knowledge of the narcotic drugs found elsewhere than on his person, and, due to the small quantity discovered in his shirt pocket and the fact that it was obviously for his own consumption and not for smuggling purposes, he was finally released. Ownership of the other drugs found was not definitely established. No. 2194. — Seizures at Brooklyn, New York, on March 11th and 28th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 85.9 grammes (3 ounces 11 grains). O.C.S./Conf.1601. Opium dross : 61.3 grammes (2 ounces 71 grains). U.S. Report No. 1048.3 Seizures involving one 1-tael tin and eight pills of prepared opium, a package of dross and a number of metal tubes originating in the Netherlands Indies and British Far-Eastern possessions were made from the following Dutch steamers : Tjisadane coming from the Far East, via South-American ports ; Tanimbar arrived from Cape Town. The metal tubes bore the following marks : one tube — “ Opium Regie — ‘ 3 ’ — Juli 1941 ” (appeared to be the product of the Netherlands Indies Monopoly) ; fifty tubes — “ Regie — 4 ” ; twenty-six tubes — “ Regie — 3 ” (these were evidently the product of the Netherlands Indies Monopoly) ; sixteen tubes — “ Packing Plant Singapore ” with the letter “ M ” (it is possible that these tubes were prepared by the British Monopoly in Singapore for distribution in Malaya). The one-tael tin bore the “ Red Lion ” label and was of alleged Macao origin. No. 2195. — Seizures at Seattle, Washington, and San Francisco, California, on March 29th and July 18th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 843 gr. (4 pounds 387 grains). O.C.S./Conf.l589. Opium dross : 7.1 grammes (110 grains). U.S. Report No. 1062. 3 Narcotic agents and police officers at Seattle, on March 29th, 1942, arrested James Nathan Lowery and seized ten tins of prepared opium, a small metal case, holding opium dross ; a tin lid, containing opium dross, 31 — and an opium pipe made of a bottle, nipple and a glass tube. The tins bore no identifying marks or labels. Lowery had purchased the opium from Tony Alvarado of Juarez, Mexico, and had transported the drugs from El Paso, Texas, to Seattle by airplane. Alvarado is a well-known opium smuggler. Seven of the tins were apparently hand-made of copper, in the shape of tobacco tins, with soldered seams and bottom and slip-on tops, bound by adhesive tape. Three of the tins were of the type that contain spices. The opium varied in anhydrous morphine content from 17.7 % to 7.3 %. On July 18th, 1942, Florence Davis was arrested at San Francisco by Narcotic agents, in possession of three 5-tael tins of prepared opium and six white porcelain jars, holding prepared opium. The opium had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The tins were of the ordinary 5-tael size and shape, constructed of heavy copper, bearing no identifying marks or labels, and were apparently hand-made. The porcelain jars were also without distinguishing marks. Copy of this report has been transmitted by the American authorities to the Mexican authorities. No. 2196. — Seizures at Laredo and San Antonio, Texas, in April, May and June 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. m Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 3 kg. 550 gr. (7 pounds 13 ounces). O.C.S./Conf.1587. Morphine hydrochloride : 2 kg. 216 gr. (4 pounds U.S. Report No. 1060. 14 ounces 15 grains). The drugs were of Mexican origin. 3. An example of close co-operation between Customs and Narcotic agents and Mexican authorities is furnished by a successful joint investigation involving the notorious narcotic dealer in Juarez, Mexico, commonly referred to as “ La Nacha ”, whose true name is Ignacia Jasso Gonzales (Ignacia Jasso, widow of “ El Pablote ” Gonzales). It had long been known to enforcement officers along the Mexican border that this woman was a source of narcotics smuggled into the United States and that she made it a practice to sell to any and all persons who came to El Paso, Texas, and crossed over to Juarez, for the purpose of purchasing a supply. She had apparently been operating over a period of years with impunity, and had customers in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles. Early in February 1942, acting on information that purchases of narcotics could be made readily from “ La Nacha ”, Narcotic and Customs officers of Mexico and of the United States established contact w-ith “ La Nacha ” and succeeded in having three deliveries made to them in El Paso by her runners. Subsequently, theinvestigating officers wrere introduced to “ La Nacha’s ” chemist, Luis Manuel Vasquez, in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he maintained a chemical plant in the home of Alberto Torres Ibarra, a lawyer, for the purpose of converting Mexican rawr opium into morphine and heroin. These men proposed to the officers that they should sell large quantities of morphine, to be delivered in the United States, without the knowledge of “ La Nacha ”. Thereafter, approximately 1 pound 7 ounces (653.2 grammes) of morphine wrere smuggled across the border by the lawyer, and delivered to the agents at El Paso and arrange ments were then made for a further delivery of morphine in San Antonio, Texas. Accordingly, on June 19th, 1942, Luis Manuel Vasquez, Alberto Torres Ibarra and a former Mexican Customs officer, named Juan Manuel Vergara, arrived in San Antonio writh morphine hydrochloride concealed in the gasoline tank of an automobile, which they delivered to the waiting officers. They were arrested immediately. On the night of June 21st, 1942, the runners of “ La Nacha ”, Theodoro Garcia and Guadalupe Guzman, delivered in Laredo nineteen tins of prepared opium. They wrere arrested. 4. Indictments have now been returned against “ La Nacha ” and her associates. On October 17th, 1942, Alberto Torres Ibarra and Luis Vasquez wrere each sentenced at Houston, Texas, to imprisonment for five years and fined $5,000 each. The cases against the other associates of “ La Nacha ”, some of whom are in custody in the United States and some at large in Mexico, are pending. A formal request for the extradition to the United States of “ La Nacha ” has been made to the appropriate Mexican authorities, who ordered her arrest, pending the result of the extradition proceedings. In the meantime, after receipt of the formal extradition request, but before her arrest on this charge, “ La Nacha ” w7as arrested by Juarez police in the act of administering morphine injections to a drug addict. Subsequently, the extradition warrant was served on her in Juarez, and she is now' being held. A copy of this report has been transmitted by the American authorities to the Mexican authorities, without whose close cooperation this case could not have been brought to such a successful conclusion. — 32 — No. 2197. — Seizure at New York City on April 16th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Smoking-opium : 2.7 grammes (42 grains). O.C.S./Conf. 1583. x ' r 6 v ' 3. The Annual Report of the United States on Traffic in U.S. Report No. 1056. Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the year 19411 referred to the seizure of 16 pounds (7 kg. 272 gr.) of raw opium at San Ysidro, California, on May 11th, 1941, stating that the case was still under investigation and that the name of the defendant arrested would be withheld for the moment. During the joint investigation conducted by Customs and Narcotic agents following this seizure, information was secured indicating that Mexican raw opium was being smuggled into California and was being converted into prepared opium in Los Angeles and vicinity and packed in either home-made brass tins or very old square tins bearing the familiar “ Lai Yuen ” labels.2 The opium was then transported to New York City. Several well-known narcotic traffickers were indicated as handling the smuggling from Mexico, “ cooking ” and packing in California, transportation to New York City and peddling of the opium in the latter city. On March 25th, 1941, several tins of prepared opium with “ Lai Yuen ” labels and wrapped in Los Angeles newspapers were seized in New York City from one Joseph Walker, alias Striker.2 This person stated prior to his arrest that his brother, Sammy Walkoff, was bringing opium, which had been smuggled from Mexico into the United States, from Los Angeles to New York City, and that the opium was in “ old-fashioned ” tins. On April 16th, 1942, Sammy Walkoff was arrested at New York City in possession of 42 grains (2.7 grammes) of prepared opium and opium-smoking paraphernalia. 4. On May 14th, 1941, Walker was sentenced to imprisonment for two years. Indictments have now been returned in California, naming John Phelps, Sammy Walkoff, his brother, Joseph Walker, alias Striker, whose true name, it is now known, is Michael Walkoff, Milton Abramson, arrested at Long Beach, California, on June 18th, 1942, Thomas Cougler, now serving a term at McNeil Island Penitentiary, and other defendants, some of whom are in California and others in Mexico. The case is still pending. A copy of the report was being transmitted by the American authorities to the Mexican authorities. No. 2198. — Seizures at points on or near the Mexican border in October and November 1942, Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 la). Prepared opium : 20 kg. 5 gr. (44 pounds 1191/» O.C.S./Conf. 1586. ^rsinsj U.S. Report No. 1059. Raw °Pium : 2 kS- 968 gr- (6 pounds 8 ounces 2188/4 grains. Opium dross : 46.1 grammes (1 ounce 273 grains). 3. On October 18th, 1942, Customs patrol inspectors at Tucson, Arizona, acting on information that Mrs. Herminia Ahumada had opium concealed in the backyard of her premises, made a search and found one lump of raw opium, weighing 2 pounds (908.8 grammes), net, buried beneath a tub. During this investigation, a taxicab drove up to the front door of the house and two passengers alighted. Owing to their suspicious actions, these persons were taken into custody. The woman, Mercedes Novarro, admitted she had opium concealed on her person and produced four lumps of raw opium, weighing 4 pounds 6 ounces 218 grains (2 kg. 59 gr.), net. The opium was wrapped in red cellophane. Her companion, Francisco Noriega, is a well-known narcotic trafficker and was arrested recently in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for violation of the Mexican narcotic laws. The opium involved in the present seizure was smuggled into the United States from Mexico. On October 23rd, 1942, Customs patrolmen received a telephone call from an inspector of the California Quarantine Service at Fort Yuma, California, who stated that he was holding a suitcase containing opium which had been removed from a bus en route to El Centro, California. Following the bus, the patrolmen caught up with it at El Centro and apprehended Juan Gonzales, who admitted possession of the opium and stated he had received it from a Mexican in El Paso, Texas, with instructions to deliver it to a Chinese, Sojo Soon, in San Francisco, California. Investigation in San Francisco furnished sufficient evidence to bring indictments against Sojo Soon and another Chinese, Horn Tom Koon. The case is pending. The tins were oval in shape, made of copper, with soldered seams, and bound by adhesive tape. Attached to each tin, over the tape, was a small oblong label, with red edges, of the 1 Document C.67.M.67.1942.XI [O.C./A.R.1941/31]. 1 For the most recent reference to “ Lai Yuen ” labels, see document C.54.M.54.1942.XI [O.C.S.300(u)l, page 13, No. 2017. - 33 — type commonly used as “ stickers ” in office work, each label bearing a Chinese character. The total net weight of this prepared opium was 27 pounds 3 ounces (12 kg. 357 gr.), and it was of Mexican origin. Police at Tucson, Arizona, having received information that Carlos C. Blanco and Leo J. Landeros, Mexican citizens, were attempting to sell Mexican opium in Tucson, arrested the latter on October 25th, 1942. In his possession were four tins of prepared opium, of a total net weight of 1 pound 14 ounces (852 grammes). A Federal narcotic agent then arranged with Blanco for the delivery of seventeen kilogrammes of opium, but this deal did not materialise and Blanco was arrested. It was ascertained that Blanco had obtained the seized opium in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and that Landeros had smuggled it over the border into the United States. The four tins were handmade of copper, soldered at the seams, with the lids fastened with adhesive tape. On November 13th, 1942, police officers at Brawdey, California, searched the premises occupied by Jose Sanchez Gutierrez and Maria Carillo Gutierrez and found the following contraband : One 5-tael galvanised tin, containing approximately 328 grains (21.3 grammes) of prepared opium. One 5-tael copper tin, empty, with opium smears on the outside of the container. One 2-ounce china bottle, showing stains of opium. Eighteen 5-tael galvanised tins, empty. Customs officers were asked to investigate the seizure, with the result that it w'as ascertained that the opium was of Mexican origin. Narcotic agents at San Francisco, California, on November 20th, 1942, arrested Richard Benson, when he had in his possession eight jars of prepared opium, of a total net weight of 4 ounces 426 grains (141.3 grammes), and six tins of prepared opium, containing a total of 2 pounds 6 ounces 117 grains (1 kg. 87 gr.). The first item was transported by Benson in his automobile, while the remainder was found in his apartment, and it was there that his common-law wife, Helen Johnson, was arrested. Benson has been considered by Customs officers as a very important opium smuggler, and it is suspected that in February 1942 he smuggled over 19 kilogrammes of Mexican raw opium into the United States. He and Helen Johnson were closely associated with Edw ard Harmon and his common-law w ife, Betty Dixon, who are considered important pedlars of narcotic drugs, and these two persons were arrested later the same day. In their possession were one jar, containing 123 grains (8 grammes) of prepared opium, four glassine bags, containing 1 ounce 273 grains (46.1 grammes), net, of opium dross, and one jar, containing traces of opium dross, together with a complete opium- smoking equipment. The six tins of prepared opium were ordinary cocoa-tins, sealed with a waterproof substance known as Permatex. It is believed that these drugs came direct from Mexico. A member of the Tucson, Arizona, police force, received information that opium was being prepared for sale and shipment in a Chinese restaurant in Tucson. The restaurant was kept under observation and on November 23rd, 1942, the police officer sawr two Chinese, the defendants in this case, leave the restaurant in a taxicab and go to the railroad station, where one of them purchased a railway ticket and they checked two suitcases as baggage. He arrested the Chinese as they were leaving the depot, found the baggage checks, took them to the depot and, upon opening the suitcases, found they contained twenty-five metal containers, holding 12 pounds 3 ounces (5 kg. 538 gr.), net, of prepared opium. Twelve of these containers were square, made of copper with telescope lids and soldered together and, in size, 41/4” (10.6 cm.) high, 21ji” (5.6 cm.) wide, and l 1/*” (3.1 cm.) deep. Thirteen of these containers were round, about 2% ” (6.3 cm.) in diameter and 31/4” (8.1 cm.) high, white enamel with red flower decorations, and labelled “ Pepper ”. Narcotic agents then investigated this seizure, but could obtain very little information from the Chinese. However, it is believed that the opium was brought to this Chinese restaurant from Mexico by a Mexican woman, she having it concealed on her person. Upon searching the restaurant, the agents found eleven empty salt and pepper shakers, exactly the same as those seized. They also found tubes of liquid solder, such as was used to seal the twenty-five tins w'hich contained the opium. A copy of this report was being transmitted by the American authorities to the Mexican authorities No. 2199. — Seizures at San Francisco, California, on December 1st and 9th, 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 2 kg. 341 gr. (5 pounds 2 ounces O.C.S./Conf.l593. 1 184 grains) U.S. Report No. 1066. Opium dross : 14.3 grammes (220 grains). 3. On December 1st, 1942, an inspector of the California State Department of Agriculture, at Hornbrook, California, in inspecting the baggage aboard a bus en route from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, noticed that one suitcase contained what appeared to be narcotic drugs. The suitcase wras turned over to Narcotic agents, who seized twelve 5-tael tins of prepared opium and three jars, containing prepared opium ; — 34 one jar and two paper “ bindles ”, containing opium dross. The 5-tael tins of prepared opium appeared to be of the familiar “ Rooster and Elephant ” brand, alleged to originate in the French leased territory of Kwangchow-wan. 4. Two Chinese were arrested and will be prosecuted. Note. — Seizures of prepared opium and dross 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. 2177, 2178 and 2179 under “ Raw Opium ”. Q u a n t i t ie s s e i z e d o f P r e p a r e d O p i u m a n d o f D r o s s , a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r ia t : Prepared Opium : Dross : 1941 1942 1941 1942 28 kg. 735 gr. 43 kg. 216 gr. 73.2 grammes. 482.1 grammes. 582.2 grammes of pre pared opium and dross. 3. MORPHINE No. 2200. — Theft of narcotics from the “ Roman ” laboratories at Cartagena on April 29th, 1941. Information contained in the Annual Report for 1941 of the Colombian Government. Reference : 1 (b). Morphine sulphate : 855 grammes supplied by the firm Th. Pardo, 23, rue des Petits-Hôtels, Paris Xe. (U.L./A.K.ly41 /43). Morphine hydrochloride : 936.5 grammes, supplied by the firm Th. Pardo, 23, rue des Petits-Hôtels, Paris Xe, packed in square tin boxes of 500 grammes bearing labels inscribed as follows : “ Société des Usines chimiques Rhône-Poulenc, 21 rue Jean-Goujon, Paris 8e — Chlorhydrate de Morphine — 500 gr. 74 B.260-N1028 ”. Pantopon : 260 grammes, supplied by the firm Th. Pardo, 23, rue des Petits-Hôtels, Paris Xe, contained in an amber-coloured glass bottle of a capacity of 500 grammes, bearing a label No. 301221, inscribed as follows : “ Tableau B-A-Pantopon “ Roche ”, Nom déposé — Alcaloïdes totaux de l’opium (chlorhydrates) — 500 grammes — un gramme — Pantopon base — Produits F. Hoffmann-La Roche et Cie — Ch. Weiss, Pharm. de l ere cl., 10 rue Grillon, Paris (IVe) — Enreg. Lab. nat. de Contrôle des Méd. sous le N° 50245 ”. Codeine phosphate : 480 grammes supplied by the firm Gehe, of Dresden, and contained in a paper bag enclosed in a tin box. Soft extract of opium : 1 kg. 567 gr., prepared by the Jorge Garcés B. Laboratories of Cali packed in glass jars. Sydenham’s laudanum : 5 kg. 454 gr. (12 pounds) in glass bottles, of a capacity of 480 cc., with labels bearing the following inscription : “ Laudano de Sidenham Laboratorios Roman — Fabricantes de Especialidades — Productos Farmaceuticos y Quimicos — Establecidos en 1835 — Cartagena, Colombia 3. In the night of April 28/29, 1941, various drugs were stolen from the Roman Labora tories at Cartagena including the narcotics enumerated above. M. Henrique P. Roman, proprietor of the Roman Laboratories, received from his agent at Barranquilla, M. Julio Delgado Pombo, on June 17th, 1941, a letter announcing that a person had offered to sell him morphine sulphate, stating that he had 500 grammes of it. The agent had his suspicions, but did not succeed in having the person arrested and he escaped. The Roman Laboratories, in their reply to M. Delgado, expressed the conviction that the morphine sulphate in question was that which had been stolen from them. On October 2nd, a certain Saavedra came to see M. Delgado and offered him a bottle of salicylarsinate of mercury, which M. Delgado suspected of being one of the drugs stolen from the laboratories, because, besides narcotics, a number of products not subject to control had been taken. Accordingly, he notified the detective service, which instructed an agent to get into touch with Saavedra. On October 5th, Saavedra introduced this agent to D.B., who offered to give him a sample of morphine and also told him what reagents to use to satisfy himself of the purity of the product. With the aid of two detectives, Saavedra and B. were arrested and, having been transferred to Cartagena, they gave the name of M.G.S., proprietor of a tailor’s shop situ ated close to the Roman Laboratories, as a supplier of drugs. A search conducted at this establishment led to the discovery of 75 grammes of morphine hydrochloride, 300 gram m es of morphine sulphate and 74 grammes of pantopon, in addition to certain other drugs stolen from the Roman Laboratories. — 35 — The tailor S. denounced a certain T.B. as the person who had brought him these drugs. He also said that he had been to Barranquilla and had sold drugs to a certain R.M., in which transaction H.F. had served as go-between. R.M., by way of payment, had handed over a second-hand motor-car. It transpired that a portion of these drugs had been acquired by F.M., proprietor of a pharmacy at Barranquilla. Upon becoming acquainted with all these facts, the Minister for the Interior decided, on October 23rd, to instruct the First examining Magistrate of the National Police to conduct, with the aid of his secretary, all the investigations necessary to elucidate the case. 4. As a result of the investigations conducted by this official, seven persons were arrested and brought before the Second Judge for criminal cases. No. 2201. —- Seizure at Bucaramanga, Colombia, on June 30th, 1942. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, July 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). A square white bottle containing a yellow O.C.S./Conf.l436 et 1436(a). powder, tw enty-one small packets and one of larger dim en sions in a w'icker box, two bottles with cork stoppers bearing the following label : “ Envasada —■ Septbre 15/41 ” ; a small bottle containing a pink liquid and bearing a label with the inscription “ T.D.C. ”, and a cardboard box with some gelatinous capsules containing a yellow powder. Analysis showed that the packets contained morphine hydrochloride. 3. The Section Inspector of the Sanitary Police of the Departments of North Santander and Santander, who was at the time conducting an inspection in the latter Department, learned th at narcotic drugs were being sold in the private house situated at No. 11-57, Calle 28, Bucaramanga, to which the morphine addict, Dr. Carlos Lizcano, a medical practitioner, resorted. On June 30th, 1942, the above-mentioned Inspector, together with three officials of the National Police, made a thorough inspection of the whole house, and found the above- mentioned articles. On being questioned, the tenant of the house, Mariana Roman Tapias, stated that she did not know what kind of drugs these wrere as they belonged to a person named Carlos Jesus Serrano, pharmacist, the licensed owner of a pharmacy at Barichara, wrhere he resided. When he was arrested, Serrano stated that he had bought the drugs some five months previously for the sum of 85 pesos from a person of Venezuelan nationality, without knowing what they were. When confronted with the packets which, according to an analysis carried out by the experts M. Rafael Ordonez, M. Jorge Gomez Ortiz and M. Manuel Reyes, contained morphine hydrochloride, he said that he had repacked them in white paper because the drug bought from the Venezuelan wras packed in newspaper. Each packet weighed ten centi grammes. Both Dr. Lizcano and his friend M. Juan E. Guerrero stated at the enquiry that the pharmacist Serrano had sold to the former, on various occasions, morphine hydrochloride at the price of 1.80 peso for ten centigrammes — i.e., 18 pesos per gramme. 4. The accused person, Serrano, will be handed over to the Judge of the Criminal Court when the investigation has been concluded. * * * In the supplementary report dated July 8th, 1942, the Colombian Government com municated the following result of the chemical analysis carried out by the Central Office of Legal Medicine, in the Toxicological Laboratory : “ Two bottles, the labels of which bear the wording 1 Filled September 15th, 1941 ’ containing mineral w'ater (chlorides, sulphates, bicarbonates of sodium and of calcium). One bottle containing ground pepper. One box containing rhubarb powder capsules. One case containing twenty-three packets of morphine hydrochloride. Packet No. 1 containing sulphate of quinine and packet No. 2 containing caffeine. One small bottle containing tincture of cantharides. ” No. 2202. — Theft of drugs from a shipment exported from Switzerland to Montreal, Canada, on May 16th, 1940. Report communicated by the Swdss Government, March 4th, 1942. nepeo6^ e : An important theft of drugs has been committed to the pre- ■I onf.1394. judice of the firm of Hoffmann-La Roche & Cie, Bale. 303 ampoules of pantopon and 20,000 tablets of hypodermic pantopon were stolen, in transit, from a consignment despatched to Lyman Agencies Limited, Montreal, Canada. It appears from the report drawn up by the Canadian police that it is difficult to determine the place and date of the theft. The goods in question wrere despatched from Bale on May 16th, 1940, and left Le Havre on June 10th, 1940, for Casablanca, w'here they wrere unloaded by order of the French authorities. They remained in a warehouse in that port, until March 30th, 1941. It was only on the intervention of the Swiss office responsible for the supervision of imports and exports that the goods were despatched on that date to America. jY Were transhipped at Fort-de-Franee on May 25th, 1941, reached New7 York on June 2nd and Montreal, by rail, on July 30th, 1941. Two other cases belonging to the same consignment, which also contained drugs, were found to be intact. It is therefore probable that the theft was hastily committed by some persons who were afraid of being caught in the act. Further, the police authorities found that some time had elapsed since the case which contained the goods stolen had been broken open. They accordingly concluded that the theft took place either at Casablanca or at Fort-de-France. No. 2203. — The arrest of George and Elias Eliopoulos. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1941. Reference : One of the most interesting cases developed during 1941 was m6r"*/A6R i cm rm that involving George and Elias (Elie) Eliopoulos, 1 who were ' '' indicted with a third brother, Athanase, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on November 18th, 1941. The Eliopoulos brothers are believed to be the largest illicit dealers in narcotics to come to the attention of the narcotic police of the world within the last quarter of a century. For several years prior to 1932 these brothers conducted worldwide operations. They ' were Greek nationals. They maintained headquarters in France and had the output of several French, German (and later Turkish) chemical factories at their disposal. They shipped literally tons of heroin and other narcotics to China, and hundreds of pounds of these dangerous drugs to the United States, Canada and Egypt. American traffickers interested in the disposal of their products in the United States included such notorious figures as the Newman (Neiditch) brothers, Samuel Bernstein, August Del Gracio, Arthur Flegenheimer (“ Dutch ” Schultz). After their expulsion from France in 1931, the Eliopoulos brothers proceeded to Greece, where they remained until the second World War spread to that country. This caused Elias and George Eliopoulos to seek refuge elsewhere and they eventually came to the United States in August 1941, thus placing themselves within the jurisdiction of the United States courts. The Bureau of Narcotics soon learned of their presence, and an immediate investiga tion was launched by Customs and Narcotic officers. Ample evidence was uncovered and numerous witnesses were located to substantiate charges that the Eliopoulos brothers had directed an enormous traffic in illicit narcotics between Europe and the United States, particularly during 1929, 1930, and 1931. The investigation also disclosed indications of double-dealing on the part of the Eliopoulos brothers, it being alleged that whenever a customer assumed sufficient importance to become a rival in the illicit narcotic traffic, the Eliopoulos brothers would denounce him to the authorities. The evidence obtained was presented to a grand jury and an indictment was returned as indicated above. A specific charge in the indictment related to the importation into the United States from France via Antwerp of 187 pounds (84 kg. 990 gr.) of morphine hydro chloride which was seized on the steamship Innoko on July 18th, 1930, at Hoboken, New Jersey. 2 Following their indictment, Elias and George Eliopoulos were promptly arrested and held under bond for trial. The third brother, Athanase, who was also indicted, has not been apprehended, and it is not believed that he is within the jurisdiction of the United States. No. 2204. — Diversion of narcotic drugs for the purpose of catering to drug addiction. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1941. Reference : After information had been received that Dr. Jefferson a 67.M.67.m2 XI G. Waldrop of Nashville, Arkansas, was selling morphine in large ' quantities for other than legitimate medical purposes, an investig ation was concluded on June 12th, 1941, with the arrest of Dr. Waldrop. During a period of twenty days he sold 1,400 morphine tablets to a person having no medical need for such drugs. He attempted to sell to the same person 4,000 morphine tablets for $500. On November 14th, 1941, on a plea of guilty, Dr. Waldrop was sentenced to serve imprisonment for eighteen months. The court also ordered that he remain on probation for three years after the expiration of his prison term. The facts regarding these violations of the Federal narcotic drug laws by Dr. Waldrop were presented to the State Medical Board for the State of Arkansas with a view to the revocation or suspension of his licence, and the consequent withdrawal of his right to purchase, sell, or dispense narcotic drugs. No. 2205. — Seizure at Miami, Florida, on September 24th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Morphine hydrochloride : 84.3 grammes (2 ounces O.C.S./Conf. 1557. 424 grains). U.S. Report No. 1037. Contained in one small box and two paper bags. The morphine wras of approximately 73 % purity. There wer» no identifying marks or labels. 1 For the most recent reference to Eliopoulos case, see document C.498.M.251.1933.XI [O.C.294(p)]> pages 24-28, No. 901. » See document C.279.M.130.1931.XI [O.C.294( 3. Albert Phillips, American citizen, was searched when he arrived at the Miami airport from Havana, since he had been seen in Havana in the company of a suspected narcotic smuggler. The above-mentioned morphine wras found in his possession. Phillips claimed that he purchased the morphine from two negroes in Port-au-Prince. The two packages wrere made up on the scene of the first purchase by the seller and the morphine was taken from a plain glass jar. The second purchase was delivered in an unmarked package and the morphine was removed and placed in a toothpaste box. 4. The defendant will be prosecuted. No. 2206. — Seizures in the United States and their territorial possessions during 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Medicinal preparations containing narcotic drugs. O.C.S./Conf.l553. v 1 v v 6 & 3. Medicinal preparations containing : U.S. Report No. 1027. r r b (a) Morphine. Three paper packages of powdered drug, weighing 1 pound 1 ounce 262 grains (499.8 grammes) net, and containing 0.2 % anhydrous morphine wrere seized at Hilo Territory (Hawaii) on January 31st, 1941. All packages bore the following warding : “ Keshigara Matsu — powdered drug — Registered trade mark — (Japanese characters) — Kirin & Co. Ltd., Osaka — Made in Japan ”. They wrere shipped by Nagai & Co., Yokohama, Japan, to T. Machida Drug Company, Hilo, on December 25th, 1940, on a Japanese steamship. No criminal prosecution was intended. 2,370 bottles of “ Chee Kut ”, Chinese cough pills,1 containing 0.2 % anhydrous morphine (net wreight not determined) were seized at Honolulu (Territory of Hawaii), on March 12th, 1941. They were shipped from Shanghai to Wing Sing Wo Co. Ltd., Honolulu. There wras no prosecution. The consignor was Wing Sing Fat, Hong Kong. 600 bottles of “ CheeKut ” pills (net weight not determined), containing 0.2 %anhydrous morphine, were seized atHonolulu, on April 1st, 1941. These pills were alsoshipped to the firm of Wing Sing Wo Co. Customs officers, after making the seizure, warned the firm against future importations. The consignor was Wing Sing Fat, Hong Kong. One yellow box, containing nine ampoules of a medicinal preparation w7hich contained 0.1 % anhydrous morphine, was seized at Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 21st, 1941. The box w'as found by Customs officers on steamship pier and ownership was not established. The box bore Japanese characters which indicated that the preparation was called “ Haopin ”, 480 bottles of Chinese medicine, of a total net weight of 4 pounds 11 ounces 87 grains (2 kg. 136 gr.), each bottle containing varying amounts of anhydrous morphine, were seized at Los Angeles, California, on October 3rd, 1941. There wrere 120 bottles of “ Ng Poo San ” powder,2 containing 0.3 % morphine, and manufactured by Sak Wo Tong, Hong Kong ; 100 bottles of “ Lai Kam (Kum) ” pills,2 containing 0.1 % morphine, and manufactured by a firm of the same name in Hong Kong ; 200 bottles of “ Gee Kat ” pills,2 containing traces of morphine, and manufactured by Leung Poi Kai, Hong Kong ; and sixty bottles of “ Kou Kat pills,2 containing 0.2 % morphine, and manufactured by Tong Sap Yee, Hong Kong. Three bottles of Dr. Tang Shih Yee cough pills, weighing 4 ounces (113.6 grammes) net, and containing 0.2 % anhydrous morphine and one 3-ounce (85.2 grammes) bottle of a brown, pulverised substance, containing 0.1 % anhydrous morphine, wrere seized at Honolulu, on December 17th, 1941. The bottles found in the crew quarters of the s.s. President Coolidge, arrived from Manila. No arrests were made. Six bottles of Dr. Tang Shih Yee cough pills weighing 1 ounce 201 grains (41.5 grammes) net, and containing 1 % anhydrous morphine were seized at New York City on December 26th, 1941. They were found among unclaimed passengers’ effects on the s.s. Nerissa. No arrests were made. Sixty bottles of “ Chee Kut ” pills, of a total net weight of 2 ounces 306 grains (76.7 grammes), containing traces of morphine, wrere seized at Honolulu, on July 22nd, 1941. They were shipped by Wing Sing Fat, Hong Kong, to W'ing Hong Yuen Co. Ltd., Honolulu. There was no prosecution. One box of “ Ho King Woo ” cough pills,1 weighing 30 grains (1.2 gramme) net, and con taining traces of morphine wras seized at Nogales, Arizona, on August 28th, 1941. The seizure wras made by Customs officers from Miss Ana Maria Urias, Sasabe, Arizona, wiio stated that she purchased them from a Chinese physician at Magdalena, Mexico, as a treatment tor headaches. There wras no prosecution. o, * For previous reference to “ Chee Kut ” pills, sée document C.27.M.27.1942.XI [O.C.S.300(i)j, page No- 1997, and to “ Ho King W oo” pills, document C.55.M.50.1940.XI [0,C.S.300(p)], page 20, No. 1744. nth 2 70r previous reference to “ Ng Poo San ” powder, “ Lai Kum Shek ” pills, “ Gee Kat ” pills, uinerwise known as “ Chee Saw Wan ” pills, and “ Kou Kat ” pills, otherwise known as “ Dr. Tang Shih Yee PiUs, see documents : C.248.M.146.1938.XI O.G.S.300(i)], page 30, No. 1094 ; r'E n"?°4(U939-XI O.C.S.300(m)], page 25, No. 1547 ; C.209.M.152.1937.XI O.C.S.300(d)], page 40, No. 584 ; C.27.M.27.1942.XI [0.c."s.3()0(<)], page 2 0 , No. 1970 — 38 — (b) Codeine phosphate. Twenty-three packages of Japanese medicine, weighing 6 ounces 393 grains (196 grammes) net, and containing 0.3 % codeine phosphate, were seized at Seattle, Washington, on February 8th, 1941. They were shipped by Nakano Co., Tokyo, to M. Furuya Co., Seattle, under consular invoice No. 8720, dated Yokohama, December 9th, 1940. The prosecution was not considered. (c)- Cocaine. Twenty-three bottles of eye medicine, of a total net weight of 13 ounces 57 grains (372.9 grammes) net, containing 0.5 % cocaine, were seized at Honolulu, on February 15th, 17th and 20th, 1941. This medicine, called “ Megusuri ”, was manufactured by the Arita Drug Co., Osaka, Japan, and shipped to the Aritz Drug Co., Honolulu. The consignee was not aware that it contained cocaine and was not prosecuted. (d) Chinese medicines. Twenty-two bottles of Chinese medicine, each bottle weighing 39 grains (2.6 grammes) net, were seized at Honolulu, on March 23rd, 1941. The medicine was in possession of a passenger on an American steamship, arrived from Hong Kong, and bore the following description in Chinese on the labels : “ Chung Sing Dispensary — Gou Gup Hoo Nga Jup Bid Horse Wei Seckee Chung San Kwang Tung ”. This label is unfamiliar. There was no prosecution. No. 2207. — Case of Dr. E. Cooper Person, Pike ville, North Carolina. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1942. Reference : 1 (b). See below. C.17.M.17.1944.XI (O.C./A.R.1942/17). 3. Following a comprehensive investigation in the vicinity of Fairmont and Pikeville, North Carolina, narcotic officers ascertained that Dr. E. Cooper Person, of Pikeville, was issuing so-called “ prescriptions ” for morphine to non-resident addicts without making any examination to determine whether the purchasers of the prescriptions had a medical need for narcotics. A check of the files of drug stores in Pikeville and towns near disclosed 1,696 prescriptions which had been issued by Dr. Person between July 1st, 1941, and September 23rd, 1942, calling for a total of 37,602 quarter-grain (0.016 gramme) morphine tablets. In addition, Dr. Person purchased on official order forms from June 6th, 1941, to July 20th, 1942, 7,000 quarter-grain morphine tablets, making a total of 44,602 morphine tablets dispensed or prescribed by him in this small town with a population of 425. There were listed the names of thirty-eight persons for whom he had prescribed morphine, many of whom had been convicted of violations of narcotic or other laws, and it was observed that these addicts who were passing through Pikeville had come from places distant from 50 to 200 miles away. From March 2nd to March 23rd, 1942, Dr. Person sold to an individual having no medical need for drugs nine so-called “ prescriptions ” for a total of 216 quarter- grain morphine tablets for $18, and from March 20th to 30th, 1942, he sold twelve so-called “ prescriptions ” for a total of 288 quarter-grain morphine tablets, for $24. These “ prescriptions ” were filled in certain drug stores as far as 50 miles distant. 4. On October 20th, 1942, Dr. Person was sentenced, on a plea of nolo contendere, to serve a term of imprisonment of eighteen months and to pay a fine of $1,000. The sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for eighteen months. The facts in his case were reported to the State Hoard of Medical Examiners for the State of North Carolina for consideration with respect to any action they might take on Dr. Person’s medical licence. 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. 2177, under “ Raw Opium ”. Case No. 2196, under “ Prepared Opium ”. Case No. 2211, under “ Heroin ”. Case No. 2262, under “ Miscellaneous ”. Q u a n t i t ie s o f M o r p h i n e s e iz 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 ia t : 1941 1942 1.7 gramme. 2 kg. 293 gr. of morphine hydrochloride. 85.2 grammes of morphine hydrochloride. 3.7 grammes of morphine sulphate. In addition 190 grammes of codeine sul phate. — 39 — 4. HEROIN No. 2208. — Seizures at Marseilles on November 29th, 1941. Report communicated by the French Government, February 2nd, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Heroin : 205 grammes. O.G.S./Conf. 1388. Refined opium : 50 grammes. Cocaine : 2 grammes. 3. As a result of confidential information, a search was carried out, on November 29th, 1941, at the residence of a certain Marc Palmieri and his mistress, Joséphine Arnaud, 8, Marché des Capucines, Marseilles. During this operation, the following poisonous substances w'ere discovered : In a cupboard in a small sitting-room : about 2 grammes of cocaine ; In a wicker basket hidden under a table : 50 grammes of refined opium, five packets of heroin weighing, in all, 65 grammes. In addition, the following were also discovered : A letter-scales with set of weights, such as drug traffickers habitually use for weighing drugs ; A sum of 34,990 francs in notes of the Bank of France and two gold ten-dollarcoins, which money must certainly have come from the traffic in drugs. The w-oman Joséphine Arnaud came in during the search. She wfas found to be in possession of three packets of heroin, which were hidden on her person and which weighed, in all, 140 grammes. A total of 257 grammes of poisonous substances, packed in w'rappers bearing no mark, was thus discovered at the residence of these two traffickers. These two persons gave the following particulars concerning themselves : Marc Jacques Palmieri, born on May 1st, 1888, at Censuri (Corsica) ; the son of Luc Palmieri and Lucrèce Agostini (deceased) ; married to a woman named Pagui ; residing at 8, Marché des Capucines. On being questioned, he wras led to admit that he was habitually engaged in the drug traffic, but he refused to inform his questioners of t he source of the drug found at his residence. Joséphine Claudia Arnaud, born on July 29th, 1894, at Saint-Rémy-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) ; unmarried ; of no occupation ; she has lived as his wife with Palmieri for about seventeen years. On being questioned, she also admitted that she was engaged in the drug traffic and that she assisted her lover in that traffic. As he did, she refused to state the source of the drugs discovered at her residence. 4. The two persons named above were committed to the Marseilles Prison. No. 2209. — Seizure at Marseilles on May 5th, 1942. Report communicated by the French Government, June 24th, 1942. Reference ; l (a). Heroin : 10 grammes. O.C.S./Conf. 1425. v ' 6 3. On May 5th, 1942, the branch of the Marseilles Criminal Investigation Department charged with the suppression of the drug traffic was informed that drug addicts were visiting the residence of a certain Marie Calvani, the widow of one Sarrazin, living at 121, boulevard Vauban, Marseilles, for the purpose of obtaining drugs. The above-mentioned house was immediately placed under supervision and, that very day, a person named Louis Gassier, of independent means, residing at Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes- Maritimes), was challenged at the moment wrhen he wras leaving the building. He was found to have in his possession a small packet, bearing no mark, containing 5 grammes of heroin. On being questioned, he stated spontaneously that he had just bought the drug from the woman Calvani, at the price of 50 francs per gramme. A search was immediately carried out at the residence of the woman Calvani and resulted in the discovery of another packet, similar to the one found on Gassier, wThich also contained 0 grammes of heroin. On being questioned, Louis Gassier admitted that he W'as addicted to the use of heroin. The woman Calvani was led to admit that she trafficked in heroin, but she did not reveal the origin of the above-mentioned drugs. The following are particulars of the above-named persons : (1) Marie Calvani, the widow of one Sarrazin ; born on October 4th, 1883, at Méria (Corsica) ; the daughter of Michel Calvani and Rose Automarchi (deceased) ; of no definite occupation ; residing at 121, boulevard Vauban, Marseilles ; of French nationality. (2) Louis Aimé Gassier, born on October 22nd, 1878, at Barcelonette (Basses-Alpes) ; f i?SOn Gassier and Marie Rose Paquet ; formerly company-director ; unmarried , French nationality ; residing at Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes). . 4* Both accused were handed over to the Examining Magistrate, who charged them ^_ith having in their possession, using and trafficking in drugs, and committed them to the Marseilles Prison. — 40 — No. 2210. —- Seizure at Marseilles on December 28th, 1942. Report communicated by the French Government, February 3rd, 1943. Reference : 1 (a). Heroin hydrochloride : 21 gram m es. O.C.S./Conf. 1457. 3. Upon information that a certain Teppas was in the habit of taking drugs, this person was challenged, in the train about to leave for Cannes, by the officials of the Marseilles Criminal Investigation Department and was found in the possession of a small packet containing 1 gramme of heroin. He gave the following particulars concerning himself : Charles-Henri Teppas, born on October 20th, 1903, at Lyons, Rhone ; son of François Teppas, deceased, and Marie Julienne Perrin ; unmarried ; of French nationality ; seaman ; residing at 7, avenue des Thermes, Cannes. Teppas admitted that the drug found in his possession was intended for his personal use and that he had obtained it from a certain Giovanni, who lived at 37, boulevard Tellène, Marseilles, and was identified as follows : Antoine Joseph Giovanni, born on August 10th, 1887, at Propriano (Corsica) ; son of Jean-Raptiste Giovanni and Jeanne Sorba ; of French nationality ; ex-seaman ; residing at 37, boulevard Tellène, Marseilles. On being arrested, Giovanni threw away a packet containing two small packets in each of which there were 10 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. 4. Henri Teppas and Antoine Giovanni were handed over to the Marseilles Public Prosecutions Office and were committed to the Marseilles Prison. They were charged with an offence against the laws relating to poisonous substances. No. 2211. — Seizure at Reno, Nevada, on December 5th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Heroin : 13 grammes (200 grains). O.C.S./Conf.1580. Raw opium : 2.7 gram m es (41 grains). U.S. Report No. 1053. Morphine hydrochloride : 0.9 gram m e (133/4 grains). 3. In May 1940, Helmuth Hartmann, German-born inter national narcotic trafficker and racketeer, upon learning through associates in Mexico that opium and “ white drugs ” were available in Mexico City, made arrangements with members of the so-called “ 107th Street mob ” in New York City to obtain a supply. Hartmann, Salvatore Santoro and Dominick Petrelli proceeded to Mexico City on or about July 1st, 1940, but failing to effect narcotic purchases there, managed to obtain 4 kg. 500 gr. of raw opium at Guaymas, which they later caused to be smuggled into the United States through the port of Naco, Arizona. United States Customs officers became aware of the activities of Hartmann and his confederates at this time, because of the fact that these gangsters displayed large amounts of United States currency. Santoro and Petrelli returned to Mexico City in October 1940, where they purchased 1 kilogramme of coffee-coloured (“ cafe color ”) heroin from one “ Yucateco ” and 2 kilo grammes of cube morphine from one “ La Nuneca Although Customs officers, aware of this visit, were not able to develop a case, they were satisfied that the narcotics purchased had been smuggled successfully into the United States. As a matter of fact, a quantity of “ cafe color ” heroin appeared in the illicit traffic among the “ 107th Street mob ” in New York shortly thereafter, and some of it was purchased by narcotic agents. Indications are that these men made trips to Mexico in March 1941, and at other times. Some months later, Narcotic officers who had participated in the New York phase of the investigation, obtained further specific information as to what had transpired in Mexico. Narcotic and Customs officers then proceeded to conduct an intensive investigation in October and November 1941, with the result that witnesses were found and a detailed story of the activities of the Santoro-Petrelli organisation was outlined. A preliminary indictment was obtained in New York and Helmut Hartmann was arrested by Narcotic officers on December 5th, 1941, at Reno, on this indictment. There were found in his possession samples of the opium for which he had negotiated with Santoro and Petrelli in July 1940, as well as a small quantity of morphine. Refore the outbreak of the war, Hartmann was known as active in the international drug traffic and as an international racketeer and swindler. He was formerly associated with Miroslav Skrivanek, notorious Czechoslovak narcotic trafficker. Santoro, Petrelli, Spitaleri and Livorsi were well-known narcotic dealers in New York. Santoro has a long record of arrests, including a conviction for carrying pistols. Livorsi has been twice arrested for homicide, but discharged. Petrelli has a long record, including conviction for receiving stolen property and arrests for assault, rape, extortion and homicide. He is known as a “ black hander ”, Charles Albero is considered to be especially dangerous. Because of his bad reputation, he is commonly known by the nickname of “ Charlie Bullets He has been convicted of carrying concealed weapons, robbery (judgment reversed) and attempted burglary. — 41 — 4. Subsequently, Hartmann made complete disclosures, and a superseding conspiracy indictment was returned in the Southern District of New York, naming seventeen persons. A substantive indictment was obtained in Arizona, naming twelve persons. The matter was called for trial in Tucson, Arizona, in May 1942, and the following defendants pleaded guilty : Charles Albero, Frank Livorsi, Salvatore Santoro, Antonio Rojas, Dominick Petrelli, Joseph Spitaleri. Helmuth Hartmann (sentenced on May 27th to imprisonment for two years, suspended). Alberto Leyva (sentenced on May 26th to imprisonment for five years, suspended and probated). With the exception of Hartmann and Leyva, sentences were deferred to the July term pending the disposition of the conspiracy indictment in New York. The conspiracy case was called in New York in July 1942, and the following sentences of imprisonment were imposed : Helmuth Hartmann : two years, suspended and probated. Dominick Petrelli : two years. Salvatore Santoro : two years. Frank Livorsi : eighteen months. Charles Albero : eighteen months. Joseph Spitaleri : one year and one day. Philip Lombardo : six months. John Schillaci : six months. In Arizona, on July 28th, 1942, sentences of imprisonment and fines wrere imposed as follows (to run concurrently with the New York sentences) : Dominick Petrelli : five years and $1,000. Salvatore Santoro : five years and $1,000. Frank Livorsi : two years and $1,000. Charles Albero : two years and $1,000. Joseph Spitaleri : one year and one day and $1,000. (These were the sentences on count 1. Imposition of sentence on count 2 was suspended and the defendants were placed on probation for one year, following their legal release from the penitentiary.) A copy of the report on this case has been transmitted by the American authorities to the Mexican authorities. No. 2212. — Seizure at San Francisco, California, on February 2nd, 1942. Report com municated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Heroin : 2 kg. 694 gr. (5 pounds 14 ounces 375 grains). O.C.S./Conf.1592. No identifying marks or labels. U.S. Report No. 1065. _ „ . . ,. . . . , c, d. During an investigation by INarcotic agents at >an Francisco as to the source of certain large quantities of heroin which were being peddled in San Francisco, it was learned that Alexander Stanger, alias A1 Belgerson, and Robert D. Ridgill, alias John Grey, American citizens, had heroin for sale. These men were placed under surveillance and were arrested as they were leaving a warehouse, carrying a large carton which was found to contain two packages of heroin. In the warehouse wras found a suitcase containing seven packages of heroin. The total seizure consisted of unadulterated heroin, slightly brownish in colour. An associate Ramond Kim, American citizen, waslikewise arrested. Stanger admitted that he obtained the heroin in Hong Kong from Albert Gates Randall, also American citizen, a notorious narcotic dealer, and smuggled it into the United States, as part of an original purchase of several hundred ounces. When originally purchased, the heroin was packed in oiled silk bags. 4. On April 8th, 1942, Stanger was sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years and imed $2,000, while Ridgill received a sentence of twro years. Kim was acquitted. No. 2213. — Seizure at Kansas City, Missouri, in February 1942. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1942. R^ence : 3. During 1942, the Bureau of Narcotics carried out an (O.C./Â R i9 4 2 /V 7 \ offensive against one of the most persistent centre of internal '■ distribution, a segment of the Kansas City underworld. Important members of this gang were successfully prosecuted in 1939 and in 1940. The syndicate was revived, however, and twelve additional indictments wrere obtained v among those accused being Carl Carramusa, alleged director of the illicit business, ^îcolo Impastato, Joseph De Luca and Charles W. Bengimina, of Kansas City, and Paul and Joseph Antinori, of Tampa, Florida. — 42 — Members of the organisation’s sales force who had previously been apprehended and convicted for violations of the narcotic laws included such notorious traffickers as Angelo (Bossie) Nigro, Joe Olivera, Jack Ancona, Charles W. Bengimina and Charles Crapisi. Consequently, much importance attaches to this case, involving prominent members of the organisation, which culminated with the arrest and indictment in February 1942, at Kansas City, of Carl Carramusa, Charles Taibi, Fellipo and Samuel Pernice, and the seizure or purchase of 4 pounds 5 ounces 31 grains (1 kg. 958 gr.) of drugs, the bulk of which was heroin. One package of the so-called « heroin » was extensively adulterated with veronal, phenacetin, caffeine, quinine, acetyl-codeine, mono-acetyl morphine, morphine, and an inert adulterant sucrose, the heroin content being 20 per cent. It is alleged that the principal suppliers of the narcotic drugs handled by the Kansas City syndicate were Paul and Joseph Antinori, of Tampa, Florida, and, further, that the Antinori brothers obtained their supply from Cuba. Substantial amounts of drugs were sent to Kansas City through these channels. In December 1942, Thomas Buffa, James De Simone, and Tony Lopiparo were also indicted in connection with this case. It was alleged that Thomas Buffa, cousin of Joseph De Luca, was in general charge of narcotic distribution in St. Louis, Missouri, for the Kansas City syndicate, and associated with him was Tony Lopiparo. It w7as also alleged that James De Simone, of Kansas City, had been employed in the capacity of travelling representative of the syndicate and acted as liaison man between this organisation and their source of supply. Indications wrere that a large quantity of drugs had been delivered to Carramusa from New York also. An interesting disclosure made during the course of this investigation was an admission by one of the defendants that he had supplied all drugs (morphine, 6 ounces 312 grains, or 190 grammes, and heroin, 25 ounces 29 grains, or 711 grammes) concerned in the case made against Charles W. Bengimina (alias Charles W. Benjimina, alias Redbrick) and thirteen other defendants. Bengimina was sentenced in June 1940 to two years in the United States Penitentiary, when it was proved that he was the head of an important illicit narcotic peddling organisation in Kansas City, wdiich had been distributing large quantities of contraband drugs. This investigation is being continued. 4. Carl Carramusa was tried and found guilty on one indictment at Kansas City, and was sentenced to a term of four years in the penitentiary, but was released on bond pending appeal. The other defendants were sentenced to imprisonment as follows : Paul Antinori - seven years ; Joseph Antinori - five years ; James De Simone - six years ; Joseph De Luca - three years. Fellipo Pernice was put under probation for five years. Q u a n t i t ie s o f H e r o i n s e i z e d as r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t : 1941 1942 218 grammes 3 kg. 176 gr. 730 grammes of a mixture of mor phine and heroin. 5. COCA LEAVES AND COCAINE No. 2214. —- Seizures in Brazil in 1941. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Rrazilian Government for 1941. Reference : 1 (a). Coca leaves : 1 kilogramme. C.72.M.72.1942.XI (O.G./A.R.1941/35). During th e year 1941, about 1 kilogramme of coca leaves was seized from a pilot of the “ Lloyd Aereo Boliviano ” who worked in the Brazil-Bolivia Line. A prosecution was duly instituted. In Rio de Janeiro, also, twro individuals, arrested when making cigarettes of “ maconha (icannabis saliva) in a warehouse at the docks, are being prosecuted. They had already made twenty cigarettes and had with them about 45 grammes of the plant. No. 2215. — Destruction of plantations of Erythroxylon coca and varieties thereof during December 1941 in the municipality of Iquira, Colombia. Report com municated by the Colombian Government, January 19th, 1942. Reference : In accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of R esolution O.C.S./Conf.l399. No. 578 of September 19th, 1941, issued by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Welfare, the authorities undertook the destruction of plantations of Erythroxylon coca and varieties thereof found within the boundaries of the urban area of the municipality of Iquira. The total number of plants destroyed as compiled from the report was 2,030. The report gives the names of the owners of all plantations concerned. — 43 — No. 2216. — Seizure at Marseilles on March 21st, 1942. Report communicated by the French Government, June 24th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Cocaine : 60 gram m es. O.C.S./Conf.l424. v ' b 3. Upon information to the effect that a certain Abraham Timsitwas trying to sell a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride for the sum of 20,000 francs, officials of the 9th Regional Judicial Police Brigade, Marseilles, arrested the above-named person in the neighbourhood of the “ Riri ” bar, rue Beauveau, Marseilles, and found in his possession a plain white envelope containing 60 grammes of cocaine Timsitwas led toadmit that he had tried to dispose of the cocaine found on him at the price of 275francs per gramme. He asserted that this drug had been in his possession for about eight years and that he had bought it, as he alleged, in 1934 from a pharmacist whose identity he refused to reveal. There is reason to believe that the statements made by Timsit, who is known at Marseilles as a drug trafficker, are false. Neither a search of his place of residence nor the investigations conducted by the police with a view to ascertaining the origin of the drug seized yielded results. The following are particulars of this trafficker : Abraham Timsit, known as “ Adolphe ” ; born on November 9th, 1896, at Algiers (Algeria) ; the son of Joseph Timsit and Julie Kesby (both deceased) ; occupation : mechanic ; residing at 6, rue Corneille, Marseilles. 4. Abraham Timsit was handed over to the Public Prosecutions Office, Marseilles, and committed to the Marseilles Prison on a charge of drug trafficking. Note. — Seizures of coca leaves and 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. 2149, under “ Raw Opium ”. Case No. 2206, under “ Morphine ». Case No. 2208, under “ Heroin Cases Nos. 2234, 2239 and 2241, under “ Indian Hemp ”. Case No. 2262, under “ Miscellaneous ”. Q u a n t it ie s o f C o c a L e a v e s a n d C o c a in e s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r i a t : Coca leaves : Cocaine : 1942 1941 1942 1 kilogramme. 1 kg. 275 gr. 124 grammes. 6. INDIAN HEMP No. 2217. — Seizures at Barranquilla on February 19th and 22nd, 1942. Report com municated by the Colombian Government, March 24th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 7 cigarettes. O.C.S./Conf.l410. V ' 3. On February 19th, 1942, Eliecer Arturo Penaranda, who was found to have in his possession four marihuana cigarettes, was arrested at Barranquilla by the police of the Criminal Investigation Department. On February 22nd, 1942, Alfonso Riquet and Virgilio Moreno were arrested, also at Barranquilla and by the same authority, because the former was found to have in his possession two cigarettes of marihuana tobacco and the latter one such cigarette. These three individuals are vagrants, and were arrested in the brothel districts. 4. The investigation is being conducted by the Judge of the Criminal Court. No. 2218. — Seizure at Barranquilla on March 12th, 1942. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, April 11th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 12 cigarettes. O.C.S./Conf.l415. V ' 3. On March 12th, 1942, Jorge Melendez Pardo was arrested by the Police of the Criminal Investigation Department, Barran quilla, in possession of twelve marihuana cigarettes. He is a cook on the launch Aurora which plies between Barranquilla and Santa Maria, the capital of the Department of Magdalena. 4. The accused was handed over to the Judge of the Criminal Court. — 44 — No. 2219. — Arrest of the well-known smuggler Sallam Khadr.1 Information contained in the Annual Report of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, for 1941. Reference : Sallam Khadr took up smuggling as a career about 1925 and C.3(^).M,3(a).l 943.XI very soon established a great reputation as a courageous and I («))■ successful smuggler and a specialist at swimming drugs across the Suez Canal at nights. He had his first serious clash with the Frontiers Administration in February 1930, when he was arrested with a hundred turbas of hashish after firing on the Government patrol : he managed, however, to escape after arrest and was sentenced to imprisonment for two years by default. His reputation among the desert Arabs was by now greatly enhanced and his word became law among the smugglers : he completely defied the frontiers, Coastguards and Police and treated them with daring contempt. In 1940, he and his gang were smuggling more strongly than ever : the Coastguards on the Canal managed to seize several big consignments of his hashish and opium, and had several fights in one of which two Coastguards men were killed, but Sallam Khadr always managed to get away. At the end of June 1941, the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau succeeded in getting a confidant with sufficient courage to undertake to deliver Khadr and careful plans were made to avoid bloodshed and take him alive. Those plans proved successful and Khadr was caught at a certain café in Quassasine village, Sharquia, and will stand his trial for his many crimes of the last seventeen years. No. 2220. — Seizure at Cairo on July 27th, 1941. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 6th, 1942. Reference : 1 (o). Hashish : 248.2 grammes. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l427. 3. Upon information given by a confidant to the Ezbekie Police Station, Cairo, to the effect that an Egyptian person and a Palestinian soldier of the British Army had asked him to buy a quantity of hashish and that he had agreed to buy it at £E.10, the British Military Police were approached. The confidant having been given a marked sum of £E.10, proceeded to the rendezvous and was followed by the representatives of both the local and Military Police Authorities. When the confidant handed over the money to the Egyptian intermediary, the soldier went away and returned after twenty minutes. On his return he was searched and was found to have 248.2 grammes of hashish hidden in his helmet. This soldier turned out to be Private M. Roda, of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who returned off leave from Palestine on July 25th, 1941. 4. Roda was tried by Field General Court Martial on December 15th, 1941, and was sentenced to detention for twelve months. No. 2221. — Seizure at Suez on January 29th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, June 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 la). Hashish : 159 grammes. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l445. w & 3. Upon information to the effect that Abdulla Abu El Naga El Gharibi, of Suez, was in possession of goods belonging to H.B.M.’s Military forces, the local police raided his house on January 29th, 1942, with the result that 159 grammes of hashish were seized. 4. On March 30th, 1942, the accused was tried by the Summary Native Court, Suez, and sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E.200. No. 2222. — Seizure at Cairo on February 8th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 2nd, 1943. S.cIe;c»U468. 1(“>- Hashish : 2 kg. 135 gr. 3. Upon information being received to the effect that the Bedouins Hewaishel Salama Salem, Mohammed Nassar Salem, Zayed Amre Amira and Salman Salama Alian were smuggling narcotics from El Arish Zone to Cairo, their movements were kept under watch. In February 1942, a confidant was instructed to get into touch with them as an inter mediary for the sale of a quantity of drugs to a trafficker known to him. On being approached by the confidant, they agreed to offer for sale any quantities wanted. 1 For the most recent reference to this trafficker, see document C.385.M.230.1938.XI [O.C.S.300(/U page 31, No. 1224. — 45 — On February 8th, 1942, the confidant and the pseudo-trafficker were sent to the smugglers at their tents near Heliopolis, Cairo, to negotiate a deal and when the pre-arranged signal that the stuff was delivered was given, a Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Officer and the necessary force, who were in wait near the tents, hurried up to the spot and arrested the smugglers. 4. The accused were tried by the Drugs Summary Court, Cairo on March 7th, 1942, and sentenced as follows : Hewaishel Salama Salem Mohammed Nassar Salem imprisonment for two years and a fine of Zayed Amre Amira £E.400 each. Salman Salama Alian : imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200. No. 2223. — Seizure at Cairo on February 22nd, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 11th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 155 kg. 436 gr. Syrian origin. O.C.S./Conf.l452. 3. On February 20th, 1942, when two N.C.O.s of the South- African Force were sitting at a cabaret in Cairo, they were approached by Fathi Said Abu Taleb and Mustafa Mohammed Darwish. Fathi proposed that the soldiers should transport, for his comrade and himself, contraband from Palestine and that they in return should receive from Fathi and Mustafa a sum of £E.200. The soldiers pretended to accept the proposal and the party agreed to meet the next day. The two N.C.O.s reported the matter at their Headquarters, whereupon two more N.C.O.s were detailed to accompany them with a view to seizing the contraband in question. On February 21st, 1942, the four soldiers proceeded in an Army truck to the cabaret) where, on meeting with Fathi and Mustafa, the former gave one of them a sum of £E.40 as an advance on the sum of £ E .200 agreed upon. The four soldiers and Fathi then got into the truck and, at the request of Fathi, they proceeded to Gaza in Palestine, where they arrived on the same day. There, in Gaza, they met Auda Darwish, brother of Mustafa, who conducted them to a place about 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Gaza, where they found a certain Abdel Latif Abu Ali and, near a deserted farm, some bedouins put four sacks full of hashish in the army truck. On arrival of the party at Tel El Kebir, Fathi asked them to go to the Sahara village of Fakous in order to hand the drugs to Mustafa Mohammed Darwish, but the soldiers continued their journey as far as Cairo, and here they conducted Fathi to the British Military Police Headquarters with the drugs. The weight of the hashish was found to be 155 kg. 436 gr. Fathi at first denied and accused the soldiers of forcing him into the car, but later he made full confession, adding that on two previous occasions he smuggled 273 okes (341 kg. 250 gr.) of hashish which were handed over to Salem Khadr1 of the Sahara village of Fakous and, in return, he received a sum of £E.936. Fathi further stated that Mustafa Mohammed Darwish was introduced to him by Salem Khadr as the owner of the drugs and that Mustafa asked him on February 17th, 1942, to arrange the transport of the drugs seized in this case from Gaza to the Sahara village. A telegram in the name of Fathi was sent to Salem Khadr at the address suggested by Fathi, asking Mustafa to come to Cairo at once with the sum of money agreed upon and Mustafa arrived at a certain hotel on February 23rd, 1942, when he was placed under surveillance. In order to round up all the members of the gang present in Cairo, Fathi was instructed to act as if the drugs had not been seized, with the results that the under-named were arrested and the seized drugs remained safe in the possession of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau : Mustafa Mohammed Darwish, alias Abu Shakra, Abdel Fadeel Mohammed Hassanein, alias Khamis El Awar, Saber Murgan, Egyptian State Railways. These three persons are notorious traffickers who have been known to the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau for a long time. 4. This case was tried on July 2nd, 1942, by the Drugs Summary Court, Cairo, with the following results : Abdel Fadeel Mohammed Hassanein, alias Khamis El Awar : imprisonment for five years and a fine of £E.1,000. Mustafa Mohammed Darwish, alias Abu Shakra : imprisonment for five years and a fine of £E. 1.000. N 1 Salem Khadr is presumably the same trafficker whose arrest in June 1941 is reported under case o. t i l 9, page 44 of this document. — 46 — Fathi Said Abu Taleb : imprisonment for four years and a fine of £E.700. Saber Murgan 1 Auda Darwish (by default) ( imprisonment for three years and a fine of Rashad Eid Sallout (by default) t £E.500 each. Abdel Latif Abu Ali (by default) ] Salem Khadr (by default) : imprisonmen for ten years and a fine of £E.2,000. No. 2224. — Seizures at Port-Said and in the Sinai Desert in March 1942. Report communi cated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 12th, 1942. Reference : 1 la). Hashish : 3 kg. 825 gr. / c O.C.S./Conf.l453. Opium : 178 grammes { S^ nan on^in- 3. On receiving information from the Governor of Sinai to the effect that a smuggler named Bekheit Shehata Ghobrial got into touch with a private of the British Royal Air Force with a view to smuggling a packet of hashish to Port-Said in an Army vehicle carrying a football team, the necessary arrangements were made. When the Army carcarrying the smuggler arrived at the “ Raswa ” Bridge, Port-Said, the squad of theCentral Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Port-Said Branch arrested him. He was found in possession of a suitcase containing 3 kg. 800 gr. of hashish. On interrogation, Bekheit Shehata Ghobrial confessed that he had obtained the drugs from a certain Moussa Mansour of Nagila, Sinai, to hand over to Salem Mohammed Nasralla, a cousin of Moussa Mansour, at a café in Kantara West. As a result of the enquiries made by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Port-Said Branch, further arrests and seizures were effected. The total quantity of drugs seized was 3 kg. 825 gr. of hashish and 178 grammes of opium. 4. On June 22nd, 1942, this case was tried by the Summary Native Court, Port-Said, with the following result : Soliman Mansour Poussa j ™P™onment for three years and a fine of £E.500 each. Abdel Mottaleb HassanEl Naggar ) Salem Mohammed Nasralla ! imprisonment for eighteen months and a fine of Hagras Moussa Salem I £E.100 each. Ali Hussein Mansour ) No. 2225. — Seizure at Suez on March 10th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, June 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 2 kg. 570 gr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l446 w 6 6 6 3. On March 10th, 1942, when a certain El Sayed Abdulla Abdel Moula arrived at Suez from Ismailia by train, he was searched on suspicion, and found to be in possession of 2 kg. 570 gr. of hashish. 4. On April 20th, 1942, the accused was tried by the Summary Native Court and sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200. No. 2226. — Seizure at Alexandria on March 24th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, June 7th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 15 grammes. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l443. w 6 3. Acting upon information to the effect th at a certain woman living at Sesostris Street, Alexandria, was in possession of goods belonging to H.B.M.’s Government Forces, the Officer of the Criminal Investigation Department of Attarin Police District raided her house on March 24th, 1942. No Government property was found but, on searching one of the rooms, a small piece of hashish weighing 15grammes, which was hidden in a wardrobe, was discovered. When interrogated thewoman stated that the drug belonged to Costa Khalioris, Greek subject, who lived with her. The man admitted that it had been left in his custody by a friend, but he would not disclose his name. 4. On May 4th, 1942, Costa Khalioris was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E.200 and the woman was acquitted. No. 2227. — Seizure at Alexandria on March 27th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Rureau, Cairo, July 8th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 4 kg. 280 gr. Origin presumably Syrian. O.C.S./Conf. 1451. _ ... 3. Upon information to the effect that Evanghelos Nicolaidis and Yanni Panayotti Souris, Greek subjects, were looking for a buyer of hashish, a pseudo-buyer was instructed to take delivery of the drugs. — 47 — Nicolaidis, accompanied by Souris, brought the drugs to a pre-arranged house where an officer and a police force lay waiting. Both Nicolaidis and Souris were arrested. On being taken to the Police Station, Nicolaidis produced from his pocket 1 kg. 540 gr. of hashish and volunteered the information that, in the house where he lived, he had some more hashish. The house in question was perquisitioned and a further quantity of 2 kg. 740 gr. of hashish was found. 4. In June 1942, this case was tried by the Alexandria Mixed Tribunal with the following result : Evanghelos Nicolaidis : imprisonment for two years and a fine of £E.300. Yanni Panayotti Souris : imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200. No. 2228. — Seizure at Ismailia on March 27th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 21st, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 82 kilogrammes I r\ ■ ■ ^ O.C.S./Conf.l448. Opium : 67 kg. 500 gr. \ 0n&m unknown' 3. On March 10th, 1942, an interpreter of the British Army reported at his Unit Headquarters, Ismailia, that he had been approached by a native who had asked him to obtain the services of a British Army driver in order to smuggle large quantities of hashish into Ismailia from the Sinai Desert. Acting on this information, the British military authorities made the necessary arrange ments for the arrest of the members of this gang. According to the agreement made between the interpreter and the native, three British soldiers in a military truck were sent to a point where the native waited and guided them to the collecting-point, where he left the car. About an hour later, he was seen returning accompanied by another native leading a camel loaded with four sacks. When about 600 yards (550 metres) from the road, he signalled to the soldiers to drive into the sand to meet him. This the soldiers did and, whilst they were transferring the load from the camel to the truck, the owner of the camel made his escape. Owing to the fact that the soldiers were compelled to turn their attention to the engine of the car, they were not able to give chase to the escaping man. The other native, who turned out to be Salem Auda Said El Hasably, climbed into the truck and the return journey to Ismailia was started. It had been arranged that the soldiers were to be met at Ismailia and guided to a place where they would dispose of the drugs but, after waiting for some time at the pre-arranged point, no sign of another guide was seen and it would appear that the gang had, by some means such as the telephone, been informed of the hitch in their plans. It was therefore decided to convey the seized narcotics and the native to the local Police Station. At the Police Station the four sacks were opened and were found to contain the above- mentioned drugs. 4. Salem Auda Said El Hasably was tried by Kantara Court on May 13th, 1942, and was sentenced to imprisonment for four years and to a fine of £E.500. No. 2229. — Seizure at Port-Said on March 29th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, on June 7th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 1 kg. 835 gr. Syrian origin. O.C.S./Conf.l444. 3. On March 29th, 1942, a certain Nicolas Ghitanos, Greek subject, who is a member of the crew of the s.s. Peleus, was searched, on suspicion, by the Customs official at Port-Said Port and was found in possession of 1 kg. 835 gr. of hashish in the pockets of a greatcoat which was on his arm. On interrogation,Ghitanos stated that an engineer of the s.s. Peleus had handed over this quantity of drugs to him to smuggle it into the town and that the engineerwould follow him to take delivery of the narcotics and, in return, would pay him a sum of money. Search of the ship, particularly the cabins of the sailor and the engineer, brought nothing further to light. 4. On May 14th, 1942, Ghitanos was tried by the Mixed Tribunal, Mansoura, and sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E.200. The engineer was not prosecuted as there was insufficient evidence. No. 2230. — Seizure at Kantara on May 18th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 16th, 1942. f ^ n c e : 1 (a). Hashish : 3 kg. 975 gr. Syrian origin. 'J.L.t>./Conf.l454. 3. Upon information being received from a sergeant of the British Army to the effect that three persons of Kantara East asked him to carry a quantity of hashish in his Army lorry to Kantara West in return for a sum of money, the sergeant was instructed to accept the proposal in order to facilitate the arrest of the three persons in question en flagrant délit. — 48 On May 18th, 1942, the lorry carrying the above-mentioned drugs crossed the Suez Canal in the same ferry as two of these three persons. On arrival at the Western Bank, the two traffickers were arrested before taking over the drugs, as they tried to escape when their suspicion was aroused by the presence of a detective of the Frontiers Administration. They turned out to be Boulos Kaldas Attalla and Mortaga Shenouda Beshai. As a result of enquiries, the third trafficker named Halim Hanna Beshara was arrested on May 19th, 1942. 4. On July 8th, 1942, the three accused were tried by the Native Court, Kantara, and sentenced to imprisonment for three years and to a fine of £E.300 each. No. 2231. — Seizure at Cairo on August 9th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, December 31st, 1942. Reference : 1 la). Hashish : 1 kg. 713 gr. Syrian origin. O.C.S./Conf.l467. J 3. Upon information being received to the effect that Abdel Hamid Mohammed Tantawi, hairdresser, of Cairo, was dealing in narcotic drugs on a large scale, a confidant was instructed to get into touch with him, with a view to making arrangements for the purchase of a quantity of drugs. On August 5th, 1942, the confidant was able to obtain a sample of hashish from the hairdresser, who asked him to accompany him to his stores to see a stock of drugs and select what he wanted. The confidant agreed to the proposal and the hairdresser introduced him to Sergeant Ali Hussein Abu Hussein, of the Cairo City Police, as a drug trafficker of Upper Egypt. Conducted by the sergeant, they proceeded to a house at Manshiet El Sadr, which was found later to be the residence of Private Abdel Galil Mohammed Deif, of the Cairo City Police, to whom the confidant was also introduced as a drug trafficker. Private Abdel Galil offered to the confidant nine turbas of hashish and also some hashish in a “ gouza ” to smoke. While the party was meeting, a chauffeur named Abdel Kader Abdulla joined and took part in the discussion and in the smoking of hashish. The confidant learned that the drugs were the property of both Private Abdel Galil and the chauffeur and that the sergeant and the hairdresser were only intermediaries. They agreed to a deal at £E.44 per oke (1 kg. 250 gr.) of hashish and £E.82 per oke of opium, but the confidant refused the quantity offered, on the pretext that it was small and insisted on buying four okes (5 kilogrammes) of hashish and one oke (1 kg. 250 gr.) of opium. The chauf feur promised to prepare this quantity within two or three days. It was agreed that the delivery of the drugs should take place at the house of Private Abdel Galil. Just before the time fixed, a Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau officer with the necessary force proceeded in a motor-car to Manshiet El Sadr and raided the house, where he found Abdel Galil sitting with the confidant and smoking hashish. Between them there was a piece of cloth containing six turbas of hashish weighing 1 kg. 713 gr. The policeman, the sergeant and the chauffeur were arrested and their houses were searched. Two other “ gouzas ” were found in the house of the policeman, who made a full confession, stating that he was selling the drugs for a certain Bedouin. The latter is known to the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau. The hairdresser also was arrested and his shop was searched. Two “ gouzas ” were found. He made a confession, confirming the statement of the confidant. 4. On November 1st, 1942, this case was tried by the Drugs Summary Court, Cairo, with the following result : Abdel Galil Mohammed Deif : imprisonment for two and a-half years and a fine of £E.430. Ali Hussein Abu Hussein : imprisonment for one and a-half year and a fine of £E.220. Abdel Hamid Mohammed Tantawi : imprisonment for two years and a fine of £E 430. Abdel Kader Abdulla : imprisonment for two years and a fine of £E.400. No. 2232. — Seizure at Cairo on September 29th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, December 23rd, 1942. Reference : 1 la). Hashish : 47 kg. 65 gr. Origin presumably Syrian. O.C.S./Conf.l475. v ' 6 6 6 v J 3. The notorious trafficker Hassan Ahmed Khattab El Hariri, of Cairo, who is an old offender, was placed under police supervision by a Military Order, but this was not sufficient to stop his activities as, in September 1942, information was received to the effect that he was dealing in drugs on a large scale. Arrangements were therefore made to arrest him en flagrant délit and on September 29th, 1942, his house was raided. He was found smoking hashish with other persons and a quantity of 47 kg. 65 gr. of hashish was found concealed under the flagstones of one of the rooms. — 49 — El Hariri confessed the possession of the drug seized stating that, about September 15th, 1942, it was brought to him in three trunks by a sergeant against the payment of a sum of £E. 1,600. 4. The case was tried by the Summary Drugs Court, Cairo, on October 31st, 1942, with the following result : Hassan Ahmed Khattab El Hariri (by default) : imprisonment for five years and a fine of £E. 1,000. Zaki Ahmed Khattab \ imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200 Mohammed Salem El Hambouti ) each. No. 2233. — Seizure at El Qalag on October 20th, 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 2nd, 1943. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 3 kg. 500 sr. Origin unknown. O.C.S./Conf.l469. 3. Ali Mohammed Attia of El Qalag, Shebin El Kanater District, is a notorious trafficker who has long been known to the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, but in spite of several attempts he could not be brought to book as he was selling drugs, through his assistants, to his approved customers only. In October 1942, a Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau confidant was able to foster acquaintancewith this trafficker and obtain a sample of hashish for a deal to be accomplished after the Bairam Festival which was approaching. On October 20th, 1942, the confidant was sent to El Qalag to negotiate the deal with the trafficker and 45 minutes after his arrival at the trafficker’s house, a Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Squad in the charge of an officer raided the house. The trafficker, his assistants Madbouli Mohd. Attia and Hassan Hassan El Gebali and the confidant were found smoking hashish. There were in front of them 12 turbas of hashish weighing 3 kg. 500 gr. which the trafficker had offered to the confidant for sale. 4. This case was tried by the Drugs Summary Court, Cairo, on December 27th, 1942, with the following result : Ali Mohammed Attia : imprisonment for two years and a fine of £E.400. Madbouli Mohammed Attia : imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200. Hassan Hassan El Gebali : imprisonment for six months and a fine of £E.30. No. 2234. — Seizure at Cairo on November 28th, 1941. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, August 24th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 20 kg. 660 gr. < n , O.C.S./Conf.l455. Opium : 440 grammes. ) 1®1 U XVn" 3. Upon information to the effect that Abdel Ghani Mohammed Kohla, a notorious trafficker of Cairo, had formed a big gang of habitual offenders to deal in narcotics, the members of the gang were put under surveillance. When it was reported that a large quantity of drugs had been delivered to the gang, a confidant bought a quantity of hashish for £E.5,500 m/ms, paid in marked banknotes, and arranged for the delivery of the drugs at a certain café. On receiving the pre-arranged signal that the drugs had been delivered to the confidant, the detectives arrested the persons present in the house of Kohla and searched the house, with the result that three tins and a large cardboard box full of drugs were found in a poultry-run on the roof. Some of the marked banknotes paid by the confidant were also found in the house. In the meantime, Kohla was arrested and the remaining marked banknotes were found on his person. Searches of houses of other members of the gang followed and further quantities of drugs were seized. 4. On April 4th, 1942, the undermentioned accused persons were tried by the Drugs Summary Native Court, Cairo, and sentenced as follows : Abdel Ghani Mohammed Kohla : imprisonment for three years and a fine of £E.600. Ahmed Mohammed Hassan el Banna : imprisonment for four years and a fine of £E.600. Eissa Mohammed el Naggari : imprisonment for three years and a fine of £E.400. Helmi Ismail Ahmed el Allaf / imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200 Helmi Abdel Aal Hassan \ each. On July 14th, 1942, Soliman Ali Madian, who is a French subject, was tried by the Mixed Tribunal, Cairo, and sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of £E.200. No. 2235. — Seizures in Bombay in February 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, August 5th, 1942. Reference : °-C.S./Conf.l438. February 13M, 1942. 1 [a). Charas : 1 kg. 33 gr. (2 pounds 4 ounces 164 grains). In a parcel wrapped up in white tissue-paper. No wrappers or labels. — 50 — 3. The drug was found in the cupboard in the cabin of the chef of the hired transport Cap St. Jacques, Le Gal, son of Joseph, Free French, who declared having purchased the drug from an unknown person in Bombay, at Rs.90/- per pound (454.5 grammes). 4. Le Gal was sentenced to a fine of Rs.200/- or, in default, to rigorous imprisonment for six weeks. February \3th, 1942. 1 (a). Charas : 4 kg. 652 gr. (10 pounds3 ounces 328 grains) in a cloth package wrapped in old newspaper with no marks or labels. 3. The drug was found on board the hired transport Cap St. Jacques in the cabin occupied by Henry Hengel, Free French, butcher, who declared that he had purchased the drug from an unknown person in Bombay at Rs.90/- per pound (454.5 grammes). 4. Henry Hengel was sentenced to a fine of Rs.300/- or, in default, rigorous imprison ment for six weeks. No. 2236. — Discoveries of cannabis plantations in Mexico. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Mexican Government for 1942. Reference : On the communal lands of San Nicolas de los Agustines, fcTc /A6R 1942^2 Salvatierra, State of Guanajuato, cannabis plantations with a ! >■ net yield of one ton were discovered. This seizure was effected on the property of Saturnino Ramirez, Guadalupe Ramirez and José Santos Chavez Garcia. The accused were found guilty by the jury and were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months and a fine of 200 pesos. The competent authorities at Reynosa (Tamaulipas) seized 200 marihuana plants on the property of Aquiles Garza Trevino. The cannabis was destroyed and Garza Trevino was arrested. No. 2237. — Seizures in Palestine in November 1941. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 244 kg. 433 gr. O.C.S./Conf.l412. Opium : 70 kg. 624 gr. 3. There were twenty-one cases of seizures by the Criminal Investigation Department and one by the Customs Department. The largest individual seizure of hashish was of 162 kg. 500 gr., and that of opium of 44 kg. 500 gr. The names of all the accused were Arabic. 4. Penalties ranged from imprisonment for nine days or £P.2 to imprisonment for one month or £P.5. No. 2238. — Seizures in Palestine by the Criminal Investigation Department from January to March 1942 and by the Customs Department from January to April 1942. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, July 22nd, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 828 kg. 713 gr. O.C.S./Conf. 1433. 674 grammes.1 Opium : 85 kilogrammes. 27 kg. 270 gr.1 Cocaine : 10 grammes. Sutal : 70 grammes. 3. T h e quantities seized by the Criminal Investigation Department in ninety-eight cases amounted to 692 kg. 175 gr. of hashish, 85 kilogrammes of opium, 70 grammes of sutal and 5 grammes of cocaine, and those by the Customs Department in ten cases to 136 kg. 538 gr. of hashish and 5 grammes of cocaine. The largest individual seizure of hashish was of 93 kilogrammes and that of opium of 60 kilogrammes. The names of all the accused were Arabic. 4. Penalties ranged from imprisonment for seven days or £.P.2 to imprisonment for six months or £.P.7 500 mils. No. 2239. — Seizures in Palestine by the Criminal Investigation Department in April 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom, September 3rd, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 527 kg. 392 gr. O.C.S. /Conf. 1439. 6 kg. 159 gr.1 Opium : 91 grammes. Cocaine : 50 grammes. 1 Figures not included in document O.C.S./Conf.l433, but given in the special table in the latre document O.C.S./Conf.l534, page 10. * Figure not included in document O.C.S. /Conf. 1439, but given in the special table in the later document O.C.S./Conf. 1534, page 10. — 51 — 3. There were twenty-seven cases. The largest individual seizure of hashish was of 180 kilogrammes. The names of all the accused were Arabic. 4. In seventeen cases the trial was pending. In others, either the investigation was not terminated or the accused could not be traced. No. 2240. — Seizures in Palestine by the Criminal Investigation Department from June to October 1942 and by the Customs Department in October 1942. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom in March 1943. Réference : 1 (a). Hashish : 411 kg. 737 gr. O.C.S./Conf.1638. 39 kg. 867 gr.1 Opium : 51 kg. 212 gr. 70 kg. 84 gr.1 Sutal : 38 grammes. 3. The above-mentioned quantities were seized almost exclusively by the Criminal Investigation Department (there was only one seizure of 645 grammes of hashish by the Customs Department). The largest individual seizure of hashish was of 229 kilogrammes and that of opium of 18 kilogrammes. With one exception, the names of all the accused were Arabic. 4. Penalties ranged from imprisonment for one week or £.P.2 to imprisonment for six months. No. 2241. — Seizures in Palestine by the Criminal Investigation Department and the Customs Department in May, July, September, November and December 1942. Reports communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 2 556 kg. 628 gr. O.C.S./Conf. 1534. Opium : 275 kg. 513 gr. Cocaine : 4 grammes. 3. Out of the above totals, 2085 kg. 890 gr. of hashish, 238 kg. 55 gr. of opium and 4 grammes of cocaine were seized by the Criminal Investigation Department, and 408 kg. 398 gr. of hashish and 5 kg. 458 gr. of opium by the Customs Department. As to the quantity of 62 kg. 340 gr. of hashish and 32 kilogrammes of opium given in the special table of document O.C.S./Conf. 1534, page 10, it was not indicated by which Department it was seized. The largest individual seizure of hashish was of 514 kilogrammes and that of opium of 120 kilogrammes. With a few exceptions, the names of all the accused were Arabic. 4. Penalties ranged from imprisonment for one week to imprisonment for twelve months with hard labour. No. 2242. — Seizure at the Colem Delegation, Portuguese India, on May 9th, 1942. Report communicated by the Portuguese Government, February 24th. 1943. Reference : 1 (a). Ganja-bhang : 5 grammes. Wrapped in a piece of O.C.S./Conf.1459. paper. 3. 0.428 tola (5 grammes) of ganja-bhang was seized on May 9th, 1942, from Francisco Sebastiao Daniel, native of Kadpa Gilla, Madras. 4. Francisco Sebastiao Daniel was sentenced to a fine of Rs.10/-, stamp charges and legal costs. No. 2243. — Seizure at Izmir on September 17th, 1942. Report communicated by the Turkish Government, November 19th, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Esrar : 1 kg. 75 gr. O.C.S./Conf. 1450. • 3. On September 17th, 1942, the police arrested the under mentioned persons at Izmir station at the moment when they were alighting from the Afyonkarahisar-Izmir train : Mehmed Baygin, factory-hand, native of U$ak, residing at Izmir ; Ihsan Cinsal, of no occupation, living in the same house as the aforementioned ; Hasan Cantan, and Hasan Taskan, both weavers in a factory at Uçak. The police carried out a search and discovered in Mehmed Baygin's luggage 1 kg. 75 gr. of esrar, which was seized. On being questioned, Mehmed Baygin stated that, in association with Hasan Cantan, he had purchased the drug in question from a certain Haliloglu Sadik, who lived in a village m the Uÿak district. Sadik is an habitual criminal and an inveterate drug trafficker. 4- The case was immediately reported to the Public Prosecutions Office and the examining magistrate opened an enquiry. n r d Fi?ure not included in document O.C.S./Conf.1638, but given in the special table in document U-C.b./Conf. 1534, page 1 0 . — 52 No. 2244. — Seizure at Balikesir, Turkey. Report communicated by the Turkish Govern ment, May 10th, 1943. Reference : 1 (a). Hashish : 8 kg. 741 gr. O.C.S./Conf. 1466. 3. Proceedings in a somewhat important case of illicit trafficking in hashish, which had for some time been before the Court of Summary Jurisdiction of the Vilayet of Balikesir, have been concluded. The person implicated was an inveterate trafficker named Recep Yildiz, a native of Iznik. He frequently travelled to and from between Bursa, Balikesir, Edremit and the neighbouring villages for the purpose of procuring stocks of hashish for sale elsewhere at a big profit. On the last occasion, after leaving Bursa in a motor-car for Edremit, Recep stopped halfway, at Balikesir. There, whilst taking his lunch in a cook-shop, he aroused the suspicions of the local police by a few remarks he let drop. Recep was requested to go to police head quarters for questioning and there made a full confession. The police searched the car and inside a pack which the accused was conveying, discovered the hashish in nine small bags, well concealed between mattresses. 4. As a result of the proceedings subsequently instituted, Recep Yildiz was sentenced to imprisonment for one year, together with a fine of £T.9,105 and compulsory residence for two years in a place designated by the Court. No. 2245. — Seizures at San Juan and Ponce, Puerto Rico, on June 28th, October 13th and 18th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United Sates of America, January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). 1,366 marihuana cigarettes w eigh in g 484.5 grammes O.C.S./Conf.1558. (1 pound 1 ounce 23 */5 grains). U.S. Report No. 1038. 3 Qn June 28th, 1941, Customs officers at San Juan found in the locker of Sixto Rodriguez, aboard the s.s. Rosario, arrived from New York City, twenty marihuana cigarettes, weighing 107 4/5 grains (7 grammes) net. Rodriguez fled, but was later apprehended. Customs officers at San Juan on October 13th, 1941, arrested Abelardo Castillo, crew member of the s.s. Borinquen, arrived from New York City, when 149 marihuana cigarettes were found concealed in his socks. Search of his quarters resulted in the discovery of 304 additional marihuana cigarettes. The total net weight of the marihuana was 5 ounces 257 grains (158.5 grammes). On October 18th, 1941, Customs officers at Ponce seized 893 marihuana cigarettes, weighing 11 ounces 104 % grains (319 grammes) net, from Ismael Nazario, seaman on the s.s. Manuela, just arrived from New York. Nazario has a previous criminal record. 4. The case of Rodriguez is still pending. Castillo was sentenced to imprisonment for five years. As to Nazario, he will be prosecuted. No. 2246. — Seizures at points on or near the Mexican border from August to December 1941. Report communicated bythe Government of the United States of America, January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 13 kg. 858 gr. (30 pounds 7 ounces O.C.S./Conf. 1555. 371 i/20 grains).1 U.S. Report No. 1034. 3 There were fifty-four seizures made in the following places : Brownsville, Hidalgo, Laredo, El Paso and San Benito, Texas ; Barrancas and Broncas, New Mexico ; Calexico, California, Douglas, Naco and Nogales, Arizona. In nine cases names of the defendants were unknown, in others, the following persons were implicated : Samuel N. Lewis, Charles Leach Edmondson, Lester Young, C. E. Lyons, Houston Ross, James T. Medders, John M. Walsh, George F. Maul, Albert D. Favasuli, George Horton, Jesus M. Moreno, Baltasar Mesa, L. P. Cardwell, John L. Cash, James Calvin Williams, Eldridge Glynn, Joe Willie Harris, Mitchell James, Sylvester Brooks, Jr. Salvador Medina, Richard Bishop, Silvano Charles, Tommy G. Martin, Margarito De Los Santos, Julio Villa, Jose Gutierrez, Jr., Juan Nieto, Alejandro Montalvo Garza, Alton J. Grant, Robert Romanoff, alias Robert Rush, Henry C. Smith, Benito Conde, Baltazar Valdez, Marie Arredondo Ayala, Guadalupe M. Mendoza and Winstead L. Smith, all A m erican citizens ; Ramon Gonzales Orozco, Manuel Gonzales, Felipe Reynalso, Victor Gonzales, Nicolas Rojas, alias Jose Maria Guyota, John Alvarado Hatjis, Lorenzo Garcia, Ramon Rocha, Enrique Lozano, Alfredo Florez, Ygnacio Zarate, Manuel Fernandez, Gustavo de la 0., Roberto Minjares, Antonio Gonzales, Ysidra Gutierrez, Lorenzo A. Villareal, Antonio Casas, Felipe Rodriguez, Oscar Manuel Chavez, Guadalupe Zavala, Daniel V. Guzman, Manuel F. Carrera, Francisco Codo alias Carlos Velis, Jesus Guillen, Crispin Guillen, Luis E squiver and Andres Gonzales, all Mexican citizens. The largest individual seizure of bulk m arih u an a was of 4 kg. 545 gr. Included in these seizures were 236 marihuana cigarettes. In 38 cases, the drugs seized were smuggled from Juarez, Mexico. 1 In each case of seizures of marihuana transmitted by the Government of the United States of America, the reports state that the marihuana consisted of the dried pulverised flowering tops and leaves of the Cannabis plant in the form most frequently encountered in the United States of America. — 53 — No. 2247. — Seizures at New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 31st, September 2nd and 16th, and October 8th, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 2nd, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 161.2 grammes (5 ounces 294 1/s grains). 3. The following persons were implicated : James P. Jackson U.S. Report No. 1039. (alias James Wallace), Zephyr Searcy, Charles Mason, and Israel Neason (alias Nesson, alias Nescine), American citizens. Jackson stated that he purchased the marihuana, which was seized in his room at New Orleans, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, from one Ferdinand, G. R., 1012, Bravo Street, and that he had on fifteen previous occasions smuggled marihuana in lots of from 3 to 25 kilogrammes, and, on one occasion, cocaine into the United States from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. This case was brought to the attention of the Mexican authorities. Searcy, an American negro, is a crew member of the s.s. Ulua, arrived at New Orleans from Puerto Cortes and Havana. Mason is a member of the crew of the s.s. Del Norle, which vessel arrived at New Orleans from Buenos Aires, Santos and Rio de Janeiro. Neason, an American negro, smuggled marihuana ciga rettes from the s.s. San Pablo. He stated that he purchased them in Cartagena. 4. Jackson was sentenced to imprisonment for five years. The others wereheld for prosecution. No. 2248. — Seizures at New York City, New York, in July, September and December 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 4th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana cigarettes : 519.3 grammes (18 ounces O.C.S./Conf. 1562. 125 grains). U.S. Report No. 1042. Bulk marihuana : 8 kg. 311 gr. (18 pounds 4 ounces 260 8/25 grains). Marihuana seed : 177.5 grammes (6 ounces 109 grains). The marihuana was contained in black-cloth bags.1 3. The above-mentioned quantities of marihuana were seized from the following persons : Eugene Romero, alias “ Gene ”, American citizen. He stated that he obtained the marihuana from various seamen on vessels coming from Mexico. Felipe Tromp, alias Phillip Lopez, a West Indian negro, claiming to be a naturalised American citizen. Investigation indicated that the marihuana seized on him had been smuggled into New York from Mexico. Luis Quevedo Vasquez, alias Ramon Hernandez, Mexican citizen. He stated that he purchased marihuana frequently from seamen on vessels docking near his barber’s shop. Clarence Watson, a stevedore. He said that he had been paid $40 to smuggle ten packages of marihuana from the s.s. Agwistar, arrived from Vera Cruz, but had “ double-crossed ” the payer by keeping the marihuana to sell for his own account. It is possible that Watson was the carrier for Luis Quevedo Vasquez, mentioned above, since information was obtained recently to the effect that one Marsilino Vasquez (phonetic spelling) was importing large quantities of marihuana from Mexico on the Ward Line steamer Aquamar (again phonetic spelling), and that a longshoreman named Clarence Watson smuggled the marihuana ashore for Vasquez. On December 28th, 1941, Customs officers at New York City, during a search of the s.s. Agwistar, found concealed under a floor-board of a locker in the ship’s hospital one package of marihuana weighing 2.7 grammes (41 % grains) net. Ownership was not established. 4. Romero was sentenced to imprisonment for two months and Tromp to imprisonment for one year and one day. Vasquez was held for prosecution and W atson’s case is still pending. No. 2249. — Seizure at Los Angeles, California, on September 8th, 1941. Report com municated by the Government of the United States of America, January 4 th ,1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 5 kg. 568 gr. (12 pounds 4 ounces). O.C.S./Conf. 1560. Origin presumably Mexican. U.S. Report No. 1040. 3. Narcotic agents at Los Angeles, acting upon information furnished by a local freight company, arrested Pedro Gonzales Davila as he was in the act of removing a suitcase from the freight yard. The suitcase contained 10 pounds 10 ounces (4 kg. 829 gr.) of marihuana. At his home the agents found 1 pound (454.5 grammes) of marihuana in a dish-pan and 10 ounces (284 grammes) of marihuana contained in four tobacco tins. 259 empty tobacco tins were also found. Davila claimed that the marihuana was shipped to him from El Paso by a person who, the investigation disclosed, was actually in jail on a marihuana charge at the time the shipment was made. Enquiries at El Paso revealed that several shipments of suitcases had been made at that city to Davila in Los Angeles. However, it was not possible to identify positively the shipper. 4. Davila was sentenced to imprisonment for three years. A tax of §17,000 was assessed against him under the provisions of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. t 1 For previous reference to seizures of marihuana contained in black-cloth bags on vessels coming m Mexican ports, see document C.346.M.261.1939.XI [O.C.S.300(d)], page 21, No. 1615. — 54 — No. 2250. — Seizure at Brooklyn, New York, on December 11th, 1941. Report com municated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Bulk marihuana : 454.5 gram m es (1 pound) contained O.C.S./Conf.1578. jn a black-cotton bag, sim ilar to those described in seizure reports U.S. Report No 1050 Nos. 837 and 1042.1 It is believed that the drug was brought from Tampico. 3. Narcotic and Customs officers at New York City, acting on information th at marihuana traffickers in that port were obtaining large quantities of marihuana from seamen on vessels coming from Mexico, made a number of seizures of bulk marihuana, contained in black cloth bags, and arrested several seamen. It was learned in the course of the investigation that Pasqual Figueroa (American citizen, of Puerto-Rican birth), seaman on s.s. Agwileort, was bringing marihuana from Tampico. On December 11th, 1941, narcotic officers purchased one pound (454.5 grammes) of marihuana from Figueroa. He was not arrested at the time and it was not possible to apprehend him immediately, as he remained at sea aboard the ship. 4. He was arrested, however, in Brooklyn on February 26th, 1942, and will be prosecuted. No. 2251. — Seizures at Atlantic Coast ports from January to July 1942. Report com municated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana seed : 12.7 grammes (196 grains). O.C.S./Conf.1579. Marihuana : 5 kg. 717 gr. (12 pounds 9 ounces U.S. Report No. 1052. 112 5/„ gram s). . x Hashish : 35.5 grammes (1 ounce 109 grains). 3. There were sixteen cases. In eight of them, the defendants were unknown, in others the following American citizenswere implicated : James Carter, Sylvester Walsh, Gustave Anthony Lauer, Joseph J. Johnson, James B. Harper, Raul A. Ortega, Merido Rodriguez, Carl A. Dixon and Gideon Henault. The largest individual seizure of bulk marihuana was of 10 pounds 350 grains (4 kg. 568 gr.). In addition, eight marihuana cigarettes were seized. The seizures were made on board the following vessels : Minnesotan, Idaho, Ruth, Syros, Seminole, Cartago, Hibueras, Winston Salem, Velma Lykes, Challenger, Wolverine, West Chetac, Trondangee, Alaskan, Pennsylvanian, in the following places : Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts, Baltimore, Maryland, New York and Staten Island, New York, Jacksonville, Florida, Chalmette, Louisiana, Chester and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The most significant ways of concealing the drugs were as follows : under a wash-bowl in the sailors’ washroom, aft, under some flour bags in the dry-stores locker, in a lifebelt on the boat-deck, in a trash can in the crew’s quarters, in a ventilator, in the hollow of a roll of toilet paper in the fireman’s lavatory, in a pillow-case, in a hose rack, aft, under a roll of fire hose, under the lining in the bottom of a handbag. No. 2252. — Seizures at points on or near the Mexican border in January, February and March 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 15 kg. 706 gr. (34 pounds 8 ounces O.C.S./Conf. 15G6. 414 3/4 grains).2 Mexican origin. U.S. Report No. 1046. 3 There were forty-six cases of seizures made in the following places : Calexico, California, Cotulla, Fort Hancock, Hidalgo, Houston, Laredo and El Paso, Texas. In six cases the defendants were unknown ; in others, the following persons were implicated : Charles Dagley, Frank Dagley, v an Buren Davidson, Alexander Thomas, Edward Taylor, Eddie Hayes, E. J. Haywood, Calvin Holston, Charles O’Neal, Valentin Galvan, John Galvan, Tymon Badkin Bush, Raymond Dupree, Jose Cisneros and Everett Nesbitt, all American citizens ; Jose Subia, Jose Angel Betancourt, Jose Chasco, Silvester Sepulveda, Alfonso Escajeda Meraz, Jorge Velasquez, Melquides Hernandez, Deciderio Barajas, Manuel Lopez, Roberto Barios, Alfonso Gutierrez, Manuel Perez, Jesus Sanchez, Juan Carrillo, Pedro Ibarra, Felipe M. Mora, Jose Montes, Jesus H . Lara, Delfino Lopez, Jose Lucio Martinez Mendoza, Jose Terrazas, Octavio Penilla, Inocente Mendoza, Julio Torres, Francisco Aguirre, Lorenzo Munoz Caballero, Enrique Ruiz Salazar, Jesus Lucero, Francisco Legaspi, Manuel Yudico and Enrique Muriel Rico, all Mexican citizens. In the case of one person, Ova Edward Donahoe, the nationality was not indicated. 1 See document C.346.M.261.1939.XI [0,C.S.300(n)], page 21, No. 1615, and page 53, No. 2248, of this document. * The above total is that given in the original report. According to detailed figures it should be 15 kg. 621 gr. (34 pounds 5 ounces 414 */4 grains). — 55 — The largest individual seizure was of 4 kg.. 658 gr. of bulk marihuana. In addition, 175 marihuana cigarettes were seized. In thirty-four cases, the drugs were smuggled from Juarez, Mexico. In one case, bulk marihuana contained in several packages was found concealed inside each door of the automobile occupied by the defendant ; in another case it was smuggled in the hub caps of the automobile. No. 2253. — Seizures at Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Wilmington, North Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 17th, April 23rd, May 6th and October 3rd, 1941. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 4th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Cannabis seed : 1 kg. 99 gr. (2 pounds 6 ounces O.C.S./Conf.loGl. • 310 4 5 grains). P 3. The following were the cases : During a routine search of the Japanese steamship Wales Maru at Los Angeles, two tins of cannabis seed were found concealed in the carpenter’s shop of the ship. Cannabis was found at Wilmington, North Carolina, in the possession of Mariano Vasquez, Spanish citizen, seaman on the s.s. Trepca. He claimed that he intended using the seed to feed a pet canary. He was released. Cannabis seed was found at New Orleans, Louisiana, in the possession of W. Collins, American citizen, crew member of the s.s. San Bruno, arrived from Puerto Limon. Collins was released. Cannabis seed was found at San Francisco, California, aboard the s.s. President Madison arrived from Balboa, via Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore, in the quarters of Nicolos Echevarria, American citizen of Puerto-Rican birth, a crew member. 4. Echevarria was held for prosecution, since it was evident that he intended to smuggle the seeds ashore. No. 2254. — Seizures at points on or near the Mexican border from February to July 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 10 kg. 551 gr. (23 pounds 3 ounces O.C.S./Conf.1602. 201 grains). U.S. Report No. 1051. 3. There were thirty-four cases of seizures made in the following places : Calexico, Los Angeles and San Ysidro, California, Brownsville, Bruni, Cotulla, Laredo and El Paso, Texas, Nogales and Phoenix, Arizona. In nineteen cases, the drugs were smuggled from Juarez, Mexico. In four cases, the defendants were unknown ; in others, the following persons were implicated : Jess Viscarra, Etress Houston, Melvin R. Vaughn, Emelia Baez, Mike Torres, Roberto Armendariz, Ramon Garcia, Robert W. Davis, Leon B. Cox, James G. Kircher, Fred H. Moe, Adam H. Giner, Willie Johnson, Alfonso Gallardo, Manuel Larez, Pablo Rodriguez, John M. Brown, Laz D. Parker, Franklin Hotchkiss, Walter Rice Robertson, Victor Emanuel Leonetti, Charles Jackson, Sr., Monroe Jackson and Fred E. Miner, all American citizens ; Baudelio Legaspi, Jr., Alberto Palacios, Luis Tibuni, Manuel Rodriguez, Jesus Ahnager, Fidencio Ramos, Luis Barajas, Alfredo Castillo, Arturo Castorena Gomez, Juan Granado, Manuel Cantu, Ramiro Macias, Lorenzo M. Sigala, Christina de Leon, alias Elvira Hernandez, Eduardo Posas, Teofila Munoz De Astorga, Jesus Rubio, Eduardo H. Morales, Josephina Morales, Mike Duarte Yanez, Henry Mora Hernandez, Frank Howard Galavez, Jose Martinez and Santos Vasquez, all Mexican citizens. The following cases were particularly interesting : Ramon Garcia shipped a suitcase containing 8 pounds (3 kg. 636 gr.) of bulk marihuana from El Paso to Mrs. Emelia Baez, Los Angeles. Customs officers intercepted the shipment at El Paso, removed 5 pounds (~ kg. 273 gr.) of the marihuana and permitted the suitcase to go forward. At Los Angeles, Mrs. Baez, Mike Torres and Roberto Armendariz were arrested immediately. The suitcase containing the 3 pounds (1 kg. 363 gr.) of marihuana remaining was seized. Armendariz, who, it appeared, was the principal in Los Angeles, was sentenced to imprisonment for three years. Ramon Garcia was apprehended later in Los Angeles, returned to El Paso to stand trial and was sentenced at the latter city to imprisonment for three years and six months. Twelve rolls of bulk marihuana weighing 2 ounces 403 grains (83 grammes) and three marihuana cigarettes, weighing 27 grains (1.7 gramme) were smuggled from Juarez, Mexico, by Robert W. Davis, Leon B. Cox, James G. Kircher, Fred H. Moe and Adam H. Giner, all American citizens, who are musicians and were playing with an orchestra at El Paso. They attempted to throw the marihuana away when they learned that Customs officers would search them. I — 56 — No. 2255. — Seizures at Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, California, in March and April 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 268.5 gram m es (9 ounces 198 3/i grains).1 O.C.S./Conf.1588. Hashish : 516.6 gram m es (18 ounces 83 % grains) U.S. Report No. 1061. Cannabis seed : 12.5 grammes (192 % grains). 3. On March 14th, 1942, Customs officers at Los Angeles, California, when searching an incoming vessel, found, concealed on a railing in the alley-way of the crew’s quarters, a small tin of -powdered marihuana weighing 96 grains (6.2 grammes), net, two small boxes of cannabis seed, weighing 192 grains (12.5 grammes), net, and a hypo dermic needle. Ownership of the contraband was not learned. However, it was suspected that several crew members of the vessel were accustomed to smoking marihuana. During an investigation by Narcotic agents at San Francisco, California, in April 1942, of James Littell, alias James Burke, several small purchases of marihuana were made, totalling forty-six cigarettes, weighing 368 grains (23.9 grammes). On April 11th, 1942, Littell informed the agents that he intended to proceed to San Diego, California, to replenish his supply of the drug. On April 12th, Littell and an associate named Howard McGavach delivered to the agents 400 marihuana cigarettes, weighing 7 ounces 141 grains (208 grammes), and were arrested immediately. According to the defendants, they could not obtain the marihuana in San Diego, and were obliged to go to Tijuana, Mexico, for the cigarettes. The hashish was brown in colour and had the consistency of putty. It was wrapped in cheese-cloth. Fred D. Shirar (see below) stated that he purchased it in Bombay for $60, U.S. currency, so, no doubt, it is what is ktiown in India as charas. Investigating officers stated that this was the first hashish (charas) case occurring on the Pacific Coast of the United States. 4. Littell has a previous criminal record and was on probation from a white slave conviction. On May 11th, 1942, he was sentenced to imprisonment for two years, after serving a two-year term on the white slave conviction. During the course of the Littell-McGavach investigation, it was ascertained that these persons were associated with one Eugene Gianola, proprietor of a low-class saloon in San Francisco, where marihuana was alleged to be dispensed and smoked. Gianola stated to the investigating officers that a friend of his named Shirar had a quantity of hashish for sale, but that he was encountering difficulty in disposing of it, since no one in San Francisco knew anything about its use. In the meantime, another Narcotic officer met Shirar and purchased a bar of hashish, weighing 1 pound 2 ounces 83 % grains (516.6 grammes) from him. Shirar was arrested on March 31st, 1942. On April 15th, Gianola was arrested, and, upon searching his basement, the officers found fifty-five marihuana cigarettes, weighing 1 ounce 35 grains (30.7 grammes). In his room, a handful of marihuana cigarette butts were found. On June 29th, 1942, Gianola was sentenced to imprisonment for one year. No. 2256. — Seizures at San Diego, California, and Laredo, Texas, from April to June 1941 and in January 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 13th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 33 kg. 479 gr. (73 pounds 10 ounces O.C.S./Conf.1565. 257 grains). U.S. Report No. 1045. 3 U.S. seizure report No. 10162 referred to seizures of bulk marihuana at Laredo, Texas, totalling 236 pounds 406 3/4 grains (107 kg. 288 gr.) from Louis Genard, Baudillo Villareal, et al. Investigation in this case disclosed that the marihuana was purchased from one Florencio Cadena, alias Hernandez, grocery store proprietor at 3011, Calle Gonzales, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and that Guadalupe Garza attended to the smuggling of the marihuana into the United States. On April 3rd, 1941, Narcotic officers, operating at San Diego, seized 7 pounds 10 ounces 257 grains (3 kg. 482 gr.) of bulk marihuana. Those arrested were Tomas Everette, Reyes Arellano, Adelina Moreno, Hector Acuna, Sisto Carfio, Jose Nieto and Luis Perez. During the course of this investigation, it was learned that Florencio Cadena and Guadalupe Garza were the suppliers of the marihuana. A joint investigation by Narcotic and Customs officers was undertaken. On May 30th, 1941, 22 pounds (9 kg. 999 gr.) of bulk marihuana were purchased in Nuevo Laredo from Cadena and delivered in Laredo, Texas, by Garza. Again on June 13th, 1941, Garza delivered 22 pounds (9 kg. 999 gr.) of marihuana, supplied by Cadena, in Laredo. No arrests were made after these seizures. On January 15th, 1942, Customs patrol inspectors at Laredo searched Garza’s automobile, after he had arrived from Nuevo Laredo, but found nothing except an empty burlap sack. 1 According to details given under “ Remarks ”, the total of marihuana should be : 268,8 grammes (9 ounces 203 7/so grains). 1 Document C.54.M.54.1942.XI [O.C.S.300(u)j, page 22, No. 2032. — 57 — However, investigating officers had noticed on various occasions that Garza worked around the back end of the car for sometimes as long as fifteen minutes prior to delivering meat and groceries in Laredo, and decided that Garza had built a false compartment in the gasoline tank. On January 15th, 1942, Narcotic and Customs officers again stopped Garza’s truck and examination disclosed that there was, in fact, a false compartment in the gasoline tank, this place of concealment holding 22 pounds (9 kg. 999 gr.) of bulk marihuana. On other seizures which have been traced to Cadena and Garza it had been noted that many of the sacks of marihuana were rounded at the corner, as if they had been pressed with something hard, but until the time of this seizure it was not known how he was carrying the marihuana. 4. On April 28th, 1941, the following sentences of imprisonment were imposed on the defendants arrested at San Diego : Tomas Everette : three years. Adelina Moreno : thirteen months. Hector Acuna : six months. Sisto Carfio : six months. Jose Nieto : thirteen months. Luis Perez : ninety days. The cases of Reyes Arellano and Pedro Acuna were still pending. Guadalupe Garza will be prosecuted. Should Florencio Cadena ever enter the United States, he will be arrested and prosecuted. In the meantime, the full facts in the case have been transmitted by the American authorities to the Mexican authorities. No. 2257. — Seizures at points on or near the Mexican border from July to November 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : _ 1 (a). Marihuana : 5 kg. 860 gr. (12 pounds 14 ounces O.C.S./Conf. 1585. 139 1/8 grains). U.S. Report No. 1058. 3. There were twenty-eight cases of seizures made in the following places : Calexico and San Ysidro, California, Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Hebronville, Laredo, El Paso and Presidio, Texas, Douglas and Yuma, Arizona. In six cases the drugs were smuggled from Juarez, Mexico. In three cases the defendants were unknown ; in others, the following persons were implicated : Charles B. Ivory, Samuel Garcia, Samuel Baer Friedman, Isabel Jose Fresca, Antonio Castillo, Chester James Brown, Leon Moore, Tillie Griffin, Arnold Branch, McKinley Clark, Warren Williams, Robert Mallory, Roberto Galan, Charles Henry Mitchell. Ralph Lax, Jerry Breit.an, John Fleming Miller, Walter W. Robinson, Daniel Cepeda, Justina Duprez Garcia, Henry L. Jones and William Fies, all American citizens ; Manuel Perez, Felix Montelongo Ortiz, Eesteban Balli, Juan Rodriguez, Luis Hernandes Esquivel, Castulo Rodriguez, Juan Ybarra, Leon Florez, David Yruegas and Manuel Chavez, all Mexican citizens. The largest individual seizure was of 348.8 grammes of marihuana. In the case of Daniel Cepeda and Justina Duprez Garcia, who arrived in a taxicab from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, plant quarantine inspectors found in the cab a cushion, about half the size of a bed pillow, containing cotton or wool linters, inside of which was the bulk marihuana. No. 2258. — Seizures in New York City and vicinity in September, October and November 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 699.3 grammes (1 pound 8 ounces O.C.S. /Conf.1584. 271 718 grains). U.S. Report No. 1057. A small quantity of marihuana appeared to be hashish, or the compressed resin of the cannabis plant, familiar in the Near East and India. 3. There were eight cases of seizures made in the following places : Jersey City and Weehawken (New Jersey), Brooklyn and New York City, New York, from the following vessels : Egyptian steamship Star of Cairo, American steamship Agwilson arrived from Cape Town, via Trinidad, s.s. Irenee Dupont, s.s. Julia Luckenback arrived from South-American ports, and s.s. Hanley, arrived from Trinidad. In three cases the defendants were unknown ; m others the following American citizens were implicated : Morris Nissenson, alias Marti Nicols, Vincent D. Miller and Isaac Sims. Each packet of marihuana seized from Sims bore a red seal marked “ Customs, Trinidad The largest individual seizure was of 511.3 grammes of marihuana. In this case the marihuana was seized from Nissenson and was contained in black-cloth bags. When questioned concerning this, he stated that he had noted that marihuana smuggled from ships was so packed, and had engaged a tailor to make him up about twenty-five of these sacks. — 58 The case of Miller is particularly interesting. It was as follows : upon the arrival of the s.s. Julia Luckenback from South-American ports on October 13th, 1942, the master informed Customs officers that ordinary seaman Miller, when the vessel was on the high seas between Rio de Janeiro and St. Thomas, had shot two fellow crew members with a pistol he had stolen from the locker. Miller was locked up in St. Thomas. The master stated he believed Miller to have been under the influence of marihuana, and that he had heard rumours aboard the ship that Miller had purchased 1 pound (454.5 grammes) of “ dope ” in Buenos Aires. On the same date, Customs searchers at New York City found 2 ounces (56.8 grammes) of bulk marihuana in the crew’s toilet, port side, aft. No. 2259. — Seizures at points on or near the Mexican border in October, November and December 1942. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, January 18th, 1945. Reference : 1 (a). Marihuana : 652.9 gram m es (1 pound 6 ounces 431 O.C.S./Conf. 1594. grains). U.S. Report No. 1067. 3 There were nineteen cases of seizures made in the following places : Brownsville, Eagle Pass, Hidalgo, Laredo, El Paso, Texas, San Ysidro, California, Douglas, Arizona and Deming, New Mexico. In six cases the drug was smuggled from Juarez, Mexico, and in five from Reynosa, Mexico. The following persons were implicated : Oscar D. Pichard, Leroy Gressett, Stanley William Frank, alias Moscowitz, who has a criminal record and is alleged to be a member of a marihuana smuggling ring, with contacts in California and New York City, Leroy Wells and Charlie L. Rooks, all American citizens ; Raymundo Cruz, Arnulfo Acosta, Abonio Sanchez, Matias Trevino Vera, Cellitino Ybarro, Francisco Moreno, Manuel C. Lomas, Pedro Castillo, Arturo Garza, Andres Ayala, Azor Angulo Carrillo, Cosme Lopez Rodriguez and Elias Telles, all Mexican citizens. In one case the defendant was unknown. The largest individual seizure was of 156.2 grammes. Note. — Seizures of Indian hemp and 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. 2143, 2145, 2149, 2153, 2156, 2159 and 2173 under “ Raw Opium ”, Q u a n t i t ie s o f I n d i a n H e m p a n d 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 : Marihuana : Marihuana cigars, cigarettes: 1941 1942 1941 1942 53 kg. 629 gr. (incl. 49 kg. 479 gr. 1,366 293 marihuana cigarettes weighing 519.3 gram mes). Charas: Esrar ' 1941 1942 1941 1942 6 kg. 298 gr. 7 kg. 619 gr. 52 kg. 38 gr. 4 kg. 225 gr. Ganja: Hashish : 19411941 1942 19411941 1942 60 kg. 567 gr. 5 grammes of ganja- 294 kg. 645 gr. 4 689 kg. 851 gr. bhang. Sutal : 1942 108 grammes. — 5 9 — 7. MISCELLANEOUS No. 2260. — Falsification of medical prescriptions, discovered at Bogota. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Colombian Government for 1941.1 ?ofMeoCiq4Q xi On January 13th, 1941, the managing chemist of the Drogueria (6 C /A R 1941/43) Cajiao of Bogota, M. Marco A. Barrera, notified the Inspector of Sanitary Police that two persons had that day presented at the Drogueria two prescriptions headed with the name of Doctor Juan F. Martinez Angulo and prescribing 15 cubic centimetres and 5 cubic centimetres, respectively, of Sydenham’s laudanum. He had made up the prescriptions for a quantity of 5 cubic centimetres only and, as the persons concerned stated that they would come daily with similar prescriptions, he suspected that this was a case of falsification of prescriptions and got into touch with Dr. Martinez Angulo. The latter stated that he had signed no such prescription and that the identification mark which they bore was not his own. The next day one of the persons in question came to the same pharmacy with two prescriptions of the same appearance for a dose of 5 cubic centimetres of laudanum. The person was arrested by the police and the case brought before the Fourth Judge for criminal cases, who ordered the drug addict to be confined in an official sanatorium. The person in question was J. R., a farmer, born in Bogota in 1916, unmarried, an habitual taker of drugs and son and brother of drug addicts. Previously he had used morphine, of which he had eventually taken 0.04 gramme daily. He said that, owing to the impossibility of obtaining morphine, in view of its rarity and very high price, he had taken to laudanum, which was easier to obtain from pharmacies. No. 2261. — Penalty imposed at Bogota in February 1942 in the case of a pharmacist guilty of an infringement of the provisions regulating the trade in drugs. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, February 27th, 1942. nelecence : According to the report by the legal and sanitary police . .S./Conf.1405. section of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Welfare, submitted on February 6th, 1942, the Medellin Inspectorate of Pharmacies, under the authority of the Health and Social Assistance Secretariat, Antioquia, imposed a fine of 50 pesos on the owner of the Farmacia Inglesa, M. Mario Angel Gutierrez, for an infringement of Article 23 of Decree No. 1377 of 1930.2 The fine was paid. No. 2262. — Seizure at Bogota on March 4th, 1942. Report communicated by the Colombian Government, June 23rd, 1942. Reference : 1 (a). Cocaine hydrochloride : in ten pink packets and a O.C.S./Conf.1435. separate packet. Morphine hydrochloride : in a packet. Opium : in a packet containing a brown powder or paste. (Quantities not specified.) 3. Carlos Garcia, native of Bogota, knownas “ Chato Garcia ”, owner of an amusement establishment situated at Carrera 7a, 44-01, who had been accused, on various occasions, of trafficking in narcotic drugs, was arrested on March 4th, 1942, by the National Detective Force because various quantities of drugs, apparently narcotic drugs, had been found in his cabaret. He was handed over to the Police Court Judge and remained in prison until the end of May 1942, when he was released on bail, whilst the legal proceedings taken against him are continuing. The substances enumerated above were found at Garcia’s establishment. 4. Carlos Garcia Ronderos was sentenced by the Second Judge of the Police Court to police translocation for five years, on the ground that he was guilty of an offence under Paragraph (a) of Article 60 of Law 48 of 1936.3 Ronderoz having appealed against this sentence, the case was submitted to the Director- General of National Police, who reduced the translocation period to three years. 1 The report also mentions several other cases, but as the names of the persons or establishments miplicated are indicated by their initials only, they have not been included in this Summary. This Article refers to a special book to be kept in pharmacies and drug-stores for the purpose of ecording incoming and outgoing narcotic drugs and syringes and needles. 3 This Article reeds as follows : “ (a) Any person who, without justifiable cause, does not follow occupation or lawful calling and habitually adopts as a means of livelihood and support means hrn k"ec* as unlawful or who, even if he follows an occupation or lawful calling, has frequently been “f t before the authorities on charges of offences against persons or against property and who has for * n sentenced at least three times, with suspension of execution of the sentence for a certain period, offences against property, shall be regarded as guilty of an offence.” — 60 — No. 2263. — Case of two doctors accused of issuing an unusual number of prescriptions for pantopon ampoules in Alexandria in 1942. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 12th, 1945. Reference : In June 1942, the Pharmacies Section of the Ministry of O.C.S./Conf. 1643. Public Health, when inspecting two pharmacies in Alexandria, noticed that an unusual number of prescriptions for “ pantopon ampoules ” had been issued by two doctors and, as the investigation made by the Alexandria Branch of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau revealed that the doctors were not justified in issuing these prescriptions, they were referred to the Drugs Native Parquet, Alexandria, and were committed for trial on July 21st, 1944, but were acquitted. The Parquet appealed and, on March 11th, 1945, the Court of Appeal, Alexandria, reversed the acquittal of one of the doctors — namely Hratchia Bengly — and sentenced him to imprisonment for one year and a fine of £E.200, but the arrest of this doctor could not be effected, as he had joined a military force and left Egypt. No. 2264. — Illicit traffic by aeroplane between Belice and Chetumal, Yucatan, and Vera Cruz. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Mexican Government for 1942. Reference : The chief of the Secret Police of Mexico (D.F.) learned that C.68.M.68.1945.XI^ narcotic drugs destined for the illicit traffic were continually being 1 • ■ • • ' >■ transported by aeroplane from Belice and Chetumal, Yucatan, to Vera Cruz, in cinematographic film boxes. In this case, José Guadalupe Aguilar and Jorge Gough, of Belice, together with their accomplices Cayetano Becerra and Francisco Badillo, were found guilty. This seizure was reported to the Public Prosecutor of the Republic. The price of heroin on the illicit market was 80 pesos per gramme and th at of morphine hydrochloride 50 pesos. No. 2265. — Discoveries of poppy plantations in Mexico. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Mexican Government for 1942. Reference : Opium poppy plantations were discovered in the following (168.M.6£>. 1945.X4) villages of the State of Sinaloa : at Santiago de los Caballeros, where seizures were effected on the property of Francisco Pina, Fernando Laija, Jesüs Contreras, JuanRamirez, Rafael Carrillo, Ramiro Medina, Ramiro Câsares, Heliodoro Câsares, Rafael Fonseca and Guillermo Duarte ; in the Nogales area (Sinaloa), where a seizure was effected on the property of Francisco Beltran ; at Tamiapa, on the property of Emiliano Munguia, Francisco Juarez and Luis Rayân ; in the Potrero area, on the property of Policarpo Salas ; at la Soledad, on the property of Pablo Flores, Miguel Pérez, Luciano Galavez, Cristobal Flores, José Robles, Miguel Acosta and Natividad Acosta ; at Batacomito, on the property of Porfirio Samaniegos. These plantations were destroyed in accordance with Articles 408 and 410 in conjunction with Article 435 of the Sanitary Code in force. Furthermore, the police visited certain villages in the municipality of Badiraguato and certain localities in the State of Sinaloa, amongst them Mocorito, with a view to the destruction of opium-poppy plantations. Details are lacking as to the area of these plantations. No. 2266. — Drug robberies by Philip H. Chadwick and Thelma Etta (Mae) Chadwick. Information contained in the Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for 1942. Reference : 1 (b). See below. C.17.M.17.1944.XI (O.C./A.R.1942/17). 3. On March 16th, 1942, near Tacoma, Washington, after he had made a series of spectacular drug-company robberies, Narcotic agents apprehended Philip H. Chadwick (Phil Chatard), a drug addict, gangster, bank robber, and former head of a large narcotic drug selling syndicate. Chadwick had undergone a plastic surgery operation in an endeavour to alter his features beyond recognition. His arrest and subsequent confinement in a Federal penitentiary stopped the career of a dangerous highway robber and gunman. At the time of his arrest, Chadwick was a fugitive from justice, having had a sentence of twelve years imposed upon him on narcotic charges by the United States District Court in Texas in 1940, when he and some thirty other persons were accused as members of a country wide drug-distributing organisation. He forfeited bond and disappeared while his conviction was under appeal. Since that time Chadwick had been the subject of an intensive search by Narcotic officers, with a large reward offered for this apprehension. He had also been a fugitive from a pay-roll robbery charge in Los Angeles, California, since 1936, and had a record of four other arrests on robbery charges and four on narcotic charges from 1924 to I QUESTIONNAIRE REFERRING TO PART II 1. Kind and quantity of drugs (a ) seized or (b) involved in the illicit transaction Origin of drugs. Name of 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. 5 . Additional details. 4 . Legal proceedings and penalties. X — 61 — 1927. His wife, Thelma Etta (Mae) Chadwick, who was apprehended at the same time, was also a fugitive from justice, having had sentence for two years imposed in Texas in 1940 for narcotic law violations. During the time he was evading Federal officers, Chadwick demonstrated his dangerous criminal character by holding up, with firearms, clerks in at least three drug stores, and robbing them of narcotic drugs. On June 20th, 1941, accompanied by two others, he had held up and bound several employees of the Tacoma Drug Co., Tacoma, and escaped with about 5 pounds 3 ounces (2 kg. 353 gr.) of narcotic drugs. In January 1942, Chadwick went to the home of a bookkeeper employed by this company, tied the bookkeeper and his wife to their beds and obtained the combination to the vault containing the narcotic drugs. Mrs. Chadwick remained to guard these people while Chadwick proceeded to the drug store. He was not, however, successful in opening the vault. In November 1941, Chadwick and two accomplices had help up the staff of a drug store in Seattle, Washington, and escaped with the narcotic drugs and $250. He committed a similar robbery in another Seattle drug store in January 1942, escaping with a considerable quantity of drugs. His wife, who was also addicted to the use of drugs, accompanied him on the drug-store robberies. These are striking examples showing the necessity for adequately safeguarding stocks of narcotic drugs. 4. On the burglary charges in the State of Washington, Chadwick was given an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary, not to exceed fifteen years, which is to be served at the completion of his Federal term of twelve years on narcotic charges. Mrs. Chadwick will be required to serve the sentence for two years on narcotic charges. She was not charged with complicity with her husband in the hold-ups and burglaries. PART III SEIZURES OF DRUGS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN 1941, ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL REPORTS COMMUNICATED TO THE SECRETARIAT. Préparations de Cigarettes Référence : résine de chanvre et cigares document Diacétyl- Plantes de indien de chanvre O.C./A.R. Opium brut morphine chanvre indien indien 1941 et Opium (Héroïne) Chanvre (nombre de Preparations (nombre) Stupéfiants préparations préparé indien plantes) of resin of divers Paye Dross Morphine Codéine Cocaïne Indian hemp Country Reference : Raw opium Prepared Diacetyl- Indian Indian hemp Various document and opium morphine hemp plants (Bhang. Charas, Cigarettes drugs O.C./A.R. preparations (Heroin) (number Chira, Esrar, and cigars of 1941 of plants) Ganja, Hashish, Indian hemp Kill, etc.) (number) N» Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Australie...... 63 63 19 977 365 3 659 Australia Union Sud-Africaine . . . 60 227 32 507 kg. Union of South Africa Sud-Ouest africain . . • 6 kg. South West Africa Royaume-Uni...... 42 3 109 17 579 1 • 1 891 470* United Kingdom Bassoutoland...... 9 771 623 Basutoland Guyane britannique . . 15 56 British Guiana K é n ia ...... 55 2 940 262 247 Kenya Ile Maurice...... 50 52 152 Mauritius Palestine...... 53 I 766 788 16 3 540 504 Palestine Sierra L e o n e ...... 49 97 300* Sierra Leone S w aziland...... 11 77 805 365 Swaziland Transjordanie...... 28 18 18 420 Trans-Jordan Zanzibar...... 12 2 60 Zanzibar Canada ...... 64 1 175 561 75 136 45 39 * Canada Colombie...... l 43 2 612 16 40 16 195 i 10 144 39* Colombia 1 80 969 Cuba Cuba ...... ( 46 2 1 335 970' 1 253 Egypt Egypte ...... I 44 (a) 1 153 85 1 86 19 Spain Espagne ...... 24 80* 49 207 France France ...... O.C.S.823 30 402 150 6 778 1 190 2 283 3 600 Madagascar Madagascar...... 22 3 200 655 Morocco (Fr. zone) Maroc (z. tr .) ...... 39 7 Tunis Tunisie ...... 20 122 424 23 190 2 724 778 India In d e...... 45 2 333 260 23 126' 488 7 427 1 089 10 Indian States 12 1 289 886 Etats indiens...... annex 386 104 New Zealand Nouvelle-Zélande .... 40 744 grammes Netherlands Pays-Bas Curaçao Curaçao...... 29 6 132 36 13 54 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Soudan anglo-égyptien . . 8 25 103 278 Turkey T u rq u ie ...... 1 202 191 9 1 241 164 830 670 29 937 136*' United States ol America Etats-Unis d’Amérique 31 59 527 52 246 2 764 33 603 538 461 636 627“ 32 513 kg. „ , , , | plantes 8 725 655 31 050 1 892 898 Total T o t a l ...... 5 948 94 117 kg. 805 gr. 10 215 37 729 623 11 128 2 033 897 1 1 plants 1 14 phials of omnopon, 10 ampoules and 4 tablets of morphine salts. 7 Includes 1 kg. 169 gr. of manzoul (mixture of hashish, dry spices and Note by the Secretariat. * 34 tablets weighing 6 1/10 grains (0.397 gramme), 4 ounces (113.6 herbs). grammes) of diacetylmorphine preparations and 9 1/10 grains (0.6 gramme) • In addition, 930 ampoules of morphine hydrochloride and 24 ampoules The authorities of the following countries and territories of diacetylmorphine hydrochloride. of tutopium. * Coca leaves. • Includes 39 madak pills, 111 madak balls and 24 opium pills. state that they have not discovered any illicit traffic in 4 Recorded figure of the amounts confiscated in 1941. 10 2 kg. 805 gr. of poppy shells and 100 poppy plants. 1941 : 1 47 kg. 656 gr. of poppy heads. 11 Includes 8 kg. 338 gr. of marihuana seed. 6 Dionine. 11 Includes 32 grammes of dionine. Aden, Antigua, Bahamas, Bechuanaland, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gold Coast, British Honduras, Jamaica, Norfolk, Nyasaland, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Virgin Islands, Costa-Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Salvador, Sweden, Venezuela. The authorities of the following countries and territories mention cases of illicit traffic or illicit possession of narcotic drugs without stating, however, the quantities seized or confiscated : Belgium, Northern Rhodesia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Hungary, Mexico, Surinam, Uruguay. — 64 PART III SEIZURES OF DRUGS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN 1940, ACCORDING TO ANNUAL REPORTS COMMUNICATED TO THE SECRETARIAT Since the publication of the table on pages 48-49 of document C.78.M.78.1945.XI [O.C.S.300(u)], the Annual Reports for 1940 for Canada and China have been received by the Secretariat. The following figures should therefore be added to the table : Reference : Prepara Cigarettes tions of and cigars document Raw Prepared Dross Morphine Heroin Cocaine Codeine resin of of Indian Narcotic Various O.C./A.R. opium opium Indian hemp pills 1940 hemp (number) Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Canada No. 66 1 705 1 359 64 229 64 12 170 China 67 6274 206 250 686 88 642 4 243 25 357 64 180 377 749 545* thus making a total for the year 1940 of : Raw opium Prepared opium Dross Morphine Heroin Cocaine Codeine Indian hemp Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. 19 278 854 51 497 99 593 8 12 733 74 409 242 Indian hemp Preparations of resin of Indian hemp Cigarettes and cigars Narcotic Various plants (Bhang, Charas, Chira, Dagga, Ganja, Hashish, Kif, etc.) of Indian hemp drues (number) (number) Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. Kg. Gr. 889 078 15 353 250 37 020 377 242 135 i Six Chinese tea cakes containing alleged marihuana. ’ 55 kg. 56 gr. of poppy heads. nnnL)y * 275 kg. 156 gr. of “ false opium ”, 270 kg. 989 gr. of “ opium refuse ”, 50 kg. 70 gr. of poppy seeds, 150 kg. oi V capsules without seeds, 3 kg. 262 gr. of medicine containing narcotics, 66 gr. of auxiliary ingredients. — 65 — INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS AND FIRMS i Name Page Name Page Name Page Abdel Aaal Hassan, Helmi 48 Chadwick, Philip H. (Phil Gallichio, Joseph ...... 28 Abdel Hamid Hassan, Ha Chatard)...... 60 Garcia Ronderoz, Carlos fez ...... 7 Chadwick, Telma Etta (“ Chato Garcia ”) ...... 59 Abdulla, Abdel Kader . . . 48 (Mae) ...... 61 Garcia, Theodora...... 31 Abdulla Abdel Moula, El Chan Sam ...... 11 Garza Trevino, Aquilez . . 48 Sayed ...... 46 Chang N in ...... 20 Gassier, Louis Aimé ...... 39 Abu Ali, Abdel Latif .... 45 Chang Saw ...... 15 Gelgeç, H ü sey in ...... 22 Abu Hussein, Ali Hussein 48 Chang Yung Tai ...... 16 Gelgeç, Sehriban ...... 22 Abu Taleb, Fathi Saïd . . . 45 Chen Ah Chu ...... 12 Gergin, H a lil...... 22 Acosta, Miguel ...... 60 Cheong King ...... 14 Ghitanos, N icolas...... 47 Acosta, Natividad ...... 60 Cheung Kwong Chuen . . . 5 Giannatalacci, Jean Gabriel 7 Aguilar, José Guadalupe . 60 Chin P a y ...... 13 Gin Shin G o o ...... 24 Ah Choÿ ...... 24 Chin Tai ...... 15 Giovanni, Antoine Joseph 40 Ah K ow ...... 14 C.hing Ah Lah ...... 25 Glenn, Walter A...... 29 Ahmed, A m in ...... 19 Ching Chou Yo ...... 11 Goh Nor N o n e ...... 19 Ahmed El Aliaf, Helmi Chong A. H ...... 17 Goh S en g ...... 11 Ism ail...... 48 Chow-Kan-Fud...... 12 Gonzales, J u a n ...... 32 Ahmed Hamza, Ali 6 Chu Kay ...... 15 Gough, Guadelupe 48 Ahmed Khattab, Zaki ... 49 Chun Y e w ...... 26 Gough, Jorge ...... 60 Ahmed, R. M...... 20 Chung Sey S in g ...... 9 Guerrero, Juan E ...... 35 Ah Te ...... 10 Chung Sua ...... 18 Gutierrez, Jose Sanchez .. 33 Ah Tong ...... 9 Chung Tan ...... 10 Gutierrez, Maria, Carillo . 33 Ahumada, Herminia ...... 32 Chung Yan C ook ...... 16 Gutierrez, Mario Angel . . . 59 Albero, Charles (alias Cohen, Philip ...... 3 Guzman, Guadalupe ...... 31 “ Charlie Bullets ”).... 40 Contreras, J e su s...... 60 Ali Mohammed, Mohammed 6 Cordoliani, Toussaint .... 7 Hamadeh, Naim Assad . . 20 Alian, Salman Salama ... 44 Coronado, Carlos ...... 23 Hamadeh, Nathleh Assad 20 Altunay, G ü lz a r...... 22 Cougler, Thomas ...... 32 Hamdi, Ahmed ...... 21 Alvarado, Tony ...... 31 Crapisi, Charles ...... 42 Hanif, Md...... 9 Amre Amir a, Zayed ...... 44 Cruz, Buenaventura ...... 23 Haniff, Sk...... 15 Ancona, J a c k ...... 41 Cudsi, Solon Emmanuel . . 21 Hardstein, Celestino ...... 23 Angelson, A 1 ...... 3 Harmon, Edward...... 33 Antinori, Joseph ...... 41 Daniel, Francisco Sebastiao 51 Harrison, M. B ...... 23 Antinori, Paul ...... 41 Darwish, A u d a ...... 45 Hartmann, Helmuth . . 23, 40 Arnaud, Joséphine Claudia 39 Deif, Abdel Galil Moham Hassan, Ahmed ...... 11 Asrafally, Saleh Ahmed . . 12 med ...... 48 Hassan el Banna, Ahmed Attala, Boulos Kaldas . . . 48 Demir, A l i ...... 21 Mohammed ...... 50 Attia, Ali Mohammed . . . 48 D en-Sheff...... 9 Hassan El Naggar, Abdel Auda Said El Hasably, Dixon, Betty ...... 33 Mottaleb ...... 46 Salem ...... 47 Duarte, Guillermo ...... 60 Hengel, H enri...... 48 Awad Attia, Attia ...... 6 Durmus, Osman...... 4 Horn Tom Koon ...... 32 Hon Kai F o o k ...... 18 Bang Kau ...... 7 Eby, Herbert ...... 23 Hooper, Walter ...... 3 Banyai, Elisabeth, H 23 El Gebali, Hassan Hassan 48 Hussain Sk. Ismail, Shaik 11 Barbato, Arnold (alias El Gharibi, Abdulla Abu El Hussein Osman, Zaki .... 6 “ Curley”), ...... 28 N a g a ...... 44 Hussen, Mamod ...... 21 Barenque, Dr, Gregorio El Hambouti, Mohammed O n eta...... 23 Salem ...... 48 Ibarra, Alberto Torres . . . 31 Bekheit Shehata Ghobrial 46 El Hariri, Hassan Ahmed Ihsan Cinsal ...... 51 Beltran, F rancisco 60 K h a tta b ...... 48 Impastato, Nicolo ...... 41 Bembahani, Abulcasen . . . 12 Eliopoulos, Athanase .... 36 Inn Sing ...... 9 Bengimina, Charles W. Eliopoulos, Elias ...... 36 Ip Hai ...... 19 (alias “ Redbrick ”).... 41 Eliopoulos, George...... 36 Ip W in g ...... 12 Benson, Richard .. .'...... 3 3 Ishiki, K am asen...... 29 Bernstein, S a m ...... 3 Fahim Abu Zahra, Rashad 7 Ishiki, Ushishiro ...... 29 Beshai, Mortaga Shenouda 48 Fan Chu T a n g ...... 12 Bessara, Halim Hanna ... 48 Fehim Yesildag ...... 4 Jasso Gonzales, Ignacia Bhandari, Habib Sk 15 Florence D a v is ...... 31 (alias “ La Nacha ”).... 31 Blanco, Carlos, C...... 33 Flores, Cristobal...... 60 Jepson, Samuel ...... 23 Buchalter, Louis ...... 3 Flores, Pablo ...... 60 Jochmann, George, F. . . . 24 Buffa, Thomas ...... 41 Fong Chong ...... 7 Johnson, Helen ...... 33 Fong Mei Tong ...... 28 Juarez, Francisco...... 60 Calvani, Marie ...... 3 9 Fong S i n g ...... 28 Jung Gen ...... 24 Lantan, H a s a n ...... 51 Fonseca, Rafael ...... 60 Lapone, L ouis...... 3 Fook, A. H ...... 19 Karakas, Ahmed ...... 22 Larillo, Rafael ...... 60 Fse C h o y ...... 12 Kau Lau ...... 16 Larramusa, C a rl...... 41 Fung C hing...... 12 Kawala, Ahmed ...... 4 Lasâres, Helodoro ...... 60 Fu Zai Sheng ...... 12 Kawala, Hiisnii ...... 4 Lastillo, Abelardo ...... 52 Kay Chin ...... 28 Ustro, Eduardo...... 23 Gaber, Khalil Mohd ...... 10 Kaya, Müslin ...... 22 ^elal S ünger 21 Le Gal ...... 48 Kazim, Arabaci ...... 4 Cevher, Hassan ...... 21 Galavez, Luciano...... 60 Kee Gon Wong, James . . . 29 in- .. the index have not been included names of the large number of persons involved m cases of , traffic in marihuana in U.S.A. and mentionned in reports covering certain periods. For the name - oo-c Pprsons reference is made to cases Nos. 2246, 2247, 2248, 2249, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2".53, -251, - A 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259. Name Page Name Page Name Page Khadr, Sallan...... 44 Moore, Arthur ...... 23 Serrano, Carlos Jesus .... 35 Khalil, Mohomed...... 11 Moosa, Adeem Ahmed ... 19 Shamriloff ...... 9 Khalioris, C osta...... 46 Moreno, Alejandro...... 23 Shamsuddin, Sk...... 9 Kim, Raymond ...... 41 Moreno, Virgilio...... 43 Shan Bong ...... 7 Koh Lai Kai ...... 19 Mou Sze T sieh...... 26 Sheshi K o n g...... 9 Ku Ching T a n g ...... 18 Munguia, Emiliano ...... 60 De Simone, James ...... 42 Kusabakan, Salim ...... 22 Murgan, Saber ...... 45 Sojo Soon ...... 32 Kwok Kan ...... 14 Mussa Salem, Hagras .... 46 Solarez, Jose M aria 23 Kwok K o w ...... 30 Mustafa Abu Ali, Gaber .. 6 Sôlez, H a lil...... 22 My Tran Dinh ...... 8 Soliman Ali Madian ...... 48 Lai K e e ...... 7 Spitaleri, Joseph ...... 40 Laija, Fernando...... 60 Nance, Robert D...... 23 Spitarelli, Joseph...... 23 Lam F o o k ...... 27 Nané, Ibrahim ...... 21 Lam Kan ...... 27 Stanger, Alexander (alias Nasralla, Salem Mohammed 46 “ A1 Belgerson ”) ...... 41 Lam K w ok...... 12 Nassar Selem, Mohammed 44 Strelkovsky...... 9 Landeros, Leo, J ...... 33 Nazario, Ismael ...... 52 Sung Khin ...... 13 Lau Yin Tai (alias Hop Ng W a ...... 12 Syed Ahmed Halad ...... 11 Sing)...... 29 Ngah Fung ...... 11 Sz Kin Choy ...... 26 Lee Ah Ching...... 20 Nicolaidis, Evanghelos ... 46 Sze Po S an g...... 11 Lee Cheong...... 14 Lee Foo Y u n g ...... 24 Nigro (Bosnio), Angelo ... 42 Lee Gim ...... 27 Noriega, Francisco 32 Tahimez Qulul ...... 14 Lee Kaong ...... 27 Novarro, Mercedes 32 Tahir, Kenan ...... 21 Lee Ki Ao ...... 19 Nuri Ayral ...... 22 Tahir, Mehmed...... 22 Lee Kim Sing ...... 24 Taibi, Charles...... 41 Oli Mia ...... 11 Takirdici, Selim ...... 4 Lee Leaverton ...... 29 ...... 41 Lee Ming Ho ...... 16 Olivera, Joé Tang Chang Chao ...... 13 Ong Yang Yong ...... 15 Tapias, Mariana Roman . 35 Lee Ting Fueman ...... 13 ...... 22 Lee Yau ...... 27 Ozgül, Ibrahim Taçciyan, Barkev...... 4 Leung G um ...... 28 Taskan, H asan ...... 51 Palmieri, Marc ...... 39 Tekin, Ali ...... 21 Leung L a w ...... 13 Palmieri, Marc Jacques .. 39 Lew Thyan Ming ...... 8 Teppas, Charles Henri ... 40 Pan Tsai ...... 9 Tetto ...... 9 Leyva, Alberto...... 40 Pardo, Jorge Melendes ... 43 Li Man Wai ...... 9 Timsit, Abraham (Adolphe) 43 Penaranda, Eliecer Arturo 43 Ting King Huat ...... 15 Lia Ling ...... 13 Perez, Francisco...... 23 Lim Song ...... 26 Tio Ah Hee ...... 16 Lin-Affkee...... 12 Perez, Miguel ...... 60 To Ee S a m ...... 10 Ling Ah Ging...... 20 Pernice, Fellipo ...... 41 Topcu, Haci A hm ed 21 Pernice, Sam uel...... 42 Tsu Tu Shah ...... 12 Ling C han...... 9 Person, E. Cooper, Dr .. 38 Ling Ei Chang...... 9 Tubarak Ali ...... 20 Petrelli, Dominick .. . 23, 40 Türkü, Hassan...... 21 Livorsi, Frank ...... 40 Phelps, Jo h n ...... 32 Lizcano, Carlos, Dr 35 Phillips, Albert...... 37 Lo Ngor...... 14 Pignetti, Michael (alias Ugün, Mahmud ...... 22 Lo T so ...... 26 Charles Santoro) ...... 28 Urias, Ana Maria ...... 37 Lombardo, Philip ...... 41 Pina, Francisco ...... 60 Usanmaz, Kahraman .... 22 Lome How (alias Ah Bok) 27 Pitta, Joe M. Jr...... 23 Loo Lee Moi...... 17 Vasquez, Luis Manuel ... 31 Lopiparo, Tony ...... 42 Ramirez, Gilberto ...... 23 Verdusco, Filiberto ...... 23 Lorber, Abe ...... 3 Ramirez, Juan ...... 60 Vergara, Juan Manuel . . 31 Lovetro, Calogero (alias Ramirez, Satum ino 48 “ Petey ” alias “ Char Ramiro, Casares...... 60 lie ”) ...... 28 Waldrop, Jefferson G., Dr 36 Ramjan, Sk...... 9 Walker, Joseph (alias Stri Lowery, James Nathan ... 30 Randall, Albert Gates ... 41 Loy Kwang Joo ...... -. 13 ker) (true name : Walkoff, De Luca, Joseph...... 41 Rang Y a n g ...... 24 Michael)...... 32 Lung Maw...... 12 Rayan, Luis ...... 60 Walkoff, Sammy ...... 32 Lung S in g ...... 13 Recep Yildiz...... 52 Wan Ding Tuem an...... 13 Ridgill, Robert D. (alias Wang Ah Wah ...... 16 Madbouli, Mohd. Attia ... 48 Grey, John) ...... 41 Wat Ying ...... 20 Mah Kohon...... 16 Rihan Selim, Selim 6 Wei Ah Hoi ...... 18 Manshiet El Sadr ...... 48 Ringer, Robert James ... 23 Weiss, Em anuel...... 3 Mansour, Ali Hussein 46 Riquet, Alfonso ...... 43 Wing Sing F a t ...... 37 Mansour, Soliman Moussa 46 Robles, J o s é ...... 60 Wing Sing Wo C o ...... 37 Mau F a tt...... 13 Roda, M...... 44 Wong Ah Fook (alias Low Mavioglu, Mustafa 21 Rodriguez, Pedro...... 23 Bing)...... 24 Medina, Ram iro...... 60 Rodriguez, Sixto ...... 52 Wong Ah L ing...... 17 Mehmed Baygin...... 51 Rojas, Antonio...... 40 Wong F o ...... 10 Migden, Jacob ...... 3 Wong Fong Lewis ...... 20 Milton, Abramson ...... 32 Sadik, Halilogen ...... 51 Wong K in g ...... 24 Minaides, Michel ...... 21 Salas, Policarpo ...... 60 Wong Sing ...... 12 Mitchell, Florence D 23 Salem, Hewaishel Solama 44 Wong Wa Kwai ...... 13 Mohammed Darwish, Mus Salkôk, Cevat (Djevad)... 4 Woo Ahya Shing...... tafa (alias Abu Shakra) 45 Sallout, Rashad E id 46 Mohammed El Shami, Mo Samaniegos, Porfirio 60 Yanni Panayotti Souris . 46 hammed ...... 7 Santoro, Salvatore ....2 3 , 40 11 Mohammed Hassanein, Ab Santos Chavez Garcia, José 50 Yong Ah K w ong...... Yong Ah Ping ...... 16 del Fadeel (alias Khamir Çaçanç, Remzi ...... 27 14 El Awar)...... 45 Sayed Khalifa, Khalifa El 6 Yong Ah Sang ...... 16 Schillaci, John ...... 41 Yong Tai K o n g ...... Mohammed Kohla, Ab del Youssef, Ali Mahgoub . • 7 Ghani ...... 48 Scott, Winfield...... 23 22 Mohammed Naggari, Eissa 48 Scrivanek, Miroslav 40 Yüncüoglu, N um an...... Mohammed Tantawi, Abdel See Kong...... 20 Hamid ...... 48 Çengenç, Cemal ...... 21 Zorab, Hassan Ahmad . • • — 67 INDEX TO LOCALITIES Country and locality Date Page Country and locality Dale Page Australia : Bombay and July 1942 ...... 15 Sydney July 22nd, 1941 .... 25 Madras (cld.) August 1942 ...... 15 Calcutta 1941...... 8 Bolivia : October 1941 ...... 9 La Paz May 3rd, 1942 ...... 5 November 1941...... 10 January 12th, 1942 .. 11 Brazil 1941...... 42 February 1942 ...... 11 April 1942 ...... 13 United Kingdom of October 4th. 1942 . . 19 Great Britain and Cawnpore 1941...... 8 Northern Ire Madras October 13th, 1941 . 8 land : November 1941...... 10 Hull (England) November 28th, 1941 26 Madras and October 1941...... 9 December 19th, 1941 26 Bombay March and April 1942 12 London March 6 th, 1942 .... 26 July 1942 ...... 15 March 17th, 1942 ... 27 August 1942 ...... 15 Rawalpindi 1941...... British Colonies : 8 Tiruturaipundi July 7th, 1941 ...... 8 Hong Kong September 19th, 1941 5 Tuvarankurichi December 31st, 1941 8 October 4th, 1941 . . 27 Canada : Mexico : In transit after Between Belice despatch from and Chetumal Switzerland May 16th, 1940 ___ 35 Yucatan and 1942 60 Vera Cruz ^ Chile 1941...... 5 Guasave 1942 20 Colombia : Mexico...... 1942 50 Sinaloa (State of) 1942 60 Barranquilla February 19 th and 22nd, 1942 ...... 43 Palestine March 12th, 1942 ... 43 Acre . . June 7th, 1942 20 Iquire (Munici pality of) December 1941 ...... 42 Seizures made Bogota January 1941 ...... 59 by : February 1942 ...... 59 Criminal Inves November 1941 .... 50 March 4th, 1942 ___ 59 tigation De January-March 1942 50 Egypt : partment April 1942 ...... 49 Alexandria August 20th, 1941 . . 6 June-October 1942 . 51 1942 ...... 60 Criminal In January 13th, 1942 . 6 vestigation March 24th, 1942 ... 46 Department May, July, September, March 27th, 1942 ... 46 and Customs November and De Cairo July 27th, 1941 ----- 44 Department cember 1942 ...... 51 November 28th, 1941 49 Customs De January-April 1942 . 50 November 29th, 1941 6 partment October 1942 ...... 51 February 8 th and 22nd, 1942 ...... 45 Portuguese Colonies : August 9th, 1942 . . . 48 Colem March 16th, 1942 21 September 29th, 1942 48 May 9th, 1942 .. 51 Ismailia March 27th, 1942 ... 47 Kantara May 18th, 1942 ----- 47 Macao September 1941 . 27 October 10th, 1942 . 7 Port Said March 29th, 1942 . . . 47 Sudan : April 30th, 1942 ----- 6 Khartoum March 12th, 1942 21 Port Said and Sinai Desert March 1942 ...... 46 Turkey : El Qalag October 20th, 1942 . 49 Suez Adapazari, Izmit November 6 th, 1941 22 January 29th, 1942 . 45 Balikesir No date ...... 52 March 10th, 1942 ... 46 Suez Port Cayirgâh July 17th, 1942 ----- 22 October 16th, 1942 . . 7 Diarbekir December 4th, 1942 22 France : Eski§ehir February 19th, 1941 21 Hatay February 5th, 1941 . 21 Marseilles November 29th, 1941 39 February 27th, 1941 21 March 4th, 1942 ___ 7 Istanbul February 5th, 1941 21 March 21st, 1942 ... 43 June 23rd, 1941...... 22 May 5th, 1942 ...... 39 September 8th, 1941 22 May 12th, 1942 ___ 8 December 27th, 1941 22 December 28th, 1942 40 April 6th, 1942 22 India : April 15th, 1942 . 22 Ajmer 1941...... 8 May 28th, 1942 . 22 Bhatinda 1941...... 8 July 4th, 1942 . . 22 Benares District 1941...... 8 August 7th, 1942 22 Bombay October 14th, 1941 . 9 Izmir January 21st, 1941 21 October 1941 and February 3rd, 1941 21 January 1942 .... 10 January 12 th, 1942 22 February 1942 ...... 50 September 17th, 1942 51 May and June 1942 . . 13 November 14th, 1942 22 June 18th, 1942 .... 14 Izmit June 2nd, 1941 .... 22 August and Septem July 16th, 1941 . . . 22 ber 1942 ...... 16 September 2nd, 1941 22 September, October Karamursel, and November 1942 17 Izmit October 8 th, 1941 . 22 October 1942 ...... 19 Kilis January 21st, 1941 . 21 Bombay and October 1941 9 Rami No date...... 4 Madras January 1942 ...... 10, 12 Urfa April 29th. 1942 . . . 22 March and April 1942 12 Yalova February 21st, 1941 21 — 68 — Country and locality Date Page Country and locality Dale p agt United States of New York City July, September, De America : ( continued) cember 1941 ...... 53 Atlantic Coast October 24th, 1941 .. 27 Ports January-July 1942 .. 54 December 26th, 1941 37 Bayonne, New April 16th, 1942 .... 32 Jersey September 14th, 1942 25 August 3rd, 1942 .... 24 Brawley, Cali fornia November 13th, 1942 New York City September-N ovember 33 and vicinity 1942 57 Brooklyn, New December 11th, 1941 54 Nogales, Arizona York March 11th and 28th, August 28th, 1941 . . 37 January-July 1942 . . 23 1942 ...... 30 August 7th, 1942 Norfolk, 24 Virginia July 2nd, 1942 ...... 24 Bucaramanga, Pikesville, North July 1941-September New York June 30th, 1942 .... 35 Calexico, Cali January, June and Carolina 1942 38 Reno, Nevada December 5th, 1941 40 fornia July 1942 ...... 23 Rouses Point, New York July 26th, 1937 ___ 3 Carthagena, San Antonio and Columbia April 29th, 1941___ 34 Laredo, Texas April, May, June 1942 31 Constable Hook September 14th, 1942 25 Douglas, San Diego. January, June and California April 3rd, 1941...... 56 Arizona July 1942 ...... 23 Edgewater, San Diego and San Francisco, New Jersey September 8 th, 1942 24 El Centro, California April 1942 ...... 56 California October 23rd, 1942 . San Francisco, February 17th, 1941 55 32 California April 23rd, 1941 ... . 55 Gary, Indiana October 4th, 1941 28 Gila Bend, January, June and February 2nd, 1942 . 33 July 1942 ...... February 11th, 1942 . 30 Arizona 23 March 14th, 1942 ... 56 Hoboken, March to November March 29th and July New Jersey 1941 ...... 27 April 1st, 1941 ...... 18th, 1942 ...... 30 37 July 18th, 1942 .... 30 June 21st, 1941 .... 37 November 17th, 1941 November 20th, 1942 33 27 December 1st and 9th. January 10th, 1942 . . 23 Kansas City, 1942 33 Missouri February 1942 ...... 41 Santa Cruz, Laredo, Texas June 13th, 1941, and California February 3rd, 1942 . 28 January 15 th, 1942 56-57 San Ysidro, October 27th, 1941 . . 29 California January-July 1942 .. 23 January, June and Seattle, July 1942 ...... 23 Washington March 29th, 1942 ... 30 Laredo and San Staten Island, May 26th, 1942 ... . 24 Antonio, April, May and June New York September 14th and Texas 1942 ...... 31 22nd, 1942 ...... 25 Los Angeles, Tacoma, California February 17 th, 1941 55 Washington March 16th, 1942 ... 60 September 8 th, 1941 53 Tucson, Arizona October 18th, 1942 . 32 October 3rd, 1941 . . 37 October 25th, 1942 . 33 March 14th, 1942 . . . 56 November 23rd, 1942 33 On or near the August - December Washington, Mexican 1941...... 52 December 13th, 1941 29 border January-March 1942 54 D.C. Watsonville, May 16th and 20th, February-July 1942 . 55 1941...... 28 July-November 1942 57 California October - December Wilmington, 1942 ...... 58 North Miami, Florida September 24th, 1941 36 Carolina May 6 th, 1941 ...... 55 Nashville, Arkansas 1941...... 36 U.S.A. Colonies : New Orleans, August 31st, Septem Louisiana ber 2 nd and 16th, Hilo Territory, October 8 th, 1941 53 Hawaii Ter October 3rd, 1941 . . . 55 ritory January 31st. 1941 . . 37 October 16th, 1941 . . 27 Honolulu March ‘l2th. 1941 . .. 37 August 7th, 1942 ___ 24 April 1st, 1941 ...... 37 New York City 1940-1941 ...... 23 July 22nd, 1941...... 37 March, April, June, December 1941 ...... 29 September 1941 . . 27 May 29th, June 6 th, San Juan and August 15th and Ponce, Puerto June 28th, October 24 th, 1941 ...... 28 Rico 13th and 18th, 1941 52 X