Distributed to the Council and Official No. : C. 511. M. 251. 1932.XI. the Members of the League.] [O.C.294 (ft).]

Geneva, April 1st, 1932.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC

IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

SUMMARY

OF ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS AND SEIZURES

REPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

BETWEEN JANUARY 1st AND APRIL 1st, 1932. PART L

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

N o t e . — The first two cases are unnumbered, owing to the fact that they refer to seizure reports contained in previous summaries in which no serial numbers were used. The remaining cases in Part I carry numbers corresponding to those given to the same cases in previous editions of this document.

Friedrich Barnitske Case.

See series O.C.724, With reference to the letter from the Government of India dated ° 1 19 and August 7th, 1930, of which a summary appears on page 3 of document O.C.294(71), pa'se 3. O.C.294f/z^, the German representative on the Advisory Committee reports (January 20th, 1932) that investigations showed that Abdur 1607/157. Sobhan had been studying in Berlin since 1923 and that he had matriculated at the Friedrich Wilhelm University. Hs associated a good deal with other Indians studying in Berlin. It has never been observed, nor can it be proved, that he associated with persons engaged in the traffic in drugs. Sobhan was examined and denied that he had ever engaged in the traffic in drugs, that the names of Atzig, Mazharuddin and Ahsan were entirely unknown to him and that he had never associated with these persons. Sobhan made a good impression on the authorities and his statement would seem to be credible.

Seizure of Opium at Vancouver, June 17th, 1928, ex the “ Empress of Asia James Durkin Case.

rtSee /-I O.C.856,« / J\ and The Canadian Government reports A (January \ */ 20th, « 1932) / that inn ini Durkin, who jumped his bail in 1928, was not located until November 1931, when he was found in Chicago. He wa; arrested and, having 7189/157. waived extradition, he was sentenced in Vancouver to three years’ in the penitentiary and a fine of $200, or, in default, a further six months’ imprisonment.

No. 57.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta on August 13th, 1930, ex the “Seattle Maru ”,

See O.C.1279 and The British representative on the Advisory Committee reports O.C.294(ÿJ, page 20. (February 10th, 1932) that information has been received from the 13336 1 57 Government of India that orders have been issued for the deportation of B. Oda, who was convicted of smuggling the cocaine seized in this case.

No. 74.—Seizure of Morphine in Dairen, November 1929.

See O.C.1297 and The Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee further 0.C.294(g), page 26. reports (February 23rd, 1932) that, besides the 10 kg. of morphine 18241/157 seized in the possession of Okajima, eight small cases and three packets of morphine were seized in his house, which was searched. The police authorities of Changchun were informed and about 30 kg. of morphine were found in the house of Mme. Saka Kanetake. Enquiries showed that Okajima had already sent to Gihei Yashiro (Yago) 12 small cases of morphine between August and October 1929 and at the end of October and the beginning of November he had sent 6 cases to Murakami. The judgment °n the case has not yet been pronounced.

No. 106.—Seizure at Mukden, November 1929.

See 0.C.1326, Additional information on this case has been communicated by the German Government (see confidential document O.C.1326(a)). j^age 37, and O.C.294(,/j^j page 8 .

' 4717/157

No. 107.—Seizure of (? ) Benzoylmorphine at Mukden, March 1930.

See O.c.1326, Additional information on this case has been communicated by the German Government (see confidential document O.C.1326fa;) o7-d8 ana O.C.294(7iJ, page 8.

24717/ 157. a,d'N- 570 (F.| 545 (A.; 7/32. Imp. Réunies, Chamtaéry. No. 109.—Seizure of Benzoline at Tsingtao, February 1930.

See O.C.1329 series, and Additional information on this case has been communicated by O.C.294(g), page 38. Qerman Government (see confidential document O.C.1329fa^). 24720/157.

No. 115.—Seizure of Hashish at Cairo, October 1930.

See O.C.1342, The Director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau states O.C.294^;, page 42. (March 14th, 1932) that the invoice for 6 millstones marked “ F ", dated 25143/157. Istambul, July 22nd, 1930, was made in the name of Hadja Zadé Ahmed Eff. by the firm of Gadi Zadé Maher of Galata, Mumhane Sokak No. 12. An insurance policy, No. 58368, was made out in the name of Hadja Zadé Ahmed Faik by the Istambul branch of the Continental Insurance Co., dated July 24th, 1930. The millstones were insured for 250 dollars. The bill of lading, No. 36400, dated Istambul, July 22nd, 1930, was issued by the Khédivial Mail Line, Istambul Agency, also in the name of Hadja Zadé Ahmed Faik. This bill of lading was endorsed on the back by Hadja Zadé Ahmed Faik, and was also signed by Gadi Zadé Nuri Maher, of Istambul, who sold the said millstones to Hadja Zadé Ahmed Faik. The bill of lading also bears the signature of Ismail Aly, the clearing agent of Alexandria, who presented himself to clear the goods. A letter dated July 21st, 1930, from “ Fotzatein ” of Galata, Istambul, the concessionaire of the millstones, and addressed to Faik Hadja Zadé, appointed the latter as their representative in Egypt and Syria. Photographs of the documents mentioned above have been sent to the Turkish Government through its Consulate in Geneva for the purpose of enquiry into this case of illicit traffic originating in Turkey.

No. 131.—Seizure at Harbin of Heroin coming from Germany. Trachtenberg Case.

O.C.1386(b). The German Government states (January 13th, 1932) that Paul n6p Lauer, the sender of the goods, is the joint proprietor with Julius Gustav ■ • (9), Pa=e Thomas Wiener, of the firm of Wilh. H. Schwiecker. The consignment 315/157(12). in question was one of 30 kg. of benzylmorphine obtained in October 1930 from the firm of C. H. Boehringer and Son, of Hamburg, in 6 tins of 5 kg. each. These goods were repacked by Messrs. Schwiecker and sent to Trachtenberg at Harbin. The buyer of the goods was stated to be a certain Brinberg (see document O.C.294 fcj, page 64, and document O.C.294f<^, page 24), resident at an unknown address in Paris and, at that time, in China. Brinberg had asked that a fictitious address be given in order that his client, Trachtenberg, should not learn the name of the supplying firm and obtain goods later from that firm direct. Wiener would not agree to this and the goods were therefore sent in the name of Paul Lauer. A copy of the invoice made out to Brinberg, referring to the quantity of 30 kg. described as “ Inisal ” obtained from Messrs. C. H. Boehringer & Sohn, Hamburg, was shown to the Hamburg police. The firm of Schwiecker emphatically denies that they sent to Trachtenberg on Brinberg’s account any diacetylmorphine or other goods, other than the benzylmorphine obtained in October 1930, from C. H. Boehringer and Son, of Hamburg. Messrs. Boehringer and Son informed the police that they had supplied the said benzylmorphine to Messrs. Schwiecker in October 1930. Messrs. Schwiecker have frequently sent morphine esters to the Far East, chiefly to Dairen and Osaka. Up to the end of 1929, they sent only benzoylmorphine, but later, when this became subject to the opium law, they sent only benzylmorphine. The goods were obtained partly from German firms, but in 1931 also from Swiss firms. It is intended to withdraw Messrs. Schwiecker’s licence to trade in opium.

No. 132.—Seizure at Harbin of Heroin coming from Germany. Nakamura Case.

O.C.1386(6). The German Government states (January 13th, 1932) that, as the See also O .C.1386 and name of the sender of the letters was not given in the original report O.C.294(g), page 49. (nor could it be ascertained by the postal authorities on the basis of 315/157(12). the registration numbers), the enquiry set on foot by the Hamburg Public Prosecutor had therefore to be discontinued.

No. 200.— “ Tjinnoun ” Case.

O.C.417fpj. The British representative on the Advisory Committee reports See O.C.S.5 series and (March 10th, 1932) that the opium was despatched by Messrs. Behbehani O.C.294(7U, page 11, and 294 (j), page 8. an d Sons, who, it is understood, produced to the Persian authorities a contract of sale to the Canton Government. It is also understood 3306/3018. that the name of the Tjinnoun has since been changed to Vatic. 27422/3018. No. 271.—Seizure of Diacetylmorphine Hydrochloride at Shanghai on May 30th, 1931, ex the S.S. “Gemma”. See O.C.S.17 and The German representative on the Advisory Committee reports O.C.294 fi J, page 7. (November 24th, 1931) that no firm of the name of “ Chemische Fabrik

30406/ 157. A.G. Pelikan ” is known in Germany.

0.C.S.17 (a). The Belgian Government reports (January 18th, 1932) that a telegram was received from the Chief Commissioner of Police at Rotterdam on June 6th, 1931, asking where and from whom the firm of Sotramar of Antwerp had received the 7 cases marked M .R .lll to 117 in which the heroin was seized at Shanghai. Investigations were instituted by the Antwerp authorities and a certain Jacques Kestens, the manager of Messrs. Sotramar, a firm of freighters, stated that, about March 28th, 1931, his firm was asked by the firm of “ Ecco ” to forward these cases to Tsingtao. The cases were forwarded on the S.S. Gemma, and Kestens stated that he knew nothing further of the affair. The accredited agent of the firm of “ Ecco ” (European Controlling Company) is Ernest van den Cruyce, Antwerp, who, on being interrogated, stated that, in October 1930, he made the.acquaintance of a certain “ Elly ” of Istambul, who was the manager or representative of a firm then in process of formation known as “ The Orient Oil Mill and Refinery Co., Ltd.”, address. Postal Box No. 221, Istambul. On March 12th, 1931, the firm of “ Ecco ” received a letter from the “ Orient ” at Istambul instructing them to consign “ to order ” at Tsingtao, the seven cases which were forwarded to Antwerp from Istambul on the S.S. Heracles, through the firm of David Gerson & Co. Van den Cruyce had not seen “ Elly ” in Antwerp since October 1930. Further enquiries revealed that a certain “ Elly” had stayed at the Century Hotel, Antwerp, from October 14th to 17th, 1930. He had arrived from Germany and professed to be on his way to England. He gave his name as “ Elie ” and his Christian names as Guirion Abousac, but it is not impossible that his surname is Guirion and his christian names Elie Abousac. In June 1931, the firm of “ Ecco ” received a letter from the company which had insured the heroin in the belief that it was cotton fabric, demanding payment of an additional sum due on account of false declarations in the insurance policy. Messrs. “ Ecco ” therefore claimed damages from the “ Orient Oil Mill and Refinery Co., Ltd.”, at Istambul, but, in answer to their letter to this company, a communication was received from Istambul in July 1931, written by a person otherwise unknown to them, informing them that “ The Orient Oil Mill and Refinery Co., Ltd. ”, no longer possessed a representative in Istambul. The letter further stated that the representative of the Orient Group had visited Istambul with the object of founding the firm in question, but that the depression then prevailing in Turkey was such that the scheme had not been carried out and the representative had left with the intention of returning to the East, his present address being unknown ; also that the company was intended to confine itself to the oil trade, and the writer professed himself quite unable to understand the contents of the letter received from Messrs. “ Ecco ”. On the receipt of this letter, Messrs. “ Ecco ” got into touch with the postal authorities at Antwerp and requested that an enquiry into the matter be instituted. On October 28th, 1931, the Postmaster replied that the Turkish postal authorities had not as yet communicated the final results of their investigations into the matter and that he would again press them for a reply at an early date. At the time of making the report, no further reply had been received from Turkey. An enquiry conducted in Paris in regard to persons known to have had dealings with “ Elly ” also failed to reveal any clue as to his real identity. Work on this case has therefore been suspended. Note by the Secretarial.—Previous reference to the name of Elie Abouissac will be found in document O.C.294(g), Case No. 110, page 38.

No. 272.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta on the “ Tacoma Maru ”, September 26th, 1930. See O.C.S.20 and The British representative on the Advisory Committee reports O.C.294(i>, page 8. (February 2nd, 1932) that, according to information supplied by the 30652/157 Japanese Government, two persons, Kyutaro Gohara and Buichi Shibata (also known as Saburo Yamashita), both of Kobe, bought two 25-oz. tins of cocaine for 720 yen from Seikichi Yamada and Jukichi Iwamoto towards the end of August 1930, in collusion with Moyichi Minoda, the accused sailor on board the vessel. The object was to sell the drugs to Toyojiro Kokuryo, a resident of Calcutta. Gohera was sentenced to three months’ penal servitude and Shibata to two months’. As the where­ abouts of Yamada and Iwamoto are unknown and Minoda has been sentenced in Calcutta, proceedings against them have been suspended. {Note.—This information was also sent to the Secretariat by the Japanese representative on February 22nd, 1932.) The British representative further reports (February 8th, 11-32) that Minoda was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1,000. Upon release, Minoda was repatriated to Japan on November 2nd, 1931. Note by the Secretariat.—Toyojiro Kokuryo and Kinjiro Yakushiji, two of the accused in the above case, were also implicated in the seizure at Calcutta in August 1930, ex the Seattle Maru (see document O.C.294(g), page 19, and document O.C.294(i), page 4, Case No. 56). Seikichi Yamada was also implicated in the seizure at Calcutta, ex the Tacoma Maru, June 1931 (see Case No. 442, page 11 of this document). — G —

No. 284.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta on May 25th, 1931, ex the “ Akita Maru”.

See O.C.294 ft,), In the copy of the judgment of I he court in the case of Kiyashi page Enami (see Case No. 442, page 11 of this document), mention is made 18635/157. °f the fact that the authorities, while searching the premises, No. 28, Michael Dutt Street, the residence of the two women involved in thé Akita Maru case, Enami entered the house. He was searched and as a result criminal proceedings were instituted against him.

No. 286.—Seizure at Calcutta on June 6th, 1931, ex the “ Rangoon Maru

See O.C.294 (i), The British representative forwarded to the Secretariat on February page 12, 8th, 1932, a copy of the judgment of the court in the case of Kiyashi 31585/157. Enami, in which it was proved that Enami was implicated in the seizure on the Bangoon Maru on June 6th, 1931. Full particulars in regard to the case will be found on page 11 of this document .

No. 307.—Seizure at New York of Drugs forwarded from Hungary on June 25th, 1931.

See O.C.294(i), The Hungarian Government reports (December 17th, 1931) that page 16. the domatrin and domopon tablets were exported by the Chinoin 1383 157(69) Pharmaceutical and Chemical Products, Ltd., on December 19th, 1929, to the firm of A. W. Kretschmar, of New York, for delivery to Dr. Max Kraus. This consignment was sent without import certificate from ihe competent United States authorities, as the Chinoin factory was under the impression that the Consular invoice obtained from the consulate of the United States in Hungary, a copy of which was produced by the factory, did away with the necessity of an import certificate. The Hungarian authorities are of the opinion that the officials of the Chinoin factory had no intention of evading the drug laws. To prove his good faith, the Director-General of the factory produced a list of drug purchasers drawn up by the firm, in which the consignment of domopon and domatrin in question figured as having been exported to the firm of Kretschmar.

No. 309.—Seizure in the United States of America on June 14th, 1931.

See O.C.294/i), The Netherlands Government reports (March 1st, 1932) that, according page 17. to information received from the Government of the United States of 1383/157(71) America, Samuel Gradwell was condemned to a term of imprisonment of from two to five years.

No. 316.—Seizures in Milan.

See O.C.294fi>, The Italian Government states (January 1932) that Francesco page 19. Rinaldi was sentenced to three months’ hard labour and a fine ol 3421/157(24). 1,500 lire.

No. 348.—Seizure of Heroin in Mexico, July 1928. Litman-Hechlman-Cesarman Case.

See O.C.294(i^, The Mexican Government states (January 13th, 1932) that Cesarman, page 25. a Roumanian, and Hechlman were arrested at Chihuahua on July 11th, 33846157 1928, and three packets containing 10 kg. 597 gr. of heroin were found at the Post Office in Juares at the same time, addressed to Hechlman and sent from the city of Mexico, Cesarman and Hechlman refused to give the origin of the drug, but they stated that they had received it from Abraham Litman to sell on a commission of $50 for each kilogramme sold. They stated that Litman was not at that time in Mexico, but that he was probably in the United States of America. Hechlman further declared that, when he was in France in March 1928, Litman had telegraphed to him from Nogales, proposing that Hechlman should undertake to sell drugs for a commission of $50 for each kilogramme sold. The accused were released on bail of $600 each on August 14th, 1928. Hechlman jumped his bail, but Cesarman was re-arrested and sentenced to two months and six days’ imprisonment and a fine of $200 or a further 134 days’ imprisonment. The investigations undertaken did not reveal the origin of the heroin, which was inside a waistcoat front; and-belts made of cotton tissue.

No. 361.—Seizure of Heroin in Greece, ex the S. S. “ Dacia See O.C.S.25 and The Boumanian Government reports (January 18th, 1932) that, on O.C.294(j), page 12. September 15th, 1931, the Customs authorities of the Piraeus seized 32632/157 1 kg. 100 gr. of heroin in a valise containing the papers of the Piraeus. Agency of the “ Service maritime roumain ” carried by Jean Houndras and a boatman Georges Castaniotis. As a result , Houndras was discharged by the com pany on November 5th, 1931. — 7 —

No. 362.—Seizure on Greek Territory of Hashish on board the M.V. “ Angora See O.C.S.‘26 and The Greek Government reports (March 22nd, 1932) that Osman Kerim, O.C.294(i), page 12. ^he owner and captain of the vessel, is domiciled at Istambul and that, 32634/157. according to his statement, the vessel is registered in that city. Two sailors, Hamid Hadji Oglou, uncle of the captain, and Naasim Démir Oglou, and a mechanic, Roustem Kiamil, were also implicated. The two sailors also lived at Istambul, but had no identification papers. The mechanic was domiciled at Beirut. Ilaoulaouï is domiciled at Alexandria. His passport and the navigation permit of the captain, Osman Kerim, were confiscated. The accused declared that they did not know the address of the consignors at Istambul, Houssein and Choukri.

No. 364.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta, ex the S.S. “ Takada ", on May 20th, 1931.

See O.C.S.28 and The German representative on the Advisory Committee states O.C.294fj), page 13. (March 17th, 1932) that the labels on the cocaine seized, purporting to 6312/157. be those of Messrs. Merck & Co., of Darmstadt, were forged in exactly the same way as the labels found in connection with the seizure on the S.S. Gamaria (see Case No. 197, document O.C.294(Ti,), page 10). The number printed on these labels is 097, which, according to the control numbers used by Messrs. Merck & Co., would have no intelligible meaning. This proves that the forger was not aware of the meaning of the numbers and only sought to obtain a higher price for the drugs by passing them off as manufactured by the firm of Merck & Co. PART II.

SUMMARY OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SEIZURE REPORTS CIRCULATED SEPARATELY TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

No. 437.—Seizure of Heroin at Alexandria ex the s.s. “ Victoria ", July 29th, 1931.

1. O.C.S.34. 32653/157. 2. Director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 19th, 1932 ; Italian Government, February 11th, 1932. 3. July 29th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Heroin : 5 kg. 5. Shipped from Trieste on the s.s. Victoria (Lloyd-Triestino). 6. Persons implicated : Dimitri Leboutis 1 (known to the group of smugglers as Dimitri “ el Halawani ”), Greek ; George Stamatopoulos, Greek ; Efthymios Cazacopoulos, Greek ; George Cazacopoulos, Greek ; Jacques Petrochilos, Egyptian ; Nicolas Kraniotakis, Greek ; Guglielmo Ceccolini (Cehovin), Italian ; Renato del Negro, Italian ; Fares-el-Genedi, Egyptian ; Agop Yerdikerdichian, Egyptian ; Albert Malhame, Egyptian : Jean Chahine, Egyptian ; Fanny Apostolatos, Greek ; Fanny Gregoratos, Greek ; Leonidas d’Ambm, Italian : Marie d’Ambra, Italian ; Felice Coppola, Italian ; and thirteen others. 9. Albert Malhame, Jean Chahine, Fanny Apostolatos and Fanny Gregoratos were arrested in attempting to smuggle the heroin through the Customs. The modus operandi of this gang was to send on board two or three girls accompanied by youths ostensibly to visit the vessel. Either Petrochilos or Kraniotakis would point out this party to the members of the crew who had the drug. The drugs were always carried by the girls in special garters. Only men are liable to search at the ship’s gangway, and in order to avoid any difficulty which might arise at the dock gates, should the authorities require that the girls be searched, special taxis were used and during the drive from the ship to the gates the drugs were hidden in a cache at the rear of the back seat. Investigations showed that the four persons arrested were employed by two separate international trafficking organisations, one run by Leboutis and Stamatopoulos and the other by the two Cazacopoulos, all four of Greek nationality. The drug was brought by Ceccolini (Cehovin),2 a steward on board the s.s. Victoria, who obtained it from del Negro 3 in Trieste. The drugs are said to be sent to del Negro from Istambul and redistributed by him. Documents seized with Fares-el-Genedi showed that del Negro supplied him through Ceccolini and other stewards. Jacques Petrochilos stated that there had been several previous transactions run by these two organisations, and mentioned one on fhe s.s. Palris II (Hellenic Coast Lines), the drugs being brought by the first purser, Elia Chrysinis ; another on the s.s. Vienna (Lloyd-Triestino) through Leoniasd d’Ambra, the drugs being carried from Trieste by Vittorio Tammaro, a steward on board ; and two further ones on board the s.s. Helouan and the s.s. Victoria. Marie d’Ambra, the wife of Leonidas, and Felice Coppola, an ex-employee of the Lloyd-Triestino Company, were, together with Leonidas, the intermediaries between the Leboutis gang and Petrochilos and Kraniotakis who, besides introducing the parties who boarded the ships for the purpose of taking off the drugs, were responsible for finding these parties. 10. The sentences against the Egyptian local subjects and the Greek subjects had not been pronounced at the time of sending in the report, but the Italian Government reports that the following Italian subjects involved in the affair were sentenced as follows Guglielmo Cehovin (Ceccolini) to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 lire ; Felice Coppola to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 lire ; Leonidas d’Ambra to nine months’ imprisonment and a fine of 6,000 lire and Marie d’Ambra to two months’ imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 lire.

1 Dimitri Leboutis was at one time partner with Victor Foley (see document O.C.294(g), Case No. 45, page 16). * Guglielmo Ceccolini (or Cehovin in the Italian report) was involved in a previous seizure of cocaine a t Hombay in A ugust 1928, ex the s.s. Pilsna (see document O.C.294W, page 18). In connection with this affair, the Italian Government reported that Cehovin had been prohibited from embarking in any Italian vessel proceeding abroad. This prohibition would seem to have been cancelled. * Renato del Negro and Fare; el Genedi are also concerned in the seizure on the s.s. Avenlino at Alexandria in May 1931 (see Case No. 435, page 9 of this document). — 9 —

No. 438.—Seizure of Heroin at Alexandria ex the s.s. “ Aventino ” in May 1931.

1. O.CS.35. 29691/157. 2. Director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau at Cairo, July 5th, 1931, and January 12th, 1932 ; Italian Government, September 29th, December 14th, 1931, and January 21st, 1932 ; representative of Germany on the Advisory Committee, November 9th, 1931. 3. May 25th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Heroin : 2 i kg. (adulterated, containing 85 per cent pure heroin). 5. Shipped from Trieste on the s.s. Aventino (Lloyd-Triestino Line). 6. Persons implicated : Fares-el-Genedi, Italian ; Abbas Genedi, Egyptian; Renato del Negro, Italian, employee of the Lloyd-Triestino Co., at Trieste ; Carlo Martelli, Italian, chief engineer on the s.s. Aventino; Mustapha Ibrahim Soliman ; Mahmud Ibrahim Saad el Hanesh ; Ibrahim Shaaban ; Abdel Hamid Mohamed Hassaballah ; Gad el Rab el Sayed ; Mohamed Mohamed Ragab ; El Sayed Ahmed el Sioufi ; Mohamed Ahmed Abdel A1 ; Gabr Ahmed Mohamed Shehat ; Abdel Rahman Mohamed, all Egyptians. 8. The drugs were packed in 100-gramme packets in a blue bag labelled “ Chlorhydrate de diacetylmorphine — E. Merck-Darmstad ”. Another label was printed : E. Merck-Darmstad, Eingetragene Schutzmarke, Made in Germany, Marca registrada, Regd. Trade Mark. 9. Fares-el-Genedi and Abbas Genedi were partners in a big drug-distributing gang in Alexandria. They were of Egyptian birth but had adopted Italian nationality in order to protect themselves and their traffic under the capitulations. Abbas Genedi had, however, reverted to his native nationality in 1927 to avoid expulsion. It was known that most of their dealings were with members of the crews of the Lloyd- Triestino and American Export Line steamers, but the method of smuggling the drugs through the Customs could not be discovered. On May 17th, a letter addressed to Fares-el-Genedi was brought in by one of the agents of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau. This letter was written by one “ Carlo ” on the notepaper of the s.s. Aventino of the Lloyd-Triestino Company and was posted in Ancona on May 10th. It informed Genedi that, on May 20th, he, the writer, would arrive in Alexandria bringing with him five barrels of wine of the finest quality “ Mark Ea ” (the first letter in the Italian word for heroin : “ Eroina ”). On the morning of May 25th, the café-bar “ Stella d’Italia ”, owned by Fares-el-Genedi, was put under observation and, as soon as the Aventino arrived, she was boarded by the authorities and enquiries were instituted. It was found that Carlo Martelli, the chief engineer, had already gone ashore. Later he returned and after him the agent who had been watching the café-bar. The agent reported that he had seen the officer enter the bar and speak with Genedi, so when shown a photographic copy of the letter to Genedi, Martelli confessed that he had brought drugs for him. Asked to produce the 5 kg. of heroin, represented in his letter by “ five barrels of wine ”, he stated that he had expected to receive 5 kg. on arrival at Trieste and had therefore written from Ancona to warn Genedi, but that at Trieste he had only received 2 | kg. It was arranged to let Carlo Martelli (also known as Kleppek) carry on and negotiate with Genedi for the handing over of the drugs. Accordingly, Martelli went to the café-bar “ Stella d’ltalia ”, where he had arranged with Genedi to hand over the drug, and, on coming out, he informed one of the agents that the drugs had been placed on a shelf in two baskets in the café. When the agents entered, the bar-t.ender attempted to destroy the packets by throwing them into the refrigerator. Numerous important documents were seized in the café-bar. Martelli declared that he had received the drugs from a certain Renato del Negro, one of the Lloyd-Triestino staff at Trieste. Amongst the papers seized with Genedi was a receipt for £E.58, money received from Genedi by one M. Tuchtion1 for the account of del Negro. (Renato del Negro, a head steward of the Lloyd-Triestino Company, at Trieste, known by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau to be one of the most active distributors of drugs, receiving them in bulk by Lloyd-Triestino vessels of the Trieste-Constantinople route and redistributing them to vessels on the Egyptian and Indian services. This man was one of the suppliers of Victor Foley (see document O.C.1271). Since the conclusion of this case, requests from the Treasury Department, Bureau of Narcotics, Washington, U.S.A., for a report on Fares-el-Genedi have been received. It would therefore appear, from the nature of these requests, that Fares-el-Genedi was contemplating the organisation of the import into the U.S.A. of narcotic drugs by means of the “ American Export Lines ”.

1 The name of M. Tuchtan is mentioned in the following documents : O.C.1220 and O.C.1253 (see 0.C.29i(f), pages 116 and 117). — 10 —

Mustapha Ibrahim Soliman was an active member of the Fares-el-Genedi local distributing staff and Mahmud Ibrahim Saad el Hanesh, the bar-tender in the café “ Stella d’Italia Enquiries led to the arrest of Abbas Genedi, Ibrahim Shaaban (previously convicted for drug trafficking), Abdel Hamid Mohamed Hassaballah and Gad el Rab el Sayed, the last three being arrested together while making up packets of heroin. Information gained from the documents seized led to the arrest of the remaining five Egyptians. The Italian Government reports that Renato del Negro denied having provided Martelli with the heroin, although he confessed that he knew him. The German representative on the Advisory Committee reports that enquiries were made from the firm of Merck, who state that the paper underneath the label differs considerably from that used by the firm and the printing is so primitive and defective that it may be dismissed as a clumsy forgery. The stamp at the back of the bag is apparently genuine, and was probably detached from an original Merck glass and affixed to the bag. The blue paper bag is not from the firm of Merck. When this firm uses a bag of this kind, small trade stamps are used to close it. The label on the front of the bag is upside down in relation to the stamp. The contents have, further, been poured straight into the blue bag, whereas in the packing of the firm in question, there is always a white inside bag in addition. 10. Fares-el-Genedi and Carlo Martelli were tried by the Italian consular court. Genedi was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 lire. He was also expelled from Egyptian territory and was taken to Rhodes to complete his term of imprisonment. Martelli was sentenced to four months’ imprison ment, but the sent en ce was not executed, under the First Offenders’ Act. His right to be employed on boats destined for foreign ports has, however, been revoked, and he has also been deprived of the right to navigate for a period of two years. The Italian authorities made investigations in regard to Renato del Negro, but his guilt could not be proved. It was found, however, that he had been previously arrested for selling cocaine in 1924, though he was acquitted for lack of proof. His right to be employed on boats destined for foreign ports has been revoked, in view of his being suspected of engaging in illicit traffic in narcotic drugs. Of the Egyptian members of the gang, Ragab was acquitted for lack of proof ; El Hanesh received three months’ imprisonment, and the remainder were sentenced to three years’ hard labour and a fine of £E500 in each case. Notice of appeal was given.

No. 439.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta ex the s.s. "Himalaya Maru” on August 22nd, 1931.

1. O.C.S.37. 34698/157. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, February 5th, 1932. 3. August 22nd, 1931. Calcutta. 4(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 1 kg. 190 gr. (41 oz. 395 grains). 5. By Himalaya Maru. 6. Consignor : H. Nakai, Osaka. Consignee : Tuneyuma Miyazaki, Calcutta. Others implicated : Kumagoro Kuzuhura, engine-room storekeeper on board the vessel ; Takemoto ; Iyama ; all Japanese. 9. The cocaine was found on board the vessel in five packages contained in a canvas bag. The accused. Kuzuhura, stated that he received four packets in Kobe and one packet in Moji from Takemoto with instructions to deliver them to Miyazaki. From a letter addressed to Miyazaki from H. Nakai in Osaka, it is clear that Nakai, who previously lived in Calcutta, regularly sent cocaine to Calcutta by members of ships’ crews. On this occasion the cocaine did not belong to Nakai but was being sent on behalf of Iyama. Nakai and Miyazaki were both associated with R. Oda, a convicted drug trafficker who has now been deported from India. 10. The prosecution is not yet concluded. Note by the Secretary.— Previous reference to persons mentioned in this case will be found in the following documents : Tuneyuma Miyazaki (O.C.294, page 10 ; O.C.294(d), page 98) ; Takemoto (O.C.294(c), pages 74 and 113); Nakai, H. (O.C.294ft), page 8); Oda, R. (O.C.294^, page 20).

No. 440.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta ex the s.s. “ Santhia ” on April 18th, 1931.

1. O.C.S.38. 3607/157. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, February 3rd, 1932. 3. April 18th, 1931. Calcutta. 4(a). Cocaine : 2 kg. 130 gr. (75 oz. approx.). 5. From Japan on the s.s. Santhia, coming from Kobe via Osaka. 6. Two Indian firemen on board the vessel. 8. One big packet was covered with an oilcloth sewn at the ends. On cutting open the stitches, some yellow-coloured oilpapers and a Japanese newspaper covering were found on a square tin bearing coloured labels written in Japanese and English as follows : “ Koto Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Cocainum hydrochloricum, 25 ounces. Koto Seiyaku Kabusuki Kaisha.” The translation of the Japanese written on the tin is as follows : “ No. 6. Nippon Bashiku ”, which is understood to be the name of the press where the label was printed. The 26 phials were labelled “ Cocainum hydrochloricum ”. 9 . Information was received that the two Indian firemen were smuggling cocaine from Japan. On the arrival of the vessel at Calcutta, they were accordingly arrested and they admitted that the cocaine was being smuggled from Kobe on behalf of a notorious smuggler in Calcutta. 10. Although the cocaine was seized, the authorities failed to obtain a conviction of the smugglers concerned.

No. 441.—Seizure of Cocaine at Bombay ex the “Havre Maru " on July 26th, 1931.

1. O.C.S.39, 34666/157. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, February 4th, 1932. 3. July 26th, 1931. Bombay. 4ra). Cocaine : 696 gr. (24* oz.). 5. From Japan on the Havre Maru (Agents : Messrs. Osaka Shosen Kaisha), coming from Nagoya, Yokhaichai, Osaka, Kobe, Moji and Colombo. 6. Persons implicated : S. Kayashima, Japanese, second officer on board the vessel ; Baba Koku,1 of Osaka. 8. Koto Seiyaku, Ltd., Tokyo. 9. The cocaine was found on the accused as he came ashore from the vessel, in four packets in waterproof bags. Two empty tins bearing the manufacturer’s name were found on board the vessel. The accused stated that he paid Baba Koku 500 yen for the cocaine which was handed to him at Kobe, contained in the two tins. He had intended to sell the cocaine in Kamathipura. 10. Kayashima was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.750 or in default to undergo a further six months’ rigorous imprisonment.

No. 442.—Seizures of Cocaine at Calcutta ex the “ Bengal Maru ” and the “ Tacoma Maru ” in June 1931 (Kiyashi Enami Case).

1. 0.C.S.40. 30622/157. 34792/157. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, February 8th, 1932. 3. June 16th and 21st, 1931. Calcutta. Ma). Cocaine hydrochloride : 6 kg. 091 gr. (214 oz. 206 grains). From Japan on the Bengal Maru (Agent : Messrs. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ltd.) and Tacoma Maru (Agent : Messrs. Senda & Co. (India), Ltd., Calcutta). I 6. Consignor : Seitaro Yamada2 (alias Tomita), Kobe. Consignee : Kiyashi Enami, Calcutta. Other persons implicated : Kanshi Motu, Japanese head waiter on Betigal Maru ; Yonekichi Nakano, fireman on Tacoma Maru. I While the authorities were searching the premises No. 28, Michael Dutt Street, in connection with another seizure of cocaine (see Case No. 284, page 6 of this document), Enami entered the house. He was searched and a receipt for a telegram sent that day to Seitaro Yamada at Kobe was found on him. The original telegram was obtained from the Post Office and read : “ Sent through Yokhama Specie Bank 6,105 yen. Sending more. No need to worry.” A statement of remittances made by Enami from Calcutta, supplied by the Bank, showed that, up to June 5th, 1931, Enami had remitted to Japan no less than Rs.140,000. Four letters in Japanese were intercepted, three addressed to K. Enami, 46 Dharamtollah Street, Calcutta, in English and the name of Umemoto in the corner in Japanese. The fourth was addressed to Hamamatsu at 17/1 Colins Lane. The contents of these letters led to the arrest of Kanshi Motu and Yonekichi Nakano. It was also made fairly clear that “ Umemoto ” and “ Hamamatsu ” were fictitious names

A certain K. Baba is mentioned in document O.C.921 as having been implicated in illicit drug trafficking in 1928. «M rf=reXi0U3 reference to Miyazaki, of Watgunj Street, Calcutta, will be found in documents O.C.294, page 10, O.C.294(A), page 98, locum .V,0, *39, page 10 of this document. The name of Seikichi Yamada is also mentioned in connection with Case No. 272 (lee Nni, °£:294f'V, page 8, and page 5 of this document). . „ , . documentT" tW0 seizures are directly connected with Case No. 286. See document O.C.294(i), page 12, and page 6 of this — 12 —

used by Enami to conceal his identity. In one of the letters reference is made to. a certain Miyazaki,1 and No. 2 Watgunj Street is mentioned as a rendezvous of the carriers of cocaine. 10. Enami was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1,000, in default six months’ rigorous imprisonment. The Government of India has issued an order for his deportation on the completion of his sentence. The charges against Kanshi Motu and Yonekichi Nakano were withdrawn and they were called as prosecution witnesses in the criminal proceedings instituted against Enami.

No. 443.—Seizure of Morphine at Hamburg, November 1931. Delgratio Case.

1. O.G.S.41. 33215/157. 2. Representative of Germany on the Advisory Committee, February 20th, 1932 (preliminary report). 3. November 1931. Hamburg. - (a). Mo ■phine : about 250 kg. 5. From Istambul via Prague. 6. Persons implicated : August Delgratio, American ; Ekrem Bey (Achmed Ekrem), Turkish ; Rudolf Beyer, German merchant ; Karl Frank, Russian merchant ; Emilian Kustenko, Russian merchant ; Erich Eduard Franz Janes, German merchant ; Seja Moses (probably Rudolf Reiter2), Afghan. 8. Probably manufactured by the factory of Paul Mechelaere, Istambul. There was no trade mark. 9. The Berlin police received confidential information to the effect that Delgratio, who is known to be an international drug smuggler, would be arriving in Berlin on November 30th, 1931, in the Simplon express. The train was searched and he was found and arrested. He was accompanied by the Turkish citizen Eli Abou Isaac.3 On the strength of papers found in the possession of Delgratio, investigations were instituted at Hamburg, with the result that Beyer and Karl Frank were arrested and the morphine in question was seized in 27 cases and 4 packets, at the warehouse of Beyer, who stated that he had stored it for the account of Karl Frank. It appears from the facts already established that Kustenko and Janes were also in touch with Frank ; these two persons were therefore arrested at Hamburg. Moses was arrested in Berlin and a large number of documents was found in his possession. He seems to have acted as an intermediary between the Turkish supplier and the brothers Eliopoulos. Information has also been obtained in regard to one John, probably John Voyatziz, of Tientsin, but no names of purchasers in the United States are yet known. The cases were declared as containing spare parts of machines and the drugs appear to have been sold through Ekrem Bey in Istambul.

No. 444.—Seizure of Cocaine at New Orleans, ex the s.s. “ Sorvangen ”, October 10th, 1931.

1. O.C.S.42. 1383/157(81). 2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government, March 17th, 1932. 3. October 10th, 1931. New Orleans. 4(a). Morphine sulphate tablets : 50 gr. (767 grains). Cocaine hydrochloride : 284 gr. (10 oz.). 5. On the s.s. Sorvangen (Skibsaktieselakabet Karabien, Oslo), Norwegian, coming from Fort de France (Martinique), Bridgetown (Barbados), Port of Spain (Trinidad) and Paramaribo (Dutch Guiana). 6. Persons implicated : Olaf M. Guneriussen, first mate on the vessel, and Rolf Thorshaug, chief steward on the vessel ; “ Chase ”, employee of a ship chandler at Bridgetown. Barbados. 8. Eleven grammes of morphine tablets and 170 gr. of cocaine bore the labels of British Drug Houses, Ltd., London ; 39 gr. of morphine tablets bore the labels of Parke, Davis & Co., U.S.A. ; 114 gr. of cocaine bore the labels of Gale & Co., London. 9. Guneriussen and Thorshaug purchased the drugs from Chase at Bridgetown, Barbados, who had informed them that he obtained narcotics from the proprietors of various drug houses in Bridgetown. Guneriussen stated that the islands of Barbados and Martinique handle a great deal of narcotics and liquor. 10. Guneriussen and Thorshaug were sentenced to serve two years’ imprisonment.

1 See footnote on page 11. * Rudolf Reiter was implicated in the Zelinger-Zakarian case. See confidential document O.C.1118, pages 4 and 14. s The name of Elie Guirion Abouissac appears in the following documents : Case No. 96, O.C.294(g), page 34 ; . Case No. ' O.C.294fg>, pages 38 and 39 ; O.C.294(]), pages 7 and 8; Case N o.271, O.C.294(7;, pages 7 and 8, and page 5 of this document. — 13 —

No. 445.—Seizure of Heroin Pills at Macao on October 31st, 1931.

1. O.C.S.44. 15458/157(5). 2. Portuguese Government, February 22nd, 1932. 3. October 31st; 1931. Ile Verte, Macao. 4 la). Heroin pills: 1,500,000. Heroin, morphine and caffein : 30 kg. Apparatus for manufacturing heroin pills. 6. lu Va Io ; Iu Ghioc Nam ; Chan I Tong ; Leong Hu and A Kei, Chinese. 9. The pills and drugs, together with a complete apparatus for the manufacture of the pills, were seized in a building occupied by workmen, and lu Va Io and Iu Chioc Nam were arrested. Investigations showed that other Chinese were involved in the manufacture of the pills seized, in particular, Chan I Tong, Leong Hu and A Kei, but these three left the colony some days after completing the manufacture of the 1,500,000 pills. According to the two accused arrested, the pills were manufactured between June 30th and September 11th, 1931, and were destined for export. It is thought that other more important traffickers are involved in the case, but no secret organisation for the manufacture of drugs has been discovered in the territory of the colony. 10. lu Va Io and Iu Chioc Nam were each condemned to six months, imprisonment and a fine of $78,520. As the fines were not paid, they were sentenced to a further two years’ imprisonment each.

No. 446.—Transport of Persian Opium from the Port of Bushire on the “Toyo Maru ", December 1930.

1. O.C,A\l(p). 3306/3018. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, March 1932. 3. Shipped on December 23rd, 1930, from Bushire to Vladivostok. 4(6;. Raw opium : 37,450 kg. 800 gr. (82,400 lb.). 5. By the Toyo Maru (Sawayama Steamship Company, Nagasaki), Japanese. 6. Consignor : Messrs. Amin Brothers, Isfahan. 9. The British representative reports that information has been received from the Japanese Government that the Toyo Maru was chartered from August 20th, 1930, to February 10th, 1931, by the “ Tung Fang Transport Company ” of Hong-Kong, and that the captain of the vessel had disappeared after the arrival of the vessel at Dairen. Further enquiries are being made by the Japanese Government. Messrs. Amin Brothers are the holders of the export monopoly in Persia.

No. 447.—Transport of Persian Opium from the Port of Bushire on the “ Tokio Maru ”, October 1931.

1. O.C.SA\7(p). 3306/3018. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, March 1932. 3. Shipped on October 30th, 1931, from Bushire to Vladivostok. 4(6). Raw opium : 128,132 kg. 640 gr. (281,920 lb.). 5. By the Tokio Maru. The vessel is believed to belong to a group of Chinese merchants and to have been chartered by H. M. Nemazi, of Shanghai, in association with the holder of the Persian export monopoly, Amin-ut-Tujjar. 9. The vessel arrived off Bushire on October 28th and great care appears to have been taken to ensure that the loading of her cargo should escape observation. She did not enter the port, but anchored a long way off to the south. The usual manifest was not provided nor was she boarded by the Customs and quarantine officials. After dark on October 29th, she loaded the opium, and left on October 30th. All traces of the name of the vessel on the ship’s side, lifebuoys, boats, etc., had been carefully painted out, but her name has been subsequently given out at Bushire as the Tokio Maru and she was said to have a large Chinese crew on board.

No. 448.—Illicit Traffic by Dr. Fritz Muller, Dr. Hubert Rauch and others, 1927 to 1929.

1- O.C.1418 and 1418(a). Minutes of the fifteenth session of the Advisory Committee. 16443/157. 2. Swiss representative on the Advisory Committee. February 22nd, March 31st and May 27th, 1932. 3- 1927 to 1929. Basle and Vernier, Geneva. 14 —

4(b). Morphine : About 1,563 kg. Cocaine : About 254 kg. 6. Persons accused before the Basle Court : Dr. Fritz Müller,1 German chemist at Basle ; Dr. Hubert Rauch, Swiss chemist at Vernier, Geneva ; Lucie Müller-Widemann, wife of Dr. Müller, managing clerk in her husband’s laboratory ; Edouard Wirz, Swiss merchant at Basle ; Gottlieb W eidmann,1 Swiss ; Edouard Ballinari,1 Swiss innkeeper at Fornasetti, near Lugano ; Friedrich Diepenhorst, German, Freiburg- im-Breisgau. Other persons implicated : Nathan Altm ann,1 Pole, Vienna ; Mechel Halpern,1 Vienna ; Hussein el Neanai,1 Egyptian, Vienna ; Frederick Cohn (alias Julius Levy), English, Kestenholz, Schlettstadt, Alsace ; Paul Dreyfus, French merchant at Riedisheim, Mulhouse ; Charles Gisiger, Swiss, former employee of Müller ; Gilbert Furet, French, Cairo ; Silvia Fichelet, Cairo ; Pietro P iatti,1 drug merchant at Milan ; Moritz Grünberg 1 (alias Georges Cassab), Roumanian, printer and merchant at Cairo ; Curt Smith (Tamara-Handelsgesellschal’t), Hamburg ; Marcel Heizinger 1 (alias Enzi), Swiss, Trieste ; Emil Hügin, Swiss hotel employee ; Max Regli,1 Swiss merchant at Zurich (also traded under the name of Sindicato Importazione Exportazione Prodotti Chimiei Farmazeutici Milano) ; Regina Metzendorf,1 Basle. Oa October 15th, 1929, the Egyptian authorities seized at the port of Alexandria a consignment declared at the Customs as “ powdered glue ” but actually containing, besides the boxes of glue, about 10 kg. of heroin. The consignment had been despatched from Basle, by Frederick Cohn, addressed to Georges Cassab, the assumed name of Moritz Grünberg. An Egyptian police officer entrusted with the enquiry into the affair came to Basle and got into touch with the police there. It was discovered that the person supplying the goods was Dr. Fritz Müller, who had, since October 1925, been in possession of a permit to manufacture and trade in narcotic drugs. He had, between 1927 and 1929, manufactured or purchased 267 kg. of cocaine, of which 253 had passed into the illicit traffic. Müller claimed that he was acting for a certain Spaniard called Alvalos, of whom no trace could be found, and who is undoubtedly a fictitious person. Müller’s permit to manufacture and trade in narcotic drugs was cancelled by the competent authorities. In order to conceal the disappearance of the cocaine, Müller placed in his laboratory a series of metal boxes bearing the regulation labels but filled with different kinds of white powder— novocaine in particular ; these boxes he presented to the control officers. He claimed during the trial that this substitution had been made without his knowledge by Alvalos, who had removed the cocaine, but it was more than evident that this story was untrue and that the cocaine had in reality been sold by Müller to some purchaser unknown. It should be noted that during the years 1927-1929, Müller legally purchased the following quantities of narcotic drugs :

Morphine Cocaine Kilogrammes 1927 ...... 231 1928 ...... 308 100 1929 ...... 958 60

T o ta l...... 1,497 160

During the same two years, Müller had manufactured or purchased 1,571 kg. of morphine, of which a few kilogrammes only wTere sold in an orthodox way. The rest he transformed into heroin and sold to a whole series of unauthorised persons. Müller claimed that the drug which he manufactured was not heroin but benzoylmorphine, which was at that time not subject to control, but the chemical products found on Müller’s premises were those required for the manufacture of heroin and the analysis of certain samples found there supplied further proof that it was indeed heroin. The greater part of this heroin was sold to Rauch as benzoylmorphine or benzoyline. Rauch’s purchases figured in Müller’s books either under his name or under that of his factory “ Profarma ”, and sometimes under that of a certain Anastasopoulos, of Patras, to whom the goods were supposed to be sent.1 There is no doubt that Anastasopoulos was Rauch himself. The quantities sold to Rauch amounted to 600 kg. Régli, on his part, received 164 kg., either in his own name or for Piatti. Müller had other customers, among them the man Cohn, already mentioned as concerned w ith th e seizures made a t Alexandria. Another was Piatti, who besides the heroin supplied by Rauch had received some from Müller through a certain Ballinari domiciled in the Ticino close to the Italian frontier and known as a receiver of goods for smuggling purposes. A nother was Dreyfus, who has been twice sentenced

1 Previous reference has been made to these persons in the following documents : Müller (O.C.294 (!) Daces 6 7 12 13. 146) ! Weidmann (O.C.294(f) page 26) ; Ballinari (O.C.294(f), page 146) ; Altmann ( O.C.294 f /;, page 12 ; O.C.294(a) pages 20 and 21 j and O.C.294CU, page 4, Cases Nos. 58 and 59) ; Halpern (O.C.294W, page 12 ; O.C.29i(g), page 21, and O.C.294 m pa^e 4) ; Neanai (O.C.294(f), page 12 ; O.C.294(g), page 20, and O.C.294( 7 page 4, Cases Nos. 58 and 59) ; Piatti (O.C.294^/; pages 116 and 146) ; Grünberg (O.C.294(f), page 6) ; Heizinger (O.C.294(f), pages 64, 65 and 146) ; Regli (O.C.294W , page 146): Metzendorf (O.C.294(fj, page 12 ; O.C.294fg), page 21, Case No. 58) ; Anastasopoulos (O.C.294(a), page 22 : O.C.294(6;i, page 62)' Facco (O C 294fc) pege2°' CaseNo. 58) ;Borella (O.C.294W, page 146). / ’ v — 15

in France for trafficking in narcotic drugs. Special mention should be made of the members of a group of traffickers well known to the Viennese police, directed by Hussein el Neanai, who had fled from Egypt and traded as “ The Isihiaegypt Co., Kobe El Neanai’s agents were Altmann, Halpern and Regina Metzendorf. The traffic, which was mainly intended for Egypt, was in the main carried out in double-bottomed trunks. Part of the goods were addressed to a certain Gilbert Furet, or to Silvio Tacchinetti, both in Cairo. The name of one Facco,1 a notorious trafficker, was also mentioned in the case. Numerous sales made by Müller to a certain Borella1 should also be mentioned. This man was alleged to live at Milan, but has never been traced. It is more than likely that he again was a fictitious person invented by Müller to serve his purposes. Rauch at first stated that he had received from Anastasopoulos a certain quantity of diluted benzoylmorphine with a request to recuperate it, and that he had sent it to Müller for this purpose. He later contradicted this statement, saying that he had himself extracted the morphine from this benzoylmorphine and had retransformed it into benzoylmorphine, calling it benzoyline, but that, as he had to supply Anastasopoulos with a certain quantity of benzoylmorphine, which exceeded the stock in his possession, he asked Müller to complete the order. Various points which came up during the enquiry, added to Rauch’s contradictory statements, convinced the court that Rauch had received and sold Müller’s heroin with full knowledge and that Anastasopoulos was, as has already been stated, a fictitious person. Rauch also sold heroin to Diepenhorst. These goods were despatched as powdered milk, marked “ Bébé The consignment was stopped at Basle and an analysis proved it to be narcotic drugs containing morphine. Rauch maintained that it was actually propionylmorphine, an ester of morphine not at that time subject to control, that the goods despatched were falsely declared in order to avoid theft en roule, and that if a substance other than that which he had despatched was found in the consignment it must have been substituted without his knowledge by one of his employees. The court at Basle was convinced that Rauch was not speaking the truth and that he knew perfectly well that his consignment to Diepenhorst contained heroin. Diepenhorst, on the other hand, seated that it was propionylmorphine that he had ordered from Rauch ; he, however, is still awaiting trial. Since the end of 1925, Rauch had possessed a permit to manufacture and trade in narcotic drugs, delivered by the Genevese Government. In view of the sentence passed by the court at Basle on Dr. Rauch, the Geneva authorities cancelled the authorisation held by Rauch to trade in narcotic drugs, on December 4th, 1931. 10. The court pronounced the following sentences : Fritz Müller—nine months’ imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 francs ; Hubert Rauch—four months’ imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 francs ; Ballinari—six weeks’ imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs. The other accused were acquitted, but Lucie Müller-Widemann, Weidmann and Wirz were ordered to pay a share of the costs of the proceedings. Against Diepenhorst, who did not appear, proceedings by default will be instituted. The bail of 3,000 francs deposited by Diepenhorst’s wife was confiscated. Müller, Rauch and Ballinari, as well as the public prosecutor, appealed against the judgment. In the court of appeal, Müller’s fine was reduced to 10,000 francs, but Weidmann was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs instead of being acquitted. The appeal of Dr. Rauch had to be postponed owing to the illness of the accused, who was staying in Paris. Furet was sentenced by the French consular court to one year’s imprisonment. For sentences passed by courts in other countries on the other persons implicated, see cases referred to in the footnote on page 14.

1 See footnote on page 14. PART III. SUMMARY OF SEIZURE REPORTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

No. 449.—Seizure of Heroin at Montreal ex the s.s. “Vallarsa” in June 1931. Maccera- Morelli Case.

1. 34877/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. June 1931. Montreal. 4M.Heroin : 511 gr. (18 oz.). 5. By the s.s. Vallarsa (Italian). 6. Persons implicated : Joseph Maccera, cook on board the vessel ; Pietro Maccera, his brother ; Morelli, a barber in Montreal ; Mrs. Paulo. 9. It became known to the authorities that a quantity of heroin would reach Montreal on the s.s. Vallarsa and arrangements were made for Government agents to get into touch with the suspected traffickers, with the result that the accused were arrested and the heroin seized. 10. Morelli was convicted of the possession of heroin and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of $200. Joseph and Pietro Maccera were convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to two years and fifteen months’ imprisonment respectively. Mrs. Paulo was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to “ time in jail

No. 450.—Seizure at Vancouver ex the s.s. “ Empress of Asia " on October 14th, 1931.

1. 13111/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. October 14th, 1931. Vancouver. 4 (a ).Raw and prepared opium and dross : 369 gr. (13 oz.). 9. Found on board the vessel.

No. 451.—Seizure of Prepared Opium at Vancouver ex the s.s. “ Empress of Canada " on October 26th, 1931.

1. 29515/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. October 26th, 1931. Vancouver. 4(a). Prepared opium : 378 gr. (13 J oz.). 8. There were two tins marked “ Lam Kee, Macao ” and Chinese characters. 9. Found on board the vessel.

No. 452.—Seizure of Opium at Vancouver, October 1931. Rikimatsu Otsuji and Waiju Mori Case.

1. 34876/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. October 1931. Vancouver. 4(a).Opium : 1 kg. 133 gr. (30 taels). 6. Persons implicated : Rikimatsu Otsuji ; Waiju Mori. 9. Government agents got into touch with Otsuji, and through him with Mori, with the result that the two men were arrested while handing over the drug to the agents. 10. Both the accused were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and a fine of $500 or a further six months in default.

No. 453.—Seizure at Vancouver ex the s.s. “ Empress of Russia ” on November 10th, 1931.

1. 7188/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. November 10th, 1931. Vancouver. 4(a). Opium : 767 gr. (27 oz. gross weight). — 17 —

6. Person implicated : Choo Shu Fun. 9. Found in the luggage of accused, a passenger on board the vessel. The opium was hidden in two sausage skins, sewn in two feather pillows. 10. Accused was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of $300 or a further three months.

No. 454.—Seizure at Vancouver ex the s.s. “ Empress of Japan ” in November 1931. 1. 22565/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. November 23rd and 26th, 1931. Vancouver. 4(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 250 gr. (44 oz.). Prepared opium : 114 gr. (4 oz.). Dross : 284 gr. (10 oz.). Smoking paraphernalia. 9. Found on board the vessel.

No. 455.—Seizure of Opium at Vancouver ex the s.s. “ Empress of Asia ” in December 1931. 1. 13111/157. 2. Canadian Government, January 20th, 1932. 3. December 10-12, 1931. Vancouver. 4(a). Opium : 9 kg. 446 gr. (250 taels). 6. Lum Sun Yuen, a Chinese dentist in Vancouver ; Wong Chung, a tallyman on board the Empress of Asia. 8. There were 50 tins marked “ Cheong ” and Chinese characters. 9. Lum Sun Yuen was arrested with 30 cans in his possession, which he had received from Wong Chung. Wong Chung was arrested on board the vessel after having handed over 20 tins. 10. Lum Sun Yuen was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, with a fine of $500 or a further six months, while Wong Chung was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary with a fine of $500, or a further six months.

No. 456.—Seizures at Amoy during December Quarter 1931. 1. 315/157(4). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, January 7th, 1932. 3. December quarter 1931. Amoy. 4(i). Raw opium : 7 kg. 254 gr. (192 taels). Morphine : 907 gr. (24 taels). 5. The raw opium was of Persian origin and was shipped on the Chinese M/V Leong Sing, bound for Tong-An in the interior. The morphine was from Japan and was found on the Japanese Canton Maru.

No. 457.—Seizures at Canton, September-December 1931. 1. 315/157(6). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, March 1932. 3. September-December 1931. Canton. 4w. Raw opium : 189 gr. (5 taels). Prepared opium : 113 gr. (3 taels). Dross : 1 kg. 700 gr. (45 taels). Red anti-opium pills : 7 tubes. 5: Seventy-five grammes of prepared opium were Hong-Kong Government Monopoly opium. 9. The anti-opium pills were seized at the Post Office. The opium and dross were seized on board four British vessels and one Portuguese.

No. 458.—Seizures at Ghefoo during December Quarter 1931. 1. 315/157(7). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, January 11th,1932. 3- December quarter 1931. Chefoo. 4M.Heroin : 406 gr. (10f taels). By Kyodo Maru (Japanese) coming from Dairen. 9- Found in the possession of a passenger on board the vessel. The drug was confiscated and destroyed on January 8th, 1932. — 18 —

No. 459.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Dairen, December 10th, 1931. 1. 315/157(8). ‘2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee. (Received in the Secretariat, January 4th, 1932.) 3. December 10th, 1931. Dairen. 4(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 851 gr. (49 taels). 6. Person implicated : Chao Shui Yang, Chinese. 9. Found in a packet of old clothes belonging to accused, who was proceeding to Wafengtien. Mr. Lyall adds a note to the effect that Wafengtien is outside the Leased Territorv and that it was an attempt to import opium into China, although, as far as the Kwantung Leased Territory is concerned, it is an export.

No. 460.—Seizures of Raw Opium at Dairen in February 1932. 1. 315/157(8). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee March 1932. 3. February 1932. Dairen. 4(a). Raw opium : 6 kg. 159 gr. (163 taels). 9. There were two cases. The opium was found in each case in the luggage of Chinese passengers, travelling on the railway.

No. 461.—Seizures at Dairen during January 1932. 1. 315/157(8). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, March 1932. 3. January 1932. Dairen. 4(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 285 gr. (34 taels). Heroin : 2 kg. 116 gr. (56 taels). 6. Person implicated in the seizure of heroin : T. Ejiri, Japanese. 9. The heroin was seized in the luggage of accused, who stated that he was going to Mukden. The raw opium was found in the crew’s quarters on a Chinese steamer.

No. 462.—Seizure of Opium at Foochow in July 1931. 1. 315/157(9). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, March 1932. 3. July 25th, 1931. Foochow. 4(a). Opium : 6 kg. 120 gr. (162 taels). 5. Seized on the s.s. Kwanglee (Chinese) on arrival from Shanghai. 9. Four bags of copper coin were found on board the vessel and, in a subsequent examination of the bags, two pieces of opium were found covered up with the packets of coins. The opium was destroyed. The report states that the suppliers of the opium were Haji Gholam Ali Baker Behbehani & Sons, Bushire.

No. 463.—Seizures of Opium at Lappa in October 1931. 1. 315/157(15). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, March 1932. 3. October 2nd, 4th and 17th. 1931. Lappa. 4(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 814 gr. (48 taels). Prepared opium : 680 gr. (18 taels). 9. Found on the persons of three Chinese passengers proceeding inland. The opium was sent to Canton Customs for destruction. 1 kg. 360 gr. of the raw opium was of native origin.

No. 464.—Seizure of Opium at Lungchingtsun in January 1932. 1. 315/157(16). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Com mittee. March 1932. 3. January 4th, 1932. Lungchingtsun. 4(a). Raw opium : 6 kg. 877 gr. (182 taels). 5. From Korea. 9. The accused, a Korean, was carrying a chess-board in which, on examination, the opium was found. - 19 —

No. 465.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Lungchingtsun on December 21st, 1931. 1. 315/157(16). 2. The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lysll, Assessor to the Advisory Committee, January 1932. 3. December 21st, 1931. Lungchingtsun. 4(a).Raw opium : 1 kg. 549 gr. (41 taels). 9. Seized in a bundle belonging to a Korean coming from Sambo. The offender escaped.

No. 466.—Seizures at Shanghai, September-December 1931. 1. 315/157(20). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee March 1932. 3. September-December 1931. Shanghai. 4(a).Raw opium : 24 kg. 672 gr. (653 taels). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 662 gr. (44 taels). Heroin : 25 kg. 466 gr. (674 taels). 5. 11 kg. 71 gr. of raw opium came from Persia, and 13 kg. 601 gr. from Turkey. It was shipped on three Japanese ships, one British and one French.The prepared opium was shipped on one British and one French vessel, and the heroin on one Japanese and one British. 9. The drugs were found on board the vessels.

No. 467.—Seizure of Morphine at Wenchow, October 25th, 1931. 1. 315/157(25). 2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisorv Committee, March 1932. 3. October 25th, 1931. Wenchow. 4(a).Morphine : 1 kg. 360 gr. (36 taels). 5. By s.s. Haean (Chinese) coming from Shanghai. 9. Found on board the vessel.

No. 468.—Destruction of Drugs seized in Cuba in 1931. 1. 2319/157. 2. Cuban Government, January 23rd, 1932. 3. In 1931. Cuba. 4(a).Opium : 5 kg. 345 gr. ; 34 boxes ; 5 bottles ; 2 pastilles ; 5 papers. Extract of opium : 47 gr. ; 2 bottles ; 1 pot. Dross : 30 gr. ; 2 papers ; 34 boxes ; 1 packet ; 1 bottle. Morphine : 37 gr. ; 26 papers ; 52 ampoules ; 2 boxes of ampoules ; 2 tubes of tablets. Morphine and atropine : 9 ampoules. Heroin : 0.12 gr. ; 14 papers. Cocaine : 50 gr. ; 74 ampoules ; 14 papers ; 13 boxes ; 7 bottles. Indian hemp : 34 gr. 9. These drugs were all destroyed by the Cuban authorities on December 24th, 1931.

No. 469.—Seizure of Hashish at Alexandria on January 17th, 1931, ex the s. s. “ Umbria". 1. 26959/157. 2. Director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau at Cairo, January 13th, 1932. Italian Government, January 26th, 1932. 3. January 17th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Hashish : 462 kg. 5. From Istanbul on the s.s. Umbria. 6. Persons implicated : Jason Hadjioannou, an hotel-owner at Alexandria ; George Macris ; George Dimopoulos ; Michel Malaxos ; Thalis Mavrogennis ; Demosthenes Mavro- yannis ; all these were of Greek nationality. Antonio Sec hi, an employee of the Italian Consulate at Alexandria and Umberto Signorini, also Italian. 9- Information reached the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau that Hadjioannou and Macris were attempting to smuggle into Egypt half a ton of Turkish hashish on the s.s. Umbria. It was further learnt that the hashish was contained in five travelling trunks bearing counterfeit Italian consular seals and would be passed through the Customs on a consular request. This request took the form of a letter on the official stationery of the Italian Consulate at Alexandria bearing genuine consular seals and the forged signature of the Italian Consul-Judge. The goods were described — 20 —

as “ books for the Italian Legation in Cairo ”, and immunity from Customs examination was requested. Police officers got into touch with the smugglers with the result that they were all arrested and the hashish seized. 10. Sechi and Signorini were sentenced by the Italian court at Alexandria as follows : Sechi to one year’s imprisonment and Signorini to 20 months’ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 lire. As regards the Greek nationals implicated, the case was not ready for presentation to the Greek Assizes in Alexandria held about the time of the arrest of the accused, and the Greek law regarding the detention of prisoners was insisted on and the accused are out on bail.

No. 470.—Seizure of Opium at Hamburg ex the s.s. “ Geres ’’ on December 28th, 1931.

1. 34904/157. 2. The representative of the Netherlands on the Advisory Committee, February 27th, 1932. Minutes of the fifteenth session of the Advisory Committee, P.V.20. 3. December 28th, 1931. Hamburg. 4 fa). Raw opium : 1,513 kg. 5. From Istanbul on the s.s. Ceres. 6_ Consignor : Taranto Menasche, Istanbul. 9. This consignment was being forwarded from Hamburg in 14 cases as gum tragacanth by Delgratio, an American subject, who has since been arrested by the German authorities. A complete report, is expected from the German authorities on this case.

No. 471.—Seizure at Athens of Heroin coming from Istanbul, December 16th, 1931.

1. 34070/157. 2. Greek Government, January 15th and March 8th, 1932. 3. December 16th, 1931. Athens. 4fa;. Heroin : 2 kg. 900 gr. 5. Shipped on the s.s. Imerithe coming from Istanbul. 6. Persons implicated : Haghiati Medjip ; Marcos, a Customs employé at Galata. 9. In 29 packets, wrapped in a waterproof cloth. Medjip, who was arrested at the Hotel de France, Athens, stated that he took French nationality in 1926 (his passport, No. 464, dated December 12th, 1931, was issued by the French Consulate at Istanbul) and that this was the first time he had been engaged in the smuggling of drugs. The man Marcos was his accomplice.

No. 472. —Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta ex the " Muroran Maru ”, A ugust 5th, 1931. 1. 34658/157. 2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, February 3rd, 1932. 3. August 5th, 1931. Calcutta. 4fa). Cocaine : 649 gr. (22 oz. 370 grains). 5. Muroran Maru, Agents : Messrs. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Calcutta),comingfrom Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Moji, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang and Rangoon. 6. Person implicated : Tokuichi Masubuchi, Japanese sailor on board. 9. The accused stated that the drugs were handed to him by two persons, one a Japanese and the other a Chinese, at a restaurant in Kobe, whose names and addresses he did not know. By the description of the Japanese given by Masubuchi and by that given by Kozo Kishi of the Honolulu Maru (see document O.C.294f/^, Case No. 397, page 20) it appears to be one Sato who doubtless is an agent of one Ueda, a dealer in old clothes at Chikko, Minaboker, Osaka. Masubuchi stated that the drugs were intended to be delivered at the Japanese Seamen’s Club, Kidderpore, to a person whose name and address was not disclosed but who would answer to the name Tonga. This name is undoubtedly fictitious. 10. Masubuchi was sentenced to 9 months’ rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.300 ; in default, 3 months’ rigorous imprisonment.

No. 473.—Seizure of Hashish at Baghdad in June 1931. 1. 35096/157. 2. British Representative on the Advisory Committee, February 15th, 1932. 3. June 23rd, 1931. Baghdad. 4(a). Hashish : 850 gr. 5. By parcel post. 6. Consignor : Nazir Mohammed, Tahsil Malakand, Peshawar (fictitious name). Consignee : Ali Akbar, c/o Fateh Khan Baba, Baghdad. — 21 —

9. The hashish was discovered at the head post office at Baghdad, concealed in two bound books and declared as such. The authorities endeavoured to deliver the parcel to the consignee with a view to arresting him with the hashish in his possession, but their efforts proved unsuccessful. The Indian postal authorities were informed of the seizure, and enquiries were made by them to trace the consignor but without success.

No. 474.—Seizure of Synthetic Cocaine Hydrochlorate at Marghera, Italy, on October 23rd, 1931, ex the s.s. “ Nevona 1. 3421/157(25). 2. Italian Government, January 1932. 3. October 23rd, 1931. Marghera, Italy. 4(a). Synthetic cocaine hydrochloride : 10 gr. 6. Person implicated : Francesco Cisto. 8. The bottle bore the label, seal and red sealing-wax of the Nederlandsche Cocainefabrik, Amsterdam. 9. Cisto was arrested as he was landing from the s.s. Nevona which was anchored in the port of Marghera and the cocaine was found in his possession. He declared that he had received it from a Greek sailor a few nights previously, and that he had tried to sell it but had been unsuccessful. It was not possible to identify the seller, as the Greek vessel on which he had embarked, the Dimilros M. Dakakis, had sailed when Cisto was arrested. Cisto has been previously convicted. 10. The result of the prosecution is still pending. Cisto will be handed over to the authorities at Spezia for police action.

No. 475.—Illicit Traffic in Cocaine at Siena, by Dr. Pasquini, March 4th, 1931. 1. 3421/157(25). 2. Italian Government, January 1932. 3. March 4th, 1931. Siena. 4(b). Cocaine : 300 gr. 6. Persons implicated : Dr. Dagoberto Pasquini, pharmaceutical chemist ; Virgilio Signorini1. 8. Zambon of Vicenza and Maffi of Livorno. 9. The firms of Zambon and Maffi informed the authorities that Pasquini had used 300 gr. of cocaine in excess of the requirements of his pharmacy, the San Casciano Bagni Pharmacy. Investigations were carried out and it was found that Pasquini obtained the cocaine in his capacity as pharmaceutical chemist, and sold it to Signorini, who is known to be a drug-trafficker in Florence. It was found also that Pasquini was not keeping a regular register of purchases and sales ; that he had allowed an unqualified and uncertificated person to act for him at the pharmacy and had further altered two medical prescriptions in order to account for the illicit use of the cocaine which he had removed from stock. Signorini stated that he gave the drug received from Pasquini to Ascanio Susini and Olinto Bettini, but this statement was found to be false. Pasquini has been previously convicted. In 1913, he was sentenced for misappropriation and, in 1928-29, he was dismissed for maladministration by the Gualdo Tadino Congregation of Charity, by wrhom he had been appointed to manage the communal pharmacy ; when the pharmacy was handed over, medicines to the value of 9,000 lire wrere found to be missing, for which Pasquini had paid with bills of exchange. The San Casciano Bagni Pharmacy has been closed. 10. Pasquini was sentenced to nine months’ hard labour, a fine ot 2,000 lire, a penalty of 900 lire and nine months’ suspension from his professional activities.

No. 476.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Amsterdam, December 18th, 1930. 1. 251/157(6). 2. Netherlands Government, March 18th, 1932. 3. December 18th, 1930. Amsterdam. 4N.Haw opium : 123 kg. 6. Persons implicated : Four Chinese. 9. One of the accused stated that he had bought the opium from an unknown Arab at Port Said. 10. A sentence of three months’ imprisonment was inflicted on one of the accused, two others were acquitted and the fourth died during his detention.

N°. 477.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Amsterdam, January 8th, 1932. !■ 251/157(6). 2 Netherlands Government, January 25th and February 20th, 1932.

1 Previous reference to Virgilio Signorini will be found in documents O.C.294feV, page 106, and O.C.294(h) page 21, Case No. 235. — 22 —

3. January 8th, 1932. Amsterdam. 4(a). Raw opium : 6 kg. 250 gr. 5. s.s. Jan Pielersz. Coen (Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland), coming from Batavia. 6. Person implicated : A Chinese stoker on board. 9. Found on board. Accused stated that he got it from a Chinese at Singapore, at 25 dollars the kg. 10. The accused was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.

No. 478.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Rotterdam in February 1932. 1. 251/157(7). 2. Netherlands Government, March 29th, 1932. 3. February 11th, 1932. Rotterdam. 4(a). Raw opium : 242 gr. (8 oz. and 15 gr.). 9. Found in a house in Rotterdam. 10. The accused, a Chinese, was sentenced to a fine of 25 florins or 10 days’ imprisonment.

No. 479.—Seizures in the Netherlands during 1931. 1. 251/157(6). 2. Netherlands Government , January 25th, 1932. 3. During 1931. Amsterdam and Rotterdam. 4(a). Raw opium : 120 kg. 300 gr. Prepared opium : 1 kg. 700 gr. ; 20 cachets ; 28 powders, and 10 packets. 6. The accused wrere all Chinese. 9. There w’ere eleven cases. 10. Sentences of imprisonment of from five days to one month were inflicted. In some cases, alternative fines of from 10 to 25florins were imposed.

No. 480.—Seizures at Willemstad, Curaçao, in June, August and September 1931. 1. 251/157(7). 2. Netherlands Government, January 26th, 1932. 3. June, August and September 1931. Willemstad, Curacao. 4(a). Raw opium : 6 kg. 730 gr. 5. On vessels coming from New York, Liverpool and Rotterdam. 6. In one case, the accused was Bernardines Cornelius Swagers, a Dutch mechanic on board the vessel. 9. There were three cases. It is thought that Swagers obtained the opium (3 kg. 670 gr.) from a Chinese who probably brought it on board the vessel at New York. 10. Swagers was sentenced to a fine of 250 florins. In the other two cases, the sentences were : a fine of 300 florins and two months’ detention, and a fine of 500 florins.

No. 481.—Seizures in the Netherlands Indies from April to September 1931. 1. 251/157(7). 2. Netherlands Government , January 26th, 1932. 3. April-September 1931. Netherlands Indies. 4(a). Raw opium : 56 kg. 580 gr. Prepared opium : 22 kg. 730 gr. Morphine : 898 gr. 6. The accused were all Chinese. 9. There were seven cases.

No. 482.—Illicit Traffic in Warsaw, January 1932. 1. 34829/157. 2. Polish Government, March 12th. 1932. 3. January 1932. Warsaw. 4(a). Opium : 20 gr. Heroin : 4 gr. 6. Persons implicated : Piotr Olechowski ; Stanislaw Olechowski ; Leon Haber ; Stefan Michelis, chemist ; Lucjan Brajtkopf, agent for the pharmaceutical firm “ Wenda Marja Orlowska, employee of the pharmaceutical firm, Ludwik Spiess & Son. 9. Piotr Olechowski is a drug addict and has been previously concerned in drug cases. He obtained the drugs from Michelis by means of false prescriptions. It is s u s p e c t e d that the drugs reach Poland through Danzig. Investigations are proceeding. 10. All the accused have been arrested and imprisoned. No. 483.—Seizures in Macao during October 1931. 1. 15458/157(5). 2. Portuguese Government, February 8th, 1932. 3. October 1931. Macao. 4(a). Prepared opium : 31 kg. 062 gr. (838 taels). 5. 30 kg. 604 gr. came from China. 9. There were 12 cases reported and the offenders were all Chinese. Nine cases concerned the keeping of opium-smoking dens without a licence. 10. . Fines ranged from SI to $4,000. They were paid in all cases. No. 484.—Seizures in Macao during November 1931. 1. 15458/157(5). 2. Portuguese Government, February 8th, 1932. 3. November 1931. Macao. 4(a). Prepared opium : 595 gr. (15.74 taels). 9. There were 13 cases and the offenders wrere all Chinese. Ten cases concerned the keeping of opium-smoking dens without a licence. 10. Fines ranged from $5 to $60. They were paid in all cases. No. 485.—Seizures in Macao during December 1931. 1. 15458/157(6). 2. Portuguese Government, March 8th, 1932. 3. December 1931. Macao. 4(a) Prepared opium : 306 gr. (8.1 taels). 9. There were sixteen cases. In every case, the accused w ere Chinese and were found in possession of unlicensed opium dens. 10. Fines ranged from $5 to $20. They were paid in all cases.

No. 486.—Seizure of Hashish at Gonstantza, Roumania, February 8th, 1932. 1. 35128/157. 2. Roumanian Government, March 16th, 1932. 3. February 8th, 1932. Gonstantza. 4(a). Hashish : 81 kg. 500 gr. 5. From Haidar Pasha on the Palpelro (Roumanian). Brought from Istanbul on a launch belonging to the agency Navris of Istanbul. Destined for Alexandria. 6. Persons implicated : V. Josef, commandant of the Palpetro ; Bassa Carol, second-in-charge of the Palpetro ; Ion Constantinesco, carpenter on board ; Nicolae Mandrea, waiter, and Bucso Lazar, sailor. 8. The hashish was in several packets wrapped in canvas and marked with a design, in red, of aeroplanes and balloons. 9. Two unsuccessful attempts to unload the hashish at Alexandria wrere made. The commandant of the Palpetro was ordered by the person who had delivered the hashish to him for transport to Alexandria to take it to Gonstantza and tranship it there on to the Loukia. The Palpetro did not reach Gonstantza in time to catch the Loukia, how'ever, and the transhipment could not, therefore, be effected. Meanwhile the Roumanian authorities searched the vessel and discovered the hashish.

No. 487.—Further Seizures of Opium in Siam during the September Quarter 1931. (See document O.C.294 (j), page 23, No. 409.) 1. 25045/157. Siamese Government, March 2nd, 1932. 3. September quarter 1931. Siam. Port seizures : Internal seizures : Haw opium : 28 kg. 988 gr. (773 tamlungs). Prepared opium : 8 kg. 873 gr. (236 tam- 113 kg. 482gr. (3,026 tamlungs, 18 hoons). lungs, 60 boons). Dross : 6 kg. 469 gr. (172 tamlungs, 50 16 kg. 941 gr. (451 tamlungs, 77 hoons). hoons). Seized on steamers coming from Hong- Kong and Swatow. 9. There were six cases reported. The ac­ There were 1,822 cases reported. The accused cused were for the most part of were for the most part of Siamese nationality. Siamese nationality. Aggregate fines amounted to 4,952 ticals. Aggregate fines amounted to 59,665 ticals In one case, a sentence of four and terms of imprisonment ranged from months’ imprisonment was inflicted ten days to four months. in addition to the fine. — 24 —

No. 488.—Seizures of Opium in Siam during the December Quarter 1931. 1. 25045/157. 2. Siamese Government, March 2nd, 1932. 3. December quarter 1931. Siam. 4(a). Port seizures : Internal seizures : Raw opium : 6 kg. 842 gr. (182 tamlungs, 45 hoons). Prepared opium : 5 kg. 362 gr. (143 tam­ 19 kg. 500 gr. (520 tamlungs). lungs). Dross : 85 kg. 884 gr. (2,290 tamlungs, 25 hoons). 5. The prepared opium seized was on board a steamer coming from Hong-Kong and Swatow\ 9. There was one case reported. There were 21 cases reported. 10. The accused, a Chinese, was found not Aggregate fines amounted to 50,852 ticals and guilty. terms of imprisonment ranged from one to six months.

No. 489.—Seizures of Drugs in Siam during the December Quarter 1931. 1. 25045/157. 2. Siamese Government, March 2nd, 1932. 3. December quarter 1931. Siam. 4(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 474.4 gr. Ethylmorphine hydrochloride : 24 gr. Cocaine : 11.2 gr. 9. There wrere nine cases. The accused were all Chinese with the exception of one Siamese and one Malay. 10. Fines ranged from 1.77 bahts to 8 bahts.

No. 490.—Seizure of Cocaine at Valencia, Spain, in February 1932. 1. 13555/157. 2. Spanish Government, February 26th. 1932. 3. February 1932. Valencia, Spain. 4(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 285 gr. 8. The cocaine bore the labels of C. F. Boehringer & Soehne, G.m.b.H., Mannheim. 9. Found in 51 bottles containing 5 gr. each and 3 bottles each containing 10 gr. The labels have been sent to the German representative on the AdvisoryCommittee for investigation.

No. 491.—Seizures of Cocaine at Los Angeles in October 1931. 1. 1383/157(80). 2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government, March 5th, 1932. 3. October 27th and 30th, 1931. Los Angeles, Cal. 4(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 334 gr. (Ilf oz.). Morphine: 84 gr. (1,298 grains). 6. Persons implicated : William Cantor ; Bathurst L. Milligan. 8. Forty-seven bottles of cocaine each labelled : “ Fabrique de Produits Chimiques Purs pour la Pharmacie Ferdinand Roques, Paris. J oz. chlorhydrate de cocaïne (Codex 1908), No. 499.” 9. The drugs involved in this seizure were purchased from the accused at various times by Government agents. The bottles and labels of the cocaine appear to be identical with those seized at Tacoma, Washington, on January 26th, 1927 (see do cu m en t O.C.294(d), pages 74 and 75 ; document O.C.836). They were probably part of a large quantity of drugs reported to have been transferred by Ferdinand R o q u es to A. & H. Ferret, of Paris, in June 1922. In this connection, the French authorities reported that they were unable to trace the drugs farther (see also document O.C. 2 9 4 ( f ) , pages 27 and 28 and 32 and 33). 10. Cantor was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment and Milligan to five years.

No. 492—Seizure of Prepared Opium at Seattle, ex the s.s. “ Bellingham " on November 20th, 1931. 1. 1383/157(79). 2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government, January 8th, 1932. — 25 —

3. November 20th, 1931. Seattle. 4(a). Prepared opium : 53 kg. 676 gr. (1,890 oz.). 5. By s.s. Bellingham (American), coming from Shanghai, Tsingtao, Dairen and Taku Bar. 8. Chicken brand, with chicken and Chinese characters on one end and Chinese characters on the other. One side marked “ Cheong ” and the other side entirely covered with Chinese characters. 9. Found on board the vessel. Some tins were wrapped in bundles of ten tins each, in Shanghai newspapers, and others were loose. 10. Case under investigation.

No. 493.—Seizures in the United States of America during the December Quarter 1931. 1. 1383/157(80). 2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government, March 5th, 1932. 3. December quarter 1931. United States of America. 4.(a)Prepared opium : 17 kg. 643 gr. (279 taels and 250 oz. 30 grains). Gum opium : 4 kg. 432 gr. (9 lb. 12 oz.). Dross : 142 gr. (5 oz.). Morphine : 84 gr. (1,298 grains). Heroin : 3 kg. 294 gr. (116 oz.). 5. The heroin was found at New Orleans on board the s.s. Creole (American), coming from New York. 8. The amount of 907 gr. of prepared opium bore the “ Two Cocks ” mark and, in Chinese characters, the words “ Tin Sing Company ” ; 9 kg. 779 gr. bore the “ Lam Kee Hop ” and “ Cock ” marks. The heroin was contained in 116 glazed-paper bags containing about one ounce of heroin loose in each bag.

No. 494.—Seizure of Prepared Opium at Honolulu, October 26th, 1931. 1. 1383/157(80). 2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government, March 5th, 1932. 3. October 26th, 1931. Honolulu. 4(a). Prepared opium : 7 kg. 557 gr. (200 taels). (>. Persons implicated : Four Chinese. 8. There were forty 5-tael tins marked “ Lam Kee ”, “ Lam Kee Hop ”, “ Lam Kee Macao ” and “ Selected by Tin Sing ”. 9. The opium was found in the possession of the two arrested men, one of whom was about to board a steamer bound for the island of Kanai. 10. Two of the Chinese implicated were arrested and are awaiting trial.

No. 495.—Seizure of Medicinal Pills containing Morphine at Cebu, P.I., December 15th, 1931. 1. 1383/157(80). 2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government, March 5th, 1932. 3. December 15th, 1931. Cebu, P.I. 4(a). Medicinal pills containing morphine : 2 cases containing 3,990 small bottles. 5. Shipped from Hong-Kong on s.s. Shelton (American). 6. Person implicated : N. B. Son Unhio. I Forwarding agents or consignors : Chuan Chong. 8. Prepared by Kee Sim Chay, Amoy, China. Each bottle is marked “ Cock Brand ” with Chinese characters. PART IV.

SUMMARY OF SEIZURES REPORTED IN THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF GOVERNMENTS ON THE TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS.

Note.—The Secretariat has not, in all cases, been able to control to what extent seizures reported in annual reports have previously been reported to the League separately. It is thus possible that quantities reported as seized in Part IV are already included in other parts of this document or in previous quarterly seizure reports.

No. 496.—Seizure of Hashish at Alexandria ex the s.s. “ Sardegna ", April 1931.

1. O.G.23^;.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. April 16th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Hashish : 7 kg. 310 gr. 5. Despatched from Beirut on the s.s. Sardegna. 6. Person implicated : Mustapha Koleilat. 9. Acting on information received, the Egyptian authorities arrested Koleilat, who had in his possession a copy of a bill of lading for a wooden case containing a “ Fiat ” car despatched by Koleilat from Beirut to himself at Alexandria. On arrival at the Customs, the case was opened and the hashish found in the crank case of the car. 10. The accused was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E200. The car was confiscated.

No. 497.—Seizure of Hashish at Alexandria despatched from Syria on the s.s. “ Mariette Pasha ", May 1931.

1. O.C.23fx;.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. May 22nd, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Hashish : 6 kg. 5. From Syria on the s.s. Mariette Pasha. 6. Persons implicated : Said Mohamed el Nashawani, Damascus ; Fuad Melham Karam, alias El Mour, alias Ibrahim Abu Sherif ; Ahmed Messed ; Abdel Wahab Mustafa. 9. Early in 1931, information was received by the Egyptian authorities that quantities of hashish were despatched from Syria to Egypt dissimulated in specially made baggage- boxes sent through the Société Orientale de Tourisme. On May 22nd, a baggage-box despatched from Syria by Nashawani to the address of Abdel Fattah el Shami arrived at Alexandria and, on being opened, was found to contain 6 kg. of tiashish. A week later a similar box was found in the Cairo Customs awaiting clearance which also contained hashish. Subsequent investigations revealed that consignments of hashish had already been received on previous dates despatched by Nashawani to Shami and to Mme. Badria el Nashawani at Cairo. Both these addresses were fictitious and the goods were in reality received by Fuad Melham Karam, Ahmed Messed and Abdel Wahab Mustafa. Two previous consignments of hashish weighing 133 kg. had been sent by Nashawani to Karam. 10. Abdel Wahab Mustafa and Ahmed Messed were each sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour and to a fine of £E1,000, and Fuad Melham Karam to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour and a fine of £E 1,000 in default.

No. 498.—Illicit Traffic in Hashish between Turkey and Egypt. Attempt to employ Members of the British Navy as Carriers. September 1931.

1. O.C.23fæ;.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. September 17th to 19th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Hashish : 19£ kg. 5. From Turkey. — 27 —

fr. Persons implicated : Salah el Din Assha, George Assaf, a Syrian and an Egyptian ; all local subjects. 9. Certain members of the crew of H.M.S. Calypso were approached at Beiruth with a view to carrying hashish to Alexandria. Acting on instructions of the Admiral of the British squadron, one of the Chief Petty Officers fell in with the arrangements of the gang and took the hashish in question on board. On arrival of the squadron at Alexandria, the Egyptian authorities were advised of the affair, with the result that the accused were arrested. 10. The accused were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and fines of £E 1,000 each.

No. 499.—Seizure of Hashish at Alexandria ex the s.s. “ Bourgas " concealed in Millstones, in October 1931. 1. O.C.23fz;.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. October 10th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Hashish : 97 kg. 350 gr. 5. Shipped on the s.s. Bourgas coming from Bulgaria. 9. Four millstones arrived at Alexandria on board the vessel,the bill of lading in respect of which was received by a merchant in Alexandria. As he had notordered any millstones, he immediately informed the authorities. The millstones were removed to the bonded stores and as no one came to claim them they wrere broken up by the Customs authorities and found to contain the hashish. Enquiries are being made by the Egyptian authorities.

No. 500.—Seizure of Hashish, declared as “ Pine-powder ”, at Alexandria, October 1931. 1. O.C.23fzj.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. October 12th, 1931. Alexandria. 4(a). Hashish : 85 kg. 5. Shipped from Greece on the s.s. Attiki. Believed to be of Turkish origin. 6. Persons implicated : Armenak Aprahamian, Alexandria ; Hagob Avavian, Piraeus, and three other Armenians, two in Egypt and one in Greece. 9. Found by the Customs in 50 sacks containing pine-powder and addressed to Aprahamian. The hashish was concealed in these sacks together with 12 kg. of tobacco. It had been broken up into small pieces and mixed with the pine-powder, as the strong smell of the latter conceals the well-known smell of the hashish. Investigations led to the discovery of two more consignments of this pine-powder which had already passed the Customs and were in store in the town, but the sacks in these consignments contained only a few small pieces of hashish, the remainder having been taken away. In one of the stores, a large sieving machine w7as found which had been used for separating the hashish and tobacco from the pine-pow^der. It was found that, between March 1930 and October 1931, 1,591 similar sacks of pine-powder had been imported in thirteen different shipments from Piræus by the same group of Armenians. The Greek authorities were informed and located the stores in Piræus, belonging to Avavian, who was Aprahamian’s partner, where a quantity of sieves, 41 sacks of pine-powder and a large quantity of tobacco were found. It is estimated that this group has, in the last sixteen months, smuggled into this country over 3,000 kg. of hashish. The accused. were fined £E886, 200 millièmes, by the Customs Commission for the smuggling of hashish. They will be further tried by the Egyptian courts.

No. 501.—Seizures of Drugs at Cairo Railway Station, November 1930. Habib Aziz Case. !• O.C.23^.22. 36138/32007. ' Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3- November 19th, 1930. Cairo. Heroin : 5 kg. 585 gr. and further quantity not stated. Hashish : 7 kg. 910 gr. and a further quantity not stated. Opium, morphine and cocaine : Quantities not stated. ^ Persons implicated : Habib Aziz, Syrian ; George Antonious ; Ibrahim El Sayed Sarhân, Egyptian ; Abdel Salâm Hemaya, Egyptian ; Mohamed Aby Zeid, Egyptian ; Mohamed Mahmud, and sixteen others. ^ The storekeeper at the railway station suspected the contents of a package brought by a carter for transport by rail to Sawamaa village, Upper Egypt. The storekeeper opened the package and found the heroin and hashish inside. In presenting the — 28 —

package at the station, the carter handed in a paper on which the name of the sender was given as Ragheb Massoud and the name of the addressee as Mikhail Naguib. The contents of the package were described as dry goods and coats, the destination being Sawamaa, Upper Egypt. Investigations led to the arrest of 22 persons and it was found that a total sum of over £E 15,000 was sent by Upper Egypt traffickers to Habib Aziz and Sarhân. It also appeared that narcotics had been sent by post under fictitious names with the knowledge of certain post office junior employees. The gang of traffickers involved in this affair came from various villages and the enquiries instituted by the authorities revealed a network of illicit traffic which embraced almost the whole territory of Egypt. 10. Habib Aziz, Sarhân, Hemaya and one other were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E 1,000 ; Zeid was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E500. This same sentence was inflicted also on seven others. Four of the accused were sentenced to one year’s imprisonment with, in one case, a fine of £E500, and, in another, a fine of £E200. One other of the accused was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.

No. 502.—Illicit Traffic in Heroin by a Chauffeur of the Turkish Legation in Cairo, December 1930 and January 1931. 1. 0 .0 .2 3 ^ .2 2 . 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. December 1930 and January 1931. Cairo. 4(b). Heroin : 15 kg. 6. Persons implicated : Aly Moussa, chauffeur, Turk ; Ahmed Wasfi, Turk ; Theodore Tokatlian, Armenian, Egyptian subject. 9. The authorities learned that Aly Moussa was in possession of the heroin and wished to sell. Arrangements were made through Wasfi and Tokatlian to buy 3J kg., but the agent concluded the deal without giving the authorities time to arrest the offenders. Further plans were laid and the chauffeur was followed to the Turkish Legation. The Turkish Minister was informed and gave permission for a search of the premises. No heroin was found, but Aly Moussa was in possession of eleven bank-notes which proved to be part of the money paid for the 3^ kg. bought by the agent. The two intermediaries, Wasfi and Tokatlian, were arrested and confessed. 10. The three accused were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E 1,000 each.

No. 503.—Kazandjian Case, Cairo. March 1931.

1. O .C.23^.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. March 10th, 1931. Cairo. 4

No. 504.—Seizure of Hashish in Cairo. Abdel Megid Case.

1. O .C.23^.22. 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. In 1931. Cairo. — 29 —

'4M. Hashish : 13 kg. 5. The hashish was of Turkish origin. 6. Person implicated : Abdel Megid Ibrahim, Turk. 9. Found in a room in a pension occupied by the accused. The hashish was in the form of inner slippers and wooden shoe-forms. 10. The accused was sentenced to three .years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E500, altered on appeal to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E 1,000.

No. 505.—Seizure of Hashish at Port Said, January 1931.

1. 0 .0 .2 3 ^ .2 2 . 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3 January 28th, 1931. Port Said. 4(a). Hashish : 39 kg. 350 gr. 5. The hashish was of Turkish origin, as indicated by the blue inscription on the slipper covers. 6. Person implicated : El Sayed Mustapha el Sherbini. 9. Found by the police in a private launch in two tin cases declared by the crew to contain coffee-seeds. The hashish was in the form of inner shoe-slippers. It was given to the crew by el Sherbini for delivery again to him in an out-of-the-way spot.

No. 506.—Seizure at Port Said, June 1931. Theodossiou Case.

1. 0 .0 .2 3 ^.2 2 . 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. June 1st, 1931. Port Said. ih). Opium : 2 kg. 950 gr. Hashish : 7 kg. 500 gr. 6. Person implicated : Constantine Theodossiou, Greek. 9. Acting on information, the Egyptian authorities arrested Theodossiou and found the opium and hashish in his possession. 10. He was sentenced to a fine of £E77, 950 millièmes, and the drugs were confiscated. He was further expelled from Egypt in July 1931.

No. 507.—Seizure of Hashish at Port Said concealed in Sacks of Gypsum, July 1931.

1. 0 .0 .2 3 ^.2 2 . 36138/32007. 2. Egyptian Government, March 1932. 3. July 19th, 1931. Port Said. 4(a). Hashish : 51 kg. 200 gr. o. From Turkey. The hashish arrived at Port Said from Cyprus by the s.s. Mouzzaz (British). 8. Persons implicated : Constantin Paissis ; Pandelis Paissis (alias P. Youssifakis), both Cypriots, British subjects. 9. This consignment was sent by Pandelis Paissis under the name of P. Youssifakis, to his brother Constantin. As the Egyptian authorities had received information that hashish was being smuggled by certain Cypriots in sacks of gypsum, vessels having a cargo of this commodity were searched. It was found in 20 double sacks bearing the stamp “ Constantinople S.M. ” ft The Customs Commission of Port Said sentenced Constantin Paissis to a fine of £E511 and confiscation of the hashish seized. His Britannic Majesty’s Provincial Court at Port Said, however, later acquitted him, accepting his plea that, although he admitted that the cargo of gypsum was his, he did not know that there was any hashish in it.

No. 508.—Seizure of Hashish on the s.s. 11 Pilsna ” at Suez, November 1931.

1 0.0.23^.22. 36138/32007. '■ Egyptian Government, March 1932. ^ November 27th, 1931. Suez. ^a>- Hashish : 45 kg. Brought from Trieste on the s.s. Pilsna (Lloyd Triestino Line). Persons implicated : Ettore Papa, Giovanni Cvitanovic, Italian members of the crew of the Pilsna. -■ The hashish is of the “ Broussa Aeroplane ” brand. It was in the form of 262 slippers, in two waterproof sacks. — 30 —

9. The Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau had known for some time past of a consignment of hashish shipped on board the Lloyd Triestino steamer Pilsna, from Trieste for Port Said. On arrival at Port Said, certain difficulties prevented the landing of the stuff and the ship continued her voyage to the Far East. On the morning of November 27th, the Pilsna came into Suez on her return from India. Two Government agents, acting on information received, boarded the vessel and got into touch with the accused, who handed over the hashish to the agents. They admitted having brought the hashish from Trieste but refused to state who had given it to them. 10. The accused were tried by the Italian Consular Court and both were sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment and a fine of 700 lire.

No. 509.—Seizures in Cyprus during 1930. 1. 28189/23002. 2. British Government, May 8th, 1931. 3. During 1930. Cyprus. 4(a). Hashish : 417 kg. and 50 kg. 10£ gr. (40 okes and 6 drams). 9. A total of 417 kg. was seized by the Customs authorities on importation into the island, probably from Syria, not for local use, but in transit for Egypt. As regards the 50 kg. 10| gr., there were four persons prosecuted and convicted. The hashish was confiscated. 10. One person was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and a fine of £50, another to six months’ imprisonment and a third to four months’ imprisonment. The fourth was fined £10.

No. 510.—Seizures in Sarawak during 1930. 1. O.C.23fi>21. 31167/23002. 2. British Government, September 12th, 1931. 3. During 1930. Sarawak. 4(a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 175 gr. (31.1 taels). 9. There were no seizures of raw opium or narcotic drugs during 1930.

No. 511.—Seizures in Sierra Leone during 1930. 1. 27901/23002. 2. British Government, April 23rd, 1931. 3. During 1930. Sierra Leone. 4(a). Indian hemp : 1 kg. 250 gr. (2 lb. 12 oz.) and 206 packets. 10. Fines ranged from Is. to £10 with the alternative of from three days’ to one month’? imprisonment. There were twenty-seven prosecutions for illicit traffic in Indian hemp.

No. 512.—Seizures in Nicaragua in December 1928. 1. 0 .0 .2 3 ^ .2 1 . 32128/23002. 2. Government of Nicaragua, October 10th, 1931. 3. December 1928. Nicaragua. 4(a). Opium paste : 50 gr. Opium outfit. 6. Persons implicated : Two Chinese. 9. The articles seized were handed over to the General Health Board. 10. The two accused were sentenced to fines of C$100 and C$50.

No. 513.—Seizures in Spain during 1930. 1. 0 .0 .2 3 ^.2 1 . 32416/23002. 2. Spanish Government, October 23rd, 1931. 3. During 1930. Customs warehouses at Port-Bou, La Roda, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, and Valencia. 4(a). Raw opium : 325 gr. Cocaine hydrochloride : 324 gr. Coca extract : 1 kg. 8. Some of these drugs bore the marks of Boehringer, Merck, and Givaudan, Lavirote &Co.> Lyons. Others bore no marks or labels. 9. The seizures were effected by the special narcotic police in the places mentioned above. All drugs seized are deposited in the warehouses of the control authorities unti destroyed. — 31 —

No. 514.—Seizures in Switzerland during 1930.

1. 0.0.23^.22. 28587/23002. 2. Swiss Government, May 28th, 1931. 3. During 1930. Switzerland. 4(a). Morphine : 907 gr. and 13 boxes. Morphine 1 % solution : 650 gr. Heroin : 5 kg. Cocaine : 2 kg., besides a quantity given as from 500 to 1,000 gr. Drugs : Kind and quantity not stated. 10. Fines ranged from 60 to 2,000 francs and terms of imprisonment from 7 to 120 days.

No. 515.—Seizures in the Union of South Africa during 1931. 1. 35651/32007. 2. Government of the Union of South Africa, February 11th, 1932. 3. During 1931. Union of South Africa. 4(a). Opium : 540 gr. (19 oz.). Morphine : 0.585 gr. (9 grains). Dagga : 5,839 kg. 47 gr. (12,847 lb. 3 oz.). 9. There were four cases in connection with opium, involving six persons, one in connection with morphine, and 4,935 persons prosecuted in connection with dagga. The dagga was burnt. 10. In the opium cases, fines ranged from £5 to £20, or, in default of payment of the fines, terms of imprisonment of from ten days to two months. In the morphine case, the accused was to come up for sentence in three months if called upon. No informa­ tion was given in regard to sentences inflicted in the dagga cases. Note.—The following seizures have been reported to the Permanent Central Opium Board and do not figure in any report communicated to the Secretariat.

No. 51G.— Seizures of Opium in Australia during 1931. 1. 12A/1122/1122. 2. Government of Australia, March 15th, 1932. 3. During 1931. Australia. 4(a). Prepared opium : 23 kg. 670 gr. Opium (kind not stated) : 227 grammes (8 oz.). Liquid opium : 909 gr. (32 oz.). 5. The amount of 21 kg. was thrown from the s.s. Taiping, trading between Eastern ports and Australia. The 227 gr. of opium (kind not stated) was found on persons coming ashore from this vessel ; 2 kg. 670 gr. of prepared opium was seized from two members of the crew of the m. v. Gascoyne coming from Singapore via Batavia and Samarang ; and the liquid opium was seized from a member of the crew of the Changle, coming from Hong-Kong. 8. A total of 8 kg. 151 gr. of prepared opium and the liquid opium was marked “ Lo Fook Kee ” and 11 kg. 332 gr. was marked Yick Kee “ Lion adjacent to Globe ” ; 2 kg. 670 gr. of prepared opium was in tubes one side of the flattened end of which bore the words “ Fed.M.S.—McMxxxI ” impressed in the shape of a circle. The reverse side bore the words “ G.O.V.O.P.P.—Singapore ”, also impressed in the shape of a circle. The rounded portion of the tube bore the following cipher in relief : (2. I 8. Some fishermen noticed a motor-boat, containing persons who were evidently searching for the 21 kg. of prepared opium thrown from the s.s. Taiping, cruising in the vicinity I of the entrance to Port Philip Bay, Victoria, but all efforts to locate this boat or the owners thereof were unsuccessful. These 21 kg. were destroyed. The following sentences were passed : Two individuals were fined £75, in default six months’ I imprisonment with hard labour ; one was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment, I and two others fined £2 10s. each.

■•V 517.—Seizures in British Guiana during 1931.

F ' 12A/19182/1122. 1 '■ British Government, February 17th, 1932. During 1931. British Guiana. Tincture of opium : 99 gr. (3| oz.). I Morphine hydrochloride : 9 gr. (135 grains). | Cocaine hydrochloride : 57 gr. (2 oz.). I Indian hemp : Small quantities, amount not given. I datura : Small quantities, amount not given. — 32 —

9. Proceedings were instituted against twenty individuals for illicit possession and on company for illicit sale during the year. The Indian hemp and datura were destroye and the rest of the drugs seized handed over to the Medical Department. 10. Fines were inflicted in fifteen cases ranging from $2.50 to $150.

No. 518.—Seizures of Prepared Opium in British North Borneo in 1931. 1. 12A/19791/1122. 2. British Government, March 23rd, 1932. 3. During 1931. British North Borneo. A(a>. Prepared opium : 18 kg. 9. A total of 12f kg. was destroyed by being sunk in the sea and 5£ kg. was used by th Excise Department, being taken into stock with the Government chandu. QUESTIONNAIRE REFERRING TO PARTS II, III AND IV.

1. Documents issued and Registry dossier No. 2. Reported by. 3. Date and place of seizure or illicit transaction. 4. Kind and quantity of drugs (a) seized or (b) involved in the illicit transaction. 5. Origin of Drugs. Where drugs shipped. Method of transportation, and destination. Route followed. Nationality, name and owners of ship involved. 6. Names of consignor, consignee and addressee, or other persons implicated. 7. Forwarding agents and other persons or firms whose names appear in connection with the case. 8. Name of manufacturer of drugs ; labels, marks, packing, etc. 9 Additional details. 10. Legal proceedings and penalties. — 33 —

INDEX TO LOCALITIES

Country and Locality Dates Page Country and Locality Dales Page

Australia : During 1931 ...... 31 In dia (contd.) Canada : Calcutta (conld.) September 26th, 1930 . . . 5 April 18th, 1931 ...... 10 Montreal June 1931 ...... 16 May 20th, 1931 ...... 7 Vancouver June 17th, 1928 ...... 3 May 25th, 1931 ...... 6 October 14th, 1931 ...... 16 June 6t,h, 1931 ...... 6 October 26tli, 1931 ...... 10 June 1931 ...... 11 October 1931 ...... 16 August 5th, 1931 ...... 20 November 10th, 1931 . . . 16 August 22nd, 1931 ...... 10 November 23rd and 26th, 1931 ...... 17 Iraq : December 10th-12th, 1931 17 Baghdad June 23rd, 1931 ...... 20 China : Italy : Amoy December quarter, 1931 .. 17 Marghera October 23rd, 1931 ...... 21 Canton September-December 1931 17 Milan June 1931 ...... 6 Chefoo December quarter, 1931 . . 17 Siena March 4th, 1931 ...... 21 Dairen November 1929 ...... 3 December 10th, 1931 .... 18 M exico : January 1932 ...... 18 Mexico July 1928 ...... 6 Foochow July 25th, 1931 ...... 18 Harbin November 12th, 1930 . . . 4 Netherlands : During 1931 ...... 22 November 17th, 1930 . . . 4 Amsterdam December 18th, 1931 .... 21 Lappa October 2nd, 4th and 17th, June 8th, 1932 ...... 21 1931 ...... 18 Rotterdam February 11th, 1932 .... 22 Lungehingtsun December 21st and 31st, 1931 ...... 19 C olonies : Mukden November 1929 ...... 3 Curacao June, August and Septem­ March 1930 ...... 3 ber 1 9 3 1 ...... 22 Shanghai May 30th, 1931 ...... 5 Netherlands September and December Indies April-September 1931 22 1931 ...... 19 Tsingtao February 1930 ...... 4 Nicaragua : December 1928 ...... 30 Wenchow October 25th and 31st, P ersia : 1931 ...... 19 Bushire December 1930 ...... 13 Cuba : During 1931 ...... 19 October 1931 ...... 13 P oland : [Egypt : Warsaw January 1932 ...... 22 Alexandria January 17th, 1931...... 19 April 16th, 1 9 3 1 ...... 26 P ortu gal : May 22nd, 1931 ...... 26 Colonies : During Mav 1931 ...... 9 July 28th, 1931 ...... 8 Macao October 31st, 1 9 3 1 ...... 13 September 17th-19th. 1931 9 October 1931 ...... 23 October 10th, 1931 ____ 27 November 1931 ...... 23 October 12th, 1931 ...... 27 December 1931 ...... 23 Cairo October 1930 ...... 4 R ou m an ia : November 19th, 1930 .. 27-28 Constanza February 8th, 1932 ...... 23 December 1930 ...... 28 March 10th, 1 9 3 1 ...... 28 S ia m : September quarter, 1931 . 23 During 1931 28-29 December quarter, 1931(2) 24 Port Said January 28th, 1931 ...... 29 June 1st, 1931 ...... 29 Spain : During 1930 ...... 30 July 19th, 1931 ...... 29 Valencia February 1932 ...... 24 Suez November 27th, 1931 . . . 29 Switzerland : During 1930 ...... 31 ermany : Basle 1927-1929 ...... 13 -15 Hamburg November 1931 ...... 12 Geneva 1927-1929 ...... 13 -15 December 28th, 1931 .... 20 Union of South :Iwt Britain : A frica : During 1931 ...... 31 Colonies : United States of British Guiana During 1931 ...... 31 A m erica : June 14th. 1931 ...... 6 British North December quarter, 1931. . 25 Borneo During 1931 ...... 32 Los Angeles October 27th and 30th, Cyprus During 1930 ...... 30 1931...... 24 Sarawak During 1930 ...... 30 New Orleans October 10th, 1931 ...... 12 Sierra Leone During 1930 ...... 30 New York June 1931 ...... 6 Seattle November 20th, 1931 .. . 24 reece : Date not given ...... 7 Miens December 16th, 1931 .... 20 C olonies : «reus September 15th, 1931 . . . 6 Hawaii : dia : Honolulu October 26th, 1931 ...... 25 Philippine Bombay July 26th, 1931 ...... 11 Islands : Calcutta August 13th, 1930 ...... 3 Cebu December 15th, 1931 .... 25 — 34 —

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS, FIRMS, ETC.

Names Page Names Page Names Page

A K e i ...... 13 Facco, R o b e r t...... 15 Leboutis, Dim itri...... Abouissae, E l i e ...... 5, 12 Fateh Khan Baba, Baghdad 20 Leong Hu ...... 13 Ahmed Ekrem ...... 12 “ Fed.M.S.— McMxxxI ” .. 31 Levy, Julius ...... 14 Ahmed, Hadja Zadé ...... 4 Ferret, A. & H., Paris 24 “ Lion on Globe ” mark.. 31 A h s a n ...... 3 Fichelet, Sylvia ...... 14 Ludwik, Spiess & Son .... 22 Al, Mohamed Admed Abdel 9 Foley, Victor ...... 9 Lum Sun Y uen ...... 17 Ali Akbar, Baghdad 20 F o tz a te in ...... 4 Altmann, Nathan ...... 14 Frank, Karl...... 12 Maccera, J o s e p h ...... 16 A lv a lo s ...... 14 Furet, Gilbert ...... 14 Maccera, Pietro ...... 16 Ambra, Leonidas d’ 8 Macris, George ...... 19 Ambra, Marie d’ ...... 8 Gadi Zadé M a h e r ...... 4 Maffi & Co., L iv o rn o 21 Amin Bros., Isfahan ...... 13 Gadi Zadé Nuri Maher ... 4 Magid, Abdul ...... 28 Amin-ut-Tujjar...... 13 Gale & Co., L o n d o n 12 Maher, Gadi Zadé ...... 4 Anastasopoulos...... 14 Genedi, Abbas ...... 9 Mahmud, Mohamed 27 Antonius, George ...... 27 Genedi, Fares el ...... 8, 9 Malaxos, Michel ...... 19 Apostolatos, Fanny 8 Gerson & Co., D a v id 5 Malhame, Albert ...... Aprahamian, Armenak ... 27 Gisiger, Charles...... 14 Mandrea, Nicolae ...... 23 Assaf, George ...... 27 Givaudan, Lavirote & Co., Marcos ...... 20 Assha, Salali el D i n 27 L y o n s ...... 30 Marte lli, C arlo...... 9 Atzig ...... 3 Gohara, K iy u ta ro ...... 5 Massoud, Ragheb ...... 28 Avavian, Hagob ...... 27 Gradwell, Sam uel...... 6 Masubuchi, Tokuichi 20 Aziz, H a b ib ...... 27 Gregoratos, F a n n y ...... 8 Mavrogennis, Thalis 19 Grünberg, Moritz"...... 14 Mavroyannis, Demosthenes 19 Ballinari, Edouard 14-15 Guneriussen, Olaf M...... 12 Mazharuddin...... 3 Behbehani & Sons, Bushire 4, 18 Mechelaere, Paul ...... 12 Bettini, Olinto ...... 21 Haber, Leon ...... " 22 Medjip, Haghiati ...... 20 Beyer, R u d o lf...... 12 Hadja Zadé Ahmed 4 Menasche, Taranto, Stan- B oehringer...... 30 Hadja Zadé Ahmed Faik . 4 bul ...... Boehringer, G. F., Mann­ Hadjioannou, Jason 19 Merck & Co., Darmstadt 7, 9, 30 heim ...... 24 Haji Gholam Ali Baker Beh­ Messed, A h m e d ...... 26 Boehringer, C. H., Hamburg 4 behani & Sons, Bushire . 18 Metzendorf, Regina ...... 14 Borella ...... 15 Halawani, Dimitri el ...... 8 Michelis, S te p h a n ...... 22 Brajtkopf, Lucjan ...... 22 Halpern, M ech el...... 14 Milligan, Bathurst L 24 B rinberg...... 4 Hamamatsu ...... 11 Minoda, M oyich i...... 5 British Drug Houses, Ltd., Hanesh, Mahmud Ibrahim Miyazaki, Tuneyuma ... 10,12 London ...... 12 Saad e l ...... 9 Mohamed, Abdel Rahman . 9 “ Broussa Aeroplane ” Hassaballah, Abdel Hamid Morelli ...... 16 B r a n d ...... 29 M oh a m ed ...... 9 Mori, W a iju ...... 16 Hechlman, Leontin ...... 6 Moses, Seja ...... 12 Cantor, William ...... 24 Hegazi, Eid Mansi ...... 28 Motu, Kanshi ...... 11 Carol, Bassa ...... 23 Heizinger, M arcel...... 14 Mour, El ...... 26 Cassab, Georges ...... 14 Hemaÿa, Abdel Salâm ... 27 Moussa, Aly ...... 28 Castionatis, Georges...... 6 Houndras, Jean ...... 6 Muller, Dr. F r it z ...... 13-15 Cazacopoulos, Efthymios . 8 Houssein ...... 7 Muller-Widemann, Lucie 14-15 Cazacopoulos, George .... 8 Hügin, Emil ...... 14 Murakami ...... 3 Ceccolini, Guglielmo ...... 8 Mustafa, Abdel Wahab ... 26 Cehovin, Guglielmo ...... 8 Ilaoulaoui ...... 7 28 Cesarman, Julio ...... 6 Isaac, Eli Abou ...... 12 Naguib, Mikhail ...... Chahine, Jea n ...... 8 Nakai, H ...... 10 Isihiægypt Co., K o b e 15 4 Chan I Tong ...... 13 Ismail A l y ...... 4 N a k a m u r a ...... Chao Shui Y ang ...... 18 Iu Chioc N a m ...... 13 Nakano, Yonekichi ...... 11 26 “ Chase ” ...... 12 lu Va Io ...... 13 Nashawani, Mme. Badria el Chemische Fabrik A.G. Peli- Nashawani, Said Mohamed Iwamoto, Jukichi ...... 5 26 k a n ...... 5 Iyama ...... 10 e l ...... C h e o n g ...... 25 Nazir M oham m ed...... 20 14 Chinoin Pharmaceutical and Janes, Erich Eduard Franz 12 Neanai, Hussein e l ...... Chemical Products, Ltd. 6 Josef, V ...... 23 Nederlandsche Cocainefa- Choo Shu F un ...... 17 b r ie k ...... 21 Choukri ...... 7 Negro, Renato del ...... 8,9 Kanetake, Mme. Saka .... 3 13 Chrysinis, Elia ...... 8 Karam, Fuad Melham .... 26 Nemazi, H. M...... Cisto, Francesco ...... 21 Kayashima, S...... 11 Cock (3) ...... 25 Kazandjian, Artin Ohannes 28 Oda, R ...... : . 10J Cohn, Frederick ...... 14 Kazandjian, Artin Yacoub 28 Oglou, Hamid Hadji .. . v I Constantinesco, I o n ...... 23 Kee Sim Chay, Amoy .... 25 Oglou, Naasim Demir .. 71 “ Constantinople, S.M. ” .. 29 Kerim, Osman ...... 7 O k ajim a ...... 31 Continental Insurance Co. . 4 Olechowski, Piotr ...... 221 Kestens, Jacques ...... 5 2 2 1 Coppola, F e lic e ...... 8 Khadr, Mohamed Aly .... 28 Olechowski, Stanislaw .. Cruyce, Ernest van den .. 5 Oriental Oil Mill & Refinery Kiamil, Roustem ...... 7 5 Cvitanovic, Giovanni...... 29 K le p p e k ...... 9 Co., Ltd., Stanbul ... Orlowska, M a rja...... 22 Koleilat, Mustapha ...... 26 16 Delgratio, August 12,20 Koku, B a b a ...... 11 Otsuji, Rikimatsu ..... Diepenhorst, Friedrich .. 14-15 Kokuryo, T o yojiro...... 5 29 Dimopoulos, George...... 19 Paissis, C onstantin...... Koto Seiyaku Co., Tokio. 11 (2) 29 Donikian, Kevork ...... 28 Paissis, P a n d elia...... Kraniotakis, Nicolas ...... 8 29 Dreyfus, Paul ...... 14 Kraus, Dr. Max ...... 6 Papa, Ettore ...... 12 Durkin, James ...... 3 Kretschmar, A. W,, New Parke, Davis & Co., U.S.A Pasquini, Dr. Dagoberto . 21 Y o r k ...... 6 16 “ Eeco ” (European Con­ Kustenko, E m ilia n ...... 12 Paulo, Mrs...... 8 trolling Co.) ...... 5 Kuzuhura, Kumagoro .... 10 Petrochilos, Jacques 14 Ejiri, T...... 18 Piatti, Pietro ...... Ekrem Bey ...... 12 Lam Kee ...... 25 9 Ragab, Mohamed Mohamed Eliopoulos ...... 12 Lam Kee H o p ...... 25 (2) 15 “ Elly ” ...... 5 Lam Kee, Macao ...... 16,25 Rauch, Dr. Hubert .. • • 14 Enami, K iyash i 6 (2), 11 Lauer, P a u l ...... 4 Regli, M a x ...... Enzi ...... 14 Lazar, B ucso ...... 23 Reiter, Rudolf ...... — 35 —

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