Pago 12B EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Wed., May 16, 13(33
SE Asia's Long Battle Against Dope A
By KARSTEN PRAGER
Of th Aiioclated Preii
SINGAPORE, The plane
from Hong Kong had landed
and the shapely young passcn
ger haughtily told the customs
officer she did not mind being
searched.
But half-way through the
frisking in a small booth she
paled. The policewoman had
discovered half a pound of
heroin in her brassiere.
The incident represents
small victory in Southeast
Asia's long battle of wits and
cunning against the illegal nar
cotics trade.
It's not growing, officials say.
hut it is as lucrative as ever.
The war is being fought
throughout this area of political
and economic turmoil which is
also one of the world's major
narcotics producing and ex
porting regions.
Much of Southeast Asia's nar
cotics goes to the United States.
U.S. illicit narcotics prices arc
the highest in the world. The
attempts to pierce America's
dope defense are thus contin
uous.
Authority Is Negligible
The bigger package of South
east Asian production, however,
remains in the area itself, cor
rupting people and undermining
already vulnerable economics.
One country, Thailand, has ex
ecuted a narcotics peddler and
manufacturer "for endangering
the security of the state."
"Some of these countries are
raising hell with the racket
eers," says one narcotic expert
here. "Others are just begin
ning the fight.
The battle starts close to the
point of origin the poppy
fields of a junglcd and inacces
sible mountain area in the heart
of the Indo-Chinese peninsula
The region includes northern
Burma, northern Thailand, Laos
and Communist Chinas Yun
nan Province.
Hill tribesmen In that remote
part of the world raise their
opium on mountain sides. They
carry their cash crop out into
Thailand and Burma in well
armed caravans of sometimes
up to 100 men.
Government authority is neg
ligible in the highlands. Govern
ment patrols often find them
selves on the losing end of a
gun battle with the smugglers.
And so the opium moves
south, by truck and bus, by
buffalo cart and railroad to
Bangkok, Rangoon, P h n o m
Penh and Saigon.
Plane and ship routes then
lead to Singapore, the hub of
sea traffic for Southeast Asia
Here narcotics are moved into
major transport lanes for ship
ment to the rest of the world.
'Underground Figures'
Singapore, the fifth biggest
port in the world, is generally
considered the main distribu
tion point for the illegal global
narcotics trade.
Bangkok has become known
as the primary processing cen
ter where opium is converted to
morphine and heroin, its-more
sophisticated derivates, .,
How much isi moved through
the area is not knowni ' '
"You're dealing with under
ground figures, ssaid one ex
pert. Officials estimate. 60,000
pounds of opium -.piss through
Singapore alone-in.ftnc'TOurse
of a year. LastjeaVtoustqnts
grabbed about:?8,00O ': pounds,
here. k4irJ-''1' '
Officials beliivo !&rne 200 tQ
300 pounds of Wfcpared'opiurri,
a syrupy black "substttnee, fitft
the United States we'ry month.
They say it is generally carried
in small quantities andfis
peddled mainly by sailors. "
Opium is reported to be idl
ing for about $700 a pound on
the West Coast. An ounce'. :'of.
heroin or morphine is said to
bring around $375. - ' ' ,j
The men who do the smug
gling are what narcotics officers i
describe as "srnall-time." Syft-
dicates are dying out. i . .
.- - )
How Do TPiey Move? i
The smuggled, amounts tend
to be in the 30 to 50 pound
range, similar to that found on
a San Krancisco-bound British
crusier two weeks-'agfli
There also is a irenu toward
shipping more heroin; and mor
phine in international traffic.
Both are powders, lighter, easi
er to carry, more- difficult tp
detect, have no smell and bring
more money. v , .
Customs officers say! this'
holds especially, true'- for ?'l.S.
shipments. High grade heroin
is more in demand than opium.
How do the narcotics move,
across national frontiers?
"There. ten't.'a single part' of
the body that hasn't been used
a( least once,'.' says one narcotics
expert" hire; vr :-, i '
; 'iNJUc'dtics have been found in
the fuel tanks of ships, the naj
cellos' of airplane engines and !
the insides of frozen fish.'.'. j
They have been swallowed, j
concealed in tiny plastic bags.
.."The smaller the amount of
handling, the smaller the chance '
of detection," say the experts.
But despite ingenious ways of
hiding narcotics, seizures
throughout the area are mount
ing. "Most governments are eoine
all -out.- They are taking this
fight seriously," one officer lere
points' out. ; . . -. ; . -.
'Secret agents call in' news if
shipments and anonymous let
ters -give customs the informs-'
tion they need to find the nar
cotics and make arrests Most
(
seizures come on. tip-offs.
What are the chances of win
ning the war?. . - ; .
.".We've made some progress,"
says one-international narcotics
.officer, "but it won't be an wer
night .thing! by 'any moans.? ; '
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