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Official No . : C. 261. M. 149.1932.XI. [O.C.294 (/).]

Geneva, January 1st, 1932.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC

IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

SUMMARY OF

ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS

AND SEIZURESREPORTED t o t h e s e c r e t a r i a t o f t h e l e a g u e o f n a t i o n s

BETWEEN OCTOBER 1st, 1931, AND JANUARY 1st, 1932.

PART I.

CASES R E PO R TE D IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD TO WHICH F U R T H E R INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

N o t e .— The first four cases are un num bered , ow ing to the fact th a t th e y refer to se izure reports contained in prev ious su m m aries in w hich no serial num bers were used . T he rem ain in g cases in P art I carry numbers corresponding to th ose g iv e n to the sam e cases in d o cu m en ts O .C .294^a) (C .279.M .130. 1931.XI), O .C .294 ( h ) (C .734 .M .339 .1931 .X I) an d O .C .294 ( i ) (C .976.M .541.1931 .X I ) .

Seizure of Drugs at Yokohama ex the S.S. “ Frankenw ald” and the S.S. "Friesland ” in April and May 1928.

n r 904 /^ series anci The Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee reports pages 38 39 40 and 41. (&eptember 19th, 1931) tha t Kichiji Noma was sentenced on May 20th,

1931, to two months’ imprisonment with a delay of the execution of the 9512/157. sentence of two years and a fine of 14,931 yen 12 sen. In addition to

the fine, he was charged 45,430 yen 10 sen for forfeit money.

Seizure of Cocaine at Bom bay ex the S.S. “ Canara ”, January 5th and 7th, 1929.

See O.C.1037 and O.C.294 (e j , pages 110 and 1 1 1 .

The British representative on the Advisory Committee reports (September 8th, 1931) tha t the British Government have received the following information from the Japanese Government :

14107/157. The 700-gramme bottle of hydrochloric cocaine manufactured bythe Hoshi Pharmaceutical Company, on the wrapper of which was

printed the number 537, corresponds to one of ten bottles consigned by this company on October 19th, 1928, to Ryusaburo Tanimura at Fushimicho, Higashi, Osaka. As, however, there was at tha t time as yet no regulation providing for the entering in a book of payments and receipts of dates and numbers relating to subdivisions of consignments, it is not clear through whose hands the cocaine was illicitly exported, although a systematic investigation has been made of dealings which took place between October 19th and the end of November1928.

Seizure at Berlin of D rugs com ing from Lithuania. P u slat-B othm er Case.

0.C.12O7W .See also—Series O.C.1207 andO.C.294^,dages 108 and 109.

The German representative on the Advisory Committee reports (November 27th, 1931) tha t, on appeal, Hermann Puslat was sentenced to six months’ and Karl Bothmer and Wilhelm Bonitz to three months’ imprisonment, all with costs, while the morphine seized was confiscated.

18917/157 According to information received by the German Government from theSenate of the Free City of Danzig, no proceedings have, as yet, been taken

against Kuisys, as he has been arrested at Konigsberg (Prussia) in connection with another case of illicit traffic. The charge has already been brought against him.

Heizinger-Moisi Case, Italy, D ecem ber 14th, 1929.

O.C.1253(aj.See 0.C.1253 and O.C.294 (f) ,Pages 146 and 147.

20566/157.

ln narcot ic s .

The German representative reports (November 25th. 1931) tha t, according to investigations made by the Berlin police, Anton Paul Wurthmüller lived in Berlin from March 1926 to August 1929, when he left for an unknown destination.

Enquiries have been made in his birthplace, Munich, but without result. Wurthmüller was not known previously to the police as a dealer

' o . 1 1 , —Seizure of 131 Taels of Morphine (Peronine) and 25 T aels of a M ixture of Morphine (Peronine ) and C alcium Carbonate at Harbin in the D ecem ber Quarter 1929.

o“ nnrVA9,9 and The German representative on the Advisory Committee reportso!c!294(f) (July 31st, 1931) th a t the invoice from Messrs. E. Sachsse and Co., ofPages 100 and 101, and Leipzig, is for 25 postal packets of atoxi aminobenzoyldaethyl amino-

■C.294(g)t page’6. thanol hydrochloricum— i.e., novocaine—which does not come under 315/157(1) the provisions of the International Opium Convention. Peronine andI peronine mixtures which are mentioned in document O.C. 1199(b) also

not come under the provisions of the German Opium Law. According to information fir aic eA * n ®erlin> the firm E. Sachsse and Co. was taken over on January 1st, 1927, by the en bchimmel and Co., of Miltitz. Neither Sachsse and Co. nor Schimmel and Co. have ever

"aged in the manufacture of, or trade in, narcotic drugs. An investigation of the

(F,) 545 (A.) 3/32. Imp. Réunies, Chambéry.

correspondence of Sachsse and Co. in the years 1925 to 1927 and th a t of Schimmel and Co. in the years 1927 to 1930 has not shown th a t these firms manufactured, or traded in, narcotic drugs. Sachsse and Co. were represented, and Schimmel and Co. are now represented at Harbin by Ernst Wiesner. The goods shipped by the firm are consigned sometimes to him and someiimes direct to the customers. The members of the firm are unable to give any information on the subject, and have suggested th a t former employees of Messrs. Sachsse <fc Co. may possibly have appropriated labels or other packing material belonging to the firm and used them for despatching drugs.

No. 12.—Seizure of 131 T aels of Cocaine and 7 8 7 Taels of Morphine at Tientsin, ex the S.S. “ Saarland ”.

See O.C.1199, pagë 21 The German representative reports (July 31st and October 15th, pages 102 and 103 and ^3 1 ) tha t Dr. Fritz Koch of Munich exported the morphine and cocaine0.5 .294^;. pa»e’e. to the Union Pharmacy at Tientsin under an export licence dated

° September 6th, 1927, issued by the Reich Department of Public Health3 0 64- , lo 7 . on the basis of a Chinese import certificate No. 16, dated July 28th,

1927, signed by the Commissioner of Customs at Tientsin. Enquiries made by the German Consulate-General in Tientsin have elucidated the fact that this certificate was a forgery. The shipment was made through the firm of Julius Schumacher, of Hamburg, and the consignment also included four cases of wine. L. Hallen, the owner of the Union Pharmacy, requested the firm of Schumacher to despatch the drugs in the same packing as the wine and to describe the consignment in the bill of ading as wine. The firm of Schumacher did not comply with this request but sent the consignment in two cases, giving the contents of each case as drugs and wine respectively, on the S.S. Ermland. Hallen complained to the firm of Schumacher th a t they had not made out the bid of lading in accordance with his instructions and asked the firm to take the consignment back in order to consign it according to instructions. The firm refused to comply. Hallen informed them in December 1927 tha t orders had been given to send the goods back from Hong-Kong to Genoa and th a t shipment would be made to the forwarding firm Adriatica of Genoa. In January 1928, Hallen wrote to Messrs. Schumacher th a t the consignment would be sent back to Germany, addressed to them, and th a t he would, if necessary, obtain permission through the manufacturers for re-import into Germany. The consignment did not reach the firm of Schumacher. The fact th a t the drugs were consigned on the S.S. Ermland from Hamburg and seized on the S.S. Saarland a t Tientsin is explained by the fact tha t, when the drugs arrived in Hong Kong, Hallen had not yet procured the papers necessary for Customs clearance at Tientsin ; he therefore had the goods disembarked and temporarily stored at Hong-Kong, the arrangements being made on his behalf by Max Bôttcher, a Tientsin dealer. The drugs were subsequently forwarded to Tientsin by the S.S. Saarland. Bôttcher attempted to obtain delivery of the goods from the Maritime Customs authorities by producing an import certificate from these authorities. They, however, perceived th a t the certificate was a forgery and seized the drugs. No blame therefore attaches to the German f.rms concerned. They were the victims of a forgery committed by the person who ordered the goods. Not only was the certificate produced to the maritime Customs authorities a t Tientsin a forgery, but also the import permit used for obtaining the export certificate from the Reich Health Office.

I t is further stated th a t this seizure took place a t Tientsin in the January quarter of 1929 and not the December quarter as stated in document O.C.1199.

No. 22.—Fleischm ann-S im onsohn Case.

See O .C.1247, 1 2 4 7 (c), The German Government reports (December 16th, 1931) that theO .C .2 9 4 (f), appeal of Simonsohn and Arndt has been withdrawn. The appeal of0X^294 f alpage 9 and Hesse was rejected by the higher court of appeal for criminal cases.O.C.hi (li), page 6.

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o c 2 3 /V J2° The Czechoslovak Government, in its annual report for 1930 on thetraffic in opium, states th a t the 10 kg. of cocaine, of which the seize

500 gr. formed a part, exported by the firm of Buchl r <fc Co., of Brunswick, were im porte by Hugo Gans, a manufacturing chemist and wholesale druggist of 3, Dusni, Prague • Investigations showed th a t Gans received, in the consigrment in question, sixty packages of cocaine, fifty 50-gr. packages, thirty-five 100-gr. packages and five packages. I t was also proved tha t Gans, during the months of December 1929 and Jan,. ‘ and February 1930, delivered the whole quantity of 10 kg. of cocaine received to various nr ^ in Czechoslovakia. A specification, with the quantities received, of each delivery is give" the annual report. The Czechoslovak Government further states tha t in order to ,asce ture what firm in Prague supplied the cocaine seized in Germany, it is necessary to know the na ^ of the packing. I f 1 he cocaine was in a single packet of 500 gr., it could only b e l o n g to 0 y the two 1,000-gr. deliveries, each consisting of two 500-gr. packages and s u p p l i e d on r eD ;18th, 1930, to the firms of Weiss and Sojka and Petr Koznar, both of Prague. T h e s e we only two customers to whom Gans delivered coca ne in 500-gr. packages.

No. 23.—Ph. W orlicek (Adler Pharm acy) Case.

O.C.13(c)2 2 . The Czechoslovak Government (in its annual report for 1930) statesocm TTaJ and (b) tha.t further investigations into this case gave no result. Worlicek0 C.294(f), ’ c aims th a t illicit traffickers made use of boxes and bottles bearing hispages 142 and 143, and labels without his knowledge, and that he could not be held responsibleO . C . 2 9 4 page 9. for the sale of the drugs. This possibility could not be ruled out, so it 21717/157. was impossible to convict him of the offence. He is, nevertheless, still

under suspicion of having helped to smuggle narcotic drugs into Germany, and the Carlsbad police authorities have been warned to keep a close watch over his activities.

No. 24.—Ledofsky Case.

O.C.1247 (d). The German representative on the Advisory Committee gives theOC VlAlJb) a n d (c) f o , I o w i n o further information, dated July 27th, 1931 :

O.C.294 (f), The chemist Lorenz admitted th a t he had smuggled 6 kg. ofRareooV? 143’ and morphine and 3.9 kg. of cocaine from Czechoslovakia to Germany through

(57> PaSe • illicit channels for the account of Alfred Ledofsky on May 26th, 1930. 21717/157. The goods were sent by him in person under the false name of “ Adolf

Richter, Hauptstrasse, Neugersdorf ” from the post office at Neugersdorf to Alfred Ledofsky at Hamburg. The 30 gr. of heroin seized were taken, according to Lorenz, by Alfred Ledofsky himself to Germany. Lorenz asserts tha t he procured the drugs in a legal manner from firms in Czechoslovakia. Of the 6 kg. of morphine seized, 4 kg. were of German origin (1 kg. from the Chemische Werke. Grenzach ; 1 kg. 900 gr. from Knoll, A.G., Ludwigshaven ; 1 kg. from Merck & Co., Darmstadt ; and 100 gr. from C. H. Boehringer Sohn, A.G., Nieder-Ingelheim) ; 1 kg. of Swiss origin (Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., Basle) and 1 kg. origin unknown. Of the cocaine seized, 2 kg. 900 gr. came from German sources (Chininfabrik Braunschweig. Buchler & Co. 2 kg. 400 gr., and Knoll, A.G., 500 gr.), while 1 kg. was of Dutch origin (Nederlandsche Cocainefabriek, Amsterdam). The heroin was of German origin (I. G. Farben-Industrie, A.G., Leverkusen) and was part of a consignment made to the firm of “ Pharma ” Speck and Prochaska of Prague, under export permit A.510 of February 13th, 1929, confirmed by the Leverkusen Post Office under date February 16th,1929, issued on import certificate 2544/29-1, of January 31st, 1929, by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Public Health. Lorenz says he obtained the heroin from Gattermann of Prague, not earlier than March or April 1930. The firm of Merck report tha t, as far as can be ascertained from the damaged figures of the labels, the 1 kg. of morphine formed part of a consignment of 5 kg. addressed to their agent Dr. Patek of Prague, made under export permit A.1338 on a Czech import certificate issued on April 19th, 1929, under No. 10819/29. The passage of the frontier was confirmed by the Customs Office at Eger on May 15th, 1929. The firm of Weiss and Sojka of Prague were so d 10 boxes of 100 gr. each from this consignment immediately on its arrival and another 10 boxes of 100 gr. each from the same consigrment in September 1929. C. H. Boehringer Sohn state tha t the morphine coming from them was part of a consignment to the f;rm of Franz Gattermann, of Prague, but, owing to the disfigurement of the labels, i t is impossible to specify which particular consignment or, accordingly, to give the numbers of the import certificate or export permit. The 1 kg. of cocaine originating from the firm of Buchler & Co. was part of a consigrment of 10 kg. made under export permit A.3008, issued in conformity with the Czech import certificate No. 29067/29-1, of October 30th, 1929. The export was confirmed by the Brunswick Post Office under date November 21st, 1929. The consignee was Hugo Gans, of Prague. The firm of Buch’er and Co. is unable to say to whom the rest of the cocaine was delivered owing to the removal of the figures from the labels. The firm of Knoll, A.G., state th a t the 500 grammes of cocaine was sent by them as part of a consignment of 7 kg. to their agent Dr. Josef Patek of Prague on export permit A.2320 (confirmed by the Customs at Fiirth i.W. on September 12th, 1929), issued on the Czech mport certificate No. 22396/29-1, of August 13th, 1929.

There was also 1 kg. 700 gr. of morphine consigned as part of a consigrment of 8 kg. to Dr. Patek under export permit A.2388. on the Czech mport certificate No. 25838/28-1. of September 14th, 1928. (Confirmed by the Customs at F ürth i.W. on October 1st, 1928.) this firm is unable to say to what consigrment the remaining 200 gr. of morphine sent “Ythem belongs,owing to the erasure of the figures on the labels,but they state tha t, since January 1st, 1929, they have made all consignments to their agent Patek and none to Czech Clients direct. The parcel of 1 kg. of morph ne with the label of the Chem'srhe Werke, wenzach, was consigned in 1928 by the firm Th. Geyer of S tuttgart to Czechoslovakia. jeyer was unable to say to which particular consigrment it belonged. Accordirg to ^formation supplied by the Customs office in S tuttgart, there were six consignments made by ni5 firm in 1928, alf on export permits issued "on Czech import certif cates. The last

consignment dated December 20th, 1928, was addressed to Urban and Dr. Stein, Prague, and e others to B. Tomasek, Prague.

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It appears therefore th a t all the exports above specified were in accordance with the provisions of the law. The cocaine from the Neder'andsche Cocainefabriek and the morphine from the firm of Hoffmann-La Roche, o f Basle, have been sent to the competent foreign offices concerned for further enquiry. The unlabelled paper bag containing the 1 kg. of morphine has also been sent to the Swiss authorities with a view to enquiry as to whether it wras pari of a consignment from the firm of Hoffmann-La Roche & Co.

O.C.23fc)22. The Czechoslovak Government (in its annual report for 1930) statesthat Josef Lorenz was the proprietor of the “ Czerny Orel ” Pharmacy at

Litomerice and helped the brothers Ledofsky to forward the drugs to Hamburg, aided probably by his brother Jan Lorenz of Georgswalde in Bohemia. The labels on the packages showed th a t the drugs formed part of consignments from German factories to Czechoslovak firms, but it was impossible to identify the export permits authorising export from Germany as, although the firms’ labels were still there, the control numbers had been removed. Investigations showed tha t Ledofsky was in constant communication with the wife of Alfred Ledofsky in Prague and probably also with Miroslav Skrivanek, who is at present under arrest. Marie Doubkova, Rudolphe Pacak, Koubkova, an employee of the Zemedelska Banka and J. Roubicek were also in touch with Skrivanek. There is no proof, however, th a t these persons took any direct part in the smuggling of drugs abroad, but, as they are suspects, they are being kept under special supervision. Proceedings, the result of which is unknown, were taken against Lorenz by the Litomerice Department of Indirect Taxes.

Note by the Secretarial.—This Skrivanek is apparently the individual stated by the German Government to be in Havana (see document O.C.1247 (c)). The Cuban Government, which, a t the request of the Secretariat, instituted a search for him, has been informed of his arrest.

No. 69.—Lannoy Case, B russels.

The Belgian Government reports in its annual report for 1930 on the traffic in opium tha t, of the six persons charged in this case, four were sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, another to three months’ and the sixth to 15 months’.

No. 86.—Seizure of Cocaine at Singapore, ex th e S.S. “ T ilaw a ", A ugust 1930.

See O .C .I3 0 4 and The British representative on the Advisory Committee reportsO.C.294(g), page 29. (September 23rd, 1931) th a t the Japanese Government states that an4 4 27 /15 7 investigation has been carried out by the Japanese authorities, but that

it has not been possible to discover any suspicious points, either at Amoy, the port of departure, or at Osaka or Kobe, where the vesse called.

The m atter of the labels bearing the “ crescent and stars ” mark is at present in course of investigation by the Japanese authorities.

No. 94.— “ C avalla ” a n d “ Im b ro s " Case.

O.G.S.19. The Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee reportsj (September 19th, 1931) tha t, on evidence supplied by the British

(XC.294 f ’q) p'ao-e 3?n authorities at the time of the arrest of K. Tsunemitsu in London in September 1930, investigations were undertaken by the J a p a n e s e

21502/157. authorities in regard to a l l the persons mentioned in the British report.A letter was found by the British authorities among T sunem itsu s

papers from a certain Sagan, written f r o m t h e Mampei Hotel, Karuizawa. E n q u ir ie s were made and Seizaburo Sagan was found at Hyogoken. Under examination, Sagan sta ted that he had been in Hamburg for a f e w y e a r s from 1917 and later in Paris. In 1926, he w e n t to Constantinople where he e s t a b l i s h e d a drug-manufacturing company—t h e Oriental Product5

Company—with h i s brother Kojiro Sagan a n d a Turk by name Jararian (?). The chief busines? of this company was to manufacture morphine and heroin and other opium alkaloids. Abou 300 kg. of morphine and 200 kg. of heroin were manufactured yearly. It was said that they traded with Boehringer & Co. of Basle, Freihafen Golden Massun Co. (?) of Hamburg, Whi <fc Co. of Constantinople, Arabien & Co., Taranto & Co., Stepanizis <fc Co., Dorshar (? & etc., of the same city. Tsunemitsu came to Istambul in March 1930 and visited Saga , saying th a t he was dea'ing in denta articles under the name of Asai, and asking for busing in morphine. Sagan is, however, said to have refused the dea' on account of the difference prices and shipping arrangements. Tsunemitsu eft Istambul for Hamburg on April ’1930, stating tha t he had received information from K. Kitada, of Osaka, c o n c e r n in g dr which might be bought a t the prices desired from Boehringer & Sons of Hamburg.

When Sagan was returning from Turkey to Jap an in May 1930, he met Tsunem itsu Chuji Yamanaka in Paris. From there, he went to Copenhagen. H am burg and Berlin

O.C.23 M 2 1 .See O.C .1290 an d O.C .294 f g ) , page 25 .

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he again met Tsunemitsu, whom he introduced to Marsis (?' & Co., from which firm Tsunemitsu bought 2,000 dozen locks and sent them to Osaka. Sagan wras asked to see Ryozo Uyeda, of Tomoe Co., Osaka, when he reached Japan and tell Uyeda of the shipment of the locks. This he did, and then spent a month at Karuizawa from whence he wrote to Tsunemitsu in regard to the result of the case against Shirakawa and others at Dairen. He did this as Tsunem itsu had told him tha t he wras in Europe on account of his business with Shirakawa. Sagan added that 90 kg. of benzylmorphine seized at Rotterdam had been purchased by him at B o eh r in ger and Sons of Hamburg. This would show' tha t his company at Constantinople has not dealt with Tsunemitsu, and, furthermore, benzylmorphine has never been produced in T u rk ey and, if the drug seized from the A m ur M aru was benzylmorphine, he thought it would have been manufactured elsew'here. The Japanese authorities received three telegrams from t h e British in connection with this case, sent by Kotobukiya & Co., of Osaka. This firm, the proprietors of which were Kyoji Kitada and his wife Taka Kitada, was in Osaka until early in October but they have moved, and their present address is unknown. In one of the telegrams, a certain sum was mentioned as having been forwarded and enquiries at the Y okoh am a Specie Bank elicited the fact tha t this money had been sent by Ryozo Uyeda, of Kobe. Uyeda was traced and stated th a t he had a business for importing dental articles. He b eca m e acquainted with Tsunemitsu in 1920 in London and in 1930 they opened a business office together in Osaka under the name of Tomoe & Co. Uyeda dealt with dental articles and Tsunemitsu with chemical products. In February, Tsunemitsu disappeared suddenly and later Uyeda learnt tha t he had had certain dealings in a smuggling case in Dairen. In regard to Uyeda’s relations with Yamanaka, Uyeda had made his acquaintance wTien Yamanaka was employed in his uncle’s office in 1917. In January 1930, Uyeda sent Yamanaka £2,000 as p a y m e n t for watches and jewels w ith which Uyeda dealt on commission. Uyeda understood that th ere were other remittances made to Yamanaka under his name in August and September1930, but these remittances were made by other persons. He was told on December 12th, 1930, that Yasuo Kawata had sent £547 to Yamanaka in his name, but he had no knowledge of the remittance of £800. Kawata was then examined by the authorities and stated that, in August 1930, Kitada had telephoned to him asking him to forward £500 to Yamanaka and, as Uyeda was to pay the bill, the money was to be sent in Uyeda’s name. The money was received from Kitada and sent to London through the Yokohama Specie Bank. Further investigation was made into the identity of Asai and Tsunemitsu who had obtained a passport at the Japanese Consulate-General in London. The prefectural authorities stated th a t they had not issued any passport under the name of Sennoske Asai and, according to Kawata’s statement, the photograph found on the application for the passport was th a t of Tsunemitsu. Asai’s whereabouts are unknown.

No. 95.— Seizure of Cocaine at Singapore, ex the S.S. "Kut S ang", Septem ber 14th,1930.

0.C.1314fa ).See also—0.C.1314 and O.C.294(g), page 33.

The British representative on the Advisory Committee reports (October 20th, 1931) th a t according to information received from the Japanese Government the 25-oz. t n of cocaine hydrochloride seized was one of twelve tins sold and despatched on November 9th, 1928, by the Koto Seiyaku Co., Ltd., to the Meisei Chemical Company at Osaka. As, however, the Meisei Co. was dissolved early in 1930, it has

unfortunately proved impossible to complete the investigation.

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No. 110.— 41 Hilda ” Case, Hong-Kong.

• The German representative on the Advisory Committee reportsO.C.294V0 ? seriesand (August 14th, 1931) tha t, owing to the statement communicated by the pages 38 and 39. Italian Director-General of Public Health to the British representative 22814/1"" that Elia Abouissac wras the person who gave instructions for t he diversion

of the consignment from Hamburg to Shanghai, enquiries were made into the case by the Hamburg authorities who report as follows :

No Elia Abouissac is known in Hamburg, but proceedings have been taken against a certain Jacob Abuisak, born in Constantinople in 1900, for i licit traffic in narcotics. This person stayed in Hamburg in November and December 1930 but since February 1931 he has been staying in Vienna. " The M.V. Hilda has not called at Hamburg for 3J years, and the Hamburg authorities have not been able to ascertain whether the smuggled goods seized in Hong-Kong were really despatched from Hamburg.

. No'e by the Secretariat.— The previous information on this case clear y shows tha t the drugs arrived in Trieste from Istambul and wrere transhipped there to the M.V. Hilda. In document v.C.lSSOfa^, the British representative on the Advisory Committee quoted a 'etter frcm the

lan Director-General of Public Hea th according to which Elie Abouissac, a Turkish citizen, was the person who gave instructions for the consignment to be diverted from Hamburg to Shanghai. All other information ndicates tha t the goods camc directly from Istambu on “e » S. Slella I alia. A person of the name of Elie Abouissac is also mentioned in document

0.C.S.17 in connection with a seizure at Shanghai. See document O.C.294fi7, case No. 271 page 8.

No 188..—Seizure at New York, D ecem ber Quarter 1930.

See °co'294/ gJ ’ The Colonial Secretary’s Office, Singapore, forwards (November^SpitnrpXniss 3i"ii/-n i \^5th, 1931) the follow-ing information from the Superintendent of seizure^o.is«,nifa//.)Government MonopoKe8> Singapore :

The specimen tube of prepared opium sent for investigation is o! Government Monopolies Department manufacture. I t presumably

got into the illicit traffic through purchase by the person found in possession at New York or by a friend of his in Singapore. Tong Sak Lui is not a registered consumer, but it is not impossible to make purchases through or from registered consumers.

No. 194.—Sam A rcadi and Harry Tucker Case, Montreal.

See O .C .1296 an d The Canadian Government further communicates (December 10th,O.C.294 (h), page 9. 1 9 3 1 ) th a t a report has been received from the French authorities to the23535 /1 57 . following effect :

The number 301970 on the tin is the manufacturing number of a lot of 16 kg., which was allotted in conformity with French regulations, to six druggists and chemists. As a result of enquiries undertaken among these dealers, i t is learned th a t only 1kg. was exported—namely, on August 19th, 1930, via the port of St. Nazaire to Mexico, upon the authorisation of the Mexican Government, to a druggist in Mexico City (French Export Certificate No. 959 G). Upon the receipt of this report, the Canadian authorities took up the m atter with the Mexican Government, and. from the reply received, it is obvious that the kilogramme of morphine imported from France is still in Mexico, and still remains untouched— tha t is to say, in its original cover, unopened and bearing the label of the firm of Gallix Dubois, Muller and Co. of Paris, and not tha t of Hoffmann-La Roche, of Paris. The reply of the Mexican Government is being transm itted b y the Canadian Government to the French authorities with a request for further information, in view of the apparent inaccuracy of the information previously furnished.

Note by the Secretarial.—The information proves th a t the only kilogramme exported from France of the 16 kg. bearing the manufacturing number 301970 remains in Mexico. Therefore the kilogramme seized in Montreal which bore the label of Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., of Paris, would seem to have escaped into the illicit traffic in France.

No. 200.—“ Tjinnoun ” Case.

O .C .S .S fo ; . The Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee reportsr f r ocu'A'f and (September 11th, 1931) tha t Seitaro Matsushita, the captain of the S.S.

pa?e ' Tjinnoun, M. Niki, second officer of the ship, Seitaro Takata, second27 422 /3018 . engineer, and S. Irita, a cabin-boy, were all arrested when they arrived

at Canton w ith the vessel. The case was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Formosa court. Investigations showed tha t, under the name of the Sagara Man. the ship was sold in September 1930 to a Chinese, who was a representative of Eisho Konsou. of Canton, and in October, her registry was changed to the Chinese and the name was altered to Tjinnoun. According to Matsushita, the ship left Canton on November 1st, 1930, for Bushire. Before it sailed, the captain wras assured by the owner th a t the ship was engaged and commissioned by the Opium Suppression Bureau of the Canton Government which was to assume all the responsibilities for transporting opium. He was shown a document with the seal of the Government. W .th this assurance the captain and officers were further promised to receive a reward after their successful trip from Persia.

On this trip there were, besides the owner’s agent, eight Chinese who appeared to be Government officials. The ship arrived at Bushire on December 13th, 1930, and, b e t w e e n tha t date and January 2nd, when it left, the owner’s party on board brought 802 cases of opium to the sh p. After leaving Bushire, the agent asked the captain to change the name of the ship to Saga Maru for fear of international complications, as, although the opium was to be imported by permit of the Canton authorities, it was not permitted by the C en tra l Government. The name was therefore changed to Saga Maru. The captain was fu r th er asked by the agent, if the ship should meet other ships on the open sea and be pursued b y them, particularly a naval ship, she should hoist the Japanese flag. To this request M a t s u s h i t a is said to have given no definite assent, but when, passing through the Straits of M a l a c c a , he was called to the bridge because of the approach of the naval ship Vail of the N e t h e r l a n » Indies, he saw th a t the Japanese flag wras hoisted on the stern of the ship. It was hoiste by order of the ship’s officer on duty. The Vail signalled asking the port of departure and destination of the ship. The reply was given th a t Karachi was the port of departure an

Keelung the destination. When the ship reached the west river near Canton, a navaLf J appeared wdth a sampan and unloaded all the opium found on board the S.S. Tjinnoun. **Je were officials from the Chinese Maritime Customs who came on board the Tjinnoun, but

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raised no objections to the unloading of the opium. Before the ship discharged the cargo of opium, its name was again changed to Tjinnoun.

The Formosa Court sentenced Matsushita to one m onth’s imprisonment writh hard labour and a fine of 300 yen and, in case the fine was not paid, he was to serve 150 days’ imprisonment. Takata and Niki were sentenced each to pay a fine of 50 yen. Matsushita appealed to the court of appeal which mitigated the sentence to a fine of 400 yen only. In case the fine was not paid, he was to serve two hundred days’ imprisonment wTith hard labour.

No. 202.—" M ilwaukee ” Case, N ew York.

O.C.S.lOffc;. The Yugoslav Government reports (November 12th, 1931) tha t theSk °O C^94 A / firm Kandra & Co. is not registered either under this name or as a limited pam 13. company and therefore has no legal existence. It may be assumed tha t

the name is fictitious, especially as the Belgrade address given is tha t 28-274/157. of the National Bank, and there is no private commercial concern in the

building. The German Legation at Belgrade was requested to ask the firm of Reimers & Co. for more detailed information with regard to

Kandra & Co, but no further details were available. A letter addressed to a client c/o Kandra &Co., Belgrade, was returned, marked “ unknown ”. Further investigations are being made by ihe Yugoslav authorities.

No. 231.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta on February 3rd, 1931, ex the S.S . “ Sui Sang

S ee 0 .c .2 9 4 (h j ,p a g e 2 0 . The Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee reports •20271/157. (December 16th, 1931) tha t the results of the enquiries instituted in

Japan are as follows :

At the request of three Chinese, Won Katse, Wong Yu Chieh, resident at Hong-Kong, and Yon Hang, address unknown, Wong W'ahkam, a Chinese in Kobe, ordered 42 pieces of artificial silk from a Japanese merchant Jinnoské Hotta in Kobe with the request that the silk might be packed in cases large enough to hold samples of other goods which he wished to send with the silk. The cocaine, the quantity of which is unknown, was then packed in with the silk by Wong Wahkam, who then asked Hotta for permission to export the cases in his name, explaining th a t he himself was not a member of the silk corporation. With H o tta ’s consent, WTong Wahkam exported the cases to Calcutta on the S.S. Tacoma on June 19th, 1930. In October 1930, a second consignment of 6 kg. 362 gr. (224 oz.) of cocaine wTas shipped in exactly the same way on the S.S. Sui Sang. Wong Wahkam and Yon Hang were sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with suspension of sentence of three years. As Won Katse and Wong Y'u Chieh, the principal offenders, are not domiciled in Japanese territory, it has not been possible for the Japanese authorities to discover the source from which they obtained the drug.

No. 270. Seizure of D iacetylm orphine Hydrochloride at Shanghai, June Quarter, 1931, ex “ Durban Maru

See or 6 The Greek Government states (November 24th, 1931) tha t the drug i).C294mlti and - was shipped from Istambul by the S.S. Caramanie (Paquet Company)

Pa£e '■ piræus. Messrs. Crowe and Stevens, forwarding agents at Piræus,30405/157. on the strength of an introduction from one of their Istambul customers,

carried out the necessary Customs formalities and arranged with the baquet Company for the transhipment of the goods to the Durban Maru, which sailed from the Piræus the same day as the Caramanie arrived there. The bill of lading for this transaction was No. 76 (the Chinese Maritime Customs gives the number of the bill of lading as No. 37). ‘he transhipment of the goods was authorised without any further formalities under Article 37, paragraph 4, of the Customs Code, which provides that “ the transhipment of goods explicitly shown in the manifest as consigned in transit shall, on t he application of the master or agent "t the vesse l , be carried out without inspection of the goods on t h e production of a written permit from the Customs authorities ” , The consignor’s name is given as “ Yildiz Han, P O. Box 595, D. Georgandas and Co. ”, Istambul, and the goods wrere marked “ in transit ” .ya Greece). The destination was Shanghai. Messrs. Crowe and Stevens and the Paquet onipany state tha t D. Georgandas is quite unknown to them.

o. 287. - Seizure of Cocaine at Rangoon, June 2nd, 1931.

O.C.294(i), page 12 . The Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee reports30623/157. (December 2nd, 1931) tha t the S.S. Egra, on which the drug was seized,if did not call at any Japanese ports. The labels found on the bottle[Tuning the drug seem to be those of the firm of Takeda and of the Imperial Hygienic J ratory of Osaka, but as the numbers of the bottle have been erased, the Japanese authorities

xp n°t been able to elucidate the m atter further.

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No. 304. —Seizure of D rugs at M iam i, Florida, on June 10th, 1931.

SeeO.C/294fi;,page 16. The Government of the United States of America forwards the 1383/157 69) fol owing supplementary information through the Netherlands

Government, December 4th, 1931 :Suspicions were aroused th a t a certain Dr. Vladimir Kamil Jindra was engaged in the

illicit narcotic traffic, and drugs were bought from Mrs. Viola Cunard through him with marked money. It wras found tha t Charles A. Thompson had sold the drugs to Thomas Cunard through his wife Margaret Thompson. On his arrest , Thompson stated tha t he had obtained the narcotics from Fernley R. Rae, of Nassau, Bahamas, B.W.I., who was arrested in Miami, and who had smuggled them into the United States from the Bahamas. Rae w-as sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment and Thompson to the same sentence which w7as, however, later reduced to six months’. The cases against the other defendants are still pending.

PART II.

SUMMARY OF SEIZURE REPORTS CIRCULATED SEPARATELY

TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

No. 356. -Seizure of Benzylm orphine at Yokohama ex the " A m u r M a r u ” in Septem ber 1930.

1. 0.C.S.19. 29288/157.2. Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee, September 19th, 1931.3. September 1930. Yokohama.4w. Benzylmorphine.5. Amur Maru, coming from Hamburg.6. Persons implicated : T. Williams and a Japanese, name unknown, at Dairen.

10. The Japanese authorities received information from the Rotterdam police in regard to a certain cargo of salicylic acid on board the Amur Maru marked “ 1786 W.E.D. Yokohama ”. On the arrival of the vessel at Moji, the drug was discovered in one of the cases of salicylic acid packed in a specially made box. The authorities at Kobe and Yokohama were notified of the finding, in order th a t the cargo should be watched and the importer discovered. The Utsunomiya Tykuzo Transport Co. in Yokohama had been requested, on September 29th, by the Marunaka Transport Co., of Dairen, to tranship the cargo to Dairen. Officials w'ere therefore sent to Dairen to trace the consignee. Williams, accompanied by the unknown Japanese, had presented the invoice at the Marunaka Transport Company’s office. Investigations were therefore made in regard to these two persons, but no concrete results were obtained.

No. 357. Seizure of Cocaine at Penang ex the S.S. “ Kum Sang " on July 20th, 1931.

1. O.C.S.21. 4424/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, October 16th, 1931.3. July 20th, 1931. Penang.

Cocaine hydrochloride : 8 kg. 406 gr. (296 oz.).5. By S.S. Kum Sang (Agents : Messrs. Boustead &Co., Ltd., Penang), coming from Kobe,

via Hong-Kong, Amoy and Singapore.8. Ten tins each labelled as follow's : (1) Design, Mt. Fujiyama in background and storks

in flight superimposed, printed “ The Fujitsuru Brand (2) “ 25 oz. Cocain. hydrochloric, puriss. Boehringer. Ph. G. V. Austr. V III. Ned. IV, Helv. IV, Brit. u. Jap. III. C. F. Boehringer & Soehne, Mannheun ” . (This label purported to be th a t of Messrs. C. F. Boehringer & Soehne of Mannheim. It is identical with those previously pronounced by the German authorities to be fraudulent.) (3) Design, “ Skull and Crossbones ”, printed “ Poison ”, One tin unlabelled.

10. Found on board the vessel. There was no arrest.

No. 358.—Seizure of Heroin at N ew York on the S.S. “ Byron ” , Septem ber 5th, 1931.

1- 0.C.S.22. 1383/157(74).'• Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

October 27th, 1931.3- September 5th, 1931. New York.

Heroin hydrochloride : 94 kg.5- Shipped from Istambul on S.S. Byron (Steam Navigation Co., Greece) via Piræus and

Patras.Consignor : N. Mavridis. Istambul.

8- No identifying marks. The drugs were packed in 47 tins or zinc containers which were covered with paraffin, enclosed in rubber sheeting and strapped to the sides of the barrels by tin fasteners.

■ Concealed in twelve barrels of olive oil, part, of a consignment of 35 barrels of olive oil.

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No. 359.—Illic it T raffic in H u n g a ry by E lek S o h â r and o th e rs d u r in g 1930.

1. O.C.S.23. 26399/157.2. Hungarian Government, October 8th, 1931.3. During 1930. Hungary.4 (b). Cocaine.6. The most important of the illicit traffickers arrested are the following : Elek Sohâr;

Eugène Klotzer ; Etienne Molnâr ; Leopold Klotzer ; Nicolas Katz and Cornelius Endrényi.

9. Elek Sohâr was sentenced to one m onth’s imprisonment ; Molnâr to 45 days’ ; Eugène and Leopold Klotzer each to 15 days’ and Katz to 10 days’. Endrényi was sentencedto pay a fine of 150 pen go (about 134 Swiss francs).

10. The drugs were obtained by means of prescriptions bearing the forged signatures of thebest-known doctors in Budapest. Most of the accused are addicts and part of the cocaine obtained they consumed themselves, selling the rest to prostitutes.

Note by the Secretariat.—Previous reference to some of the above-mentioned persons will be found in the following documents : Elek Sohâr—Q.C.294(d), pages 22 and 23, O.C.294f<?J, pages 96 and 97 ; Eugène Klotzer—O.C.294(d). pages 22 and 23.

No. 360.— Illic it T raffic in Cocaine in H u n g a ry in 1930.

1. O.C.S.23. 26399/157.2. Hungarian Government, October 8th, 1931.3. During 1930. Hungary.4(b). Cocaine.6. Persons implicated : Regina Krausz, prostitute ; Joseph Szanto, assistant chemist ;

W. M., doctor of medicine ; Etienne Molnâr.10. Regina Krausz was arrested in January as she was attempting to sell cocaine. She

obtained the cocaine from Szanto. The doctor, W. M., wras arrested when about tosell cocaine to Molnâr. He obtained it from a pharmacy on his own prescription.

No. 361.—S eizu re of H ero in in G reece ex the S.S. “ D acia

1. O.C.S.25. 32632/157.2. Greek Government, November 9th, 1931.3. Date not given. Greece.4(a). Heroin : 1 kg.5. By S.S. Dacia (Roumanian flag).6. Persons implicated : Jean Houndras, an employee of the Piræus agency of the Compagnie

roumaine de Navigation.10. Seized as it was being taken ashore by the accused. It was hidden among documents.

No. 362.—S eizure on G reek T e rr i to ry of H a sh ish on b o a rd th e M.V. “ A ngora

1. O.C.S.26. 32634/157.2. Greek Government , November 9th, 1931.3. Date not given. On board the M.V. Angora between the islands of Ikaria and Donoussa,

Greece.4(a). Hashish : 640 kg. (approximately).5. Loaded at Istambul on the Angora (Turkish flag), to be landed at a point on the Greek

coast, probably for subsequent re-export to E gypt.6. Consignors : Houssein and Choukri, Istambul ; others implicated : Osman Kerim, the

captain of the ship, and Hamindo Hassan Ilaouaoui, the exporter’s partner.9. Kerim and Ilaouaoui were handed over to the judicial authorities and are being detained

pending trial.10. The hashish was contained in thirteen bags packed in receptacles disguised as shoe soles.

The remainder of the cargo had apparently been thrown overboard. The captain stated th a t the ship’s papers and Customs documents referring to the cargo had been lost during the voyage.

No. 363.—S eizu re of H a sh ish in G reece on O ctober 1st, 1931.

1. O.C.S.27. 32633/157.2. Greek Government, November 9th, 1931.3. October 1st, 1931. Greece.4(a). Hashish : 64 kg.5. Persons implicated : Spyridion Pahygiannis ; Avni Kiani Bey ; Nicolas Douros.

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10. Information was received th a t Pahygiannis, previously expelled from Egypt, had since April 1931 been growing Indian hemp on a large scale in Albania for clandestine export to Egypt. Avni Kiani Bey, an Albanian landowner of Korytsa, and Nicolas Douros, an expert in the cultivation and packing of Indian hemp, were stated to be the accomplices of Pahygiannis. At the time of his arrest, the hashish was found on Pahygiannis packed up in tin cases, disguised as shoe soles. Correspondence found on Pahygiannis led to the arrest of Douros at Salonica.

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

1. O.C.S.28. 6312/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, November 14th, 1931.3. May 20th, 1931. Calcutta.4w. Cocaine hydrochloride : 522 gr. (18 oz. 171 grains).5. By s.s. Takada (Agents : Messrs. Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co., Calcutta), coming from

Osaka, via Kobe, Amoy, Shanghai, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang.8. Nine phials were labelled “ Tacmnufa FO ONE K & S ”, six phials were labelled

“ Cocainum Hydrochloricum, Tacmnufa FO ONE ”, and six paper envelopes were labelled “ Cocaine Hydrochloride, Merck, Crystallised, E. Merck, Darmstadt, Made in Germany, E. Merck Darmstadt, Eingetragene Schutzmarke ”, There is no direct evidence to show the origin of the drug, but the labels on the fifteen phials make it reasonably certain th a t the cocaine is of Japanese manufacture. The labels on the six envelopes, as has been ascertained from the local representative of the firm of E. Merck, Darmstadt, are not the firm’s recent issues, which bear a watermark, but they may be genuine labels issued some time previously which were not watermarked. This fact does not, however, support the view tha t the cocaine which the envelopes contained is of German manufacture, since this method of packing hasat no time been adopted by the firm. It is therefore probable th a t the cocaine isof Japanese manufacture, packed in envelopes and sealed with German labels so as to make it appear of German origin in order to fetch a higher price.

10. Found on board the vessel. On being tested, the cocaine was found unfit for medicinal use.

No. 365. -Seizure of Opium , etc., at Vancouver ex the S.S. " E m press of Japan ” in Septem ber 1931.

1. 0.C.S.29. 22565/157.2. Canadian Government, October 21st, 1931.3. September 1931. Vancouver, B.C.4w. Opium : 3 kg. 967 gr. (105 taels) ;

Opium dross : 227 gr. (8 oz.) ;Paraphernalia for smoking opium.

0. By S.S. Empress of Japan.8. The opium tins were marked “ Lo Fook Kee ” with the “ Two Flags ” and “ Cock

and Eagle ” marks.10. In no case was it possible to establish ownership.

No, 366.—Seizures at Vancouver ex the S.S. “ E m press of R ussia ” on July 21st and 31st, 1931.

1. 0.C.S.30. 7188/157.2- Canadian Government, October 21st, 1931.3. July 21st and 31st, 1931. Vancouver, B.C.

Raw opium : 767 gr. (27 oz.) ;Prepared opium : 341 gr. (12 oz.) and various quantities not specified ;Opium dross : 189 gr. (5 taels) ;Opium-smoking paraphernalia.By S.S. Empress of Russia.

10. Found in the Chinese firemen’s quarters on board.

No. 367. -Seizure at Vancouver ex the S.S. “ E m press of Canada ” on Septem ber 3rd, 1931.

1 0.C.S.31. 29515/157.'• Canadian Government, October 21st, 1931.J- September 3rd, 1931. Vancouver, B.C.

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4 ( a ) . Raw opium : 1 kg. 108 gr. (39 oz. approximately) ;Prepared opium : 398 gr. (14 oz. approximately) ; also one large and 88 small porcelain

jars ; one large and one small horn jar—amount not specified ;Opium dross : 483 gr. (17 oz. approximately) ;Opium-smoking paraphernalia.

5. S.S. Empress of Canada. The porcelain jars indicated Hong-Kong as the place of origin. 10. Found on board in the quarters of the Chinese crew.

No. 368.—Seizure of Heroin at T ientsin ex the S.S. “ Havelland ” com ing from H am burg, October 30th, 1931.

1. O.C.S.32. 315/157(3).2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee.

(Received in the Secretariat on December 22nd, 1931.)3. October 30th. 1931. Tientsin.4 ( a ) . Heroin : 80 kg. 964 gr. (2.142.88 taels).5. By the S.S. Havelland, coming from Hamburg.7. Application for the entry of the goods into bonded go down was presented by Messrs.

Carlowitz & Co.10. The heroin was found concealed in the false sides of two of three wardrobe trunks packed

in crates marked P.W .l, 2 and 3, declared as personal effects.

No. 369. -Seizure of Gum Opium on the S.S. " Sinaia

1. O.C.S.33. 1383/157(76).2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

December 4th. 1931.3. October 1931. On board the S.S. Sinaia during the voyage from Europe to America.4 f a ) . Gum opium : 304 kg. 515 gr. (670 lb).5. Shipped at Istambul by the S.S. Sinaia (Compagnie Générale de Navigation à Vapeur)

coming from Marseilles via Alexandria, Beirut, Jaffa, Constanza, istambul, Izmir. Piræus, Messina, Naples, Palermo. Algeria, Madeira and Pont a Delgada.

6. Consignor : M. Theodorides, Istambul.8. The opium was wrapped in red paper with the picture of a lion reclining, below which

was written : “ Qualité extra extra supérieure, GRANDE MAISON DE COMMERCE D’OPIUM, Fondée en 1904, M. THEODORIDES, ISTANBUL. GALATA, Grand’ Rue, Voyvoda No. 98 ”.

10. During the voyage, the captain was advised by one of his officers th a t the opium had been found in eight valises and one bag in the coal bunkers. The crew were interrogated, but denied all know ledge of the contraband. The whole consignment with the exception of one 1-lb package wras thrown overboard. The 1-lb package wras handed over to the Customs authorities on arriving at Providence, U.S.A.

PART III.

SUMMARY OF SE IZ U R E R EPOR TS W HICH HAVE NOT BEEN

PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED TO TH E ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

No. 370.—K arl Leibel Case, Vienna.

1. 31662/157.2. Representative of Austria on the Advisory Committee, December 30th, 1931.3. September 2nd, 1931. Vienna.6. Person implicated : Karl Leibel, 41, Novaragasse, Vienna II.

10. Information was received by the Vienna police from a taxi-driver that at midnight onSeptember 1st, 1931, he had been engaged by a man to drive in the direction ofWiener-Neustadt. On the way, his passenger stopped the taxi and two men appeared to whom he gave some bottles containing white powder. During the conversation the chauffeur heard the name of Karl Leibel mentioned and, on returning to Vienna, he was requested to drive to 41, Novaragasse, Vienna II, where he was paid off. The above address is the residence of Karl Leibel, a naturalised citizen, who has been under police surveillance for some years. A search was immediately made and eight empty bottles tha t had contained a brown powder were found, besides other bottles bearing partly effaced labels on which the words “ Merck ”, “ Darmstadt ”, “ Poison ” and “ hydrochloricum ” could be deciphered.Leibel had also in his possession an Austrian passport which showed very frequentvisits to Czechoslovakia. Leibel refused to give any information in regard to his drive to Wiener-Neustadt the night before, but he stated th a t the eight bottles found were connected with a previous case of cocaine smuggling for which he had already been punished. He stated tha t he went frequently to Czechoslovakia to try and procure a market for a rapid polish which he had invented, but he could not account satisfactorily for a receipt for 32,500 schillings for 12 kg. of goods, the nature of which was not indicated. Leibel was brought before the tribunal but it was not possible to convict him of the possession of drugs, but in view of the suspected nature of his visit s abroad his passport was ordered to be confiscated. The Austrian authorities have drawn the attention of the Czech authorities at Prague and at Bratislava to the frequent voyages of Leibel to Czechoslovakia.

No. 371. -Seizure at Antung, Septem ber Quarter 1931.

1. 315/157(3).2. The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory

Committee, November 2nd, 1931.3. September quarter 1931. Antung.4w. Raw opium : 9 kg. 484 gr. (251 taels).5. Korean origin.

No. 372.—Seizures at Dairen on A pril 17th and June 21st, 1931.

1- 315/157(3).2- The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory

Committee, October 1931.3. April 17th and June 21st, 1931. Dairen.

Raw opium : 8 kg. 917 gr. (236 taels).Seized on two Chinese junks.

6' The accused were Chinese.

No. 373.—Seizure of M orphine and Heroin at Dairen on July 4th, 1931.

!• 315/157(3).Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall. Assessor to the Advisory Committee,

September 1931.,J- July 4th, 1931. Dairen.ilal- Morphine : 4 kg. 232 gr. (112 taels).

Heroin : 1 kg. 398 gr. (37 taels).Person implicated : Wada, Japanese.

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10. The drugs were concealed in a basket, declared by Wada to be destined for Port Arthur, and therefore passed without examination. After p&ssing the Customs, Wada took it to the baggage office in the railway station and consigned it to Changchun. On learning of this, the examining Customs officer had the basket brought back to the Customs and the drugs were found. Meanwhile the Japanese disappeared.

Note.—Mr. Lyall has informed the Secretariat in a letter dated October 4th, 1931, that goods for Port Arthur sent from Dairen are not liable to Chinese Customs examination because both places are inside the Leased Territory, which is a free area, whereas Changchun is outside and goods sent there from Dairen are subject to examination.

No. 374.—Seizure of Raw O pium at Dairen, October 30th, 1931.

1. 315/157(3).2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall. Assessor to the Advisory Committee,

December 1931.3. October 30th, 1931. Dairen.4 ( a ) . Raw opium : 6 kg. 801 gr. (180 taels).

10. Seized on board the Seikyo Maru, bound for Shanghai, in the possession of a Chinese who had just boarded the vessel.

No. 375.—Seizures at Hangchow, July 1931.


Committee, October 1931.3. July 1st, 1931. Hangchow'.4(a). Morphine : 571 gr. (15.10 taels).

Heroin : 30 gr. (0.80 tael).5. Seized on board a Chinese steamer.

No. 376.—Seizure of Heroin at Harbin on June 16th, 1931.


Committee, October 1931.3. June 16th, 1931. Harbin.4 ( a ) . Heroin : 453 gr. (12 taels).

10. Seized at the railway station in the possession of a Russian.

No. 377.—Seizures of R aw Opium and M orphine at Hunchun, June 21st and August 13th, 1931.


Committee, November 1931.3. June 21st and August 13th, 1931. Hunchun.4 ( a ) . Raw opium : 5 kg. 138 gr. (136 taels).

Morphine : 680 gr. (18 taels).5. By ferry-boats from Chosen.

10. The morphine was found in the possession of a Japanese named Kusano arriving fromChosen. He was handed over to the Japanese vice-consul.

No. 378.—Seizures at Hunchun in October and N ovem ber 1931.


Committee, December 1931.3. October 31st and November 14th, 1931. Hunchun.4 ( a ) . Raiv opium : 12 kg. 393 gr. (328 taels).

10. There were twro cases. The opium was found in the possession of accused, who weie, in both cases. Koreans.

No. 379. Seizure at Lappa during the Septem ber Quarter, 1931.

1. 315/157(3).2. The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to I lie A visor.

Committee, November 1931.

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3. September quarter, 1931. Lappa.4(a). Raw opium : 453 gr. (12 taels).

Prepared opium : 831 gr. (22 taels).10. The prepared opium was confiscated and handed over to the Canton Customs fol

dest ruction. Mr. Lyall adds a note to the effect th a t the raw opium is sold to the Chinese Government, which pays for it the amount awarded to the seizing officer.

No. 380. —Seizure at Lungchintsun, Septem ber 12th, 1931.


Committee, October 1931.3. September 12th, 1931. Lungchintsun.4(a). Raw opium : 7 kg. 254 gr. (192 taels).

10. Found in the luggage of accused, a passenger coming from Sambo.

No. 381 -Seizures at Lungchintsun during October and Novem ber 1931.


Committee, November 23rd, 1931, and December 9th, 1931.3. October 13th and 19th and November 5th, 1931. Lungchintsun.4(a). Raw opium : 18 kg. 514 gr. (490 taels).

10. There were three cases.

No. 382.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Shanghai, November 20th, 1930.


Committee, November 1931.3. November 20th, 1930. Shanghai.4M. Raw opium : 7,354 kg. 336 gr. (192,000 taels).5. By s.s. Claus Rickmers (German).

10. Found on board the vessel.

No. 383.—Seizure of Prepared O pium at Shanghai, February 16th, 1931.

1. 315/157(3).-• The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory

Committee, November 1931.3. February 16th, 1931. Shanghai.4to. Prepared opium : 6 kg. 800 gr. (11 £ catties).5- By the s.s. Silver Walnut, British.

10. The third engineer, the only officer on board, admitted tha t the opium was at first placed in his cabin, but was afterwards shifted. He stated tha t he did not know it was opium and th a t it belonged to the chief steward. He also stated th a t similar packages would be found in other officers’ cabins, but a search did not give any results.

No. 384. Seizures of Raw and Prepared Opium and of Heroin at Shanghai in June, July and A ugust 1931.

L 315/157(3).2. The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall. Assessor to the Advisory

Committee, November 1931.3- -lune 16th, July 4th and 25th, and August 26th, 1931. Shanghai.4^. Raw opium : 25 kg. 504 gr. (675 taels).

Prepared opium : 40 kg. 201 gr. (1,064 taels).Heroin : 3 kg. 023 gr. (80 taels).The heroin was seized on board the s.s. Shuntien, a British vessel.

No. 385, -Seizure of P ersian and Indian Raw Opium at Shanghai on October 1st,1931.

}■ 315/157(3).'• The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall. Assessor to the Advisory

Committee, October 1931.:i October 1st, 1931. Shanghai.

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4 (a ) . Raw opium : 57 kg. 73*2 gr. (951 catties).5. Shipped on the Dairen Maru (Japanese). Of the total, 10 kg. 579 gr. were of Persian

origin and 47 kg. 153 gr. of Indian origin.

No. 386.—Seizures of Heroin at T ientsin in June, July and Septem ber 1931.

1. 315/157(3).2. The Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyali Assessor to the Advisory

Committee, October 1931.3. June 23rd, July 7th and September 5th, 1931. Tientsin.4 ( a ) . Heroin : 2 kg. 720 gr. (72 taels).5. Seized on two British vessels and one Japanese vessel.

No. 387.— Illicit Traffic in Cocaine by Leopold Skrobanek, in Czechoslovakia.

1. 34004/157.2. Government of Czechoslovakia, October 30th. 1931.3. April 3rd, 1930. Privoz, Czechoslovakia.4 ( a ) . Cocaine : 10 gr. and twro packets.5. Persons implicated : Leopold Skrobanek, chauffeur ; Walter Huwar, formerly a druggist ;

Alzbeta Huwarova ; Antoine Dostal ; François Volny ; Charles Freisler ; Vladislav Witkowsky ; Bruno Liebreich ; Dr. Juchelka ; Emil Bernhard.

9. Skrobanek and Witkowsky were sentenced to a fine of 300 kroners or 6 days' imprisonment. As regards Alzbeta Huwarova, Huwar and Volny, the case is still pending.

10. The cocaine was provided by Witkowsky, who stated th a t he had taken it eight years previously from the druggist’s shop belonging to Charles Dvorak, at Moravska Ostrava, where he was a voluntary w'orker, and tha t he sold it to Dostal. Dostal in turn sold it to Skrobanek, wrho, in company with various other members of the gang, took it to Berlin for sale on three occasions in February and March 1930. A fourth journey to Berlin in April was prevented owing to the arrest of the accused. Alzbeta Huwarova stated tha t she had asked Dr. Juchelka’s opinion on the quality of the cocaine to be taken to Berlin for sale, and at the same time had asked him where she could sell the cocaine advantageously. Dr. Juchelka had sent her to a certain newspaper office which dealt with the sale of opium. On arriving at Berlin, she had got into touch with Bernhard with a view to finding the best market for the cocaine.

No. 388.—Seizure of Heroin at A lexandria ex the S.S. “ U m bria ” , A pril 12th, 1931.

1. 26959/157.2. The Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, November 16th, 1931.3. April 12th, 1931. Alexandria.4 ( a ) . Heroin : 1 kg. 50 gr.5. By S.S. Umbria.6. Persons implicated : Filippo Sturlesi and Domenico Rollo, first and second canteen-

keepers on the vessel ; Peppino Guerrera, an Italian at Alexandria and a por employee. ,

9. Sturlesi and Rollo were both sentenced by the Italian court at Alexandria to two month?imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 lire.

10. The heroin was found on the port employee who stated tha t he had received it fro™ Sturlesi and Rollo. Further enquiries revealed th a t the drugs wrere to be taken o Guerrera, who is a well-known trafficker in Alexandria. The residence of Guerrera was searched and various documents of an incriminating nature were found-

No. 389.— Seizure of H ash ish in Cyprus on June 24th, 1930.

1. 31710/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, October 3rd, 1931.3. June 24th, 1930. Cyprus.4 (a ) . Hashish : 2 sa-'ks containing 121 slabs.9. Investigations by the local police still proceeding. ^

10. Found in the sea and believed to have been brought by the sailing-vessel Sapho- hashish was thought to be intended for Egypt.

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N o . 390. — S eizu re of H ashish in Cyprus on the “ Rawhat ", July 18th, 1930.

1. 31710/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, October 3rd, 1931.3. July 18th, 1930. Limassol, Cyprus.4(a). Hashish : 361 kg. 200 gr. (280 okes).5. The S.S. Rawhat (flying the French flag).6. Persons implicated : Ismail Zeidan and Ali Hassan Chereitcli, members of the crew.9. The accused were sentenced to 9 months’ and one year’s imprisonment respectively.

10. The Rawhat was seen to anchor at a point near Limassol. Being suspicious of itsmovements, the Customs boarded the vessel and the hashish was found on board. Hashish is suspected of coming into Cyprus from Beirut or other Syrian port earlier in the year, a suspicion which is supported by the discovery of the drug in the Rawhat. It has been observed tha t vessels have come to Cyprus to pick up what appears to be a totally inadequate cargo, such for instance as tins of vinegar, and it is supposed tha t they do so in order to obtain a Cyprus bill-of-health and thus avoid suspicion in Egypt when engaged in smuggling. The normal practice of the smugglers would be to employ a ship with a Cyprus bill-of-health to meet a ship from Syria in the open sea and there transfer the hashish, but deficient seamanship and bad weather may frequently necessitate arrangements between the smugglers of a rendezvous on the Cyprus coast or for importation of the drug into the island and its subsequent re-export when opportunity occurs.

No. 391. -S eizure of H ashish in Cyprus during 1930.

1. 31710/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, October 3rd, 1931.3. During 1930. Cyprus.4faj. Hashish : 7 kg. 095 gr. (5J okes).5. Believed to be intended for shipping on the S.S. Betkas of the Khédivial Mail Line.7. Pant elis Bailis and his brother.9. Both the accused were sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment .

10. Found in the house of Pantelis Bailis.

No. 392.—Seizures in M auritius during A ugust and Septem ber 1931.

1. 11134/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, December 21st, 1931.3. August and September 1931. Mauritius.

Indian hemp : 1,302 gr. (gross).Opium scrapings : 112 gr. (gross).Opium-smoking utensils.

9. In one case, the offender was fined Rs.500. He was unable to pay the fine so wassentenced to 90 days’ imprisonment. In another case, the master of the vessel on which the Indian hemp was found was fined Rs.250, and in a third case the offender was fined Rs.20.

10. There were four cases. In three, the offenders were members of the crews of the vessels.In the fourth, there was no accused, the drug being found under the coal on board the vessel.

393.—Seizure of Cocaine at Singapore ex the S.S. “ T ilaw a " on A ugust 17th, 1931.

!- 4427/157.'■ British representative on the Advisory Committee, October 29th, 1931.

August 17th, 1931. Singapore. j (a>. Cocaine hydrochloride : 25 gr. (0.88 oz.).

By S.S. Tilawa (Agents : Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillan & Co., Ltd.), coming from Kobe, via Moji, Amoy, Hong-Kong.

8- In one bottle, bearing a yellow label with red print. Japanese characters and, in English, “ Cocainum Hydrochloricum

' Found on board the vessel. Handed to the principal civil medical officer, Singapore.

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No. 394.—Seizure of H ash ish at P iræ us ex the S.S. " Roum an'e ", Decem ber 8th1931.

1. 2 5 1 4 6 /1 5 7 .

2. Greek Government, December 30th, 1931.3. December 8th, 1931. Piræus.4(a). Hashish : 1 kg. 328 gr.5. Of Turkish origin and transported by the S.S. Roumanie of the Compagnie roumaine

de Navigation.6. Person implicated : Radu Stefanaki, sailor.

10. The drug was hidden among some shoe-soles in a wal-cupboard.

No. 395.—Case of Illicit Traffic in Hungary in May 1931.

1. 7942/157.2. Hungarian Government, October 8th, 1931.3. May 1931. Hungary.4(b). Cocaine.6. Person implicated : Georges Kertesz, unemployed dentist.

10. Kertesz obtained the cocaine by means of forged prescriptions and sold it to prostitutes.

No. 396.—Indra-E ngel Case, Budapest.

1. 7942/157.2. Hungarian Government , October 8th. 1931.3. June 23rd, 1931. Budapest.4(b). Cocaine : 200 gr.6. Persons implicated : Emil Karl Indra, merchant, resident at Vienna ; Anne Szudarovics,

prostitute ; Ladislas Engel.9. Indra was sentenced to pay a fine of 340 pen go.

10. Szudarovics twice obtained 100 gr. of cocaine from a pharmacy a t Pilisvorôsvâr in Hungary, at the request of Indra, through Engel, a well-known drug-smuggler. The third time, Indra tried to obtain the cocaine himself, but the pharmacist became suspicious and Indra was arrested.

Note by the Secretarial.—Previous reference to Emil Ivarl Indra and Ladislas Engel will be found in the following documents :

Emil Karl Indra—O.C.294(h), Case No. 204, page 14.Ladislas Engel—O . C . 2 9 4 p a g e s 22 and 23.

No. 397.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta ex the “ Honolulu Maru ” , June 8th, 1931.

1. 31584/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, September 28th, 1931.3. June 8th, 1931. Calcutta.4(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 578 gr. (20 oz. 150 grains).5. By Honolulu Maru (Agents : Messrs. Sen da & Co., Calcutta), coming from Yokohama.

via Nagoya, Osaka. Kobe. Moji. Hong-Kong, Singapore, Penang and Rangoon.6. Consignor : Miss Tanabe, Kobe (probably a false name). Consignee : Miss Okashi Kinue.

Calcutta. Other person implicated : Kozo Kishi. Japanese quartermaster on board the vessel.

9. The accused, Kozo Kishi, was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment.10. The cocaine which was brought from Japan was in two packets, which were found on boaid

the vessel. A search of the premises of the consignee yielded no result. The price of the two tins is stated to be 1,270 yen.

No. 398.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta ex the S.S. “ Sui Sang ” on A ugust 9th, 1931.

1. 20271/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, November 14th, 1931.3. August 9th, 1931. Calcutta.4(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 106 gr. (3 oz. 325 grains).5. By S.S. Sui Sang (Agents : Messrs. Jardine Skinner & Co., Calcutta), coming from 0?a

via Kobe, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang.6. Person implicated : Chee Yung, a fireman on board the vessel. ^9. Accused was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Hv'

—in default, three m onths’ rigorous imprisonment.

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10. Accused stated that the drug was handed to him by a passenger with instructions tha t it should be delivered to him (the passenger) in Chinatown, Calcutta. The accused could not furnish the name or local address of the passenger. The drug was foundin the possession of accused.

Xo. 399.™ Seizure ox Prepared Opium at Rangoon ex the S.S. “ Hong P eng " on Septem ber 3rd, 1931.

1. 9186/157.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, December 29th. 1931.3. September 3rd, 1931. Rangoon.4fa). Prepared opium : 527 gr. (45 tolas).5. Chinese origin. Shipped by S.S. Hong Peng (Agents : Chip Hwat & Co., Rangoon), coming

from Amoy, Swatow, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang.6. Person implicated : Chin Lone, a member of the crew.8. In 15 oblong tins with rounded ends and each bearing an embossed impression of a lion

with one paw resting on a globe and Chinese characters.9. The accused was sentenced to two months’ rigorous imprisonment.

10. The opium was found on board the vessel and was the property of the accused.

No. 400.—Illicit Traffic in D rugs betw een Istam bul and Milan.

1. 31636/157.I 2. Italian Government, December 9th, 1931.I 3. September 12th, 1931. Milan.I 4ta). Cocaine : 3 kg.I 5. Probably from Istambul, on the Istambul-Paris Orient express.I 6. Persons implicated : Giovanni Cassinelli ; Alessandro Valinas ; Albertario Angelo Aguzzi,

lawyer ; Mario Zeffiro Forcella (alias Mario Lorenzetti) ; Constantino Poppi ;Umberto Mingotti.

I 9. Investigations are proceeding.I 10. I t came to the knowledge of the Milan authorities tha t Cassinelli was endeavouring to

dispose of a large quantity of contraband cocaine. He was arrest ed and the cocaine was found in his possession. Enquiries led to the arrest of the others. Valmas, a Greek living at Istambul, was found in possession of radiograms from th a t city addressed c/o Aguzzi. It was ascertained tha t the telegrams were sent by Forcella, who lives in Milan but was at the time in Turkey, having left Italy with a forged passport and under a false name. Poppi absconded immediately after the arrest of Cassinelli and has not yet been traced. Mingotti, a cook on the Istambul-Paris Orient express, was arrested at Trieste on September 21st. He is mentioned in a telegram from Istambul as the man who was to convey the contraband drugs.

I No. 401.—Seizure of M orphine and Cocaine at Enschede, N etherlands, on D ecem ber 24th, 1930.

1. 251/157(6).2. Netherlands Government, October 5th, 1931.3. December 24th, 1930. Enschede.4faj, Morphine : 146 gr.

Cocaine : 19.8 gr.The accused stated th a t he had received the drug from Germany.

ij- Person implicated : Richard Stijckel, workman.The accused was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.

I 10. According to the statement of the accused, the drug had been originally destined for theveterinary service of the German army. It was probably stolen by a Germansubaltern.

I No. 402.—Seizure of Opium at Porto, Portugal, January 1931.

1- 33402/157.-• Government of Portugal, December 15th, 1931.J January 1931. Porto. Sâo Bento, Portugal.

Opium : 189 kg. 800 gr. (gross weight).■ Origin unknown. One box was marked “ Const’ple H.P.L. ” 6.• The registration label was marked with the name of H. Medina.

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10. In 1926, five trunks were sent from the frontier station of Valenca to Porto by rail.Remaining unclaimed, the trunks were sent to the auction rooms, but, owing to the necessary administrative formalities, they were not opened until January 1931

On examination, several boxes were found marked “ Figos de Smirna ”, and suspicions were aroused tha t these boxes contained opium. On opening the box, these suspicions were confirmed by an analysis of the contents and enquiries were instituted. The opium was hidden between two layers of figs, hermetically sealed in tins.

No. 403.—Seizures in Macao during July 1931.

1. 15458/157(5).2. Portuguese Government, October 17th, 1931.3. Ju ly 1931. Macao.4(a). Raw opium : 25 kg. 692 gr. (680 taels).

Prepared opium : 865 gr. (22.9 taels).5. The raw opium came from Wuchow.9. Aggregate fines amounted to $8,177. The fines were paid in all cases, with the exception

of one of $25. In this case, the offender was sentenced to 22 days’ imprisonment.10. There were 20 cases and the offenders were all Chinese.

No. 404.—Seizures in Macao during A ugust 1931.

1. 15458/157(5).2. Portuguese Government, November 11th, 1931.3. August 1931. Macao.4 ( a ) . Raw opium : 22 kg. 670 gr. (600 taels).

Prepared opium : 4 kg. 194 gr. ( I l l taels).5. The raw opium came from Yunnan.9. Aggregate fines amounted to $10,052. They were paid in all cases.

10. There were ten cases and the offenders were all Chinese.

No. 405.—Seizures in Macao during Septem ber 1931.

1. 15458/157(5).2. Portuguese Government , November 20th, 1931.3. September 1931. Macao.4 ( a ) . Raw opium : 22 kg. 670 gr. (600 taels).

Prepared opium : 38 kg. 984 gr. (1,031.8 taels).5. The raw opium came from Yunnan.9. Aggregate fines amounted to $13,985. They were paid in all cases.

10. There were nine cases and the offenders were all Chinese.

No. 406.- -Further Seizures oi Opium in S iam during the March Quarter 1931 (setdocument O.C.294( i ), page 15, No. 287).

1. 25045/157.2. Siamese Government, December 10th, 1931.3. March quarter 1931. Siam.4(a). Internal seizures :

Prepared opium : 292 kg. 140 gr. (7,790 tamlungs, 39 hoons).9. Fines ranged from 25 to 39,168 ticals and terms of imprisonment from 40 days to six

months.10. The accused were in all cases either Chinese or Siamese. Eleven cases were r e p o r t e d .

No. 407. Seizures of O pium in S iam during the June Quarter 1931.

1. 25045/157.2. Siamese Government, October 22nd and December 10th, 1931.3. June quarter 1931. Siam.

Internal seizures :92 kg. 605 gr. (2,469 tamlungs, 4 7 boons • 348 kg. 68 gr. (9,281 tamlungs, 8 0 hoons;.

43 kg. 174 gr. (1,151 tamlungs, 30boons]

There were 1,757 cases in all.

4(a). Port seizures :Raw opium : 8 kg. 438 gr. (225 tamlungs). Prepared opium : 33 kg. 418 gr. (891

tamlungs, 15 hoons).Dross : 20 kg. 483 gr. (546 tamlungs.

20 hoons).5. The seizures were all made on vessels

coming from Chinese ports.10. There were ten cases in all.

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No. 408 —Seizures of D rugs in S iam during the June Quarter 1931.

1. 25045/157.2. Siamese Government, October 22nd, 1931.3. June quarter 1931. Siam.4(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 88.62 gr.

White powder containing 49 per cent of morphine : 445 gr.5. The white powder was seized on board the S.S. Hellas (Norwegian), coming from Swatow.6. The accused were all Siamese or Chinese.9. Fines ranged from 0.30 to 24.96 ticals.

10. The drugs were all destroyed.

No. 409.—Seizures of Opium in S iam during the Septem ber Quarter 1931.

1. 25045/157.2. Siamese Government , December 28th, 1931.3. September quarter 1931. Siam.4(a). Port seizures :

Raw opium : 9 kg. 938 gr. (265 tamlungs). Prepared opium : 8 kg. 100 gr. (216

tamlungs).Dross : 7 kg. 313 gr. (195 tamlungs).

5. The seizures were all made on vessels coming from Chinese ports.

9. Fines ranged from 2,160 to 10,600 ticals,and terms of imprisonment from 40 days to 6 months.

10. The accused were all Chinese.

Internal seizures :69 kg. 525 gr. (1,854 tamlungs).

155 kg. 700 gr. (4,152 tamlungs).

23 kg. 625 gr. (630 tamlungs).

Fines ranged from 50 to 33,359 ticals and terms of imprisonment from 15 days to one year.

No. 410.—Seizures oi D rugs in S iam during the Septem ber Quarter 1931.

1. 25045/157.2. Siamese Government, December 28th, 1931.3. September quarter 1931. Siam.4f<v. Morphine hydrochloride : 1 kg. 26 gr.5. A quantity of 948 gr. of morphine was seized on a Chinese passenger on the S.S. Kwang

Chow (British), coming from Swatow.9. Fines ranged from 0.12 to 50 ticals.

10. The drugs were destroyed.

No. 411. Seizures in the U nited States of A m erica in February, June, July and A ugust 1931.

1. 1383/157(74).Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

October 27th. 1931.3- February, June, July and August 1931. • United States of America.

Raw opium : 2 kg. 641 gr. (93 oz.).Prepared opium : 26 kg. 239 gr. (726£ oz.. 135 taels. 784 grains and 1 lb.).Opium dross : 1 kg. 136 gr. (40 oz.).Opium pills : 43 gr. (1 | oz.).Gum opium : 3 kg. 182 gr. (7 lb.).Morphine hydrochloride : 3 kg. 342 gr. (8 oz. and 47,927 grains).Pills containing anhydrous morphine : 398 gr. (14 oz.).Heroin hydrochloride : 381 gr. (13 oz. and 4 boxes of tablets weighing £ oz. and containing

21.8 per cent heroin).Cocaine hydrochloride : 274 gr. (4,214 grains).Amounts of 2 kg. 641 gr. raw opium, 114 gr. dross and 28 gr. prepared opium were seized

on the S.S. Marpessa, coming from Mexico ; 20 kg. 590 gr. prepared opium on the S.S. President Taft, coming from Oriental ports ; small quantities of opium pills, smoking-opium and dross on the S.S.Pecten, from Aruba ; 1 kg. 511 gr. on the U.S. Naval Transport Chaumont, coming from the Far East. The morphine pills and heroin tablets wTere sent by post.

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8. The 20 kg. 590 gr. seized on the S.S. President Taft was contained in 100 tins, some oiwhich bore the “ Lam Kee Hop ” mark with Chinese characters. 1 kg. 133 gr. were in six 5-tael tins marked “ Cheong

9. In I he case of the seizure of 1 kg. 511 gr. of prepared opium on the Chaumont, one of theaccused, who was in charge of the canteen on board the vessel, was sentenced to three years’ probation. The case against the other accused is pending.

No. 412.—Seizure of O pium and Ethylm orphine in the U nited States of America in March, Septem ber and October 1931.

1. 1 3 8 3 /1 5 7 ( 7 7 ) .

2. Government of the United States of America, through the Government of the NetherlandsDecember 23rd, 1931.

3. March 13th, September 23rd and October 27th. 1931. Chicago, Los Angeles and SanFrancisco, U.S.A.

4 fa;. Opium : 15 kg. 876 gr. (559 oz.).Pheraneurin containing ethylmorphine : 241 gr. (16 tubes, containing 3,703 grains).

5. The 14 kg. 598 gr. of opium were seized ex the S.S. Golden Tide (American), coming from Shanghai, via Hong-Kong, Kampha, Saigon, Manila, Iloilo, Cebu, Zamboanga, Lumarao and Sandakan; 1 kg. 278 gr. were seized ex the S.S . Liliopa (Norwegian), coming from Saito Saki, Japan, direct.

8. Of the 14 kg. 598 gr. seized on the S.S. Golden Tide, 6 kg. 475 gr. bore the cock and elephant mark and Chinese characters ; 6 kg. 504 gr. bore the mark of two birds and Chinese characters. Of the 1 kg. 278 gr. seized ex the S.S. Liliopa, 204 gr. were in two cigarette boxes, one marked “ Hwa Chin g Tobacco Co., Shanghai ”, and the other “ W. D. and H. O. Wills, Bristol and London Two packages bore labels of the elephant brand and Chinese characters. The Pheraneurin tablets were prepared by Bero G.m.b.H., Darmstadt, Germany.

No. 413.—Seizures of Prepared Opium and M orphine in the U nited States of America, M ay-Septem ber 1931.

1. 1383/157(76).2. Government of the United States, through the Netherlands Government, December 4th,

1931.3 . May-September 1931. United States.A(a). Prepared opium : 121 kg. 183 gr. (4,267 oz.).

Morphine : 4 kg. 61 gr. (143 oz.).5. The opium was probably shipped from Hong-Kong on vessels coming from Far Eastern

ports.8. A quantity of 35 kg. 982 gr. bore the cock and elephant mark with Chinese characters

and a small “ o They were also marked with a paper stamp of “ Lam Kee, Macao ” ; 85 kg. 200 gr. also bore the cock and elephant mark and were stamped “ Macao ” and Chinese characters.

9. The cases are pending.

No. 414.—Seizures in the U nited S tates of A m erica in A ugust and Septem ber 1931.

1. 1363/157(75).2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands G o v e r n m e n t ,

November 3rd, 1931.3. August and September 1931. United States.4(a). Raw opium : 454 gr. (1 lb.).

Prepared opium : 8 kg. 118 gr. (285.6 oz. 100 grains).Morphine hydrochloride: 28 gr. (1 oz. approximately).

5. Of the prepared opium, 6 kg. 248 gr. were seized on the U.S. Navy Transport Chaumont coming from Hong-Kong via Chinese ports, Manila and Honolulu.

8 . The tins containing 3 5 8 gr. of prepared opium bore the impression of a ro o s te r and elephant with Chinese characters ; 1 kg. 5 1 2 gr. prepared opium had “ Lei Kee Kon and imprint of “ Booster No. 2 ” stamped in metal of can. “ Lam Kee Sing " i!~ printed on the labels.

10. The raw opium was seized in an automobile coming from Mexico. The p r e p a r e d opw»1 seized on board the Chaumont was found on a Filipino, who stated that the pac*3? was given him by M. C. McHenry, cargo boatswain.

No. 415.—Seizure of Prepared Opium at Honolulu, July 20th, 1931.

1. 1383/157(74). ,2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands G overn me

October 27th. 1931.

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3. July 20th, 1931. Honolulu.4fa). Prepared opium : 11 kg. 524 gr. (305 taels).6. Persons implicated : Wm. L. Russell and Albert Holt, police officers.8. The tins had an impression of an elephant at one end and a rooster on the other with the

wording in Chinese “ Lam Kee Hop9. The accused are awaiting trial. They have both been dismissed from the police force.

10. The accused had been under observation for more than a month. They were tracked toa rendezvous where they were to complete a sale of opium to a Chinese.

No. 416.—Seizure of O pium at Honolulu, A ugust 5th, 1931.

1. 1383/157(73).2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

October 8th, 1931.3. August 5th, 1931. Honolulu.4(a). Opium : 2 kg. 175 gr. (3 lb. 2 oz. and 20 taels).5. On S.S. President Mackinley (Dollar Steamship Line, American), coming from Hong-Kong

and Yokohama.6. Person implicated : Au Fook.8. Inscription on the top of the cans reads “ Hon am Salve ”, in Chinese characters. Canton

Opium Suppression Bureau’s opium stamps, pasted on the cans.9. The accused was sentenced to a year and one day’s hard labour.

No. 417.—Seizure of Opium at M anila on Septem ber 19th, 1931.

1. 1383/157(78).2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

December 10th, 1931.3. September 19th, 1931. Manila, P.I.4(a). Opium : 13 kg.5. On S.S. Anking (British), coming from Amoy, China.

10. Found in a suitcase brought as passenger’s luggage on the vessel. The owner could notbe identified.

PAR T IV.

SUMMARY OF SEIZURES R E PO R T E D IN T H E ANNUAL REPORTS OF GOVERNMENTS ON T H E 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 th a t quantities reported as seized in Part IV are already included in other parts of this document or in previous quarterly seizure reports.

No. 418.—Seizures in A ustralia during 1930.

1. O.C.23fg;22. 32846/23002.2. Government of Australia, November 27th, 1931.3. During 1930. Australia.4(a). Prepared opium : 54 kg.

Opium dross : 43 kg.

^Heroin Quan^ y not stated, but stated to be negligible.

Cocaine : 909 gr. (32 oz. approximately).Indian hemp : 10 kg. 453 gr. (23 lb. approximately).

9. In the case of seizures of prepared opium and dross, there were 166 prosecutions.Imprisonment in terms of from 2 weeks to 6 months was inflicted in nine cases and the to tal fines imposed amounted to £2,575. In the case of seizures of morphine, heroin and cocaine, there were 39 prosecutions, and the to tal fines amounted to £2,110, with various terms of imprisonment in default of payment. Imprisonment without the option of a fine was imposed in 16 cases in terms ranging from 3 to 12 m onths’ hard labour.

10. All the drugs seized were destroyed. The cocaine was practically all found in possession of drug addicts or persons engaged in supplying the drug to such addicts.

No. 419.—Seizures in B elg ium during 1930.

1. O.C.23fyj21. 27517/23002.2. Belgian Government, October 23rd, 1931.3. During 1930. Belgium.4(a). Prepared opium : 3 kg. 117 gr.

Morphine : 13 ampoules.Heroin : 12 ampoules.Cocaine : 103.70 gr.

5. In the case of the seizures of prepared opium, the accused were all Chinese.9. In the prepared opium cases, of which there were four, sentences of imprisonment of

from 40 days to 7 months were inflicted. In one case, tha t of 7 months’ im p riso n m en t ,

the accused was also sentenced to a fine of 7,000 francs or an additional 3 months imprisonment. As regards the drug seizures, there were seven cases in all, includng the Lannoy case (see separate report, page 6, and document O.C.294(g), page No. 69). In these seven cases, sentences of imprisonment of from 1 month to 4 years were inflicted and fines from 350 to 21,000 francs.

No. 420.—Seizure of Cocaine in the Free City of Danzig, M arch 7th, 1930.

1. O .C .2 3 ^2 1 . 29671/23002. 3J2. Government of the Free City of Danzig, through the Polish Government, July 1 Oth,3. March 7th, 1930. Danzig.4(a). Cocaine : 60 gr.6. Persons implicated : Bruno Klein, restaurant proprietor, Danzig ; Herbert T i e d e m a n n

9. Klein was sentenced to a fine of 100 gulden or 20 days’ imprisonment. It was imp0xlto trace Tiedemann.

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\o. 421 .—Seizures in Germany during 1930.

1. O.C.23fo>21. 29544/23002.2. German Government, July 4th. 1931.3. During 1930. Germany.4(a). Raw opium : 4 gr.

Prepared opium : 3 kg. 170 gr.Powdered opium : 1 kg. 3.7 gr.Tincture of opium : 1 kg. 161 gr.Extract of opium : 50 gr.Morphine : 6 kg. 343.5 gr.Diacetylmorphine : 62 kg. 47 gr.Cocaine : 4 kg. 348.6 gr.Eucodal : 1 gr.

9. A total of 275 persons were sentenced as follows : 46 to imprisonment for less than1 month ; 93 between 1 and 6 months ; 18 over 6 months ; 103 were sentenced to finesnot exceeding 200 RM. ; 13 to fines between 200 and 1,000 RM. and 2 to fines over 1,000 RM.

10. These narcotics were either destroyed or used for lawful purposes.

No. 422.—Seizures in Ceylon during 1930.

1. 0.0.23(6/21. 28029/23002.2. British Government, April 29th, 1931.3. During 1930. Ceylon.4(a). Opium : 175 kg. 96 gr. (385 lb. 4 oz.).

Ganja and Indian hemp : 224 kg. 864 gr. (494 lb. 12 oz.).9. There were twenty prosecutions entered against offenders for the smuggling of opium in

ships and fines amounting to Rs. 8,410 were imposed. Sentences of imprisonment for periods ranging from 1 week to 9 months were passed in some cases, and in others, where the fines were not paid, the accused were committed to jail. There were 421 prosecutions for illicit possession of opium, 363 of which ended in convictions. In the majority of these cases, fines were imposed which amounted to nearly Rs. 30,000. There were 1,232 prosecutions for the importation, sale or cultivation of ganja and Indian hemp. The number of convictions was 1,096 and 10 cases are pending. In these cases, the total fines inflicted amounted to Rs. 42,422.50. Where the fines were not paid, the accused were sent to jail for periods varying from 1 week to 3 months.

10. Of the opium, 138 kg. 452 gr. was seized on ships and 36 kg. 644 gr. was found in thepossession of the accused. The opium was confiscated and sent to the Civil Medical Stores, where it was converted into eating-opium. The ganja and Indian hemp seized were destroyed.

No. 423.—Seizures in Greece during 1930.

1. O.C.23(r/22. 33770/23002.2. Greek Government, December 30th, 1931.3- During 1930. Greece.fa). Opium : 117 kg.

Heroin : 11 kg.Cocaine : 3 kg.Hashish : 80 kg. 500 gr.The narcotics seized were mostly of Turkish origin and were consigned to various foreign

ports. The usual method of transport was by sailing vessels or steamers.W- All drugs seized are destroyed and the smugglers apprehend'd are fined and imprisoned.

No. 424.—Seizures in India during 1930.

]■ 0.C.23fsJ22. 33433/23002.• Government of India, December 16th, 1931.

' • During 1930. India."'■Opium (raw and prepared) : 11,761 kg. 605 gr. (314 maunds, 19 seers, 75 tolas).

Morphine : 734 grammes (25 oz. 376 grains).r °caine ; 76 kg. 897 gr. (168 lb. 14 oz. 2,201 grains).Hemp drugs ( including ganja, bhang and charas) : 8,422 kg. 965 gr. (225 maunds, 9 seers).

nja plants ; 291.°PPy-heads : 1,068.

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10. There were 10,933 prosecutions during the year and 9,457 convictions. In the Punjab and Delhi all confiscated drugs are destroyed. In other provinces, raw opium seized in small quantities, confiscated prepared opium and “ kafa ”—i.e., cloth saturated or stained with opium—are destroyed. Pure opium, poppy-heads or preparations or admixtures of opium, other than those for smoking, if found fit for consumption and seized in large quantities, are either sold to the local vendors at the current selling-price or the pure opium is sent to the Ghazipur factory for the manufacture of opium alkaloids, and the preparations and admixtures of opium are handed over to the chief medical authority for use in hospitals. Morphine found fit for human consumption is sold to licensed chemists and druggists ; otherwise it is destroyed. Cocaine found fit for use is issued to the Governmental medical store depots, or kept in stock by the local Excise Department, who, a t its discretion, either sells it to the licensed chemists or druggists or destroys it. All cocaine not fit for medical use is destroyed.

No. 425.—Seizures in Japan during 1930.

1. O.C.23(fJ21. 32013/23002.2. Government of Japan, October 17th, 1931.3. During 1930. Japan.4(a). Raw opium : 1 kg.

Prepared opium : 2 kg.10. There were 19 cases of illicit traffic in connection with raw opium, 46 in connection with

prepared opium and 26 in connection writh other narcotics. The raw opium seizedwas sent to the Government Hygiene Laboratory, and the prepared opium to the Imperial Hygiene Laboratory.

No. 426.—Seizures in Chosen (Korea) during 1930.

1. O.C.23(fj21. 32013/23002.2. Japanese Government, October 17th, 1931.3. During 1930. Chosen.4(a). Raw opium : 295 kg.

Prepared opium : 3 kg.Morphine hydrochloride : 22 kg.Heroin hydrochloride : 1 kg.Cocaine hydrochloride : 1 kg.

5. Most of the prepared opium was smuggled from Chientao, but the country of origin is unknown.

10. In connection with raw opium, there were 701 cases and 1,153 offenders ; with preparedopium, 99 cases and 167 offenders ; with other drugs, 420 cases and 566 offendersAll the drugs were confiscated and are in the custody of the Government.

No. 427.—Seizures in Kwantung Leased Territory during 1930.

1. O.C.23(7/21. 32013/23002.2. Japanese Government, October 17th, 1931.3. During 1930. Kwantung Leased Territory.4(a). Raw opium : 117 kg.

Other narcotics : 67 kg.10. All the drugs seized are in the custody of the Kwantung Government.

No. 428.—Seizures in T aiw an (Form osa) during 1930.

1. O.C.23(7/21. 32013/23002.2. Japanese Government, October 17th, 1931.3. During 1930. Taiwan.4(a). Prepared opium : 140 kg.

10. Prepared opium of good quality confiscated was converted into material for m a n u f a c t u r i n g

prepared opium by the Monopoly Bureau, while th a t of poor quality was destroy?

No. 429.—Seizures in Latvia during 1930.

1. O.C.23f/c/21. 29641/23002.2. Government of Latvia, July 8th, 1931.3. During 1930. Latvia.4(a). Cocaine : 4.48 gr., 12 cachets and 2 small tubes.

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9. There were thirteen cases of illicit traffic. In one case, a fine of 300 lats or a sentenceof 2 months’ imprisonment was imposed ; in seven cases, imprisonment for a period varying from 2 weeks to 6 months was imposed and, in the remaining five cases, the accused were acquitted.

10. There were forty-one cachets and two small tubes confiscated. Twenty-nine cachetswere handed over to the pharmacy of the Ministry of Social Welfare, while the remainder—twelve cachets and two tubes—was destroyed.

No. 430.—Seizures in P ersia from M arch 21st, 1930, to March 20th, 1931.1. O.C.23(6j22. 32479/23002.2. Persian Government, October 3rd, 1931.3. March 21st, 1930, to March 20th, 1931. Persia.4(a). Opium : 2,334 kg.

Opium juice : 813 kg.Dross : 249 kg.Smoked opium juice : 26 kg.Morphine : 23.5 gr.Cocaine : 250.7 gr.

10. As regards the seizures of opium, the number of cases of illicit traffic during this period was 13,594. The goods were confiscated. The value of the goods discovered, together w'ith a certain proportion of the fines imposed on the offenders, is awarded, within certain limits prescribed by the law, to those who discover and report the smuggling. The morphine and cocaine seized were sold on behalf of the State for the medicinal requirements of the country.

No. 431.—Seizures in the Union of South Africa during 1930.1. 0.C.23(tv;20. 27024/23002.2. Government of the Union of South Africa, February 23rd, 1931.3. During 1930. South Africa.4(a). Opium : 7 kg. 215 gr. (15 lb. 14 oz.).

Dagga : Total weight not stated.6. The accused were all Chinese.9. Fines ranged from £6 to £50 and terms of imprisonment from 12 days to 3 months.

10. There were four cases of illicit traffic in connection with opium and ten accused, two ofwhom were discharged. All saleable habit-forming drugs, other than dagga, seized are sold to the highest tender amongst registered chemists and druggists, medical practitioners, dentists or authorised veterinary surgeons. There were 5,424 prosecutions and 5,179 convictions in connection with seizures of dagga. All the dagga seized was burnt.

No. 432.—Seizure of M orphine at San Francisco on A ugust 12th, 1930.

1. 28832/23002.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

June 5th, 1931.3. August 12th, 1930. San Francisco.4(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 3 kg. 550 gr. (125 oz.).6. Persons implicated : Antonio Grimando ; Antonio Piazza.9. Piazza was acquitted, but Grimando was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and

fined SI, and arrangements have been made to deport him as an alien upon the expiration of his sentence.

10. It was ascertained th a t a trunk containing narcotics had been shipped from New Yorkto San Francisco via Chicago. On its arrival at San Francisco, the trunk was opened and found to contain the morphine. Piazza, a driver of a truck, and Grimando, who took delivery of the goods, were arrested. A third person, the actual owner of the drugs, is nowr a fugitive from justice, and a fourth person, recently arrested but not yet tried, was implicated as the person in New York who forwarded the trunk.

No. 433 .— Seizures in the U nited S tates of A m erica during 1930.

!■ 28832/23002.2' Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

June 5th, 1931. u- During 1930. United States.

Raw or gum opium : 212 kg. 67 gr. (466 lb. 9.52 oz.).Prepared opium : 334 kg. 58 gr. (735 lb.).Morphine : 754 kg. 181 gr. (26,555 oz. 285 grains).Heroin : 78 kg. 128 gr. (2,751 oz.).Dionin : 28 gr. (1 oz.).Cocaine : 18 kg. 706 gr. (658 oz. 303 grains) and 26 capsules.Codeine : 710 gr. (25 oz.).Miscellaneous drugs ( including In d ia n hem p) : 7 kg. 806 gr. (274 oz. 367 grains).

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10. Seized drugs found to be suitable are used for medical or scientific purposes. While it has been the case heretofore th a t nearly all the drugs seized were of doubtful purity and not available for use directly for medical purposes, it has been noted that, in the larger seizures made at sea-ports during the year, the narcotic drugs were practically pure and apparently suitable for immediate medical use. They have therefore been retained for eventual transfer to a Federal Governmental agency as reserve medical supplies. Smaller quantities were also retained for transfer to Federal Governmental agencies for current medical or scientific use. Drugs not suitable for this purpose are destroyed.

Note.—The following seizures have been reported to the Permanent Central Opium Boardand do not figure in any report communicated to the Secretariat.

No. 434.—Seizure of Prepared O pium at Nauru, Septem ber 1930.

1. 12A/27285/1122.2. British Government, March 24th, 1931.3. September 12th, 1930. Nauru.4(a). Prepared opium : 2 kg. 500 gr.5. By S.S. Apoey from Hong-Kong.6. Four Chinese, who arrived on the above-named vessel from Hong-Kong, under contract

to the British Phosphate Commissioners.9. The accused were sentenced to terms of imprisonment.

10. The opium was destroyed by order of the Administrator. The method of destruction wasl kerosene and fire, the residue being carefully collected and taken out to sea andl dumped.

No. 435.—Seizures in the N ew H ebrides during 1930.

12A/20017/1122.A quantity of 2 kg. 500 gr. of prepared opium was seized on board Messageries Maritimes shipsl

The opium was clearly for the use of Tonkinese indentured labour.

No. 436.—Seizures in the Solom on Islands during 1930.

12A/19792/1122.One Chinese resident was found to be in possession of seven tins of raw opium weighing

1 kg. 136 gr. (2 lb. 8 oz.) smuggled into the Protectorate. The offender was fined £101 the opium was confiscated and destroyed.

Q U ESTION NAIRE R E F E R R IN G TO PARTS II, I I I 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 illicittransaction.

5. Origin of Drugs. Where drugs shipped. Method of transportation, anddestination. 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 appearin connection with the case.

8. Name of manufacturer of drugs, labels, marks, packing, etc.

9. Legal proceedings and penalties.

10. Additional details.

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IND EX TO LOCALITIES

Country and Loca li ty Dates P a g e

ugtralia :Nauru

ustria :Vienna

e lg ium :

Brussels

anada :M ontrealVancouver

hina :A ntungC anton

Dairen

H a n g ch o wH arb in

H u n c h u n

Lappa

Shanghai

T ientsin

echoslovakiaCarlsbadPrivoz

anzig :

gypt :Alexandria

ermany :

Berlin

Hamburg

eat Britain Colonies :

CeylonCyprus

Hong-KongMauritius

New Hebrides Solomon

Islands Straits S e t t le

ments : Penang Singapore

eece :

etween islands « Ikaria and Uonoussa

Piraeus

D ur ing 1930 ......................... 26

S ep tem b er 1930 .................. 30

S ep tem b er 2nd , 1931 . . . 15

D ur ing 1930 .......................... 26

May 5 th , 1930 .................... 6

O ctober 1930 ....................... 8J u lv 2 1st , 1931 .................. 13J u ly 31st , 1931 .................. 13S ep tem b er 3rd, 1931 . . . 13S ep tem b er 1931 .................. 13

S ep tem b er quarter 1931 . 15J a n u a r y 1931 ....................... 8A pril 17th , 1931 ................ 15J u n e 2 1st , 1 9 3 1 .................. 15J u ly 4 th , 1 9 3 1 .............. 15O ctober 30th , 1 9 3 1 .... 16J u ly 1st , 1931 ..................... 16D ecem b er qu arter 1929 . . 3J u n e 16th , 1931 ............... 16J u n e 21st , 1 9 3 1 .................. 16O ctober 1931 ....................... 16N o v e m b e r 1931 .................. 16S ep tem b er quarter 1931 . . 17O ctober 1931 ....................... 17N o v e m b e r 1931 .................. 17N o v e m b e r 12th , 1930 . . . 17F eb ru ary 16th , 1931 . . . . 17.June 1931 ............................... 17J u n e q uarter 1931 ........... 9J u ly 1931 ............................... 17A u g u s t 1 9 3 1 .................... 17O ctober 1st, 1931 ............. 17J a n u a r y q uarter 1929 . . . . 4J u n e 1931 ............................... 18J u ly 1931 ............................... 18S ep tem b er 1931 .................. 18O ctober 3 0 th , 1 9 3 1 ..... 14

1928-1929 ............................... 5A pril 3rd, 1930 .................. 18

D ur in g 1930 .......................... 26

April 12th, 1931 ............... 18

D ur ing 1930 .......................... 27

1928-1929 ............................... 5D ecem b er 16th, 1 9 2 9 ..... 3F eb ru ary 2 1 s t , 1930 .......... 3A pril 2 7 th -2 8 th , 1930 ____ 4M ay 28 th , 1930 .................. 5A u g u s t 22 n d , 1930 .......... 6

D u r in g 1930 .......................... 27J u n e 2 4 th , 1930 ............... 18J u ly 18th, 1930 .................. 19D ur in g 1930 .......................... 19O ctober 8 th , 1930 ............. 7A u g u s t 1 9 3 1 .......................... 19S ep tem b er 1931 .................. 19D ur in g 1930 .......................... 30

D ur in g 1930 .......................... 30

J u ly 2 0 th , 1 9 3 1 .................. 11A u g u s t 22n d , 1930 ........... 6S ep tem b er 14th, 1930 . . 7A u g u s t 17th , 1931 ........... 19

D u r in g 1930 .......................... 27O ctob er 1st, 1931 ............. 12D a te not g iv e n .................. 12

D a te n o t g iv e n .................. 12D ecem b er 8 th , 1931 ____ 20

Country and Locali ty Dates P age

H ungary :

B ud apest D ur in g 1930 ( 2 ) ............... 12M ay 1931 ............................ 2 0J u n e 23rd, 1931 ............. 2 0

In d ia : D urin g 1930 ....................... 27

B o m b a y J a n u a r y 5 th , 1931 3J a n u a r y 7 th , 1931 3

C alcutta F eb ru ary 3rd, 1931 . . , 9M ay 2 0 th , 1 9 3 1 ............... 13J u n e 8 th , 1931 ............... 2 0A u g u s t 9 th , 1931 .......... . 2 0

R a n g o o n J u n e 2nd , 1931 ............... 9S ep tem b er 3rd, 1931 . . . 21

Ita ly : D ecem b er 14th, 1929 . 3

Milan S ep tem b er 12th , 1931 . 21

J a p a n : D u r in g 1930 ....................... 28

Y o k o h a m a April 1928 ......................... 3M av 1928 ............................ 3S e p te m b e r 1930 ............... 11

Colonies :C hosen

(K orea) D u r in g 1930 ....................... 28K w a n tu n g

LeasedT erritory D u r in g 1930 .................... 28

T a iw a n(F orm osa) D ur in g 1930 .................... 28

L atvia : D u r in g 1930 .................... 28

N eth er la n d s :

E n sch ed e D e c e m b e r 2 4 th , 1930 . . 21R o tte r d a m A u g u s t 2 0 th , 1930 . . . 6

P e r s ia : D u r in g 1930 ..................... 29

Bushire J a n u a r y 1931 .................. 8

P o r tu g a l :

Porto J a n u a r y 1931 .................. 2 1 - 2 2

C olonies :

Macao J u ly 1931 .......................... 2 2A u g u s t 1931 ..................... 2 2S e p te m b er 1931 ............. 2 2

S ia m : March quarter 1931 . . . 2 2

J u n e quarter 1931 . . . 22 -23S e p te m b e r q uarter 1931 . 23

U n ion of S ou thA fr ica : D u r in g 1930 ..................... 29

U n ited S ta te s ofA m er ica : D urin g 1930 ..................... . 29

F e b r u a r y 1931 ............... 23March 13th, 1931 24M a y -S ep tem b er 1931 . . 24J u n e 1931 .......................... 23J u ly 1931 .......................... 23Ausrust 1931 ............... 2 3 , 2 4S ep te m b e r 23rd. 1931 24S ep te m b e r 1 9 3 1 ............. 24O ctober 27 th , 1931 24O ctober 1931 .................. 14

Miami, Florida J u n e 10th , 1931 ..........D ecem b er q uarter 1930

10N e w Y ork , N .Y . 8

A pril 2 4 th , 1931 ..........S e p tem b er 5 th , 1931 .

9. 11

Prov id en ce , R .I . O ctob er 1 9 3 1 ..................... 14S an F rancisco ,

Cal. A u g u s t 12th. 1930 29

Colonies :

H onolu lu J u ly 2 0 th , 1931 ............. 24 -25A u g u s t 5 th , 1931 .......... . 25

P h il ip p ineIs lands,M anila S ep tem b er 19th , 1931 . 25

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INDEX TO NAM ES OF PER SO N S, FIRM S, ETC.

N a m es Page

A b ou issac , E lie .................... 7A b u isa k , J a c o b ..................... 7A dr ia t ica , G enoa .................. 4A guzz i , A lbertar io A nge lo 21 A rab ien & Co., Is tam bu l 6A rcad i, S a m ............................ 8A rn dt , S i m o n .......................... 4A sai, S e n n o s k e ....................... 7A v n i K ia n i B e y .................... 12

B ais is , P a n t e l i s ....................... 19B ern hard , E m il ..................... 18Bero, G .M .B .H . , D a r m s ta d t 24 B oehringer & Co., B a s le . . . 6Boehringer , C. F. “ Mann-

h eun ” .................................... 10Boehringer, C. H . , H a m

burg ......................................... 6 , 7B oehringer, C. H ., Nieder-

I n g e l h e i m ............................... 5B o n itz , W i l h e l m ..................... 3B oth m er , K a r l ....................... 3B ô ttch er , M ax ....................... 4B u ch ler & Co., B ru n sw ick 4, 5

C a nto n O p iu m SuppressionB u r e a u ............................... S, 25

Carlow itz & Co., D a iren . . . 14C assinelli , G i o v a n n i 21Chee Y u n g ............................... 2 0Chemiso.he W erke, Greiizach 5“ C heong ” m a r k .................. 24Chereitcli , A li H assan . . . . 19Chin L o n e .................................. 21Choukri, I s t a m b u l ............... 12“ Cock ” m ark ....................... 24“ Cock an d E a g le ” m ark 13“ Cock and E le p h a n t ”

m ark ............................ 24 (3) , 25“ Crescent & S tars ” m ark . 6Crowe an d S te v e n s , P iræ us 9Cunard, T h o m a s .................. 10Cunard, V i o l a .......................... 10C zerny Orel P h a r m a cy ,

Leitm eritz ............................ 6

D orsh ar & Co., C o n s ta n t i n op le ......................................... 6

D o sta l , A n to in e ..................... 18D o u b k o v a , M a r i e .................. 6D ouros , N i c o l a s ..................... 12D v o ra k , C h a r l e s ..................... 18

E isho K on sou , C anton . . . 8“ E le p h a n t ” b r a n d 24E n d ren y i , C o r n e l iu s 12E ngel , L a n i s l a s ....................... 20

F le i s c h m a n n ............................ 4F orce l la , Mario Zeffiro . . . 21F r e ih a fen G old en M assun

Co., H a m b u r g ..................... 6Freisler, C h a r l e s ..................... 18“ F u jit su ru ” b r a n d 11

G all ix , D u b o is , Muller &Co., P aris ............................ 8

Gans, H u g o ............................ 4, 5G a t te r m a n , F ranz ................ 5Georgandas , D .......................... 9G eyer & Co., T h . , S tu t t g a r t 5G rim ando , A n t o in e ............. 29Guerrera, P e p p i n o ................ 18

H al len , L ..................................... 4H e iz inger , M .............................. 3H e sse ............................................ 4H o f fm a n n , L a R o ch e & Co.,

B a s l e ......................................... 8H o ffm a n n , L a R o ch e & Co.,

P a r i s ...................................... 5, 6H o lt , A lb er t ............................ 25H osh i P h a r m a ceu t ica l Co.,

T o k io ....................................... 3

N a m e s P age

H o tta , J i n n o s k é ..................... 9H o un dras , J e a n ..................... 12H o u s se in & Choukri, Is

t a m b u l ................................. 12H u w ar, W a l t e r ....................... 18H u w a r o v a , A l z b e t a 18

I.G. F arb en Industr ie , A .G .,L ev e r k u se n .......................... 5

I laouaoui, H a m in d o H a s san ............................................ 12

Im perial H y g ie n ic L abora tory , O s a k a ..................... 9

Indra, E m il K a r ! .................. 20Irita, S ................................ > . . . 8

J a r a r i a n ...................................... 6Jind ra , V la d im ir K a m il . . 10J u c h e lk a , D r ............................. 18

K an dra & Co., B e lgrade . . 9K a tz , N i c o l a s .......................... 12K a w a ta , Y a su o ..................... 7K erim , O sm a n ....................... 12K ertesz , G eorges .................. 20K in ue , O k ash i ....................... 20K ish i , K o z o ............................ 20K ita d a , K y o j i ....................... 6 , 7K ita d a , T ak â .......................... 7K le in , B r u n o ............................. 26Klotzer , E u g è n e ..................... 12K lotzer , L e o p o ld ..................... 12K nol l , A .G . , L u d w ig sh a fe n 5K oc h , Dr. F r i t z ..................... 4K on sou E isho , C anton . . . 8K o to S e iy a k u Co., Tokio 7K o to b u k iÿ a & Co., Osaka 7K o u b k o v a .................................. 6K oznar , P e tr .......................... 4Krausz, R eg in a ..................... 12K uisis , M ate ju s ..................... 3K u s a n o ......................................... 16

“ L a m K e e H o p ” m ark 24 , 25 “ L a m K e e , M acao ” m a rk 24“ L air K e e S in g ” m ark . . . 24L a n n o y .................................... 6 , 26L ed o fsk y , A lfred .................. 5L ed o fsk ÿ , A r n o l d .................. 6“ Lei K ee K o n ” m ark . . . . 24L eibel , K ar l ............................. 15L iebreich , B run o .................. 18“ L io n ” m ark ....................... 14“ L io n a n d G lob e ” m ark 21“ L o F o o k K e e ” m ark . . . . 13Lorenz, J o h a n n ..................... 6Lorenz, J o s e f ....................... 5 , 6L o ren zett i , M a r i o .................. 21

M., W ................... 12Marsis & Co., B e r l i n 7M arunaka T ra n sp ort Co.,

D a iren .................................... 11M atsu sh ita , S e i t a r o 8M avridis , N ................................ 11Medina, H ................................... 21Meisei C hem ica l Co., Osaka 7Merck & Co., D a r m s ta d t 5,

13, 15M ingotti , U m b e r to ............. 21Moisi, A ......................................... 3Molnar, E t ie n n e ( 2 ) ................ 12M cH enry , M. C......................... 24

N ed er la n d sch e Cocainfa-briek, A m s te r d a m .......... 5 , 6

N iki, M.......................................... 8N om a, K ich ij i ........................ 3

O pium S u ppress ion B ureau,C a n t o n ............................... 8 , 25

Oriental P ro d u c ts Co., I s t a m b u l .................................. 6

N a m e s Page

P a c a k , R u d o l p h e ................. tjP a h y g ia n n is , S pyr id ion . . . 12P a te k , D r .................................... 5P h a r m a Sp eck & Procha-

slta, P r a g u e ......................... 5P iazza , A n t o n i o .................... 29P o p p i, C o ns tan t in o ............ 21P u s la t , H e r m a n n ................. 3

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