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NEPAL
Summary. Nepal's decision to adhere to the Single Convention on Narcotics, it's participation for the first time in ICDAIT, training of policemen assigned to the new narcotics interdiction units, and a widely-publicized crackdown on drug trafficking and corruption are among the major developments in Nepal's efforts to combat the drug trade during 1987. End Summary.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Prakash Bahadur Singh led a Nepalese delegation which participated in the Inter- national Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Vienna in June. In his speech to the conference, Minister Singh announced that Nepal has decided to adhere to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Nepal also took
took an
an active part in meetings of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which is moving toward greater regional cooperation on narcotics control.
Two senior police officers attended a two-week DEA- sponsored narcotics training session in Dubai and after their return organized 10-day basic training courses for the 75 policemen assigned to the new narcotics interdiction units, plus selected customs officers. One police training officer was scheduled to attend a train-the-trainer course
in the United States in July, and the GON has
in July, and the GON has promised that he will remain in narcotics training work for at least three years.
In March, a prominent businessman with links
with links to Hong
to Hong Kong and Europe was arrested for heroin possession/trafficking despite his attempt to seek refuge in the North Korean Embassy. In June a member of the national legislature and his brother were arrested for complicity in the attempted murder of . a prominent journalist who had threatened to publish the identities of leading drug smugglers. Arrests in that case continued into July, as part of a widely-publicized crackdown on corruption and drug trafficking.
PAKISTAN
Summary. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to demonstrate its commitment to its stated policy of eliminating opium poppy cultivation and controlling trafficking in and abuse of narcotics. Considerable activity has taken place since January 1, 1987. The U.S. expects the GOP to continue to enforce the ban on opium poppy cultivation as mutually agreed. We are hopeful that recent arrests signal a trend toward more action against major traffickers in Pakistan; and that continued pressure will be exerted in the tribal areas to suppress heroin
production.
anticipate continued improvement in the interdiction of narcotics. End Summary.
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