DRUG MENACE

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1933, Page 5

DRUG MENACE

CENTRE IN SOFIA

REPORT BY RUSSELL'! PASH A.

(United Press- Association—nßy ' -Electric TelegraphL-Oopyr'ight'.)

• < • -. " LONDON, - Alay 16. •In- his report ty tlte Egyptian Prime Minister, Russell Pasha; betid of the Central Narcotics Intelligence' Bureau, says:—(‘During'tho p'ast'.yeak we have had the whole-hearted' co-operation of the Greek authorities 1 in' Egypt. The majority, of the. drug cQntrabandiers in Egypt were Greeks' and , owihg to in-' efficient Greek legislation'They;held a virtual monopoly of the /rade/Thanks, however, tb-AI. 'tiiQ Greek Minister in Egypt, and to ’hik Ministersin .Greece, totally new legislation has been passed, and drug in Egypt from now , qhwayds/wsl be a risky profession |o'r . a...Qreek. , /‘lt ’-i» ~-a;gfeatkplpasiir®„ipe to -be relieved this year - of- the-, necessity ' of calling attention 1 fp. .the ,danger of -the drug . factories oh the Bosporus. Turkey , JiAs : . not,, inertly' ' been/ content with Closing. down These'faotppps, but has decided ‘ to, .join- Tattle-, With the illicit traffic by liming the cultivation of raw - opium to tiie ncods of piodicine ahd science. / -; .* ‘I amV now ' forced-."to/ begin' a new campaign—this tjnie direpfeii tho Bulgariaiv; ,Go\mrtunen ; taiT|le European centre , for v - t?.ip-» niahiiia^thre. y>f heroin destined entirely/ for th® illicit trade has no\v .mhvpd 1 frohi Istambul to the capital city of. Biiiqcyir' : Sofia.