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INTERPOL HEROIN CONFERENCE TO BE HE



Interpol/Drugs

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEROIN TO BE HELD IN FEBRUARY IN RANGOON

LYON (France), 13 Jan (AFP) - Interpol, the International Police
Organisation, will hold its 4th international conference on heroin from 23
to 26 February in Rangoon, Burma, according to a  press release issued on
Wednesday by Interpol, whose headquarters in in Lyon.

Interpol stated that the the aim of the conference is to to focus on the
consumption and international trafficking of heroin and to strengthen
police cooperation in this area.

The senior officers of Interpol and representatives of its 177 member
countries will take part in the conference, which is an event agreed by the
organisation at its General Assembly in Cairo,  October 1998.

(unofficial translation from the French)