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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

March 24, 1983

US agents arrested at least 31 people allegedly involved in a major marijuana smuggling operation from Colombia. Most of the initial arrests were in Florida and Virginia, following a raid on the Florida Aircraft Leasing Corporation in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Warrants are out for about 50 other people.