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named as defendants were a
group of narcotic wholesalers
and the aforementioned employe
of the Treasury Department.
The employe has since entered a
plea of guilty to the indictment.
3 Peddlers Arrested.
In September of 1949, Jessie
Jeffers. a narcotic peddler, was
arrested in the District of CO.
lumbia. At the time of his
arrest. Jeffers had in his possess
sion a quantity of legitimate
cocaine. The Federal Bureau of
Narcotics thereafter initiated an
investigation to find out how
this peddler CAME into the pos
session of the aforementioned
legitimate cocaine.
On March IT, 1850, a District
supervisor of the Federal Bu-
reau of Narcotics. who had been
conducting the aforementioned
investigation, made an official
report to the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics. In this report, the
District supervisor stated that
some of the drugs which were
found in the possession Of Jessie
Jeffers had originally been
turned in to the Federal Bureau
of Narcotics by a medical clinic
and had thereafter been sent to
the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
drug disposal room in Wash
ington, D. c for storage.
Apparently due to negligence,
this report was not brought to
the attention of any of the Of
ficials of the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics. Consequently. no fur
ther investigation of the drug
thefts was conducted until
Agent Marvin r. Fullmer un-
covered evidence of further
thefts from the Federal Mar
cotic drug disposal room.
1t is the belief of the grand
jury, that. had the Federal Bu-
reau of Narcotics continued it's
investigation concerning narcotic
thefts from the drug disposal
room in 1850. it would have
been impossible for the afore-
mentioned Treasury Department
employe to have continued these
thefts until January of 1852
1t is the further belief of this
grand jury that the inadequate
and unorthodoX method of IN
vestigation adopted by the Fed
eral Bureau of Narcotics as con-
Germs the theft of drugs from
the drug disposal room greatly
hampered the grand jury in
procuring the proper evidence
upon which to return indict-
ments. The grand jury, in
conclusion. believes that had a
proper inventory system been
used in accounting for narcotic
drugs stored in the Federal Mar
cotic drug disposal room, these
| drug thefts would have been
discovered almost Immediately.
RECOMMENDATIONS
l. That the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics be directed to correct
the apparent negligence existing
/ In that bureau.
! 2. That the Chief of the WASH
ington Field Office of the Federal
Bureau of Narcotics. the Chief of
the Metropolitan Police Narcotics
Squad, and the Chief of the
Division of Investigation of the
United States Attorneys Office
should meet bi-monthly to CO.
ordinate joint attack upon the
narcotic traffic in this city.
3. That the system of record
ing and storing of all confiscated
drugs be Immediately revised
and that a physical inventory be
taken monthly.
4. That the salaries Of agents
of the Federal Bureau of Mar
cotics and all the members of the
Metropolitan Police Department
be increased to a wage scale
commensurate with their respon-
slbility and corresponding with
similar positions in the field Of
business and industry; that their
opportunities for promotion
should be enhanced.
5. That a law be enacted au-
thorizing an officer to search
any person whom he has prob
able cause to believe is in pos
session of narcotic drugs or drug
addiction paraphernalia.
6. That all drug stores. etc.
be required to report any large
purchases of Quinine hydrochlo-
ride. milk sugar or capsules to
the Metropolitan Police Narcot-
les Squad.
I. That greater facilities be
established in local hospitals
and the District Jail for the
purposes of treating incarcer-
ated addicts during their with
drawal period.
8. That more hospitals similar
to the one in Lexington, KY.
be erected throughout the coun-
try for the treatment of con-
victed addicts.
| 9. That the United States At
torney's Office should be author
lied to employ at least four
investigators for its Division of
Investigation.
10. That a special fund be
established for the use of the
| Division of Invest loo fioy, of tho