Second Man Arrested In Plot To Kidnap Onassis Heiress

GENEVA - Geneva police said yesterday they had arrested a Swiss man on suspicion of having taken part in an alleged plan to kidnap Athina Onassis Roussel, the second arrest since the plot was made public earlier this month.

The 36-year-old man was arrested Monday in Geneva upon his return from the United States, according to police spokesman Jacques Volery.

He declined to give further details about the suspect's involvement in the alleged plot to kidnap Athina, sole heir of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

The 12-year-old, whose fortune is estimated at $3 billion, lives with her French father Thierry Roussel, Swedish stepmother and the couple's three children in Vaud canton near Lausanne.

Geneva investigating magistrate Jacques Delieutraz has named seven Israelis in an international arrest warrant on suspicion of attempted kidnapping. Swiss authorities have asked Italy to extradite Ronen Balulu, one of the seven wanted Israelis, who was arrested in Milan on Nov. 10.

Former opium warlord moved to Burma military compound

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Former opium warlord Khun Sa has moved to a military compound after claims by the Burmese government that U.S. officials were trying to nab him, Thai narcotics officers and sources close to Khun Sa said today.

Khun Sa, who surrendered to Burmese troops in January 1996, is wanted by the United States, where he has been indicted on various counts of drug trafficking.

But the Burmese government refused to extradite Khun Sa after his surrender, saying it would deal with him under Burmese law.

Khun Sa used to command more than 20,000 guerrillas and portrayed himself as a freedom fighter, but international drug agencies accused him of using his troops to protect his heroin business in the Golden Triangle.

Canadian pharmaceutical firm evacuated by bomb threat

MONTREAL - The headquarters of Canadian AIDS drug maker BioChem Pharma in the Montreal suburb of Laval was evacuated this morning after police received a telephone bomb threat, police said.

The bomb threats came the day after four bombs exploded at BioChem Pharma's Laval headquarters and plant in north-end Montreal.

The explosions injured no one and caused only minor damage to the facilities.

Lawyer who had represented Mexican drug lord missing

MEXICO CITY - A lawyer who represented the late drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes is missing, news reports say.

The disappearance of Sergio Aguilar comes just three weeks after the bodies of three of Carrillo Fuentes' doctors turned up tortured, strangled, burned and stuffed in oil drums. The three had participated in the July 4 plastic surgery that ended up costing Carrillo Fuentes his life.

Aguilar missed a court date yesterday in Mexico City, and relatives have not heard from him, Television Azteca reported.