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Opium eradication begins despite armed threat

The Kachin State based anti-narcotics vigilante group Pat Ja San began destroying poppy fields in eastern Myitkyina district on Tuesday, with the protection of a security detail.

Tensions high as vigilantes prepare to slash Kachin opium fields

Tensions are high in Kachin state as members of anti-drug vigilante group Pat Ja San faced off with local opium farmers on Monday.

Golden Triangle opium revival spreads to India

Poppy cultivation has rapidly expanded in the Burmese and Laos parts of the Golden Triangle, to feed new demands for heroin, chiefly in China, according to a report released Monday.

Chin rebels supply rice for opium eradicators

The Chin National Front says that it will provide bags of rice to villagers affected by a drug eradication activity conducted in Tonzang Township and Cikha Sub-township in Chin State.

Opium production up 26 percent in Burma, says UN

Opium production in Burma increased 26 percent in 2013 to an estimated 870 tonnes, the highest since assessments by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) began cooperating with the Burmese government in 2002.

Police seize more than 900kg of opium in Shan state

Police in southern Shan state’s Pinlaung township seized more than 900 kg of raw opium during a raid at a cave in the area after being tipped off that the site was being used to produce narcotics

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