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    Tagged: drug trafficking

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Malaysia makes record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Burma

    Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Burma, and arrested six suspected traffickers.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Explosives, drugs seized in Maungdaw

    Acting on a tip-off from residents in Letphwekya Village, security forces uncovered the cache of weapons beside a riverbank.

    Arakan Drugs Lead Story News

    Soldiers busted with speed pills in Maungdaw

    The two soldiers were caught with 180,000 methamphetamine pills in their jeep.

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    Drugs Lead Story News

    Govt says it is drafting new drug control policy

    A new national drug control policy is being drafted and will be implemented by the end of this year, according to Burma’s Ministry of Home Affairs.

    Drugs International Relations Lead Story News

    Burma to arrest 18 key drug fugitives: Thai narcotics official

    Burma will arrest 18 major drug fugitives while seeking Thai development projects to end drug production among its border people, according to Thailand’s narcotics control chief.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya refugees sucked into booming Bangladesh drug trade

    Bangladesh says the influx of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Burma is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use in its cities.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Drug smuggler, thought to be Burmese ethnic, shot dead in Thailand

    The unidentified man was found lying dead with a green rucksack on his back containing methamphetamine pills.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Korean drug suspect’s translator arrested

    The translator for a South Korean NGO worker under police investigation for alleged possession of yaba pills has been detained, according to local police.

    Crime Drugs International Relations Lead Story News

    Burma joins neighbours in policing Mekong

    Burma, China, Thailand and Laos open an operations centre in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai Province for criminal suppression and prevention on the Mekong River.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Burma jumps on discredited ‘drug war’ bandwagon

    Burma, along with other countries in Asia, is stepping up its efforts to stem a growing tide of drugs, but its approach is unlikely to succeed, say experts.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News

    MPs call for stronger action on drugs

    Lawmakers join military officials in urging the government to step up efforts to stem the growing problem of drug trafficking in Burma.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News

    Govt admits war on drugs is failing

    Past efforts to stem Burma’s burgeoning drug problem have failed, said Burma’s home affairs minister, as he called for new policies to tackle the issue “from various angles”.

    Arakan Drugs Lead Story News

    Arakan border police arrested for drug possession

    Seven border police personnel in Arakan State are under investigation after more than 290,000 pills were discovered at an outpost on the Burma-Bangladesh border.

    Drugs Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘Imprisonment of users is not effective’

    Aye Aye Mu, the NLD MP for Kale Township, talks about the growing drug crisis in Sagaing Division.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News

    Thailand re-thinks ‘lost’ war on drugs

    As Thailand’s prison population soars, Thailand is admitting defeat in its more than decade-old war on drugs.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Addicts drown in a town awash with drugs

    Kalay, a major trading town in Sagaing Division, pays a heavy price for its strategic location near the Indian border, as police fight in vain against a flood of drugs.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News

    Suspects in massive drug haul still at large: police

    A year after more than US$100 million worth of methamphetamine tablets was seized from an abandoned truck in Rangoon, police say the main suspects remain at large.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Wa group deny drug suspect is deputy-chair

    The Wa National Organisation claims it had cut ties with its former deputy-chairman, Ta Maha, who is currently being held by Thai police on drug charges.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    $36 million drug bust near the China border

    Authorities in Burma seize roughly 21 million methamphetamine pills with a street value of around US$35.5 million, in the country’s second largest haul of the contraband.

    Kokang Lead Story News

    Find Peng Jiasheng, Burmese military tells Thais

    Burmese military officials have called on their Thai counterparts to help capture Kokang rebel leader Peng Jiasheng who they claim is hiding in Thailand.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    New bridge to Laos stokes drug trafficking fears

    While the opening of the first Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge brings economic benefits, it has also raised concerns over drug trafficking.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Police bust amphetamine smugglers on Moei River

    Thai police have seized a large amount of amphetamine pills on an alluvial island in the Moei River, underneath the Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge.

    ASEAN Crime Lead Story News

    Will ASEAN be a conduit for transnational organised crime?

    Organised crime businesses in ASEAN countries is in the order of US$100 billion per year – that is no less than the combined economies of Brunei, Cambodia and Laos.

    Drugs Lead Story News Protest

    Drug protests spread to Moenyin

    Protestors say local authorities have failed to tackle serious drug problems in the area, which is rife with heroin and methamphetamine use.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Mekong bloc unites to fight drug trafficking

    Drug enforcement officers from Burma, Thailand, Laos and China will be posted to Chiang Mai as they look to ramp up the fight against drug trafficking in the Mekong region.

    Mae Sot ‘hundi’ operator arrested for links to drug trade video

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Mae Sot ‘hundi’ operator arrested for links to drug trade

    The suspected lynchpin of a cross-border drug racket between Burma and Thailand has been arrested in Mae Sot when 100 Thai troops and police raided a house in the border town on Sunday.

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