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    Tagged: drugs

    Lead Story News

    Police seize drugs worth over $1 million in Shan and Karen State

    Drugs worth approximately 1.6 billion kyat ($1.15 million USD) were seized in Shan State over the weekend.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Police raid KIO compound in Myitkyina

    The KIO spokesman said, “They ransacked the compound under the pretext that they were searching for drugs. But this is not how one conducts a drug investigation.”

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Thais’ random drug testing irks Burmese

    “Conducting these urine tests on people violates their dignity,” says Tachileik governor.

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    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.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Former minister’s son caught at airport with firearms and drugs

    Airport police said they found two pistols, 72 bullets, 12 methamphetamine pills, 1.5 grammes of powdered methamphetamine, and three walkie-talkies.

    Lead Story Media News

    Hsipaw court returns items confiscated from 3 journalists

    The trio – DVB’s Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Aung, and The Irrawaddy’s Lawi Weng – were arrested at a checkpoint while returning from TNLA territory.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Thai murder drama moves to Burma

    Burmese authorities are scrambling to locate three Thai women allegedly involved in the murder of a 22-year-old karaoke bar worker.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Over 100 arrested on drug charges during Burma’s water festival

    The number of drug-related arrests during the Thingyan water festival was higher than last year, Burma’s national police announced today.

    Chin Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News Uncategorized

    Kuki villagers call for halt to gold mining

    Ethnic villagers in Sagaing Division say that gold mining along the fourth largest river in Burma is ruining farmland and causing tension in the community

    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.

    Drugs Lead Story News Shan

    Shan State police seize 67kg of heroin hidden under SUV

    The police deputy-commander said that drugs are frequently seized at Takaw Bridge, but this was the biggest seizure at that checkpoint so far this year.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Korean aid worker caught with drugs in Taungoo

    On the back seat of a minivan driven by Vigen Myanmar coordinator Sangbeom Lee, police found a bag containing 1,678 ya-ba pills.

    Lead Story News Peace Process Shan

    Shan army accuses govt of violating NCA

    The Shan State Army-South accuses the Burmese army of arbitrarily detaining civilians during clashes in central Shan State’s Mong Kung Township.

    Conflict Drugs Lead Story News Shan

    Shans claim Burma army attacked drug rehab centre

    According to the SSA-S, the Burmese army provoked a firefight when it raided what the Shan militia claims was a drug rehabilitation camp in Tonlaung.

    Drugs Lead Story News Tenasserim

    Kawthaung police seize kratom drug haul from longboat

    Kawthaung’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force say they found 299 bags of kratom leaves, with a street value placed at 4.119m kyat.

    Drugs Kachin Lead Story News

    Mob armed with swords & clubs break free drug suspect in Kachin

    A policeman was injured in the melee when more than 20 men broke free a suspect caught by police with a stash of drugs in a forest.

    Arakan Drugs Lead Story News

    Arakan police seize 6m speed pills stashed in brickworks

    Maungdaw police told DVB the drugs were seized in two separate locations – one being a stash of over 6.2m pills found hidden among a brickworks site.

    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

    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”.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News

    Burma, Thailand vow to ‘seal off’ Golden Triangle

    The two countries say they will strengthen efforts to block drugs coming out of the Golden Triangle and prevent drug precursors being trafficked into the region.

    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.

    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

    Burmese police mark anti-drugs day with bonfires

    US$50 million of narcotics were burned in ceremonies in Rangoon, Mandalay and Taunggyi to mark the International Day against Drug Trafficking and Abuse.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Puppy to sniff out crime in Sagaing

    An Alsatian puppy has become the newest addition to the police department in Sagaing Division’s Kale District, helping in the fight against crime and drugs.

    Drugs Feature Kachin Lead Story News

    Jade miners’ dreams of fortune turn into tragedy of addiction

    Tens of thousands of poor men from across Burma seek their fortune at Hpakant’s jade mines, only to see their lives ruined by drug addiction.

    Drugs Lead Story Mandalay Division News Sagaing

    Police seize drugs in Sagaing, Mandalay

    Massive quantities of speed and some heroin have been seized in Sagaing Division and Mandalay as police claim a chain of successes.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Opium production, a scourge of Burma’s north, is spreading to Chin State

    Opium production, long a problem in Kachin and Shan states, is now appearing in parts of Chin State affected by conflict on the Indian border.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

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