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    Tagged: heroin

    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 Lead Story News

    Burma, Thailand incinerate $800 million worth of drugs

    Burma remains one of the world’s largest producers of illicit drugs, including opium, heroin and methamphetamines.

    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.

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    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 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.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Govt should change tack on addicts, say experts

    The NLD’s ongoing narcotics crackdown has caught many drug addicts, but health experts say they should be treated as patients, not punished.

    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

    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.

    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.

    Kachin Lead Story News Politics

    Deadly jade rush hastens in Hpakant

    Miners have been tearing into Burma’s northern hills in recent months, in a rush to excavate more jade from the world’s richest deposits of the gemstone before a new government takes office next year.

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    Drugs Lead Story News

    Up in smoke

    Burmese police hosted a drug-burning ceremony on Friday morning at a truck terminal in Hlaing Tharyar, in the western suburbs of Rangoon.

    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.

    Crime Lead Story News Shan

    Stocks for drug-running policeman & friend

    A policeman and accomplice have been arrested for possession of ya-ba and heroin in northern Shan State.

    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.

    The dark heart of Burma’s drug epidemic video

    Drugs Lead Story News Video

    The dark heart of Burma’s drug epidemic

    In villages across northern Shan State, addiction is destroying communities.

    Crime Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing protestors say drug addicts need help

    “My husband died from drug addiction and it left me scared, angry and inconsolable,” said one protestor. “I get very upset seeing young people whose lives are dictated by their drug habit – it brings tears to my eyes.”

    Drugs Health Lead Story News

    War and drugs: a deadly combination

    KWAT reports that the escalation of drug abuse in Kachin State is fuelled by the ongoing conflict in the region.

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    Bullet Points: 14 August 2014

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    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

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    DVB talks to UNODC’s Jason Eligh

    DVB Interview International talked to Jason Eligh from UNODC,about the increase in poppy cultivation in Burma, the role the government, military and ethnic militias play and possible solutions to the county’s drug problem.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    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.

    Burma’s uphill struggle against escalating drug use video

    Features Lead Story News Video

    Burma’s uphill struggle against escalating drug use

    Burma’s poppy fields are the second main source of the world’s heroin and an increasing number of the country’s youth are becoming addicts.

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    Opium wars

    [scrollGallery id=19] Reuters accompanied Burmese officials and staff from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to Shan state recently to observe Burma’s proclaimed war on opium. Burmese police and UN[…]

    Analysis

    Where is Burma’s ‘war on methamphetamine’?

    Burma’s reinvigorated ‘war on opium’ serves to distract from the fact that the methamphetamine trade is both a far greater problem, and one that Burmese troops and members of the government play a key role in

    News Politics

    Burma MPs complicit in drug trade: report

    Seven MPs from ruling party have hand in Shan state’s lucrative heroin and methamphetamine industry, new report claims

    News Politics

    Thai, Burma police in drugs’ talks

    Senior police officials head to Naypyidaw to discuss ways in which to combat trafficking across the lengthy and porous border

    News Politics

    MP bids for stronger anti-drugs policy

    People’s Parliament representative also calls for better crop substitution schemes in a bid to halt Burma’s lucrative drug trade

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