A man standing trial on drug charges has escaped from a jail truck in Shan State, after a group of armed men stopped the truck on its way to the…
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Green tea packages unveiled as crystal meth
Six Burmese nationals have been arrested in Thailand, after they were caught smuggling 14kgs of crystal methamphetamine disguised as green tea.
The dark heart of Burma's drug epidemic
In villages across northern Shan State, addiction is destroying communities.
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Drug-laden truck crashes in Shan State
A man carrying almost 50,000 methamphetamine pills with an estimated street value of K93.6m (US$93,000) was arrested by police after crashing his truck after a high-speed chase, Monday.
Judges sacked in corruption probe
Oct 15, 2009 (DVB), Two senior judges and one legal advisor in Burma's northeastern Shan state have been sacked after government officials accused them of corruption in a drugs trial,…