There’s been a steady decline in the cultivation of opium poppy in recent years. From 2015 to 2017, the production of poppy has decreased from 54,000 hectares to 41,000 hectares,…
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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.
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.
How India helps fuel Burma's meth boom
A surge in pseudoephedrine smuggled in from India is key to the boom in Burma’s methamphetamine production, say police and narcotics experts.
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.
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.