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    Former minister’s son caught at airport with firearms and drugs
    October 17, 2017in Drugs, Lead Story, News876by DVB
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    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.

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    Kawthaung police seize kratom drug haul from longboat
    September 26, 2016in Drugs, Lead Story, News, Tenasserim184by LATT KO KO OO
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    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.

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    Indian trader busted for smuggling 7 tonnes of gold from Burma
    September 20, 2016in Crime, Lead Story, News136by DVB
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    Indian trader busted for smuggling 7 tonnes of gold from Burma

    An Indian gold trader based in the northeastern state of Assam has been arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly nearly $300 million worth of gold from Burma.

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    Forestry Dept seizes 10 tons of timber from boat in Katha
    September 14, 2016in Lead Story, Logging, News, Sagaing147by THIHA SWE
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    Forestry Dept seizes 10 tons of timber from boat in Katha

    The officials, based on a tipoff, searched the boat on the Irrawaddy River and found around 10 tons of timber in a hidden compartment.

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    Search intensifies for killers of forestry officer
    June 22, 2016in Lead Story, Logging, News, Sagaing236by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Search intensifies for killers of forestry officer

    A band of illegal loggers who beat a forestry officer to death in Shwebo are still at large.

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    Rohingya citizenship off the agenda at Bangkok summit
    December 4, 2015in ASEAN, Lead Story, News, Rohingya2by REUTERS
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    Rohingya citizenship off the agenda at Bangkok summit

    Burma does not consider the Rohingya citizens, rendering them effectively stateless, while denying it discriminates against them or that they are fleeing persecution.

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