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Illegal drugs before sit on display before a destruction ceremony held to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yangon. Photo: Nyeini Chan Naing/EPA
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24 August 2019
Myanmar’s illegal drug crisis a ‘serious issue’, says expert
(File) A Myanmar security official stands next to stacks of seized Heroin to be burned in a incinerator at a ceremony in Yangon. Photo: AFP
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11 December 2018
Myanmar seizes heroin haul worth $4.7m: police
Myanmar has seized 370 kilogrammes (815 pounds) of heroin worth $4.7 million during a...
(File) Bags of methamphetamine pills seized by the Thai narcotic police department. Photo: AFP
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26 November 2018
Five suspected drug traffickers gunned down in...
Five suspected drug traffickers were killed in a clash with Thai army troops in Thai-...
Members of UWSA (United Wa State Army) empties a packet of 'WY' also know as Ya Ba drug before they are set on fire during a drug burning ceremony to mark the UN's world anti-drugs day in Poung Par Khem, near the Thai and Myanmar border on June 26, 2017. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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08 November 2018
Meth precursors fuelling Myanmar's...
A flood of precursor chemicals into Myanmar is fuelling record meth production, officials...