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.
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BRIEF – 13 kg of Burmese heroin seized in China
Police in China seized approximately 13 kilograms of heroin being trafficked from Burma, local authorities told China’s state-run Xinhua News. Police say they detained one suspect on Sunday in Yunnan[…]
Heroin use up as supply goes unchecked
Increasing numbers of young males in Kachin state are developing heroin addictions as authorities turn a blind eye to dealers
Shan army seizes ‘heroin factories’
Bases belonging to pro-junta Pa-O militia rumoured to be stocking material for heroin production raided as US releases damning drugs report
Thai heroin haul ‘traces back to Wa’
Regional narcotics experts assert that record heroin seizure made in Thailand was produced by Burma’s largest ethnic army
Burma fuelling China’s heroin crisis
Heroin transported from Shan state is dominating the market for drug users in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, which is seeing a rise in registered users
Crab exporter arrested for heroin trafficking
Jan 27, 2009 (DVB), A crab exporter from Irrawaddy division’s Bogalay township was arrested yesterday for smuggling heroin aboard a container ship, according to a witness to the arrest. The[…]
Change brewing in Burma’s poppy country?
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, so what’s behind this trend. . .
Malaysia makes record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Burma
Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Burma, and arrested six suspected traffickers.
Meditation and law: The Suu Kyi loyalist tipped for Burma’s presidency
Win Myint, the long-serving member of Burma’s ruling party who is expected to become the country’s next president within days, is described by colleagues as a skilled political operator with a crucial quality — loyalty to de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
ASEAN Drugs International Relations Lead Story News
US slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle ‘casino’ in bid to break up narco-empire
The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution.
Burma at 70: Why it’s time to end the Myanmar morality play
An argument against staging Burma’s transition as a tale of good and evil.
Burma’s opium crop plummets but no victory over Asia’s narco-boom: UN
A “dramatic” drop in opium cultivation in Burma has underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many Asian countries are struggling to combat.
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 Features Lead Story News Women's Issues
In Burma, female drug addicts searching for help have few options
Most state-run drug rehabilitation centres in Burma accept men only.
Lead Story News Women's Issues
Inspiring young girls with powerful women’s stories
A sneak peek of a new children’s book portraying 15 everyday heroines of Burma was launched last week in Rangoon.
Obituary: Olive Yang, princess turned opium warlord turned peace broker
Olive Yang, the crossdressing royal-turned-warlord, died on Thursday. She was 90.
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.
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.
UWSA warns of action after police raid Lashio office
Burma’s most powerful ethnic armed group lashes out at the government after police raid one of its offices, ratcheting up tensions following months of deadly clashes between the army and ethnic militants.
A year on, Suu Kyi struggles to move Burma on from conflict
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government took over last April amid soaring hopes among both her backers in Western governments and ordinary voters at home. A year on things look very different.
Conflict Lead Story News Peace Process
Wa leader warns no peace in sight
The head of Burma’s most powerful ethnic armed group has warned that fighting in the country’s restive borderlands has reached a critical point, threatening to derail the government’s wobbling push for peace.
Wa State suffers as fewer Chinese come to party
A crackdown on graft in China is having trans-border implications for entrepreneurs in the self-proclaimed Wa State as business slows with a tightening of visa regulations.
Farmers struggle to turn away from illicit but lucrative opium
At a remote farm about two hours away from Loikaw, capital of Karenni State, farmers scrape out raw opium from the poppies they’ve grown.
UWSA tin mine circumvents US sanctions
Wa tin likely ends up in an array of products made by US and other international companies, says a new Reuters report.
Wa army rejects US’ drug trafficking allegations
Wa leaders say that as part of its push to get rid of poppy, they relocated some 100,000 citizens – a sixth of the population.
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.
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.
Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
Overland borders to Burma open to e-visa travellers
News of the new routes is sure to well received by intrepid travellers, who no longer have to queue up at a Burmese embassy for consecutive days to get a stamp to enter the country.
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.
