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    113 Search results for "methamphetamine"

    Analysis

    Where is Burma’s ‘war on methamphetamine’?

    Burma’s reinvigorated ‘war on opium’ serves to distract from the fact that the methamphetamine trade is both a far greater problem, and one that Burmese troops and members of the government play a key role in

    News

    Methamphetamine use ‘rapidly’ rising in Burma

    Nov 27, 2009 (DVB), Figures released by the United Nations' drugs agency show that use of methamphetamine in Burma is on the rise, and is having an increasingly detrimental effect[…]

    Lead Story News

    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. . .

    Features Lead Story Yangon

    The battle over Yangon’s Dala bridge

    Bridges over major rivers can transform local, as well as national, economies. But not everyone is in favour of building a $168 million bridge linking the congested downtown of Yangon with the poor and rural township of Dala to the south.

    Lead Story News

    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.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    ASEAN Drugs Lead Story News

    ASEAN looks to tackle organised crime

    ASEAN member states met at the United Nations to set up a framework for border control cooperation as latest statistics showed that illicit trade and organised crime amounts to $100 billion in the region.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Over 500,000 pills seized in latest Maungdaw drug bust

    More than 500,000 methamphetamine tablets were seized between Zula and Makyee Kone villages in Rakhine State on Wednesday morning, according to the Maungdaw district police force.

    Crime Lead Story Nayyidaw News

    Guns and drugs case involving ex-minister’s son ensnares over a dozen suspects

    A total of 15 people, including the son of a former Union minister, will face charges following the seizure of a large cache of weaponry and illicit narcotics last month in Naypyidaw, the Myanmar Police Force has announced.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Phyo Ko Ko Tint San faces more charges in weapons smuggling case

    The son of Burma’s former sports minister Tint San is also charged for possessing uniforms and logos of the Burmese military and police force.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Explosives, drugs seized in Maungdaw

    Acting on a tip-off from residents in Letphwekya Village, security forces uncovered the cache of weapons beside a riverbank.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Burma

    Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Burma, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country.

    Arakan Drugs Lead Story News

    Soldiers busted with speed pills in Maungdaw

    The two soldiers were caught with 180,000 methamphetamine pills in their jeep.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Murders, masked men spook Rohingya in Bangladesh camps

    Sources say a struggle for control of supplies to some makeshift refugee camps for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh is behind recent violence and the presence of masked men roaming the dark streets of the camps at night.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Thai murder drama moves to Burma

    Burmese authorities are scrambling to locate three Thai women allegedly involved in the murder of a 22-year-old karaoke bar worker.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Bangladesh to ban cold pill chemical to fight meth surge blamed on Burma

    Bangladesh is to ban the import of the cold-medicine component pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in illicit methamphetamine production, anti-narcotics officials said, after purchases spiked in tandem with a boom in the illegal drug “ya ba.”

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya refugees sucked into booming Bangladesh drug trade

    Bangladesh says the influx of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Burma is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use in its cities.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News Tenasserim

    Warrant issued after drug trail leads to military intel officer

    Authorities in the coastal town of Myeik, Tenasserim Division, have issued an arrest warrant for a military intelligence officer with alleged connections to the illicit narcotics trade.

    Arakan Crime Drugs Lead Story News

    Monk arrested in Maungdaw after monastery raid uncovers yaba stash

    As part of a recently launched crackdown on illegal narcotics in Arakan State, Burmese police seized over 4.6 million yaba pills in Maungdaw Township allegedly belonging to a monk, who has been accused of stashing the drugs in his monastery.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Through reclusive Wa, China’s reach extends into Suu Kyi’s Burma

    China is extending its considerable influence in Wa State, a self-administered statelet in Burma the size of Belgium

    Farmers struggle to turn away from illicit but lucrative opium video

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

    Business Lead Story News

    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.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Korean drug suspect’s translator arrested

    The translator for a South Korean NGO worker under police investigation for alleged possession of yaba pills has been detained, according to local police.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Northern Arakan tense a day after attacks

    Tensions are high in Maungdaw Township as security forces move into the area near Burma’s border with Bangladesh a day after a series of attacks on police.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    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.

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