Burma delays ‘drug-free’ deadline as production surges
Burma has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said Monday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis. China to execute Shan drug lord on Friday
The notorious drug trafficker Naw Kham will be executed by lethal injection in southern China on Friday, according to reports in the Chinese press Police seize more than 900kg of opium in Shan state
Police in southern Shan state’s Pinlaung township seized more than 900 kg of raw opium during a raid at a cave in the area after being tipped off that the site was being used to produce narcotics Burma drug production fueling SE Asian narcotics crisis
Burma is at the heart of a growing narcotics crisis in Asia that threatens public security, the UN said Wednesday, urging regional help for the impoverished nation in stemming drug production Drug lord to appeal death sentence in China
Burmese national Sai Naw Kham, who was sentenced to death by a Chinese court this week, is set to file an appeal against the ruling Chinese court hands Burmese drug trafficker death sentence
A Burmese drug smuggler and three members of his gang were sentenced to death in southwestern China on Tuesday after being convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River Opium production in Burma on the rise: UN
Opium production in Burma has risen for the sixth consecutive year, despite a government commitment to eradicate cultivation by 2014, according to a new UN report released on Wednesday Drug production, addiction on the rise in Burma
Surging production in the poppy fields and methamphetamine factories in Burma’s remote borderlands is stoking fears Thai official calls on Burma to address amphetamine production
A senior Thai politician on Thursday accused neighbouring Burma of failing to tackle drug production after 3.3 million amphetamine tablets were seized in Bangkok Drug addicts face abuse in Kachin state
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