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21m ya ba tablets seized in record Myanmar bust
Reuters, Published on 30/05/2016
» YANGON -- Authorities in Myanmar seized roughly 21 million methamphetamine pills with a street value of around US$35.5 million near the border with China, state-owned media said on Monday, the country's second-largest haul of the narcotic.
Police dogs train to sniff out terror threat at Rio Olympics
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Police dogs in Brazil are more used to sniffing out drugs than explosives, but with the Olympics coming up, they have been training hard to help thwart potential terrorist attacks.
Malaysian arrested with half-tonne of cannabis
AFP, Published on 19/04/2016
» A Malaysian has been arrested for trying to smuggle more than half a tonne of cannabis into his country across the southern border, police said Tuesday.
Seize the drugs nettle
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016
» A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.
Cops seize 30kg of heroin, 1m meth pills
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/04/2016
» In a series of recent drug busts, police seized bumper hauls including 30kg of heroin and more than a million pills of various types, along with making numerous arrests.
2 nabbed in B600m 'pure meth' bust
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2016
» Two men have been arrested for possession of 285 kilogrammes of pure crystal methamphetamine, worth more than 600 million baht, police said.
Mekong nations take on Golden Triangle narco-empire
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2016
» THE MEKONG RIVER -- The Lao People's Army patrol boat was custom-made in China with night-vision capability and two of the most powerful engines on this remote stretch of the Mekong River.
Meth bust nabs two suspects
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/03/2016
» Police on Monday announced the arrest of two northern men apprehended with about 1.85 million methamphetamine tablets and four kilogrammes of crystal meth near Bangkok.
Australia seizes meth-filled bra inserts in major drugs bust
AFP, Published on 15/02/2016
» SYDNEY - Australian police have seized more than Aus$1 billion (US$712 million) in methamphetamine, or ice, some concealed in inserts for bras in one of the country's biggest drug busts, authorities said on Monday.
'Ya ice' busts net 3 dealer suspects
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/12/2015
» Police seized 24 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice, worth 70 million baht yesterday and arrested three men in two separate busts in Bangkok and Nakhon Phanom.