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Myanmar army shows off $100m 'sea of meth'
Published on 07/03/2020
» KAWNGHKA, Shan State: Sacks of heroin and methamphetamine are laid out in endless rows in a remote Myanmar border zone during a rare raid in the heart of Southeast Asia’s infamous Golden Triangle.
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.
Suu Kyi to US envoy: Don't say 'Rohingya'
Published on 07/05/2016
» Myanmar recognizes 135 ethnic groups within its borders. But the people who constitute No. 136? They are the-people-who-must-not-be-named.
Myanmar seizes 2.4m meth pills
AFP, Published on 25/08/2014
» Myanmar's navy has seized about 2.4 million <i>ya ba</i> tablets hidden in a ship, a record haul of the drug in the country, police said Monday.
Shan vow to wipe out drugs
AFP, Published on 19/05/2012
» Rebels engaged in peace talks with Myanmar's government pledged on Saturday to wipe out drugs in Shan state, where much of the country's opium and amphetamines are produced.