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08-26-2009, 06:15 AM
Myanmar police land huge heroin, methamphetamine haul
Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:02pm IST
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar police seized 36 kg (79 lb) of heroin and almost 3 million methamphetamine pills in a raid near the Thai border, state media reported on Wednesday.
Four people were arrested and weapons and vehicles seized on Monday when officers raided a house in a village near Tachilek, a town located in the Golden Triangle, a region between Laos, Myanmar and Thailand notorious for its thriving drugs trade.
Police seized 761 kg (1,678 lb) of heroin in a raid in the same town last month, a haul seven-times larger than the average amount of heroin seized annually in Myanmar over the past three years.
According to official statistics, Myanmar police arrested 398 people in 253 separate drug-related cases in July alone, with 777 kg (1,713 lb) of heroin, 46 kg (101 lb) of opium and more than 500,000 methamphetamine pills seized.
Myanmar is considered the world's second-largest producer of heroin after Afghanistan. Its heroin goes mainly to China and Pacific Rim countries such as Australia.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41988920090826
Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:02pm IST
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar police seized 36 kg (79 lb) of heroin and almost 3 million methamphetamine pills in a raid near the Thai border, state media reported on Wednesday.
Four people were arrested and weapons and vehicles seized on Monday when officers raided a house in a village near Tachilek, a town located in the Golden Triangle, a region between Laos, Myanmar and Thailand notorious for its thriving drugs trade.
Police seized 761 kg (1,678 lb) of heroin in a raid in the same town last month, a haul seven-times larger than the average amount of heroin seized annually in Myanmar over the past three years.
According to official statistics, Myanmar police arrested 398 people in 253 separate drug-related cases in July alone, with 777 kg (1,713 lb) of heroin, 46 kg (101 lb) of opium and more than 500,000 methamphetamine pills seized.
Myanmar is considered the world's second-largest producer of heroin after Afghanistan. Its heroin goes mainly to China and Pacific Rim countries such as Australia.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41988920090826