YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar's largest city Friday as authorities burned more than 50 tons of heroin,
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city Friday as authorities burned more than 50 tons of heroin, opium, ketamine, methamphetamine, marijuana and crystal meth — some $600 million of confiscated illegal drugs destroyed nationwide.
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has a long history of drug production linked to political and economic insecurity caused by decades of armed conflict.
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Authorities in Myanmar burned more than 50 tonnes of confiscated narcotics on Friday in a nationwide destruction, sending thick…
YANGON: Officials in Myanmar’s major cities destroyed about $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs Thursday. The…
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Tjock, svart rök vällde mot himlen i utkanten av Myanmars största stad Rangoon (Yangon) på fredagen.
De autoriteiten van Myanmar hebben vrijdag op verschillende plekken in het land grote partijen drugs vernietigd. Het in totaal om…
epaselect epa12198062 Firemen stand near a burning pile of illegal drugs during a 'Destruction Ceremony of Seized Narcotic Drugs'…
