2021-06-10 12:05:29 GMT2021-06-10 20:05:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BANGKOK, June 10 (Xinhua) Synthetic drug market in East and Southeast Asia continued to expand despite the COVID-19 impacts, with production and trafficking surging in 2020, according to a report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday.
Methamphetamine seizures have increased substantially in the region despite COVID-19 restrictions, according to the report titled Synthetic Drugs in East and Southeast Asia: latest developments and challenges 2021.
In 2020, the region s methamphetamine seizures amounted to 170 tonnes, surging 19 percent from 2019, according to the report, which did not provide the value of the seizures.
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