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55 Myanmar Nationals Among 385 Held In Mizoram For Drug Smuggling In 2023: Cops

At least 55 Myanmar nationals were arrested in Mizoram in connection with cases of drug smuggling last year, police said on Sunday.

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Manipur Sharpens Narcotics Force, To Restart Anti-Poppy Cultivation Drive Along Myanmar Border

Nearly five months since ethnic clashes began in Manipur, some early signs tell of delicate normalcy. Amid this, the Manipur government has sharpened its task force to deal with drug trafficking and narcotics.

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Asian Synthetic Drug Trade Continues to Surge, UN Says

Regional methamphetamine seizures dropped slightly in 2022, according to the U.N., but other indicators suggest that the supply “has remained very high or unchanged.”

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Thailand Tightens Laws on Meth Possession Amid Regional Drug Boom

In recent years, Myanmar-based drug syndicates have driven a regional boom in the production of amphetamine-style stimulants.

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Opium Cultivation Jumps in Myanmar Amid Post-Coup Crisis, UN Says

As the formal economy has atrophied, black markets and illicit trades have expanded their reach

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Ice and Instability: Illicit Financial Flows Along Thailand's Borders – The Diplomat

The country’s law enforcement operations have done little to shrink the narcotics trade amid a pandemic-related supply glut and instability in Myanmar.

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Lao Authorities Seize Another Huge Shipment of Methamphetamine

The country’s four largest meth seizures on record have come over the past 15 months – striking evidence of the scale of the recent Mekong drug production boom.

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1B Meth Pills: East, Southeast Asia Drug Industry Hits Ominous Peak

The U.N. drug agency claims that last year’s seizures of methamphetamine were seven times higher than the amount seized 10 years ago.

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Online Trade in Engandered Wildlife Booming in Myanmar Since Coup

The World Wildlife Fund claims that illegal online transactions of endangered wildlife products rose 74 percent in 2021.

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Illicit Drug Production Has Surged Since Myanmar's Coup – The Diplomat

The chaos that has enveloped the country since the military takeover has been a gift to the country’s drug trafficking syndicates.

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