Golden Triangle

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25 October 2023
New book ‘Narcotopia’ documents the drugs trade in the Golden Triangle
Thai national police chief general Chaktip Chaijinda (2nd-R) watches police department chemists inspect seized drugs during a press conference in Bangkok on May 11, 2018. Ten million made-in-Myanmar 'yaba' pills and nearly half a tonne of crystal meth hidden in tea packages has been seized from a convoy cars in downtown Bangkok, Thai police said. Photo: Romeo Gacad/AFPA
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08 December 2018
Thai cops kill smuggler in massive meth bust
Thai cops shot dead a smuggler and seized 15 million meth pills at a checkpoint in...
Members of UWSA (United Wa State Army) empties a packet of 'WY' also know as Ya Ba drug before they are set on fire during a drug burning ceremony to mark the UN's world anti-drugs day in Poung Par Khem, near the Thai and Myanmar border on June 26, 2017. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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08 November 2018
Meth precursors fuelling Myanmar's...
A flood of precursor chemicals into Myanmar is fuelling record meth production, officials...

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