YANGON, Myanmar - Raids on jungle drug labs have been met with heavy artillery fire, Myanmar narcotics police said Thursday, in an area riddled with armed groups accused of pumping out much of the world's methamphetamine.
– Raids on jungle drug labs have been met with heavy artillery fire, Myanmar narcotics police said Thursday, in an area riddled with armed groups accused of pumping out much of the world’s methamphetamine.
Myanmar is under increasingly intense pressure from its neighbors to close down the meth labs festooning lawless parts of Shan State, the heart of the notorious “Golden Triangle”. Huge stockpiles of chemicals as well as millions of dollars of ice — the highly addictive crystalized form of meth — were seized in one raid on homespun labs buried deep in the jungle.
The army and drug police initially conducted raids in the area on July 21 but were repelled by “heavy artillery” at the site, the officer said.Police seized 750 kilograms of ice worth an estimated $10.5 million along with 9,000 yaba pills — caffeine-laced meth tablets — the army said.
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