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Myanmar torches drugs haul but struggles to curb trafficking

Myanmar’s military government has torched hundreds of kilos of narcotics worth some 148 million dollars, in its latest effort to convince the world that it is cracking down on rampant drug production. Myanmar is the world’s second-largest producer of opium and a major producer of amphetamines, which flow easily through the nation’s border regions that are largely outside government control. Full Story