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Laos makes second-biggest meth seizure as UN warns of surge in drug production

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36.5 million methamphetamine tablets seized in northwestern province of Bokeo. U.N. expert on the illicit drug trade says seizure reflects breakdown of security in Southeast Asia. Laos is a poor, sparsely inhabited landlocked country with a reputation for corruption. Thailand is a major market for drugs from Myanmar, which are also shipped onward to other countries.

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Associated Press News

Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine, a development that a U.N. expert on the illicit drug trade said Saturday reflects a breakdown of security in Southeast Asia.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown

Police in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine

2 years ago·United States

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Irish Independent

UN warns of Asian security breakdown as Laos makes major meth bust

Police in Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine, which a UN expert on the illicit drug trade said reflects a breakdown of security in south-east Asia.

2 years ago·Ireland

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The Washington Post

Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown

Police in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine

2 years ago

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South China Morning Post

Laos: big meth bust, UN warns of security breakdown

‘Organised crime treat the Mekong region like a playground,’ the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said after the 36.5 million meth pill haul; warning of a surge in drug production and trafficking.

2 years ago·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

Laos makes second-biggest meth seizure as UN warns of surge in drug production

BANGKOK: Laos police have made their second-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs, uncovering 36 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said Saturday (Jan 29). The raid in the northern province of Bokeo came three months after officers netted Asia's biggest ever haul in the same ar

2 years ago·Singapore

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