BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has seen a surge in illegal drugs trafficked from neighbouring Myanmar and a sharp increase in methamphetamines and heroin seizures, as a civil war adds fuel to the ...

Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar's northeast used to descend on dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save their communities from a meth-induced health crisis sweeping the country ...

China should rein in the methamphetamine-producing militias under its influence in eastern Myanmar and stem the flow of precursor chemicals fuelling the multi-billion-dollar drug trade, a report ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Officials in Myanmar's major cities destroyed about $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs Thursday. The destroyed drugs included opium, heroin, methamphetamine, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Seizures of high-purity crystal methamphetamine have surged more than tenfold in Thailand over the past two years, statistics show, a stark indicator of the growth in ...

The military says it stepping up its fight against narcotics, without reckoning with its own role in the recent boom in production. Myanmar’s military junta is “facing challenges” in stemming opium ...

Myanmar's junta said Jan. 14 it had captured three record-sized jungle laboratories responsible for making a third of all the methamphetamine seized in the country last year. The Southeast Asian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The drug burst happened after police officers stopped a pick-up truck in central Nakhon Nayok province on Friday following ...