Tag: Opium
Thai Cabinet Approves Opium and Magic Mushroom Trial for Medicine
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Cabinet has given the green light to a draft royal decree that permits the cultivation of opium and magic mushrooms for [Read More…]
Soldiers seize 81.6kg of opium following clash in Chiang Mai
CHIANG MAI: Soldiers seized over 80 kilogrmmes of opium following an exchange of gunfire with a group of drug smugglers along the Thai-Myanmar border in [Read More…]
Thai Army boasts major crackdown on opium farms in the North
Anti-narcotics authorities have eradicated more than 1,600 rai of opium poppy farmlands in the North over the past year, but recently discovered three major drug [Read More…]
Shan drug kingpin suspect may not be extradited to Thailand
BANGKOK, April 29 – Jai Norkham, a suspected ethnic Shan drug kingpin with alleged involvement in the killing of 13 Chinese shipping crewmen last year [Read More…]
Drug lords join Burmese Parliament
The so-called elected government of Burma continue to turn a blind eye to the spike in opium cultivation and drug production in government-controlled areas in [Read More…]
Thailand to burn illegal drugs worth US$82 million
BANGKOK, Sept 16 – More than 800 kg of illicit drugs, seized in over 130,000 cases, will be burnt at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate [Read More…]
Golden Triangle Expects Bumper Opium Crop in 2011
The year 2011 is expected to bring about an influx of opium from the Golden Triangle into Thailand. Most is expected to come from Myanmar. [Read More…]
More than $9 million in opium sent from Thailand seized at JFK airport
New York (CNN) — Authorities in New York seized more than $9 million worth of opium hidden inside a shipment of porcelain figurines last month [Read More…]
