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NEWS- (MAYBE) - Six Narcotic Drug R
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- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:37:00
Subject: NEWS- (MAYBE) - Six Narcotic Drug Refineries Uncovered in Myanmar
- Shan State
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Six Narcotic Drug Refineries Uncovered in Myanmar - Shan State
Xinhua
09-MAR-99
YANGON (March 10) XINHUA - The Myanmar authorities
have uncovered a total of six narcotic drug refineries
this
year.
These included the one jointly seized on March 5 by local
intelligence unit, army units and defense services
intelligence unit in the ravine covered by dense forests
located six miles from Takkanine village in the northern
Shan
state, official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar
reported Wednesday.
According to official statistics, a total of 21 opium
refineries
were destroyed in the country in 1998 by the authorities
along with 403.8 kilos of heroin and 5,393.6 kilos of
opium
as well as 16.02 million stimulant drug tablets seized.
The statistics also showed that there were 61,236
hectares
of poppy cultivation in the country in 1998 that would
yield
665.28 tons of raw opium and could be refined into 66.52
tons of heroin.