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Subject: NEWS- (MAYBE) - Six Narcotic Drug Refineries Uncovered in Myanmar

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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.