Heroin worth Rs.35 crore seized in PunjabSeptember 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Police Friday seized 7.8 kilograms of heroin, worth Rs.35 crore, from two places in Punjab and arrested three people, said the officials. In the first seizure, police of the border district of Gurdaspur, around 250 km from here, seized five kg of heroin and arrested two smugglers.
Myanmar refugees head home from China as battles ending between government, rebelsAugust 31st, 2009 Myanmar refugees leave China as battles endingNANSAN, China — Myanmar refugees began heading home from China on Monday as fighting between government troops and a rebel militia that left more than 30 people dead appeared to be over. More than 30,000 civilian refugees streamed into China to escape the fighting, which broke out last week after hundreds of Myanmar soldiers moved into Kokang, an ethnically Chinese region in northeastern Myanmar run by a local militia.
Flow of Myanmar refugees into China dropping as fighting between army, rebels subsidesAugust 31st, 2009 Flow of Myanmar refugees into China droppingNANSAN, China — The number of refugees crossing into China to escape fighting in Myanmar fell to a trickle Monday as government forces appeared to have defeated an ethnic militia. Hundreds of rebels from the largely ethnic Chinese Kokang region have already fled clashes in northeastern Myanmar, surrendering their weapons and uniforms to Chinese border police and crossing to safety after several days of skirmishes.
Myanmar refugees head home from China as battles end between government, rebelsAugust 31st, 2009 Myanmar refugees leave China as battles endNANSAN, China — Thousands of Myanmar refugees headed home from China on Monday as fighting between government troops and a rebel militia that left more than 30 people dead appeared to be over. More than 30,000 civilian refugees streamed into China to escape the fighting, which broke out last week after hundreds of Myanmar soldiers moved into Kokang, an ethnically Chinese region in northeastern Myanmar run by a local militia.
Myanmar police arrest 6 drug trafficking suspects; state media revises amount of seized heroinAugust 27th, 2009 Myanmar police arrest 6 suspects after drug bustYANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar arrested six people after a recent drug bust that officials said Thursday was considerably smaller than initial reports in state media. An anti-drug squad seized nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets and 104 blocks of heroin totaling 80 pounds (36 kilograms) during a raid of two homes in a northeastern border town with Thailand on Monday, according to the Myanma Ahlin newspaper and an official in the Home Ministry's narcotics division.
Heroin worth Rs.1.25 bn seized at India-Pakistan borderAugust 18th, 2009 GURDASPUR - Twenty five kilograms of heroin, worth Rs.1.25 billion, was seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the India-Pakistan border in this district of Punjab Tuesday. "We have seized 25 kilograms of heroin that is worth Rs.125 crore (Rs.1.25 billion) in the international market, in the wee hours Tuesday," Jagir Singh, Punjab frontier deputy inspector general, told IANS.
25 kg of heroin seized at India-Pakistan borderAugust 18th, 2009 GURDASPUR - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized 25 kg of heroin near the India-Pakistan border in this district of Punjab Tuesday. "We have seized 25 kilograms of heroin that is worth Rs.125 crore (Rs.
Myanmar authorities seize nearly a tonne of heroinJuly 15th, 2009 BANGKOK - Myanmar authorities intercepted nearly one tonne of heroin in Shan state in one of the biggest drug busts in recent history, Thai media reports said Wednesday. The massive seizure, netting 950 kg of heroin and 340,000 methamphetamine pills, was made Monday in Tachilek, in northeastern Myanmar, the Bangkok Post reported, citing anti-narcotics officers who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Myanmar military offensive forces thousands to flee into ThailandJune 17th, 2009 MAE SOT - Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers have been forced to flee across the border into Thailand over the past few weeks as the Myanmar army steps up its assault on the Karen rebels. Myanmar's army and a pro-government militia called the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) attacked the border region near Thailand in a final push to destroy the Karen National Union (KNU), which has been fighting for independence for the last 60 years.
Guatemala seizes 9.9 million pseudoephedrine pills, record for of methamphetamine precursorJune 16th, 2009 Guatemala seizes 9.9 million pseudoephedrine pillsGUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities confiscated nearly 10 million pseudoephedrine pills worth $33 million on Tuesday — the country's biggest seizure of the methamphetamine precursor, police said. The 9.9 million pills were seized from a shipping container at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala's main port on the Pacific coast, said police spokesman Donald Gonzalez.
Myanmar's ethnic groups demand UN probe into Karen exodusJune 10th, 2009 BANGKOK - A coalition of Myanmar's ethnic groups Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council to investigate attacks on ethnic Karen villages in eastern Myanmar that have forced more than 3,000 refugees into Thailand. Since June 6, some 3,295 Karen refugees have fled from Ler Per Her camp in eastern Myanmar to Thailand, escaping attacks on the camp by the Myanmar military and their allies the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), according to border sources.
Aid group: 3,000 villagers flee to Thailand as Myanmar troops shell area near their campJune 7th, 2009 Aid group: 3,000 villagers flee Myanmar shellingBANGKOK, Thailand — More than 3,000 villagers have fled into Thailand as Myanmar troops shelled areas near their camp while fighting ethnic Karen guerrillas, one of the largest movements of refugees across the border in a decade, aid groups said Sunday. The Thailand-based Free Burma Rangers said that refugees began streaming out of the Ler Per Her camp in eastern Karen state on Friday and that Myanmar forces started launching mortar attacks Saturday morning.
Aid groups: 3,000 villagers flee to Thailand as Myanmar troops shell area near their campJune 7th, 2009 Aid groups: 3,000 villagers flee Myanmar shellingBANGKOK, Thailand — More than 3,000 ethnic Karen villagers have fled into Thailand as Myanmar troops shelled near a camp where they were sheltering, one of the largest movements of refugees across the border in a decade, aid groups said Sunday. The Thailand-based Free Burma Rangers said that refugees began streaming out of the Ler Per Her camp in eastern Karen state on Friday and that Myanmar forces started launching mortar attacks Saturday morning during fighting with Karen guerrillas.
Malaysia vows action after US senators urge stop to trafficking of Myanmar refugeesApril 24th, 2009 Malaysia vows action on Myanmar human traffickingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's prime minister vowed to investigate a scathing report by U.S. lawmakers saying thousands of Myanmar refugees were handed over to human traffickers with some ending up working in Thai brothels.
US senators urge Malaysia to stop trafficking of Myanmar refugees on border with ThailandApril 24th, 2009 US urges Malaysia to end Myanmar human traffickingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. senators urged Malaysia to probe claims by refugees from Myanmar that Malaysian immigration officials handed them over to human traffickers on Malaysia's border with Thailand.
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