“Off the charts” – biggest drug seizure in decades

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Tue May 19, 2020 9:52 am

Going on the assumption they bust 10% of the total,
thats a HUGE amount being produced for the worlds consumption.

Authorities seized 200 million methamphetamine tablets (yaba), more than 500 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (ice), and 35.5 tonnes and 163,000 thousand litres of precursor chemicals used to manufacture illicit drugs. They also seized nearly 3,750 litres of liquid methylfentanyl, used to manufacture the powerful synthetic opioid-like drug fentanyl. They also seized 300 kilograms of heroin.

The result is an unprecedented explosion in the synthetic drug trade. The methamphetamine market in East and South east Asia is now valued around $61.4 billion a year, according to the UNODC report.

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/o ... in-decades

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue May 19, 2020 9:55 am

In case anyone was wondering, this drug bust happened in Shan state, Myyanmar.

“Truly off-the-charts.” That was the assessment of Jeremy Douglas from the UN Office of Drugs and Crime talking about a major drug seizure in Myanmar’s northern Shan state

canucklhead · Post by **canucklhead** » Tue May 19, 2020 10:01 am

Thought it sounded familiar. Already a thread.

Ghostwriter · Post by **Ghostwriter** » Tue May 19, 2020 7:13 pm

That's a shitload of doses....

Either many people are gonna miss it and troubles might ensue, either it's just a fart in the wind and then the mind boggles how much really is produced....

Hopefully this shit won't go west ?

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue May 19, 2020 7:46 pm

canucklhead wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 10:01 am Thought it sounded familiar. Already a thread.

Yes, there was a thread on this topic started last night, only 4 lines under this new thread.
the-rest-the-world/whole-lotta-drugs-t3 ... ml#p422797

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