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UN: Myanmar’s Militias, Rebel Armies Ramping Up Drug Trade

Bangkok – Armed groups in Myanmar’s far east, aligned both with and against the country’s military are ramping up drug production to cash in amid the turmoil that has gripped the nation since its February 2021 coup, a United Nations official told VOA this week.

Tighter security along Myanmar’s border with Thailand also seems to be funneling more of those drugs to the rest of Asia through Laos, the official added.