37 Yaba factories along border in Myanmar
DNC shares list with the neighbouring country, seeking action
18th December, 2020 10:49:26
A total of 37 Yaba factories are operating in bordering areas of Myanmar while 12 nationals of the neighbouring country are involved in smuggling the deadly drug to Bangladesh through different border points, according intelligence sources.
Based on the information, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has shared a list of the Yaba factories as well as the smugglers with the Myanmar authorities, urging them to take action to this end.
In response, the neighbouring country assured the DNC of taking necessary action in this regard, said sources at the national agency tasked with controlling drugs.
37 Yaba factories along border in Myanmar
DNC shares list with the neighbouring country, seeking action
Mahabub Alam
17th December, 2020 10:58:51
A total of 37 Yaba factories are operating in bordering areas of Myanmar while 12 nationals of the neighbouring country are involved in smuggling the deadly drug to Bangladesh through different border points, according intelligence sources.
Based on the information, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has shared a list of the Yaba factories as well as the smugglers with the Myanmar authorities, urging them to take action to this end.
In response, the neighbouring country assured the DNC of taking necessary action in this regard, said sources at the national agency tasked with controlling drugs.
AFP
Myanmar s President Win Myint has called for cooperation among all sides in the Rakhine state conflict so elections can be held in the troubled state where voting was cancelled last month because of fighting, but a rare truce has held for five weeks.
Myanmar election authorities cancelled voting in conflict areas of the western state, preventing about 1.2 million voters from casting ballots in the Nov. 8 general elections won by a landslide by the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD).
Citing security reasons, authorities suspended voting in Rathedaung, Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Mrauk-U, Ponnagyun, Myebon, Kyauktaw, Minbya, and Pauktaw townships.
Those northern townships have been ravaged by a two-year-old military conflict between Myanmar forces and the rebel Arakan Army (AA) that has killed about 300 civilians, injured more than 600 others, and driven about 226,000 people into internal displacement camps.