Myanmar troops seized $7 million worth of narcotics, precursors and equipment in a raid on drug labs in the restive north, the Army said on Monday, as it continues a war against ethnic rebels accused of profiting from the drug trade.
Soldiers and local officials found 259 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 120 kg of opium in a sweep of the illicit drugs factory spread across 34 buildings near lwalkhan, a village in war-hit Shan state near the Chinese border.
The Army statement, posted on the commander-in-chiefs Facebook page, also listed in rare detail the seized drug-producing equipment and precursors, including hundreds of barrels of acid and diesel, 750 bags of caustic soda, 22 freezers, 12 generators and huge caches of caffeine and other chemicals.