Wa claims victory (Burma: The war of the Wa for heroin and methamphetamines?)

Shan Herald Agency for News ^ | 14 April 2005

[ZayYa]

....according to a local ethnic Chinese businessman "I'm expecting 20 more trucks coming this evening," he told a family friend. "The last convoy had already brought in 4,000 blocks (1 block = 350 gm) of heroin. I know many will not agree with me but this war is certainly good for business."

According to an earlier reports, the Wa have already shipped down at least 1.4 tons of heroin and 14 million pills of methamphetamines to the border on 11 April.

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[FBRhawk]

Who is running the drug trade now that Khin Nyut has been forced out? The heroin is bad enough but the meth (called ya-ba) is very cheap and addictive and comes in chocolate and strawberry flavors - just right for addicting kids. God bless all of the suffering in Burma and best wishes for the KNLA and SSA in their struggle for freedom.