Narcotic Drugs Destroyed in Laiza
June 27, 2005

The Kachin Post

The Kachin Independence Organization, KIO, yesterday destroyed heroin, black opium and methamphetamine pills in Burma’s northern town of Laiza to commemorate the international anti-drugs day on June 26.

Officials from KIO’s drugs eradication committee, Chinese guests and over 1,600 local people attended the ceremony held in the soccer field of Laiza, a border town closed to China.

The leader of KIO’s drugs eradication committee Brigadier Zawng Buk Htan said, KIO has been waging war on drugs since 1991 by its own effort, without any international support.

The drugs—which were seized in Laiza—destroyed in yesterday’s ceremony were 57.6 kg of black opium, 27575 speed pills and unmeasured 20 packs of heroin.

The KIO launched the first major war on drugs in 1991, second in 2002 and third in 2004.