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Police in Selangor have dismantled six separate drug trafficking networks, resulting in the seizure of 600kg of various narcotics valued at RM37.5 million and the arrest of 12 suspects.
Drug-related cases now represent nearly 44 per cent of all crimes in Laos's Xaysomboun province, with authorities calling for stronger enforcement. The security crackdown reflects a wider national campaign against trafficking.
Thai authorities have dismantled a Vietnamese-led drug trafficking operation that exploited Thailand's transit routes to move crystal methamphetamine to Japan, with drugs hidden inside jars of tamarind paste.
Thai police have launched a manhunt for a woman known online as 'RoseRose', accused of orchestrating an international drug-smuggling ring that concealed heroin in patterned bags and enlisted airline staff as couriers to Australia.