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Photos: On Anti-Drugs Day Myanmar and Thailand torch drugs worth $1 billion

Myanmar police stand near the site where confiscated drugs were burnt to commemorate World Anti-Drugs Day on the outskirts of Yangon on June 26, 2017. Myanmar and Thailand torched nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics, a defiant show of force as law enforcement struggles to stem the rising flow of drugs in the region. (AFP)

Updated on: Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM IST

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Myanmar police stand near the site where confiscated drugs were burnt to commemorate World Anti-Drugs Day on the outskirts of Yangon on June 26, 2017. Myanmar and Thailand torched nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics, a defiant show of force as law enforcement struggles to stem the rising flow of drugs in the region. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

Myanmar police stand near the site where confiscated drugs were burnt to commemorate World Anti-Drugs Day on the outskirts of Yangon on June 26, 2017. Myanmar and Thailand torched nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics, a defiant show of force as law enforcement struggles to stem the rising flow of drugs in the region. (AFP)

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Cambodian National Authority for Combating Drugs officials prepare drugs for a destruction ceremony to mark the UN's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Phnom Penh. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

Cambodian National Authority for Combating Drugs officials prepare drugs for a destruction ceremony to mark the UN's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Phnom Penh. (AFP)

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The burnings to mark World Anti-Drugs Day follow another year of record seizures of narcotics from the remote borderlands of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and northern Thailand. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

The burnings to mark World Anti-Drugs Day follow another year of record seizures of narcotics from the remote borderlands of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and northern Thailand. (AFP)

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An ethnic Wa woman from UWSA (United Wa State Army) empties a packet of Ya Ba drug before they are set on fire during a drug burning ceremony. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

An ethnic Wa woman from UWSA (United Wa State Army) empties a packet of Ya Ba drug before they are set on fire during a drug burning ceremony. (AFP)

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Members of UWSA (United Wa State Army) attend a drug burning ceremony near the Thai and Myanmar border. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

Members of UWSA (United Wa State Army) attend a drug burning ceremony near the Thai and Myanmar border. (AFP)

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A member of UWSA sets a pile of seized drugs on fire during a drug burning ceremony. The huge seizures are often touted by Myanmar and Thailand as proof that they are making inroads into the vast regional drug trade. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

A member of UWSA sets a pile of seized drugs on fire during a drug burning ceremony. The huge seizures are often touted by Myanmar and Thailand as proof that they are making inroads into the vast regional drug trade. (AFP)

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Myanmar police stand near the site where confiscated drugs were burnt to commemorate World Anti-Drugs Day on the outskirts of Yangon. According to a senior police official this was the biggest burning of seized drugs in the history of Myanmar. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

Myanmar police stand near the site where confiscated drugs were burnt to commemorate World Anti-Drugs Day on the outskirts of Yangon. According to a senior police official this was the biggest burning of seized drugs in the history of Myanmar. (AFP)

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In a bid to combat the growing scourge Myanmar’s new civilian government is seeking to overhaul stringent anti-drug laws brought in under the former military government. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

In a bid to combat the growing scourge Myanmar’s new civilian government is seeking to overhaul stringent anti-drug laws brought in under the former military government. (AFP)

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Cambodian officials burn a pile of drugs during a destruction ceremony in Phnom Penh. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

Cambodian officials burn a pile of drugs during a destruction ceremony in Phnom Penh. (AFP)

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Firefighters prepare to distinguish fire after burning seized drugs at an event to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, outside Yangon, Myanmar. (Reuters)

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:35 PM

Firefighters prepare to distinguish fire after burning seized drugs at an event to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, outside Yangon, Myanmar. (Reuters)

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