Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged to a ten-year high, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, underscoring how ...

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Bangkok (Thailand), 3 December 2025 – Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation is at a ten-year peak, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported in its latest opium survey, which comes ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing in all growing regions in the ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a shipment of opium poppy pods in Wilmington, Del., on Wednesday that was destined to an address in Dover, Del. Officers inspected the ...

Opium poppy cultivation is surging in Myanmar, reaching a 10-year high. Chin State saw a 26% increase. This fuels concern in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan were free of opium poppies this year, a success touted often by Afghan and international officials. But one look at Mohammad ...

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan jumped 32% during 2022 despite the ruling Taliban regime's ban on narcotics, according to an annual report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Taliban ...

CHAPARHAR, Afghanistan -- Three months ago, a truckload of government workers arrived at Malik Ziauddin's village, accompanied by armed guards. Wielding sticks and sickles, they beat and chopped at ...

There were signs that heroin from Myanmar is reaching markets in Europe previously supplied by Afghanistan, with several seizures over the past year that involved passengers travelling from Southeast ...