A police officer from the Narcotics Control Board stands guard in front of bags of confiscated drugs during the 47th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK/YANGON (Reuters) - Officials in Myanmar and Thailand burned illegal narcotics worth more than $800 million (628 million pounds) on Monday to mark the UN day against drug abuse and trafficking.
The move came even as authorities struggle to stem the flood of illicit drugs in the region, with Thailand's justice minister last year saying the country's war on drugs was failing.
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