Laos makes another meth seizure

Large haul: Police have made their second huge methamphetamine seizure in three months. — AP

POLICE have made their second major methamphetamine seizure in three months, a development that a UN expert on the illicit drug trade said reflects a breakdown of security in South-East Asia.

Jeremy Douglas, the regional representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said the seizure of 36.5 million methamphetamine tablets in the northwestern province of Bokeo was the region’s second largest after 55.6 million meth pills were captured in October in the same province.