TOPSHOT - A firefighter sprays water to control burning pile of seized illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" in Yangon on June 26, 2025. -- Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP
YANGON, Myanmar (AP): Officials in Myanmar's major cities destroyed about $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs Thursday.
The destroyed drugs included opium, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, ketamine and the stimulant known as ice, or crystal meth, Yangon Police Brig. Gen. Sein Lwin said in a speech at a drug-burning ceremony.
