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Office of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/03\/07\/lagos-taskforce-arrest-39-miscreants-for-terrorizing-motorists-dealing-in-illicit-drugs\/\">Drugs and Crime<\/a> (UNODC) said in a report that prices of methamphetamine or meth, by far the region\u2019s most popular drug, fell in 2021 even as interceptions rose, indicating supply had surged.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Douglas, UNODC Regional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/05\/29\/apc-primary-election-wadada-withdraws-from-nasarawa-west-senatorial-district\/\">Representative<\/a> for Southeast Asia and the Pacific said \u201cthe region is literally swimming in methamphetamine and I think it\u2019s high time that the region start taking a hard look at policies in place to address the problem.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The report added that while seizures of crystallized, liquid and powdered meth declined in 2021, tablet confiscation had spiked.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, authorities in Asia seized a record 171.5 tons of meth in 2021, up from 170 tonnes in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>More than 90 per cent of the tablet seizures occurred in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, where it was used both recreationally and by workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of seizures being made but no impact being made on the business itself. Organised crime just keeps cranking up the volume,\u201d said Douglas.<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted a major change in trafficking routes from the centre of meth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/04\/17\/vaccine-production-west-african-scientists-to-boost-local-capacity\/\">production<\/a> in Myanmar\u2019s Shan State.<\/p>\n<p>Laos registered a more than a 660 per cent jump in interceptions of meth tablets in 2021, as increased anti-narcotic operations in Thailand and Southern China drove crime syndicates to enlarge their operations in northern Laos.<\/p>\n<p>Laos was \u201ca soft target for traffickers\u201d, Douglas said.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted a record 2.7 tonnes of ketamine seizures in Cambodia, nearly fifteen times the amount seized in the previous five years combined.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations on Monday,\u00a0 reported that trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia continued to expand, with more than one billion methamphetamine tablets seized by authorities. 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