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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

CHIANG RAI – Myanmar’s anti-drug forces have dealt a major blow to the narcotics trade. On March 24, 2026, security personnel raided a large drug production camp hidden in a forest in Tachileik Township, in eastern Shan State. [1]

CHIANG RAI – The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration DASTA, together with Chiang Rai Province, GISTDA and UNIDO, recently brought together government and local groups to discuss plans for a new project: “Building Climate-Adapted C... [2]

The government of Laos has ordered online scammers to vacate a special economic zone in the northwest of the country, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported earlier this week. [3]

Lao and Chinese security forces have detained 771 people in a special economic zone in the country’s northwest, ahead of a deadline for online scam operations to cease their operations inside the zone. [4]

CHIANG RAI / GOLDEN TRIANGLE – An unexpected surge in oil exports through the Golden Triangle and [5]

Mizzima American journalist and non-fiction writer Patrick Winn in a Podcast interview with “Insight Myanmar” stresses it is important how we assess the challenge of the illegal narcotics trade in Myanmar and in the Golden Triangle as a whole. [6]

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board teams up with international organizations to block the supply of pseudoephedrine, a narcotic precursor, to the Golden Triangle which has sent 11 tons of crystal methamphetamine, aka “ice”, to Australia. [7]

THE MEKONG RIVER — The Lao People’s Army patrol boat was custom-made in China with night-vision capability and two of the most powerful engines on this remote stretch of the Mekong River. (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]

Sources
[1] TH www.chiangraitimes.com · 2026-03-25 · 65% match

Myanmar Police Bust Large Meth Production Camp Near the Thai Border in Tachileik

CHIANG RAI – Myanmar’s anti-drug forces have dealt a major blow to the narcotics trade. On March 24, 2026, security personnel raided a large drug production camp hidden in a forest in Tachileik Township, in eastern Shan State.

[2] TH www.chiangraitimes.com · 2025-06-26 · 65% match

Chiang Rai Looks to Boost Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Tourism

CHIANG RAI – The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration DASTA, together with Chiang Rai Province, GISTDA and UNIDO, recently brought together government and local groups to discuss plans for a new project: “Building Climate-Adapted C

[3] TH thediplomat.com · 2024-08-14 · 85% match

Laos Issues Ultimatum to Golden Triangle Scam Operators

The government of Laos has ordered online scammers to vacate a special economic zone in the northwest of the country, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported earlier this week.

[4] TH thediplomat.com · 2024-08-22 · 85% match

Lao, Chinese Officials Detain 771 in Raid on Golden Triangle Gambling Hub

Lao and Chinese security forces have detained 771 people in a special economic zone in the country’s northwest, ahead of a deadline for online scam operations to cease their operations inside the zone.

[5] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-02-15 · 75% match

Suspicious surge in oil exports through the Golden Triangle and Mekong River following Thailand’s suspension of shipments to Myanmar

CHIANG RAI / GOLDEN TRIANGLE – An unexpected surge in oil exports through the Golden Triangle and

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-10-25 · 75% match

New book ‘Narcotopia’ documents the drugs trade in the Golden Triangle

Mizzima American journalist and non-fiction writer Patrick Winn in a Podcast interview with “Insight Myanmar” stresses it is important how we assess the challenge of the illegal narcotics trade in Myanmar and in the Golden Triangle as a whole.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-11-30 · 75% match

Thailand traces 11 tons of ‘Ice’ sent to Australia from Golden Triangle

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board teams up with international organizations to block the supply of pseudoephedrine, a narcotic precursor, to the Golden Triangle which has sent 11 tons of crystal methamphetamine, aka “ice”, to Australia.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-03-16 · 75% match

Led by China, Mekong Nations Take on Golden Triangle Narco-Empire

THE MEKONG RIVER — The Lao People’s Army patrol boat was custom-made in China with night-vision capability and two of the most powerful engines on this remote stretch of the Mekong River.

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2023-01-30 · 75% match

Chiang Rai special economic zone (SEZ) to serve as major hub for trade and transport in the Golden Triangle

Deputy House Speaker Suchart Tancharoen has called for the government to speed up the development of Chiang Rai as a specia

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-02-14 · 75% match

In the Golden Triangle, long-dead drug warlords hold visitors in thrall

In a jungle clearing deep inside Southeast Asia's opium-growing Golden Triangle, four young men light incense sticks and kneel to pray before a bronze statue of an imposing figure astride a horse.

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