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Thai drugs to go up in smoke

2011-09-17 1 Dailymotion

Police officers in Thailand stack package after package of illegal drugs.<br/> In all, there are 800kg of cocaine, heroin, opium, exctasy and methamphetamines here.<br/> In a very public ceremony, the haul - worth over $132 million dollars - is bound for an incinerator just outside of Bangkok.<br/> Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluk Shinawatra, was on hand for the burning.<br/> Elected earlier this year, she has vowed to launch a war on illegal drugs.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) THAI PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA SAYING:<br/> "From our findings, more young people are becoming drug addicts. They range in age from 15 to 25, which makes us worry. It's becoming a problem of our young generation. Our first priority to bring these people into rehabilitation to stop them using drugs again."<br/> The drug haul burned on Saturday came from over 130,000 busts across the Southeast Asian country.<br/> Later the narcotics were dumped into rubbish bins and fed into an incinerator.<br/> Andrew Raven, Reuters

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