BANGKOK: The United Nations (UN) on Friday sounded the alarm over record seizures of methamphetamine across much of Asia as the illegal drug floods streets and clubs.

Last year, 227 million methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia—up 59 percent from the year before and a more than seven-fold increase compared with 2008, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said.

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