YANGON: Myanmar authorities seized more than 1,700 kilograms (3,750 pounds) of crystal meth worth nearly $29 million in a multistate operation this week, the biggest haul of 2019 in a country widely believed to be the world’s largest methamphetamine producer.

High-grade crystal meth — or “ice” — is smuggled out of Myanmar via sophisticated networks to lucrative developed markets as far away as Japan, South Korea and Australia.

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