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Sai Naw Kham (Burmese: နော်ခမ်း; Shan: ၼေႃႇၶမ်း; also spelled Nor Kham; 8 November 1969 – 1 March 2013) was an ethnic Shan associate of the Chinese drug trafficker Khun Sa who operated in the Golden Triangle, a major drugs-smuggling area where the borders of Burma, Laos and Thailand converge. [1]
The Hall of Opium Museum is the larger of two museums dedicated to the drug that made area become labelled by the CIA as the Golden Triangle. The huge museum, owned by a Thai Royal Family foundation, gives a historical account of poppy growing and opium as well as other drug production in an interesting display.
The Golden Triangle was originally a three square mile district on the eastern side of Framingham, bordered by Worcester Rd. , Cochituate Rd. , and Speen Street in Natick. In 1993, the area began to expand beyond the borders of the triangle with construction of a BJ's Wholesale Club and a Super Stop & Shop just north of Route 30. [1]
Wei Hsueh-kang, [a] also known by various other names, is a Chinese-born fugitive wanted by the United States and Thailand for trafficking drugs in New York and Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle. After eluding the Thai authorities in 1988, he started several business ventures with the wealth he had accumulated from his crimes.
A Panthay from Burma, Ma Zhengwen, assisted the Han Chinese drug lord Khun Sa in selling his heroin in north Thailand. [ 64 ] : 306 The Panthay monopolized opium trafficking in Burma. [ 64 ] : 57 They also created secret drug routes to reach the international market with contacts to smuggle drugs from Burma via south China.
A burglary ring that allegedly stole more than $4 million worth of jewelry mostly from the homes of South Asians in over two dozen communities has been broken up, the Massachusetts State Police said.
Myanmar is the largest producer of methamphetamine in the world, with the majority of ya ba found in Thailand being produced in Burma, particularly in the Golden Triangle and northeastern Shan State, which borders Thailand, Laos, and China. [11] In 2010, Burma trafficked 1 billion tablets to neighbouring Thailand. [11]
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