Loilem, 18 November
A combined team comprising police members led by Police Lt-Col. Myint Soe and the Township Police chief from Loilem Police Station, the Tatmadaw members and members of PNO militia destroyed 20 acres of blooming poppies in Lwekhun Village in Loilem Township of Southern Shan State on November 17, according to the District Police Station.
According to the District police station, authorities have destroyed a total of 215 acres of poppy plantations between November 8 and 17 this year in Loilem Township, Shan State (South).—District IPRD
Translated by JT