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Indo-Burma Border News
 
Heroin trade in Myanmar thrives as the power that be in that country is in
no mood to put a check to it. One opinion is that the country itself is in
the trade as a means for its monetary resource. The international
community has to come forward to deal with this country suitably. India's
immediate next door in the east Myanmar happening have bearings on India.
The Border States like, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
are the gateways through which the trade moves outside Manipur's position
is perhaps the worst in this context. Even before the opening of Moreh as
the Indo-Burma trade point, the Imphal Tamu routes had been as active
tradeline for decades with or without legal sanctions either way. The
story of clandestine trade began with precious stones and other smuggled
foreign goods. Not much harm was done except that some smugglers thrived
in the illegal trade. The locals were not benefited as the loin in the
trade were not of the place. They exercise their remote control through
local agents who received nominal gains if they escaped detection. Now the
smuggling and they can fit into changing conditions.      
 
 
 
Exchange programme with Myanmar soon
 
A cultural and sports exchange programme between Manipur and Myanmar will
be held soon. 
The decision was taken in the Contact Level Meeting at Indo-Myanmar border
at Tamu town of Myanmar according to an information furnished by the
Myanmar authority to Buddhachandra, DC Chandel.
The programme will be confirmed within a fortnight. The seven member of
the delegation of the contact level meeting was led by Major Thura Shwe
Hla. Three officials from Nagaland also participated in the meeting.
The meeting also identified three Nagaland villages which are, Lungwa
(Mon), Pangsha and Mimi (Tuyenshang).
 
 
Indo-Myanmar drugs talks concludes
Three major agreement regarding the control drug trafficking in the
Indo-Myanmar border were signed today at the concluding day of the two-day
fourth contact officers meeting held here at the state guest house.
The agreement signed were tightening of the security forces in the border
areas to check and control drugs trafficking in between the two countries,
to give full cooperation between the two countries in the act of
controlling drug trafficking and to hold contact meetings regularly to
root out drug trafficking. The 25-member Myanmese delegate was led by
Colonel Tin Cho and the Indian team by DGPManipur, GS Grewal.
 
 
ABSDF (Western-Burma)