Pubdate: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 Source: Bangkok Post (Thailand) Copyright: The Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd. 2002 Contact: http://www.bangkokpost.co.th/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/39 DRUGS RAIDS IN LAOS Drugs police in Laos said they confiscated 20 kilogrammes of heroin and 200 kilogrammes of raw opium last year, state-run Radio Vientiane said. Anti-drug squads carried out 110 raids against drug suspects in 2001 and arrested 2,007 people, it said. Five of the people arrested were foreigners, three from Thailand and two from Burma. Police also confiscated 720,000 amphetamine tablets, the radio report said. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh