BEIJING — Chinese police have seized a haul of methamphetamine and heroin concealed in a truckload of bananas believed to have come from Myanmar. State media reported Thursday that the drug shipment weighing 144.5 kilograms (318.5 pounds) was seized in the city of Tongren in the southern province of Guizhou after a tipoff. The shipment was believed to have originated in Myanmar and crossed the border into China’s Yunnan province on Saturday. Yunnan borders the infamous “Golden Triangle” drug producing region where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet. Much of that is bound for mainland China or Southeast Asia where drug laws tend to be much stricter.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2019 06:57 UTC