YANGON, June 26, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Policemen walk past burning drugs during a ceremony in Yangon, Myanmar, June 26, 2016. Myanmar authorities burned over 56 million U.S. dollars worth of seized narcotic drugs across the country Sunday to mark the 29th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Deputy Police Chief Kyaw Kyaw Min told Xinhua. (Xinhua/U Aung)
YANGON, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities burned over 56 million U.S. dollars worth of seized narcotic drugs across the country Sunday to mark the 29th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Deputy Police Chief Kyaw Kyaw Min told Xinhua.
The narcotic drugs put on fire, included those in Yangon, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw and Taunggyi.
In Yangon alone, those narcotic drugs destroyed had a worth of 19.7 million U.S. dollars, according to Yangon Region Police Chief Win Naing.
In last year's event, Myanmar authorities burned 244.65 million U.S.dollars' worth of drugs in three main cities -- Yangon , Mandalay and Taunggyi.
The country has extended its drug elimination plan from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 to fight against drug.
Myanmar is known as Southeast Asia's largest poppy growing country and the world's second largest after Afghanistan.