Examples of using Methamphetamine tablets in English and their translations into Russian
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Millions of methamphetamine tablets have been seized in Thailand.
Viet Nam reported having seized over 500,000 methamphetamine tablets in 2009.
More than 2,330,000 methamphetamine tablets were seized in the country in 2009.
In Thailand, there has been a reduction in the abuse of methamphetamine tablets since 2003.
In 1999, 50.25 million methamphetamine tablets had been confiscated which was 50 per cent more than in 1998.
In 2016, Bangladesh also reported one of the largest seizures of methamphetamine tablets ever made in that country.
Methamphetamine tablets were most commonly abused in Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Thailand.
In Thailand, more than 5 million methamphetamine tablets were seized in the first six months of 1996.
In 2005, China, Indonesia, Malaysia andThailand each reported an increase in seizures of methamphetamine tablets.
Methamphetamine tablets also continue to be one of the main ingredients in tablets marketed as“ecstasy”.
In Bangladesh,“yaba” seizures tripledfrom 2014 to 2015; a record seizure of 2.8 million methamphetamine tablets was made in January 2016.
Consumption of methamphetamine tablets by smoking is the norm, with regular abusers of the drug smoking 2-3 times a day.
In the 12 months to 30 September 2013, authorities in Thailand seized 126 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.4 tons of crystalline methamphetamine. .
Methamphetamine tablets are typically of low purity and, in addition to methamphetamine, may contain a variety of other substances.
In 2015, experts in several countries in the subregion reported a perceived increase in the use of both crystalline methamphetamine and methamphetamine tablets.
In Thailand, a record 50 million methamphetamine tablets were seized in 2010, an increase of 88 per cent from 2009.
In Bangladesh the use of amphetamine-type stimulants, especially in urban areas,has become quite widespread, with methamphetamine tablets widely available.
Most of the seizures of amphetamine and methamphetamine tablets in India are effected in the north-eastern part of the country, in the area bordering Myanmar.
As in other East and South-East Asian countries,methamphetamine is available on illegal drug markets in China in two main forms: methamphetamine tablets and crystalline methamphetamine. .
The Board notes with concern that methamphetamine tablets illicitly manufactured in the Wa hill area of Myanmar have begun to appear on the illicit market in India.
The Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic reported having seized a total of 24.5 million methamphetamine tablets in 2010, the largest amount ever reported in the country.
Within the subregion, methamphetamine tablets were used predominantly in Cambodia, China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
In January 2006, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force of Myanmar arrested eight suspects andseized a large amount of methamphetamine tablets(worth an estimated US$ 10 million) in Tachilek, a town on the border of Myanmar with Thailand, near the Mekong.
In Thailand, 54.8 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.2 tons of crystalline methamphetamine were seized in 2011; both of those figures represent an increase over 2010 levels.
This appears to include large and increasing quantities of both crystal methamphetamine(4.2 tons,up from 2.5 tons in 2009) and methamphetamine tablets 58 million tablets, up from 41 million tablets in 2009.
In South-East Asia, consumption of methamphetamine tablets also features as a recreational form of drug abuse, although often among different population groups than those that abuse Ecstasy.
The number of seizures of tablets containing various types of amphetamine-type stimulants in the Lao People's Democratic Republic almost doubled between 2008 and 2009;more than 80 per cent of those seizures involved methamphetamine tablets.
Although traditionally only‘yaba'(methamphetamine tablets) originated in Myanmar, over the last few years reports also show that there has been‘ice'(crystal methamphetamine) production originating in Myanmar;
In July 2004, authorities of Myanmar seized over 592 kg of heroin in the Andaman Sea;eight months later, in March 2005, Thai authorities seized in the Gulf of Thailand 522 kg of heroin and 10,000 methamphetamine tablets destined for the Hong Kong SAR of China.
During the first eight months of 2012, the Thai authorities had already seized 50.8 million methamphetamine tablets and 870 kg of crystalline methamphetamine, indicating a possible increase in total seizures in 2012.