The Heroin Wars
Season 1 • Episode 3: The Kings of Opium • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: The Kings of Opium
July 20, 1996 • 51 min
Khun Sa changes sides in the narcotics carousel. Returning to the Shan war of independence, even with $80 million in U.S. military aid the Burmese Army never halted or captured a single drug convoy. Despite their dramatic arrests and surrenders, the two "Kings of Opium" are now richer and more powerful than ever.
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