The Kutupalong refugee camp is seen in Ukhia, Covx's Bazar, Bangladesh, on October (AFP)

Bangladesh sends troops to halt Rohingya refugee drug fighting

Two armed gangs of refugees from Myanmar are waging a deadly turf war in the sprawling camp, home to almost a million people, over control of the lucrative cross-border methamphetamine trade.

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