Nay Pyi Taw, 6 January
A combined team comprising of police members from Anti-Drugs Squad intercepted a vehicle driven by Zaw Suat Aung(a)Manaw with Kun Ja Shaung on board for inspection on Muse-Lashio Road near a toll gate in Lashio Township on 4 January and seized heroin worth over K 305.6 million, 104000 stimulant tablets, K 90000 and a mobile phone from them.
In a similar incident, a combined team comprising of police members from Anti-Drugs Squad searched a motorbike driven by Thaung Shwe(a)Khun Maung on Hopong-Loilem Road near Honamh Village in Hopong Township on 5 January and seized 28000 and a mobile phone from him.
Then, local authorities searched an unattended motorbike that stopped between 38/2 and 38/3 at Mile posts on Ywangan-Kyaukse Road in Ywangan Township and seized raw opium weighing 26.5 kilograms on the motorbike.
The authorities filed charges against all suspects under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.—MPF
Translated by JT
