Opium seized in Pinlaung

Yangon, 15 Feb - A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched the bus with number plate 1Ka/4683, leaving Pinlaung for Taunggyi, at the junction of Kalaw, Aungban and Pinlaung roads in Shan State (South) on 22 January. The team nabbed passenger Hla Shwe, son of U Than Maung of Paukkhanic Village in Phekhon Township, bringing together with 2.9388 kilos of opium. Action is taken against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.