161.37 kilos of opium seized in Monywa

23 Aug – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and

Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched a Hilux of Chindwin Bus

Line with number plate Da/8703, going from Monywa to Mandalay, driven by Myint

Lwin of Chanmyathazi Ward in Monywa and accompanied by conductors Myint Swe of

Chanmyathazi Ward and Hla Shwe of Ayethaya Ward in Monywa, and found 161.37

kilos of opium at the check-point in Monywa on 4 August. Action is being taken

against them under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by the police