448,000 stimulant tablets seized in Kengtung

448,000 stimulant tablets seized in Kengtung

Yangon,

17 Dec – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit,

Tatmadawmen and Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched the

dark-blue coloured vehicle (Tiger) without a number plate, driven by Chaing Hwa,

son of U Chaing Te Shin of Kyein Khan Village, Pan Hsan Township, at Tar Pin

Check Point in Kengtung, Shan State (East) on 9 December. Pei Si Ton, son of U

Peik Khaing Kwi of Kyein Khan Village, Pan Hsan Township, and Hsan Mar Win, son

of U Aik Hsan, were in the car. The authorities nabbed them together with 224

packets of stimulant tablets (448,000 tablets) bearing WY letters concealed in

the car. Action is being taken against them under the Narcotic Drugs and

Psychotropic Substances Law by the police station concerned.