Opium seized in Pinlaung

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