Stimulant tablets, arms and ammunition seized in Tachilek Township

Stimulant tablets, arms and ammunition seized in Tachilek

Township

4 Oct – A combined team comprising members of the local Tatmadaw column of

Tachilek Station, the intelligence unit and Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on

information, raided and combed Nantphone Village in Minekoe Village-tract,

Tachilek Township on 28 September morning. The team seized 650 stimulant

tablets, a broken heroin block weighing three grams, one .22 automatic rifle,

three pistols, one grenade, magazines and rounds of ammunition, three gold

chains, two gold rings and 30,300 baht at the house of Sai Lon, 38, son of U Law

Pa; 280,000 stimulant tablets, one pistol, a magazine and rounds of ammunition

at the house of Lin Bo, 42, son of U Aik Htan; 34,000 stimulant tablets, one

M-22 automatic rifle, magazines and rounds of ammunition together with Tun Myint,

31, and Kya La, 45 at the house of Ban Mu, 25, son of U Lapu Yi; 46,000

stimulant tablets, one revolver and rounds of ammunition at the house of Kya Pha;

150,000 stimulant tablets together with Kya Hti, 25 and Kya Taw, 30, at the

house of Kya Shikha, 32, son of U Kya Yaw; 4,180 stimulant tablets at the house

of Kya Boto, 38, son of U Kya Baw; 52,000 stimulant tablets at the house of Ah

Mway, 35, son of U Ah Soe; one pistol, magazines and rounds of ammunition at a

deserted hut on the edge of the village; one single-barreled gun and one M-1

rifle at the hut of Kya Law, 37, son of U Ah Yi, and one Tumi gun at the house

of Law Ta, 45, son of U Li Paung. Action was taken against the eleven who were

involved in drugs and arms trafficking in accord with Narcotic Drugs and