Heroin seized in Lashio

Heroin seized in Lashio

Yangon,

19 Sep t- A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit, Special

Anti-Drug Squad and Railway Police searched Nyunt Shwe of Ward 2, Natogyi, who

was at seat No 16 on No 1 carriage of No 132- down train which was due to leave

Lashio for Mandalay on 13 September. The authorities seized 0.4223 kilogram of

heroin kept in 21 soap boxes together with him. Police Station concerned filed

him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.