Opium refinery raided
in Kutkai Township
Yangon, 4 Feb – A combined team comprising members of local
Tatmadawmen, local intelligence unit and Myanmar Police Force, receiving
information that there was an opium refinery near Chain Sin Kyaing, Kutkai
Township in Shan State (North), stormed and combed the areas on 28 and 29
January. The authorities seized 148.5 litres of chloroform, 468 litres of acid,
108 litres of ether, 162 litres of spirit, 72 litres of acetic anhydride, 72
litres of sulphuric acid, 31.5 litres of loizol, 36 litres of loizol-ether
mixture, 25.5 litres of hydrochloric acid, 250 kilos of potassium, 13 beakers,
four iron beakers, two Honda generators, two scales and 30 kinds of chemical
precursors used in making drugs. Action is being taken in connection with the
seizure of the precursor chemicals and equipment under Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law.