Raw opium seized in Tamu

Yangon, 7 July –

A combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and the local

Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, stopped the two suspicious-looking

men near Chaungnetgyi Village in Tamu Township on 24 June. The two men fled the

scene, leaving a knapsack. The team inspected the knapsack and seized 1 kilo of

raw opium. Action is being taken under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances Law by the police station concerned.