Raw opium seized in Momauk
Yangon,
8 June – A combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit,
Bahmo Special Anti-drug Squad and the local police force, lying in wait at the
graveyard bend of 8th-Mile motor road in Momauk, inspected pedestrian Phon Chein
Yon on 21 May and seized inside his bag 2.65 kilos of raw opium, which he had
bought from Wan Pan Shin of Aungmyay Ward in 7th-Mile Village. Action is being
taken against Phon Chein Yon, 22, son of Phon Telt Hluo of Ward 3 in Lwejel and
Wan Pan Shin, 24, son of Wan Shin Hauk of Aungmyay Ward in 7th-Mile Village,
Momauk Township, under section 15/19 (A)/21 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law by Momauk Police Force.
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