Raw opium and heroin seized in Shan State (North)
Yangon,
23 May – A combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and
Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, stopped and searched a van with
number plates La/6622 on Namtaung-Monpaw Road in Shan State (North) on 6 May and
arrested passengers Bran Aung, son of U Sha Yual of No 25, Myoma Street, Ward-2,
Panwa Village, Myitkyina, and Zaw Shin Pauk, son of U Zaw Lin Liu of Yan Jian
city, China, together with 2.4 kilos of raw opium concealed on their bodies.
Similarly, a combined team comprising local Tatmadawmen, members of the local
intelligence unit and Special Anti-drug Squad, acting on a tip-off, searched the
Tekkanine Village in Kutkai Township and arrested three persons together with
0.382 kilo of heroin, 20 kilos of raw opium, K 538,500 which was realized from
the sale of drugs, and one gold chain on 6 May. Action has been taken against
them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Myanmar Police
Station concerned.
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