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3.5 kilos of
heroin seized
YANGON,
23 Aug – Members of local intelligence unit and Muse Special Anti-drug Squad,
acting on a tip-off, stopped and searched a Honda Supercub motorbike ridden by
Yan Artae on Mantnin Village Road in Naunglaung Village heading for Muse-Namkam
road on 3 August. The authorities nabbed him and his accomplice Ma Archint
together with ten blocks of heroin weighing 3.5 kilos.
In
connection with the case, Muse Police Station is taking action against Yan Artae,
son of U Yan Shwe of Namhsam Godown Village, Muse Township, and Ma Archint,
daughter of U Aiktae under section 15/19(A)/21 of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
Heroin,
raw opium seized in Mandalay
YANGON,
22 Aug – Members of local intelligence unit, acting on information on 7 August,
stopped and searched a rented motor vehicle with illegal drug traffickers in it
on 34th Street between 73th Street and 74th Street in Chanayethazan Township,
Mandalay. The authorities arrested Toe San (a) Tu Hsan, son of U Gyan Maw Yaw of
Ward-8 in Lashio, Khin Maung Aye, son of U Mya Aung of Bogyoke Street in Aung
Mingala Ward, Kalay, and Daw Thein Thein Htaik, daughter of U Mya Chit, together
with six kilos of heroin. The confession of the three under interrogation also
led to the arrest of Bauk Aung, son of U Haw Tu of Ward No-4, Kutkai.
Similarly,
a combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and railway police
force of Mandalay Railway Station searched the suspicious packets at the station
and seized 14.13 kilos of ownerless
raw opium put in a plastic bucket. Action is being
taken against the drug traffickers under the narcotic drugs and psychotropic
substances law by the police stations concerned.
17.89 grams of
heroin seized
YANGON,
18 Aug – A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Unit, Bhamo
Special Anti-Drug Squad and Bhamo Police Station, acting on information, lay in
wait near the Strand Road, Minkyaungkon Ward, Bhamo Township, searched suspected
Paw San who was riding a
motorcycle and seized him with 17.89 grams of heroin
in his bag on 12 July.
In
connection with the case, action was taken against Paw San, son of U Aung Moung
of Saingkin village, Bhamo Township under Section of 15/19(a) of Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Bhamo Police
Station.
Marijuana
seized
YANGON,
16 Aug – A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Unit, Local
Police Force and Bago Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, keeping
await, searched suspect Kyaw Gyi in front of the Shwegayha tea shop, Thahtaykon
village, Kyauktaga Township on 16 July evening and seized 81.6 grams of
marijuana. Further investigation led to the arrest of Tun Tun.
In
connection with the case, action is being taken against Kyaw Gyi, son of U San
Bwa of Kwinnauk Ward, Kyauktaga Township and Tun Tun, son of U Maung Mya of
Sartaik Ward under Section of 15/19 (A) /21 of Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Kyauktaga
Township Police Station.
Drug dealers
sentenced
Yangon,
15 Aug – A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Units , Bhamo
Special Anti-Drug Squad and Local Battalion, acting on information, searched Van
car with number plates (Kaka/7088) driven by Aik Ye
from Namhkham to Bhamo at the check point and seized passengers Long Kyan and
wife Ma Hnin Thwe and Nan Hla Kyi with 210 grams of heroin and Ma Aye Khant and
Daw Khon Hlan with 86 grams of heroin inside their baskets on 9 May, 2003.
In connection
with the case, action was taken against Long Kyan, son of U Sam Paung of Kon
Nhaw village, Myothit, Moemouk Township, Ma Hnin Thwe, daughter of U Sho Paung
and Ma Nan Hla Kyi, daughter of U San Aik of Mankham village, Nhankham Township
under Section of 15/19 (a)/21 and Ma Aye Khant, daughter of U Law Khant of
Mongkhat village, Moemouk Township and Daw Khon Hlan, daughter of U Law Kyu of
the same village under Section of 15/19 (a)/21 of Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic
Substances Law.
Opium refinery
exposed in Kutkai Township
Yangon,
13 Aug – A combined team comprising members of a local military column and
special anti-drug squad and local national races, acting on a tip-off that there
was an opium refinery between Namhsaungkye and Nampyin Villages (Map Reference
SO-5519) in Kutkai Township, Shan State (North) from 31 July to 1 August, raided
the refinery.
Seizures
made during the raid were six huts, 62.452 kilos of heroin, 36.4 kilos of
raw opium, 661.5 litres of lysol, 135 kilos of ether,
2,844 litres of chloroform, 202.5 litres of hydrochloric acid, 972 litres of
acetic anhydrite, 2,975 kilos of ammonium chloride, 500 kilos of sodium
carbonate, 500 grams of potassium chloride, 3.6 kilos of sodium metal, four bags
of charcoal, four arms, one vehicle, one motorcycle and 13 items used in
refining the narcotic drugs.
In
connection with the case, action is being taken under the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
Narcotic
drugs seized in Phakant, Muse, Taunggyi
Yangon,
13 Aug – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit, Myanmar
Police Force and special anti-drug squad, acting on information, searched Kyaw
Zin Tun, son of U Chit Tun, of No 225, Naungson Ward, Monyin, at Haungpa Village
Ferry in Phakant Township, on 19 July and seized 206 stimulant tablets.
Similarly,
a combined team, acting on a tip-off, stopped and searched a
motorcycle being ridden by Yan Ar Tet, son of U Yan
Shwe, of Namsangodaung Village in Muse Township, and Ma Ar Chin, daughter of U
Aik Te near Naunglaung Village in Muse Township in Shan State (North) on 3
August and seized 10 blocks of heroin weighing 3.5 kilos.
On 7 August, a
combined team searched the house of No 758, on Shwe Taunggyar Road, Yadanathiri
Ward, in Taunggyi and arrested Khun Tun Kyaw together with 5,225 stimulant
tablets.
In
connection with the cases, action is being taken against them under the Narcotic
Drugs and Psycho- tropic Substances Law.
Raw opium
seized in Monkoe
Yangon,
11 Aug-A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit, local
battalion, Muse Special Anti-Drug Squad and Monkoe Police Station, acting on
information, on 12 July, searched a China-made passenger truck driven by Kyan
Hwa Kyon at the top of Phaunghsai-Monkoe road in Ward 5, Monkoe and arrested
passengers Ma Mar Nu, 30, daughter of U Mar Tun, of Banmwe Village, Monkoe
Township together with 3.2 kilos of
raw opium; Ma Khwan Nan, 40, daughter of U Tan Saw, of
Banmwe Village 3.55 kilos of
raw opium; Ma Thein Laung, 25, daughter of U Yok Tin,
of Manhsa Village together with 2.55 kilos of
raw opium; Ma Khwun Nan, 50, daughter of U Yaw Khwan,
of Mankaw Village together with 1.25 kilos of
raw opium; Ma Kyo Si, 25, daughter of U Gyo Naung, of
Mankaw Village together with 0.6 kilo of
raw opium totaling 11.2 kilos.
Action is
being taken against the five under Section 15/19 (A)/21 of Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Monkoe
Police Station.
9.640 grams of
heroin seized
YANGON,
9 Aug – A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Unit and Local
Battalion and Lashio Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, searched
Hilux with number plates (3 Ka/2571) driven by Thein Zaw from Tangyan to Pansan
at Tar-kaw-ek check point on 23 July morning and seized Ma Yan Li Pang at Tayoak
Ywathit, No 5 block, Tangyan Township with 24 heroin blocks weighing 8.640 grams
inside the two ash trays.
In
connection with the case, action was being taken against Thein Zaw, son of U Tin
Myint of Tayoak Ywathit, Tangyan and Ma Yan Li Pang (a) Ma Li Li Win under
Sections of 15/19(A)/21 of Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by No 1 Police
Station of Lashio.
Drugs seized in
Hopin and Mandalay
YANGON,
8 Aug – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched the house of Daw Khin
Tint, daughter of U Chit Pe of No (245), Zabaimyaing Street, Myoma South Ward in
Hopin on 30 July and arrested her together with 1.143 kilos of
raw opium.
Similarly,
the combined team, acting on a tip-off that there will be the drug deals,
searched a house in plot No (895), between 64th and 65th Streets and 31st and
32nd Streets, Pyigyimyatshin Ward, Chanayethazan Township, Mandalay, on 1
August. The team arrested Kyaw Hlaing (a) Dar Hlyan, son of U Khaing Zar Tun of
Myoma Ward, Kanpetlet, Chin State, Ma Shwe Par (a) Ma Swe, daughter of U Suan
Mar of Yantalo Village, Falam Township, Chin State and Kar Phat Don, son of U
Kyan
Phone U of Hsaingzan Village, Tiddim Township, Chin
State, who were at the house for drug dealing , together with 153 kilograms of
Ephedrine powder used for producing stimulant tablets.
Action is
being taken against the culprits under Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by the Myanmar
police station concerned.
Opium oil
residue, stimulant tablets seized
YANGON,
7 Aug – A combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and
Lashio Special Anti-drug Squad, acting on a tip-off, searched the house of Phan
Yi Pha of Einainglon Village in Lashio Township on 21 July and seized 24,700
stimulant tablets, 40 grams of opium oil residue and 10 grams of low-grade opium
in the compound of the house.
In connection
with the case, action is being taken against Phan Yi Pha, son of U Phan Ho Chan
of Einainglon Village, Lashio Township, under Sections 15/19 (A) of Narcotic
Drug and Psychotropic Substances Law by the Lashio No 10 police station.
816.5 grams of
raw opium seized
YANGON,
3 Aug – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and the
special anti-drug squad in Tamu on 10 July seized 816.5 grams of raw opium from
Anyi (a) Lun Kho Gin, between border checkpoints 1 and 2 in Tamu.
In connection
with the case, action was taken against Anyi (a) Lun Kho Gin, son of U Aung Shwe
(a) Lun Kho Pa, of 14-Ward in Tamu, under Section 15/19 (A) of Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances Law by Tamu Police Station.
144.961 grams
of heroin seized
YANGON,
1 Aug – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit, Kale
Special Anti-drug Squad and local police force, acting on information, searched
a jeep with number plates (Za/1040) on its way from Kale to Chin State at the
8-mile check-point in Kale on 5 July. The team arrested passenger Ma Ket Htway
together with 144.961 grams of heroin covered by groundnut in the polythene bag.
Action is being
taken against Ma Ket Htway, daughter of U La Hu of Monta Village in Kale under
Sections 15/19 (A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Kale
Police Station.