6 kilos of heroin seized in Mandalay

6 kilos of heroin seized in

Mandalay

 

Yangon,

29 Sept – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and

Mandalay Special Anti-Drug Squad on 7 August, acting on a tip-off, searched a

taxi on 34th street between 73rd and 74th streets in Chanayethazan Township,

Mandalay, and discovered a total of 17 blocks of heroin weighing six kilos

hidden in the backpact of two drug traffickers who were on board.

 

In connection with the case,

No 8 Police Station, Mandalay, filed the two drug traffickers Ñ Khin Maung Aye,

son of U Mya Aung, of Bogyoke Road, Aungmingla Ward, Kalay, and Tun Naing, son

of U Gyan Maw Haw, of Ward-8, Lashio Ñ under Section 15/19 (A)/20 (A)/21 of

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.

9.03 kilos of morphine seized

in Hsipaw

YANGON,

27 Sept – A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Unit and

Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, on 11 September, stopped and

searched a motorcycle with number plate (1Ya/35252) driven by Saing Aung Shwe

together with Ma Nan Shwe Moon at Kyinthi bridge, Kyinthi village, Hsibaw

township and seized them with 9.03 Kilos of morphine.

In connection

with the case, action was being taken against Saing Aung Shwe, son of U Sam Lu

of Kantgaw street, plot No 6, Hsibaw and Ma Nan Shwe Moon, daughter of Aik Sin

Khan at the same street under Section of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances Law by the MPF concerned.

23,600

stimulant tablets seized

YANGON,

27 Sept – A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Unit and

Lashio Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, on 20 August, searched

the house of Chin Kyein Hua, Naunglon village, Mehan village tract, Lashio but

he managed to escape.

The authorities

seized Chwin Kyin Pha (a) Yan Naing, Ar Phu (a) Khee Lauk Phu and Ma Ar Shan (a)

Ma Chwin Kyin Shan together with 23600 stimulant tablets bearing WY letters put

in bamboo basket and one home-made gun. In connection with the case, action was

taken against Chwin Kyin Pha (a) Yan Naing, son of U Chwin Shout Kyin of

Naunglon village, Mehan village tract, Ar Phu (a) Khee Lauk, son of U Khee Phar

Shin of Phu of Holi village, Konlon township and Ma Ar Shan (a) Ma Chwin Kyin

Shan, daughter of U Ar Lyan of the same village under Section 15/19(A)/21/22(B)

of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Lashio No1 Police Station.

Drug trafficker

gets jail term

YANGON,

23 Sept – Yangon District (North) Court on 8 August sentenced U Hla Oo to 20

years imprisonment under Section 19 (A) of Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic

Substances Law on 8 August.

A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and Yangon Special

Anti-drug Squad, acting on a tip-off, on 6 March searched his dwelling of No 84,

Thuka Street, Ywama Ward in Insein Township and seized 57.15 grams of marijuana.

In connection with the case, Insein Police Station filed him by the law.

Stimulant

tablets seized in Lashio

Yangon, 19 Sept — Acting on

information, a combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit

and the Lashio Anti-drug Squad, searched the house of Kuan Hong Pang, Ward 5,

Lashio, on 18 August. The authorities found there Kuan Hong Pang, Daw Khuan Mei

Xian and Yan Xi Hai and seized 236,000 stimulant tablets bearing the letters WY

hidden inside a barrel in the kitchen.

The Lashio No 1 Police Station has filed lawsuits against Kuan Hong Pang, 42,

son of U Huan Pi Mao of Ward 5, Lashio; Daw Khuan Mei Xian, 42, daughter of U

Myin Ta; and Yan Xi Hai, 36, son of U Yan Luo Chin. Action is being taken

against the drug pushers under Sections 15/19(A)/21 of Narcotic Drugs and

Psychotropic Substances Law.

153 kilos of

Ephedrine seized in Mandalay

YANGON,

18 Sept – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and

Mandalay special anti-drug squad, acting on a tip-off, on 1 August searched the

house of Kyaw Hlaing (a) Dha Hlyan of No 895, between 64th and 65th Streets and

between 32nd Streets and 31st Streets, Pyigyimyetshin Ward of Chanayethazan

Township, Mandalay Division, and seized 153 kilos of ephedrine and also arrested

Ma Shwe Pah, a drug broker, who was on the house.

In connection

with the case, action is being taken against Kyaw Hlaing and Ma Shwe Pah,

daughter of U Sunma, of Yankalo Village, Falam Township in Chin State, by No 3

Police Station, Mandalay, under Section 19 (A)/21 of Narcotic Drug and

Psychotropic Substances Law.

Heroin blocks

seized in Mongkoe, Kengtung

YANGON,

18 Sept – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and

special anti-drug squad in Mongkoe, Shan State (North) on 2 September searched

La Kwan, son of U Lauk Al of Lwekan Village, Mongkoe Township, and seized him

together with 10 blocks of heroin weighing 3.56 kilos.

Similarly, on 7

September, a combined team intercepted a Toyota Hilux with number plates 2Ka/

1948 en route from Lashio to Kengtung near Tapin check point in Kengtung

Township and seized 57 blocks of heroin weighing 19 kg hidden in a car. The

authorities arrested Hsan Hmat (a) Pyi Saw, son of U Aik Saw, of Nantsam Road,

Ward-5, Lashio, who was on board. However, Law Ka (a) Shar Chan, a driver,

managed to escape. Police station concerned filed them under Narcotic Drugs and

Psychotropic Substances Law.

3.2 kilos of

marijuana seized

YANGON,

12 Sept – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence Unit, Bago

Special Anti-Drug Squad and Bago No1 Police Station stopped and searched a bus

with number plates (4Kha/4648) heading to Yangon from Toungoo at Polan check

point, Bago Township on 31 July afternoon and seized passengers Daw Mya Kyi and

Ma San Aye (a) Ma Than Nwe with 3.2 kilos of marijuana inside their baskets.

In connection

with the case, action was taken against Daw Mya Kyi, daughter of U Aung Thet of

Ngwetaw Village, Kyaukkyi Township, Ma San Aye (a) Ma Than Nwe, daughter of U

Win Maung of the same village under Sections 15/19(A)/21 of Narcotic Drugs and

Psychotropic Substances Law by Bago No 1 Police Station.

Stimulant

tablets seized in Phakant

YANGON,

4 Sept – Acting on a tip-off, a combined team comprising members of the local

intelligence unit and the Myitkyina special anti-drug squad raided the house of

Maung Kyin Lin and Ma Swe Kawt in Ward-1, Hseikmu Village, Phakant Township, at

11 pm on 26 July. The authorities found there Maung Kyin Lin, Ma Swe Kawt and Ma

Phyu Nu and discovered 1,180 stimulant tablets and 5 grams of stimulant powder.

Further investigation into the case led to the arrest of Ma Thaung Le (a) Ar Le,

drug pusher.

The Phakant

Police Station has filed lawsuits against Kyin Lin, son of U Yan Hmi Hsan of

Hseikmu village; Ma Swe Kawt, daughter of U Hsi Te Tai; Ma Phyu Nu, daughter of

U Wae; and Ma Thaung Le, daughter of U Thaung Chi, under Sections 15/19(A)/21 of

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and action is being taken

against the drug dealers.

Raw opium,

heroin seized in Hopang, Muse

YANGON,

4 Sept – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and

Myanmar Police Force, acting on a tip-off, on 18 August stopped and searched a

motorcycle being ridden by Maung La Shee Ting Ring, son of U La Shee Baw Tain of

Myazeya Ward, Hopang, at the toll gate in Hopang and seized 14.14 kilos of raw

opium.

Similarly, local

authorities on 25 August searched a house in Kaung-mulwe Ward, Muse, Shan State

(North) and arrested eight drug dealers-six Myanmar nationals and two Chinese

nationals- together with 2.059 kilos of heroin.

In connection

with the cases, the police stations concerned filed the drug dealers under the

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.

Heroin seized

in Myeik

Yangon,

1 Sept – A combined team comprising members of Taninthayi Division Anti-drug

Squad and Myeik Myoma Police Station, acting on information, searched Myo Aung’s

shop for motorcycle repair in Myayni Street, Kanpya Ward, Myeik, on 28 July and

seized six packets of speciosa weighing 0.3429 kilos hidden in the pile of tyres.

Further information led to the arrest of U Tin Kywe together with 73 packets of

speciosa weighing 4.17 kilos stashed in the compound of Nyi Nyi’s house on

Sapagyi Streeet, Yaypon Ward, Myeik.

Myeik Myoma

Police Station is taking action against Myo Aung, son of U Yu Tin of Myayni

Street, Kanpya Ward, Myeik and U Tin Kywe, son of U Tin Maung of Sapagyi Streeet,

Yaypon Ward, Myeik under section 15/19(A) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances Law.