19.4 Kilos of opium seized

19.4 Kilos of opium seized

 

Yangon, 22 March— Two men were nabbed after being discovered in possession of 11 packets
of opium weighing 19.4 kilos. Action on information, a combined team including members of the
local intelligence unit and Myanmar Police Force, searched the house of Paung Shin, 31, son of
U Maung Aik of Takwin Village, Mohnyin Township, Kachin State, on 9 March and arrested Maung Aik,
32, son of U Maung Ni of Mingon Village, Makaung Township, who was in the house together with
the narcotic drugs hidden in white Toyota Corolla(Ah/ 6577).Action has been taken against them.

Paung Shin and Maung Aik together with seized opium