Heroin, stimulant tablets
seized in Nawnghkio
Yangon,
9 March – A combined team including members of local intelligence unit and
Myanmar Police Force, after receiving information, stopped and searched a van
with number plates 1 Kha/ 2879 driven by Aik Hsaing, son of U Aik Pu of Dalon
Village, Muse Township at check point of the entrance of Nawnghkio in Northern
Shan State on 28 February. Along with the driver in the car were Win Myint, son
of U Tha Tun Aung of Maingna Village, Waingmaw Township, and Maung Lun, son of U
Maung Me of Ohnbaung Village, Mogaung Township. The authorities seized 2.3 kilos
of heroin and 5,600 stimulant tablets hidden on the floor of the car together
with them. In connection with the case, the police station concerned filed them
under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.