Narcotic drugs seized in
PyinOoLwin
Yangon,
, 9 Feb – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, on 23 January this year, searched
the house of Haw Twan Paung (a) Kaw Hla and arrested Haw Twan Paung, son of U
Chein Po Chan, of Ward 8, Hninsi Street, Padetha Myothit, PyinOoLwin, Mandalay
Division, and Yan Tar Phar, son of U Yan Cho Kho, of Yugoslat Ward, Ward No 3,
the same town, and Ma Kyu Kyu Khaing (a) Twan Sein Kyu, daughter of U Twan Maw
Khaing, of Hninsi 2nd Street, Padetha Myothit, who were there to buy narcotic
drugs, together with 17,000 stimulant tablets, 0.004 kilogram of heroin, 0.0407
kilogram of opium oil and 0.049 kilogram of opium residue. Action was taken
against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.