Opium refinery raided
Yangon, 3
May – A combined team comprising members of the local Tatmadawmen, local
intelligence unit and Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, found a drug
refinery hut, one hut and two storehouses in a rivine near Manjaryan Village in
Kutkai Township, Shan State (North) on 28 February. The authorities also
arrested Kyaw Win, 25, of Tashwehtan Village in Kutkai Township, Law San, 26, Li
Lauk Chan, 26 and Yan Ae, 23 of Monekoe Myo together with 8.05 kilos of heroin,
1.2 kilos of brown opium, two M-20 pistols, one .38 pistol, one M-22 rifle, one
M-16 rifle, three magazines, 40 rounds of various ammunitions, 62.5 litres of
hydrochloric acid, 36 litres of acetic acid, 1872.5 litres of spirit, 36 litres
of chloroforms, 36 litres of acetic anhydrite, 245.48 litres of ether, 4 kilos
of white chemical powder and 15 other related equipment used in drug-refining.The
police station concerned has taken action over the seizure.