Moe Hein Operation Phase 5
Foreign Military Attaches viewing the narcotic drugs, arms and
ammunitions seized by Operation Moe Hein phase (5)
From 19 February to 8 March 1980, the Tatmadaw launched an
offensive at Lau Lo Chai region in Myanmar-Thai Border under Moe Hein Operation Phase 5 arid successfully destroyed the opium producing
factories. Tatmadaw occupied the opium producing camps of Loimaw in Ah Kauk Htan, Chen Chi Fu and Lau Lo Chai and occupied the private
opium producing camps at Pu Ta Se, Eik Shao Si Paing, Shao Paing, Chan San Paing and Wai Su Yan Paing. In that operation, the
Tatmadaw engaged in 9 skirmishes, which resulted in 5 injured while the enemy side lost 10 and one injured. The Tatmadaw apprehended 10
different arms, 10 bags of ammonium chloride, sixty 50 -pound bags of SOT powder, 1 kilo of brown opium, one pack of 999 brown opium, 2
kilos of Heroin No. 3, 683 kilos of unidentified white powder, 11 tins of raw opium liquid, 33 gallons of mixed black opium liquid, 3 tins of brown
chemicals, 300 gallons of unidentified chemicals, 20 kilos of Soda and other paraphernalia.
Precursor chemicals from the Loimaw Insurgents’ opium refinery seized by
Operation Moe Hein
phase (5)