Heroin seized in Muse
Yangon,
30 April – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched the houses of Kyaw Myat,
son of U Swe Sai of Homon Ward, Muse, Shan State (North) and Ma Aye Pant,
daughter of U Ywat Kham Sai on 20 April and arrested Kyaw Myat, Ma Aye Pant and
Sai Aung Sar, son of U Swe Nginn of Tonkhan Village, Muse, Aik Kyaw, son of U
Kyaung Kham of Namphatan Village, Muse, Ma Kham Chai, daughter of U Ywet Kham of
Homan Ward, Muse and Ma Kham Sa, daughter of U Kham Hlaing of Auk Ton Village,
Muse, who were at the houses.
According to interrogation, the authorities seized 1.066
kilos of heroin kept in 66 soap cases hidden in the bushes in the compound of
the house of Kyaw Myat. Action was taken against them by the police station
concerned under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
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Marijuana traffickers sentenced
Yangon,
28 April – A combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and
Yangon Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, searched the house of Daw
Myint Swe on 5th street in Ward 3-B, Mingaladon Township, on 30 September 2001
and seized 2.0738 kilos of marijuana. Action was taken against Daw Myint Swe,
50, daughter of U Than Hla, and Aung Kyaw Zan, 35, son of U Childna Aung of
Kalai Village in Thanatpin Township, Bago Division, under section 15/19 (A)/21
of the Narcotic Drugs and Psycho-tropic Substances Law by the police station
concerned. Yangon (North) District Court handed down 25 years’ imprisonment each
under section 19(A) on Daw Myint Swe and Aung Kyaw Zan on 29 March this year.
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Heroin traffickers sentenced
Yangon,
27 April – A combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and
Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched a Dyna with number plate
Hta/6745 of No 11 Bus Line at Ohnchaw Police Station in Patheingyi Township, at
7 am on 1 July 2001 and seized 189.02 grams of heroin kept in 10 soap boxes in
three handbags of passenger U Aung Din.
Ohnchaw Police Station filed U Aung Din, 65, son of U Pu Tin
of Laypangon village in Mahlaing Township, his accomplices Thet Mon Oo, 29, son
of U Soe Thein of Ward 9, Lashio, and Tun Maw Oo, 35, son of U Mya Lwin of Ward
11 in Lashio under Sections 15/19 (A)/21 under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law. On 15 March 2002, Mandalay District Court sentenced
U Aung Din and Tun Maw Oo to 20 years’ imprisonment each under Section 19 (A) of
the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law and Thet Mon Oo to 20 years’
under Section 19 (A) and four years’ imprisonment under Section 15 of the law to
serve separately.
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Drug traffickers sentenced
Yangon,
24 April – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
local police force, acting on information, searched a bus with number plates 4
Kha/3119 which was on its way from Taunggyi at Phayangazu Village, Thazi
Township, and seized 4.980 kilos of marijuana and 138.805 grams of raw opium
inside the bags of Thein Lwin Aye and Zaw Myo Tun on 9 July 2001.
Thazi Police Station filed Thein Lwin Aye, 20, son of U Thein
Oo of Kalaw and Zaw Myo Tun, 23, son of U Tun Lin of Kalaw, under Section 15/19
(A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law. Meiktila District Court
heard the case and sentenced Thein Lwin Aye to 15 years’ imprisonment under
Section 19 (A) and five years’ imprisonment under Section 15 to serve
separately, and Zaw Myo Tun to 15 years’ imprisonment under Section 19 (A) on 21
March 2002.
Phensedyl seized in Tiddim
Yangon, 24 April – A combined
team comprising members of local intelligence unit and regiment, while
discharging duty in the region, seized a total of 40.3 liters of handedly liquid
in 403-100-mililitre bottles from Kham Za Tun near the Tiddim Bridge on 25
September 2001.
Tiddim Police Station filed Kham Za Tun, 43, son of U Man Za
Kat of Pyidawtha Ward, Kalay Township, under Section 15/19 (A)/20(B)/21 of
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law. Falam District Court handed down
a ten-year imprisonment under Section 19 (A) and a fifteen-year imprisonment
under Section 20 (B)/21 on Kham Za Tun to serve concurrently on 13 March 2002.
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Drug Traffickers sentenced
Y
angon,
22 April – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
Yangon Special Anti-Drug Squad searched the house of Tin Aye at Room 205,
Building 5, Shwe Hti Housing Complex in Ward-1, Mayangon Township, on 26 April
2001 and seized 93.8 gm of heroine and 177 stimulant tablets. Actions was taken
against Tin Aye, 53, son of U Hla Kyi under section 15/19 (A) of Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances Law by Bayintnaung police station. Yangon (West)
District Court handed down 25 years’ imprisonment under section 19(A) on Tin Aye
on 29 March this year.
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Marijuana Traffickers sentenced
Yangon,
21 April – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
Yangon Special Anti-Drug Squad searched the house of Maung Kyaw on Gyogone East
1st street in Insein Township on 18 July 2001 and seized 6.128 Kilos of
marijuana. Actions were taken against Maung Kyaw, 41, son of U Tun Shwe, Maung
Soe, 32, son of U Hla Han of Thayetaw Village, Htantabin Township, Hla Htay, 28,
son of U San Thein, Thein Myint Swe, 24, son of U Aye Win and Win Kyi, 45, son
of U Tun Wa of Gwai Village, Htantabin Township and Hla Aye, 26, son of U San
Thein of Kyundaw Village, Kyaukkyi Township, under section 15/19(A)/21 of
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by the police station concerned.
Yangon (North) District Court handed down 25 years’ imprisonment under section
19 (A) on Maung Kyaw, 5 years’ imprisonment under section 15 and 20 years’
imprisonment under section 19 (A)/21 on Maung Soe to serve separately and 20
years’ imprisonment under section 19(A)/21 on Hla Htay, Thein Myint Swe, Win Kyi
and Hla Aye on 14 March this year.
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Marijuana traffickers sentenced
YANGON,
20 April – A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and
local police force, acting on a tip-off, searched a bus with plate numbers Sa/
7146 at the Toll Gate at the. .entrance to Bago and arrested passengers Chit
Thein and Than Nyunt together with 4.7 kilos of marijuana on 9 December 2000.
Action was taken against I Chit Thein, 19, son of U Nyunt of
Kyaukkyibakkan Village, and Than Nyunt, 55, son of U Tun of Nyaungbin Village,
Htantabin Township, under section 15/19 (A)/21 of Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law by Bago No-1.Police Station. Bago District Court
handed down three years’ imprisonment under section 15 and twelve years’
imprisonment under section 19 (A) on Chit Thein to serve separately and twelve
years’ imprisonment under section 19 (A) on Than Nyunt on 26 March this year.
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Two drug dealers sentenced
Yangon, 19 April
– A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and Bago Special
Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, searched a vehicle (4 Kha 5481) which
was on its way from Toungoo at the Toll Gate at the entrance to Bago on 12
December and arrested Soe Aung (a) Nay Lin and Ma Hla Myint together with 4.75
kilos of marijuana.
Action was taken against Soe Aung (a) Nay Lin, 34, son of U
Min Aung, of Chinbo Village, Hinthada Township and Ma Hla Myint, 32, daughter of
U Shwe of Nyaungbintha Village, Pyu Township under Section 15/19(A)/21 of
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Bago No 1 Police Station.
The two were sentenced to three years in prison under Section
15 and 12 years under Section 19 (A) to serve separately by Bago District Court
on 26 March 2002.
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Narcotic drugs dealers jailed
Yangon,
9 April – The Toungoo District Court sentenced prison terms on two narcotic drug
dealers on 20 March 2002. The combined team of local intelligence unit and Bago
Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, waiting in Zwepo Cafe in Yaykhe Kwetthit,
Zeedaing Ward, Toungoo Township, and searched Sa Thant Zin Ohn, 26, son of U Ohn
Kyaing of Kyauktaing Village, Toungoo Township, and Soe Lwin, 36, son of U Po
Htein of Hsaya Phye Street, Ward 1, Toungoo, entering the cafe and seized 5.7135
kilos of marijuana from them on 31 October 2001. The Toungoo Police Station
filed a case against them. The Toungoo District Court heard the case and
sentenced the former to 20 years under Section 19 (A) and the latter to 5 years
under Section 15 and 15 years under Section 19 (A) 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law, to serve separately.
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Drug dealers jailed
Yangon,
8 April – A combined team including members of local intelligence unit and Yagon
Anti-Drug Squad, acting on a tip-off, on 6 February 2001 searched Soe Myint at
the corner of Anawrahta Road and 33rd Street and seized three blocks of heroin
weighing 1.065 kilos from his suitcase.
In connection with the case, Kyauktada Police Station filed
Soe Myint, 42, son of U Khin Pe of No 93, U Chit Maung Street, Saya San Ward
(South), Bahan Township, and Soe Aung, 46, son of U Tin Shein of Kyungalay
Village in Latpadan Township under section 15/19(A)/20(A)/21 of Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances Law. On 11 March 2002, Yangon District Court (West)
sentenced Soe Myint to 20 years’imprisonment under section 19 (A) and Soe Aung
to five years’ under section 15.
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