Large haul of narcotics seized in eastern Myanmar
The seized narcotics are approximately worth over 5.7 billion kyats (about 2.7 million U.S. dollars) on the black market.
YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized a significant amount of narcotics in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a house in Tachileik town on Dec. 14 and confiscated 141 kg of ICE (methamphetamine), 23 kg of ketamine, and 128,000 ecstasy pills, the report said.
On the same day, police conducted another raid at a different house in the same town, and seized 2 kg of happy water, 16,000 happy-5 tablets, and 9 kg of ecstasy powder, it said.
The seized narcotics are approximately worth over 5.7 billion kyats (about 2.7 million U.S. dollars) on the black market.
Three suspects were arrested in connection with the cases, it added.
The suspects have been charged under the country’s law, and further investigations are ongoing, it added.
-Xinhua
