YANGON, May 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force, seized five million stimulant tablets worth K5 billion (over 2.7 million U.S. dollars) in Yangon, according to a police statement.
Following a tip-off, police raided a house at No 3, Zawtika street, Thingangyun Gyi Ward of Mingalardon Township, and arrested seven suspects, together with one million stimulant pills on May 17.
Following further investigation, the police also seized four million stimulant tablets, at a house in Sabei street of No 3, Pale Ward of Mingalardon Township, on the same evening.
Furthermore, the anti-narcotics agents arrested one suspected female and two suspected males, on May 18.
The suspects kept the stimulant pills in their homes, before they transport them to Yangon from Shan State, and they mailed the drugs to Tanintharyi Region and Rakhine State.
The main drug dealer is still at large, and the police have filed charges against him.– NNN-MNA
