YANGON, Jul 16 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police seized over 190,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar’s Shan State, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, the joint anti-narcotic task force inspected a vehicle in Kengtung Township of Shan State on Sunday, and confiscated 168,000 stimulant tablets, which are worth 67.2 million kyats (about 32,000 U.S. dollars), it said.
Further investigation led to the seizure of another 3,000 stimulant tablets and 1 kg of raw opium from a suspect’s house in Kengtung.
On the same day, another 20,000 stimulant tablets were seized, after a motorcycle was intercepted in the same township.
A total of six suspects linked to the drug cases have been charged, under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations were underway, the CCDAC said.– NNN-MNA
