YANGON, Aug 19 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police seized over 15 tonnes of controlled chemicals and 1,020 litres of propiophenone in western Myanmar’s Sagaing region, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, the country’s anti-narcotics police searched two vehicles in Sagaing township on Aug 13 and confiscated 2.35 tonnes of ammonium chloride, 13 tonnes of caffeine, and 1,020 litres of propiophenone.
The seized chemicals, which were being transported from the Myanmar-India border to Kale township and then onward to Shan State, are estimated to have a street value of over 4.2 billion kyats (about two million U.S. dollars), the CCDAC said.
The suspects involved in the case have been charged under the law, and further investigations were underway.– NNN-MNA
