YANGON, Mar 16 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized 30.8 kg of heroin and 154,000 stimulant tablets, in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) said, yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Pyigyitagon township of Mandalay region, on Mar 9, and confiscated the narcotics, and arrested three suspects.
Three other suspects in connection with the case were later arrested.
The seized narcotics are approximately worth over one billion kyats (about 476,190 U.S. dollars).
The suspects have been charged under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations were ongoing.– NNN-MNA
