YANGON, Apr 11 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police seized over 400,000 stimulant tablets and other drugs, in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, the state-owned daily, The Mirror, reported today.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint anti-narcotic task force raided a rental apartment in Tachileik town, on Apr 8, and confiscated 401,400 stimulant tablets and other drugs from three rooms within the building, it said.
The seized drugs had a street value of over 285 million kyats (about 135,714 U.S. dollars) and three suspects were arrested, it added.
The suspects were charged under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations were underway, the report said.– NNN-MNA
