YANGON, Sept 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized large haul of narcotic drugs, including 454,670 stimulant tablets and four kilograms of marijuana, in Rakhine state, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), on Saturday.
Stimulant tablets worth over 909 million kyats (606,227 U.S. dollars) were confiscated from two houses in Maungtaw township, late Friday.
Three suspects were charged under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, while searching for one suspect who fled the scene.
Meanwhile, four kilograms of marijuana was confiscated at a highway bus station, along with a suspect in Ann township, Rakhine state on Thursday.
On the same day, 1,950 kilograms of caffeine worth 195 million kyats (130,000 U.S. dollars) were seized from two cars in Tachileik town, Shan state.
Also, the anti-narcotic taskforce seized 39,900 stimulant tablets worth 79.8 million kyats (53,200 U.S. dollars) and 660 grams of heroin worth 66 million kyats (44,000 U.S. dollars) in Momauk township, Kachin state.
Four suspects were charged in connection with the cases in Shan and Kachin states, under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.– NNN-MNA
