6.6kg of heroin, stimulants seized in Northern Myanmar

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YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized a large haul of narcotic drugs including 6.6 kg of heroin and 89,300 stimulant tablets in Sagaing region, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Sunday.

Soap boxes filled with heroin worth 660 million kyats and stimulants worth 446.5 million kyats were seized from a car.

The township police filed a case against the suspect who ran away from the scene under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, the release said. The seizure also comes after Myanmar authorities had seized a large haul of narcotic drugs including 22kg of heroin and 549,000 stimulant tablets in Mandalay region on Thursday.That times, the haul saw soapboxes filled with heroin worth 1.54 billion kyats and stimulants worth 2.74 billion kyats were confiscated from a car and a bush nearby where the car parked in the township.

According to a recent release from the President's Office, a total of 971 drug-related cases were logged across Myanmar while 1,503 suspects were charged as of Feb 8 this year, since the formation of the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department on June 26, 2018. - Xinhua/Asian News Network

 

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