350,000 stimulant tablets seized in Myanmar's Yangon


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YANGON: (Bernama-Xinhua) Myanmar authorities have seized 350,000 stimulant tablets in Yangon region, Xinhua reported, quoting the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Sunday (April 27).

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Mingaladon township of Yangon on April 23, and confiscated the drug, and arrested two suspects.

The next day, another suspect who ordered the transport of the drug was arrested on the Yangon-Mandalay highway.

The seized narcotic was approximately worth 350 million kyats (about US$166,666) on the black market.

The three suspects have been charged under the country's law, and further investigations were ongoing. - Bernama-Xinhua

 

 

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