Drugs worth K138.5M seized in Kentung, Lashio and Sangyoung

DRUGS worth K51 million in Kentung, K67.5 million in Lash­io and K20 million in Sangyoung townships were seized on 8 Octo­ber, and the suspects have been prosecut­ed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotrop­ic Substances Law, ac­cording to the Myanmar Police Force.

 

At 5:30 pm on 8 Oc­tober, a combined team including members of the Drug Enforce­ment Division of MPF searched a Toyota Hilux Vigo driven by Sai Sam Shen from Wampong Vi l lage, Mongping Township, near Keng­fong Village in Kentung Township, following a tip-off. The team seized 51 kilogrammes of raw opium, valued at K51 million at the local rate of K1 million per kilo­gramme. Sai Sam Shen has been prosecuted un­der the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Sub­stances Law.

 

Similarly, at 12:30 pm on 8 October, a com­bined team including members of the Drug Enforcement Division searched a Toyota Crown car driven by Aung Ko Ko Nyi with Ma Honey Soe, also known as Hwam Kham as a passenger. Both are from Ward 3 of Kutkai. In another case, officials also searched a Kenbo Scoppy motorcycle driv­en by Kyaw Naing, also known as Ah Swint from Ward 7 of Lashio, on the Lashio-Meihan road in Ward 1 of Lashio, follow­ing a tip-off. The team seized 1.5 kilogrammes of Happy Water, a psy­chotropic substance, carried by the three sus­pects, valued at K67.5 million at the local rate of K45 million per kilo­gramme. Aung Ko Ko Nyi, Ma Honey Soe, also known as Hwam Kham, and Kyaw Naing, also known as Ah Swint, have been prosecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substanc­es Law.

 

At 10:30 am on 8 Oc­tober, a combined team including members of the Drug Enforcement Division searched Ma Than Than Htwe, also known as Thay Thay from East Thadu Ward, Kyimyindine Town­ship, who was walking along the Baho Road in North Sangyoung Ward, Sangyoung Town­ship, following a tip-off. Officials seized 10,000 stimulant tablets from her shoulder bag, val­ued at K20 million at the local rate of K2,000 per tablet. Ma Than Than Htwe, also known as Thay Thay, has been prosecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substanc­es Law. — MNA/KZL