Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Myanmar seizes large quantity of drugs


(MENAFN) The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) declared that huge quantity of narcotic drugs were captured in Myanmar's Sagaing region.

The capture was carried out by police personnel from the Anti-narcotic task force in Indaw township on Friday morning.

Up to 836 soap boxes filled with 8.36 kg of heroin worth 836 million kyats (557,333 U.S. dollars) were seized along with 45,750 stimulant tablets with the value of over 1.06 billion kyats (USD 709,833 dollars) from a car when it was intercepted on Shwebo-Myitkyina highway in the township.

Three suspects on the car were charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances law.

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