YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar police seized 610,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) late on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint anti-narcotic task force intercepted a vehicle in the state's Yatsauk township on Nov. 4 and confiscated the drugs along with three mobile phones.
The seized drugs had a street value of 305 million kyats (US$145,238 - RM639,000).
Two suspects have been arrested since Friday (Nov 8).
The suspects were charged under the South-East Asian country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations were underway, the CCDAC said. - XInhua
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