Over 40 kg of heroin, 200,000 stimulant tablets seized in eastern Myanmar

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 40.2 kg of heroin blocks and 200,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Friday (Jan 3).

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Mong Pan township of southern Shan state on Dec. 28, 2024, and seized the narcotics, the report said.

The confiscated narcotics are approximately worth 540 million kyats (about 257,142 U.S. dollars), and two suspects were arrested for the case, it said.

The suspects were charged under the country's law, and further investigations were ongoing, it added. - Xinhua