91kg of heroin blocks worth almost RM3mil seized in eastern Myanmar

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar authorities have seized 91 kg of heroin blocks in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Kengtung township in Shan state on Jan. 1, and seized the narcotics, the report said.

The confiscated narcotics are worth 1.365 billion kyats (US$650,000 -- RM2.92mil), and two suspects were arrested for the case, it said.

According to the investigation, the drugs were being transported from Kunhing township to Tachileik township in Shan state.

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