50kg of Ice worth almost RM1 900,000 seized in eastern Myanmar


YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar authorities have seized 50 kg of Ice (methamphetamine) in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) reported on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police conducted a search of a vehicle in Kengtung township of Shan state on Feb. 21, and confiscated the narcotics, it said.

The seized narcotics had a street value of 400 million kyats (US$200,000 - RM880,000), and a suspect was arrested in connection with the case, it added.

The suspect has been charged under the country's law, and further investigations are ongoing, the CCDAC said. - Xinhua

 

 

 

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