Drugs seized in Pyigyidagun, Lashio townships

Drugs were captured in Pyigyidagun and Lashio townships, the Myanmar Police Force stated.
At 4:40 pm on 9 August, a combined team consisting of members of the Anti-Drug Police Force stopped and searched a motorbike driven by Ma Yi Yi Htwe (aka) Moe Moe accompanied by Ma Nwet Nwet Yi on the Lepyin village road in Lonkhin village-tract of Phakant township and seized 3,420 stimulant tablets.
According to the investigation, Anti-Drug Police Force continuously searched a house of Ma Aye Kyi (aka) Ma Shay in Nyeinchanthaya village in Phakant township and 190 more stimulant tablets were confiscated at 5:15 pm.
Similarly, at 4:20 pm, members of the Anti-Drug Police Force raided a house of Ma Tin Tin Yi in Pyigyidagun township and impounded 2,000 stimulant tablets.
In addition, at 5:15 pm on the same day, a combined team including members of the Anti-Drug Police Force searched a flat of Sai Pun Seng in No 1 Ward of Lashio township and seized not only 0.616 kilogramme of Ketamine, 480 Ecstasy tablets, 0.03 kilogramme of low-grade opium but also a Crown car which parking with Sai Pun Seng, Sai Aung Moe, Win Thein, Nay Lin Htun and Sai Aung Hein in the house.
According to the investigation, MPF continuously confiscated a Volks Wagen Golf car at a hotel in No 1 Ward of Lashio township where Nay Lin Htun and Win Thein stayed.
The suspects are prosecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, it is learnt. — MNA