Drugs seized in some townships

A joint team consisting of members of the Anti-Drug Police Force made inspections on Thanthuma Road, Thuwunna Nga Ka Ward, Thingangyun Township at 3 pm on 17 February and 0.4 kilogramme of heroin was seized during the search of suspect Tun Kyaw.
According to the investigation, officials searched the room of Kyi Lin Thant (alias) Lin Lin’s house in Building No. 7 and found Zaw Lin (alias) Labutta and Kaung Myat Win along with 0.0033 kilogramme of heroin, 1,857 tablets of ecstasy, and 0.018 kilogramme of ICE.
At 5:30 pm on the same day, the Anti-Drug Police Force found 0.16 kilogramme of heroin from Zaw Lin (alias) Labutta’s Daihatsu Hijet vehicle on Maha Bandoola Road, No. 4 Ward, Botahtaung Township.
Next, officials stopped and searched a motorcycle driven by Nyunt Maung on the Mawbi-Kyauktalongyi Road, near the Kyuntaung Village, Kyauktaing Village-Tract, Nyaungshwe Township and 89,000 tablets of ecstasy were confiscated.
At 5:30 am on the same day, a search of the home of Aik Tun (alias) Tayot Lay, a resident of Kaungmuton Ward, led to the confiscation of 2,000 ecstasy pills. They are prosecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, according to the police force. —MNA