Rioters arrested, weapons used in riots seized in Tachilek, Dawbon

The combined team comprising the Police Force of Tachilek Township confiscated the materials used in making air guns on “Doh Nyi Naung” passenger bus at Mal Yan checkpoint in Tachilek on 8 April. The combined team received the information about the owner of these materials and contacted Win Zaw Oo, 37, to take the parcels back as the bus line suspends operation during this period on 13 April. When the suspect came to take the parcels, the police arrested him.
Similarly, the security forces raided the house of Win Zaw Oo in Wan Mine Village in the afternoon and seized 1 air gun, 1 gas gun, 3 gas cylinders and 4 lead balls.
Moreover, the combined team raided the house of Aung Kyaw Soe, 46 in Aung Chan Tha Ward of Dawbon Township on 13 April midnight and arrested him together with weapons used in riots.
Action will be taken against those arrested together with the weapons and other materials used in riots according to the law. — MNA/GNLM