Over K280 mln worth of heroin seized in Tachilek

  

 

HEROIN blocks worth over K280 million were confiscated in Tachilek Township in Shan State (East), according to the Myanmar Police Force.

Acting on a tip-off, a combined team consisting of members of the Anti-Drug Police Force stopped and searched a motorcycle driv­en by Sai Sot (aka) Sai Kyaw accompanied by Sai Sai (aka) Aik Kyaing (aka) Sia Phon near Wantone village, Tachil­ek Township in eastern Shan State. A total of 54 blocks of heroin weighing 18.9 kilo­grammes and estimated to be worth K283.5 million were found in the paper box on the motorcycle.

According to interroga­tion results, heroin blocks are transported from Tachil­ek Township to the Myan­mar-Laos border. Legal ac­tion is taken against two of them, and the police force is trying to expose those con­nected with the two.

MNA

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