MT News
Acting upon a tip off, a combined team including personnel from Drug Enforcement Division searched a Toyota Hilux Surf driven Maung Maung Shwe @ Maung Shwe on Oo Yay Khel Street of Ward (2), Mayangon Township, Yangon Region and recovered 70,000 tablets of amphetamine in the Surf at 9:30pm on 28 September. Then, 140,000 tablets of amphetamine and 2 million kyats were subsequently seized from two apartments rented by him on Aung Myit Thar Street of Ward (2) and on 8th Street of Ward (1) in Mayangon Township and 210,000 tablets of amphetamine worth a local value of 210 million kyats were thus totally impounded.
Likewise, a combined team including personnel from Drug Enforcement Division searched on a tip off a motorcycle driven by Aung Kyaw Zin Thet on Ananda Thukha Street of Ward (4), Myawaddy and netted 5,850 tablets of amphetamine and a .32 pistol at 1230pm on 29 September. Then, 214,500 tablets of amphetamine and a Toyota Landcruiser Prado were subsequently impounded from the house he rented on Aung Di Par Street, Ward (4), Myawaddy, Kayin State. Therefore, more than 220,000 tablets of amphetamine worth a local value in excess of 440 million kyats were totally seized. They were thus charged under existing law and follow-up activities are underway to unearth concatenations of the case.
CCDAC, Myanmar
