9 September 2024
Early in the morning, liquid opium and opium leaves were seized from three men, including one Thai citizen, according to the Tachilek City Police, occurred on September 7 at a house on (2) Street in Mekong Ward, Tachilek City, Shan State (East).
As it was reported that liquid opium and opium leaves were being sold in a house in Mekong Ward (2), a joint team comprising Tachileik District Police and officials from Tachileik District searched and discovered Thai nationals Pisit (b) Porntha Wonsuk and Sai Tun Hla, along with Sai Swe Aung, who were found in possession of liquid opium leaves and opium leaves.
One hundred fifty bottles of poppy leaf infusion from the home kitchen. Twenty kilos of wet poppy leaves, 150 bottles of Datissim cough syrup, a steel pot for boiling poppy leaves, a gas stove, a grinding machine, and plastic water bottles. It is reported that opium paper, Thai paper, sticky notes, and other related items were also seized.
Three men, including a Thai national, have been arrested and charged under the narcotics and psychoactive drugs law at the Tachilek City Police Station.
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