DRUGS were seized in Tat­kon, Kengtung, Tachilek, Loilem and Hopang town­ships, Myanmar Police Force stated.

A combined team con­sisting of members of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force Police examined a motor­bike driven by Myint Ngwe in Tatkon township and cap­tured 600 stimulant tablets at 3:30 pm on 23 September.

According to the in­vestigation, at 4 pm on the same day, police arrested a trafficker Sein Yoe with a motorbike and 4,000 stimu­lant tablets.

Similarly, at 3:15 pm on the same day, a combined team including the Anti-Nar­cotics Task Force searched a motorbike driven by Zaw Zaw Win (aka) Aeik Zaw in Kengtung township and seized 4,000 stimulant tab­lets.

On 22 September at 9:30 pm, Police Force stopped and inspected a Ford car driven by Kyamauk accom­panied by Arrchan near Lw­alsitong village in Tachilek township and captured 1.05 kilogrammes of a mixed powder of stimulant tablets (Happy Water) and conse­quently arrested Kyashal and Khanoukkon (aka) Kon with 0.5 kilogramme of ket­amine, 0.85 kilogramme of Ice, 16,000 stimulant tab­lets and 2.345 kilogrammes of Happy Water at a rent­al house of Kyamauk in Saekham Ward in Tachilek township, according to the investigation.

On 23 September at 4:40 pm, a combined team con­sisting of the Anti-Narcot­ics Task Force examined a Vigo car driven by Sai May Htar with three people on the Panglong- Lai-Hka Road in Loilem township and cap­tured 2.7 kilogrammes of Ice.

Similarly, at 6 pm on the same day, Police Force searched a house of Ngo­sei in Hopang township and seized 2,200 stimulant tab­lets and 0.015 kilogramme of heroin.

The suspects are pros­ecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.

MNA