FORTY-FOUR kilogrammes of heroin worth K1.1 billion were seized in the PyinOoLwin town­ship of Mandalay Region, accord­ing to the Myanmar Police Force.

The combined team consist­ing of the Anti-Drug Police Force searched a six-wheel Canter ve­hicle driven by Tun Naing Oo (aka) Tun Naing accompanied by Hla Myint near Aungchantha village on the PyinOoLwin-Man­dalay Road, PyinOoLwin town­ship in Mandalay Region at 1 pm on 22 September. Officials found 44 kilogrammes of heroin worth K1.1 billion and as an interroga­tion result, the team found Ma Khin Aye Wine (aka) Khin Wine who accompanied in the delivery of heroin at Aungchantha village in PyinOoLwin township at 2 pm. According to the examination, stockpiled heroin will be carried from Shan State (North) to Man­dalay Region and they are pros­ecuted under respective laws and perpetrators of the crime chain are being investigated and identified, it is learnt.

MNA