Altogether 83,250 WY pills of schizophrenia were seized by the militarycouncil border guards from Maungdaw township of Rakhine State, which is closeto the Bangladesh border.

 The illegal drugs, worth Kyats 166.5 million, were seized at about 5:30pm on 23 October from the river bank, which is two miles north of Re Myet Taungvillage in northern Maungdaw locality.

The State military council stated that three men carried the packages where thedrugs were found. However, the peddlers could escape.

On 19, 20 and 22 October, six persons were arrested and nearly 200,000 WYecstasy pills worth Kyats 3,00 million were seized from their possessions inMaungdaw township.