- Web Master
- September 02, 2024
Maung Sar Ga, Narinjara
News, 25 October 2024
Methamphetamine pills valued around Kyats 3.98 billion, purchased by a man from
Maungdaw town of Arakan State, were recently seized in Yangon by a joint
team of anti-narcotics police officers under the military junta.
The team conducted a search operation on the vehicle driven by Win Htut, a
resident of ward number 29 in north Dagon township, at 4:30 pm on 14 October
and detected 300,000 methamphetamine pills, reported the junta-owned
newspapers.
The investigation revealed that the vehicle carrying methamphetamine pills were
confiscated by 5 pm and an additional 3.69 million methamphetamine pills
were seized from Win Htut's house on Shwe Kyee lane in Kyi Su (west) ward of
south Dagon township at 5:30 pm.
The seized methamphetamine
pills were sold by Sai Sai Nun (also known as P Nun) from Namsang township in
southern Shan State and Han Thein (also known as Sai San Swe) from Kyethi
township. The pills were purchased by Soe Myint (also known as Zi Buramauk)
from Maungdaw locality,” added the report.
Soe Moe Aung (also known as
Mol Zuraman) from Botahtaung township in the Yangon region along with Kyaw Win
Soe from Maha Aungmye township in the Mandalay region and his wife Ma Thidar
Win (also known as Jasmine) were also arrested for their involvement in
the drug trafficking.
The arrested individuals are
prosecuted under the law, while the investigation into other suspects in the
network still continues. The actions are being implemented to confiscate the
financial benefits and assets acquired from the drug trafficking as public
funds under the anti-money laundering law.
Photograph - CCDAC Myanmar