Maung Sar Ga, NarinjaraNews, 25 October 2024

Methamphetamine pills valued around Kyats 3.98 billion, purchased by a man fromMaungdaw town of  Arakan State, were recently seized in Yangon by a jointteam of anti-narcotics police officers under the military junta.

The team conducted a search operation on the vehicle driven by Win Htut, aresident of ward number 29 in north Dagon township, at 4:30 pm on 14 Octoberand detected 300,000 methamphetamine pills, reported the junta-ownednewspapers.

The investigation revealed that the vehicle carrying methamphetamine pills wereconfiscated by 5 pm and  an additional 3.69 million methamphetamine pillswere seized from Win Htut's house on Shwe Kyee lane in Kyi Su (west) ward ofsouth Dagon township at 5:30 pm.

The seized methamphetaminepills were sold by Sai Sai Nun (also known as P Nun) from Namsang township insouthern Shan State and Han Thein (also known as Sai San Swe) from Kyethitownship. The pills were purchased by Soe Myint (also known as Zi Buramauk)from Maungdaw locality,” added the report.

Soe Moe Aung (also known asMol Zuraman) from Botahtaung township in the Yangon region along with Kyaw WinSoe from Maha Aungmye township in the Mandalay region and his wife Ma ThidarWin (also known as Jasmine)  were also arrested for their involvement inthe drug trafficking.

The arrested individuals areprosecuted under the law, while the investigation into other suspects in thenetwork still continues. The actions are being implemented to confiscate thefinancial benefits and assets acquired from the drug trafficking as publicfunds under the anti-money laundering law.

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