Nearly One million stimulant tablets seized in central Myanmar

authorities seized 0.95 million stimulant tablets

YANGON, Dec 13 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s authorities seized 0.95 million stimulant tablets worth over 1.4 billion kyats (0.66 million U.S. dollars), in the central region of Mandalay, the state-run media, citing police sources, reported today.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotic police intercepted a Toyota Hiace vehicle, near Kywe Dat Son village in Thazi township of Mandalay region, at around 10:30 a.m. local time on Dec 9, and confiscated the drugs.

Investigation showed that the stimulant tablets were to be transported to Yangon region, from southern Shan state, it said.

The driver and another person accompanying him were charged under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, according to the media report.

Further investigations were underway, it added.