wsop1billionchips2022|Over 700,000 stimulant tablets seized in Myanmar

YANGONwsop1billionchips2022, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized over 700,000 stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Sagaing and Magway regions, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Yinmabin township of Sagaing region on Aug. 8 and confiscated 200,000 stimulant tablets, the report said.

According to the investigation, another 270,000 stimulant tablets in Gangaw Township of Magway region and 245,000 stimulant tablets in Kale township of Sagaing region were apprehended on Aug. 9, it added.

The seized drugs had a street value of 1.43 billion kyats (about 0.68 million U.S. dollars), it said.

The suspects who were involved in the case were charged under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, it added.■

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