According to Myanmar media reports, since February 1, 2021, many addicts in kyaukme, Xibu and other places in northern Myanmar have gathered to take drugs. At the same time, the drug epidemic in many places is becoming more and more serious. Drugs are often surrounded by robbery, theft, homicide and so on. The increase in the number of drug users means that more and more drugs are on the flow.
According to information released by the Central Anti-Narcotics Group, many drugs are seized every day throughout the country.
A man in southern Shan State was arrested for transporting large quantities of heroin
According to the Central Anti-Narcotics Group, at 1 p.m. on May 22, a joint law enforcement team with the participation of officers of the Anti-Narcotics Police Force conducted an inspection of vehicles at the joint checkpoint of Dashuqiao in Kunhin Town, southern Shan State. During an inspection in a Toyota Crown vehicle driven by a man driving from Khao Lan to Muang Bin Town, 23.31 kilograms of heroin briquettes were seized on the car, with an estimated regional market value of 279.72 million Kyats. After the seizure of drugs, the man involved was arrested and handed over to the Karli District Police Station, where a case was filed under the Drug Act to investigate and pursue responsibility, and other people involved in the case were traced.
Three men in Myanmar were arrested for using 12 large trucks to transport controlled chemicals
According to the Central Anti-Narcotics Group, at about 11:40 a.m. on May 21, a joint law enforcement team involving officers of the Anti-Narcotics Police Force conducted an interception and inspection of a 12-wheeled truck near the village of Binsa in Binulun City, Mandalay Province, based on intelligence information. 4,600 liters of the controlled chemical sulfuric acid were seized in plastic drums on the vehicle, with an estimated regional market capitalization of 4.6 million Kyats. After the seizure of drugs, the driver of the vehicle and 2 members of his entourage were arrested and handed over to the Binza District Police Department to investigate the drug law and investigate the other people involved.
A shipment of drugs shipped from Mandalay to Kachin State with a market capitalization of more than 1 billion was investigated
According to the Central Anti-Narcotics Group, at about 6 p.m. on May 16, the joint law enforcement team involved by the security forces, based on intelligence, inspected vehicles at the South Sion checkpoint on the Mandalay-Myitkyina highway in The town of Monin in Kachin State. A 6-wheeled truck driven by a man from Mandalay to Morning was intercepted and inspected, and 342,000 pieces of 26.4 kilograms of ephedrine tablets with a market value of more than 1 billion were seized on the vehicle. After the seizure of the drugs, the man involved was arrested and interrogated to learn that the drugs had been sent from Mandalay and were planned to be transported into Kachin State. At present, the man has been held accountable according to law and other people involved in the case have been traced.
Two men in Jingdong, Shan State, were arrested transporting ephedrine tablets worth 160 million kyats
According to the Anti-Narcotics Central Group, at 5:20 p.m. on May 23, the joint law enforcement team involving police officers of the Anti-Narcotics Police Force inspected a Honda vehicle in a hotel in The No. 4 block of Jingdong City in eastern Shan State on the basis of intelligence information, and seized 40,000 ephedrine tablets in the woven bags carried on the vehicle, with an estimated regional market value of 160 million Kyats. After the seizure of drugs, the driver of the vehicle and the accompanying man were arrested and handed over to the Jingdong Muima Police Station to investigate and pursue responsibility under the Drug Law, and to trace the other people involved in the case.
Three men in northern Shan State, Myanmar, were arrested on suspicion of trafficking in 44 kilograms of heroin
According to the Anti-Narcotics Central Group, at about 3 p.m. on May 17, the joint law enforcement team involved in the security forces, based on intelligence information, intercepted and inspected vehicles driving from Lauso to Naoqiu in the direction of Naoqiu and accompanied by a man, and seized 44 kilograms of heroin with a regional market value of 660 million kyats on the vehicle near the Dotavadide River Bridge in the jurisdiction of Naoqiu Town in northern Shan State.
It is reported that the drug was hidden under the corn sack. After the seizure of drugs, 2 people were arrested. Subsequently, based on the confessions of the two people, the anti-narcotics police force arrested a man responsible for transporting the drug and seized a Toyota vehicle at a toll booth near the 16-mile checkpoint in the town of Benzengir in Mandalay at about 6 p.m. on May 22. At present, 3 people have been arrested, and the police have filed a case under the Drug Law to investigate and pursue responsibility, and trace other people involved in the case.