YANGON, Sept 26 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police seized 997 kg of ICE (methamphetamine) in Yangon, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) reported late last night.
While patrolling the Yangon River in the early morning of Sept 16, Myanmar maritime police confiscated the narcotics from a motorboat on the river, in Botahtaung township, Yangon region, and two suspects onboard the motorboat were arrested, the CCDAC said.
Four other suspects in connection with the case were also arrested on Sept 16 and 17, in the townships of Yangon, the CCDAC said.
Investigations showed that, the narcotics were intended to be transported to the estuary, it said.
The suspects have been charged under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations are ongoing, it added.– NNN-MNA
