900,000 stimulant tablets seized in Myanmar
16 Jun 2023 03:16pm
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YANGON - Myanmar authorities have seized 900,000 stimulant tablets in the commercial city of Yangon, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control on late Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police raided a house in Kamayut Township of Yangon on June 11, and confiscated the drugs, Xinhua quoted the statement as saying.
The seized narcotics are worth approximately 900 million kyats (about US$428,571), it said.
An initial investigation showed that the drugs were being distributed and sold to young people at the KTVs, clubs, bars and restaurants in Yangon.
Two suspects were charged in the case and further investigation was underway. - Bernama
