3.2 mln stimulant tablets seized in Myanmar's Yangon
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YANGON, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized 3.2 million stimulant tablets in the commercial city of Yangon, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control on late Monday.
Acting on a tipoff, police searched a car near a hotel in Hlaing township of Yangon Region on March 30 and confiscated 100,000 stimulant tablets. Two suspects were arrested.
Police raided the house of one of the arrested suspects in Mayangone township of Yangon Region and seized additional 3.1 million stimulant tablets, it said.
The seized narcotic drugs are worth over 1.5 million U.S. dollars, it said.
An initial investigation showed that the drugs were transported from Shan state to Yangon Region, and the suspects had intended to distribute the narcotics during the traditional Thingyan water festival.
The suspects were charged under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations were underway, it added. Enditem
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