More than K900m in drugs found in government vehicle

Sub-title: 

More than K900-million-worth of drugs was found in the fuel tank of a Ministry of Construction vehicle while it was being checked at a body shop in Nay Pyi Taw last Monday.

Description: 

"Police received a call that the drugs were found by Bayint Naung body shop at Bawga Thiri bus terminal. Police seized 89 bricks of heroin weighing about 350 grams each, or a total 30.15 kilograms, in the fuel tank, which had been divided into sections. A suspect, Kyan Yin Haung, was arrested in Kutkai township, Shan State, and the vehicle was confiscated. It had last been seen at the Ministry of Construction about 5 days before the arrest. Charges were filed against Kyan Yin Haung under Section 19(a) of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law by Pyinmana township police. Deputy Police Colonel Kyi Soe of the Myanmar Police Force confirmed the drug seizure. “The car was seized in Kutkai regarding a drug case. The car could not hold much fuel, so its fuel tank was checked, and it was found that bricks of heroin had been stored on one side of the tank,” he said on Tuesday. There were three or four similar cases in the past, with some involving weapons, he said..."

Creator/author: 

MYAT THURA

Source/publisher: 

"Myanmar Times"

Date of Publication: 

2019-08-12

Date of entry: 

2019-08-12

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Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

Text quality: 

    • Good