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(1) Bangladeshi security forces seize another weapons
cache
(2) Arakan’s border security
chief accused of involvement in heroin
traffic
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Bangladeshi security forces
seize another weapons cache
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Narinjara News
from a bordering hill district of Bandaban Nov. 24, a day after the
seizure of a huge cache of arms and
ammunition from the same district,
according to an official report.
The weapons seized are two 60mm and two 2-inch mortars,
three British-
made LMGs
and 49 magazines, 32 self-loading rifle (SLR) magazines, 11
AK 47assault rifle magazines, and
2,000 British-made LMG bullets.
The weapons were found on a bank of a pond in hilly Jarullachhari in
The reliable sources said the seized arms and ammunition
were
reportedly possessed by Muslim
insurgent groups from bordering Arakan,
district of Bangladesh.
On Nov. 23, the day before this incident, BDR seized seven
AK-47s, two
M-16s, one rocket launcher, one point 22 bore rifle, two 12-bore
shotguns, two air rifles and a huge
amount of ammunitions from the
same township.
In the last few months, Bangladeshi forces have seized over
100
sophisticated weapons and several
ammunition and explosives including
anti-tank mines, grenades, rocket
launchers, powerful bombs,
machineguns and various chemicals from
the frontier area close to
Maungdaw, a bordering town in western
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Arakan’s border security chief accused of
involvement in heroin
traffic
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Narinjara News
Maungdaw, Nov 25: The acting chief
of the Burmese Border Security
Forces (Nasaka) in Maungdaw was charged with involvement in heroin
traffic Nov. 13, according to a
police officer who declined to give
his name.
Lieutenant Colonel Myint Oo was
detained at the Light Infantry
Division (233) base at
Arakan Police Nyo
Win will head the investigation of his involvement.
“He was accused of having connections with the heroine
deals. He was
believed to be involved in
exporting drugs to
Maungdaw,” the same police officer
continued.
Two months ago, two senior members of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)
visited Cox’s
deals with the Samsung Company. Nasaka Chief Myint Oo helped the
two
during the visit. There had been
rumors in the Nasaka and Military
Intelligence community that the two UWSA members stayed at a
hotel in
Cox’s Bazar and discussed heroine
dealing abroad through
with local
The present charge and investigation could be related to
this rumor. A
business person from Maungdaw said there could be other business deals
that Myint
Oo was involved in with UWSA and local smugglers.
Four cigarette distribution firms and a restaurant are owned
and
operated by the UWSA and Kokant. A local businessman from Akyab
says
these business firms could be the
cover for heroine distribution to
the neighbouring
country.
Since the purge of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, Arakan State Military
Intelligence and Nasaka officials
have been interrogated about their
business dealings.
Major San Aungin, in-charge of Nasaka area No (9) from Taung Bazar
Nasaka base in Buthi
Daung, Major Tun Tun Oo, in-charge of Nasaka area
No (7), and a Major from the LIB
(232) were among a total of seven
senior officers interrogated by the
Buthi Daung Military
Operation
Planing Command.
Myint Oo is the highest official
of all the Military Intelligence and
Nasaka officials being detained and purged.
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