| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, November 16, 2001 |
Myanmar Seizes Large Amount of Stimulant Drugs |
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The Myanmar authorities seized 6.85 million tablets of stimulant drugs in Hpa-an, the country's southeastern Kayin state, last month, according to the Myanmar Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control Friday.
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The Myanmar authorities seized 6.85 million tablets of stimulant drugs in Hpa-an, the country's southeastern Kayin state, last month, according to the Myanmar Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control Friday.
The seizure was made by a combined team comprising local intelligence unit and the police force when they searched a truck passing by at the Thanlwin Bridge in the area on October 13.
Four people were arrested in connection with the case, it said, adding that they were punished under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
Official statistics show that during the first half of this year, the authorities exposed a total of 1,536 drug-related cases, seizing 474.91 kg of opium, 27.89 kg of heroin, 8,371 kg of marijuana, 6.14 million stimulant drug tablets, 1,889 kg of ephedrine and 269.28 liters of phensedyl, and punishing 2,187 drug offenders.
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