Myanmar Seizes Large Amount of Stimulant DrugsThe Myanmar authorities seized 390, 000 tablets of stimulant drug in Tachilek, the country's eastern Shan state, last month, state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday.The seizure was made by a combined team comprising local intelligence unit and the police force when they searched traffic passing by in the area on April 28. Three people were arrested in connection with the case, the report said. According to official statistics, in 2000, the Myanmar authorities confiscated 26.6 million tablets of stimulant drug along with 1.52 tons of opium, 158 kilos of heroin and 590 kilos of marijuana. During the year, the authorities also exposed a total of 3,535 drug-related cases, punishing 4,881 drug offenders, the statistics show. |
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