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Sunday, June 17, 2001, updated at 11:18(GMT+8)
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Myanmar Seizes Large Amount of Stimulant Drugs

The Myanmar authorities seized 131, 600 tablets of stimulant drugs in Tachilek, the country's eastern Shan state, earlier this month, state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported on June 17.

The seizure, which includes 62.8 kilograms of stimulant dough for producing such tablets, was made by a combined team comprising local intelligence unit and the police force when they searched a house in the area on June 9.

A woman, who was also charged with illegally possessing a gun, was 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 drugs along with 1.52 tons of opium, 158 kilograms of heroin and 590 kilograms of marijuana.

Besides, during the first quarter of this year, the authorities exposed a total of 766 drug-related cases, seizing 331 kilograms of opium and 13.28 kilograms of heroin and punishing 1,080 drug offenders involved in the cases, the statistics show.







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The Myanmar authorities seized 131, 600 tablets of stimulant drugs in Tachilek, the country's eastern Shan state, earlier this month, state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported on June 17.

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