Soldiers busted with speed pills in Maungdaw
The two soldiers were caught with 180,000 methamphetamine pills in their jeep.
The two soldiers were caught with 180,000 methamphetamine pills in their jeep.
Maungdaw police told DVB the drugs were seized in two separate locations – one being a stash of over 6.2m pills found hidden among a brickworks site.
The unidentified man was found lying dead with a green rucksack on his back containing methamphetamine pills.
The Wa National Organisation claims it had cut ties with its former deputy-chairman, Ta Maha, who is currently being held by Thai police on drug charges.
The Ta-ang National Liberation Army has claimed that they have seized over US$190,000 worth of narcotics in northern Shan State in one day.
While the opening of the first Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge brings economic benefits, it has also raised concerns over drug trafficking.
A 10-minute shoot-out between Thai border security guards and a drug smuggling ring on Tuesday night left one of the gang dead on the outskirts of the Burmese border town of Tachilek, Thai media have reported.
Acting on a tip-off from residents in Letphwekya Village, security forces uncovered the cache of weapons beside a riverbank.
Arakan Crime Drugs Lead Story News
As part of a recently launched crackdown on illegal narcotics in Arakan State, Burmese police seized over 4.6 million yaba pills in Maungdaw Township allegedly belonging to a monk, who has been accused of stashing the drugs in his monastery.
Police in Shan State detain eight people, including a Chinese national, who were caught wearing the uniforms of local militia members.
Drugs Lead Story Mandalay Division News Sagaing
Massive quantities of speed and some heroin have been seized in Sagaing Division and Mandalay as police claim a chain of successes.
A man carrying almost 50,000 methamphetamine pills with an estimated street value of K93.6m (US$93,000) was arrested by police after crashing his truck after a high-speed chase, Monday.
