Drugs worth over 20 million kyats were seized from two men in Sittwe Township, Arakan State on Tuesday 1 March.
In a joint operation Sittwe District Police Force and Sittwe Township Police Force seized the drugs in in Sat-o Village in Thetkalpyin Village Tract in Sittwe Township at 3.45pm on 1 March, according to Aye Khin Maung, a Sittwe Township Police Inspector.
Seized Drugs
He said that the drugs seized were: 3,930 ampoules for injection of the opiate Buprenorphine; 230 bottles of the Indian-made cough medicine Phensedyl, which contains codeine and ephedrine; a one litre water bottle full of Phensedyl; 20 empty bottles of Phensedyl; and 1,452 grammes of marijuana.
The total cost of the seized drugs was estimated as 20,877,900 kyats.
Mar Mauk Shawyi (age 27) and Zargi Husaung (age 20) were arrested and charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
Deputy Police Inspector Min Zin Htike is investigating the case.
Translated by Thida Linn
Edited in English by Mark Inkey for BNI
