YANGON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar police seized a large amount of drugs in three townships in Shan state, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control Friday.
The seizures were made in Loilem, Mai-yal and Naung Cho (Nawnghkio) townships on Thursday.
A total of 30 kg of Ketamine worth 300 million kyats (200,000 U.S. dollars) were confiscated from a car traveling on Loilem-Taunggyi road on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, a total of 9,750 stimulant tablets worth 19.5 million kyats (13,000 U.S. dollars) were seized from a passenger on a bus in Mai-yal township later on the same day.
Also, police personnel confiscated 20 grams of Heroin worth 400,000 kyats (267 U.S. dollars) and 2,160 stimulant tablets worth over 4.32 million kyats (2,880 U.S. dollars) from a motorbike in Naung Cho (Nawnghkio) township.
The suspects were filed by the township police under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
