Arakan Crime Drugs Lead Story News
The Burmese Navy in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township yesterday seized more than 180,000 yaba pills on the Naf River bordering Bangladesh.
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.
Seven border police personnel in Arakan State are under investigation after more than 290,000 pills were discovered at an outpost on the Burma-Bangladesh border.
A year after more than US$100 million worth of methamphetamine tablets was seized from an abandoned truck in Rangoon, police say the main suspects remain at large.
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.
Six Burmese nationals have been arrested in Thailand, after they were caught smuggling 14kgs of crystal methamphetamine disguised as green tea.
