Airport police said they found two pistols, 72 bullets, 12 methamphetamine pills, 1.5 grammes of powdered methamphetamine, and three walkie-talkies.
Tag: smuggling
Kawthaung police seize kratom drug haul from longboat
Kawthaung’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force say they found 299 bags of kratom leaves, with a street value placed at 4.119m kyat.
Indian trader busted for smuggling 7 tonnes of gold from Burma
An Indian gold trader based in the northeastern state of Assam has been arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly nearly $300 million worth of gold from Burma.
Forestry Dept seizes 10 tons of timber from boat in Katha
The officials, based on a tipoff, searched the boat on the Irrawaddy River and found around 10 tons of timber in a hidden compartment.
Search intensifies for killers of forestry officer
A band of illegal loggers who beat a forestry officer to death in Shwebo are still at large.
Rohingya citizenship off the agenda at Bangkok summit
Burma does not consider the Rohingya citizens, rendering them effectively stateless, while denying it discriminates against them or that they are fleeing persecution.