666 kg of ICE drugs busted in Myanmar’s Yangon

Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-11 17:48:10|Editor: Xiang Bo
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YANGON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar police seized 666 kg of methamphetamine (ICE) in Myanmar’s Yangon region, said a release from the Home Affairs Ministry on Wednesday.

The seizure was made by a joint police force in Yangon city on Tuesday.

Packets filled with ICE were confiscated from a car parking near a traffic light post in Hlaing township on Tuesday evening.

On the same day, 16,200 litres of hydrochloric acid were also seized from a 18-wheeled truck on Mandalay-Nawnghkio road in Nawnghkio township, Shan state.

Also, a joint anti-narcotic police busted 475,000 stimulant tablets from a car in Sittwe township, Rakhine state on Tuesday evening.

Investigations into the cases are underway to take action against the suspects who fled the scenes under the country’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.

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