YANGON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities seized 800,000 stimulants in Shan State, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Wednesday.
Acting on tip-offs, the security force stoped and searched two motorcycles travelling to Moe Mate township from Mantong township on Tuesday.
Altogether 800,000 stimulants worth 1.6 billion kyats (1.1 million U.S. dollars) were confiscated from two motorcycles and one suspect was arrested.
The township police filed a case against the suspect and was searching for another suspect who fled the scene, the release said.
According to a latest release issued by the President's Office on Monday, since the formation of the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department on in June 2018, a total of 1,102 drug-related cases were registered across Myanmar while 1,689 suspects were charged in connection with the cases as of May 9 this year. Enditem
