Yangon, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Myanmar authorities have seized 13.2 kilogram of heroin in eastern Myanmar's Shan State, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control reported.
Acting on a tipoff, anti-narcotics police raided a house in Muse town of northern Shan State on Wednesday and confiscated the heroin, the report said on Thursday.
A suspect was arrested for the case, and the seized narcotics are worth about 132 million kyats (over $62,875), it added as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.
The suspect was charged under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and further investigations were underway, it said.
Source: IANS
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