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Amphetamine base powder seized in Monkoe

Yangon, 4 Feb - Members of the regional battalion stopped and searched a
Beijing jeep A/81034, which was heading for Montaung, from Monkoe Shan State
(North), on 16 January.

Out of five person in the car, four managed to get away, and driver Yan Shaing
Lu, 19, son of U Yan Tat of No 5 ward, Monkoe, was arrested with 19 bags of
Amphetamine base powder weighing 11.57 kilos.



Action is being taken against him under Narcotic Drugs and Psycho-trophic
Substances Law. - MNA

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Yan Shaing Lu with 19 packets of Amphetamine-based powder seized on 16
January. -MNA

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