74,000 stimulant tablets seized in

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Subject: 74,000 stimulant tablets seized in Muse

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74,000 stimulant tablets seized in Muse

Yangon, 13 Feb --- A team comprising members of the regional intelligence unit
and Myanmar Police Force, acting on information, searched the residence of Nan
San Nwan at Zamyinzwe/289, Zay Ward, Muse, northern Shan State, on 27 January.

The authorities seized 74,000 stimulant tablets from Nan San Nwan and Yan
Chan, who was together with the house owner, and arrested them.

One further information from San San Nwan, 34, and Yan Chan, 30, of Monhtaung
Village, Muse Township, the authorities arrested Hsan Kyi Khwan, 29, of
Shaukhtaw Village, Kaukai Township, Ma Aung Khin, 17, of Myauk Ward, Muse and
Ma Kham Ai, 27, of Kontha village, Kutkai Township, in connection with the4
seizure of the tablets.

Action is being taken against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Law. ----MNA

<Picture>(Left to right) Hsan Kyin Kywan, Yan Chan, Ma Aung Khin, Ma Nan San
Nwan and Ma Kham Ai

with seized stimulant tablets in Muse on 27-1-99 ----MNA

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