””””YANGON, March 31 (Xinhuanet) -- The Myanmar authorities seized altogether
72,000 tablets of stimulant drugs in Tachilek township,the country's eastern
Shan state, earlier this month, the Myanmar Central Committee for Drug Abuse
Control said on Sunday.
””””The seizure was made by a combined team comprising local intelligence unit
and special anti-drug squad when they raided a house in Wanton village of the
township on March 15.
””””Along with the seizure, one illegal gun and four rounds of ammunition were
also confiscated.
””””A villager was arrested in connection with the case, it said, adding that
he was punished under the country's Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances
Law.
””””According to official statistics, in 2001, Myanmar seized 32.438 million
tablets of stimulant drugs, registering the highest amount confiscated since
1996 when the country started launching acrack-down on such narcotic drugs.
””””The statistics also show that during the 2001-02 poppy cultivation season,
which lasted until the end of January, the authorities destroyed 408.22 hectares
of illegally-grown poppy fields in the country's Shan, Kachin and Magway states
and divisions. Enditem
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