YANGON, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is formulating a new anti-drug policy to allow opportunity to remedy and mete out punishment, official media reported Thursday.
The new policy is being drawn from the development and health perspectives, Police Col Zaw Lin Tun was quoted as saying.
Deterrent action against the drug traffickers will be taken, while meting out punishment on the drug abusers, Zaw Lin Tun told the 8th Asian Informal Drug Policy Dialogue Initiative meeting held in collaboration with Myanmar's Central Committee for Drug Abuse.
The new narcotics control policy will be made public in April 2017 after government approval, he added.
Myanmar burned over 56 million U.S. dollars worth of seized narcotic drugs across the country including Yangon, Mandalay, Nay Phi Taw and Taunggyi in June.
The country has extended its drug elimination plan from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 to fight against drug.
Meanwhile, over 700 drug- related cases included those of trading of opium, Yaba pills and other illegal chemical substances, were exposed in Myanmar's Yangon region in the first eight months of this year under a rule-of-law program of the police.
A total of 993 offenders including 100 women in connection with the cases were arrested.
