YANGON, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Seven more suspects including foreigners have been arrested in connection with running a major illegal drug ring in Myanmar's Yangon, bringing the total captured to 15, Myanmar News Agency reported Thursday.
These suspects were arrested on Tuesday when their houses were raided by the police with 3.9 kg heroin, 2.1 million tablets of amphetamine and 299.6 kg crystal methamphetamine or "ice" totally worth of 31.84 billion kyats (23.41 million U.S. dollars).
Some weapons and motor vehicles were also seized.
The suspects are being charged and the hunting of another nine suspects is underway.
The latest arrest of the suspects stemmed from a drug bust in November when 1,110 kg "ice" and 622.3 kg Ketamine were confiscated, the report added.
