YANGON, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities seized 88 kilograms of heroin in Mandalay region, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, the joint anti-narcotic police made a seizure in Patheingyi township on Saturday.
Heroin worth 5.28 billion kyats (4.06 million U.S. dollars) were confiscated from a truck.
The township police filed a case against four suspects in connection with the case and further investigation is underway under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, the release said.
On the same day, 17.5 kilograms of raw opium and 5,700 stimulants were seized in Mohnyin township of Kachin state.
According to a latest release issued by the President's Office, a total of 1,419 drug-related cases were registered across Myanmar while 2,169 people were charged in connection with the cases as of Nov. 21, since the formation of the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department on June 26, 2018.
