Large haul of drugs seized in Myanmar's Sagaing region
Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a motorcycle in Kalay township of Sagaing region on Aug 6 and confiscated the drugs, it said.
The seized drugs are worth over 2.7 billion kyats (about US$1.28 million), it said.
The suspects connected to the case have been charged under the country's laws, and further investigations are ongoing, it added. - Xinhua
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