A combined team, including members of the Anti-drug Police Force, conducted a search based on a tip-off at around 1 am on 10 June near Nyaungkhashay Village in Waw Township.

They stopped a vehicle travelling from Yangon to Hpa-an. The vehicle was driven by Yan Naing Soe, Thiha Soe (a) Maung Soe on board. During the search, police discovered 125 kilogrammes of Ice (methamphetamine) hidden inside a toolbox beneath the driver’s seat.

Further investigation revealed that the drugs were being transported from Yangon to Hpa-an under the instructions of a man named Soe Min. Acting on this information, police arrested Soe Min at around 11 am the same day near Khanando Village in Hpa-an Township. He was caught on the Hpa-an-Myawady road in possession of a Grand Starex vehicle.

According to ongoing investigations, the seized methamphetamine was intended to be trafficked from Yangon to Myawady for sale.

All three individuals have been taken into custody and legal action has been initiated under existing laws. Authorities continue to investigate to uncover others involved in the drug trafficking network.

MNA/MKKS

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