The information was released on seizures of materials used in drug processing, including drug manufacturing sites in Hsipaw and Mongyai townships in Shan State (North) on 11, 15 and 16 January 2026.
In connection with the seizures, combined security forces continued aerial and ground intelligence and area-security operations.
At around 4 pm on 18 January 2026, about 10 kilometres southwest of Sein Kyawt Village and about two kilometres northwest of the location where seizures were made on 16 January, the items related to drug production were discovered and seized such as three warehouses containing packaging materials bearing the “1888” brand, 15 glass condenser jars, one hut containing 24 drying trays, eight residential huts, one hut containing seven distillation machines, one warehouse containing 500 sacks of (under identifying) chemical substances, one warehouse containing 103 sacks of caustic soda and 200 sacks of sodium sulfate, 18 sacks of alum, 28 sacks of charcoal powder, 469 gas cylinders, three refrigerators, one cooking shed, nine electric stoves, and two machines used in drug production.
At 5 pm on the same day, about 20 kilometers west of Man Phyat Village and about seven kilometres southwest of the location where seizures were made on 11 January, the items were discovered and seized such as 17 residential huts, eight warehouses, four drug production huts, two large generators, 54 blue plastic barrels containing acid, 190 empty blue plastic barrels, 76 empty metal barrels, 75 white five-gallon containers containing acid, 60 sacks of caustic soda, one steel condenser pot used in drug production, and 39 small glass condenser jars.
At 6 pm, six kilometres northwest of the same area, the items were seized — 67 empty plastic barrels, seven empty metal barrels, two generators, four residential huts, one warehouse containing cardboard packaging materials, one cooking shed, six metal storage racks, one gas cylinder, and 50 pieces of timber of various sizes.
At 9 am, on 19 January, 10 kilometres southwest of Mongyai and about nine kilometres northeast of the location where seizures were made on 16 January, the combined team seized five huts used for drug production, five warehouses, eight residential huts, five six-foot boilers, five five-foot boilers, four steel mixers machines, 60 steel trays, 120 glass drug-processing tubes, four tablet-pressing machines, 120 empty gas cylinders, 250 empty blue plastic barrels, 50 empty iron barrels, two large generators, and two six-wheel blue trucks.
At 3 pm, eight kilometres southwest of Man Phyat Village and about four kilometres southeast of the location where seizures were made on 18 January, one tarpaulin-roofed residential tent measuring 25 feet by 15 feet, one tarpaulin-roofed cooking shed measuring 20 feet by 10 feet, one backhoe, and related equipment used in drug production were seized.
At 7 pm on 20 January, about eight kilometers southwest of the same area, two two-storey metal-roofed buildings measuring 180 feet by 50 feet by 22 feet, one under construction two-storey building measuring 120 feet by 60 feet by 22 feet, and one steel-frame building measuring 200 feet by 20 feet by 12 feet that supposed to have been used for online fraud and gambling were discovered and seized.
On the 22 January morning, the security force conducted security measures, and reached an area about 18 kilometres northwest of Man Phyat village and about four kilometres southwest of the location where seizures were made on 16 January. There, they seized a large camp believed to have been occupied by SSA such as one metal-roofed, brick-walled residential building measuring 40 feet by 20 feet, one metal-roofed, brick-walled cooking shed measuring 40 feet by 25 feet, one metal-roofed bamboo-walled residential hut measuring 20 feet by 20 feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled residential hut measuring 20 feet by 15 feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled residential hut measuring 10 feet by 10 feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled residential hut measuring 20 feet by 20 feet, one metal-roofed wooden-walled residential hut measuring 10 feet by 10 feet, two ground-installed log bunkers, one communication trench measuring three feet wide, three feet deep, and 300 feet long, two thatch-roofed huts for two persons, one thatch-roofed hut for five persons, ne metal-roofed brick-walled building measuring 24 feet by 12 feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled building measuring 15 feet by 12 feet, one two-storey metal-roofed plank-walled building measuring 24 feet by 24 feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled building measuring 30 feet by 20 feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled building measuring 20 feet by 20 feet, one metal-roofed brick building measuring 24 feet by 15 feet with a garage, one metal-roofed brick-walled bathroom measuring 12 feet by eight feet, one metal-roofed brick-walled building measuring 10 feet by five feet containing two toilets and one metal-roofed brick-walled guard hut measuring six feet by six feet.
Through ground operations and cooperation with locals, Tatmadaw columns conducted operations in Hsipaw and Mongyai townships in northern Shan State. Between 9 and 22 January 2026, they were able to uncover and clear 13 drug production sites and two sites suspected of being used for online fraud and gambling. Large quantities of drug-manufacturing equipment and related materials were seized. Moreover, one SSA security outpost and one permanently constructed camp located near the drug production sites were also discovered and seized.
Seized drugs will be examined by the combined teams, including experts, and transferred to relevant departments, and systematically destroyed through incineration or demolition. As there may still be additional suspicious drug-manufacturing sites in the surrounding area, security measures will be continuously carried out. Those involved in drug cases will also be thoroughly identified and effectively prosecuted.
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