YANGON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized a large haul of marijuana and raw opium in two townships of Shan state in a single day, said a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Friday.
Acting on tip-offs, the joint anti-narcotic police force confiscated 85 kilograms of marijuana and 12 kilograms of raw opium in Mong Nai and Pekon townships on Thursday.
A suspect was charged while search for another one is underway under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, the release said.
On the same day, soap boxes filled with a total of 1.76 kilograms of heroin were separately seized from two motorbikes, along with two suspects in Paungbyin and Pinlebu townships of Sagaing region.
According to a release recently issued by the President's Office, a total of 981 drug-related cases were registered across Myanmar while 1,515 suspects were charged in connection with the cases as of Feb. 15 this year, since the formation of the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department on June 26, 2018.
The authorities are striving to fight drug trafficking, urging the public to directly inform drug trafficking-related cases to the department as well as the Home Affairs Ministry and relevant region and state governments, the release said.
