Many of the drug dealers behind the large quantities of narcotics seized in Yangon earlier in the year cannot be tracked down, admits an unidentified high-ranking officer at the region’s drug control unit.
The abandoned drugs were found in Thaketa, Mayangon and Hlaingthaya townships in Yangon Region.
Police said they found nearly 600,000 abandoned pills and a block of wet opium in a drainage ditch near Kuaksein Street in Thaketa on August 12.
The case was opened at Thaketa Myoma police station.
Similarly, 65,400 pink tablets worth more than Ks320 million were found drifting in the Yoegyi River at ward no.1 in Mayangon Township on September 25.
Police claimed to have seized more than 200,000 pills bearing the letters “WY” on the western embankment of the Pan Hlaing River in Shwelin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaingthaya, on December 5. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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