YANGON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized 3.99 kg of heroin in Mandalay region of central Myanmar, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) reported on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Amarapura township of Mandalay on March 5 and confiscated the heroin along with two suspects.
The seized drugs had a street value of over 99.7 million kyats (about 47,476 U.S. dollars), it added.
The suspects have been charged under the country's law, and further investigation is ongoing, the CCDAC said. ■
