The security personnel from No 1 Checkpoint in Maungtaw on patrol along the Naf River found a suspicious-looking boat heading towards Bangladesh. They signaled the boat for inspection but it fled. The authorities chased three men on the boat and managed to arrest one man along with a package believed to be drugs near Zipinchaung Village.

A man drowned when a boat anchored in the waters near “Seikgyipyin jetty sunk in Pyinnge village-tract in the township of Myeik in Taninthayi Region yesterday.

Indonesian officials say at least 77 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in the eastern province of Papua.

Acting on a tip-off, Police Sub-inspector Lin Ko Ko and policemen from Hpawat Chaung Village together with witnesses yesterday searched a vehicle which was heading to Kyikanpyin from Nganchaung,

A combined team led by Police Capt Khaing Soe Tun from Bamauk Police Station, Police Sub-inspector Wei Phyo from Katha District Anti-Drug Squad, Police Sub-inspector Ye Lin Aung from Mansikyi region police outpost,

A woman was found dead with stab wounds in the village of Yedwingone village in Pinbaw village-tract in Mogaung Township, Kachin state yesterday.