The Myanmar Police Force has been stepping up campaigns to destroy poppy cultivation throughout the country in cooperation with people, local authorities and civil society organizations.
No casualties were reported in a warehouse fire in Ward-8, Shwebo Township in Sagaing Region, according to a source from U Aye Min, Assistant Director of the township fire brigade.
22 people were injured after a passenger bus overturned on the Yangon-Pathein Road in Pantanaw Township, Ayeyawady Region, according to a source from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Police are hunting for thieves who stole three Buddha images in the compound of a monastery in Nalkuu Village, Taungtha Village in Mandalay Region on 26 October, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.