Police confiscates drugs, weapons in house raid

Kawthoung, 23 January

Police seized drugs, one homemade gun and one bullet in a house search in Kawthoung Township, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

An anti-drug squad raided the house of a suspect identified as Kyaw Min Thu, 28, from Ahtet Lonephaw Village in Kawthoung Township, Taninthayi Region at about 7 a.m. on 21 January. Law enforcement members discovered 150 stimulant tablets, .05 kilograms of ICE, one handmade gun and one bullet in the house.

Police filed a charge against the house owner under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.—MOHA

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe