TANINTHARYI DIVISION – Tanintharyi People’s Defence Force (PDF) was reported to have seized 282,303 WY pills worth an estimated 988,060,500 Kyats on the Ye-Dawei Union Highway in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Division.
When joint PDF forces were waiting to launch an attack on a junta convoy on the Union Highway on February 9, they inspected a suspicious 12 wheeled lorry and discovered the narcotic pills.
It is said that 282,303 WY pills worth an estimated 988,060,500 Kyats, 1,103,200 Kyats in cash and two mobile phones were seized when the joint PDF forces searched the 12 wheeled lorry that entered the target area of the PDF.
The driver and two attendants were reportedly detained while the lorry and the narcotic drugs were set on fire and destroyed.
The arrest was made by Dawei National Liberation Army (DNLA), Yebyu People’s Defence Force (YPPDF) and Ba Htoo Army (BHA).