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| Myanmar Police with one of the nine suspects
who was handed over to the Chinese authorities. |
MYANMAR has handed over to China nine suspects arrested on drug
trafficking offences, the joint secretary of the Central Committee
for Drug Abuse Control said last week.
Police Colonel Hkam Awng said the seven men and two women were
handed over to Chinese police at the border town of Mong La on
June 7.
Police Colonel Hkam Awng said the Chinese suspects were arrested
during three separate raids in Mong La in April and May which
resulted in the seizure of 22 kilograms of heroin and about 100,000
methamphetamine tablets, worth a total of about US$100,000.
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The arrests followed a tip-off from Chinese anti-narcotic officials,
Police Colonel Hkam Awng said.
He said the arrests were an indication of the growing cooperation
between Myanmar and China in curbing the drug trade along their
common border.
Myanmar had handed over 32 suspected drug traffickers to the
Chinese authorities during the past three years, Police Colonel
Hkam Awng said.
