23 February

An improvised explosive device (IED)  was  discovered  under  the Laungdone Bridge near Sa-balgone Village on Laungdone- Ngakhuya  road  in  Maungtaw  Township on Friday, according to Myanmar Police Force.

Being informed that a sus-pected object supposed to be a mine was found at the Laung-done Bridge, authorities went to  the  place  and  investigated  the object.

It  was  an  IED  composed  of cotton, gunpowder and mer-cury powder, nearly 1,000 glass balls,  a  watch,  a  circuit,  two  9-volt  batteries  and  initiators  in  a  pot  that  is  wrapped  in  a  blanket.
The authorities deactivat-ed the IED and handed it over to the related officials.—MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)