Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Office of the President
Press Release 11/2020
8th Waning of Tabaung, 1381 ME
(16 March 2020)
Additional statistical bulletin on drug seizures, acting on information
In order to prevent and eradicate the dangers of narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs, the Office of the President has formed the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department on 26 June 2018 to systematically accept and respond to reports on drug abuses and other related cases from the general public.
With orders from the Office of the President, the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department relayed information on reports on drug-related offenses up to 14 March 2020 to the Ministry of Home Affairs to take action, as displayed below:
Out of the information sent to the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department, so far a total of 1,026 cases have been opened files as of 14 March 2020. A total of 1,578 people, including 1,320 men and 258 women had been arrested with 7,679.1914g of heroin, 1,347.42 g of ICE, 40,404.33886 g of opium, 661.27 g of low-quality opium, 53,252.76 g of speciosa powder, 12,097.32 g of speciosa, 2.5 liters of liquid speciosa, 509,108 stimulant tablets, 10,311.67 g of marijuana, 0.1 liters of opium tincture, 520.28 g of opium blocks, 60 g of poppy seeds, 55.45 g of crushed stimulant tablet powder, 0.001 g of crushed ecstasy powder, 25 firearms, different kinds of 609 cartridges and one grenade. Efforts for fighting the drug trafficking have been stepped up and the department will report on further exposed cases.
To seize further drugs and to arrest drugs dealers, people are urged to inform the Ministry of Home Affairs, region and state governments and to inform huge cases of drug trafficking and other suspicious cases directly to the Drug Activity Special Complaint Department of the Office of the President via following contact numbers:
Contacts
Landline No. — 067-590200
Fax Phone No. — 067-590233
Email Address — [email protected]
