Security personnel confiscated one machine gun and one magazine from a motorist in a vehicle search in Namtsang Township, Shan State on 1 February; the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.
80 Thai citizens—47 men and 33 women—were detained for staying illegally at two guesthouses in Mongkan Village, Monghsat Township, Wa Special Region-2 in Eastern Shan State on 3 February.