23.06.2025 – 27.06.2025 Weekly Presents

Illegally transported and traded chemical Glacial Acetic Acid (25,500) liters were seized in Pyaw Bwe Township.

Five people were arrested for illegally storing Glacial Acetic Acid (30) liters and five people were arrested for illegally storing the substance in Pyaw Bwe Township, Mandalay Region.

A joint team of members of the Narcotics Control Police arrested Soe Thet Paing at around 6:30 pm on June 8 in Pyaw Bwe Township, Thapy Bwe Township, along with 850 plastic containers of Glacial Acetic Acid (30) liters that were stored without a permit. Investigation revealed that Zaw Lin Oo, who was paid to store the chemical, was arrested at 4:30 pm on June 10 in Wunna Deepa Ward, Pubbathiri Township. It is reported that Kyaw Myint Oo (b.) Phoe Kyaw (b.) Phyo Kyaw, who was responsible for transporting the chemicals from Yangon to Pyay Bwe, was arrested at his home in Dala at around 10:30 pm on June 12, and Aung Aung Oo (b.) Ko Khant, who illegally transported the chemicals, was arrested at around 6:00 am on June 14 at his home on 152nd Street, Tamwe Township. Nay Aung Hlaing Thein (b.) Nay Aung, who illegally sold the chemicals, was arrested at around 10:30 am at his home on Phan Chet Set Street, Ywama West Ward, Insein Township.

It is reported that the chemicals were illegally transported and sold with the intention of being used in the production of narcotics and psychotropic substances, and further legal action will be taken against them.