"Myanmar anti-narcotic police seized 3.74 kg of heroin and some stimulants in Shan state, said a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Friday (Jan 10). The seizures were made in Lashio and Muse townships on Thursday. Acting on tip-off, a joint narcotic police force confiscated 1.98 kg of heroin and 246,000 stimulant tablets from a car travelling on Muse-Namhkan road in Muse township on Thursday afternoon. In the evening of the same day, soap boxes filled with 1.76 kg of heroin were seized from a vehicle on Muse-Mandalay road during the joint police force's anti-narcotic operation. Three suspects were charged in connection with the cases. According tointernational reports, Myanmar’s remote mountains and valleys have played a central role in the regional supply chains for illicit drugs..."