Singapore Charges Burmese

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Subject : Singapore Charges Burmese Man after Heroin Haul

   SINGAPORE (Reuter) - A 25-year-old Burmese man has been
charged with illegal transportion of drugs after pure heroin
worth $3 million was allegedly found in his baggage at
Singapore's Changi Airport Saturday night.
   It was the first heroin seizure at the airport this year and
one of its biggest ever.
   Nearly 10 pounds of heroin was found hidden in a bag carried
by Aung Myat on a flight from Thailand, state television said
Monday.
   Under Singapore's tough anti-drug laws, the death sentence
is mandatory for anyone found guilty of trafficking in more than
half an ounce of heroin, one ounce of morphine or 18 ounces of
cannabis.
   Singapore has hanged 59 people for drug trafficking since it
introduced the anti-drug laws in 1975.


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