Large haul of drugs seized in Myanmar's Sagaing region

YANGON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized 15.07 kg of heroin and 992,000 stimulant tablets in Sagaing region, Myanmar, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a motorcycle in Kalay township of Sagaing region on Aug. 6 and confiscated the drugs, it said.

The seized drugs are worth over 2.7 billion kyats (ab