Illegal trade: Timbers, fuel oil, foodstuffs, vehicles seized

A Mitsubishi Fuso truck and a Nissan Diesel truck headed to Yangon from Mawlamyine, carrying 12 kinds of goods including 48 bottles of Pascual Yogikids on 25 August and a Higer bus travelling from Kawkareik to Yangon, carrying 7,740 bags of Wai Wai instant rice vermicelli on 28 August,  4,800 gallons of smuggled diesel in Monywa on 28 August, a Nissan diesel tractor head and a trailer carrying four kinds of goods including 288 Valence Adhesives near No 2 Junction on Yangon-Bago highway and a Hino Profia vehicle headed to Yangon from Muse, carrying six kinds of goods including 3,500 Tecno bags on the detour in Bago Township, two Nissan Diesel trucks travelling from Nabu-Myapadaing village road to Kawkareik-Myawady road, carrying a total of 9.754 tonnes of teak at the Kawkareik (Tadakyoe) combined checkpoint on 28 August and a vehicle, headed to Yangon from Myawady, carrying 6,480 bags of Smart softener on 29 August a total of 1.936 tonnes of illegal timbers in Bago district on 29 August were confiscated.

A total of 18 arrests were made on 25, 28 and 29 August, with an estimated value of 448.519 Kyats as reported by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee.