Illegal trade: consumer goods, mining products, vehicles seized

An unregistered Voxy car near Lido Road between Tanai and Myitkyina on 19 June, a Hino truck carrying two kinds of goods including 90 APP steel sinks near the 0/65 Milepost between Phayagyi and Waw on 20 June, Toyota Hilux carrying 4,500 boxes of Lactasoy soy milk while travelling from Hpa-an to Bago, 10 bags of mining products (tin, tungsten and iron ore) from a vehicle on Bothankyi road in Dawei township on 20 June were apprehended.

Following interrogation, another 29 bags of mining products (tin, tungsten and iron ore) were discovered at the metal refining plant in Waekyun Myothit ward in Dawei township, on the same day. A total of six arrests were made on 19 and 20 June, with an estimated value of 81.425 million Kyats, as reported by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee.