MYANMAR'S RECORD DRUG BUST

30 MILLION METH PILLS : Myanmar : has seized 30 million meth pills along with more than two tonnes of ''ice'' and heroin in a record bust, the government said Thursday-

As drugs pour from labs in lawless border regions

The operation in remote part of Northern Myanmar  came after the Tuesday arrests of four suspected traffickers who lead police to a house in Shan State's Kutkai Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.

''It's the biggest drug seizure with the largest amount of [by value and quantity] in [our] history,'' a senior police officer from the anti-drug department told  AFP on the condition of anonymity as the investigation was ongoing.

In addition to the meth tablets, the authorities found 502 kilograms of heroin and 1,750 kilograms of  crystal methamphetaimine, or ice bringing the total estimated value to $54 million, or one fifth of the of narcotics seized in the country in all of 2017.