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Two Burmese arrested over immigration and drug issues
Police have arrested two male Burmese nationals accused of being illegal aliens and found with heroin last week.
A team from the Phuket Provincial Police first arrested 36 year old R-wang, a Burmese national, in the Dowroong housing estate in Wichit.
R-wang was taken to Wichit Police Station where he was charged with being an illegal alien.
On the same day police arrested 30 year old Kyaw ‘R-long’ Myint at the same Dowroong housing estate.
Police seized 0.64 gram of heroin. He was taken to Wichit Police Station where he has been charged with possession of Category 1 drugs and being illegal alien.
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