Burmese killed by Wa during drug passage

Burmese killed by Wa during drug passage

Drugs Brief

4 Burmese soldiers were killed on the night of 25 July as they tried to intercept a group of smugglers near Wanpong ferry, Monghpong, east of Tachilek. 

It was discovered soon after that the smugglers were Wa and police from Monghpong with a shipment of "goods" bound for Laos across the Mekong. 

The source told S.H.A.N., "The fight ended right there and the authorities issued orders to the villages in the vicinity to say nothing of the mishap to outsiders." 

The 4 dead soldiers were from LIB 359, added the villager.