Myanmar authorities seized 27.35 kilograms of heroin in the central Mandalay region, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) Xinhua reported.

Acting on a tip-off, the joint anti-narcotic police confiscated heroin worth 1.9 billion kyats (1.4 million U.S. dollars) from a truck in the Mogok township on Tuesday.

The township police filed a case against three suspects in connection with the case, the release said.