Police in southwest China's Yunnan Province announced Monday that they have detained a drug trafficker from Myanmar and confiscated 14.9 kilograms of heroin.
The suspect was caught carrying 29 packages of heroin while crossing the China-Myanmar border in Gengma county in the city of Lincang at 11:35 p.m. on Sunday, a spokesman with the Lincang Public Security Bureau said.
The 32-year-old suspect confessed that she brought drugs across the border before being caught, the spokesman said.
Police are further investigating the case.
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