Myanmar authorities seized 500,000 stimulants in Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on Monday Xinhua reported.

The joint anti-narcotic police confiscated stimulants worth 500 million kyats (373,134 U.S. dollars) from a vehicle along with two suspects in Tachilek township on late Saturday.

The township police filed a case against the suspects and further investigation was underway as per the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, the release said.