Three people have been killed and two others injured in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state, local police told Xinhua on Tuesday.

Caused by the collapse of a pit wall, the landslide occurred at an old jade mining site in Seikmu village tract in Hpakant township of Kachin state late Monday, the township police said.

Deadly landslides are frequent in Kachin state, especially in Hpakant mining region.