YANGON, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized 60 kg of ICE (methamphetamine) in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Kengtung township in eastern Shan state on Dec. 30, and confiscated the narcotics, the report said.

The seized narcotics are worth 480 million kyats (about 228,571 U.S. dollars) on the black market, and a suspect has been arrested in connection with the case, it said.

Investigations showed that the drugs were being transported from Mong Ping township to Tachileik township in Shan state, it said.

The suspect has been charged under the country's law, and further investigations are ongoing, it added. ■