Myanmar authorities have seized two million stimulant tablets in southern Myanmar, the state-owned daily Myanma Alinn reported on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint anti-narcotic task force confiscated the drugs worth about 3 billion kyats (about 1.42 million U.S. dollars) in Padaung township of Bago region on July 21, the report said.

According to the investigation, the seized drugs were intended to be transported to Rakhine state, it said.

The suspects who were involved in the case were charged under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, it added.