A pharmacy in Mandalay City was robbed, and gold and jewelries worth about 50 million kyats and Ks30 million in cash were taken away around 8pm on July 24, local sources said. 

Five unknown men carrying long and short guns arrived in a white Honda Fit at G One Pharmacy located on 62nd Street between 24th Street and 25th Street in Maha Zeya Bon Ward, Aungmyaythazan Township, Mandalay Region, while the owner and workers were closing the shop.

Saying that they needed to have some checks, the gunmen tied all the people at the house and made them lie in a prone position. They then took about 30 million kyats in cash and 10 gold bracelets, six pairs of gold earrings, one gold block weighing one tical (16.329 grams) and two gold necklaces worth about 80 million kyats, and fled away, the sources said.