Home ministry boosting efforts to curb synthetic drug trafficking in S’wak

Key points

• “We are strengthening our forensic and technical intelligence capabilities to tackle the emergence of new psychoactive substances and respond to evolving trends in synthetic drugs,” he said during a question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.
• He was responding to a question from Chong Chieng Jen (PH-Stampin) on the underlying causes of increasing drug abuse, particularly involving synthetic drugs, in Sarawak’s cities and towns, the effectiveness of police enforcement, and plans to strengthen efforts to curb the problem.
• Shamsul said statistics from the police’s narcotics crime investigation department (NCID) showed that Sarawak recorded 9,602 cases and 9,924 arrests between Jan 1 and Aug 31 this year, compared with 7,488 cases and 7,790 arrests during the same period last year.

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