KUALA LUMPUR: The Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) is seeking 1,000 additional positions to strengthen intelligence and enforcement operations against major drug syndicates amid manpower shortages.
NCID director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the proposal had received Cabinet approval in principle last month and required further discussions with the Public Service Department before the positions could be finalised.
He said the additional manpower would strengthen the department's Intelligence and Operations Division, whose undercover operatives gathered intelligence, identified syndicate networks and supported major enforcement operations.
"Without the Intelligence and Operations Division, we would not be able to build major cases. We would only be arresting drug addicts or street-level pushers," he said.
