He asserted that the country could become a major narcotic haven unless serious efforts are taken to combat the menace.
He even admitted that, since January, 30 police officers have been nabbed for drug abuse.
Calling for a more holistic approach to drug law enforcement, Hamid said he is in talks with the government for an effective solution.
He said it was no longer sustainable to keep up the war on drugs with the present arsenal of resources, saying the police’s repeated raids on drug dens and laboratories must be supplemented with other measures.
Police have reported increasingly larger drug seizures over the years but illicit narcotics continue to be freely available in the country.
“We are very serious, we cannot go on with operation after operation, my men are so tired”, he lamented.
Deputy Home Minister Mohd Azis Jamman (left) had revealed that a shocking 3.2 million Malaysians are living in areas considered ‘high risk’ due to rampant drug trafficking and abuse.
And the number of drug seizures by authorities also rose dramatically in the past year: in 2017, only RM292.2 million worth of drugs were confiscated, but this rose to RM516.3 million last year (New Straits Times, February 22, 2019).
And the number of drug seizures by authorities also rose dramatically in the past year: in 2017, only RM292.2 million worth of drugs were confiscated, but this rose to RM516.3 million last year (New Straits Times, February 22, 2019).
The Kelantan government had already acknowledged that drug abuse among schoolchildren in the state, especially with regard to ‘pil kuda’ (methamphetamine), is rampant. In 2017, 279 students from government schools had tested positive for drugs (New Straits Times, November 21, 2017).
The IGP is spot on – drug abuse in this country is at a breaking point.
Liverpool’s penultimate pre-season friendly on Sunday ended in defeat as Napoli crushed us 3-0 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I don’t think we ever got into the game at all – and we gamely capitulated.
And the 2019-20 season is just around the corner. I should worry.
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