Positive results since formation of drug prevention committee
BY RACHEL MINA KUCHING: The ongoing efforts of the One-Stop Committee (OSC) to address drug and substance issues (MIDS) have yielded positive and encouraging results, says Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said data showed a 4.53 percent decrease in arrests compared to June (683 arrests). […]
Drug smugglers turn to courier, cargo services
KUCHING: There has been an increase in seizures of drugs smuggled in via courier and cargo services at major airports and ports in Sarawak, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister cum chairman of One-Stop Centre (OSC) at addressing drug and suspension issues (MIDS) visited the Kuching […]
Kuching contributes to high number of drug arrests
KUCHING: The district of Kuching continues to have the highest number of arrests involving drugs and substance abuse based on mapping carried out by the One-Stop Committee to address drugs and substance abuse (OSC MIDS). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KKWPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said of the 3,616 arrests recorded […]
Fatimah praises Wan Madihi for his fight against drugs
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has expressed her appreciation to Wan Madihi Wan Salleh for his contribution as chairman of the Committee on Drug and Substance Abuse in the Workplace, under the governance of the state-level One Stop Committee (OSC) on addressing drug and substance abuse (MIDS), in his capacity as National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) […]
One Stop Centre for Addiction gets full support
KUCHING: Sarawak Social Development Council fully supports the establishment of One Stop Centre for Addiction (OSCA). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KKWPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah stated that drug abuse is one of the 11 issues that the MPSS focused on. “OSCA is part of the chains of programmes and activities […]
High-risk drug abuse districts decreased
KUCHING: Based on the zoning and mapping of districts by the One Stop Committee (OSC) on addressing drug and substance abuse (MIDS), Year 2020 has shown that the number of high-risk districts for drug and substance issues has decrease from 15 districts in 2019 to nine. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister […]
780 drug arrests, 984 ops in Jan
KUCHING: The 984 drug enforcement operations carried out in January this year have successfully restricted 207,433 times of illicit drug and substance use and saved 51,786 individuals for the one-month period in Sarawak. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said for the whole of last year, 6,892 operations […]
20.68kg of drugs worth RM1.78 million seized in January
KUCHING: A total of 20.68kg of various types of drugs worth some RM1.78 million were seized by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Sarawak and the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sarawak in January this year. The haul represented a 10.92 percent increase compared to December last year, which recorded […]
One-Stop Committee monitoring aimed at curbing drug activities
BY BARINA NANI KUCHING: The mapping carried out by the One-Stop Committee to address drugs and substance abuse issues (OSC MIDS) is aimed at addressing drug and substance abuse activities in Sarawak. According to the Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, the mapping was generated through data […]
