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Handcuffs ready for several ‘tokan’

KUCHING: Sarawak police have identified several ‘tokan’ (drug dealers) in connection with a recent drug arrest involving two locals acting as couriers to deliver drugs worth RM267,940 to Indonesia. State NCID chief ACP Jasmirol Jamaluddin revealed that further actions (on these tokan) will be taken in the near future. “We have already detected and identified […]

Seek help at One Stop Centre for Addiction

KUCHING: Those dealing with drug addiction and substance abuse are encouraged to seek treatment at the One Stop Centre for Addiction (OSCA). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the state had expanded OSCA services at the Petra Jaya Health Clinic here starting January in an attempt to […]

Six arrested on suspicion of abusing drugs

SERIAN: Police have arrested six unemployed persons including a woman for alleged substance abuse in an operation called ‘Ops Tapis’. The operation was carried out by the district’s NCID team from 6.30pm onwards in Kampung Rayang last Friday. The first arrested was a man inside an unnumbered house in the village. Inspections found a black […]

Six held for substance abuse

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Six individuals including a woman were arrested for alleged involvement in substance abuse last Thursday (Jan 28). The National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) Kota Samarahan revealed that the operation dubbed ‘Ops Cegah’ was carried out after receiving public complaints and conducting intelligence. The operation involving nine personnel, took place in Kampung Jaie and Kampung […]

Jobless man nabbed for substance abuse

BAU: A 23-year-old unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of substance abuse today (Jan 23). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the arrest took place during a raid conducted around 11.30am in a wooden hut at Jalan Gua Angin. “The team inspected the man and found a plastic packet containing crystalline powder believed to […]

Duo busted for drug possession

MIRI: Two men were arrested for possessing drugs worth more than RM240,000 during a raid conducted last Thursday. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the raid took place around 3.50pm in a house at Jalan Kin Link Garden, Piasau. A team arrested two locals, both aged 29, on the suspicion of being involved in […]

Drug rehabilitation centre proposed for Northern Zone

KUCHING: Sarawak needs another Drug Rehabilitation Centre, said Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He revealed today that Sarawak’s Drug Eradication Action Council had appealed to the federal government for the centre to be built in Miri for the Northern Zone. Harden was presenting the One-Stop Committee to address drugs and substance […]

Busy year for One-Stop Committee

KUCHING: One hundred and twenty-seven Integrated Operations/Intervention Programmes for Drug and Substance Issues were conducted by the One-Stop Committee (OSC) to address drugs and substance abuse issues (OSC MIDS) in Kuching district last year, compared to 100 programmes in 2019. Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis today revealed that there was a […]

Key causes of divorce

KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah revealed that the key causes of divorce were financial problems and drug and substance abuse, which could lead to domestic violence. “There are few causes of divorce, and we have to handle these issues holistically and in an integrated manner with […]

State records 27.5 percent decrease in drug, substance abuse cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a 27.51 percent decrease in cases of drug and substance abuse in October compared to September. This was revealed by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said 692 cases involving 742 arrests related to enforcement on drug and substance abuse were recorded in Sarawak […]