SANDAKAN: Surprise roadblocks and urine tests conducted on target groups were among measures taken to combat drug-related offences in Sabah.
Sabah Anti-Drug Action Council chairman Datuk Jainab Datuk Ahmad Ayid said these measures were not meant to frighten or inconvenience the public but were among steps taken to curtail drug offences.
Jainab, who is also Sabah Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister, said from January till yesterday, the National Anti-Drug Agency had conducted 25 roadblocks in the state with the assistance of other agencies.
“Of 1,129 people screened, 64 were tested positive for drugs,” she said here today.
Three of 80 people screened during a joint operations at a roadblock at Km 2 Jalan Utara here yesterday were tested positive for drugs.
Ten summonses were issued by the traffic police, 23 summonses and 14 notices were issued by the Road Transport Department, five compounds by the Health Ministry and eight arrests were made by the Immigration Department.
The joint operation involved 119 enforcement personnel from various agencies. — BERNAMA