JSJN To Get 1,000 Additional Posts To Boost Drug Enforcement

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The Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) has secured Cabinet approval for an additional 1,000 posts to strengthen its operational capacity and tackle increasingly…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- The Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) has secured Cabinet approval for an additional 1,000 posts to strengthen its operational capacity and tackle increasingly sophisticated drug trafficking syndicates.

Bukit Aman JSJN director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the application, submitted through the Home Ministry (KDN), was approved by the Cabinet last month, but implementation would require further coordination and discussions with the Public Service Department (JPA).

"We need more personnel to establish several new units, including one to investigate online drug trafficking and another to handle cases involving international networks.

"Special teams are also needed to monitor courier and other service providers, as well as drug trafficking activities involving cargo containers," he told reporters after the JSJN Intelligence and Operations Division appreciation ceremony here today.

Hussein said the current manpower shortage had limited the number of operations conducted by the department, adding that more personnel at district and contingent levels would strengthen efforts to combat drug trafficking.

He said JSJN had seized nearly 70 tonnes of drugs in the first 10 months of this year, compared with 89 tonnes throughout last year.

In a related development, Hussein said the department was examining information shared by authorities in Brunei and Mauritius to identify drug syndicate networks and supply sources linked to Malaysians arrested in the two countries.

In the Brunei case, a Malaysian man was arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs from Sarawak to Sabah via the neighbouring country's land route.

"Brunei authorities have shared information with us for follow-up investigations to determine the source of the drugs and identify others involved in the network," he said.

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