To bring our combat against the smuggling of drugs to another level, I have suggested for our State and Federal Government to have more sniffer dogs in the field as well as to set an allocation to buy and train more cannines to be placed at entry points into the country. This is because we have many airports, ports, Immigration posts and even parcel offices where drugs are smuggled in but we do not have sniffer dogs to be deployed at these places.
Being the Chairman of Sarawak's branch of Drug Prevention Association of Malaysia (Pemadam), I have voiced out my concerns since there was no tracking device available thus far for drug detection, only dogs could be trained to do so.
I have added that the public was concerned with the increase in the number of drug abuse and smuggling cases in the country, including in Sarawak, where it has now spread to villages, homes and farming areas in the interior. There are cases of drug abuse and trafficking occur daily everywhere and it had also involve syndicates hiring youths.
If this is not curbed immediately, it could become more serious and difficult to tackle because drug smuggling has become a global issue whereby traffickers are using all means and ways to do their illicit operations. On another matter, I had also discussed with our Pemadam Exco members on the need to build a rehabilitation centre for women drug offenders in Sarawak as they are currently sent to a centre in Bachok, Kelantan which is far away from Sarawak.
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