Drug Smugglers On Their Toes As Brunei, Malaysia on Joint Dragnet

Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei and Malaysia have agreed to further enhance their bilateral cooperation in combating the misuse of drug and drug smuggling activities.

This was reached during the 9th bilateral meeting between the Brunei Narcotic Control Bureau and the Narcotic Department of the Royal Malaysian Police yesterday.

At the meeting, both parties also agreed to continuously expand the scope of cooperation in combating the menace.

Dayang Hajah Shireen Haji Mustapha, Brunei's Deputy Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, said the cooperation includes treatment and rehabilitation, drugs prevention education as well as upgrading the bilateral cooperation towards its implementation.

According to her, the meeting touched on drugs prevention education which is more towards giving awareness to the community on the danger and risks posed by drug abuse.

In this matter, the Narcotics Control Bureau will try to determine methods and approaches employed in other regions, she said.

She said that matters relegated to treatment and rehabilitation were also discussed at the meeting to determine the possibility of looking into other methods, which might be more effective.

Meanwhile, Dato Mohd Najib, the Director of Narcotics of the Royal Malaysian Police, said both agencies have further enhanced cooperation in combating the misuse of drugs.

He said both agencies have implemented cooperation on exchanging suitable intelligence information and joint operations by both parties, especially at the common borders.

Elaborating further on the joint operations, Dato Mohd Najib said that such joint operations were not conducted in Brunei.

According to him, when Brunei's NCB conducted an operation in its side, the Malaysian Narcotics will conduct a separate operation simultaneously on the other side of the boarder.

By doing so, any suspects who manage to escape across the border, narcotics officers on the other side will be waiting.

Awang Haji Abdul Majid Mangarshah, Acting Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, and Dato Mohd Najib Abdul Aziz, the Director of Narcotic of the Royal Malaysian Police, jointly chaired the meeting.

Senior officials from agencies of both countries took part in the meeting.

The meeting deliberated ways to standardise actions in the eradication of drug abuse and in combating the misuse of drug and drug smuggling activities. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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