At the launch of the Tims-tof device at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Faculty of Health Sciences on Wednesday (March 26), the Royal Malaysia Police said it is now leveraging drug residue analysis in sewage systems to detect the presence of drug laboratories in any particular area, through its collaboration with UKM.
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00:00Dadah is a serious issue in Malaysia.
00:04From last January to February this year,
00:06we have confiscated 115 tonnes of dadah worth 1.7 billion rupiah.
00:15As for the arrests,
00:17during the same period from last January to February this year,
00:22we have confiscated more than 300,000 tonnes of dadah worth 1.7 billion rupiah.
00:30In this context, we are cooperating with the UKM
00:34to ensure that we use the additional resources available in terms of surveillance
00:42to monitor the new dadah in the market
00:47as well as the trend of imported dadah from other countries.
00:55We have been cooperating since October 21, 2022.
01:00This involves the UKM and the Ministry of Drug Enforcement.
01:05We have six packages in terms of technology development,
01:08surveillance, forensics, and data for the use of surveillance.
01:12Our main focus is the development of biosensor test strips,
01:18forensic data analysis,
01:20dadah residue analysis,
01:23and the aggregation system.
01:25This involves nine officers from the Ministry of Drug Enforcement
01:30who have been specially selected
01:32to spend half of their time under the guidance of experts from the UKM.
01:37They will be held accountable as the main focus
01:41and will be recognized as subject matter experts in the future.
01:44In terms of funding support,
01:47the KDN has allocated 8.4 million rupiah
01:53to support this programme.
01:54So far, 2.4 million rupiah has been allocated to support this programme.
02:01The first package is the analysis of the water in the Subang basin
02:07which shows the presence of methane and phantamine
02:11which shows the possibility of the existence of a dadah process in the area.
02:15The second package is the assessment of the effects of dosage
02:20on the behavior and health of animal brains
02:23as a basis for understanding the effects of dadah on humans.
02:27The third package focuses on the development of the technique
02:31of tracking the origin of dadah residues using modern forensics.
02:35The fourth package focuses on the development of a repository system
02:41which is a strategic analytical repository for anti-narcotic or SARAN.
02:48The fifth package focuses on the development of a biosensor test kit
02:52which is faster and more accurate.
02:54As we have seen earlier,
02:55it usually takes two days
02:58but with this new equipment, it only takes 20 seconds.
03:00The sixth package is to collect samples of sewage water
03:05to assess the concentration of dadah residues
03:09and also to identify the demographic profile of the population.
03:12We expect that the programme that we are doing
03:15will further improve the efficiency of our administration
03:19and most importantly, we will continue to improve cooperation
03:24at the international level with Interpol or UNODC
03:29the National Institute of Drug Abuse of the US
03:32Drug Signature Programme UNODC
03:35and many more.
03:37Maybe when we get the data,
03:39when we get the expertise, we can share it
03:41and we can further improve our ability.