Azis: 252 cops detained for taking drugs since May 23 this year


KUALA LUMPUR: About 50 police officers have been arrested each month since May this year for taking drugs, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman (pic) told the Dewan Rakyat.

Police statistics revealed that after Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador’s appointment as the Inspector-General of Police on May 23 this year, a total of 252 police officers have been detained for taking drugs, he told Lim Lip Eng (PH-Kepong) during Question Time.

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