Ayob stressed that the police, especially the Integrity and Standards Compliance Department, would not tolerate officers found colluding with drug syndicates, citing the arrest of a senior police officer, a former NCID chief, who was arrested for drug-related offences.
“We conduct regular monitoring … including urine screening of all police officers and personnel,” he added.
In December last year, Malaysia’s health ministry had announced a nationwide vape ban by mid-2026, citing growing health concerns as authorities moved to conduct crackdowns on vape devices across various states.
“This is not a knee-jerk reaction. The policies and standard operating procedures are already in place and have been ongoing. What we are doing now is moving towards a decisive end point,” Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said on Dec 16.
On Feb 16, Fisol Salleh, acting director of the Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department, said that authorities had seized nearly RM9 million (US$2.2 million) worth of e-cigarettes, vapes and related products following a six-day nationwide crackdown on youth vaping.
Earlier on Jul 28 last year, the health ministry announced a major crackdown against the promotion and sale of smoking and vapes online, in an operation called Ops Selamat Papa, that aimed to protect youth from the dangers of smoking products.
