Kelantan police station chiefs ordered to make 1 drug-related arrest daily
Kelantan police have mandated that station chiefs must make at least one drug-related arrest daily to combat declining enforcement statistics. The state police chief also noted a significant rise in commercial online scams, which have more than doubled in the first half of the year.
Why it matters
This directive highlights a shift toward aggressive performance-based policing metrics in Malaysia to address drug abuse and rising cybercrime.
Kelantan police chief Yusoff Mamat said a review of the new initiative will be held in three months. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Police station chiefs in Kelantan are now required to make one drug-related arrest daily, as part of the state contingent's new strategy to combat drug abuse.
Kelantan police chief Yusoff Mamat said the new directive came into effect on July 15 and was introduced after a decline in such arrests despite ramped-up drug enforcement efforts.
Yusoff said the number of drug cases in the state dropped by 13% in the first half of the year to 13,957, from 15,051 in the same period last year.
Drug-related arrests also went down by 10% to 14,640 compared with 16,182 in the same period of 2025, Bernama reported.
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