JOHOR BARU: Malaysia is not a drug exporting country, but may have been used as a transit hub for drug smuggling, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) said drug labs that have been raided in the country so far are small, producing just enough for local use.
"Last year, we uncovered about 20 drug labs, all of which are on a small scale. There are also labs that were raided just six months after they began operating.
"The quantity (of the drugs produced) are small, just enough for local use.
"So, I do not agree if we say Malaysia is a drug exporting country as this would suggest that we are also a drug producing country, which is not the case," he said.
He said this in a press conference after witnessing the handing over ceremony of four rigid hull assault boats (RHAB) here.
He was responding to a question on whether Malaysia is now a drug-exporting country.
Razarudin, said that however, he does not dismiss the possibility that the country is being used as a transit hub.
"The drugs from the Golden Triangle area enter the country through our border with Thailand.
"It then goes into Kedah, Perlis, to Kuala Lumpur, Johor or Selangor before some smugglers send it to countries such as Australia, New Zealand and South Korea," he said.
The Golden Triangle is an area that centres on northeast Myanmar but includes parts of Thailand and Laos, which is known as the main opium-producing region in the world.
