Tour bus en route to Thailand halted, driver on ganja


ALOR SETAR: A tour bus driver was detained after testing positive for cannabis during a special screening operation conducted by the Road Transport Department (JPJ).

Kedah JPJ director Stien Van Lutam said the 45-year-old man was detained after the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) conducted an urine test on him, as part of the crackdown on tour and public transportation vehicles, at the Hutan Kampung Toll Plaza (northbound) at about 4am yesterday.

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