KUALA LUMPUR: An express bus driver found himself in hot water after he failed a urine test during a roadblock here by the Road Transport Department (JPJ).
Kuala Lumpur JPJ director Hamidi Adam, during a press conference at the Gombak JPJ enforcement station here yesterday, said the driver, in his 30s, tested positive for morphine after being stopped during the roadblock at the Gombak toll plaza yesterday.
“The bus he was driving was then taken over by its second driver, who tested negative,” he added.
Sources said he admitted to taking drugs.
As of June 9, the JPJ special operation for Hari Raya Aidiladha saw a total of 33,988 vehicles inspected, with 26 vehicles seized, Hamidi said.
A total of 2,437 notices were also issued during that period.
The source said 625 vehicles had been issued summonses for invalid or expired licences.
A further 718 were due to technical issues, such as bald tyres or brake problems.
As of 5pm yesterday, the department has issued an additional 139 notices with another 620 vehicles inspected.
Separately in Melaka, a van carrying workers was among 19 vehicles seized by the state JPJ during the Hari Raya Aidiladha operation, which ended yesterday.
State director Siti Zarina Mohd Yusop said the vehicle was detained in Jalan Tun Fatimah and was identified as having committed an offence of abusing the motor vehicle licence (LKM), in addition to having an expired LKM.
“We checked the system and found the van’s LKM is under the category of private vehicle, but was being used to carry passengers.
“Among the vehicles seized in the special operation on foreign drivers included 13 motorcycles and a car, driven by a foreign national,” Siti Zarina said, Bernama reported.
She said during the operation, 6,774 vehicles were inspected under the Road Transport Act (RTA) 1987, the Land Public Transport Act (LPTA) 2010 and related regulations.
She said the inspection found 974 vehicles had been issued with summonses for various offences.
She said among the offences were the use of mobile phones, drivers found smoking while driving and others related to the conduct of Public Service Vehicles.
