STEPPING UP REGIONAL COOPERATION TO COMBAT DRUG TRADE

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Countries in the region must step up cooperation to curb the transnational drug trade, said Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee, at the start of the Integrated Narcotics Programme which celebrates 10 years of collaboration between the Australian Federal Police and Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau.

The problem of amphetamine-type stimulants is of growing concern, and there is a growing number of big clandestine drug laboratories in the region that can produce more than one tonne of drugs in each cycle, said Associate Professor Ho. Such activities can derail the drive to create a drug-free Asean by 2015.

During the course, trainers will share their expertise in combating the drug menace.
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