DUNGUN, June 5 — A total of 196 drug addicts, including three women, were detained in an operation by the National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) in Terengganu.

Nada Enforcement and Security Division director Mahadzir Elias said the operation was conducted in the districts of Kuala Terengganu, Hulu Terengganu, Besut and Dungun from Wednesday till today, adding that two civil servants were also detained.

“A location known as ‘Port Pekat Bayu’, which acted as a major transit point for the sale of drugs, was raided and 35 individuals suspected to be high on drugs were detained there,” he said at a media conference in the presence of Terengganu Nada director Arzmi Abdullah, after leading the operation here today.

The addicts detained in the three-day operation were aged between 19 to 66 and 159 of them tested positive for methamphetamine, 34 for ketum, two for cannabis and one for heroin.

There was also an incident where a drug addict brandished a knife at five Nada personnel during a raid on a house in the district today, he said, adding that the man surrendered 10 minutes later and was detained.

No one was harmed in the incident, Mahadzir said. — Bernama