Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor chairing the Sabah Drug Eradication Action Council meeting in Kota Kinabalu on Thursday.
KOTA KINABALU: A total of RM746,000 has been set aside to fight Sabah's growing drug menace, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
He said the funds will be used to build a new drug rehabilitation centre on an 18ha piece of land in Tawau as well as carry out efforts to eradicate drug problems in the state.
The National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) had allocated RM500,000 for an integrated initiative programme to address drug addiction and social ills in high-risk areas, he said after chairing a Sabah Drugs Eradication Action Council meeting here on Thursday (April 29).