KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 -- Penang police are considering working with schools to conduct joint inspections of students' belongings for vape products as authorities seek to prevent the devices, including those suspected of containing synthetic drugs, from reaching children.

According to the New Straits Times, state police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the proposal was discussed during a State Drug Eradication Action Council meeting chaired by Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow on April 6.

Azizee said police had not received any reports of drug-laced vape devices being used in schools but stressed that enforcement efforts were ongoing.

He said officers had been conducting operations as well as engagement programmes with local communities and off...