BUKIT KAYU HITAM, April 13 -- Two 17-year-old Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) candidates were among 37 individuals detained after testing positive for drugs in a special operation by the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) Kedah branch at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex here yesterday.

State AADK director Md Razif Wan said that in the operation, which was carried out from Saturday until yesterday evening, a total of 47 individuals underwent urine screening tests.

"Of that number, 37 individuals tested positive for drugs, and most of them were youths," he told reporters here today.

In the first case, a male SPM candidate and his 21-year-old sister were detained upon returning from Danok, Thailand, after atte...