Narcotic Offence Cases
Serious offences
Manufacturing
Trafficking
Possession for purposes of trafficking
Other narcotic offence
Sub-total
APPENDICES
Number of crimes/offences reported
1989
1990
1991
Number of persons* prosecuted 1989
1990
1991
7
5
5
13
10
12
84
93
171
110
127
222
4 946
3.506
2 821
5 924
4 253
3 396
3
1
3
1
5 040
3 604
2 998
6 050
4 390
3 631
Minor offences - Opium
Possession of opium
69
Possession of equipment
58
Keeping a divan
51
Smoking opium
159
$22
64
35
47
41
19
63
39
6
1
12
18
9
49
14
4
31
21
157
26
11
Other opium offences
2
1
1
Sub-total
339
177
105
259
83
46
Minor offences – Heroin
Possession of heroin
1 789
1 887
2776
1 578
1 791
2 698
Possession of equipment
1 332
649
489
261
196
200
Keeping a divan
1
2
1
5
Smoking heroin
234
118
196
80
62
101
Other heroin offences
10
15
23
2
5
9
Sub-total
3 366
2 669
3 486
1922
2 054
3 013
Minor offences - Other dangerous goods
Possession
Smoking
Other offences
Sub-total
Total
Note:
446
775
739
823
689
7
51
54
34
68398
657
760
2
22
27
25
833
793
857
713
684
785
9 578
7 243
7 446
8 944
7211
7 475
* If a person is prosecuted on two or more occasions in a year, he will be recorded once for each occasion; on the other hand, if a person is
prosecuted on the same occasion for more than one offence, only the principal offence will be taken for tabulation.