476
Narcotic Offence Cases
APPENDICES
Number of cases reported
1993
1994
Number of persons arrested
1994
1995
1995
1993
Type of offence
Serious offences
Manufacturing of dangerous drugs
32
27
28
46
47
61
Trafficking in dangerous drugs
673
936
1 187
909
1 225
1 426
Possession of dangerous drugs
(indictable offence)
2 798
3 654
4 482
3 196
3 951
4 902
Other serious narcotic offences
3
1
4
4
1
14
Sub-total
3 506
4 618
5 701
4 155
5 224
6 403
Minor offences – Opium
Simple possession of opium
50
27
4
47
30
5
Possession of equipment
20
16
3
15
Keeping a divan
3
1
3
1
=
Consuming opium
7
2
5
3
Sub-total
80
46
5
58
49
6
Minor offences – Heroin
Simple possession of heroin
6 094
7 372
6 357
6 387
7 872
6 771
Possession of equipment
455
518
679
395
502
696
Keeping a divan
3
3
4
8
3
4
Consuming heroin
114
124
77
115
118
82
Other heroin offences
6
Sub-total
6 672
8 017
7 117
6 905
8 495
7 553
Minor offences – Other dangerous drugs
Simple possession
Consuming
Other offences
Sub-total
Total
Note: Serious narcotics offences include police cases only.
1 456
1 565
1 861
1 560
1 711
2080
9
9
7
7
7
8
10
7
6
5
9
1475
1578
1 875
1 573
1 723
2 097
11 733
14 259
14 698
12 691
15 491
16 059