APPENDIX 17
NARCOTICS OFFENCES 1964-65
(EXCLUDING THOSE CLASSIFIED AS SERIOUS CRIMES) Cases Reported to and Dealt with by Police
Not Taken to Trial
Taken to Trial
OFFENCE
Total Reported
Total
Undetected
Accused dead
or insane
Seizures no arrest
Total
Convicted
Acquitted or Nolle Prosequi
Pending Trial
OPIUM
Possession of opium
1,372
636
636
736
709 13 14
Possession of pipe,
equipment, etc.
396
42
42
354
341
Keeping a divan
126
126
120
сла
6
7
5
1
Smoking, consuming, etc.,
opium
3,765
10
10
3,755
3,735
9 11
Other opium offences
17
7
7
10
10
TOTAL
5,676
695
695
4,981
4,915
33
33
HEROIN
Possession of heroin
8,474
1,302
1,302
7,172
6,817
312
43
Possession of pipe,
equipment, etc.
139
3
3
136
130
6
Keeping a divan
9
9
8
1
Smoking, consuming, etc.,
heroin
2,085
Other heroin offences
55
24
2
2,083
2,014
51
18
4
51
47
3
1
TOTAL
10,762
1,311
1,311
9,451
9,016
373
62
HEROIN PILLS
Possession of heroin pills
3
3
3
Possession of pipe,
equipment, etc.
Keeping a divan
2
Smoking, consuming, etc.,
heroin pills
1
2
1
1
1
1
Other heroin pill offences
TOTAL
6
6
5
1
MORPHINE
Possession of morphine
Other morphine offences
BARBITONE
Possession of barbitone
TOTAL
2,732
40
40
2,692
2,648
37
7
Possession of pipe,
equipment, etc.
Keeping a divan
Smoking, consuming, etc.,
barbitone
8
Other barbitone offences
3
2
2
1
081
TOTAL
2,743
42
42
2,701 2,657
37
7
GRAND TOTAL
19,187
2,048
2,048 | 17,139 | 16,593
444
102
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