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Narcotic Offence Cases

Serious offences

Manufacturing

Trafficking

Possession for purpose of trafficking Other narcotic offence

Sub-total

APPENDICES

Number of crimes/offences reported

1987

1988

Number of persons* prosecuted

1989

1987

1988

1989

7

11

7

27

23

129

90

84

161

133

4 006

5 424

4 946

5041

6 420

1

2

3

2

3

13 110 5 924

3

4 143

5 527

5 040

5 231

6 579

6 050

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Minor offences – Opium

Possession of opium

162

138

69

129

Possession of equipment

130

119

58

Keeping a divan

90

65

51

Smoking opium

247

248

159

203

2012

92

47

.9

9

6

84

65

49

187

157

Other opium offences

3

2

2

1

Sub-total

632

572

339

425

354

259

Minor offences – Heroin

Possession of heroin

3 943

2 656

1 789

3 644

2 486

1 578

Possession of equipment

2 483

2377

1 332

581

500

261

Keeping a divan

6

11

1

10

13

1

Smoking heroin

251

159

234

127

67

80

Other heroin offences

19

35

10

11

8

2

Sub-total

6 702

5 238

3 366

4 373

3 074

1922

Minor offences – Other dangerous goods

Possession

Smoking

Other offences

Sub-total

Total

Note:

764

811

775

600

580

689

1

7

28

51

51

15

5

68999

2

22

792

863

833

615

585

713

12 269

12 200

9 578

10 644

10 592

8 944

* 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.

# Due to the change in method of counting burglary incidents in 1988, the crime figures for 1987 have been revised so that they can be

comparable with those of 1988.

@Figures have been adjusted to make them comparable with the corresponding figures of 1989 due to the revision of counting rules for the

offence of theft from vehicle in January 1989.

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