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Narcotic Offence Cases

APPENDICES

Number of crimes/offences reported

1988

1989

Number of persons* prosecuted

1990

1988

1989

1990

Serious offences

Manufacturing

11

7

5

23

13

10

Trafficking

90

84

93

133

110

127

Possession for purpose of trafficking

5 424

4 946

3.506

6 420

5 924

4 253

Other narcotic offence

2

3

3

3

Sub-total

5 527

5 040

3 604

6 579

6 050

4.390

Minor offences – Opium

Possession of opium

138

69

64

Possession of equipment

119

58

63

Keeping a divan

65

51

18

-Smoking opium

248

159

31

29660

47

41

6

1

65

49

14

187

157

26

Other opium offences

2

2

I

1

1

=

Sub-total

572

339

177

354

259

83

Minor offences -- Heroin

Possession of heroin

2 656

1 789

1 887

2 486

1 578

Possession of equipment

2377

1 332

649

500

261

1 791 196

Keeping a divan

11

1

13

1

Smoking heroin

159

234

118

67

80

62

Other heroin offences

35

10

15

Sub-total

5 238

3366

2 669

3 074

1922

2054

Minor offences - Other dangerous goods

Possession

Smoking

Other offences

Sub-total

Total

811

775

739

580

689

657

1

7

2

51

51

54

5

22

27

863

833

793

585

713

684

12 200

9 578

7 243

10 592

8 944

7 211

Note: * 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.

@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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