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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.