Drug Trafficking In Malaysia Statistics 2018

The number of repeat drug abusers arrested increased by 13 to 2 075 in 2018 from 1 842 in 2017.

Drug trafficking in malaysia statistics 2018. Whilst the per head data refers to only once detected within six 6 years period. To prove an offence of drug trafficking the prosecution must first prove that you were in possession of dangerous drugs and that such possession is for the purposes of trafficking in the said drugs. Per case data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Close to two thirds of new abusers arrested were under 30 years old.

Recently when the law was extended to include acts of terrorism any terrorists and anyone who aids terrorists financially or otherwise is liable to face the death penalty. The data on the number of drugs used do not necessarily match the number of drug addicts. The number of repeat drug abusers arrested increased by 12 per cent from 1 842 in 2017 to 2 072 in. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in malaysia it is a mandatory punishment for murder drug trafficking treason and waging war against yang di pertuan agong the king.

Campaign to legalise use of medical cannabis gathers momentum in the country known for draconian approach to drugs. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population. From 3 091 arrests in 2017 the number of arrests of drug abusers in 2018 increased to 3 438. While we might think that trafficking refers to sneaking drugs past customs the legal definition of trafficking is actually pretty detailed.

Crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia in 2017 improved to 309 7 as against 2016. This is because some of the drug addicts are poly drug users. The number of new drug abusers arrested increased by 9 to 1 364 in 2018 from 1 249 in 2017. Crime statistics malaysia 2018 is the first publication of the department which presents statistics on five crime areas namely crimes index drugs corruptions environments and other crimes.

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