Statistics show a total of 19 drug traffickers were arrested in 2013, with 30kgs of illegal drugs
31 Mar 2014, 10:19 AM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police last night released last year’s annual statistics which showed that a total of 19 drug traffickers were arrested with 30kgs of illegal drugs.
According to the report, 30 operations were conducted to curb the drug-related crimes in the country and police seized 4,353 rubber packets containing drugs, 1,107 bullet sized packets containing drugs, 1,295 packets of hash oil, 21 joints, and 55 cans of hash oil.
20 bottles containing 300 litres of alcohol were seized during the police’s operations to curb drug related crimes.
Home Minister Umar Naseer has made clear that the fight against drugs will continue to be his number one concern, with combating of the drugs trade part of a threefold approach which will also focus on the entry of drugs into the country and the rehabilitation of users.
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