Drug Trafficking In Malaysia Statistics 2020

The country could face a shortage of generic drugs if the covid 19 outbreak becomes pandemic and uncontrollable.

Drug trafficking in malaysia statistics 2020. 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. In 2o18 31 9 million or 11 7 of the population over age 12 in the us were current illegal drug users had used within the previous month in 2018 53 million or 19 4 of people aged 12 years and older used illegal drugs or. Cops bust drug trafficking syndicate in langkawi friday 23 oct 2020 03 48 pm myt kedah police chief datuk hasanuddin hassan said in the operation from 1pm to 4pm police also discovered four locations where drugs were hidden by the suspects. Drug overdoses deaths drug use among youth marijuana use addiction opioid epidemic drug war cost marijuana incarceration.

Home minister tan sri. The government then amended the law in 2017 to give courts the option of imposing either penalty albeit subject to certain conditions set out by the public prosecutor. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia in 2017 improved to 309 7 as against 2016. 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.

Among the conditions imposed to get the jail term is that the convicted person should have assisted an enforcement agency in disrupting drug trafficking activities within or outside malaysia. In fact it s estimated that at least 30 of people arrested for suspected drug trafficking globally are women usually for low level involvement including as drug couriers mules. Drug trafficking is big business bringing in a fifth of all profits from organised crime. General drug use statistics.

18 arrested and 200 000 worth of drugs including over 2kg of heroin seized in drug bust feb 14 2020 8 03 pm 41 000 worth of cannabis ice seized at tuas checkpoint. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population. 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. The defence is rarely accepted by trial judges in malaysia in the context of drug trafficking and the death penalty.

Malaysia has made it loud and clear on its non compromising stance in combating illicit drug trafficking and doing all it can to disrupt the drug supply chain.