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Singapore drug abusers up 6 pct in 2015

Xinhua, February 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) of Singapore arrested a total of 3,338 drug abusers in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from the 3,158 drug abusers arrested in 2014, the bureau said on Monday.

New and young abusers continue to increase, with 1,311 new drug abusers arrested, which represented a 20 percent increase from the 1,093 arrested in 2014. Of these, more than two-thirds were below 30 years of age. The number of repeat abusers fell about 2 percent, from 2,065 abusers in 2014 to 2,027 abusers in 2015, according to CNB.

Methamphetamine, or "ice", and heroin continue to be the two most commonly abused drugs. About 93 percent of all drug abusers arrested had abused one or the other, said CNB.

The estimated street value of the drugs seized in 2015 was 8.56 million Singapore dollars (6.1 million U.S. dollars), which was 5 percent higher than in 2014. Cannabis seizures increased by about 26 percent, from 35.03 kg in 2014 to 44.29 kg in 2015, according to CNB. Enditem