Hishammuddin: 10,500 drug traffickers detained since 2009


KUALA LUMPUR: Police statistics show that 10,500 drug traffickers have been detained under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 since 2009, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein told Parliament Monday.

Hishammuddin said 2,955 offenders were detained in 2009, another 3,700 in 2010 while 3,845 were nabbed last year.

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