Kelantan has highest number of drug abuse cases in the country

KOTA BARU: Kelantan recorded the highest number of criminal cases related to drug abuse, with 3,683 cases last year, said Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (pic).

She said of that number, the registration of cases in the High Court under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 stood at 72 cases, 254 cases in the Sessions Court and 3,357 cases in the Magistrate’s Court.