DEC QUARTERLY PRESS STATEMENT – 5th May, 2017
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By Theresa Katongo Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Public Relations Officer Lusaka, Friday 5th May 2017-The Drug Enforcement Commission in the first quarter of 2017 arrested a total of 1,431 persons for drug related offences countrywide. A year-on-year quarterly analysis shows that the total arrests increased by 6.87 per cent from 1,339 in the first quarter of 2016 to 1,431 in the first quarter of 2017. Further, of the total number of persons arrested 30 were foreign nationals while 1,401 were Zambians. Out of the total number of persons arrested 95 were female comprising 6.6 per cent of the total arrests...