Wednesday, 30th September 2009 - 16:15CET
Drug hauls already exceed last year's record
Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici.
Drugs seized by the police and other forces so far this year already exceeds the record amount found last year, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said this afternoon.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici in a statement praised the police Drug Squad and the other law enforcement agencies for their work.
He said that by September 28, they had seized 490 kilogrammes of illegal drugs including cocaine, heroin, khat and cannabis along with 24,500 ecstasy or fake ecstasy pills.
The minister also observed that the police had so far this year arraigned 268 people and charged them with drug possession while 126 were accused of drug trafficking. A total of 444 suspects were arrested.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said the governemnt was committed to give the law enforcement agencies the tools they needed to continue their battle until it was won.
The police and Customs over the past few days separately arrested three people after finding that they were carrying drug capsules in their stomachs. They were stopped at the airport and tested at Mater Dei Hospital, where the officers' suspicions were confirmed.
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he has a really great sense of humor. winning the war on drugs? its known worldwide that its impossible as prohibition is helping to increase more the demand for drugs alongside with poor education on this subject. the only solution is to educate more our youngsters with true facts and not the ones published by goverments + prohibitionist groups fueled from alcohol & tobacco companies. decriminalizing cannabis for personal is a good thing too as its known that its one of the mildest and safest drugs on earth and where cannabis is decriminalized , crime and the use of hard drugs went down
This clearly shows that the goverment has no idea and does not want to confront this problem not to loose votes as it would look bad in the eyes of the old mentality hardcore voters!!
Education is the key......as others said before....the war on drugs can never be won....never!!! In a modern world other countries have found different ways to tackle these problems and have been successful....but alas we live in a third world close minded country
I'm afraid the battle will never be won. But there are ways in mitigating the use of such drugs - awareness/education to our youngsters and the repercussions/side effects on our body, lifestyle and social life.
Maybe harsher penalties should be introduced as well to deter such illicit use.
Will today's youngsters be tomorrow's ministers, general managers, directors, etc. happily sniffing, swallowing, injecting themselves?
I shudder to think.
It would be neater to keep to the relevant facts and just praise the efforts.
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14506384&source=hptextfeature
Prohibition did not work in the 20's and 30's in the US and won't work now. It only serves to enrich and strengthen the criminal cartels. It is time to start tackling the problem in a pragmatic manner.