A total of 1,792 suspects were arrested in the cases, with 10.51 kilograms of illicit drugs seized, said the report compiled by the city’s Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics.

For the whole of 2007, the number of drug-related criminal cases uncovered in the city rose 18.39 percent over the previous year to 5,660, with 6,194 suspected arrested and 253.54 kilograms of illicit drugs seized.

Of these suspects, 5,304, or 85.63 percent, were men. More than 71 percent of those arrested were taken into custody for using illicit drugs, while 15.79 were suspected of drug possession.

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