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Fewer people were arrested for drug offences last year, with a decrease of about 15 per cent from the 3,526 in 2019 to 3,014.
Arrests of new abusers also fell from 1,460 in 2019 to 1,143, which makes up about 38 per cent of all arrests last year.
But the high proportion of new abusers and those aged below 30 remain a matter of concern, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) noted in its annual report yesterday.
Among the new abusers, 713 were below 30, accounting for 62 per cent of new abusers, which is consistent with the 2019 figures.
The overall number of young people arrested for drug abuse is also significant.