IPOH: More than 180 students in Perak have been arrested for various offences this year, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri.
The Perak police chief said the cases from between January and October include eight students who were arrested for drug-related offenses.
Another 71 involved violence, 50 are related to property crime and the remaining 62 were various other crimes.
“At the same time last year, we had arrested 65 students, with 44 related to violence, 7 crimes involving property and four under non-index crime,” he told reporters after attending the Police Crime Prevention and Career Programme at SMK Sungai Pari, here on Monday (Oct 30)
Among cases categorise under violence are murder, rape, armed robbery, causing hurt to others, and more. Meanwhile, cases under property crime are stealing different types of vehicles and theft.
Non-index cases are classified as minor offenses such as fighting, defamation, riots, possessing dangerous weapons, and making threats.
Comm Mohd Yusri added that in 2022, 11 students were arrested for drug offenses.
“From the total of 19 drug cases in 2022 and 2023, nine were arrested for drug possession while the remaining 10 students tested positive for drugs,“ he said, adding that the crimes involving school students in Perak are still under control.
“So far we have yet to have any cases where students were recruited to join gangs in Perak.We will issue a complete statistical report by the end of the year but as for now, everything is still under control,” he said.
