Panaji: Director general of police (DGP) Jaspal Singh on Friday said that the state has reported a ten-fold jump in public gambling and drugs cases in February when compared to the same period in 2022. Last year, 184 cases were booked in public gambling as against 16 cases in February. Similarly, 15 cases of drug detection were booked this year in February as against seven cases for the corresponding month in 2022.
On the other hand, the DGP said that there has been a decline of 67 per cent in reported crimes for February.
“During February last year, 284 offences were reported under various heads of crime which has declined to 170 cases as compared to the same month this year,” he said, and attributed the decrease in cases due to active policing against such crimes.
The DGP also said that the detection rate is pegged at 79 per cent.