KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 2,097 police personnel and officers were arrested for drug, robbery and corruption offences from 2021 to August this year.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said of these, 1,551 were arrested for drug offences, 64 for robbery and 482 by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

In a written parliamentary reply to Lim Lip Eng (PH-Kepong), who asked for the number of police personnel arrested for the offences since 2021, Saifuddin provided a yearly breakdown.

Of the drug-related arrests under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, 357 were recorded in 2021, 248 in 2022, 245 in 2023, 310 in 2024, 256 in 2025 and 135 from January to August this year.