KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23 -- The inspector-general of police (IGP) today listed a string of achievements by several key departments in the Royal Malaysia Police throughout the whole of 2019.

Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador listed the success stories of Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department (TEID) and the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID.

He said that the CID managed to reduce crime index to 249 cases per 100,000 people, surpassing the target of 269. He said this was a 7.5 per cent drop.

"Meanwhile, the CCID had carried out 17,582 operations and successfully detained 15,876 people for various commercial crimes. A...