SIBU: The General Operations Force (GOF) here seized frozen food products and duty-not-paid cigarettes worth RM10.25 million in separate raids on Monday (Mar 10). Sarawak GOF Brigade Commander SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang said the first raid, which took place at 10.10 am, resulted in the arrest of two
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband worth RM3.25 million and arrested three local men in separate raids held in Betong and Limbang. Sarawak GOF Commander SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang said the operations, codenamed Op Taring Alpha 1 and 2, targeted illegal storage facilities for duty-not-paid
BINTULU: Three people were killed, and five others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle collision along the Bintulu-Samalaju Coastal Road this morning (Mar 11). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the accident happened at around 6.50 am, involving a Perodua Alza and a three-tonne lorry. Firefighters from
SIBU: Narcotics police arrested two locals for allegedly having suspected methamphetamine and a homemade shotgun last Sunday (Mar 9). Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the raid was carried out at around 2.50 pm in a house at Ladang Lengan, Jalan Batang Lebaan in Tanjung Manis. “During the operation,
KANOWIT: A local man, who was reported missing in Song, Kapit since last Friday, was found drowned in Rajang River near Fort Emma yesterday (Mar 10). Sibu Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 4 chief Andy Alie said that the body of 44-year-old Bujang Zainuddin was discovered afloat, about 56km
SARIKEI: An elderly man succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment after his car crashed along Jalan Selalang yesterday (Mar 9). Sarikei police chief Supt Aswandy Anis in a statement, said that the victim has been identified as 73-year-old Zaini Ahmad. The accident occurred at around 6pm when the victim
KUCHING: A drug syndicate’s attempt to smuggle marijuana into Sarawak last month, was foiled after the Customs Department seized 7.1kg of the drug concealed in Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate wrappers and aluminium foils. Sarawak Customs director Norizan Yahya said that the department’s narcotics branch had raided a courier company along
KUCHING: A local man in his 20s was found dead after allegedly falling from a shopping mall along Jalan Wan Alwi early this morning. Kuching police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said the incident was reported at around 12.08 am by the public. A police team and paramedics were
KUCHING: Police will conduct regular patrols at churches following an incident where a mentally unstable man stormed into St Joseph’s Cathedral and disrupt the sunset mass last Saturday. This was confirmed by Kuching police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah in a statement last night. He added that patrols aim
KUCHING: The man who caused a commotion at St Joseph’s Cathedral by shattering a liquor bottle at the altar has a history of mental illness, according to police. Kuching District police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah confirmed that after taking him in for assessment, officers found that he possessed
