KAPIT: Police arrested eight locals for allegedly engaging in a cockfighting session in an open area at Jalan Antaroh here last Saturday (April 1). Acting police chief Anthony Apui said the raid codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ was carried out following a public tip-off around 3.30 pm. When the cops arrived, they
KUCHING: Police busted an online gambling syndicate in a raid on a residential house in Jalan Stampin here yesterday (April 2). The racket is believed to have reaped profits of about RM90,000 in its three months of operation. Police also detained 13 men, including six foreigners, on suspicion of running
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a local fishing boat and arrested six crew members for allegedly fishing outside the permitted zone as specified in their licence on Friday (March 31). MMEA Bintulu Zone director Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad, in a statement, said the arrest took place
BAU: A wee hour fire broke out in an uninhabited house in Kampung Tringgus Rabak Rotan, leaving the building completely destroyed today (April 2). According to the owner of the house, it was no longer used as a residence and had been converted into a store to keep ancient relics and
SARIKEI: Two men were left injured after a car skidded and crashed into a concrete road divider along Jalan Sarikei-Saratok this morning. The accident happened around 9.50 am when the 37-year-old victim was driving his Proton Saga. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Sarikei
LIMBANG: What was thought to be fish caught in a fishing net thrown into a creek at Kampung Loagan Limbun turned out to be a six-foot-long crocodile instead. A local fisherman made the shocking find when he went to check on his catch. Wasting no time, he quickly informed the
PADAWAN: Police arrested three people, believed to be part of a vehicle theft gang in front of a shophouse at Mile 10, Jalan Penrissen on Tuesday (Mar 28). Padawan OCPD Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad in a statement, said the suspects were busted by a team from the Criminal
KUCHING: Some 246 police officers from Kuching district police headquarters attended a Joint Church Prayer Service to commemorate the 216th Police Day. The service was held yesterday, at BEM Kuching Evangelical Church, Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho, and organised by Kuching IPD. The service was conducted in Bahasa Malaysia by Senior
JULAU: In a tragic incident that has sent shockwaves through the community, a retired teacher named Arim Badok, aged 70, has gone missing while installing nets in the Sungai Kanowit river, Nanga Meluan. According to reports, the incident occurred on Tuesday, March 28, when Arim Badok was seen clinging to
SIBU: Marine police arrested a local man for allegedly transporting 600 litres of diesel without proper documents from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN). Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the arrest under ‘Ops Kontraban’ was made around 10 am yesterday (Mar 28) along Jalan