KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police here have brought down a motorcycle theft syndicate with the arrest of four locals in an operation codenamed ‘Op Lejang’ last week. District police chief DSP Brodie Brangka in a press conference today (Oct 31), said the first suspect was arrested on October 28 following a raid
KANOWIT: Swift actions by folks of Rh Engkulau Jikang Ulu managed to save their 18-door longhouse from being razed to the ground last night (Oct 29). The fire only occurred in one of the unit’s kitchen areas and was put out by the locals using water. Kanowit fire chief Arrahman
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) was kept busy this morning after responding to two fire incidents reported at separate places. The first incident happened around 1.07am and involved a rented room on the first floor of a bakery shophouse along Jalan Padungan. Firemen from Padungan and Tabuan Jaya
PADAWAN: A rented unit on the first floor of a two-storey shophouse at Mile 7, Jalan Penrissen, has caught fire yesterday. Padawan OCPD Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said it was believed that the unoccupied unit was used to carry out bitcoin mining activities. He said a tenant staying
KUCHING: Police are requesting cooperation from all parties to make the public be more aware of the consequences of being a mule account holder. Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said all parties, including non-governmental organisations, had been urged to cooperate with the police to conduct public awareness
MIRI: The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here today detained a tugboat and a barge laden with sand for failing to produce a port clearance pass and authorisation document to bring sand into Sarawak. MME Miri zone director Captain Mohd Shafie Paing said the arrest took place some 2.8 nautical
KUCHING: The Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has arrested a total of 1,221 individuals who acted as “account mules” by allowing their bank accounts to be used in cybercrimes. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri in a statement today, said the suspects were nabbed between January last
KUCHING: A morning fire has devoured a single-storey house in Kampung Bako and rendered a family of four homeless this morning. At the time of the incident, the family members, aged between three and 26, were not present at home. Firemen from Tabuan Jaya and Petra Jaya stations were promptly
KUCHING: Scammers have hit the jackpot again with another criminally creative tactic to steal one’s money from their bank accounts, all within 24 hours. Their latest scheme happened to a local housewife who lost RM21,400 in her fixed deposit, which had been transferred to four different accounts from Aug 10
PADAWAN: Narcotic police here arrested two jobless individuals for alleged involvement in substance abuse in a homestay room at Jalan Stakan yesterday (Oct 25). Padawan OCPD Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the police managed to find 19 plastic packets believed to be containing syabu-type drugs weighing 6.8g during
