BAU: Police here arrested a local man for allegedly engaging in illegal lottery sales activity in an unnumbered house yesterday. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon in a statement said the suspect was apprehended through the ‘Op Dadu’ raid, which was carried out by the district’s Criminal Investigation Division
KUCHING: Twelve fishermen had a close shave and managed to survive yesterday night after their fishing boat was battered by bad weather and rough seas. Earlier, the boat operated by a skipper and a crew together with 10 fishermen went out to sea around 1pm from the Sarawak Boat Club
MUKAH: Two crew members were reported missing while three others survived following a shipwreck at Kampung Bungan Kecil, Batang Igan today. According to a report from Sungai Merah police at 4.20am, they received a report from a passerby stating that a sand cargo ship named ‘Yu Lee’ had capsized off
BINTULU: Seven foreigners were each sentenced to 25 months in jail after they pleaded guilty to intruding, stealing and damaging some items and equipment at an unmanned platform on May 19. Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone director Captain Maritime Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad in a statement, said all
KUCHING: Sarawak police arrested 391 people and seized various types of drugs, believed to be valued at RM122,310 in a state-wide anti-drug operation, dubbed as ‘Ops Tapis Khas’. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the suspects, including 369 men and 22 women, aged between 16 and 64
KUCHING: The 10-day Gawai Dayak Bazaar 2022 here serves as a platform for the Dayak community to promote their micro-businesses and an opportunity to make some income. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said money-making opportunities at the bazaar was good as it was among the objectives for hosting
BINTULU: Two local men were arrested on suspicion of substance abuse yesterday by the Narcotics police. According to Bintulu police chief Supt Batholomew Umpit in a statement, the suspects, aged 26 and 37, were arrested at Jalan Sebiew and Jalan Tun Hussein Onn. “One of them was found to be
BINTULU: Traffic police here arrested three locals for riding their motorcycles dangerously and recklessly at Jalan Paragon last Sunday. The operations, codenamed ‘Ops Samseng Jalanan’ and ‘Ops Bersepadu’, were carried out by the Bintulu traffic police division from 7.30pm on Sunday to 2am yesterday. During the operation, the team spotted
KUCHING: Twenty-one locals were arrested and drugs worth over RM13,000 seized in a special narcotics operation in Betong last Saturday (June 18). Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the operation conducted by the Sarawak Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), was held from 12pm to 6.30pm at Jalan
KUCHING: Police recently raided an entertainment centre at Tabuan and arrested 21 locals for engaging in drug activities. Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri told a press conference today (June 20) that the operation was carried out from 12.30am to 2am last Wednesday (June 15). All of the suspects,
