MUKAH: An illegal immigrant was arrested for alleged drug abuse at a plantation field in Balingian here on Friday. Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the 37-year-old man from Indonesia was picked up at 8.30am. An inspection on the suspect found a plastic packet and a straw tube containing
KUCHING: A terrace house here at Lorong Satok 21F which went up in flames last Thursday, caught on fire again for the fourth time yesterday. The double-storey house had previously caught fire twice in the morning and once at noon on Thursday. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations
KUCHING: A civil servant and a private company treasurer lost a total of RM314,000 to a Macau scam syndicate in two separate cases. Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Maria Rasid said the cases were reported in Miri on Apr 8 and in Mukah on Apr 9. The
KUCHING: Marine police here foiled an attempt of transporting more than 700 litres of diesel using a lorry on Monday (Apr 11). According to the Sarawak Marine Police, the Marine Intelligence Unit spotted the lorry in town and detained it for inspections. It led to the discovery of 32 plastic
BAU: Narcotics police arrested two jobless men on suspicion of engaging in substance abuse in a house at Kampung Skiat Baru last Monday (Apr 11). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the suspects aged 28 and 34, were detained for questioning in different areas of the house around 11.50am.
KUCHING: The number of drug-related arrests in 2020 has increased drastically in Sarawak despite the country under movement restrictions due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The Sarawak Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) recorded a total of 10,294 arrests from 9,462 cases. “It is a drastic increase of 3,687 arrests, compared
SERIAN: A man was confirmed dead after he is believed to have gotten stuck on a transformer rig at Kampung Semukoi A, Jalan Serian-Sri Aman yesterday (Apr 11). Serian police chief, DSP Aswandy Anis, said preliminary investigations found no signs of foul play at the scene and is believed to
KUCHING: Traffic police here have arrested a total of 18 youths for reckless and dangerous driving from January to April this year. The District Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department also conducted a total of 11 ‘Op Samseng Jalanan’ around Kuching in the four-month period. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah
LUNDU: The army yesterday intercepted an all-purpose vehicle (APV) and two motorcycles which were ferrying five illegal immigrants out to Indonesia. The First Infantry Division, in a statement, disclosed that the convoy was intercepted around 7am in the Kandaie army post sector. “Three suspicious vehicles were spotted using the main
SERIAN: The 59-year-old man who was reported missing on April 8 after he failed to return from his farm at Kampung Pridan, Jalan Mentong Merau, was found safe yesterday. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the rescue team were informed by the police that the victim
