KUCHING: Loan sharks were dealt a heavy blow when police tore down over 700 illegal banners plastered across the city during ‘Ops Vulture’ yesterday (Sept 30). Kuching police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said the Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) mobilised 41 personnel for the operation, which was mounted after
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized illicit cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, diesel, and fireworks worth nearly RM7 million in a series of statewide raids under ‘Ops Taring Awas/Batas’. Sarawak GOF Brigade Commander SAC Lim Bak Phai said the total seizure value of RM6,953,882.39 came from eight cases conducted from Sept
LUBOK ANTU: The General Operations Force (GOF) here thwarted a foreigner’s attempt to smuggle four subsidised gas cylinders out of Sarawak two weeks ago. Sarawak GOF Brigade Commander SAC Lim Bak Phai said the operation took place on Sept 17 when the 10th Battalion intercepted a motorcycle near the Malaysia-Indonesia
LUBOK ANTU: The Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) here has arrested a man for allegedly acting as a mule account holder linked to two online scam cases. The suspect, who is in his early 20s, was detained by a team led by Lubok Antu CCID chief Insp Muhammad Asyraf Azmi
MERADONG: Police have arrested five men believed to be involved in a series of house break-ins around Sungai Bian, following raids carried out last week. Meradong police chief DSP Tansli Mering said the local suspects were taken into custody during operations mounted by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) on Sept
KUCHING: The drug issue in Sarawak is a root threat that fuels other crimes, with the fight against narcotics requiring more than conventional enforcement. Having said this, Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said tackling drug abuse and trafficking would be his top priority aside from other crimes in
KUCHING: An 18-year-old teenager, allegedly recruited as a courier, was caught with more than 20 kilogrammes of methamphetamine, believed to be meant for cross-border delivery. Sarawak Police Commissioner, Datuk Mohamad Zainal Abdullah, said the local youth was taken into custody on September 24 along Jalan Tebedu-Serian. He added that the
BETONG: Three men were left injured following a collision between two lorries along Jalan Pan Borneo near the Sarawak Energy Substation this morning (Sept 29). The 8.25 am accident involved a five-tonne lorry carrying two men and a three-tonne lorry whose occupants had stepped out to carry out roadside work.
ROBAN: An elderly couple escaped unharmed after their two-storey wooden house in Kampung Lichok was destroyed in a fire yesterday (Sept 28). The incident occurred at around 5.45 pm when the couple, aged 73 and 74, heard a loud thunderclap followed by the sound of shattering lights before flames spread
TATAU: A local man is reported missing after he was attacked by a crocodile while bathing with his brother at a river near Ladang Tatau Estate, Sungai Semanok on Saturday (Sept 27). The victim has been identified as Jeffery Masing Win, 21. The incident happened at around 8.25 pm when