MUKAH: A man’s bid to smuggle in various types of duty-not-paid cigarettes and beer was foiled by roadblock authorities at Jebungan junction, Jalan Mukah-Balingan on Saturday (July 3). Mukah district police chief DSP Mohamad Rizal Alias said a suspicious looking four-wheel drive vehicle, heading towards Mukah from Kingwood Resort, was
LUNDU: The first ‘Operations in Build Up Areas’ (OBUA) training complex in Sarawak, has been constructed at the Sampadi Target Range here. A spokesman for the First Infantry Division said the training complex named ZAMZOV (Zamrose Mohd Zain Obua Village), was the brainchild of Army chief General Tan Sri Datuk
BAU: Police arrested a woman suspected to be an online gambling top-up agent in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ in Bau town today. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon who confirmed the case, said a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team raided the premises around 12.15pm. The team detained the 24-year-old
PADAWAN: The manhunt is ongoing for two jailbirds who are still at large after escaping from Puncak Borneo Prison last Thursday (July 1). District deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said on Saturday that the escapees have yet to be captured. “The search operation to locate Mohamad Fikrry Azzarudin
BAU: A jobless man was arrested after police found a homemade shotgun inside his car at Kampung Opar last Friday (July 2). Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said aside from the weapon, police also confiscated five shotgun bullet shells in a bag. A police patrol team conducting ‘Ops Tapis’,
SARIKEI: Customs officials foiled a drug smuggling attempt into Sarawak, involving a parcel containing instant noodles and three plastic packages of marijuana last Thursday (July 1). The packages declared as ‘food stuff’ arriving from Malaya using domestic postage, were detected by the parcel post unit at Customs Sarikei Station around
KUCHING: A bistro owner who has been compounded twice for operating beyond the allotted time at Jalan Song here, was issued yet another compound amounting to RM10,000 for violating the movement control order (MCO) 3.0. A standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance monitoring team which carried out an inspection towards the
LUBOK ANTU: Four undocumented immigrants were caught entering the state illegally by the General Operations Force (GOF) at Jalan John on Friday. Its brigade commander SAC Saini Bongkek who confirmed the case, said the incident happened around 8.30pm when the team was conducting patrols around the area. “The team spotted
LUNDU: A local couple was caught by the General Operations Force (GOF) for attempting to smuggle 750kg worth of fishes and prawns into Sarawak from Indonesia on Wednesday (June 30). The couple aged, between 30 and 40, was driving a pick-up truck when they were detained by a patrol team
MIRI: Police have arrested a woman for allegedly threatening to harm and cause problems to her stepson over the issue of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) money. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the incident happened at 7.05pm in a house at Taman Jelita off Taman Tunku on Thursday (July
