KUCHING: Police have crippled a motorcycle theft syndicate with the arrest of seven members of Jack Gang, including its leader. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the suspects aged between 22 and 35, were nabbed in five separate locations around Kuching during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Lejang’ from May
MERADONG: A 17-year-old boy is feared drowned while bathing with his friends in a river yesterday (June 29). A spokesman from the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said a distress call was received at 3.45pm pertaining to the incident and Bintangor firemen were despatched to the scene.
KUCHING: Nineteen individuals caught fishing in public and taking part in an illegal cockfight were slapped with compounds on Monday (June 28). The 19 were among 55 people compounded for violating movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines. Kuching recorded the highest compounds with 22, followed by Serian
SRI AMAN: An express bus commuting from Miri to Kuching crashed into a ditch along KM25, Jalan Sri Aman-Kuching this morning (June 29), causing a female passenger and a second driver to be rushed to Sri Aman Hospital. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu who confirmed the case,
SERIAN: Thirteen men were arrested for cockfighting on Monday (June 28). A police team, led by ASP Murad Jemari, raided an area which was believed to be an illegal cockfighting arena at Jalan Tamba No 1 at 5.05pm. Serian police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said all of the men, aged
SERIAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) 11th Battalion foiled two human trafficking bids involving 12 Indonesians in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ on Monday (June 28). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis stated that the first case involved the arrests of two locals and 11 Indonesians around 5pm. Two
BAU: A man, who fled upon seeing a police patrol, did not get far as he was soon arrested. Worse was to follow when he was found in possession of a plastic packet containing 0.62g of syabu, following a body search. In the 10am incident that occurred at Kampung Serasot
JULAU: An elderly man is feared drowned after he was reported to have fallen into the river while boarding a boat at Rumah Gerasi, Nanga Mujok last Sunday. District police chief DSP Andam Sulin Brayun when contacted, confirmed that the incident happened around 4.30pm. “The 75-year-old victim was boarding a
MUKAH: The body of a man feared to have fallen into Batang Igan river while returning home from his vaccination appointment was found afloat yesterday (June 28). A spokesman from the State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the victim, identified as James Maun, 48, was discovered by villagers
LUNDU: A man’s bid to smuggle out five illegal immigrants was foiled by the army on Sunday (June 27). The ambush team, which was conducting Ops Awas, Ops Parang and Ops Kerangka, detained a van at a rat trail in Biawak town around 10.30am. District police chief DSP Damataries Lautin,