PADAWAN: A Form Five student, who has been involved in drugs for the past two years, was arrested along with two unemployed men in a house at Kampung Mambong, Jalan Mambong-Sarig here. The raid, conducted by the district’s narcotics police, took place around 4pm last Sunday. Padawan deputy OCPD DSP
KUCHING: Police issued 50 compounds to errant individuals for violating movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedures, on Monday (June 14). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most compounds with 13, followed by Bintulu (12), Padawan (11), Miri (five), Sibu (three), Kapit (two), Marudi (two), Sarikei
BINTANGOR: Search and rescue operations for 50-year-old Ijah Lasa who was reported missing while looking for forest produce in Nanga Lijan on June 1, entered Day Seven today (June 16). A spokesman from the State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the search yesterday (June 15) was focused at
KUCHING: Sarawak police have made more arrests this year under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 compared to 2020. Sarawak Commissioner of Police Datuk Aidi Ismail revealed that from January until June 13 this year, 340 arrests were made involving 211 cases under the supply category. Last year’s
41 detained in six ‘Ops Parti Liar’ raids KUCHING: Ten foreigners were among 41 people arrested for participating in drug-fuelled parties at residential apartments and an entertainment centre around Kuching and Padawan districts. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said that the suspects, which comprised 27 men and 14 women
KUCHING: The Sarawak narcotics police uncovered a mini drug processing lab and seized drugs worth RM250,000 in an operations codenamed ‘Ops Black Cat’ on June 9. The raid took place in a residential apartment in Kuching and saw the arrest of a 27-year-old unemployed man under Section 39B of the
KUCHING: Thirty-seven people, who visited an entertainment centre in Sibu, were fined by the police on Sunday (June 13). They were among 77 individuals who were compounded for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the movement control order (MCO). Sibu recorded the highest compounds with 39, followed by Kuching
KUCHING: A 63-year-old woman managed to escape to safety after her house at Lorong 20, Taman Desa Wira went up in flames on Monday (June 14). Batu Lintang fire chief Mohamad Raffy Saibi said his men rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call at 11 am. They arrived
KUCHING: The Malaysian Army has foiled attempts by 14 illegal immigrants to enter Sarawak since June 1. A spokesman for the First Infantry Division said all the illegal immigrants had since then been deported to their country of origin. He revealed that around 10.30 am last Saturday (June 12), a
KUCHING: Police arrested a man for possessing various drugs worth more than RM10,000 on Saturday (June 12). An enforcement team assigned at a mounted roadblock along Jalan Airport, stopped the suspect’s vehicle for inspection at 5.45 pm. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the team found a suspicious box
