KUCHING: Police are on the hunt for a man whose attempt to deliver drugs concealed inside a can of chips was foiled by authorities last Saturday (May 1). It was understood that the incident happened around 12.30pm in the lobby of a designated quarantine centre at Jalan Padungan here. Kuching
KUCHING: Fifteen more compounds for Covid-19 related offences were issued to individuals related to the Icom cluster by the Kuching Divisional Health Office today (May 1). “This brings the cumulative total of compounds involving this cluster to 62,” said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). The Icom cluster was first
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new Covid-19 deaths today (May 1), bringing the state’s death toll from the virus to 180. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 179th death was Case 24,259, a 72-year-old local woman who was found positive on Apr 18. The case was related to the
MIRI: Police have arrested three men for allegedly breaking into a house that was being renovated at Jalan Tanjung Batu here last Thursday (Apr 29). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the break-in incident was realised by the complainant’s worker around 8.30am. After being alerted, the complainant, 34, rushed
KUCHING: A civil servant, who had been arrested a couple of times for drug offences, has obviously not learnt his lesson. He and a jobless man were arrested for possessing 1.92g of drugs believed to be syabu last Thursday (Apr 29). Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong, said
MUKAH: A lorry-car collision that occurred at KM69, Jalan Mukah-Selangau today left a man dead and five family members injured. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu who confirmed the case, said the incident happened around 6am when both vehicles were travelling in opposite directions. “Investigations found that the
KUCHING: National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) officers detained six junkies in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Cegah’ along Jalan Haji Taha here last Thursday. The agency said the raid was conducted in an empty building which has been identified as a hotbed for drug abuse activities following numerous raids in the vicinity.
BAU: A doctor suffered from a broken right arm following a lorry-car collision at Jalan Stenggang-Lundu on Thursday. Bau fire chief Tawang Lingem said his station received a distress call at 5.22pm and despatched his men to the scene. Upon arriving, the team found an injured man trapped in his
KUCHING: Two staff from Timberland Medical Centre sustained injuries in an accident involving an ambulance and two cars in Jalan Song here. The incident happened around 8.19am, this morning, when the ambulance with three persons (driver, nurse and medical assistant) onboard, were heading to the Tabuan Nursing Home to pick
SIBU: A ‘mahjong’ game ended with 11 individuals slapped with a total compound of RM22,000 for violating the pandemic enhanced standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Monday (Apr 26). In the operations ‘Ops Dadu Khas’, a CID team raided a premises at Lorong Dr Wong Soon Kai around 1.50pm. Sibu police
