Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Author: Allan Jay

Cops looking for man who filed fake report

KUCHING: Police are looking for a 46-year-old man, who lodged a fake report claiming that he was robbed behind a restaurant in Jalan Rock here on Tuesday (April 13). It was believed that the man filed a police report to avoid being fined by the National Registration Department (NRD) after

‘Tokan’ arrested, drugs worth RM1,500 seized in raid

SERIAN: Narcotics police foiled a runaway attempt by a ‘tokan’ (drug dealer) during a raid in Kampung Tarat Mawang last Thursday (Apr 15). Serian OCPD DSP Aswandy Anis said his men raided an unnumbered house in the village around 1.30pm and found a suspicious man inside. As the team approached

Customs seizes truck-load of contraband beer

SIBU: Customs officials seized 9,345.60 litres of contraband beer from a cargo truck by the roadside at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman here during an operation recently. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the operation was carried out around 1.30pm by its enforcement unit from Sibu. “The team stopped a

Police nabs junkie, seizes drugs worth RM558

KUCHING: Police nabbed a man in his 40s for possessing drugs worth RM558 by the roadside at Jalan Foochow 1Y here last Thursday. District deputy police chief, Supt Merbin Lisa said the district’s narcotics police acting upon public information, managed to arrest the man around 10.30am. During inspections, the team

Police nab 22 individuals in anti-crime ops

KUCHING: Police arrested 22 individuals on Monday in an anti-crime operation codenamed ‘Op Tapis’, seizing drugs weighing 27.65g in the process. District deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the integrated operation carried out by personnel from Kuching NCID and assisted by various departments and police stations, took place from

Woman losses RM76,500 in loan scam

SIBU: A cafe owner lost RM76,500 to a non-existent loan scam. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the complainant, 30, came across a loan advertisement online on Mar 5 and clicked on the link. “The next day, the complainant received a WhatsApp message from a man who introduced

Human smuggling attempt thwarted

SERIAN: Police here foiled a human smuggling attempt by a local involving three Indonesians in a mounted roadblock today. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis disclosed that the arrest happened around 4am at KM90, near Balai Ringin along the Kuching-Sri Aman Road. The team detained a suspicious vehicle for inspection

Man hit by ambulance dies en route to hospital

SRI AMAN: Ambulances are indispensable to the medical and services all over the world, and it is an irrefutable fact that they have helped saved countless lives. In fact, it is extremely hard to imagine a healthcare system anywhere operating without ambulances. So it is heart-wrenching when in a cruel

Three drug abusers arrested during police patrol

BAU: Police nabbed three unemployed men for drug abuse last Monday (Apr 5). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon revealed that the arrests happened around 11.30pm during a patrol around Kampung Segubang. A team of narcotics police saw three men by the roadside and attempted to inspect them. “Two of

Jobless man with drugs nabbed

SERIAN: Police arrested an unemployed man for possessing crystalline lumps, believed to be syabu at Kampung Krusen, Tebekang last Monday (Apr 5). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said that a Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) team conducted a raid at the village and detained the suspicious man in his