KUCHING: An uninhabited double-storey house at Lorong Kedandi 4, Tabuan Jaya here, has been gutted by a fire. The incident happened around 10.38pm last Friday. Firemen from Tabuan Jaya, Batu Lintang and Padungan who were despatched to the scene confirmed that the semi-detached house was indeed empty. As such no
SRI AMAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) successfully thwarted two illegal logging activities at separate locations here last Thursday. In the incident, GOF 10th Battalion personnel spotted an illegal logging activity around Serpau Lingga riverbanks around 3pm. When the team approached the scene, the workers immediately fled after noticing the
TANJUNG MANIS: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Zone detained two local Class C fishing boats on suspicion of violating the legal conditions of their licences last Thursday. Tanjung Manis Zone maritime commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the arrest took place around 4.30pm; about seven nautical miles
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs in Kampung Bobak here last Friday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said an NCID team spotted the 28-year-old man in a suspicious manner near a house in the village around 11.30am. The team proceeded to inspect the man and found
SIBU: The body of a foreign worker reported to have gone missing in Sungai Bidut after he fell from Jalan Tanjung Maling jetty last Thursday, was found this afternoon. The State Fire Department operations centre disclosed that the body of Kyam Min from Myanmar, was discovered by the public around
KUCHING: Sarawak Traffic Police are set to launch a two-week statewide operation against road users who have modified their vehicle’s exhaust to cause loud noises. Its department chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the operation dubbed Ops Ubah Suai Ekzos (Ops Modified Exhaust) will be enforced from Mar 1 to
SIBU: Customs officials seized a box of prohibited fish maw worth more than RM350,000 at Sibu Airport last Tuesday (Feb 23). The incident happened around 11.40am at the MAS Cargo Inspection Centre here when Customs enforcement team along with an air cargo unit officer stopped a man for inspection over
MIRI: A lorry transporting diesel worth more than RM30,000 was detained by Marine Police here today (Feb 26). Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said a marine police team carrying out ‘Ops Landai’ at Jalan Bekenu around 8am noticed the vehicle and stopped it by the roadside
KUCHING: A male suspect detained in Padawan police headquarters (IPD) for possessing drugs, was confirmed positive for Covid-19. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail when contacted earlier confirmed the case and the suspect has been handed over to the Health Ministry (MoH) for further actions. “Padawan police is currently dealing
PADAWAN: Six persons, including two women, were each slapped with a RM1,000 fine for failing to comply with the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) today (Feb 23). Enforcement teams from Padawan police headquarters carried out patrols from 10.25am to 12.10pm in six premises comprising eateries, food court, printing shop and
