KOTA SAMARAHAN: A Form Four student found in possession of 24 packets of dried leaves believed to be cannabis was arrested by police last Thursday (Feb 11). Narcotics police carried out an operation around 11.20pm and spotted a teenage boy acting suspiciously by the roadside at the junction of Kampung
BAU: Four women were arrested for playing mahjong in a house here, today (Feb 13). Yes, it may sound weird. If you and your friends and family play mahjong — a popular Chinese tile-based game — and there is money at stake, it’s a form of gambling and it’s is
KUCHING: All’s well that ends well. The three fishing enthusiasts trapped by rising tide at Kampung Trombol beach, Telaga Air yesterday (Feb 12) are safe and sound. They were rescued by firefighters last night (Feb 12). The state Fire and Rescue (Bomba) operations centre said the rescue team made up
KUCHING: Four undocumented foreigners were caught by the General Operations Force (GOF) for entering Sarawak illegally yesterday (Feb 12). A GOF spokesperson revealed that the incident happened around 9.15am in Bau when a team from the Padang Pan post was carrying out patrols in an oil palm plantation field. The
SIBU: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband alcohol worth more than RM290,000 from a house last Friday (Feb 5). Acting on public information and intelligence gathered under ‘Ops Libas’, a GOF 10th Battalion carried out the raid around 10.45am on a house suspected to be used to store the
KUCHING: No flood victims are seeking shelter at temporary evacuation centres in the state after floodwaters have already subsided. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) revealed that the remaining three centres as reported on Monday (Feb 8), were officially closed today. Following good weather conditions in the state, all the
SIMUNJAN: The 10th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment (10 RRD) was involved in the closing of a temporary flood evacuation centre as well as transporting flood victims back home on Monday (Feb 8). A military spokesperson said a team of 19 personnel and two officers, led by Captain Ahmad Afif Afifi
KUCHING: Three persons were arrested for being involved in online gambling activities on Monday (Feb 8). Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, when contacted, said the raid was carried out by a task force team of Padawan district police headquarters from 2.30pm to 4.20pm. The team raided three premises
PADAWAN: Police have arrested a 26-year-old shopkeeper to facilitate investigations into an attack on a man at a coffee shop in Kota Sentosa last Friday. The incident happened when the victim, aged 52, and his wife met with the suspect and his father-in-law at the premises purportedly to collect debts
SIBU: The Customs Department seized 18,216 litres of contraband alcohol from a cargo truck near Pasai-Siong junction, Jalan Sibu-Bintulu recently. Customs Sarawak director Herman Shah Abdullah said the seizure was carried out during an operation by its enforcement unit on Feb 1. The team found various duty-not-paid alcoholic beverages inside
