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
KUCHING: Despite his short term as the Sarawak CID chief, SAC Mat Zani @ Mohd Salahuddin Che Ali have set out his goal to eradicate gambling activities in the state aggressively. Last week, the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) issued a list of exchange transfers for five senior PDRM officers which
KUCHING: A total of 35 firemen from the Sarawak Fire Department fulfilled their corporate social responsibility (CSR) by carrying out public sanitation works for two organisations on Monday (Feb 8). Benefitting from the CSR were the Lions Nursing Home at Jalan Stutong Baru and the Salvation Army Children’s Home at
KUCHING: The number of flood victims in Sarawak has decreased from 823 on Sunday (Feb 7) to 528 as of 4pm, Monday (Feb 8). Following this, only three temporary flood evacuation centres in Serian are open as six have been closed. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said there were
BAU: The search continues for a man reported missing after failing to return home from a fishing trip last Wednesday. Day Three of the search and rescue (SAR) operations was carried out by the police and local villagers. When contacted on Monday (Feb 8), district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon
