KUCHING: A coordinated operation across the city led to the detention of 52 foreigners after immigration officers acted on suspicions that they were being employed or sheltered illegally. The two-day sweep, carried out from Jan 20 to 21, saw 31 officers moving in on 16 locations to verify the immigration
BAU: Public trust and frontline accountability took centre stage as Bau police leadership laid down clear expectations for officers, warning that any lapse in integrity, especially at the public-facing counters, will not be tolerated. Bau police chief Supt Mohd Haide A. Rahman said officers are duty-bound to accept and act
SARATOK: Police have arrested 116 suspects for various drug-related offences throughout 2025, while overall crime in the district recorded a decline of 17 cases or 24 per cent compared with the previous year. Saratok police chief DSP Mathew Manggie said more than half of those arrested for drug offences were
KABONG: A local man with a long trail of past offences was arrested for alleged involvement in substance abuse yesterday (Jan 20). The arrest was made by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID), following intelligence gathered on a suspected drug user. Led
BAU: Two local men were arrested for allegedly abusing drugs after a roadside stop along Jalan Kampung Melayu raised police suspicions. The suspects, aged 29 and 32, were intercepted by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) during a routine check in the area last night (Jan 20). Bau police chief
BAU: The army delivered a decisive blow to a cross-border smuggling syndicate after intercepting a lorry loaded with cigarettes worth more than half a million ringgit near the Serikin border. The interception took place at around 11.35 am yesterday (Jan 20) when soldiers on border duty spotted a three-tonne lorry
SIBU: A local man walked into a job interview hoping to secure a future in the public sector, but instead walked out in custody after testing positive for drugs during mandatory screening. The incident occurred recently during an interview session for positions under the Sarawak Public Service Commission (SPANS), where
TATAU: Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate a wanted person to facilitate investigations into a shop break-in case here. Tatau police chief DSP Jame Reis said the suspect is wanted in connection with a case investigated under Section 457 of the Penal Code. The individual sought is Johnny
SIBU: A late-night immigration sweep ended with three foreign men in custody after enforcement officers uncovered suspected immigration and migrant smuggling offences on Monday (Jan 19). The Sarawak Immigration Department said the arrests were made during ‘Ops Serkap’, conducted along Jalan Sibu-Sarikei and Jalan Tanjung Genting. “Three individuals intercepted and
SIBU: An elderly lorry driver cheated death after narrowly escaped a raging fire that engulfed his cement mixer lorry along Jalan Bahagia 3, Teku this afternoon. The 60-year-old managed to get out in time, just few moments before flames consumed about 90 per cent of the vehicle, averting what could