Attempts to smuggle foiled
KUCHING: The Sarawak Brigade’s General Operations Force (GOF) managed to thwart the attempts of three local tekong (trafficking agents) to smuggle in five illegal immigrants into the state. GOF Sarawak commander SAC Mancha Ata said the agents were arrested in two separate raids during Ops Benteng on May 23 and 24. He said the first […]
Man detained for attacking sister
MIRI: A 26-year-old man was detained for assaulting his sister by the roadside of Jalan Dato Permaisuri 2A here on Monday (May 24). A commotion broke out when the victim, 22, tried to calm her brother down who had ran amok earlier on looking for his wife. The suspect then hit her with a parang […]
Teens arrested for alleged motorcycle theft
MIRI: Four teenagers, who were allegedly involved in the theft of a motorcycle belonging to a technician in Jalan Rice Mill here on Monday, were arrested in an operation codename Ops Lejang/Ops Aidilfitri. The arrest was made in less than 24 hours after the motorcycle’s owner lodged a police report on the missing vehicle. The […]
Chicken breeder arrested for drugs
BAU: A chicken breeder was arrested for possessing drugs in a house at Kampung Stass on Friday. Police raided the house around 3.30pm and found a man acting in a suspicious manner. They detained him for body and house inspections. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said that it led to the discovery of a plastic […]
Alleged trespasser caught
MIRI: Police arrested a man on suspicion of trespassing into a house at Jalan Berembang 1 Pujut 7B on May 17. The trespassing incident was noticed by the house owner’s neighbour around 1.20pm, where the neighbour saw two unknown men arriving on a motorcycle and climbed over the fence to the house. The neighbour contacted […]
Car burglars arrested 48 hours after crime
MIRI: Two men suspected to have broken into a parked car and carted away its valuables inside, were arrested in two separate locations on Wednesday. The alleged burglary incident happened in front of a house at Taman Raja on Monday. It was reported that several items inside the car, had gone missing. Among them were […]
Woman nabbed for stealing from beau
MIRI: Police arrested a woman who was suspected to have stolen her boyfriend’s money and belongings, yesterday (May 20). The district’s CID team, upon receiving information, raided the Miri Airport waiting area and nabbed the suspect at the sidewalk. It was made to understand that the 32-year-old suspect had stolen some items and money from […]
Man arrested for drink driving
KUCHING: A 30-year-old man was nabbed during an Ops Mabuk operation at Jalan Tabuan here for driving under the influence of alcohol on Wednesday (May 19). Acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said test results found that the man had an alcohol level of 116mg/100ml, which exceeded the set limit. “If convicted, the suspect can be […]
Six years’ jail, two strokes for rape
KUCHING: A 37-year-old man who pleaded guilty to raping a minor was today sentenced to six years’ jail and two strokes of the cane. Session Court judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on Iskandar Lasot after he pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code. Iskandar, from Kampung Loba […]
Three caught for drugs in two sites
KUCHING: The police here made three arrests in two separate cases for drug related offences on Wednesday. Kuching district acting police chief Supt Merbin Lisa today said the first arrest was made along Jalan Suadi Haji Arshid 1, here around 11.00am. “The District Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) team arrested a 28-year-old local man and […]