Jobless man with drugs nabbed
SERIAN: Police arrested an unemployed man for possessing crystalline lumps, believed to be syabu at Kampung Krusen, Tebekang last Monday (Apr 5). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said that a Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) team conducted a raid at the village and detained the suspicious man in his car for inspection. In the […]
Two armed robbers nabbed
KUCHING: Police have arrested two of the three suspects who allegedly robbed a man of his motorcycle and personal belongings worth RM15,000 with weapons last Saturday (Apr 3). The incident happened around 2am when the victim, a labourer working on remodelling a house in Taman Juta Ria, Jalan Matang, was asleep in the house (that […]
Illegal gold miner arrested by forestry officers
BY ALLAN JAY AND NATASHA JEE BAU: A 36-year-old foreigner was arrested by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) enforcement unit after he and two others were caught encroaching into Dered Krian National Park (DKNP) today (Apr 3). Two other suspects managed to run away after the team spotted them during their daily patrol. The first suspect, […]
Snatch thieves who didn’t get far
MIRI: Two men were arrested after they snatched a woman’s handbag at a restaurant at Marina Square last Thursday morning (April 1). The incident happened around 8.25am when the victim, 28, was having breakfast with her two colleagues and her handbag was on a chair near the table. The two men, who were on a motorcycle, stopped in front of the restaurant where one of them got off and snatched the victim’s handbag. According to witnesses, the victim is said to have reached for handbag to prevent the man from snatching it but the thief was too fast for her. The snatch thieves sped off after the incident. Miri OCPD ACP Hakemal Hawari who confirmed the case, said the victim did not sustain any injuries. Among the items in the handbag were a purse containing personal documents, cash amounting to RM100, four pen drives, two sets of car keys, an earphone, a charger adapter, a bottle of perfume, two lipsticks and a hand sanitizer. “Following a report lodged by the victim, a CID team managed to arrest the suspects at Jalan Pujut and Jalan Merpati. “Both suspects, aged 25 and 31, were brought to the police station for further action,” he said. During interrogations, they confessed to the crime. Hakemal said the suspects are under remand to facilitate investigations under Section 395 of the Penal Code.
Jobless couple picked up for suspected drug activities
SELANGAU: An unemployed couple was among four persons arrested for being involved in drug activities last Wednesday (March 31). Mukah police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said a team from the Mukah NCID and Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division conducted a raid under an operation codenamed Ops Bersepadu on a longhouse at Jalan Sibu-Bintulu around 11.10am. The team inspected the longhouse and found a couple aged 28 and 34, acting suspiciously. “Further inspections led to the discovery of a plastic packet and eight straw tubes containing crystalline substances, believed to be syabu weighing around 6.11g. “Both the suspects and the seizure were taken to Mukah NCID office for further action,” he said. The suspects tested positive for drugs and have been remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 39A(1) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Apart from that, the police also arrested two men aged 25 and 45, on suspicion of being involved in substance abuse activities in front of the longhouse. Jimmy said both men, who are labourers in an oil palm plantation, have been tested positive for drugs and will be remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 15(1)(a) of the same Act.
Jobless man arrested for drug
MUKAH: A 44-year-old unemployed man was arrested for possession of drug last Monday. During the raid at about 1.10 pm, at an unnumbered house in Bukit Ambun at Jalan Matadeng here, the police found and seized a transparent piece of straw tube containing crystalline substance suspected to be Methamphetamine weighing 0.20 gramme. Mukah district police […]
Man arrested for burglary
MIRI: A 27-year-old man was arrested on Monday (Mar 29) on suspicion of breaking into a house in Pujut 7B here last year. Among the items that were reported stolen are four car rims. The suspect was detained around 4pm at Quadruplex unit in Bandar Baru Permyjaya here. During the arrest, Miri Criminal Investigation Department […]
Stolen cooking gas cylinders recovered
MIRI: Two cooking gas cylinders worth RM350, reported stolen from a house in Kampung Sinar Jaya Batu 6 Lambir on Sunday (March 29) morning, have been recovered. This followed the arrest of a 29 year-old man from the same village on Monday (March 30) around 1.30 pm. The suspect was apprehended by a team of […]
Drug abuse: Woman among six arrested
BINTULU: A woman was among six persons arrested for alleged involvement in substance abuse in a budget hotel last Monday. District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said a Bintulu NCID team carried out the raid at the old Bintulu market area around 3pm. In the operation, the team inspected all the rooms in the budget […]
Runner arrested, drugs worth almost RM1 mln seized
KOTA SAMARAHAN: An unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of delivering drugs worth almost RM1 mln in order to settle a debt with a loan shark. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the 31-year-old suspect from Kota Kinabalu was arrested in Jalan Stutong here. At about 9am on Wednesday (March 24), a police team […]