Handcuffs ready for several ‘tokan’
KUCHING: Sarawak police have identified several ‘tokan’ (drug dealers) in connection with a recent drug arrest involving two locals acting as couriers to deliver drugs worth RM267,940 to Indonesia. State NCID chief ACP Jasmirol Jamaluddin revealed that further actions (on these tokan) will be taken in the near future. “We have already detected and identified […]
Duo arrested for assault
KUCHING: Police have arrested two men for assaulting another man whom they accused of stealing a mobile phone. Padawan District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the two men admitted to punching and kicking the complainant in the incident on Tuesday at 1.30pm. “The two suspects, aged 32 and 37, were arrested at a restaurant […]
Unlicensed moneylending agent caught in action
MIRI: Police on Tuesday morning detained an 18 year-old local man for engaging in unlicensed moneylending business here. Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the suspect was detained at a restaurant at Jalan Kwang Tung here where he was allegedly distributing printed leaflets to promote an illegal money lending business. The suspect was detained at […]
Trio arrested for drug abuse
SERIAN: Police arrested three men believed to be involved in drug abuse last Monday (Mar 15). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said the district’s narcotics police caught the suspects, aged between 31 and 46, inside a parked vehicle behind the supermarket at Jalan Serian Bypass. After checking the suspects and the vehicle, police found […]
11 arrested for faking test results
KUCHING: Police have arrested 11 men for allegedly counterfeiting their Covid-19 RT-PCR test result documents, said Sarawak CCID chief Supt Maria Rasid. She revealed that on Mar 6 and Mar 8, the police received two reports from the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) secretariats in regard to the forged documents. “Following the reports lodged, our […]
14 drug addicts arrested in Sadong Jaya
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan narcotics police nabbed 14 drug addicts in an operation called ‘Ops Sarang’ last Wednesday (Mar 10). Their raid on a house at Kampung Bilis in Sadong Jaya took place from 11.30am to 2.30pm. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the house was identified and observed over the past few days […]
Smuggling attempt thwarted; two with illegal gun arrested
LUNDU: A bid to smuggle 395 cartons of alcoholic beverages to Kalimantan, Indonesia was foiled by the General Operations Force (GOF) last Wednesday (Mar 10). In the evening operation called ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ around 5.30pm, a task force from the GOF Sarawak brigade detained a lorry that was heading towards the border at Kampung Raso […]
Three held for playing ‘holo’
SERIAN: Three men were arrested for indulging in illegal ‘holo’ (dice-based) gambling game in a raid on a restaurant here last Wednesday. Serian district police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said the raid was carried out around 3pm after information and intelligence were gathered by the police. During the raid, a group of men were gambling […]
Female lecturer among trio arrested for drug trafficking
MIRI: A female lecturer of a private higher learning institution and a retired insurance agent were among three individuals arrested on Monday (March 8) on suspicion of trafficking drugs worth RM49,960.70. They were detained at two separate locations. The trio, aged 27, 62 and 69, were nabbed in an operation carried out by a team […]
Jobless man arrested in Singai for syabu possession
BAU: Police here arrested an unemployed man for possessing drugs worth more than RM700. The arrest happened around 3pm, Tuesday (March 9) in front of an unnumbered house at Kampung Apar, Singai. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a Bau NCID team spotted the 28-year-old man outside the house and detained him for inspection. […]