Eight arrested for using weapons
MIRI: Police have arrested eight men for injuring three men at Miri Waterfront Commercial Centre today (Mar 5). The incident happened around 1.15am at a parking lot in front of a bar at the commercial centre. Prior to the incident, the complainant, 22, contacted the suspect around 10pm on Thursday to discuss debt payment. Later, […]
Cops nab unemployed man for possessing drugs
BAU: Police arrested an unemployed man for possessing drugs worth over RM700 at Kampung Blimbin, Krokong today (Mar 5). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a narcotics CID team spotted a suspicious car in front of a house in the village and detained it for inspection. Upon inspection, the 30-year-old driver of the vehicle […]
Suspected drug peddler nabbed
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police arrested a 29-year-old man for alleged possession of drugs believed to be methamphetamine, or syabu and Eramine 5 on Thursday morning (Mar 4). District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the man was detained by Kota Samarahan Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) officers during a vehicle inspection in Kampung Jaie, Sadong Jaya […]
Trio arrested for possessing drugs
MUKAH: Two men and a woman were arrested for possessing drugs during a raid at a hotel here on Tuesday (Mar 2). Mukah District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said during the 10.15am raid, police also seized two small transparent plastic packets containing crystalline substances suspected to be methamphetamine weighing 0.59g and 0.13g respectively. “The […]
Sarawak GOF arrest 12 illegals in Tebedu
TEBEDU: A bid by 12 foreigners to enter Sarawak illegally was thwarted by the General Operations Force (GOF) today. Acting on information, a team of GOF personnel raided a house here around 4.30am. Sarawak GOF commander SAC Mancha Ata said the team found 12 Indonesians —nine men, two women and a boy, aged between five […]
Woman arrested for shoplifting
MIRI: A 29-year-old woman was detained on Monday on the suspicion of shoplifting. The suspect was detained inside her rented room at a budget hotel here at Taman Jade Manis around 6.30pm by a Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team. This was after she was allegedly spotted stealing a pair of slippers worth RM12 from […]
Five arrested, three air rifles seized
MUKAH: The local police have arrested five Indonesians at an unnumbered house in Sungai Liuk, Balingian near here. In the house, the police also found three homemade air rifles, two bottles of methanol and 20 marbles. Mukah District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said during the operation around 9pm last Saturday there were four Indonesians, […]
Fishing boats held for breach of licence
TANJUNG MANIS: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Zone detained two local Class C fishing boats on suspicion of violating the legal conditions of their licences last Thursday. Tanjung Manis Zone maritime commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the arrest took place around 4.30pm; about seven nautical miles off the nearest coast near […]
Police nabs 28-year-old druggie
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs in Kampung Bobak here last Friday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said an NCID team spotted the 28-year-old man in a suspicious manner near a house in the village around 11.30am. The team proceeded to inspect the man and found a bag with a plastic […]
Man detained for injuring another with stick
MIRI: A local man was detained after he injured another man with a wooden stick during a commotion near Jalan Cythula here on Monday afternoon. In the 12.30pm incident, the suspect, aged 47, was involved in an argument with the 32-year-old victim before he allegedly hit him with the stick. Acting on a police report […]