Three nabbed for illegal online gambling
KUCHING: Three persons were arrested for being involved in online gambling activities on Monday (Feb 8). Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, when contacted, said the raid was carried out by a task force team of Padawan district police headquarters from 2.30pm to 4.20pm. The team raided three premises — a convenience store and […]
Shopkeeper arrested over attack in coffeeshop
PADAWAN: Police have arrested a 26-year-old shopkeeper to facilitate investigations into an attack on a man at a coffee shop in Kota Sentosa last Friday. The incident happened when the victim, aged 52, and his wife met with the suspect and his father-in-law at the premises purportedly to collect debts before the suspect allegedly called […]
Six arrested on suspicion of abusing drugs
SERIAN: Police have arrested six unemployed persons including a woman for alleged substance abuse in an operation called ‘Ops Tapis’. The operation was carried out by the district’s NCID team from 6.30pm onwards in Kampung Rayang last Friday. The first arrested was a man inside an unnumbered house in the village. Inspections found a black […]
Illicit cigarettes seized, shopkeeper arrested
KUCHING: Police seized contraband cigarettes worth more than RM7,000 in a sundry shop at Taman Sri Sarawak, Jalan Bukit Mata during a raid last Friday. The raid was carried out by a task force from the central police station led by its chief ASP Ahmad Abang around 9.40pm. The team found various cigarettes stashed under […]
Man nabbed for operating illegal online gambling in Ops Dadu
BAU: A man was arrested on suspicion of operating an illegal online gambling top-up activity in an eatery here last Thursday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a CID team carried out the ‘Ops Dadu’ arrest around 2.20pm. The 30-year-old suspect was found sitting at a table and believed to be operating the online […]
Gambling activities busted during Ops Limau
KUCHING: Sarawak police busted two gambling activities at two separate locations in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Limau’. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said both raids carried out by the State CID D7 team, took place on Wednesday and Thursday. The first raid around 10.30pm on Wednesday, was at a bistro in Jalan Setia Raja […]
Four men arrested for drug abuse
BAU: A team of personnel from the Bau Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), yesterday (Feb 4), arrested four men for involvement in drug-related activities. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the team came across a vehicle driven in a suspicious manner at Taman Mutiara here at 8.45am this morning (Feb 4). He said further […]
Power supply to four premises cut off
KUCHING: Four premises around the district had their power supply cut off today (Feb 2) on the suspicion of being involved in unlicensed gambling activities. In a joint operation with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), the police carried out raids on various premises from 9am to 12pm. Kuching police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said […]
Assaulted and threatened because of boyfriend
MIRI: Three individuals, including a woman, broke into a rented room of a budget hotel here at Jalan Lee Tak on Monday night (1 Feb) to assault a 30-year-old female guest. The woman then proceeded to accuse the guest of trying to snatch her boyfriend. During the incident which occurred around 8pm on Monday, the […]
Ten illegals deported after failed entry attempt
KUCHING: Ten Indonesian nationals, all men, were caught attempting to enter Sarawak illegally in three different locations during the weekend. General Operations Force (GOF) Sarawak Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the first incident happened last Saturday (Jan 30) around 9.30am in Tebedu, Serian. A GOF 11th Battalion team was carrying out patrols in the […]