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 […]
Two men arrested in Bau for drugs
BAU: Two men were arrested for alleged involvement in drug abuse on Thursday. The arrests were made following a public complaint of suspicious activity in the town area around 7.10pm. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a patrol team from the Bau Crime Prevention and Community Safety and the army carried out an inspection […]
Four men arrested for drug abuse
BAU: Four men were arrested after testing positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the four unemployed men from Kampung Sebobok here are aged between 18 and 30. He said they were detained by a team of personnel from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of Bau District Police Headquarters […]
Online gambling agent nabbed
KUCHING: An illegal online gambling top up agent was arrested during Ops Dadu conducted in Siniawan Sentral on Wednesday (Jan 27). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 26-year-old local male was arrested by the crime busters at 7.53pm. “As a result of the operation, police arrested a local man who is suspected […]
Poor sexagenarian robbed of possession
MIRI: A senior citizen’s trip to receive treatment at Miri Hospital almost turned into a tragedy after he was robbed at knife-point of his possessions while sleeping at the Visitors Information Centre in Jalan Padang, here yesterday (Jan 27). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari who confirmed the incident, said the 64-year-old unemployed man from […]
Jobless man nabbed for syabu possession
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested by the police on Tuesday (Jan 26) night for possessing 0.36g of syabu. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 22-year-old suspect, who was behaving suspiciously, was apprehended behind a restaurant here at 10.15pm. “A small transparent plastic packet containing clear crystallised material suspected to be syabu […]
Three brothers arrested for attacking woman
MIRI: Police arrested three brothers from a wooden house in Tudan Desaras in an operation at 2am on Tuesday (Jan 26). The brothers were alleged to have taken part in an attack on a woman and her child the day before. The woman had lodged a police report on the incident. In the alleged incident […]
Woman busted for online casino top-up
BAU: Police here arrested a woman for alleged involvement in online gambling activities at Jalan Datuk Salau on Monday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the operation dubbed ‘Ops Dadu’ was carried out by the district’s CID team at 4.30pm. The team raided the premises and arrested the 37-year-old woman who was suspected to […]
Smuggled LPG tanks handed over to Sarawak KPDNHEP
KUCHING: Thirty-one liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks, seized on Jan 23, have been handed over to the Sarawak Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP). Last Saturday, the General Operations Force (GOF) arrested a local man and seized a four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle used for transporting the LPG tanks, at Kampung Raso, Jalan Ladang Sawit, […]
Four arrested for drug abuse
SERIAN: Four men were arrested in separate locations for involvement in drug-related activities on Monday (Jan 25). The suspects, aged between 28 and 49, were nabbed by the district’s Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) in Kampung Siniawan and Kampung Jaya Ria here. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said the first arrest was made around […]