Meth-head nabbed at the market
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs weighing 1.18g today. The team noticed the 20-year-old man in a suspicious manner and inspected the District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the arrest was carried by a NCID team around 11am in the town’s market area. “Inspections found a transparent plastic packet containing crystalline […]
Police pick up alleged rapist
MIRI: Police have arrested a 48-year-old man for allegedly raping an underage girl in a hotel here last September. The victim aged 16, had known the suspect through an online social application some time in 2019. “However, they only met in September last year for a drinking session. “The victim, believed to be drunk, was […]
Mum held after body of newborn found
KUCHING: The body of a newborn infant allegedly thrown down from the 13th floor of a hotel was found on the road behind a bank in Jalan Bukit Mata on Wednesday evening (Jan 13). Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said a report was received at 9.20pm when the body was found […]
RM7,225 drugs seized in raid
MIRI: Miri Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) seized Methamphetamine (Syabu) and cannabis worth RM7,225 from a local man during a raid conducted on Tuesday night at Taman Ceria, Permyjaya. Miri Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the suspect, 45, was detained inside a car in front of a house around 7pm. During a check, the […]
11,442 arrests for drug and substance abuse last year
KUCHING: For the whole of last year, Sarawak recorded 11,442 arrests related to drug and substance abuse activities, revealed Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He said these arrests resulted from 6,892 operations carried out by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Sarawak, Royal Malaysian Customs […]
Man arrested for harassing neighbour
MIRI: A man from Tudan Desaras Phase 6 here was detained for throwing coconut shells at his next door neighbour. The 31-year-old was arrested by a team of police personnel from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) around 6pm on Tuesday after a report was lodged on the 3pm incident. The complainant, a female, aged […]
Vegetable traders arrested in Molotov cocktail case
KUCHING: Two vegetable traders have been arrested for alleged involvement in a molotov cocktail which was thrown at a house in Kampung Beratok, Jalan Kuching-Serian last Thursday morning. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said both traders aged 32 and 37, were arrested around 4.40pm. The traders – a man and a woman, […]
Man arrested for breaking into phone shop
SIBU: An unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of breaking into a 24-hour mobile phone shop in Jalan Bandong and stealing RM380. Sibu District Police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 20-year-old suspect was arrested following a police report by a shop assistant. He said camera footage of the store’s closed circuit showed the […]
Not all cycling enthusiasts are daredevils
BY SAMANTHA TAN PUTRAJAYA: Like the adage ‘One rotten apple spoils the barrel’, the foolhardy actions of some cyclists have created the impression among the public that all cyclists are reckless when they are on the road. Regular cyclists, however, beg to differ, saying that the attitude of a few irresponsible riders has tainted the […]
Six nabbed over death of disabled girl
KUALA LUMPUR: The father and grandaunt of a disabled five-year-old girl were among six individuals arrested to facilitate investigation into the girl’s tragic death at a house in Kampung Sungai Cincin, Gombak, here recently. The brutal act against the girl who was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus disease, an excess brain fluid from birth, was uncovered after […]