Two detained for motorcycle theft
MIRI: Two local men were detained by the police early this morning for their alleged involvement in stealing a motorcycle. The men, aged 19 and 21 years old, were caught and picked up at a house in Kampung Lereng Bukit about midnight. Also seized was the alleged stolen motorcycle, a Yamaha LC 135. According to […]
Illegal lottery ticket agent nabbed
KUCHING: A 29-year-old man was nabbed on suspicion of being an illegal lottery ticket agent in an operation codenamed Ops Dadu. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid was conducted at a coffee shop in Matang Jaya here on Wednesday. He added that the police also seized RM216 cash, a piece of paper […]
Man arrested for bribe attempt on police officer
KUCHING: An attempt by a local man to bribe a General Operations Force (GOF) officer with RM1,850 to avoid arrest and seizure of smuggled controlled goods worth RM1.034 million at Kampung Raso on Tuesday (Dec 22) was foiled. Sarawak General Operations Force commander, SAC Mancha Ata, said a patrol team saw three suspicious vehicles heading […]
Raids net three women for illegal gambling
PADAWAN: Three women were arrested in three different locations for illegal online gambling during an anti-gambling operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan, said the three suspects comprised two locals and one Indonesian aged between 18 and 36. The first to be apprehended was the Indonesian woman, aged 33. She was detained […]
Arrested for using fake RM100 banknotes
SIBU: A local man was nabbed for allegedly using counterfeit money to purchase a smartphone and a Digi reload card. On Saturday, a 24-year-old store assistant lodged a police report claiming to have received five counterfeit RM100 notes from a customer. He said that at 11am, a man came to his phone store in Jalan […]
Man arrested for allegedly assaulting parents
MIRI: A 45 year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation on his parents yesterday evening. The man was believed to have hit and injured both his elderly parents during a quarrel inside their house in Krokop around 6.45pm. A police report has been lodged by the man’s mother at Miri Central Police […]
Man nabbed for punching food rider
KUCHING: A man was arrested for punching a food delivery rider in front of a coffee shop at Jalan Desa Wira today. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the incident happened around 12.20pm when the 21-year-old rider was on his way to deliver a food order to MJC New Township. “On his way to […]
59-yer-old man nabbed for meth
MUKAH: Police on Wednesday arrested a 59-year-old gardener who was found hiding drugs inside a chicken coop near his house at Jalan Meruan junction, Jalan Selangau-Sibu. District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said on Dec 16 at around 11.40am, the police under Ops Bersepadu found a man inside an unnumbered house during a raid. He […]
Busy night for army and smugglers
KUCHING: The army successfully foiled two land agents’ attempts to smuggle undocumented foreigners in and out of Sarawak yesterday. The First Infantry Division said the incident happened at the Ensawang oil palm plantation, Lubok Antu, about 300m from the Malaysia-Indonesia border. An army team spotted a motorcycle behaving in a suspicious manner at about 8.30pm […]
Six arrested over viral street fight
SIBU: Police have arrested six men who were involved in a fight at Jalan Foochow. A video of the incident went viral on Wednesday afternoon (Dec 16). Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday (Dec 17). He said five suspects were arrested at the scene at 4.45pm […]