Customs agent arrested for falsifying documents
BINTULU: A Customs agent was arrested for falsely declaring RM1.031mln worth of frozen chicken parts, which were imported into Sarawak without permit, on Nov 11. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the arrest was made after a Customs team from Kuching successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle in 250,500kg of frozen chicken parts at […]
Online gambling suspect caught
KUCHING: Police arrested an 18-year-old teenager suspected of doing illegal online gambling activities. He was caught during an operation codenamed “Ops Dadu” in Kampung Tamah, near the Kuching/Serian Road on Wednesday (Nov 18). Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said a raid was conducted on a shop premises at Kampung Tamah after complaints were received […]
Couple held for drugs – again
KUCHING: A couple still didn’t show any remorse despite being arrested a few times over alleged drug abuse. This time around they were again detained in a house at Mile 12, Kuching-Serian Road yesterday (Nov 18) for the same offence. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said that the suspects, aged 28 and 25 were […]
42 slapped with compounds
KUCHING: Police on Monday issued 42 compounds to errant individuals for failing to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in public places. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most compounds at 37, followed by two in Sarikei, and one each in Miri, Simunjan and Kota Samarahan. “Police also arrested an […]
Police round up six burglary suspects
MIRI: Six local men were detained by the police on Thursday night for alleged burglary at a handicraft shop last month. In the October 9 incident, items worth RM5,000 were stolen. When the men were arrested, some of the items were recovered. All the suspects aged between 28 and 44 were picked up by CID […]
No clearance pass!! Five crew members, tugboat held
TANJUNG MANIS: Failure to produce a port clearance pass resulted in the detention of five crew members and a tugboat pulling a barge loaded with pebbles, about 0.7 nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Jerijih on Thursday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the arrest took […]
Illicit fags, beer smuggling thwarted
BINTULU: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle in various illicit cigarettes and beer during a raid behind a premises at Boulevard Setia Raja, Mukah on Wednesday. Its commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said the raid took place around 3.30pm and the team managed to seize items worth RM121,836.80. Four […]
Arrested for injuring brother with knife
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for allegedly injuring his brother with a karambit knife (Indonesian silat weapon) at Kampung Lidah Tanah, Batu Kitang on Wednesday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a police report was lodged by the suspect’s brother after the incident outside his house around 8.30pm. Before the incident, the […]
Contrabands worth over RM2.3 million seized
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes and alcohols worth over RM2,236,700 and arrested a local man in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Libas’ on Tuesday. GOF Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said his men conducted three raids on two residential houses and a shophouse suspected of storing the contrabands. The team seized a […]
Fourteen hauled up to court for illegal gaming
KUCHING: Fourteen individuals comprising 12 Indonesians and two locals were charged with conducting an illegal online gaming activities at the Magistrates’ Court here today. They were charged under Section 4B(a) of the Common Gaming Houses Act, 1953 read with Section 34 of the same act. Magistrate Sharifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered the two locals […]