GOF arrest 26 foreigners
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) succeeded in arresting 26 foreigners for entering Sarawak through illegal trails (jalan tikus) in three operations codenamed Op Benteng Covid from Thursday to Friday (June 25 to 26). Sarawak GOF commander SAC Mancha Ata noted that the first operation took place on Thursday (June 25), when the GOF […]
63 arrested in anti-drug ops
KUCHING: The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) has arrested 63 individuals in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Total Enforcement II’ from June 22 to 24. Sarawak director Wan Madihi Wan Salleh said of the total arrests, 41 were nabbed in Miri, 16 in Samarahan and six in Kuching. “However, only 52 men and one woman tested positive […]
Remanded for punching his mother
MIRI: A 32-year-old man, who punched his mother, has been remanded for four days The man became aggressive after he was told not to make noise at a house in Taman Tunku here last Wednesday (June 24). Magistrate Md Syafique Md Hilmie issued the order after allowing a case application by investigating officer Sergeant Daevora […]
Extortion gang busted
KUCHING: Police have arrested six members of an extortion gang here. The suspects, aged between 23 and 52 years, were arrested by a team from Criminal Investigation Department, Kuching IPD between 3pm and 9pm on Tuesday (23 june). The arrests were made after the Kuching district police headquarters received a report from a victim who […]
All because of urine smell in bedroom
MIRI: Police are looking for a man who allegedly slashed his wife with a machete in their house at Jalan Rancangan Sepupok Niah on Monday. The attack left the 35-year-old woman with injuries on her forehead which required three stitches. Miri district police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah confirmed that the police are searching for […]
Man arrested for bribing officials
TEBEDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) nabbed a man here for allegedly offering a RM500 bribe to police officers to avoid being arrested last Friday (June 19). Sarawak GOF brigade commander, SAC Mancha Ata, said the arrest took place at Kampung Entubuh at 11am by a team from GOF 11th battalion. The team was inspecting […]
Couple nabbed for selling drugs
LIMBANG: A 41-year-old housewife from Jalan Batu Biah who was caught with 5.03g of syabu yesterday was believed to be selling the drugs with her husband. According to district police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, the female suspect was detained during an operation carried out by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) at […]
Five assault suspects picked up for questioning
MIRI: The police have rounded up five local men in connection with an assault on a man in Senadin here. The 51-year-old victim was reportedly riding home with a friend from Kuala Baram around 8.20pm last Wednesday night (June 17) when the suspects cornered them near Senadin housing area. “They accused the suspect of being […]
Sibu police arrest trio for drug trafficking
SIBU: Three men have been arrested for trafficking 1,019.10gms of methamphetamine on Thursday (June 18) Sibu deputies OCPD Supt Collins Babat said the suspects, aged 24 to 25, and were remanded for six days to facilitate investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952. The offence carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging […]
Man arrested for hitting ex-wife
PADAWAN: Police arrested a 23-year-old man on Friday for allegedly hitting his ex-wife with a mobile phone on Wednesday (June 17). Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said that the incident happened behind e-Mart Matang at 5.10pm. According to the complainant, the suspect who is a labourer, asked the victim to sit next to […]