Drug trafficking suspect arrested
SIBU: Police here arrested a man suspected to be involved in drug trafficking activity in front of a bank in Sungai Merah last Thursday. Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the suspect was on his motorcycle when the team detained him for inspections around 7.30 pm. Inspections on the suspect found five plastic packets containing […]
Man in custody for assaulting wife and son
SIBU: Police have arrested a man, who yesterday allegedly hit his wife with a table fan and strangled his son, in Sibu Jaya. In the 7pm incident, the suspect, who is a labourer, came home and accused his wife of having an affair. The suspect allegedly threw a table fan at his wife and then […]
Police arrest over 300 during ‘Ops Tapis Khas’
KUCHING: Sarawak police have arrested more than 300 individuals during a recent nationwide anti-narcotics operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis Khas’. In addition, they also seized RM124,318.33 worth of various drugs from April 18 to 20. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri in a press conference revealed that 341 locals aged between 16 and 67 […]
Man arrested for hurting senior citizen at fatal accident
KUCHING: The police here arrested a guy for allegedly assaulting another man who was assisting an accident victim along Jalan Astana here, on Wednesday. The incident went viral on social media after a 20-second video showing the victim suffering injuries as a result of being beaten at a fatal accident scene between a lorry and […]
Labourers, fishermen arrested for suspected drug abuse
BELADIN: Labourers and fishermen were among six arrested in a Special Screening Operation here on suspicion of being involved in drug abuse on Tuesday. Betong District Police Chief Deputy Superintendent Zamry Alli said all of them were detained at four separate locations and the initial urine test found they were positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. […]
Viral video suspects held; RM13,000 drugs seized
KUCHING: Four men who tried to escape from the police near Satok were nabbed with over RM13,000 worth of drugs. The four suspects, aged 20, 30, 31 and 34, were also found positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah in a statement today said the suspects were arrested by a team from […]
Three labourers held for drug abuse
MUKAH: Three labourers, two of them foreigners, were arrested for drug abuse at two separate locations yesterday. Initial urine screening of the three suspects found them positive for amphetamine. District Police Chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said two Indonesian men were detained at a hut in a farm around 12.45pm. “We found five transparent plastic […]
Man arrested for threatening to burn down longhouse
MIRI: A man from Suai, Niah here has been detained by the police after threatening to burn down a longhouse in Sepupok, Ulu Suai. Earlier on Sunday (April 17), around 7pm, the man, 21, had walked into a ‘bilik’ of the longhouse and brought away a girl, aged 17. Brushing aside the girl’s aunt who […]
Man arrested for allegedly groping female students
KUCHING: A local uncle’s lustful deed of groping female students in the Semariang and Jalan Matang/Depo Link areas has resulted in him being handcuffed. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, who confirmed the case, said the 47-year-old suspect was arrested last Saturday (Apr 16) by the district’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He said during the incident […]
Seven men arrested in armed riot probe
PADAWAN: Police here arrested seven men to facilitate investigations into a recent armed riot involving 10 individuals at an eatery at Jalan Matang. In the incident, three victims, reported to have suffered injuries, were taken to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for further treatment. Padawan OCPD Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, in a statement, […]