Online gambling suspect nabbed
BAU: A man was nabbed for alleged involvement in online gambling activity at Kampung Pisa Krokong, here on Saturday (Mar 12). Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the man was arrested at a grocery store around 5.50pm during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ conducted in the district. Police seized a tablet and some cash […]
Man held for running amok
MIRI: A man ran amok on Thursday evening after his father refused his demands for cash. The man also damaged several things at his family’s place in a longhouse at Taman Tuanku Abdul Rahman Lambir here. Following the incident, his father, 77, lodged a police report. Miri Criminal Investigation Department officers later arrested the 30-year-old […]
Held for threatening to kill ex-wife
MIRI: Police earlier this week detained a local man after he allegedly threatened to kill his former wife at a house at Jalan Luak here. The 51-year-old suspect was picked up by a Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team at his house in Luak Bay on the same day, less than two hours after the alleged […]
Man arrested for causing public nuisance
BINTULU: A man was arrested for public nuisance at the Bintulu Market today. Bintulu OCPD Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the man was detained after members of the public reported him for making a nuisance of himself. “We detained him to prevent any untoward incident from happening – to himself and to the public in the […]
Habitual offenders jailed five years
KUCHING: Two local men with previous convictions were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and one stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court here today for taking and having drugs. Clynton Bell Beledis, 27, and Ng Kia Lung, 34, pleaded guilty before judges Maris Agan and Jason Juga. Clynton was found to have consumed amphetamine […]
Indonesian in hot soup over air rifle, no valid travel documents
MUKAH: An Indonesian man was arrested by police for not only owning an air rifle but also having no valid travel documents. Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said a raid was carried out around 6pm on a workers quarters in a plantation in Jalan Selangau-Mukah on Tuesday (March 8). “The 35-year-old, who works as […]
Detained for performing dangerous stunts
BINTULU: Police have detained a motorcyclist for performing dangerous stunts at Jalan Paragon here during a compliance monitoring operation. Bintulu district police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the stunts performed by the suspect was dangerous and endangered himself and members of the public. The police was able to arrest the suspect on Saturday night and […]
Man charged with murder of two women
SIBU: A man was charged today under Section 302 of the Penal Code with the murder of two Indonesian women in Daro last month. Ahmad Robin will face mandatory death penalty upon conviction. The 31-year-old accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and remained silent when the charge was read out against him in […]
Break-in spree ends with arrest of gang
KUCHING: A three-man gang with a penchant for breaking into convenience stores has been finally brought to heel. The Kong Gang, which has been linked to at least 20 crimes here since last December was crippled by a special police CID team. “The gang comprising suspects aged 20, 21 and 15 were arrested on March […]
Nine held in drug swoop at Serian
SERIAN: Drugs which police believe were meant for distribution in villages around here were seized with the arrest of of nine individuals during a three-day operation recently. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis in a statement, said during the Feb 23-25 operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis’ police seized four straw tubes and a plastic packet containing crystalline […]