MMEA stops vessel operating illegally
MIRI: A skipper and two crewmen were arrested and their vessel seized after Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers here found it operating with an expired licence. In a statement MMEA director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel was held by a patrol team about 16 nautical miles, north-west of Tanjung Payung here on […]
Cops nab village drug pusher
SERIAN: Police nabbed a 24-year-old man before he could distribute syabu in villages here. The local man, who also tested positive for drugs, was stopped for inspection by the roadside near Kampung Tana Buda. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis, said two plastic packets containing crystalline lumps, believed to be methamphetamine weighing 1.47gm, were found […]
Former Simpang Renggam detainee arrested for drugs
MUKAH: A former detainee at Pusat Pemulihan Akhlak (PPA) in Simpang Renggam, Johor, was arrested here on Monday (Nov 15) for possessing 0.54g of methamphethamine (syabu) valued at about RM50. The 29-year-old suspect, who is a labourer, is the fourth person arrested here for drug-related offences in the space of 10 days. The third suspect […]
Man detained for stealing pot plant
MIRI: A 37-year-old local man was detained early Tuesday morning (Nov16) after he was seen stealing a pot plant at Miri Times Square here. A police source said a security guard, who was on duty, saw the man carting away the pot plant worth around RM280 around1.43am from a section of the square. The security […]
Woman foils theft by teenager
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Falling objects roused a woman from sleep, just in time to see someone trying to reach for her sling bag which she had hung near her bedroom window. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the woman quickly woke her brother and mother and they managed to nab the 18-year-old suspect. The incident […]
Thieving couple arrested at supermarket
MIRI: A couple, aged 25 and 35 years old were detained by the police on Sunday, less than five hours after they allegedly broke into an office of a supermarket in Taman Tunku. During the intrusion, cash amounting to RM6,000 and others belongings was stolen. The total loss was estimated at around RM10,000. According to […]
Three nabbed for daredevil stunts
BY ALLAN JAY & NURHAUNI LEE ABDULLAH SIBU: Three youths risking their lives by performing dangerous ‘superman’ and ‘wheelie’ stunts in Padawan and Sibu districts on Saturday night (Nov 13), were arrested by police in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Samseng Jalanan’. In Sibu district, two teenagers, aged 18, were arrested in the operation carried out […]
Son kills aged mother
GURUN: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her suspected drug addict son at their house in Kampung Batu 5, Jalan Jeniang, near here, today (Nov 10). Kuala Muda district police chief ACP Adzli Abu Shah said police received information regarding the incident at 7.30 am and found the woman, Sarah Jon, at the location sprawled […]
Cops pull the plug on gaming syndicate
KUCHING: The dice stopped rolling for an online gambling syndicate which had earned about RM90,000 when police knocked on their doors here. Acting on information, police raided the syndicate which was operating out of a double storey house along Jalan Stampin Tengah around 5.10pm on Tuesday (Nov 9). An Indonesian couple, aged 19 and 25, […]
Drug addict under custody
MUKAH: A 28-year-old jobless man was arrested after 0.43gm of syabu was found on him Tuesday (Nov 9). Police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the man, who later tested positive for drugs, was arrested outside a house at Jalan Kampung Petanak here. Initial investigation found that the suspect had been involved in drug abuse […]