End of the road for ah long racket
KUCHING: Police have crippled a loan shark (ah long) syndicate which has been active for the past five years with the arrest of 14 of its members. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said all the suspects, aged between 21 and 48, were nabbed in raids on six premises involving four houses, an apartment and […]
Seven held in online gambling ring swoop
KUCHING: Police have crippled an online gambling syndicate following a raid at a call centre here which has been raking over RM4.05 million in profits in the past nine months of operations. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the syndicate was operating the call centre in a condominium unit at Jalan Ming Chung here. He […]
Two amok men detained
MIRI: Two men were detained on Monday (July 12) for threatening their family members in two separate incidents. Police arrested a 32-year-old man after he had threatening to hit his mother and sister at their house in Kampung Merapa Pujut 8. A team of police from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the suspect that same […]
Syndicate gets drug supplies through courier services
KUCHING: Sarawak narcotics police have crippled a drug distribution syndicate which obtained its drug supplies from Peninsular Malaysia via various courier services. Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner DCP Mancha Ata said the syndicate, known as ‘Mica’, had been operating for the past eight months. It was crippled after the arrests of six local dealers in four […]
Man arrested for unlicensed lottery sales
PADAWAN: A 25-year-old man was arrested for alleged involvement in unlicensed lottery sales and online gambling top-up activity last Monday (July 12). In the 4.15pm operation codenamed ‘Op Dadu’, a Padawan Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team raided a house at Mile 4, Jalan Arang. District police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan during the suspect’s arrest, two […]
Four men arrested for operating online call centre
PADAWAN: Police here nabbed four men for operating an online gambling call centre at a double-storey terrace house on Monday (July 12). District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid, carried out by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Padawan police task force, took place around 2.55pm near Kuching City Mall […]
Cable theft suspect nabbed
MIRI: Police have detained a man believed to be involved in underground cable theft. The suspect, aged 39, was detained by a police team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Miri Task Force at a house in Tudan Phase 6. On June 24, underground electrical cables estimated to be worth around RM5,000 were reported stolen […]
Contractor held for injuring roadblock cop
MUKAH: Police here nabbed a 53-year-old man for allegedly obstructing a civil servant from performing his duties and injuring a roadblock officer at the Kampung Jebungan junction, Jalan Mukah-Balingan today. District police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias, who confirmed the case, said the suspect went to the roadblock at 7.15am to confront a 26-year-old policeman. […]
Main suspect of murder case nabbed
BINTULU: Police have arrested the main suspect in the murder of an oil palm plantation worker at Sebauh last Tuesday. District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the suspect, an Indonesian national in his 30s, was arrested during a raid at the workers’ quarters in Sebauh around 8.30am on Thursday (July 8). Police seized a […]
Police nab three druggies in fruit orchard
LUNDU: Police arrested three persons including a woman for involvement in drugs on Wednesday night. Lundu police chief DSP Damataries Lautin said they were nabbed around 10.15pm at a fruit orchard in Kampung Tabuan Dayak, here by CID officers. “Police seized a transparent plastic packet containing crystallised substances suspected to be Syabu type drugs. “Further […]