Foreigner held for possessing drugs
MIRI: A 25-year-old foreign man was detained for possessing syabu, weighing six grammes, yesterday (July 6). Bintulu police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the suspect was arrested by a team from the Bintulu Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), led by Inspector Nicholas Golibin, at 3.40pm at a staircase of a shop at Kidurong Industrial Park, Jalan Tanjong […]
Machete-wielding man held
MIRI: A 35-year-old unemployed man was arrested on Monday (July 5) after he threatened a 27-year-old farmer in Batu Niah with a machete. During the 6.40pm arrest, police also recovered the 59cm-long machete used in the incident. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was having an affair with the farmer’s wife. When the farmer learned about […]
Woman among six arrested for drug offences
BAU: A woman was among six jobless individuals arrested for possessing various drugs totalling RM1,460 at three locations around the district today (July 6). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the suspects, who consisted of five men and a woman aged between 21 and 36, were nabbed by the Bau narcotic police and roadblock personnel […]
Ecstasy concealed in ‘Juice Master’ packets seized
KUCHING: Sarawak Customs arrested a man and seized a parcel containing Ecstasy worth more than RM135,000 at the Kuching Sentral Bus Terminal on Monday (July 5). Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said a team arrested the suspect, who is in his 30s, around 6.05pm after he came to claim the package at one of […]
Fake doctor to know fate on Aug 17
KUCHING: A man, who pleaded guilty to posing as a volunteer doctor at a vaccination centre (PPV) here, will know his fate on August 17. The Magistrate’s Court today ordered the 20-year-old suspect from Bandar Baru Samariang to be further detained pending his social report. The suspect’s disguise was blown when a volunteer, who also […]
Cops cripple online gambling syndicate
KUCHING: An online gambling syndicate reportedly reaping profits of about RM2.8 million since operating in the first six months of this year was crippled with the arrest of six individuals on Monday. Acting on information gathered, a task force raided a condominium in Jalan Song around 9.30pm as it was suspected to be used as […]
Weapon-wielding duo in viral video arrested
KUCHING: Police have arrested two men for carrying a shotgun and a machete in a residential area at Tabuan Dayak – the duo’s law-breaking act had gone viral on social media on Sunday. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah told the media that both suspects, aged 19 and 25, were arrested in Kota Samarahan on […]
MACC case over false claims — another suspect remanded for six days
MIRI: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained an order for a six-day remand of a third suspect arrested in connection with false claims concerning a project to supply durian saplings worth RM999,973.50. The remand period is from today (July 6) until July 12. The 40-year-old woman, who works with a government agency in Miri, […]
Man arrested for harassing debtor
MIRI: A 25-year-old man was detained by the police on Friday morning for harassing a debtor over an alleged unpaid debt. The suspect, who has at least four criminal records, was engaged by an ‘along’ (loan shark) to collect unpaid debts from a 33-year-old man at his house in Desa Pujut Bandar Baru Permyjaya. He […]
Local couple apprehended for smuggling fishes and prawns
LUNDU: A local couple was caught by the General Operations Force (GOF) for attempting to smuggle 750kg worth of fishes and prawns into Sarawak from Indonesia on Wednesday (June 30). The couple aged, between 30 and 40, was driving a pick-up truck when they were detained by a patrol team from Kampung Raso post at […]