607 drug arrests statewide in May 2021
KUCHING: In the 540 anti-drug operations carried out in May this year statewide, 607 arrests were made. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KKWPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the number was a decrease of 16.5 per cent compared to 727 arrests in April this year. She hoped that the statistics would […]
Illegal gambling raid nets six
KUCHING: Police on Wednesday busted a call centre for an online gambling syndicate, here. The centre, said to be generating profits of over RM4,000 daily, has been in operation for over two months, a source pointed out. Kuching district police chief ACP Ashmon Bajah said the call centre, located at a residential premises in Jalan […]
Indian national faces the gallows
PADAWAN: An Indian national faces the gallows after he was caught with over RM13,000 worth of ecstasy drug. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the 23-year-old foreign worker was nabbed during a raid at a karaoke centre in Batu Kawa, Kuching last Monday (June 14). “The suspect was detained under Section 39B […]
Two palm fruit bunch thieves held
MIRI: Two men were detained in Sepupok, Niah for stealing oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) from an orchard in Kampung Kelulit Bekenu. Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the duo, aged 36 and 49, were arrested following a report lodged by the orchard’s owner who spotted them harvesting the FFB on Monday (June […]
Six nabbed in gambling den raid
BAU: A premises used as a centre for illegal betting on the current European football championship and online gambling operations in Taman Senggi, Jalan Bau-Kuching was raided by the police last Tuesday (June 15). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the raid was carried out by the Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division […]
Thieving school security guard arrested
MIRI: A school security guard thought that his crime could be covered by getting transferred to another school. He feared being exposed after taking more than RM3,000 from his school’s martial arts association fund in Pujut. The 28-year-old man was caught by the police on Tuesday (June 15) afternoon at a supermarket in Riam after […]
Trio, including student, arrested for drugs
PADAWAN: A Form Five student, who has been involved in drugs for the past two years, was arrested along with two unemployed men in a house at Kampung Mambong, Jalan Mambong-Sarig here. The raid, conducted by the district’s narcotics police, took place around 4pm last Sunday. Padawan deputy OCPD DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the […]
Burglars nabbed after undergoing quarantine
MIRI: Police arrested four men for offences including burglary and vehicle thefts within days after they were released from a quarantine centre here on June 6. The suspects aged between 27 and 34, were nabbed in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Pintu’ on Thursday. During the operation, the police managed to recover some of the stolen […]
China woman fined RM5k for prohibited acts
KUCHING: A woman from China was fined RM5,000 in default three months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence on Huang Guiping after she pleaded guilty to carrying out prohibited activities. The accused, 37, was charged under Section 22(b) of the Prevention and Control […]
Instagram user ‘safieyillias94’held over unfitting content
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested the owner of the Instagram account ‘safieyillias94’ on Thursday for allegedly committing obscene communications and sexual grooming involving underage children. Kajang district police chief ACP Mohd Zaid Hassan said the police would make the remand application today. “Please give us time to investigate the case,” he told Bernama. It was […]