KUCHING: Narcotics police have arrested a local man for allegedly possessing various drugs worth RM1,028 last Saturday. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah, in a statement, said that the arrest was made around 4.30 pm in Kampung Goebilt. “During the raid, the team managed to seize 21 straw tubes containing
SARATOK: A family in Kampung Melango Lama here was shocked to discover a large monitor lizard inside their toilet stall today (Feb 25). Concerned for their safety, they reached out to the Civil Defence Force (APM) for help in capturing the creature. Upon receiving a distress call at 1.29 pm,
KANOWIT: A four-foot-long Bornean short-tailed python was captured after it was found seeking refuge in a storage shed in Bawan here this morning (Feb 25). The homeowner, who stumbled upon the slithery creature coiled up in the shed behind his house, promptly alerted the Civil Defence Force (APM) around 8.30am
KUCHING: A car parked in front of a house in Taman Peaceful here was engulfed by flames this morning (Feb 25). Fortunately, there were no injuries or casualties reported in the 9.06am incident. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that firemen from Petra Jaya station were
DARO: A foreign woman has reportedly passed away while being transported to Sibu Hospital for treatment on Thursday (Feb 22). Matu Daro police chief DSP Neil Baginda in a statement said they received a report from the deceased’s mother on Friday (Feb 23) regarding the 29-year-old Indonesian’s untimely demise. “Preliminary
KUCHING: The lifeless body of a woman from Sarikei was found in the Sekama River along Jalan Datuk Abang Abdul Rahim yesterday (Feb 24). The discovery was made by passers-by around 4.35pm, who spotted the fully clothed body floating in the river and promptly alerted the authorities. Firefighters from Padungan
MIRI: Residents of Rh Edward Chai were shocked to start their morning with the discovery of a body in the Suai River today (Feb 22). The body, identified as that of a 20-year-old woman, was found entangled in a fishing net at 7.10 am. Firefighters from the Batu Niah station
BINTULU: An Indonesian woman and her nine-month-old baby girl were left injured after a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder exploded in their rented house at Taman Kemena Sutera today (Feb 22). The 29-year-old victim, who sustained burns, received preliminary treatment on-site while, her daughter, whose injuries are unknown, was rushed
KUCHING: The Sarawak Immigration Department has arrested 24 foreigners in Serian and Miri earlier this week in a series of raids. In Miri, the Immigration Enforcement Unit there conducted four operations codenamed ‘Ops Selera’, ‘Ops Belanja’, ‘Ops Gegar’ and ‘Ops Sapu’ on Feb 20 and 21. The operations targeted residential
SRI AMAN: An elderly woman died after she was hit by a car while crossing the road along KM49, Jalan Sri Aman-Sarikei yesterday (Feb 21). Sri Aman police chief DSP Mathew Manggie said the accident happened around 11.20 am when the victim identified as Endayan Ngabong, 73, was crossing from
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