KUCHING: An illegal online gambling top up agent was arrested during Ops Dadu conducted in Siniawan Sentral on Wednesday (Jan 27). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 26-year-old local male was arrested by the crime busters at 7.53pm. “As a result of the operation, police arrested a
MIRI: A senior citizen’s trip to receive treatment at Miri Hospital almost turned into a tragedy after he was robbed at knife-point of his possessions while sleeping at the Visitors Information Centre in Jalan Padang, here yesterday (Jan 27). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari who confirmed the incident, said
KUCHING: A Class A fishing boat was detained for using a trawl in Zone A around the coast of Kampung Alit, Kabong at 12.56pm on Wednesday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the fishing activities were detected around 12.30pm by MMEA
BAU: Two Indonesians were detained here for having invalid travel documents during an Ops Benteng operation on Tuesday. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the foreigners were later deported back to their home country through the Sarawak-Kalimantan border. “Operations were carried out at Pasar Jambusan, led by the
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested by the police on Tuesday (Jan 26) night for possessing 0.36g of syabu. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 22-year-old suspect, who was behaving suspiciously, was apprehended behind a restaurant here at 10.15pm. “A small transparent plastic packet containing clear crystallised
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A nine-month-old baby was successfully rescued after being trapped in a car here on Wednesday (Jan 27). According to Fire and Rescue Department report, the mother left the baby in the car when she went to throw away some rubbish. She returned to find the car door locked. A
KUCHING: As of today, 58 illegal foreign workers from Indonesia have been detained in Ops Jala operations. Sarawak Security and Enforcement Unit deputy director Datuk Mohamad Morshidi Mustapha said the detainees were among 668 local and 625 foreign workers from Indonesia, Pakistan, India, the Philippines, China and Myanmar checked. “To
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A man was crushed to death by an elevator at a shopping mall apartment here while carrying out maintenance work. The victim, 39, was pronounced dead by medical personnel at the scene. Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said a distress call regarding the incident was
KUCHING: Seven blocks of workers’ quarters at Bormill Estate, Jalan Keretapi here were destroyed by fire this morning (Jan 27). According to the State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre, three emergency calls through MERS 999 were received regarding the incident at 3.26am. The department deployed 27 firefighters from the
KUCHING: Police are tracking down two Indonesian men who hit a taxi driver and robbed him at a road near Kampung Belimbing, Serian on Tuesday (Jan 26). Serian District Police chief Aswandy Anis said his department received a report on the incident from members of the public. Following this, he
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