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Nine criminal gangs smashed

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KUCHING: From the whole of last year (2017) until now, nine criminal gangs have been successfully smashed, outgoing Kuching District Police chief Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SAC) Abang Ahmad Abang Julai said yesterday.

These nine gangs are the Geng A’A,   Geng Huat, Geng Curi Kabel,   Geng  Bachok, Geng Azila , Geng Idris, Geng Harry, Geng Lan 2018 and Geng Wan, he said.

“From the achievement, a total of 45 cases were successfully solved,” SAC Abang Ahmad said  at the handing over of duty from him to new  Kuching  District Police chief ACP Ng  Ah Lek  at Kuching District Police Headquarters at Simpang Tiga here yesterday.

The ceremony was witnessed by Head of  Sarawak Police  Management  Department  SAC  Dato  Zamani Tan Sri Hamdan.

As for Crime Prevention Act (POCA), Abang Ahmad said, Kuching District had surpassed   the target by successfully gaining the first ranking in  the Sarawak Contingent, where a total of 29  individuals had been charged under POCA and resulting in 21 criminal cases  solved.

He said, among the gangs that were successfully annihilated were those active in thefts motorcycles, vehicles and house-breaking.

Abang Ahmad said, as the result of these groups being smashed and the individuals charged under  POCA as well as gambling raids   that were carried out,  the crime index in Kuching District  showed  drop of cases  totalling   62 cases  (16.06 per cent) compared  with the same period in 2017.

For montly rate of charges, the Crime Investigation Department successfully managed to achieve the target set, namely  35 per cent monthly.

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