Nabbed for selling lottery without licence
BAU: Police arrested a suspected unlicensed lottery agent at the five-foot-way of a hawker centre last Saturday afternoon. According to Bau District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, the 25-year-old woman was arrested around 5pm by a team from the Bau District Criminal Investigation Division. “She was conducting a public lottery sale without a licence […]
Three soldiers arrested for possessing drug
SIBU: Three soldiers have been taken into custody for having in their possession 0.70g of methamphetamine in a budget hotel here on Saturday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the suspects, all 22, were detained at 2pm during a raid at the hotel. “A team of policemen from the Anti-narcotic Department went […]
Man arrested for unlicensed lottery
BAU: Police arrested a 68-year-old man on Sunday who is suspected of being involved in unlicensed public lottery betting activities. According to Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, the arrest took place at 6.40pm in a house here at Kampung Sungai, Pinang. Police also seized four pieces of printed white paper and a sum […]
Cops arrest man for injuring another with chopper
KUCHING: A man has been arrested for injuring another with a chopper at Taman Malihah, Jalan Matang near here. According to Padawan OCPD Supt Aidil Bolhassan, police arrested the suspect, 32, who is believed to be mentally unsound, around 8pm at his house last Sunday. The police team also confiscated what is believed to be […]
Three drug-related arrests in two days
SERIAN: Three men and a woman were arrested in separate police raids recently, said local police chief DSP Aswandy Anis. In the first case, two local men were arrested. With them was a transparent plastic container inside of which were blue plastic packets and a cut straw, all with crystals that were suspected to be […]
Drug suspect, car thief arrested during roadblock
KUCHING: The police revealed that two men were arrested during a roadblock at Jalan Haji Taha last Thursday night. Central Police Station chief ASP Ahmad Abang said the first case was that of a 25-year-old man who had a transparent plastic packet containing dried compressed leaves suspected to be marijuana. He explained that around 11.15pm […]
47 arrested in illegal cockfighting
SIBU: Police detained 47 men for their alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting in Pulau Kerto near here on Saturday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the activity was ongoing when an officer and 35 personnel from the 10th Battalion General Operation Force conducted a surprise raid at the place at 5.15pm. […]
Najib arrested
KUCHING: The Trienekens truck hijacker that crashed into a property of a policeman at RPR Batu Kawah on Saturday was arrested early yesterday morning. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the 36-year-old suspect known as ‘Najib Puntong’ was arrested at 1am near the Chinese Museum by Main Bazaar Road here. It is understood that […]
Thieving trio caught after two months
MIRI: Two months after three men broke into Miri District Officer’s house in Piasau Camp, police yesterday finally got their suspects for questioning. The suspects, aged between 18 and 32, were picked up from two separate locations in Senadin in an operation. The first two suspects were apprehended at 3pm, while the third an hour […]
Woman held for online gambling
KUCHING: A 27-year-old woman believed to be involved in illegal online gambling was arrested following a raid at a commercial unit at Mile 4, Jalan Penrissen here on Wednesday. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said a CID team from the district headquarters raided an unnumbered room located on the first floor of the four- […]
