Teenage motorcyclist nabbed for illegal racing
SIBU: A teenager was arrested while two others managed to escape after police found them involved in an illegal motorcycle race at Permai Jaya on Saturday (July 3). District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said a police patrol unit spotted the 17-year-old suspect and two other motorcyclists racing around a residential area in Permai […]
Farmer detained for illegally possessing gun
BAU: A 54-year-old farmer in Kampung Serasot, Bau faces a RM10,000 fine or imprisonment up to seven years for possessing firearm without a licence under the Arms Act 1960. He was detained after police raided his house and found a shotgun in his possession last Saturday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a Criminal […]
Homemade shotgun seized, man arrested
BAU: A jobless man was arrested after police found a homemade shotgun inside his car at Kampung Opar last Friday (July 2). Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said aside from the weapon, police also confiscated five shotgun bullet shells in a bag. A police patrol team conducting ‘Ops Tapis’, spotted the suspect acting suspiciously […]
Man fails in bid to escape police patrol
BAU: A man, who fled upon seeing a police patrol, did not get far as he was soon arrested. Worse was to follow when he was found in possession of a plastic packet containing 0.62g of syabu, following a body search. In the 10am incident that occurred at Kampung Serasot on Monday (June 28), police […]
Police pick up hammer-wielding amok
MIRI: A 23-year-old man, who ran amok while wielding a hammer in a house at Lutong on Tuesday morning, has been detained by the police for questioning. Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the suspect’s 41-year-old mother reported the incident to the police as she feared for her safety. “The motive of the incident […]
Vietnamese man caught with stolen motorbike
MIRI: A Vietnamese man was caught with a stolen motorcycle at a roadblock set up under the movement control order (MCO) in Lambir last Sunday morning. The motorcycle was reported stolen by its owner in Lutong less than four hours prior to the arrest. According to Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, the 34-year-old suspect […]
Amok smashes front door of his father’s home
MIRI: Police on Sunday afternoon apprehended a local man after he ran amok and smashed the front door of his father’s home early that morning. Not only did the 48-year-old suspect run amok inside the house at Jalan Riam but he also threatened to kill his father. Fearing for his safety, his father later lodged […]
Over 1kg drugs seized, man detained
KUCHING: Police arrested a man for possessing various drugs worth more than RM10,000 on Saturday (June 12). An enforcement team assigned at a mounted roadblock along Jalan Airport, stopped the suspect’s vehicle for inspection at 5.45 pm. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the team found a suspicious box hidden under the driver’s seat. […]
School guard arrested for selling illegal lottery
BAU: Police arrested a 25-year-old man suspected to be involved in selling illegal lottery at a guard house of a primary school in Kampung Kandis Lama, Siniawan. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a police team arrested the suspect in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ around 6pm last Saturday (June 12). “Also seized in […]
Machete-wielding man shot in legs
KUCHING: Police here fired two shots at a man after he ran amok with a machete near a house at Lorong Arawana 1, Jalan Bako yesterday (May 31). Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect in his 30s was shot in both legs. It was understood that the suspect, […]
