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Woman detained for misuse of civil servant’s debit card

KUALA LUMPUR: A 44-year-old woman was arrested by the police on suspicion of misusing a civil servant’s debit card in Desa Petaling last Wednesday. Brickfields district police chief ACP Amihizam Abdul Shukor said the woman was apprehended at 7.45 pm by its Commercial Crime Investigation Division team. He said the police came across a Facebook […]

Stabbing attacks in Australia’s Melbourne cause four injures

SYDNEY: Police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Sunday that a 31-year-old man was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. local time, following a series of stabbings that caused four injuries in Melbourne’s inner-city suburbs overnight, reported Xinhua. The police said in a statement that the man allegedly stabbed four people in three separate […]

Man carrying machete, knife arrested at US’ Capitol building

WASHINGTON: Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon who was carrying a machete and a knife on the East Front of the US Capitol building but have no evidence he was targeting a member of Congress, the agency said, reported German news agency (dpa). An officer noticed Jose Leonardo Marquez, 23, who has no fixed […]

Kuching cops nab four men for series of armed robberies

KUCHING: A gang of four men allegedly involved in a spate of armed robberies in the city has been apprehended by the police. Acting on information, the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) successfully arrested the suspects, who were in a Perodua Alza, at a public parking area along Jalan Tun Jugah around 2.30am on Dec 15. […]

‘Mat Rempit’ stunt show ends with four arrests

KUCHING: Police arrested four ‘mat rempit’ locals for dangerous stunts on their motorcycles along Jalan Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Yaakub here over the weekend. ‘Ops Samseng Jalanan’ was conducted by nine personnel from the Kuching Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division from 8pm on Saturday (Dec 16) until 4.15am on Sunday (Dec 17). Kuching […]

Local nabbed with drugs worth over RM30k

SIBU: Narcotics police have arrested a local man for alleged possession of Methamphetamine worth over RM30,000 on Tuesday. Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the arrest was made around 5 pm when the 30-year-old suspect was found in a car at Jalan Oya. “Thorough inspections led to the finding of an airtight plastic package […]

Police detain driver who rammed bike after tiff with wife

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KUALA LUMPUR: A social media viral clip showing a Honda Civic ramming into a Yamaha Ego motorcycle is believed to have occurred when the car driver tried to drive off after an argument with his wife. Acting Gombak district police chief Supt Noor Ariffin Mohamad said following the incident the suspect was detained at 7.45 pm yesterday at Jalan […]

Ex-Obama aide arrested for anti-Islamic remarks at New York halal vendors

NEW YORK: An ex-US diplomat and adviser to former president Barack Obama was arrested Wednesday for hurling anti-Islamic remarks at halal vendors in Manhattan, cops said, reported German news agency (dpa).  Police cuffed 30-year State Department employee Stuart Seldowitz, 66, on charges of harassment and stalking as a hate crime for spewing Islamophobic remarks to […]

Man nabbed on suspicion of possessing meth

MIRI: Narcotics police have arrested a local man for allegedly possessing RM218,000 worth of suspected methamphetamine in a car last Wednesday. The operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis Khas Se-Malaysia’ was conducted at around 7 pm along Jalan Kubu. Miri police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said the police had stopped a car driven by the suspect […]

Foreigner arrested after dead infant found

PADAWAN: A 23-year-old foreign woman has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a lifeless newborn baby girl in the dumpster area in MJC Batu Kawa yesterday. Padawan police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the arrest was made by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and Batu Kawa police. “Acting on information, […]