Passenger arrested for touching female driver’s thigh
MIRI: Police on Monday (Nov 29) afternoon detained a man for inappropriately touching a female e-hailing driver. Miri Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the incident reportedly happened inside a car driven by the 29 year-old complainant on Wednesday morning (Nov 24). That morning, she drove to Kampung Lopeng at about 8 o’clock to pick […]
12 suspects nabbed for substance abuse
KUCHING: Narcotic police here arrested 21 individuals on suspicion of engaging in substance abuse and seized various drugs in a series of raid from Nov 15 to 23. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, who confirmed the case, said the nine-day operation was carried out around the district by a 10-man narcotic police team. Among the […]
Two men, a woman arrested for drugs
SERIAN: Narcotics police arrested two men and a woman on suspicion of engaging in drug activities at different locations here on Tuesday (Nov 23). Serian OCPD DSP Aswandy Anis, who confirmed the case, said the suspects, who are aged between 22, 26 and 31, tested positive for drugs. The first arrest took place at an […]
Worker arrested for sale of unlicensed lottery tickets
BAU: Police here arrested a coffee shop worker on suspicion of engaging in an unlicensed lottery sale in Siniawan on Monday (Nov 22). Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the operation, codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’, was carried out around 4.15pm by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department. The team spotted the 23-year-old suspect in a […]
Eight men held over assault
MIRI: Eight local men, including a teenager, were detained by the police last Sunday night (Nov 21) for allegedly assaulting and threatening a man and his family during a quarrel that occurred at a unit of Qudruplex Permyjaya here. All of them were detained at Lorong 8, Taman Qudruplex Permyjaya around 10.45pm. Also seized were […]
MMEA stops vessel operating illegally
MIRI: A skipper and two crewmen were arrested and their vessel seized after Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers here found it operating with an expired licence. In a statement MMEA director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel was held by a patrol team about 16 nautical miles, north-west of Tanjung Payung here on […]
Cops nab village drug pusher
SERIAN: Police nabbed a 24-year-old man before he could distribute syabu in villages here. The local man, who also tested positive for drugs, was stopped for inspection by the roadside near Kampung Tana Buda. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis, said two plastic packets containing crystalline lumps, believed to be methamphetamine weighing 1.47gm, were found […]
Former Simpang Renggam detainee arrested for drugs
MUKAH: A former detainee at Pusat Pemulihan Akhlak (PPA) in Simpang Renggam, Johor, was arrested here on Monday (Nov 15) for possessing 0.54g of methamphethamine (syabu) valued at about RM50. The 29-year-old suspect, who is a labourer, is the fourth person arrested here for drug-related offences in the space of 10 days. The third suspect […]
Man detained for stealing pot plant
MIRI: A 37-year-old local man was detained early Tuesday morning (Nov16) after he was seen stealing a pot plant at Miri Times Square here. A police source said a security guard, who was on duty, saw the man carting away the pot plant worth around RM280 around1.43am from a section of the square. The security […]
Woman foils theft by teenager
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Falling objects roused a woman from sleep, just in time to see someone trying to reach for her sling bag which she had hung near her bedroom window. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the woman quickly woke her brother and mother and they managed to nab the 18-year-old suspect. The incident […]
