Cops nab man for drug possession

MIRI: Police arrested a 45-year-old man for possessing drugs in a house at Kampung Baru Subis, Jalan Miri-Bintulu on Monday (Aug 16). Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said a team from the Miri Narcotics Criminal Department raided the house at 12.15pm and found a transparent plastic packet and 104 straw tubes containing crystalline substance […]

Intoxicated man caught streaking in motel

MIRI A naked man wandering in the lobby of a motel with a pillow covering his genitals, was detained by the police and the Residents’ Committee (JKP) patrol unit last Wednesday. JKP chief Malateh Mahmud said the incident took place at Jalan Wireless and was around 3am. The 34-year-old man’s suspicious act that shocked the motel’s […]

Jobless man arrested for drug possession

PADAWAN: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs worth RM550 at Stapok Resettlement Scheme, Jalan Batu Kawa on Wednesday. A narcotics police team arrested the 24-year-old suspect on the suspicion of being involved in drugs in a house around 2pm. Physical inspections found nothing illegal on the suspect. However, the team found a black […]

Amok man in viral videos arrested

KUCHING: A man has been arrested in connection with two viral videos showing him running amok at a mosque, and performing silat while wielding a machete at a Buddhist temple, here. In the first video posted by the suspect, he took issue with the fact that the mosque in Jalan Pinang was in compliance with […]

Integrated operations nabbed 29 druggies

KUCHING: A month-long integrated operation codenamed ‘Ops Bersepadu Rempuh Pusher’ started with a huge bust involving the arrest of 29 locals and drugs seizure worth RM25,769 in the first week of August. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the ongoing operation from Aug 1 until Sept 1, involved a total of 37 personnel from […]

Threat using a gun results in man’s arrest

MIRI: An elderly man was arrested for allegedly using a semi-automatic rifle to threaten a security guard at Tudan Health Clinic last Thursday (Aug 5). The arrest took place after a police report was lodged by the complainant that day. At around 2pm, the suspect in his 60s was dropping his wife off at the […]

Brothers arrested for theft of supermarket beer

MIRI: Two brothers were arrested by the police on suspicion of involvement in stealing beer from a supermarket last Monday (Aug 2). The men aged 34 and 44 were arrested in a house at Jalan Airport around 12.30pm today (Aug 6). Background checks revealed that the suspects are wanted individuals as one of them had […]

Man arrested for drug possession

BAU: The narcotics police here arrested a man for possessing drugs at KM18, Jalan Bau-Siniawan this morning (Aug 6). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, who confirmed the case, said a police team detained the 22-year-old suspect who was acting suspiciously at the scene around 11.45am. “A plastic packet containing crystalline lumps believed to be […]

Man arrested on suspicion of arson

KUCHING: Police have arrested a man suspected of setting two houses on fire at Kampung Semarang here on this morning. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the 29-year-old suspect was arrested by a team from Gita Police Station at around 10.30am. He noted that the suspect had 10 priors consisting of drug-related charges and […]

Man arrested for arson

PADAWAN: Police here arrested a man for allegedly setting a car on fire behind a commercial store at Taman Duranda Emas, Siburan on Friday. District deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong who confirmed the case, said the 21-year-old suspect was arrested by a team from Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) D7 branch and Padawan […]