14-year-old boy among four arrested for illegal gambling
KUCHING: A 14-year-old was among the four males arrested in a raid on an alleged illegal gambling call centre at house in Jalan Stutong, on Wednesday (Nov 25). Kuching police chief, ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said that the 1.20pm raid was conducted by a team of CID from Kuching District Police Headquarters (IPD). All […]
Woman arrested, five issued compounds for flouting SOP
KUCHING: Police arrested an Indonesian woman and issued five compound notices to errant individuals for failing to comply with standard operating procedure (SOP) for Covid-19 in public places today. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said three compounds were issued in Padawan and one each in Miri and Sarikei. The Indonesian woman was arrested for […]
Woman among three arrested for obstructing cops
KUCHING: Three local individuals were arrested after trying to obstruct police officers at Jalan Stampin on Wednesday (Nov 25). Kuching police chief, ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said in the 3.40pm incident, three suspects comprising two men aged 27 and 39 plus a woman, 28, were arrested. The incident happened when a team of police […]
Arrested over RM10,000 bribe
KUCHING: A 67-year-old man attempted to bribe a State General Operations Force (GOF) officer with RM10,000 to avoid arrest and seizure of RM456,988 worth of illicit cigarettes and beers. State Brigade Commander, SAC Mancha Ata said that the raid operation — codenamed ‘Ops Libas’ — was carried out by a team of officers from GOF […]
Woman among five held for drugs
KUCHING: Five individuals were arrested for alleged drug abuse during a raid at a house in Jalan Batu Kawa here, on Tuesday. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspects comprised four men and one woman, aged 27 to 43. Upon inspection, the police found two plastic bags containing small packets of crystalline substances […]
Raid nets eight for illegal gambling
KUCHING: Eight individuals were arrested in a raid by the police on an illegal online gambling centre on Tuesday. Padawan district police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid took place at a condominium at Jalan Sungai Tapang around 3.30pm. A Crime Investigation Division (CID) police team arrested six men comprising two locals and four […]
Man who broke into cop’s house arrested
KUCHING: A man was arrested for breaking into a cop’s house on Monday morning. District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the incident occurred around 3.30am at Taman Sourabaya Indah here. The police officer was asleep when he was awakened by the sound of the main door being opened. “The police officer went […]
Jobless man nabbed for having drugs
KUCHING: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs worth RM1,700 behind a medical clinic at MJC, Batu Kawa today. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the arrest carried out by a Padawan NCID team, took place at 12.45pm at a parking lot behind a medical clinic. “Before the arrest, the 34-year-old man was […]
Three detained for mischief
MIRI: Police detained three local men for allegedly hurling firecrackers into a workers’ quarters in Riam early Wednesday morning. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, the trio, aged 29, 33 and 37 years were detained during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Laras’ conducted by a team from Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led […]
Customs agent arrested for falsifying documents
BINTULU: A Customs agent was arrested for falsely declaring RM1.031mln worth of frozen chicken parts, which were imported into Sarawak without permit, on Nov 11. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the arrest was made after a Customs team from Kuching successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle in 250,500kg of frozen chicken parts at […]
