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Woman arrested in Bau

Illegal lottery KUCHING: Police arrested a 33-year-old woman suspected of illegal lottery activities during an ‘Ops Dadu’ operation in Bau near here on Wednesday (Oct 21). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a raid was conducted on a house at Kampung Opar after complaints were received regarding the suspect. In a statement on […]

Illegal online gambling call centre busted

KUCHING: Police busted an illegal online gambling call centre at Jalan Sungai Tapang here with the arrest of six local men last Tuesday. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said a team of Criminal Investigation Division (CID) officers raided a rented condominium unit around 4.45pm. During the raid, the team found and arrested six […]

Argument over TV lands man in hot soup

MIRI: A 43 year-old man was detained on Tuesday morning for allegedly pushing his sister during a commotion over a television inside their rented house at Jalan Malva, Sungai Baong Krokop here. The victim, aged 38, was injured on her forehead in the incident. Prior to the commotion, the suspect had gone into the house […]

Trio in student attack detained

MIRI: Police detained three men to assist in investigation into an assault of a student from a private higher education institution that occurred early last Sunday. In the 1.30am incident at a music cafe in Marina Square here, the victim sustained bruises and swelling on his body after he was allegedly attacked by the suspects. Prior […]

Attempted bribery suspect remanded

KUCHING:  A local man who allegedly tried to give enforcement officers bribe amounting to RM18, 500 was ordered to be remanded for seven days. The 26-year-old online gambling operator from Desa Wira, was suspected of trying to bribe the officers for the said amount so that no legal action would be taken against him. Magistrate […]

Indonesians arrested in illegal online gambling call centre raid

KUCHING: Eleven individuals, including 10 Indonesians, were nabbed during a raid on an illegal online gambling call centre in Jalan Batu Kawa-Matang here on Monday (Oct 19). Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan led a team of Padawan Criminal Investigation Division (CID) officers in the raid on a rented apartment around 5.30pm. A local […]

Quarantine flouter arrested while at work

DALAT:  A man who was under house quarantine at Rumah Dagang, Rantau Ensurai, Batang Oya near here was arrested by police on Friday (Oct 16). He was caught while going out to work in Kuala Matu. Dalat district police chief DSP Saga Chunggat said the subject, Steward Muji, was ordered to undergo house quarantine (HSO) […]

Two alleged drug dealers detained

MIRI: Two local men believed to be drug dealers were arrested by the Miri Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) team in an operation held on Thursday afternoon. The duo, aged 22 and 23 were detained in front of the Miri Post office around 12pm. Following the arrest, the police were able to discover a tot […]

Two suspected drug traffickers held

KUCHING: Two local men including a minor suspected of drug trafficking, were ordered today, to be detained at the Puncak Borneo Prison pending chemical report. Subordinate court registrar Morni Lita ordered the first suspect, a local teenager who was suspected of distributing methamphetamine to be detained in jail until the case is mentioned again on […]

Man fined RM4,900 for drug possession

KUCHING: A local man who pleaded guilty to drug possession, was on Friday (Oct 16) fined RM4,900 or six months’ jail. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered the 23-year-old man to be fined after pleading guilty to an offence under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. The man admitted to possessing 6.55g of methamphetamine […]