Three old men among 12 caught for cockfighting
MIRI: Three elderly men were among 12 detained by a Criminal Investigation (CID) Department task force here during two separate illegal cockfighting raids held here on Sunday (May 2). All suspects, aged between 18 to 68, were hauled up during the 3.15pm and 4.20pm raids in a banana orchard at Kuala Baram and inside a […]
Six held over a fight in Bekenu
MIRI: Five teenagers and an adult man are being investigated for involvement in a fight in Bekenu on Saturday night (May 1). Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the fight was reported near a grocery store around 9.30 pm. “Five boys and an adult man aged 16 to 23 were subsequently arrested for their […]
Trio arrested after house break-in
MIRI: Police have arrested three men for allegedly breaking into a house that was being renovated at Jalan Tanjung Batu here last Thursday (Apr 29). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the break-in incident was realised by the complainant’s worker around 8.30am. After being alerted, the complainant, 34, rushed to his two-storey bungalow and […]
Five held for drug abuse
BAU: Police here Monday (Apr 26) arrested five unemployed men for drug abuse in a house at Kampung Bidi. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a Bau Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) team conducted the raid around 9.45am. “The team found five men aged between 19 and 23 in the house and detained them. […]
16 arrested in week-long gambling operations
KUCHING: Police have arrested 16 individuals for being allegedly involved in three types of gambling activities after a week-long operations to eradicate illegal activities was carried out in the district. The operations dubbed ‘Ops Bersepadu’ took place from April 12 to 18 and saw a total of 14 raids being conducted around Gita, Satok, Tabuan […]
Sibu Customs arrests two men, seizes contraband cigarettes
SIBU: Customs officials arrested two men for allegedly transporting nearly 4.5 million sticks of contraband cigarette in a truck. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the operations was carried out around 9.55am in front of Camp Oya on April 15. Customs personnel stopped a suspicious looking truck for inspection and found a total of […]
Man and sibling arrested for threatening wife
MIRI: A man and his elder brother were detained by police on Sunday (April 18) for allegedly threatening and injuring his wife. The alleged incident occurred at the man’s house at Grace Hill Garden Phase 2 around 9.11pm. During the altercation, it was believed that the husband, 53, had hit the 50-year-old victim. After the […]
Police nabs three men for housebreaking, theft
MIRI: Police detained three local men to assist in investigations into theft of construction equipment and tools missing from a construction site at Jalan Nakhoda Gampar here, less than four hours after they were reported stolen on Saturday. All three suspects aged 25, 47 and 52 years were picked up from various locations in the […]
Three arrested for drug abuse
BAU: Three men were arrested in two separate raids at Kampung Tabong Singai here yesterday (Apr 12) for involvement in drug-related activities. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the first raid, conducted by the Bau Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), was carried out at 10.45am at a house in the village. “Further inspection […]
Cops arrest CMCO violators in makeshift pub
SIBU: Nine persons including three Vietnamese women were arrested after they were found entertaining clients inside a room in a factory at Jalan Ding Lik Kong on Saturday (Mar 20). The district’s CID team raided the double-storey building around 11.25pm and found that a space on the ground floor had been converted into an entertainment […]
