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Illegal immigrants, human smugglers arrested

SERIAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) nabbed two locals and six illegal immigrants on Monday (March 15). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said a GOF team stopped two vehicles for inspection around 3am in Jalan Mongkos-Serian, about 8km from a known ‘rat trail’ (illegal route). “Four persons-a local and three Indonesians-were inside the first […]

Two nabbed over bid to traffick drugs

KUCHING: Police nabbed two couriers for allegedly attempting to traffic Ecstacy pills and syabu worth over RM260,000 at a roadblock at KM30, Jalan Serian-Tebedu, last Friday (Mar 5). Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail disclosed that the drug supply, suspected to be from Kuching, was believed to be delivered to another source in Tebedu and […]

15 arrested for cockfighting

BINTULU: Fifteen local men were arrested for cockfighting near Sebutin river, Tubau last Sunday. District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said a Bintulu CID team raided the area around 3pm. The men tried to flee when they spotted the police team at their location. The team also seized five live cockerels, three dead cockerels, a […]

11 men arrested for gambling released

ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit

SIBU: Eleven men who were arrested for gambling last Sunday have been released on police bail to avoid congestion in the police lock-up. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed that all of them have been released on police bail after action was taken on the group. “This was to avoid congestion in the […]

Illegal immigrants nabbed in Sematan

KUCHING: Seven illegal immigrants were caught by the General Operations Force (GOF) in Sematan, about 110km from here. A patrol team from the Telok Melano outpost carried out inspections on six men and a woman on Sunday (Feb 21) around 4.40pm. The group failed to produce any valid travel documents, committing offences under Section 6(1) […]

Ops Limau nets nine gamblers

KUCHING: Nine men were nabbed for playing ‘holo’ at an eatery here, last Saturday (Feb 20). In the operations dubbed ‘Ops Limau’, a Padawan police headquarters (IPD) task force carried out the raid on the eatery in Batu Kawa New Township around 6pm. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said, nine men aged between 47 […]

Nine held for fighting with weapons

KUCHING: Police arrested nine men who were involved in a fight on Valentine’s Day. The fight happened around 5pm in front of Chonglin Plaza, here. It was believed to be due to a woman and dissatisfaction among both parties. District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani who confirmed the incident, said the men were […]

17 arrested in Siburan for cockfighting

KUCHING: Seventeen men were arrested for taking part in a cockfighting session at a vegetable farm on Sunday (Feb 14). In the operation dubbed ‘Ops Limau’, a Padawan CID team assisted by personnel from Kota Samarahan CID and Kota Sentosa police station, carried out a raid on a hut in a vegetable farm at Kampung […]

Seven detained in cockfighting raid

MIRI: Five elderly men were among seven male suspects detained by Miri Criminal Investigation (CID) Department during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Limau’ on Sunday (Feb 14) afternoon for their alleged involvement in cockfighting activities. All suspects, aged 34, 42, 51, 55, 63, 68 and 76, were hauled up during the 2.50pm raid at an open […]

Women among four gamblers nabbed in Ops Limau

BAU: Four persons including two women were arrested for playing blackjack in a market here, last Saturday (Feb 13). In a late-night operation codenamed Ops Limau, a Bau CID team carried out a raid on a chicken market at Jalan Temenggong, around 10.30pm District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, who confirmed the arrest, said four […]