Four nabbed for playing gin rummy

BAU: Police arrested four men caught gambling in a rented room at Redeems Centre, Jalan Singai during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Limau’ last Saturday. The raid was carried out by a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team from Bau police station. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon who confirmed the arrests, said the men were arrested […]

SAR launched for missing man

BAU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched for a 28-year-old man who failed to return home from a fishing trip last Wednesday. The missing person, Francis Nomi, was said to have gone fishing at a river near Kampung Bijuray here with a friend on Wednesday evening. On the way back, both of […]

Man nabbed for operating illegal online gambling in Ops Dadu

BAU: A man was arrested on suspicion of operating an illegal online gambling top-up activity in an eatery here last Thursday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a CID team carried out the ‘Ops Dadu’ arrest around 2.20pm. The 30-year-old suspect was found sitting at a table and believed to be operating the online […]

Four men arrested for drug abuse

BAU: A team of personnel from the Bau Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), yesterday (Feb 4), arrested four men for involvement in drug-related activities. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the team came across a vehicle driven in a suspicious manner at Taman Mutiara here at 8.45am this morning (Feb 4). He said further […]

Two men arrested in Bau for drugs

BAU: Two men were arrested for alleged involvement in drug abuse on Thursday. The arrests were made following a public complaint of suspicious activity in the town area around 7.10pm. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a patrol team from the Bau Crime Prevention and Community Safety and the army carried out an inspection […]

Four men arrested for drug abuse

BAU: Four men were arrested after testing positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the four unemployed men from Kampung Sebobok here are aged between 18 and 30. He said they were detained by a team of personnel from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of Bau District Police Headquarters […]

Illegal immigrants arrested, deported

BAU: Two Indonesians were detained here for having invalid travel documents during an Ops Benteng operation on Tuesday. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the foreigners were later deported back to their home country through the Sarawak-Kalimantan border. “Operations were carried out at Pasar Jambusan, led by the Bau CID team,” he added […]

Jobless man nabbed for syabu possession

BAU: An unemployed man was arrested by the police on Tuesday (Jan 26) night for possessing 0.36g of syabu. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 22-year-old suspect, who was behaving suspiciously, was apprehended behind a restaurant here at 10.15pm. “A small transparent plastic packet containing clear crystallised material suspected to be syabu […]

Illegal immigrants nabbed in Bau deported

BAU: Three illegal immigrants were detained in an ‘Ops Benteng’ operation on Monday (Jan 25). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the operation involving seven personnel from the district’s CID team took place in Jalan Johari Shunchar here. The team detained three Indonesian men who did not have any legal travel document. All of […]

Woman busted for online casino top-up

BAU: Police here arrested a woman for alleged involvement in online gambling activities at Jalan Datuk Salau on Monday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the operation dubbed ‘Ops Dadu’ was carried out by the district’s CID team at 4.30pm. The team raided the premises and arrested the 37-year-old woman who was suspected to […]