Woman among six arrested for drug offences
BAU: A woman was among six jobless individuals arrested for possessing various drugs totalling RM1,460 at three locations around the district today (July 6). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the suspects, who consisted of five men and a woman aged between 21 and 36, were nabbed by the Bau narcotic police and roadblock personnel […]
Farmer detained for illegally possessing gun
BAU: A 54-year-old farmer in Kampung Serasot, Bau faces a RM10,000 fine or imprisonment up to seven years for possessing firearm without a licence under the Arms Act 1960. He was detained after police raided his house and found a shotgun in his possession last Saturday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a Criminal […]
Online gambling top-up agent arrested
BAU: Police arrested a woman suspected to be an online gambling top-up agent in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ in Bau town today. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon who confirmed the case, said a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team raided the premises around 12.15pm. The team detained the 24-year-old woman and seized her smartphone […]
Homemade shotgun seized, man arrested
BAU: A jobless man was arrested after police found a homemade shotgun inside his car at Kampung Opar last Friday (July 2). Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said aside from the weapon, police also confiscated five shotgun bullet shells in a bag. A police patrol team conducting ‘Ops Tapis’, spotted the suspect acting suspiciously […]
Man fails in bid to escape police patrol
BAU: A man, who fled upon seeing a police patrol, did not get far as he was soon arrested. Worse was to follow when he was found in possession of a plastic packet containing 0.62g of syabu, following a body search. In the 10am incident that occurred at Kampung Serasot on Monday (June 28), police […]
Jobless men arrested for drugs in Bau
BAU: Two unemployed men were arrested for drug-related offences here on Wednesday (June 23). Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said both suspects were detained in two separate operations. The first was arrested near the Fairy Cave tourist spot after he was spotted behaving suspiciously in a car parked by the roadside. “A sling bag placed […]
Man who drank poison rushed to Bau Hospital
BAU: A man, who allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming poison, was rushed to hospital today (June 19). The incident happened around 10.10am in a car workshop near Wind Cave here. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said firemen from Bau station rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call. […]
School guard arrested for selling illegal lottery
BAU: Police arrested a 25-year-old man suspected to be involved in selling illegal lottery at a guard house of a primary school in Kampung Kandis Lama, Siniawan. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a police team arrested the suspect in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ around 6pm last Saturday (June 12). “Also seized in […]
Chicken breeder arrested for drugs
BAU: A chicken breeder was arrested for possessing drugs in a house at Kampung Stass on Friday. Police raided the house around 3.30pm and found a man acting in a suspicious manner. They detained him for body and house inspections. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said that it led to the discovery of a plastic […]
Jobless man arrested for drug possession
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for alleged drug possession, in front of a house at Kampung Seringguk yesterday (May 10). The district’s narcotics police unit carried out a patrol around 4pm for preventive purposes in view of the coming Hari Raya celebration. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the team spotted and detained the […]
