Five months jail for burglary
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to five months in prison on Monday (May 24) after pleading guilty to burglary. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered 22-year-old Sarmin Kelang, 22, to serve his sentence at the Puncak Borneo prison. The accused was charged under Section 457 of the Penal Code. According to the complainant’s report, at 11 […]
Manhunt for burglar who stole RM6,000 bird nests
SIBU: Police are on the hunt for a burglar who broke into a bird’s nest house at Mile 13, Jalan Oya and escaped with RM6,000 worth of bird nests. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident was first noticed by the 57-year-old owner around 8.30am last Friday (May 21). “While the owner […]
Car burglars arrested 48 hours after crime
MIRI: Two men suspected to have broken into a parked car and carted away its valuables inside, were arrested in two separate locations on Wednesday. The alleged burglary incident happened in front of a house at Taman Raja on Monday. It was reported that several items inside the car, had gone missing. Among them were […]
Burglar caught less than 24 hours after crime
MIRI: A man has been arrested, less than 24 hours after allegedly stealing RM46,000 worth of jewellery and foreign currencies. The suspect, 48, was picked up by police around 6.10pm on Tuesday from a budget hotel here. He allegedly broke into a house in Jalan Cosmos 3, Pelita Commercial Centre, on Monday night. The house […]
Man pleads guilty to burglary
KUCHING: A man, who pleaded guilty to burglary, was fined RM5,000 or 10 months in prison today. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar passed sentence on Zulkifli Junaidi, 28, under Section 457 of the Penal Code. The accused admitted to having entered a house in Jalan Pending here at 9.30am on March 2. Complainant Liew Song Ying’s mother […]
Man arrested for burglary
MIRI: A 27-year-old man was arrested on Monday (Mar 29) on suspicion of breaking into a house in Pujut 7B here last year. Among the items that were reported stolen are four car rims. The suspect was detained around 4pm at Quadruplex unit in Bandar Baru Permyjaya here. During the arrest, Miri Criminal Investigation Department […]
Men with extensive criminal history arrested
MIRI: Two men with extensive criminal records were taken into custody in connection with a recent burglary case at Taman Tasconia Permyjaya here. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, who confirmed the arrests, said the operation was conducted at around 7pm on Wednesday (Feb 17) by a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department. “Police […]
Raid nets two burglary suspects
MIRI: The cops here at wee hours of Wednesday, detained two local men suspected for their involvement in housebreaking. This was accomplished during an operation carried out at a house in Taman Tunku Abdul Rahman Lambir. The two men, aged 23 and 68, were detained at 4.34am by a team of Miri Criminal Investigation department […]
Theft syndicate crippled, four nabbed
KUCHING: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) managed to cripple a shop burglary and theft syndicate which is active around Kuching and Padawan areas. Sarawak Deputy Commissioner of Police Datuk Fisol Salleh said the syndicate has been active since the middle of the year. “With the arrest of four men including the mastermind, nine break-in and […]
Immigrant arrested for burglary
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was arrested for suspected burglary in a house at Jalan Batu Kawa on Dec 13. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspect – identified as Ringgo, 24 from Singkawang, Indonesia – was arrested in Moyan Square here on Tuesday. “On Dec 13, a victim filed a police report after […]
