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Assailant in viral video caught

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KUCHING: A man believed to be involved in an assault against an alleged car thief has been arrested by the police here. OCPD ACP Ashmon Bajah said the local man, 46, was detained at around 9.15pm last Friday (Jul 22). “A special team comprising personnel from the Kuching Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Commercial Crime Investigation […]

Police track down duo accused of stealing car

MIRI: Police have detained two men in connection with a car theft that occurred in Senadin here. Miri deputy OCPD Supt Mohd Sabri Zainol said the duo were arrested less than 12 hours after the crime. They — both aged 23 and 26 respectively — allegedly drove off with the victim’s car, a Perodua Axia, […]

Trio held for car theft

MIRI: Three local men were arrested on Friday afternoon after a 50-year-old man reported his car had been stolen from a residential area in Tukau Bakam on Tuesday (Jan 25). Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said two suspects, aged 40 and 57,  were picked up at a workshop in Jalan Padang Kerbau around 11.35am with […]

Police bring Piji Gang’s crime spree to an end

KUCHING: Police have solved 24 cases related to car theft and house burglary following the arrests of a three-member gang known as ‘Piji’. After a month-long of intelligence gathering, a team conducted ‘Ops Lejang Khas’ and nabbed the suspects — two men and a woman — between Sept 24 and 26. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon […]

Woman, among 4 car thieves held

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Three men and a woman were arrested for alleged involvement in several car thefts here. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said all the local suspects, aged between 19 and 39, were arrested by the Kota Samarahan District Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team at about 8.00pm on Tuesday. “The CID team […]

Two caught for theft, burglary

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Two men believed to be actively involved in car thefts and break-ins here were arrested yesterday (Aug 10). District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the police mobile patrol vehicle (MPV) unit came across a suspicious vehicle in front of a supermarket near Jalan Medan Universiti here during their patrol at 6.50pm. The […]

A tale of carjacking gets around

KUCHING: A story about how carjackers place stickers or sheets of paper on the rear windscreens of vehicles to make drivers stop and get out from their cars have spread online earlier this week. According to the story, it is a new way of fooling drivers so that they could be overpowered and the vehicles […]

Cops arrest members of Ah Ho Gang

MIRI: Police have crippled the Ah Ho Gang following the arrests of five members in raids conducted between Feb 19 and 21. The gang have been stealing vehicles for the past six months, and seven of the vehicles worth around RM200,000 were recovered in the operation. Miri Police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the […]