Slithery visitor caught in bedroom, released
MIRI: An octogenarian yesterday morning was shocked to notice a half meter long Cobra while arranging sheets in his bedroom at Jalan Bakam here. The man just woke up that morning when he heard hissing sound underneath the bed. Curious, he tried to peek underneath the bed, and was shocked to see the venomous snake. […]
Duo held in RM170k drug bust
SIBU: Police arrested a 28-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman for possessing 3,425.9 grams of drugs worth more than RM170,000 at a house in Jalan Keranji, here yesterday (Dec 14). Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the duo was caught during a raid conducted by the commercial crime department at about 5.30 pm. […]
A whopping 10kg python caught, released
MIRI: At the wee hours this morning, a 67 year-old man was awaken by his pet dog who was barking at the front porch next to his orchard in Jalan Acorus Taman Delight Lorong Sakura 1A/1. The man then walked towards the front porch where his orchard located and spotted what was later determined to […]
Snake caught in hospital
BETONG: A hospital employee was shocked to discover a gold-ringed cat snake coiled up at the window at the hospital’s general office yesterday (Sept 25). Fearing for the safety of the staff, the Civil Defence Force (APM) Betong was quickly alerted which despatched a four-member team to the scene at 6.20pm to catch the snake. […]
Slithering visitor caught, released
MIRI: A stray python measuring about four metre long was caught on Friday night in Kampung Abdul Rahman, Lambir, near here. According to Miri Civil Defence force (APM) officer-in-charge, Captain (PA) Usman Harto, the reptile was first discovered by a 36- year-old woman after hearing her pets were making weird noise. “The reptile was slithering […]
Slithering ‘visitor’ caught, released
MIRI: A man who was working in a farm at Taman Da Shing 5, Jalan Taman Tungku, here had a slithering visit from a one-metre-long King Cobra yesterday morning. Civil Defence Force (APM) Miri officer Captain (PA) Usman Harto in a statement, said they received a distress call at 7.48am and deployed a team to […]
Caught again for drugs
KUCHING: A civil servant, who had been arrested a couple of times for drug offences, has obviously not learnt his lesson. He and a jobless man were arrested for possessing 1.92g of drugs believed to be syabu last Thursday (Apr 29). Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong, said the suspects were arrested after […]
Siblings caught stealing palm fruit bunches
MIRI: Two siblings were caught red-handed on Saturday with an overloaded single cab Hilux filled with 22 palm fruit bunches (FFB) they stole in Sungai Manong, Niah. The duo, aged 19 and 26, were detained by the cops at an oil palm estate around 4.30pm. Prior to the arrest, they were harvesting the fruits belonging […]
Illegals caught, immediately deported
KUCHING: Four undocumented foreigners were caught by the General Operations Force (GOF) for entering Sarawak illegally yesterday (Feb 12). A GOF spokesperson revealed that the incident happened around 9.15am in Bau when a team from the Padang Pan post was carrying out patrols in an oil palm plantation field. The patrol team came across four […]
Saltie caught behind primary school
LIMBANG: A saltwater crocodile, measuring some 15 feet, was captured behind a primary school here on Tuesday (Nov 10). Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) received a call around 10.59pm regarding the giant reptile. A team of firefighters was immediately dispatched to the location – SK St Edmund. The massive specimen, estimated to weigh around […]
