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 […]

Three teens nabbed for stealing motorcycle

MIRI: Police arrested three teenagers within 12 hours after they reportedly stole a motorcycle at Tudan Flat, Permyjaya last Thursday (June 17). The motorcycle owner had lodged a police report after finding his machine which was parked in front of his house missing at about 8.30am. Following the report, a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team […]

Theft suspects arrested and loot recovered

MIRI: Local police nabbed three men last Thursday (June 17) on suspicion of stealing RM3,000 worth of fertiliser and pesticides from Batu Niah Agriculture Office. The suspects are believed to have committed the crime on June 15. An employee noticed the store’s fence and window had been cut open apparently with a hacksaw. It was […]

Gamblers caught red-handed

BINTULU: Police caught five gamblers playing cards in an oil palm plantation at Mile 16 here on Monday. The suspects, aged between 27 and 65, attempted to flee the scene after noticing the presence of a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team at 4.20pm. Bintulu district police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the police managed to […]

Sarawak CID deputy chief in transfer exercise

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (Intelligence/Operations) deputy chief ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali is among four senior police officers involved in a transfer exercise effective July 1. He has been appointed as Region Five Marine Police Force headquarters commander in Kuching. Zulfikar replaces ACP Shamsol Kassim who will be appointed as commander of Region One […]

Mother and boyfriend detained for abusing her son

MIRI: A 35 year-old woman and her boyfriend have been detained by the police for allegedly abusing her six year-old son. Miri deputy police chief Supt Sabri Zainol said the woman and her 45 year-old companion were detained by Criminal Investigation department (CID) personnel yesterday following a report lodged by the boy’s biological father. “The […]

Man arrested for arson threat

MIRI: Police here on Thursday night arrested a man from Tudan Phase 6 after he allegedly threatened to burn down his father’s house. The man, aged 25, was picked up by a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) around 11.30pm, shortly after his 55-year-old father made a police report. Prior to his arrest, […]

Husband detained over domestic abuse

MIRI: Police have detained a local man for alleged domestic abuse. The suspect, aged 40, was picked up from his home in Senadin by a team of crime busters from Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at 9.20pm, after receiving a report filed by his wife over the alleged abuse on Friday. The suspect had reportedly […]

Indonesian man held after gruesome find

LAWAS: A shirtless dead body of an Indonesian man with multiple slash wounds was found in a drain of an oil palm plantation in Kampung Siang Siang Laut here this morning. According to Acting Lawas police chief ASP Liong Tindan, the discovery was made by a member of the public at around 9.30am. He later […]

Activist remanded for insulting the Raja Permaisuri Agong

KUALA LUMPUR: Activist Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin has been remanded for a day to facilitate police investigation into a social media posting deemed insulting to Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Datuk Huzir Mohamed, in a statement today, said the remand order was obtained at […]