Police destroy confiscated contrabands
DALAT: Police destroyed confiscated contrabands worth RM85,000 at the Dalat and Mukah District Council (MDDM) dumping ground after receiving a court order today (June 18). Mukah district police chief DSP Mohamad Rizal Alias said the contrabands comprised 1,375 cartoons and boxes of alcoholic drinks of various brands, which were seized from a trailer at Bukit […]
Marine police score state’s biggest contraband seizure
SIBU: Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 based here confiscated more than RM30.14 million worth of contraband items to score the biggest seizure of such items in the state so far this year. Police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said today the successful breakthrough was made on March 12 at Tanjung Kunyit here where six Indonesians including a woman aged between 22 and 39 were […]
Contraband beer worth over RM38k seized
KUCHING: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 seized 250 crates of beer with unpaid tax and Customs duties during an operation on Tuesday (Jan 19). Its commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said his men came across a suspicious lorry in Kota Sentosa at 2.15pm while conducting Ops Landai patrolling activities. He said the operations team then […]
Army thwarts smuggling bid
BAU: An attempt to smuggle out controlled goods worth more than RM80,000 using two lorries was thwarted by the army in Serikin on Monday. The First Infantry Division said a patrol team spotted the lorries travelling fast towards the Malaysia-Indonesia border at 11pm. The team managed to stop the lorries about 500 metres from the […]
Goods worth over RM500k confiscated in Miri this year
MIRI: Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Miri Division has confiscated items worth RM503, 809.80 followed by 121 cases produced from Jan 1 until Dec 21, this year. Miri Division KPDNHEP Chief, Joe Azmi Jamil revealed that 301 complaints have been received and completed by the Consumer Complaints Unit of KPDNHEP Miri Division. […]
Two detained for illegal logging
KUCHING: Two local men were detained after being busted for illegal logging activities. They were caught in a raid by the 10th Battalion General Operation Forces (GOF) on Tuesday (Nov 17). GOF state commander SAC Mancha Ata stated that the raid codenamed “Ops Libas” was conducted at Jalan Bukit Engkrabai, Lubok Bemban in Mukah that […]
Items worth RM4mln seized so far
KUCHING: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) Sarawak has seized items worth more than RM4 million and issued compounds amounting to RM310,375, from Jan 1 up to Oct 8 this year. According to a press statement issued, KPDNHEP has recorded 805 cases of errant traders including 22 cases investigated under the Anti-Profiteering and […]
Ministry destroys items worth RM92k
KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Sarawak branch on Friday disposed of various items worth RM92,526.20 which were confiscated in 26 cases this year. A ministry statement said among the items disposed of were handbags, backpacks, wallets, belts, shoes, jerseys, T-shirts and women’s accessories. “All items disposed of are confiscated items […]
Duo arrested for having drugs worth over RM20k
KUCHING: Two persons were arrested by police for possessing RM21,960 worth of drugs on Thursday. According to State Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) acting chief DSP Tumar Lunya, the suspects, aged 21 and 28, were picked up around 2.40pm. Acting on information, the first suspect was arrested at a residential parking lot in Jalan Tun […]
Court allows Najib and family to inspect items seized by MACC
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his family can carry out physical examination of items allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) that were seized by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). This followed the decision made by High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan today who ordered the prosecution to allow Najib and his […]
