22 detained at noisy outlet
MIRI: A team of Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) went to check a complaint about a loud noise that caused public disturbance at wee hours of Friday (Aug 28) coming from an entertainment outlet in Permyjaya here. The police team detained 22 people including 11 customers inside the premises. “The raid was conducted around 3am […]
Most foreign vehicles have expired entry permits
MIRI: As of January this year, 46 vehicles have been detained at the Sungai Tujoh Customs, Immigration, Quarantine Complex (CIQ), Sarawak-Brunei border for having expired entry permits. “Most of the owners have expired entry permits and when they are about to exit Sarawak, most were unaware of the expiration date,” said Sungai Tujoh officer Supt […]
Two local fishing boats detained
MIRI: Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained two Class C local fishing boats for various offences in two separate incidents on Tuesday (Aug 25). Miri Maritime Zone director Maritime Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the first arrest was made around 8.05am by Maritime Ship (KM) Siakap while conducting a “Ops Naga Timur” patrol about […]
Vietnamese fishermen caught off Tanjung Sirik
TANJUNG MANIS: Three crew members of a Vietnamese fishing boat including the captain were arrested in Sarawak waters, 33 nautical miles north of Tanjung Sirik around 10.45am on Monday (August 10). The arrests of the men, aged between 19 and 54, were made by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Maritime Malaysia), Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone. […]
3 drug traffickers further detained
KUCHING: Three men suspected of drug trafficking were further detained at the Puncak Borneo prison here pending a chemical report on September 9. In Kuching Court on Tuesday (Aug 11), Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar meted out the order to the three men, aged between 25 and 47 years old, to be further detained in prison […]
Detained over illegal possession of diesel
MIRI: A local man has been detained for possessing 1,357.91 liters of diesel worth about RM2,470 without a permit from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. The ministry’s Miri branch enforcement chief Joe Azmi Jamil said, the man was caught transporting the diesel in a vehicle on Friday afternoon at a petrol station […]
10 held for encroaching national park
KUCHING: Ten individuals were detained for encroaching into Maludam National Park between July 24 and 28. They were arrested during a joint patrol “Operasi Bersepadu Khazanah” conducte by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). On July 25, around 10am, the team arrested eight suspects red-handed with seven chainsaws and 347 […]
Lorry with RM47,480 diesel detained
LUBUK ANTU: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Sri Aman division detained a truck carrying 20 units of barrel drums filled with 200 litres of diesel valued at RM47,480 here on July 13 at about 1pm. “Preliminary investigations found the truck owner had no licence or special permission to deal with the regulated goods, […]
Tugboat, barge held for illegal towing
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here early yesterday morning detained a tugboat and a barge suspected of committing an offence under the Merchant shipping Ordinance 1952. The tug boat and the barge were detained during an operation carried out at 3.30am about 10 nautical miles off Miri waters. According to MMEA Sarawak region […]
Foreigners detained for fishing in Sarawak waters
KUCHING: The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained five Indonesians in a fishing vessel on suspicion of trespassing and fishing in Sarawak waters off Tanjung Manis. MMEA Sarawak First Maritime Admiral Robert Teh Geok Chuan said that the MMEA Tanjung Manis team spotted a foreign fishing vessel carrying out fishing activities about 119 nautical […]
