Couple nabbed for selling drugs
LIMBANG: A 41-year-old housewife from Jalan Batu Biah who was caught with 5.03g of syabu yesterday was believed to be selling the drugs with her husband. According to district police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, the female suspect was detained during an operation carried out by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) at […]
Red paint splash at officer’s gate
SIBU: An enforcement officer of Sibu Immigration Department has the front part of his house splashed with red paint on Thursday (June 18), apparently because the suspect was not happy that the officer had detained him previously. The suspect had also put a threatening note on the gate, warning him and family to be careful. […]
Nine compounded for diving activities during CMCO
MIRI: A boat with nine individuals suspected of carrying out recreational diving in Miri waters was detained by the Malaysian Maritime Miri Zone here on May 31. Miri Maritime Zone director Captain (M) Md. Fauzi Othman said a boat was spotted carrying diving recreational activities at about 12.7 nautical miles in Miri waters. “They failed […]
Penang state legal officers remanded for bribery probe
ALOR SETAR: Three state legal officers in Penang have been remanded for between three and six days for investigation for allegedly soliciting for a RM500,000 bribe. Magistrate Nurshahida Abdul Rahim granted a six-day remand order on one of them, aged 42, while the other two suspects, aged 29 and 52, have been placed under a […]
Nine detained for drug abuse
KUCHING: Nine drug addicts were detained by the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Sharp’ on Saturday. AADK operation chief Jesnik Gindol said they were all male aged between 20 and 40 years old. “Seven of them tested positive for methamphetamine,” he said in a statement yesterday. “The operation was conducted in […]
ESSCom detains seven, seizes bakakuk
KALABAKAN: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) has nabbed seven illegal immigrants and confiscated a home-made shot gun (bakakuk) in a raid at an oil palm plantation here yesterday. ESSCom commander, Datuk Hazani Ghazali in a statement today said the men aged 20 to 47 were apprehended at about 12.20 am. He said initial investigation found all […]
Thai vessel, 10 crew members detained
TANJUNG MANIS: Ten crew members of a vessel from Thailand have been detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for encroaching into Malaysian waters. A MMEA Tanjung Manis spokeperson in a statement yesterday said the arrest was made at 3.30pm on Wednesday some 1.8 nautical miles off the northwest of Tanjung Jerijeh. “Rescue Boat […]
Detained for spreading fake news on coronavirus outbreak
WUHAN VIRUS KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has detained a suspect for allegedly spreading fake news on the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. A statement issued by MCMC today stated that the suspect, aged 34, was arrested in Bangi, Selangor, at 4 pm yesterday for investigation on a posting that was uploaded […]
Police detain two robbers of convenience store
MIRI: Two local men who posed as customers and robbed a 24-hour convenience shop here early Thursday morning have been detained by police, less than eight hours after the alleged crime. Their actions were recorded on a closed circuit television (CCTV) at the premises. In the 1.30am incident, the duo had posed as customers upon […]
