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Police arrest over 300 during ‘Ops Tapis Khas’

KUCHING: Sarawak police have arrested more than 300 individuals during a recent nationwide anti-narcotics operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis Khas’. In addition, they also seized RM124,318.33 worth of various drugs from April 18 to 20. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri in a press conference revealed that 341 locals aged between 16 and 67 […]

Fined and jailed for taking drugs

KUCHING: A 43 -year-old man was fined RM2,700 and jailed four months by the Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Nov 3). The man was sentenced by the court for taking amphetamine and methamphetamine last August.  Rajah Chung Kong Fatt, 43, pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan […]

481 druggies nabbed in integrated operations in September

KUCHING: A total of 481 druggies were arrested in integrated operations conducted by the One Stop Committee (OSC) to address drug and substance issues in the state in September. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Sri Fatimah Abdullah who is OSC chairman, said the figure showed an increase of 3.9 percent […]

607 drug arrests statewide in May 2021

KUCHING: In the 540 anti-drug operations carried out in May this year statewide, 607 arrests were made. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KKWPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the number was a decrease of 16.5 per cent compared to 727 arrests in April this year. She hoped that the statistics would […]

Four men arrested for drug abuse

BAU: Personnel from Bau Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) arrested four men for involvement in drug-related activities in two separate raids here today (Apr 8). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the first raid was carried out at 9.15am at a house in Kampung Sungai Pinang where a 24-year-old unemployed man was detained. […]

Jobless couple picked up for suspected drug activities

SELANGAU: An unemployed couple was among four persons arrested for being involved in drug activities last Wednesday (March 31). Mukah police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said a team from the Mukah NCID and Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division conducted a raid under an operation codenamed Ops Bersepadu on a longhouse at Jalan Sibu-Bintulu around 11.10am. The team inspected the longhouse and found a couple aged 28 and 34, acting suspiciously. “Further inspections led to the discovery of a plastic packet and eight straw tubes containing crystalline substances, believed to be syabu weighing around 6.11g. “Both the suspects and the seizure were taken to Mukah NCID office for further action,” he said. The suspects tested positive for drugs and have been remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 39A(1) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Apart from that, the police also arrested two men aged 25 and 45, on suspicion of being involved in substance abuse activities in front of the longhouse. Jimmy said both men, who are labourers in an oil palm plantation, have been tested positive for drugs and will be remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 15(1)(a) of the same Act.

Pemadam to create greater public awareness on drugs

BY TANIA LAM & CRYSTAL WONG KUCHING: The Drug Prevention Association of Malaysia (Pemadam) Sarawak will be organising more programmes, activities, and trainings at various districts and divisions aimed at increasing public awareness. Pemadam Sarawak chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said a ‘Drug Prevention Education Programme 2021’ will be held in Padawan in collaboration […]

Sarawak police to seek Bukit Aman assistance to identify drug syndicates

KUCHING: Sarawak police will seek Bukit Aman police headquarters’ assistance to identify drug syndicates in the state and in Indonesia. This is in relation to the recent drug seizure worth RM720,480 in Sungai Paoh, Serian on Dec 26, where three men were found to be smuggling drugs into Indonesia. Sarawak Deputy Commissioner of Police Datuk […]

59-yer-old man nabbed for meth

MUKAH: Police on Wednesday arrested a 59-year-old gardener who was found hiding drugs inside a chicken coop near his house at Jalan Meruan junction, Jalan Selangau-Sibu. District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said on Dec 16 at around 11.40am, the police under Ops Bersepadu found a man inside an unnumbered house during a raid. He […]

July’s drugs related arrests surpass 1k

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 1,121 cases involving 1,379 arrests in July this year related to enforcement on drug and substance abuse, revealed Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said this was a result of 969 operations carried out by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (JSJN), National Anti-Drug Agency […]