RM2mln drug seizure in July
KUCHING: A total of 31.8kg of various types of drugs as well as 3,982 pills with a total estimated value of RM2,887,848.77 were seized in Sarawak between July 1 to 31 this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said these were seized by narcotics enforcement agencies, namely […]
Suspect escapes police custody
MIRI: A man, who was arrested for drug-related offences, escaped police custody while waiting to be taken to a temporary lock-up at the Miri Court complex here today. His hands were cuffed when the incident occurred. It was learnt that before the incident, 25-year-old Boniface Lagil of Bandar Baru Permyjaya, had just arrived at the court complex […]
‘Ops Sarang’ nets 32 drug offenders
MIRI: Thirty-two people were arrested for drug related offences in an operation dubbed Ops Sarang on Tuesday. Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, said the suspects were rounded up in a raid conducted between 4pm and 5.40pm at a workshop house at Jalan Padang Kerbau here. “During the operation, drugs, believed to be syabu, weighing […]
Teen among three druggies arrested
MUKAH: Police arrested three males including an underaged boy who were involved in drugs activity here on Thursday. Mukah district police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said in the first arrest, a 28-year-old lorry driver was detained near a bistro & café at Jalan Pasar Baharu. “From body check on the suspect, police seized a box […]
Couple nabbed for preserving cannabis plant
PADAWAN: Police arrested a couple found allegedly preserving a cannabis plant in their house at Kampung Paya Mebi, Landeh yesterday. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan who confirmed the case, said a team of Padawan Police Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) made the arrest around 3.10pm. “The team arrested a 44-year-old unemployed man and […]
