Two nabbed for being in possession of drugs in Bintulu

BINTULU: Two local men were apprehended by the police for drug abuse and possession as well as intent to distribute illegal substances. The district police arrested the suspects, age 35 and 36, at Jalan Tanjung Batu and Jalan Tun Hussein Onn yesterday. Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit said the police has also conducted inspections on […]

Raid nets three locals for drugs

KUCHING: Police here arrested three locals including a woman and seized over 60g of drugs believed to be syabu last night. Acting on information, the Narcotic Criminal Investigation Division (NCID) conducted a raid towards a premises in Pending around 7.20pm. Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said via a media statement the team managed […]

Man, 20, held for drugs

SIBU: A 20-year-old man was arrested today for possession of drugs at a house in Sungai Bidut here. Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili in a statement today, said the man was detained at about 9.30am by a team of Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) here. “As a result of the inspection on a […]

Arrested for possesing drugs

MARUDI: Narcotic police here arrested a local man on suspicion of possessing drugs worth over RM300 yesterday. Marudi OCPD DSP Mohd Ruslan Mat Kib said, in a statement, that the suspect in his 50s, had been involved in substance abuse activities since 2019. “The team detained the suspect around 9.30 pm by the roadside of […]

Duo detained for taking drugs

BAU: A man and a woman were detained by police on Wednesday for taking drugs at Kampung Skiat. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said in a statement today that a team from the contingent’s Narcotic Criminal Investigation Division (NCID) conducted the operation at the village. “Both the man and the woman had admitted that they were […]

Police cripple social media blackmail in Ops Bugil

BY GABRIEL LIHAN AND ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP KUCHING: Six suspects have been arrested after police took down six mule accounts used by a syndicate to blackmail unsuspecting social media users. Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata said four cases have been solved with their arrest under Ops Bugil. ‘’Police are now on the lookout for the […]

Suspected drug peddlers nabbed

SERIAN: Narcotics police here arrested two local men for allegedly possessing drugs believed to be methamphetamine on Saturday (Mar 12). Serian police chief DSP Aswandy Anis, said the drugs weighing 12.84g and stored inside 22 straw tubes and 12 plastic packets, were seized as evidence. He said a raid was carried out at an unnumbered […]

Man fined RM4,200 for syabu possession

KUCHING: A man was fined RM4,200, in default nine months’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing methamphetamine weighing 1.71g. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence on Evan Jay Tyon after he pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter. According to the facts of the case, […]

Youth claims trial to drug possession

KUCHING: A local youth charged with possessing 204g of cannabis claimed trial in the Magistrate’s Court here today. Muhamad Azizul Bujang pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He and his friends allegedly committed the offence at Jalan Tabuan Park in Tabuan Jaya around 10 […]

Man jailed 10 months for possessing drugs

KUCHING: A 43-year-old man was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (Feb 14) on a charge of possessing 3.17g of methamphetamine in November last year. The accused, Wong Sin Wang pleaded guilty to the charge, which was read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. Wong, who is […]