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Jobless man arrested for drug

MUKAH: A 44-year-old unemployed man was arrested for possession of drug last Monday. During the raid at about 1.10 pm, at an unnumbered house in Bukit Ambun at Jalan Matadeng here, the police found and seized a transparent piece of straw tube containing crystalline substance suspected to be Methamphetamine weighing 0.20 gramme. Mukah district police […]

Runner arrested, drugs worth almost RM1 mln seized

KOTA SAMARAHAN: An unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of delivering drugs worth almost RM1 mln in order to settle a debt with a loan shark. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the 31-year-old suspect from Kota Kinabalu was arrested in Jalan Stutong here. At about 9am on Wednesday (March 24), a police team […]

Properties worth over RM1 mln confiscated in drug raids

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) Sarawak contingent has confiscated RM1.03 million worth of property from Jan to Mar 22 this year. “The properties were confiscated under Section 39(C) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 (Forfeiture of Property) through 38 cases,” said Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail at a press conference at […]

Four individuals, including teen girl, arrested for drug possession

PADAWAN: A pair of lovers were among four individuals nabbed by the Padawan Narcotics Crime Investigation Department in three separate drug-related raids at Zen66 Apartment in Kuching. Padawan OCPD Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the couple were arrested at about 1.20am on Thursday morning (March 25) on the ground floor of the apartment. They had 12.36g […]

Unemployed man detained for possessing drugs

BAU: An unemployed man was nabbed for possessing drugs believed to be methamphetamine at Kampung Blimbin, here last Tuesday. Bau District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 26-year-old suspect was detained at 11.30am by Bau NCID team. “Following inspection conducted on the suspect, police found a cigarette box containing a small plastic bag with […]

Druggie nabbed inside parked car

MUKAH: Police nabbed a 36-year-old man here for possessing drug last Wednesday. Mukah District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said at about 9.15am, police conducted a check on a Proton Preve car parked at Dataran Pehin Setia Raja here. A man who acted suspiciously inside the car was arrested and checks inside the vehicle found […]

Repeat drug offenders can face even more serious charges

KUCHING: Drug addicts who repeat drug offences are reminded that they can be charged under Section 39C of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which provides for a five-year mandatory jail term and three lashes. Sarawak Prisons superintendent, Supian Kamaruddin, revealed that most addicts were not aware of this section and last month alone, 12 prisoners […]

Jobless man arrested in Singai for syabu possession

BAU: Police here arrested an unemployed man for possessing drugs worth more than RM700. The arrest happened around 3pm, Tuesday (March 9) in front of an unnumbered house at Kampung Apar, Singai. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a Bau NCID team spotted the 28-year-old man outside the house and detained him for inspection. […]

Suspected drug peddler nabbed

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police arrested a 29-year-old man for alleged possession of drugs believed to be methamphetamine, or syabu and Eramine 5 on Thursday morning (Mar 4). District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the man was detained by Kota Samarahan Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) officers during a vehicle inspection in Kampung Jaie, Sadong Jaya […]

Trio arrested for possessing drugs

MUKAH: Two men and a woman were arrested for possessing drugs during a raid at a hotel here on Tuesday (Mar 2). Mukah District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said during the 10.15am raid, police also seized two small transparent plastic packets containing crystalline substances suspected to be methamphetamine weighing 0.59g and 0.13g respectively. “The […]