Man, 23, arrested for abusing drugs

PADAWAN: Narcotic police here on Tuesday (Oct 26) arrested a man suspected of abusing drugs in an unnumbered house at Jalan Fishermen Park, Siburan. Padawan police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abg Ahmad said the team raided the house around 1.15pm and found the 23-year-old suspect inside. Body inspection was conducted as the police believed […]

Drugs worth over RM140,000 seized, two suspects arrested

MIRI: Narcotics police have arrested a couple suspected of being drug distributors and seized from them Ecstasy drugs worth over RM140,000 in a house at Kin Link Garden, Piasau. District deputy police chief Supt Mohd Sabri Zainol in a press conference on Friday (Oct 1), said a raid on the house by local and state […]

Two held for drug possession

MIRI: Two men were arrested for possessing drugs in Kampung Bungai, Bekenu last Saturday (Sept 18). Acting on information, a police team raided a hut at 10.45pm at the said location and detained the suspects for inspection. The team managed to find 105 pieces of straw tubes containing crystalline substance, believed to be methamphetamine, inside […]

Cops nab man for drug possession

MIRI: Police arrested a 45-year-old man for possessing drugs in a house at Kampung Baru Subis, Jalan Miri-Bintulu on Monday (Aug 16). Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said a team from the Miri Narcotics Criminal Department raided the house at 12.15pm and found a transparent plastic packet and 104 straw tubes containing crystalline substance […]

Drugs worth over RM160k seized, two arrested

MIRI: Police arrested two men and seized five packages of drugs worth more than RM160,000 in a raid here last Monday (June 28). Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the raid, carried out by narcotics officers took place around 4pm in a house at Jalan Acacia 3, Shang Garden. The two suspects believed to […]

Indian national faces the gallows

PADAWAN: An Indian national faces the gallows after he was caught with over RM13,000 worth of ecstasy drug. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the 23-year-old foreign worker was nabbed during a raid at a karaoke centre in Batu Kawa, Kuching last Monday (June 14). “The suspect was detained under Section 39B […]

Six junkies nabbed in ‘Ops Cegah’ raid

KUCHING: National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) officers detained six junkies in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Cegah’ along Jalan Haji Taha here last Thursday. The agency said the raid was conducted in an empty building which has been identified as a hotbed for drug abuse activities following numerous raids in the vicinity. Acting on public complaints and […]

Automotive mechanic held for drugs

BAU: A temporary automotive mechanic was arrested for possessing drugs in a car workshop last Monday (Apr 19). The district’s narcotics police raided the premises at Kampung Pengkalan around 2.35pm and detained a suspicious looking man for inspection. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the team found a plastic packet containing crystalline lumps believed to be […]

Fisherman junkie nabbed

MUKAH: Local police have arrested a 26-year-old fisherman for involving in drugs. Mukah District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said the junkie was arrested during a raid on an unnumbered house at Kampung Petanak Hilir here. He said the man was found in a room of the house. Upon checking the suspect’s room, police found […]

‘Tokan’ arrested, drugs worth RM1,500 seized in raid

SERIAN: Narcotics police foiled a runaway attempt by a ‘tokan’ (drug dealer) during a raid in Kampung Tarat Mawang last Thursday (Apr 15). Serian OCPD DSP Aswandy Anis said his men raided an unnumbered house in the village around 1.30pm and found a suspicious man inside. As the team approached to inspect the person, the […]