Drugs worth over RM420k seized, three nabbed

MIRI: Narcotics police here arrested three men including a foreigner and seized various drugs worth over RM420,000 in separate raids on Wednesday. Miri police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu in a press conference, said the seized drugs are 2.53kg of syabu, 1.6kg of ketamine, 600g of ecstasy and 62.40g of Erimin 5. All of the […]

Customs officers make major narcotics busts

KUCHING: The state Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) scored a major year-end success against narcotics when its officers busted three cases in separate raids from November to December. The total value of the drug busts amounted to RM238,510. JKDM Sarawak director Dr Ahmad Taufik Sulaiman said that all three cases are being investigated under Section […]

23 picked up in anti-narcotics raids

KUCHING: Twenty-three persons were rounded up in a week-long anti-narcotics operation in the district. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, who confirmed the case, said the operation from Jan 31 to Feb 6 was carried out by the district’s narcotics crime division. Among the locations inspected were Kampung Pasir Pandak, Kampung Jawa, Jalan Tabuan and Jalan […]

Drugs worth RM1.120 million seized last year

BY GERALD GILLES KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sarawak has seized drugs worth an estimated RM1.120 million last year. Sarawak Customs acting director Mohd Nadzri Ariffin (pic) said a total of 13 drug seizures were carried out in 2021 netting 33.686 kilogrammes of drugs such as methamphetamine, cannabis and ketamine as well as […]

Record bust nets narcotics worth RM1 mln

KUCHING: In the biggest drug bust here this year, illegal narcotics worth RM1.045 million were seized by the Kuching police after four raids around the city and Padawan from Friday (Aug 13) to Sunday (Aug 15). The seizure crippled a major drug syndicate which has been in operation since 2013. District police chief ACP Ahsmon […]

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 […]

Cop among four arrested in drug busts

BY ALLAN JAY AND CLEMENT ERIK WONG KUCHING: A policeman was among four individuals arrested in two separate drug raids last Tuesday (Jan 19). Sarawak NCID chief ACP Jasmirol Jamaluddin said the first raid took place in a residence at Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli around 1pm where a 39-year-old policeman and a 42-year-old auto shop […]

Two men arrested for possession of syabu

PADAWAN: Police arrested two men for possession of the drug syabu in two separate raids in Batu Kawa near here last Thursday. District acting police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the first raid was carried out on an unnumbered shop in RPR Batu Kawa around 11am. The team conducted a check on a 30-year-old […]

Three arrested in separate drug raids

MUKAH: Police have arrested three men at separate times and places for involvement in drug-related activities. Mukah district police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said in the first raid, at a house at Kampung Masjid, Balingian on Sept 1 at noon, a blue straw tube containing crystalline substances, believed to be methamphetamine, weighing 0.13g was found […]