Gamblers caught red-handed
BINTULU: Police caught five gamblers playing cards in an oil palm plantation at Mile 16 here on Monday. The suspects, aged between 27 and 65, attempted to flee the scene after noticing the presence of a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team at 4.20pm. Bintulu district police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the police managed to […]
11 men arrested for gambling released
SIBU: Eleven men who were arrested for gambling last Sunday have been released on police bail to avoid congestion in the police lock-up. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed that all of them have been released on police bail after action was taken on the group. “This was to avoid congestion in the […]
Ops Limau nets nine gamblers
KUCHING: Nine men were nabbed for playing ‘holo’ at an eatery here, last Saturday (Feb 20). In the operations dubbed ‘Ops Limau’, a Padawan police headquarters (IPD) task force carried out the raid on the eatery in Batu Kawa New Township around 6pm. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said, nine men aged between 47 […]
Eight nabbed over game of holo
BAU: Eight men engrossed in a game of ‘holo’ (dice-based gambling game) were nabbed at a house in Kampung Pisa Krokong, near here on Wednesday night . District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the gamblers, aged between 42 and 62, were arrested during Ops Limau by personnel from Bau Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at […]
Three mahjong players arrested
SIBU: Three men were arrested for playing mahjong illegally as well as violating the movement control order (MCO) on Saturday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the trio was seen gambling during a raid at a premises at Lorong Sena 8, here at 4.20pm. During the raid, police seized a wooden […]
Individuals heavy with adjectives
Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do. Baltasar Gracián Morales, 17th century Spanish Jesuit, writer and philosopher Gamblers are among the most unpredictable, incorrigible and erratic individuals, just to use the first three adjectives to describe them. They are not bad people at all, and I being a minor part of the gambling […]
