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Illegal gambling raids net seven

KUCHING: Seven individuals including two Indonesians were arrested by the police for allegedly operating two illegal online gambling call centres in two separate raids last Monday (Nov 2). Padawan district police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan explained that the first raid took place at a semi-detached house at Jalan Batu Kawa, Desa Wira around 5.30pm. A […]

Police nab 12 for illegal gambling

PADAWAN: A luxury condominium unit suspected of operating as an illegal gambling centre in the city was raided last Monday night. Sarawak Crime Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Denis Leong said that the Ops Dadu raid was conducted by a D7 police team at 10.30pm. Upon inspection, the team found that three rooms have poker […]

Cops bust illegal gambling call centre

KUCHING: Police here arrested 12 individuals on suspicion of operating an illegal call centre for online gambling activities at Jalan Batu Kawa last Sunday (Oct 18). Sarawak Crime Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Denis Leong stated that a D7 police team from the Sarawak Contingent Police Headquarters (IPK) arrested the group during a raid on […]

11 raids in one week

MIRI: Police here have conducted 11 Ops Dadu raids on premises suspected to be involved in gambling activities within one week. Miri deputy police chief Supt Mohd Sabri Zainol said that the district’s Crime Investigation Division (CID) conducted the raids from Sept 28 to Oct 4. “Eight raids were made towards premises suspected to be […]

‘Ops Dadu’ raid nets seven

BAU: Seven men were nabbed in a house at Kampung Belimbing, Krokong last Sunday (Oct 4) in an operations against illegal gambling.   District police chief, DSP Poge Nyaon said in a statement that a team from the Bau Crime Investigation Division (CID) carried out the ‘Ops Dadu’ raid around 12.30am. On arrival, the team found […]

Power cut to 85 premises

PADAWAN: Eighty-five premises allegedly used for illegal gambling in the district had their power supply cut off. Covering the period between January and last Friday (Sept 25), these premises are suspected to be used as centres for operating online gambling and sale of illegal lottery. Acting district police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong in a […]

Rise in online gambling involving youths in Sarawak

KUCHING: Online gambling cases involving youths in Sarawak have shown an increase during the implementation of the movement control order (MCO). Sarawak Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah today said statistics obtained by his ministry had shown that 1,292 online gambling cases were reported in the first eight months of this year compared to […]

Seven arrested for alleged gambling

SIBU: Seven individuals, including three women, were arrested for alleged gambling last Tuesday. The suspects, aged between 40 and 67, were arrested in a police raid on a house at the Nanyang Garden 6 residential area near here at 3.40pm. One of the three women, aged 67, is also suspected of being involved in the […]

Eight nabbed for illegal gambling

KUCHING: Police arrested eight individuals including a woman for illegal gambling in a house at Sungai Tapang last Saturday.  Padawan District police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan, said the raid was carried out around 4.30pm by a team of Padawan CID personnel and Kota Sentosa police station. “The team found the group around a table playing […]

Alien nabbed in illegal online gambling raid

BAU: A foreign woman was arrested for suspected involvement in illegal online gambling activities and selling illicit cigarettes at a coffee shop at Siniawan Sentral. Bau District Police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 18-year-old suspect from Sambas, Indonesia was arrested during a raid at the commercial centre conducted by a team of Bau IPD […]