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 […]
Customs director pays courtesy call on Taib
KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud received a courtesy call from the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sarawak in Demak Jaya, yesterday (Nov 10). Dr Ahmad Taufik Sulaiman led the delegation during the visit, which was aimed at introducing himself as the new Sarawak Customs director. According to a statement issued […]
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 […]
Sarawak needs better equipment for screening of cargoes at ports
KUCHING: Sarawak needs better, modern equipment to enhance its efficiency in screening cargoes at major ports and reduce the smuggling of illicit substances. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah pointed this out after visiting the Customs Examination Area at Senari Terminal, Kuching Port Authority today (Feb 18). “The […]
20.68kg of drugs worth RM1.78 million seized in January
KUCHING: A total of 20.68kg of various types of drugs worth some RM1.78 million were seized by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Sarawak and the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sarawak in January this year. The haul represented a 10.92 percent increase compared to December last year, which recorded […]
11,442 arrests for drug and substance abuse last year
KUCHING: For the whole of last year, Sarawak recorded 11,442 arrests related to drug and substance abuse activities, revealed Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He said these arrests resulted from 6,892 operations carried out by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Sarawak, Royal Malaysian Customs […]
October drug seizure down compared to September
KUCHING: The amount of drugs seized by enforcement authorities in October has shown a 46.89 percent decrease compared to September, says Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She disclosed that 20.13kg of drugs had been seized in October, compared to 37.9kg in September. This, she said, consisted of […]
RM2mln drug seizure in July
KUCHING: A total of 31.8kg of various types of drugs as well as 3,982 pills with a total estimated value of RM2,887,848.77 were seized in Sarawak between July 1 to 31 this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said these were seized by narcotics enforcement agencies, namely […]
Second drug haul by Customs officials at Kuching Airport
KUCHING: A local man, in his late 20s, who flew in from Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (July 30) evening, was arrested by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) on suspicion of drug trafficking. JKDM Sarawak director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said that the man and his luggage were inspected by the Customs Special Unit […]
Traveller with RM405,040 worth of drugs arrested
KUCHING: A local man in his late 30s, who flew in from Johor Baharu, has been arrested by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM)on suspicion of drug trafficking. He has been remanded to assist in the investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. JKDM Sarawak director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said […]
