Allow heavier lorry loads on the road: Lee
SIBU: Lorries carrying goods should be allowed to ferry heavier loads now that road quality has improved across Sarawak. The state Transport Ministry has proposed that the permissible weight of lorries carrying goods be increased to between 38 tonnes and 44 tonnes. Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin said the current federal law and regulation […]
Two lorries with illegal logs seized
SIBU: A team of Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) enforcement officers together with the General Operations Force (PGA) detained and seized two lorries with a load of 53 logs of various sizes and species in the Jalan Pasai Siong area here on Tuesday (Feb 23). FDS, in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 24), said the value […]
Lorries and timber seized, drivers arrested
SIMUNJAN: Two lorries carrying a total of 1,188 logs were stopped by the police at a roadblock set up in Jalan Simunjan–Gedong here. According to Simunjan OCPD DSP Merbin Lisa, the three-tonne vehicles were stopped last Saturday around 10.25pm for not having any relevant document or permit. “The drivers, aged 32 and 37, were arrested. […]
