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Police nab 22 individuals in anti-crime ops

KUCHING: Police arrested 22 individuals on Monday in an anti-crime operation codenamed ‘Op Tapis’, seizing drugs weighing 27.65g in the process. District deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the integrated operation carried out by personnel from Kuching NCID and assisted by various departments and police stations, took place from 8am to 5pm around Petra […]

Jobless man with drugs nabbed

SERIAN: Police arrested an unemployed man for possessing crystalline lumps, believed to be syabu at Kampung Krusen, Tebekang last Monday (Apr 5). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said that a Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) team conducted a raid at the village and detained the suspicious man in his car for inspection. In the […]

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 […]

Handcuffs ready for several ‘tokan’

KUCHING: Sarawak police have identified several ‘tokan’ (drug dealers) in connection with a recent drug arrest involving two locals acting as couriers to deliver drugs worth RM267,940 to Indonesia. State NCID chief ACP Jasmirol Jamaluddin revealed that further actions (on these tokan) will be taken in the near future. “We have already detected and identified […]

Police nabs 28-year-old druggie

BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs in Kampung Bobak here last Friday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said an NCID team spotted the 28-year-old man in a suspicious manner near a house in the village around 11.30am. The team proceeded to inspect the man and found a bag with a plastic […]

Police nabs four in drug bust

BINTULU: Four men were nabbed for possessing powdered drugs believed to be syabu worth RM1,550 at a hut in Tanjung Kidurong last Thursday (Feb 18). District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the four, aged between 25 and 31, were arrested by a NCID team around 12.30pm. Inspections on the suspects led to the discovery […]

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 […]

Six arrested on suspicion of abusing drugs

SERIAN: Police have arrested six unemployed persons including a woman for alleged substance abuse in an operation called ‘Ops Tapis’. The operation was carried out by the district’s NCID team from 6.30pm onwards in Kampung Rayang last Friday. The first arrested was a man inside an unnumbered house in the village. Inspections found a black […]

Four men arrested for drug abuse

BAU: A team of personnel from the Bau Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), yesterday (Feb 4), arrested four men for involvement in drug-related activities. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the team came across a vehicle driven in a suspicious manner at Taman Mutiara here at 8.45am this morning (Feb 4). He said further […]

Unclaimed parcel containing drugs seized

MIRI: Miri Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) on Saturday (Jan 30) seized an unclaimed parcel containing marijuana weighing 1.05kg and valued around RM2,500 from a courier company at Jalan Bypass here. Miri Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said a team of Miri NCID personnel, led by ASP Mingat Bakil, seized the unclaimed parcel, couriered from […]