Five online gambling agents held

KUCHING: Five persons including a woman, believed to be illegal gambling agents, were arrested on Tuesday. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspects were arrested during an Ops Dadu raid conducted on five business premises between 10am to 6pm in Padawan. “The suspects were conducting other businesses in the premises but further inspection […]

Five arrested for online gambling

PADAWAN: Police here arrested five locals for allegedly engaging in online gambling in separate locations on Monday. The operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu Khas’, was carried out by the district police task force and various police branches from 12.45pm to 5.15pm Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who confirmed the arrests, said the first two were […]

Online gambling agent arrested in coffee shop

PADAWAN: Police here arrested a woman believed to be an online gambling agent in an eatery last Sunday (Sept 26). The arrest made by a Padawan police task force led by Batu Kawa police station chief Insp Syahrulhafizy Ghazali happened around 3.40pm at Mile 7, Jalan Penrissen. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who confirmed […]

Online gambling call centre busted with arrest of trio

PADAWAN: Police here arrested three locals for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling call centre in an apartment last Friday (Sept 24). A team of personnel from Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) and the district’s police headquarters raided the premises at Jalan Stapok Utama around 10.05pm. District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who confirmed the […]

End of the road for online gambling centres

KUCHING: Two online gambling operations here were crippled by the police, who also arrested 24 foreign suspects, including seven women. Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said police raided two premises located at an apartment in Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli for allegedly acting as a call centre for online gambling activities between 2pm and 10pm […]

Online gambling syndicate crippled

KUCHING: An online gambling syndicate, reportedly reaping profits of about RM360,000 since operating for the past six months, was crippled with the arrest of nine individuals on Monday (Sept 20). Acting on information gathered, a Kuching police team along with Sarawak NCID officers raided a bungalow house at Taman Stutong Indah, Tabuan Jaya around 12pm […]

Woman pleads guilty to online gambling

BY HANISHA IBRAHIM KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court on Friday (Sept 17) fined a 29-year-old woman RM10,000 after she pleaded guilty for being involved in online gambling. Judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali also imposed a four-month jail term if the accused Norhashima Apit failed to pay the fine. According to the charge, she was charged […]

Teen held for being online gambling agent

KUCHING: A teenager was nabbed after he was found to be operating as an online gambling top-up agent in an eatery last Sunday (Sept 5). The arrest was made by a Padawan police task force, led by Batu Kawa police station chief Insp Syahrulhafizy Ghazali, at 6.50pm at Matang Jaya. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil […]

Online gambling agents nabbed

KUCHING: Police arrested two men and a woman at separate locations for operating as online gambling top-up agents last Friday (Sept 3). The first arrest involving a 19-year-old woman, took place around 5.50pm in a coffee shop at Jalan Matang-Batu Kawa. “During questioning, the suspect from Kampung Bobak, Bau, had admitted to engaging in online […]

Online gambling top up agent nabbed

KUCHING: Police arrested a woman for operating as an online gambling top up agent, in a coffee shop at Jalan Batu Kawa last Thursday (Sept 2). Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who confirmed the case, said the 29-year-old woman was detained by the district police’s task force around 5.45pm. “The team raided the premises […]