GOF foils human trafficking bid
SRI AMAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) 10th Battalion foiled a human trafficking bid involving seven illegal immigrants in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ last Saturday (July 10). Brigade commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the incident happened at Jalan Sungai Paku-Sungai Putung, Batu Lintang around 3am. A patrol team stationed at the Batu Lintang […]
Two more bids to smuggle illegals foiled
SERIAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) 11th Battalion foiled two human trafficking bids involving 12 Indonesians in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ on Monday (June 28). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis stated that the first case involved the arrests of two locals and 11 Indonesians around 5pm. Two suspicious vehicles were detained by […]
Smuggling attempt thwarted; two with illegal gun arrested
LUNDU: A bid to smuggle 395 cartons of alcoholic beverages to Kalimantan, Indonesia was foiled by the General Operations Force (GOF) last Wednesday (Mar 10). In the evening operation called ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ around 5.30pm, a task force from the GOF Sarawak brigade detained a lorry that was heading towards the border at Kampung Raso […]
Indonesian man arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs
SERIAN: An Indonesian man was arrested by General Operation Force (GOF) for allegedly trafficking drugs worth more than RM530,000 last Saturday Dec 26). Sarawak GOF Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the incident happened around 4pm near Sungai Paoh area. A team of GOF 11th Battalion were carrying out ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ when they spotted […]
Four successful Ops Benteng Covid operations
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) conducted four successful Ops Benteng Covid operations, leading to the arrest of illegal immigrants who entered the state in the past four days (Oct 16 to 19). Sarawak GOF commander SAC Mancha Ata said the first operation took place last Friday (Oct 16) around 4pm at Kampung Padang Pan, […]
GOF catches nine foreigners
LUNDU: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) nabbed nine Indonesians for entering the state illegally last Saturday. In a statement issued, a team from the GOF 11th Battalion carried out an operations dubbed Ops Benteng Covid at 7.45am. Based on information received, the team inspected an eatery near the Biawak Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security […]
New cluster emerges
Two more cases, new cluster from engineering company KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new positive Covid-19 cases in Kuching today (July 12), bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 579. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said that the 578th case was a local 44-year-old woman who underwent a screening […]
Three successful operations by GOF
KUCHING: Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (PGA) succeeded in their three operations namely in ‘Ops Libas’ and ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ yesterday. According to Commander of Sarawak PGA SAC Mancha Ata the first success of Ops Benteng Covid was on last Wednesday, when Sarawak GOF personnel arrested a man at Raso Post, Lundu around 9.30pm. The […]
