Five held for participating in Stutong cockfighting
KUCHING: Five locals, including an elderly man, were busted for engaging in a cockfighting session at an open area along Jalan Stutong here yesterday (Feb 8). Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said a team from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) conducted an operation codenamed ‘Ops Limau’ at the scene after receiving public tip-off. “All […]
Ops Limau nets nine gamblers
KUCHING: Nine men were nabbed for playing ‘holo’ at an eatery here, last Saturday (Feb 20). In the operations dubbed ‘Ops Limau’, a Padawan police headquarters (IPD) task force carried out the raid on the eatery in Batu Kawa New Township around 6pm. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said, nine men aged between 47 […]
17 arrested in Siburan for cockfighting
KUCHING: Seventeen men were arrested for taking part in a cockfighting session at a vegetable farm on Sunday (Feb 14). In the operation dubbed ‘Ops Limau’, a Padawan CID team assisted by personnel from Kota Samarahan CID and Kota Sentosa police station, carried out a raid on a hut in a vegetable farm at Kampung […]
Women among four gamblers nabbed in Ops Limau
BAU: Four persons including two women were arrested for playing blackjack in a market here, last Saturday (Feb 13). In a late-night operation codenamed Ops Limau, a Bau CID team carried out a raid on a chicken market at Jalan Temenggong, around 10.30pm District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, who confirmed the arrest, said four […]
Mahjong lands four women in trouble
BAU: Four women were arrested for playing mahjong in a house here, today (Feb 13). Yes, it may sound weird. If you and your friends and family play mahjong — a popular Chinese tile-based game — and there is money at stake, it’s a form of gambling and it’s is considered illegal in Malaysia. In […]
Elderly men among eight arrested for gambling
MIRI: Three elderly men were among eight individuals detained by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel for allegedly involved in illegal gambling (Holo) at an unnumbered house in Simpang Ngu, Batu Niah. In the raid conducted under ‘Ops Limau’ today, police also seized cash amounting to RM430, one ‘holo’ stainless bowl, three dices and a piece […]
Gambling activities busted during Ops Limau
KUCHING: Sarawak police busted two gambling activities at two separate locations in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Limau’. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said both raids carried out by the State CID D7 team, took place on Wednesday and Thursday. The first raid around 10.30pm on Wednesday, was at a bistro in Jalan Setia Raja […]
