Four men detained 10 hours after theft

MIRI: Less than 10 hours after a liquor store in Morsjaya was burglarised and items worth more than RM24,000 were carted away by thieves, police detained four men for their alleged involvement in the incident. According to Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, the suspects aged 26 to 41 were arrested in three separate locations […]

Cops quick to arrest housebreaker

MIRI: A man believed to have broken into the house of an administration officer to Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting, was arrested by the police four hours after committing the crime on Thursday (July 22). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari who confirmed the case, said the incident happened around 4.45pm at Taman Yakin. After […]

Burglars nabbed after undergoing quarantine

MIRI: Police arrested four men for offences including burglary and vehicle thefts within days after they were released from a quarantine centre here on June 6. The suspects aged between 27 and 34, were nabbed in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Pintu’ on Thursday. During the operation, the police managed to recover some of the stolen […]

Trio arrested after house break-in

MIRI: Police have arrested three men for allegedly breaking into a house that was being renovated at Jalan Tanjung Batu here last Thursday (Apr 29). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the break-in incident was realised by the complainant’s worker around 8.30am. After being alerted, the complainant, 34, rushed to his two-storey bungalow and […]

Police nabs three men for housebreaking, theft

MIRI: Police detained three local men to assist in investigations into theft of construction equipment and tools missing from a construction site at Jalan Nakhoda Gampar here, less than four hours after they were reported stolen on Saturday. All three suspects aged 25, 47 and 52 years were picked up from various locations in the […]

Seven foreigners rounded up in Bintulu

BINTULU: Seven foreigners were arrested in Ops Pintu conducted jointly by the Bintulu marine police and the Immigration Department, on Wednesday (Jan 21). Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said those arrested were among 24 foreigners checked during the operation. The operation was carried out in the areas of Saberkas Jaya here […]

Six held for breaking into kindy office

BINTULU: Six local male suspects, including a 14-year-old teenager, were arrested by police for breaking into a kindergarten office here on Monday afternoon. Bintulu police Chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said in a press statement yesterday that the first three suspects aged between 14 and 23 were arrested at Jalan Sibiyu at 4.30pm during ‘Ops Pintu’ […]