Chicken breeder arrested for drugs
BAU: A chicken breeder was arrested for possessing drugs in a house at Kampung Stass on Friday. Police raided the house around 3.30pm and found a man acting in a suspicious manner. They detained him for body and house inspections. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said that it led to the discovery of a plastic […]
Alleged trespasser caught
MIRI: Police arrested a man on suspicion of trespassing into a house at Jalan Berembang 1 Pujut 7B on May 17. The trespassing incident was noticed by the house owner’s neighbour around 1.20pm, where the neighbour saw two unknown men arriving on a motorcycle and climbed over the fence to the house. The neighbour contacted […]
Ex-barber fined for selling firecrackers
KUCHING: A former barber was today fined RM6,000 or a month in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing several boxes of firecrackers. Yap Chin Hui, 31, pleaded guilty to possessing 57 boxes of various types of firecrackers in his house. In mitigation, Yap told the Magistrates’ Court here that he had to sell the […]
Burglar caught less than 24 hours after crime
MIRI: A man has been arrested, less than 24 hours after allegedly stealing RM46,000 worth of jewellery and foreign currencies. The suspect, 48, was picked up by police around 6.10pm on Tuesday from a budget hotel here. He allegedly broke into a house in Jalan Cosmos 3, Pelita Commercial Centre, on Monday night. The house […]
Men with extensive criminal history arrested
MIRI: Two men with extensive criminal records were taken into custody in connection with a recent burglary case at Taman Tasconia Permyjaya here. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, who confirmed the arrests, said the operation was conducted at around 7pm on Wednesday (Feb 17) by a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department. “Police […]
Jobless man nabbed for substance abuse
BAU: A 23-year-old unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of substance abuse today (Jan 23). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the arrest took place during a raid conducted around 11.30am in a wooden hut at Jalan Gua Angin. “The team inspected the man and found a plastic packet containing crystalline powder believed to […]
Theft syndicate crippled, four nabbed
KUCHING: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) managed to cripple a shop burglary and theft syndicate which is active around Kuching and Padawan areas. Sarawak Deputy Commissioner of Police Datuk Fisol Salleh said the syndicate has been active since the middle of the year. “With the arrest of four men including the mastermind, nine break-in and […]
Cops nab illegal online gambling agent
KUCHING: A 24-year-old man was too focused on illegal online gambling to be wary of the presence of police in a raid at 10th Mile, Jalan Batu Kitang here on Tuesday. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid, codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ conducted on an unnumbered premises, nabbed the suspect believed to be a […]
Futile escape
MIRI: A man is in hospital after jumping from the first floor of a budget hotel at Jalan Airport here to avoid being arrested by police on Friday night. The incident happened at about 8pm when a team of Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel was conducting a raid at the premises. The law enforcers […]
Police on lookout for man accused of intimidation
KUCHING: Police are currently searching for a man to assist in a police investigation in relation to criminal intimidation towards a Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs) Sarawak officer. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the man, identified as Yong King Ling, 35, was believed to be the mastermind behind the act. On Thursday, the […]
