Indonesians arrested in illegal online gambling call centre raid

KUCHING: Eleven individuals, including 10 Indonesians, were nabbed during a raid on an illegal online gambling call centre in Jalan Batu Kawa-Matang here on Monday (Oct 19). Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan led a team of Padawan Criminal Investigation Division (CID) officers in the raid on a rented apartment around 5.30pm. A local […]

650 cartons of contraband fags seized

ENGKILILI: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) last Monday (Oct 19). seized 650  cartons of  contraband cigarettes kept in a house  at Jelukong. Sarawak GOF Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said a GOF 10th Battalion team conducted a ‘Ops Libas’ raid on the house around 1pm. The team found the house locked when they arrived […]

Online gambling top-up seller caught

BAU: A local man was arrested for allegedly selling online gambling top-ups at premises at Jalan Bau-Batu Kawa last Thursday (Oct 15). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the “Ops Dadu” operation was carried out at 1.50pm by a team of Bau Crime Investigation Division (CID). “When the team raided the premises, they found […]

Man and sons nabbed for possessing firearms

MIRI: A 53 year-old man and his two adult sons were detained by police for allegedly possessing homemade firearms at a house in Kampung Beraya Batu Satu Bakam, Bekenu on Wednesday night. A police team led by ASP Unang Giang, raided the house at 8.30pm and nabbed the three suspects in an operation code name […]

GROs nabbed in illegal pub

MIRI: Police detained seven Indonesian women working as guest relation officers (GROs) and 10 male customers during a raid at a pub in Simpang Ngu, Batu Niah today. Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Task Force, led by ASP Unang Giang, raided the premises at about 4am following a tip-off. Preliminary investigation revealed that the pub […]

Premises raided by cops

MIRI: Police here on Saturday raided two premises that were used for running illegal four-digit (4D) lottery operations in Simpang Ngu and Bukit Kisi in Bekenu. According to sources, the two premises were operating under a guise (as grocery shops) to avoid being detected by the authorities. During the raid dubbed Ops Dadu, two local […]

Contraband goods worth RM83,484 seized

BINTULU: Marine police (PPM) here seized contraband goods worth RM83,484 during a raid on a premises on Wednesday ( Sept 23). They also arrested the premises’ owner. PPM Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said the raid operation codenamed “Ops Benteng (Landai)” was conducted around 8.30pm on a rented terrace house at Mile 5, Jalan […]

Contrabands worth over RM396k seized

KANOWIT: Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) members seized contraband items worth RM396,690 during a raid at a farm in Kanowit-Penyulau road here on Friday. Codenamed ‘Ops Libas’, the GOF team raided several containers suspected of being used to store the contrabands.  The raiding party found 297 boxes of Pure Blonde beer and 2,290 cartons of […]

Contraband beer, van seized in raid

KUCHING: Three hundred and five boxes of contraband beer worth RM45,750 were seized during a raid on a house at Sample Park, Jalan Tun Hussein Onn, Bintulu last Saturday (Sept 12). According to a statement on Monday (Sept 14), the 1pm raid, dubbed Ops Libas, was conducted by Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) and the […]

Four arrested in cockfight raid

MIRI: A 66 year-old man was among four persons arrested during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Dadu’ at Batu 7 Lambir, Jalan Miri-Bintulu on Wednesday evening. In the 4.30pm raid at a cockfighting den, police also seized two dead roosters and a weighing machine. All suspects and the seized items were brought to Miri Central police […]