RM13.6 million worth of goods seized during inspections
KUCHING: Following inspections under the Anti-Profiteering Price Control Act 2011, over RM13.6 million worth of goods was seized by officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDN) from 24,076 business premises. A total of 288 cases were generated from the overall number of premises inspected throughout Sarawak, with a total compound of […]
Kuching police seize contraband cigarettes worth RM5mil
KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Police, operating through the General Operations Force (GOF), successfully executed a raid resulting in the seizure of cigarettes valued at an estimated total of RM5,098,760, including taxes. According to Sarawak GOF commander SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang, the operation, dubbed Op Taring Alpha 1 and conducted on March 21, saw […]
RM10.4 mln worth of drugs seized, 10 nabbed
SHAH ALAM: Police busted a drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of 10 men and seizure of various types of drugs estimated to be worth RM10.4 million around Klang and Sungai Buloh, near here, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said among the drugs seized were cannabis weighing 261.766 g, […]
Illicit fags, booze worth RM100,000 seized
KUCHING: Police have seized 325 cartons of suspected contraband cigarettes and alcoholic drinks in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ on Tuesday (July 25). Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the success was the result of raids conducted by 10 personnel and one officer on five convenience stores around the city. The seized items comprise […]
GOF seizes fags, beers worth over RM700,000
MIRI: The General Operations Force (GOF) 12th Battalion has seized 2,379 cartons and boxes of suspected duty-not-paid beers and cigarettes during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Taring’. The raid conducted by the battalion’s intelligence unit was made against a premises around 2.05pm along Jalan Miri-Bintulu last Friday (July 14). Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri, in […]
S’wak cops make biggest drug haul worth RM1.8 mln
KUCHING: Sarawak police seized RM1.8 million worth of methamphetamine in the state’s biggest drug bust this year. Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department cops raided an apartment in Batu Kawa yesterday (May 18) at 1.30 am and arrested an 18-year-old local man. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said 52,516 grammes of methamphetamine in packages […]
Illicit fags, liquor worth over RM384k seized in raids
SIBU: The 10th General Operation Force seized contraband cigarettes and alcoholic drinks worth RM384,236 in two separate operations on Thursday (Apr 13). Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the raids codenamed Ops Taring Alpha were conducted at two places. “In the first raid on a retail store in Jalan Aman at 1.30 pm, […]
Police seize shotgun, live ammo from suspected drug dealer in Kuala Krai
KUALA KRAI: A 39-year-old man believed to be a drug dealer was arrested for possessing a shotgun, live ammunition, and 60 ‘kuda’ (amphetamine) pills during Ops Nusa on Friday. Kuala Krai district police chief Superintendent Suzaimi Mohamed said in the incident, at around 10.30pm, at a roadblock in front of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kuala Krai, police stopped the […]
Cop acquitted of drug trafficking
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday acquitted a police officer charged with distributing 5.6kg of marijuana. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered that the accused, Aizat, 30, be discharged and acquitted after the prosecution withdrew the case. The court was told that the chemical report presented did not contain drugs in all the bottles […]
Foreigners detained, syabu seized
BINTULU: Narcotic police here arrested four men suspected to be drug dealers and seized 31.1g of drugs believed to be syabu in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis Khas Se-Malaysia’ on Thursday (Dec 8). Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit, in a statement, said the suspects were detained for inspections as they were believed to be distributing […]
