Contraband cigarettes worth RM437,710 seized
BINTULU: The Marine Police (PPM) seized uncustomed cigarettes worth RM437,710.40 kept in a van near Bintulu Night Market, Jalan Pedada here in an operations on Monday (Nov 16). PPM Region 5 Bintulu commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said the operation, dubbed Ops Landai Covid-19, was carried out around 11.30am. Inspections conducted by the marine intelligence […]
Illicit fags, beer smuggling thwarted
BINTULU: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle in various illicit cigarettes and beer during a raid behind a premises at Boulevard Setia Raja, Mukah on Wednesday. Its commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said the raid took place around 3.30pm and the team managed to seize items worth RM121,836.80. Four […]
20 suspected wildlife parts seized
MIRI: Over 20 suspected wildlife parts including those from some totally protected and protected species were seized by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) enforcement officers during an operation in Niah yesterday (Nov 4) afternoon. According to a press statement released today (Nov 5), SFC enforcement officers from Miri Regional Office made a spot check at a […]
Contraband cigarettes valued at over RM2mln seized
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes worth RM2,104,506.40 and arrested a local man in an operation codenamed Ops Libas today. GOF Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the raid took place at 9.30am on a house suspected of storing the cigarettes, at Lorong Setia Raja, Tabuan Laru in Kuching. The team seized […]
2,900 litres of diesel seized
KANOWIT: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Sibu branch confiscated 2,900 litres of diesel and a lorry worth about RM25,000 on Thursday. Its Sibu branch chief Kelyn Bolhassan @ Haliward in a statement said that the case would be investigated under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961. If convicted, an […]
Contraband cigarettes worth RM359K seized
BAU: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) nabbed a local man and seized contraband cigarettes worth RM359,462.80 in an operation called Ops Libas last Saturday. Sarawak GOF Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said that the raid took place at 11.30am in a house in the city. It was believed that the premises was used as […]
Items worth RM4mln seized so far
KUCHING: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) Sarawak has seized items worth more than RM4 million and issued compounds amounting to RM310,375, from Jan 1 up to Oct 8 this year. According to a press statement issued, KPDNHEP has recorded 805 cases of errant traders including 22 cases investigated under the Anti-Profiteering and […]
Three arrested, 35kg of exotic meat seized
RESTAURANT RAID BINTULU: A restaurant that stores and offers for sale meat of unlicensed exotic animals at Jalan Tanjung Kidurong was raided by enforcement forces in an integrated operation last Monday (Sept 28). Bintulu district police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the 9pm operation involved personnel from Bintulu district police headquarters (IPD) and Sarawak Forestry […]
RM992, 350 contraband cigarettes and beer seized
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) Brigade seized RM992, 350 worth of contraband cigarettes and beer here on Wednesday (Sept 16). According to the 11th Battalion commanding officer, Supt Rosdi Inai, the goods were seized from a house at Jalan Lapangan Terbang here. He said 16 personnel from the 11th Battalion were involved in […]
10 arrested for illegal cockfighting
PADAWAN: Ten men were arrested in Batu Kawa for illegal cockfighting on Sunday (Sept 13). Padawan District acting police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong, in a statement on Monday (Sept 14), said the suspects, aged between 29 and 73, were picked up in a raid around 4.30pm. Police also seized one dead rooster, six live […]
