Dept thwarts illegal activity
KUCHING: The Enforcement Unit of the Lands and Surveys Department Sarawak has successfully thwarted the transfer of rock materials without approval in district of Sibu on Tuesday (Sep 8). During the operation, two heavy machineries used to carry out the illegal activity were seized as evidence for investigation. Meanwhile, through a separate operation in the […]
Over 250g of Ecstasy seized from suspect
MIRI: A 44-year-old jobless man from Kampong Bakong, Baram near here was nabbed detained by police moments after he picked up a parcel of drugs from a courier service office at Jalan Piasau Utara 4 in Piasau industrial area. Acting on a tip-off, a team of narcortics police ambushed the suspect at the counter at […]
Storeroom raid nets over RM603k contraband
MIRI: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized smuggled goods worth about RM603, 514 during a raid on a storeroom in Jalan Maigold Golden Royal Villa Senadin here last Wednesday. GOF 12th Battallion commanding officer Supt Tan Hiap Seng said the goods seized in the raid dubbed Ops Libas included 1,834 boxes of canned beer, 202 […]
RM2mln drug seizure in July
KUCHING: A total of 31.8kg of various types of drugs as well as 3,982 pills with a total estimated value of RM2,887,848.77 were seized in Sarawak between July 1 to 31 this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said these were seized by narcotics enforcement agencies, namely […]
GOF team seizes goods near border
KUCHING: An attempt to smuggle various controlled goods worth RM1,337 was thwarted by General Operations Force (GOF) personnel at a ‘rat trail’ in Kampung Mongkos last Saturday. According to a GOF spokesperson, a team, comprising six GOF members, arrived at the location to do an inspection around 2.30pm. “A suspicious bundle was found in a […]
GOF team seizes illegal logs worth over RM400k
SIBU: The 10th Battalion General Operations Force (GOF) seized illegally-felled logs worth an estimate RM455,500 on Tuesday. In a statement yesterday, the GOF team inspected a logging area in Batu 10, Jalan Sibu around 5pm during an operation codenamed Ops Libau. “When the team arrived at the location, three workers were cutting logs, and they […]
Bid to smuggle sugar to Indonesia foiled
KAPIT: The General Operations Force (GOF) at Tapak Megah, Kapit District foiled an attempt to smuggle 660kg of sugar to Indonesia near the Sarawak-Kalimantan border on Tuesday (August 4). No one was arrested during the operation as the smugglers ran away. The case was later handed over to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer […]
Three premises selling fake products raided
KUCHING: Three premises in Batu Kawa and Matang were busted for supplying and offering to supply canned food which used false labelling on Tuesday (August 4). The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs seized two types of canned food with false trademarks, namely 17 units of “Gulong Stewed Pork Sliced” and 44 units of […]
Lab uncovered, drugs worth RM2m seized
KUCHING: Sarawak anti-narcotics police scored a major success against drug trafficking when they uncovered an illegal drug lab in Miri and seized drugs worth RM2,080,890 on Monday (Aug 3). State deputy police commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar said a team from Narcotics Investigation Department (NCID) raided a condominium in Miri around 8pm and arrested two individuals, […]
Traveller with RM405,040 worth of drugs arrested
KUCHING: A local man in his late 30s, who flew in from Johor Baharu, has been arrested by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM)on suspicion of drug trafficking. He has been remanded to assist in the investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. JKDM Sarawak director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said […]
