Army foils smuggling attempt near border
BAU: The Eastern Field Command Headquarters (MK PMTTD) of the army thwarted an attempt by two local men, aged 22 and 24, to smuggle 53 boxes of red radishes valued at RM 3,180 into Indonesia today (Apr 19). The total value of the seized goods, including a Toyota Hilux vehicle, was estimated at RM 101,180. […]
Army patrol foils bid to sneak illegals in
LUNDU: An attempt by three locals to smuggle three illegal immigrants into Sarawak was foiled by the army today morning (May 22). The First Infantry Division in a statement, revealed that at about 6am an army team detected three motorcycles entering Malaysia from Indonesia at the Rimbunan Hijau oil palm plantation, some 600 metres from […]
Bid to smuggle petrol foiled
SIBU: Marine police here foiled an attempt to illegally transport about 2,000 litres of diesel using a lorry at Jalan Sibu-Bintangor last Thursday (Feb 24). Sarawak Marine Police Region Five commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali revealed in a statement that a 37-year-old man was also arrested in the operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ at 7.30 pm. […]
Bid to smuggle Indonesian family of four foiled
LUBOK ANTU: The Malaysian Armed Forces foiled a human trafficking bid by three locals involving a family of four immigrants near Gabma Post Sector this morning. The First Infantry Division in a statement, said an ambush team spotted a suspicious pickup truck that was heading towards the Sanitary Landfill Site area, around 4.17am, about 3.8km […]
Sarawak GOF thwarts bid to smuggle in Indonesians
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) thwarted a human smuggling attempt and an illegal entry attempt involving 12 Indonesians at separate locations on Sunday (Sept 19). GOF commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the first incident took place at 6.55am around Wong Pandak in Lubok Antu. A patrol spotted and detained three suspicious men along a […]
Bid to smuggle in 7,000 litres of diesel fails
BINTANGOR: A bid to smuggle in 7,000 litres of diesel with a tanker truck was foiled by Sarikei Marine Police along Jalan Utama Bintangor on Sept 2. Region 5 Marine Police commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the case, said the team noticed a tanker truck heading towards Bintangor and stopped it by the […]
Marine Police foil bid to smuggle diesel
MIRI: An attempt to smuggle in 8,000 litres of diesel with a tanker truck was foiled by Miri Marine Police along Jalan Miri-Bintulu last Saturday. Region 5 Marine Police commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the case, said the truck driver was also arrested. In the operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’, the team noticed a […]
14 jailed in Singapore for smuggling e-vaporisers from Malaysia
SINGAPORE: A total of 14 drivers and attendants of seven lorries operated by a Malaysian company were given imprisonment terms of up to two months, for smuggling a total of 54,392 pieces of e-vaporisers and related components into the republic. The Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) today said the 14 persons were prosecuted on June […]
Army foils bid to smuggle illegals out
LUNDU: A man’s bid to smuggle out five illegal immigrants was foiled by the army on Sunday (June 27). The ambush team, which was conducting Ops Awas, Ops Parang and Ops Kerangka, detained a van at a rat trail in Biawak town around 10.30am. District police chief DSP Damataries Lautin, who confirmed the case, said […]
Army foils bid to smuggle illegals out of Sarawak
BAU: Two locals’ bid to smuggle out nine illegals to Indonesia was foiled by the army in Kampung Stass, Serikin early Monday morning (May 10). A spokesman from the First Infantry Division disclosed that an ambush team spotted two vehicles from Malaysia travelling suspiciously towards the Indonesian border around 4.15am. “The team proceeded to detain […]
