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Info sought on stolen belian planks

KUCHING: Anyone with information about the stolen belian planks of the Pustaka Negeri Sarawak bridge should notify the local authorities so that the culprits can be caught. The Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) said the bridge, which was previously restored in December last year, has been damaged by thieves. A police report has been lodged […]

Fined RM5k for disposing of stolen items

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday sentenced a local man to an RM5,000 fine or 10 months’ jail in default for disposing of the stolen property of a handbag, driving licence, and various ATM cards and credit cards. All the said items belonged to a 45-year-old woman that she lost in a snatch incident last […]

Two fined for keeping stolen item

KUCHING: Two friends’ joy of owning an ultrasound scanning machine (medical) was short-lived, when they were found guilty of possessing the item as it was a stolen property.  In the Magistrate’s Court here today, each was fined RM1,500 for having in their possession a stolen property an offence under Section 411 of the Penal Code. […]

Scrap metal dealers told to reject stolen goods

KAPIT: Scrap metal dealers are advised to be wary of purchasing stolen goods. The Kapit District police headquarters (IPD) through a statement on its Facebook page on Thursday (Jan 27), said it has launched and operation codenamed Ops Lusuh to inspect shops that sell and buy scrap items. The operation was carried out by the […]

Friends fined RM2,000 for theft

KUCHING: Two friends were on Thursday (Jan 27) fined RM2,000 each in default five months’ imprisonment for stealing 18 pieces of metal gate scraps from an apartment area on Jan 21. Abdul Hafiz Jimi, 38, and Nizam Rahmat, 27, pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. They were charged with committing the offence […]

Toy car worth RM900 reported stolen

SIBU: A mother lodged a police report after her son’s ‘Jeep’ toy car worth RM900 disappeared and suspected stolen on Friday morning (Jan 21). Acting Sibu district police chief Superintendent Dr Collin Babat in a statement on Saturday (Jan 22) said that the toy car, park in the victim’s home porch in Jalan Chiku, was […]

Men with extensive criminal history arrested

MIRI: Two men with extensive criminal records were taken into custody in connection with a recent burglary case at Taman Tasconia Permyjaya here. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, who confirmed the arrests, said the operation was conducted at around 7pm on Wednesday (Feb 17) by a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department. “Police […]

Theft syndicate crippled, four nabbed

KUCHING: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) managed to cripple a shop burglary and theft syndicate which is active around Kuching and Padawan areas. Sarawak Deputy Commissioner of Police Datuk Fisol Salleh said the syndicate has been active since the middle of the year. “With the arrest of four men including the mastermind, nine break-in and […]

Man reports break-in at his farm store

SIBU: A farmer has lost RM600 worth of farming materials at Jalan Sungai Lan. Sibu police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, said the 50-year-old victim lodged a police report last Wednesday upon seeing around 3am that his store had been broken into. Among the items stolen were four kilogrammes of sweet potatoes, 10 litres of […]

Stolen property: Four plead not guilty

KUCHING: Four men pleaded not guilty and were released on bail after they were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Oct 14) with owning a Mitsubishi Triton pick-up that was reported stolen. Magistrate Zaiton Annuar ordered the accused aged between 22 and 33, to be released on bail of RM2,000 with one local […]