GOF foils human smuggling bids
KUCHING: Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) foiled seven attempts by local ‘tekong’ (human trafficking agents) to bring in a total of 20 Indonesian illegal immigrants from June 2 to 10. Sarawak GOF commander SAC Mancha Ata said the latest arrest was made on Thursday at 1.30am in which two local men were caught transporting eight […]
Tekongs nabbed for smuggling in illegals
SERIAN: Police thwarted an attempt by two locals to smuggle three illegal immigrants into Sarawak on Thursday. The incident happened around 11am when a team carrying out ‘Ops Benteng’ at Jalan Serian-Tebedu spotted a suspicious vehicle. Serian OCPD DSP Aswandy Anis revealed that police then followed the vehicle to the Serian Recreational Park before blocking […]
Attempts to smuggle in foreign workers foiled
SERIAN: Police have thwarted attempts by two tekongs (trafficking agents) to smuggle in six foreign workers illegally into the state. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said those involved were arrested in two separate raids during Ops Benteng in Mongkos here on Monday and Wednesday. “The first arrest involved a 44-year-old local man who brought […]
GOF foils five human smuggling attempts over nine days
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) foiled five human smuggling attempts during operations conducted between Apr 1 and 9. GOF Sarawak Brigade commander, SAC Mancha Ata said the first case involved the detention of an Indonesian national acting as Tekong and two Indonesian illegal immigrants on Apr 6. “The illegal immigrants entered Sarawak via a […]
GOF thwarts human smuggling attempt
LUNDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) foiled a human smuggling attempt by two locals involving five Indonesians early Thursday morning. GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata revealed that a patrol team acting on information, managed to detained two suspicious vehicles around 5.20am at Jalan Kampung Raso 1. Upon inspection, the teams found two local […]
GOF foil human smuggling bid
SERIAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) thwarted a human smuggling attempt and two attempts by eight Indonesians to enter the state illegally at separate locations last Thursday. GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata disclosed that the human smuggling attempt took place around 8pm in Bunan Gega, Serian when a patrol team came across a […]
