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Jail, whipping for habitual drug abuser

SIBU: The Sessions Court here yesterday (Thurs) sentenced a 38-year-old man to five years’ behind bars and a stroke of whipping for repeated drug substance abuse. Ismail from Kampung Datu Baru  understood the consequences of pleading guilty to the charge when the nature of charge was read and explained to him through an interpreter. Presiding  […]

Three arrested for alleged drug-related activities

KUCHING: Narcotics police arrested three local men for engaging in drug-related activities yesterday (April 8). Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the arrest happened in a vehicle by the side of the road at Jalan Datuk Ajibah Abol. Further investigations found that all the suspects possessed plastic packets containing crystalline substances believed to […]

Locals and foreign man arrested for drugs

BINTULU: Three local men and one foreigner were detained by police for distributing drugs. The four were arrested by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department at a budget hotel in Pasar Lama Bintulu yesterday. Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit said the suspects, aged 18 to 32, were in possession of 10.6 grammes of drugs, believed to […]

Man held for possessing 640.87g of drugs

BINTULU: Narcotics police detained a local suspected drug dealer yesterday for possessing drugs believed to be Ecstasy powder. Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit said the 38-year-old was arrested for allegedly distributing and abusing drugs in Jalan Sibiyu housing estate, here. “He will be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for possessing […]

3-year-old boy found murdered with hands tied in Lahad Datu

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LAHAD DATU: A three-year-old boy from the Pala’u tribe was found dead in Kampung Panji here yesterday with injuries to his head, both hands, and left leg, believed to have been murdered. Lahad Datu deputy district police chief Supt Azmir Abdul Razak said the victim’s body was found by his mother in a bush at 3pm, […]

Man arrested for meth possession, may face death penalty

SIBU: Police arrested a 32-year-old local man after seizing drugs estimated to be worth almost RM13,000 from him yesterday (Feb 16). Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the suspect was arrested at a hotel in Lorong Ek Dee here at 7.10pm. “Seven packets containing crystallised substance believed to be methamphetamine with a total weight […]

Seven busted for drug abuse

PADAWAN: Narcotics police arrested seven local men for alleged substance abuse and seized over RM3,000 worth of various drugs in a raid yesterday (Feb 14). Padawan police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the raid was conducted around 12.30pm in front of a house at Jalan Sin San Tu, Batu Kawah, here. Following […]

Two arrested separately for drugs

BINTULU: Two local men were arrest by the police for involving with drug abuse activities and for the possession of drugs. In one of the cases, a 40-year-old local man was apprehended by police on December 21 (Wednesday) for the distribution and abuse of illegal substances at Paragon Bintulu area. District police chief Supt Batholomew […]

Kuih seller gets five years’ imprisonment, caning for substance abuse

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a kuih seller to five years’ imprisonment and one stroke of the cane for substance abuse. Judge Musli Abdul Hamid meted out the sentence on Huzairamin, 30, who pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is punishable under Section 39C(1)(b) of […]

Man gets seven months’ imprisonment for drug abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to seven months in prison for drug abuse. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered Afis, 29, to serve his sentence from the day of his arrest, June 9. The accused was charged under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234) for consuming methamphetamine and […]