Teen girl among 5 arrested as police cripple vehicle theft ring
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police have dismantled a multi-district vehicle theft syndicate named ‘Along’ with the arrest of five locals, including a teenage girl recently. Kota Samarahan police chief DSP Jaimi Husin said the suspects were arrested in two separate locations and several modified metal equipment used for vehicle theft activities, were also seized The suspects comprise […]
Two-year sentence for mosque fund theft
KUCHING: Jeremy, a 25-year-old local man, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court today (Mar 8) for attempting to steal funds from a mosque. The sentence was handed down after Jeremy pleaded guilty to the charge presented before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. He was charged under Section 380 of the Penal […]
Man gets eight months in prison for housebreaking, theft
KUCHING: A 34-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here for breaking into a house and stealing four bags. Azlan pleaded guilty on Monday (May 8) to a charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code, which was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. […]
Lorry driver gets fine for handphone theft
KUCHING: A lorry driver was fined RM1,300 or a month’s imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (Jan 9) for stealing and disposing a smartphone belonging to a primary school teacher last year. Bahtrim Haimi, 25, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He […]
Youth pleads guilty to theft, faces uncertainty
KUCHING : A local youth pleaded guilty before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for stealing RM600 from her colleague at a petrol station in Jalan Sultan Tengah in November last year. The accused, an 18 – year old female from Bintulu, pleaded guilty after being charged with theft under Section 379 of the Penal Code that […]
Two friends jailed five months for robbery, theft
KUCHING: Two friends were sentenced to five months imprisonment each for selling a stolen telephone to a telephone shop last November. Shahrul, 25, and Za’afar, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 414 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same code before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. They […]
Samarahan police cripple motorcycle theft syndicate
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police here have brought down a motorcycle theft syndicate with the arrest of four locals in an operation codenamed ‘Op Lejang’. District police chief DSP Brodie Brangka in a press conference yesterday (Oct 31), said the first suspect was arrested on Oct 28 following a raid on a house in Kampung Sebandi Matang, […]
Theft lands woman behind bars
KUCHING: A woman was sentenced to seven months’ jail by the Magistrates’ Court here today after pleading guilty to theft. She stole a gold necklace and ring, a mobile phone and RM41 belonging to a man at a hotel in Jalan Ban Hock in January last year. Zalbia, 31, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah […]
Bike theft jailed one year
SIBU: A 28-year-old man will spend the next 12 months in prison for stealing a motorcycle. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji pronounced sentence yesterday (Sept 20) on Zulmar from Sibu Jaya. The court heard that the accused stole a Honda 109CC motorcycle from Agus Sabang, 32. The offence was committed near the vicinity of Wisma Sanyan surau […]
Man detained for suspected theft in Masja
KUCHING: Police here confirmed the arrest of a local man who was suspected of committing theft at a construction site in Masja area recently. Kuching District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the incident, which happened on Aug 19, had gone viral in a 14-second video uploaded to Facebook. He also confirmed that the suspect, […]
