Items worth RM6k looted from house
MIRI: Thieves on Friday carted away a newly bought vacuum cleaner and a grass cutter machine with a total worth of RM6,000 from a house in Desa Senadin phase 7, here. Upon discovering the items went missing around 4.30pm, the owner made a police report immediately. According to Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, police […]
CCTV footage leads to arrest of handbag thief
SIBU: Police successfully tracked down a thief who ran away with a handbag belonging to a woman on Wednesday (Aug 18). Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit on Friday (Aug 20) said the incident happened in Jalan Salim around 10.15am. The 66-year-old victim parked her vehicle to have breakfast at a nearby coffee shop. “The […]
Arrested for stealing from e-hailing driver
MIRI: Police arrested a local man after he allegedly stole cash amounting of RM2,000 from an e-hailing driver last Friday. The 32-year-old suspect was nabbed some eight hours after he stole the e-hailing driver’s wallet from the car seat when the victim stopped at a fuel station in Krokop. It is believed that the incident […]
Buddies in crime nabbed
MIRI: Two friends were arrested early Monday (June 21) in Batu Niah near here for allegedly stealing 11 oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB). “The suspects were spotted harvesting the FFBs from an oil palm orchard belonging to a villager from Kampung Lajong Kuala Niah,” said Miri OCPD ACP Hakemal Hawari. He added that the […]
Two palm fruit bunch thieves held
MIRI: Two men were detained in Sepupok, Niah for stealing oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) from an orchard in Kampung Kelulit Bekenu. Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the duo, aged 36 and 49, were arrested following a report lodged by the orchard’s owner who spotted them harvesting the FFB on Monday (June […]
Unfilial son gets RM6,000 fine or 14 months’ jail
KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM6,000 in default 14 months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for disposing of several stolen items belonging to his father. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered Abang Mohd Izwandi Abang Ahmad to pay a fine of RM3,000 in default seven months imprisonment for each charge against him under Section […]
Thieving school security guard arrested
MIRI: A school security guard thought that his crime could be covered by getting transferred to another school. He feared being exposed after taking more than RM3,000 from his school’s martial arts association fund in Pujut. The 28-year-old man was caught by the police on Tuesday (June 15) afternoon at a supermarket in Riam after […]
Duo arrested for stealing washing machine
MIRI: Two men were detained for stealing a washing machine from a house at Jalan Muria 10, Pujut 2B here on Monday. The incident happened at 1.08pm. According to sources, the owner of the house noticed two men carting the RM800 washing machine away on a motorcycle. He managed to take a picture of […]
Handphone thief held
MIRI: A man was detained for stealing a handphone belonging to a security guard of a private institution in Senadin here on Monday (May 3). The 25-year-old suspect was held around 3pm at a house in Bandar Baru Permyjaya here by a team of Criminal Investigation Department task force. They recovered a Samsung S8 Plus […]
Police nabs three men for housebreaking, theft
MIRI: Police detained three local men to assist in investigations into theft of construction equipment and tools missing from a construction site at Jalan Nakhoda Gampar here, less than four hours after they were reported stolen on Saturday. All three suspects aged 25, 47 and 52 years were picked up from various locations in the […]
