Stolen cooking gas cylinders recovered

MIRI: Two cooking gas cylinders worth RM350, reported stolen from a house in Kampung Sinar Jaya Batu 6 Lambir  on Sunday (March 29) morning, have been recovered. This followed the arrest of a 29 year-old man from the same village on Monday (March 30) around 1.30 pm. The suspect was apprehended by a team of […]

Repeat offender detained for theft

MIRI:  Police on Monday afternoon detained a local man with at least five criminal records, for allegedly involved in stealing items inside a car worth around RM500. The alleged incident reportedly occurred in Jalan Cahaya on February 27 this year. It is understood that the incident was discovered by the car owner on the early […]

Woman arrested for shoplifting

MIRI: A 29-year-old woman was detained on Monday on the suspicion of shoplifting. The suspect was detained inside her rented room at a budget hotel here at Taman Jade Manis around 6.30pm by a Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team. This was after she was allegedly spotted stealing a pair of slippers worth RM12 from […]

Woman falls victim to snatch thieves

MIRI: Two men on a motorcycle reportedly snatched a handbag belonging to a 56 year-old woman who was walking towards her parked car at Jalan Cythula Persiaran Kabor here today. The victim, who reported the incident at Miri Central police station said inside her bag were her mobile phone, RM100 cash, MyKad and some personal […]

Car reported stolen found

MIRI: A bluestone metallic BMW 530i worth RM200,000 which was reported as stolen while its owner went jogging at Coco Cabana last Friday evening  was found this early morning (Feb 16, Tuesday). The car was found parked by the roadside along the Jalan Kuala Baram Bypass Sungai Tujoh around 1.45am and a team from the […]

Man held for stealing auto parts

MIRI: A local man aged 36 was arrested on Saturday afternoon for allegedly stealing car’s parts and accessories including the steering wheel worth RM300 from a parked vehicle at Jalan Sarikei, Taman Tunku. He was caught at 1.54pm at a house in Taman Tunku following a report lodged by a 42-year-old complainant on the incident. […]

Man arrested for stealing from uncle

MIRI: Police detained a 29-year-old local man for allegedly stealing 10kg of calamansi lime from his uncle’s orchard on Saturday. The suspect was picked up from a house in Kampung Selanyau, Bekenu at 2.58pm on Saturday during an operation known as Ops Kesan. The arrest was made following a report lodged by the suspect’s uncle. […]

Two detained for motorcycle theft

MIRI: Two local men were detained by the police early this morning for their alleged involvement in stealing a motorcycle. The men, aged 19 and 21 years old, were caught and picked up at a house in Kampung Lereng Bukit about midnight. Also seized was the alleged stolen motorcycle, a Yamaha LC 135. According to […]

Three arrested for stealing vitamins

SIBU: Three unemployed individuals were arrested for stealing vitamins from a pharmacy at Jalan Kampung Nyabor here on Monday (Nov 23). Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident happened at 10.40am on Sunday (Nov 22). “The shop assistant, who was alerted by the pharmacy’s security alarm, went through the closed-circuit television […]

Man fined RM1,000 for theft of properties

KUCHING: A local man was fined RM1,000 in default three months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to theft of properties from the office of Sarawak Media Group Sdn Bhd today. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi ordered Mohd Zulfiqar Zailan of Taman Satria Jaya to pay a fine after he pleaded guilty to Section 414 of the Penal […]