KUCHING: An unattended luggage and two boxes filled with 20,000g of methamphetamine, worth RM2 million, were seized at Sibu Airport last Thursday (Sept 10). The items were discovered at the baggage pick-up area for Kuala Lumpur-Sibu flight. Sarawak Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said
KUCHING: Three men were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during an operation, dubbed Ops Mabuk, last Wednesday. According to acting Kuching district police chief Supt Merbin Lisa, the three suspects, aged between 30 and 40 years old, were stopped by police officers before they were told to
KUCHING: Three men were arrested for attacking two foreign workers at a restaurant in the city centre here last Wednesday (Sept 9). The incident happened around 5.30am last Tuesday (Sept 8), when one of the suspects was barred from entering the premises after he refused to write down his exact
TANJUNG MANIS: The body of an Indonesian man who fell off a fishing boat on September 7 was found floating here by a fisherman, on Thursday. According to State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), the Tanjung Manis fire station received a call on the find by a fisherman from Kampung
KUCHING: A male driver perished in a head-on collision near the traffic lights at Jalan Datuk Stephen Yong, on Thursday (September 10). The collision involved a cement mixer truck driven by the victim and a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle. The deceased has been identified as Jawi Sieng, 42. State Traffic
KUCHING: Two factory premises were almost destroyed completely after being engulfed in severe fire, at Jalan Gedung on Thursday (September 10). According to State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said a distress call about the incident was received around 7.10am. It immediately despatched a team of firefighters to the scene
BAU: A man was arrested for alleged drug abuse in a house here on Thursday (September 10). The 19-year-old male suspect was arrested in a raid conducted at Kampung Seropak by Bau District Criminal Investigation Division around 10.30am. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon who confirmed the arrest, said that
KUCHING: Sarawak Police Contingent (IPK Sarawak) received 27 new police patrol cars on Thursday. State Police Commisioner Datuk Aidi Ismail received the vehicles from a representative of car leasing concessionaire, Spanco Sdn Bhd at a ceremony held at Sarawak Police Headquarters here. The new patrol cars will be distributed to
SIBU: Four occupants of a house managed to escape when the parking space and living room of their two-storey house caught fire. This incident occurred at Lorong Ulu Sungai Merah, here at 10pm on Wednesday. Firemen from Sibu Fire Station were despatched to the scene upon receiving a distress call
KUCHING: A car was completely razed by fire at Jalan Green Road here today. According to the State Fire and Rescue (Bomba) operations centre, a team of firefighters from Batu Lintang station was immediately despatched to the scene after it received a distress call about the fire at 12.08am. Ten
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