Two tourists arrested over bomb threat in Tawau

KOTA KINABALU: Two Chinese tourists were arrested for allegedly sending a bomb threat email to an airline company after not being able to change their flight seats. It is understood that the man, 29, and woman, 28, had contacted their travel agent to change their flight seats but received no response. Furious, they sent an email to...

Man, wife held for using hacked contactless payment cards, 304 cards and RM400,000 seized

SEREMBAN: An operations director of a transport company with a fleet of 160 trucks has been arrested by police for allegedly using hacked Touch n Go cards. Negri Sembilan police chief Dep Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said the suspect’s wife, who is a foreigner, was also detained in an operation. "We seized 304 Touch n Go cards...

Verbal spat between business owners leads to saloon owner’s arrest

KUALA LUMPUR: A war of words with foul language led to the arrest of a business owner after a heated argument with another tenant on the same floor. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said that the victim, a 58-year-old saloon owner, filed a police report on the incident on Aug 26 after the...

Kluang cops nab man for trespassing on banana farm, attempting to steal six bunches

KLUANG: A local man was arrested for trespassing and attempting to steal six bunches of bananas from a banana farm at Kampung Sungai Besoi, Layang-Layang near here. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrain Mohd Noh said the banana theft happened on Thursday (Aug 14) at 11.20pm. He said a team of policemen from the Layang-Layang police station was...

Cops nab murder suspect in Senawang

SEREMBAN: Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old man in Taman Seri Pagi, Senawang, near here. Seremban OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Hatta Che Din said police also seized a knife believed to have been used in the crime from the 31-year-old male suspect. He said a police team was sent to the...

Johor cops nab duo for petrol theft from motorcycles

GELANG PATAH: A Pakistani man and a local woman have been arrested for their alleged involvement in motorcycle petrol theft at an apartment in Tanjung Kupang. Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm M. Kumarasan reported that the suspects were detained following a report lodged by a 28-year-old local woman. "In her police report, the woman stated that the...

Six Malaysians detained in Cambodia over drug case identified, say cops

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have identified the six Malaysians who were detained by Cambodian authorities on suspicion of attempting to smuggle nearly 62kg of cannabis to the United Kingdom via Phnom Penh International Airport on July 16. Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were all men aged between...

Father and son held over murder of e-hailing driver

AMPANG: A 36-year-old man and his father have been detained in connection with the murder of an e-hailing driver. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said the 37-year-old victim was found dead at Taman Pandan Perdana at 7.16pm on June 22. "Initially, the case was classified as sudden death, but a post-mortem revealed signs of...

Johor cops bust syndicate that sold drugs through messaging app

JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested five suspected members of a syndicate that processed and sold drugs through the messaging platform WeChat. Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said over RM2.9mil worth of drugs were seized in three separate raids here on June 19, which also saw the arrest of three local men and two Vietnamese...

Johor cops bust syndicate that sold drugs through messaging app

JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested five suspected members of a syndicate that processed and sold drugs through the messaging platform WeChat. Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said over RM2.9mil worth of drugs were seized in three separate raids here on June 19, which also saw the arrest of three local men and two Vietnamese...