Ban on ‘walk-in’ customers reveals outlets selling of prohibited fish species in PJ

PETALING JAYA: Shops that did not allow customers to "walk in" but instead conducted sales exclusively online and lacking signage on the premises were found to be selling prohibited species by the Selangor Fisheries Department in two raids in Petaling Jaya on Monday (March 10), Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports. Selangor Fisheries director Noraisyah Abu...

Philippines arrests 400 foreigners in scam centre raid

MANILA: Around 400 foreign nationals were arrested on Wednesday (Jan 8) in a "large-scale" raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, the national immigration agency said. Authorities raided a building and found workers allegedly engaged in online scam operations targeting victims abroad. International concern has grown in recent years over similar scam operations in Asia...

JB cops raid nightclub, 78 arrested for alleged drug use

JOHOR BARU: Police have raided a nightclub and arrested a total of 78 individuals for alleged drug use during a special operation here. Johor Police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the operation was conducted by the Johor Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) and the Johor Baru South Narcotics Unit at 2.30am on Friday (Dec 13). "The...

14 teens, 91yo man among 61 held in Salak South gang initiation ceremony

KUALA LUMPUR: Fourteen teenagers, including students, were among 61 individuals detained in a raid on an initiation ceremony for a gang in Salak South, Sungai Besi. The raid on a shophouse was conducted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers from Bukit Aman as well as the Kuala Lumpur and Cheras district police headquarters at about 11am...

Seven Vietnamese women saved in prostitution bust, Bangladeshi ‘captain’ nabbed

PETALING JAYA: Seven Vietnamese women were rescued after the Immigration Department busted a human trafficking and sex exploitation syndicate here. The department said that the seven women, aged between 32 and 45 years old, were rescued during a raid at a shoplot in Klang on Oct 21. "Based on complaints received, the women were imprisoned inside the...

Immigration Dept raids illegal Puchong club, detains 16 foreigners

KUALA LUMPUR: Thirteen Nigerian men and three other foreigners were detained following a raid on an illegal entertainment outlet in Puchong. Immigration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the operation was conducted at about 12am on Friday (Sept 13) after two weeks of surveillance and intelligence gathering. "We inspected 25 foreigners at the premises. We detained 13...

Immigration nabs 213 in raid on KL nightclub

KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department arrested 213 foreigners for various immigration-related offences after raiding a nightclub near Jalan Raja Chulan early on Thursday (Aug 22). Immigration Department deputy director-general (operations) Jafri Embok Taha said 109 women and 104 men were arrested after his team checked 300 individuals, including 12 men and two local women, in Op...

Johor Immigration Dept nabs 145 illegal immigrants in city centre raid

JOHOR BARU: The Johor Immigration Department has arrested 145 illegal immigrants during a raid on four kopitiam premises in the city centre. Its director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said the raid was conducted on July 13 between 10am and 12.30pm under Ops Selera by the department's enforcement team. "The raid followed public complaints that the premises...

Puchong drug raid leads cops to modified car with high-tech hidden compartment

SERDANG: A police narcotics raid led to the discovery of a modified car that used a locked compartment to store drugs. The raid on June 17 in a rented house in Puchong was conducted by both the Bukit Aman and Kelantan Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID). Bukit Aman NCID director Comm Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said that...