By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Oct 23: Police here have arrested a 21-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man in two separate cases involving commercial fraud and drug abuse this week.
Saratok district police chief DSP Mathew Manggie said the first arrest was made on Oct 21 following a report of an online purchase scam.
Acting on public information, a team from the Saratok Commercial Crime Investigation Department (BSJKD) led by Insp Sopian detained a woman in Saratok suspected of being involved in an online shopping fraud.
“Preliminary investigation found that the suspect had allowed her bank account to be used in a transaction involving the purchase of Nike products worth RM2,500 by a victim from Melaka
“The victim transferred the amount into the suspect’s CIMB account before realising he had been cheated,” he said in a statement today.
The suspect, who is unemployed and from Kabong, admitted that the bank account belonged to her but denied taking the money.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
In a separate case, the Saratok police narcotics task force arrested a 30-year-old man suspected of drug abuse during an operation in Kabong on Oct 22.
“Acting on public information, the team led by SI Engelbert went to a prawn pond area in Kabong and apprehended the suspect,” Mathew said.
The man tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine during a urine screening, and background checks revealed a previous record for a narcotics offence.
The case is being investigated under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – DayakDaily
