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KUCHING, July 12: Sarawak recorded RM60 million in scam losses from 1,465 cases between January and June this year.
Sarawak police commissioner Dato Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said this amount is almost double of what was recorded over the same period last year, which was RM36 million (1,278 cases).
“Investment scam was the highest with RM12.4 million in losses (115 cases), followed by phone scam (RM8 million, 111 cases), fake job offers (RM3.9 million, 165 cases), e-commerce (RM2.06 million, 279 cases) and non-existent loans (RM1 million, 154 cases).
“The Commercial Crime Investigation Department (NCID) has also arrested 456 suspects this year. If we include last year’s cases, a total of 652 people has been charged in court,” Mohd Azman said at a press conference after attending the Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters monthly assembly here today.
Meanwhile, Sarawak also recorded a whopping 1,355 per cent increase in narcotic seizures for Jan–June this year compared to the same period last year.
Mohd Azman disclosed that the police have seized drugs worth over RM127 million in the last six months, compared to RM8.7 million from Jan to June last year.
“Ketamine topped the list at RM103 million, followed by syabu worth RM22 million and liquid drugs at RM1.6 million,” he said.
On the number of arrests, Mohd Azman said there was an increase of 24 per cent to 5,665 arrests, compared to 4,576 arrests over the same period last year.
He added that the amount of drugs seized in the same period of 2022 and 2023 can be used by 2.8 million addicts.
In order to disable drug trafficking syndicates, various assets worth RM3.7 million were confiscated this year, which was also an increase of 54 per cent from last year. — DayakDaily
