Results for Police and Crime

Eleven people were arrested after being found in possession of methamphetamine and cannabis in a drug bust over the weekend in Ngele'ia.

A 26-year-old man was arrested with cannabis seeds and ammunition at a bush allotment in Havelu on February 12.

A 50-year-old man is in critical condition at Vaiola Hospital after his vehicle collided with a power pole on Monday, February 11.

Five men have been charged with murder in the death of Sione Feimoefiafi (49) who was fatally injured in a beating at and outside the Tali‘eva Bar in broad daylight in the Nuku'alofa CBD, on February 4.

A man has been arrested in relation to inuring a 22-year-old man whom he allegedly stabbed during a fight in Ngele’ia on January 22.

Police are looking for a cow that was stolen from a plantation at Ha’ateiho on January 22.

Two men of Asian origin were arrested with around $40,000 in USD and New Zealand currencies in body packs wrapped around their bodies on Friday, January 18 at the departure lounge at Fua‘amotu International Airport.

Drug busts by a Tonga Police Drugs Taskforce in December last year seized methamphetamine and cannabis packed ready for sale, after some arrests were made on the main street in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District of men allegedly attempting to sell the illicit drugs.

A total of 271 arrests were made by Tonga Police from December 21, 2018 to January 3 this year, during the annual Christmas and New Year Operation.