Viliami Kulu (53), from Longolongo is recovering at Vaiola Hospital after an emergency operation to remove a bullet from his left thigh, following an armed hold-up at the Asco Petrol Station on Fatafehi Road, Kolofo'ou, Nuku'alofa on January 6, when he said he was shot from behind.
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Friday 13 January 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 11 January 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Shots fired during an armed robbery at a Nuku'alofa petrol station on Friday night injured a petrol station supervisor in the leg, police have reported.
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Wednesday 4 January 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three young men died in Tongatapu between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, including two in a fatal road accident that brought Tonga's road toll to 12 for the year 2011 twice as many as in 2010.
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Tuesday 20 December 2011
Sydney, Australia
A Colombian-led crime syndicate is the second international crime group to have set up in Tonga during the past 18 months, in what the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday, December 17, reported has been a trend for organized criminals to use nations with weak institutions and corruption.
Tuesday 20 December 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police have selected 33 new recruits from 163 Form 6 graduates who applied to the Tonga Police recruitment course this year.
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Wednesday 14 December 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A diver from Tungua who died from decompression on Friday, December 9, was the second fatality this year from the use of prohibited diving equipment. Two Asian men were charged with two counts each of illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers off-season and using illegal equipment, following the incident.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Tonga Police Community Post was opened at the Fakafanua Centre in Ma'ufanga this morning, 28 November, making it the sixth post in Tongatapu under the Tonga Police Community Policing Strategy, aimed at ensuring a safer community through the police working closely together with the members of the community to crack down on crimes.
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Friday 18 November 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
10-year-old boy died on Friday afternoon, November 11 after drowning at an inland lagoon known as Vai Salisali, at Sopu, according to the Tonga Police.
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Tuesday 1 November 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fatal accident at Pea on Saturday has claimed a third victim. The driver of the car, who had been in a critical condition at Vaiola Hospital, died on Sunday, October 30.
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Tuesday 25 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two people died instantly when the car that they were in went off Taufa'ahau Road at Pea, hit a power pole and crashed onto a tree, early on Saturday, 22 October.
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Tuesday 25 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police searching for a missing 30 year old New Zealand tourist who failed to return from a trek on 'Eua on Friday, reported that the woman had been found alive and well.
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Tuesday 11 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
LOOKING at the future directions of Policing in Tonga is the theme of a Tonga Police, Prisons and Fire Services 42nd Commissioned Officers Annual Conference held from October 11-13, at the Tonga Police Headquarter at Longolongo.
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Tuesday 11 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 62-year-old woman died at Vaiola Hospital after being hit by a van in the driveway of her home at Houmakelikao on October 5.
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Thursday 22 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
As Tonga's first Police Commissioner Chris Kelly's contract ends today September 22, it has been now been revealed that the appointment of a new Police Commissioner for Tonga is likely to be made before Christmas this year.
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Thursday 22 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police are warning traders and the public to look carefully at pa'anga notes before accepting them, after a number of counterfeit $50 notes were discovered in Nuku'alofa last week.
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Wednesday 7 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four men have been arrested by police at Kolofo'ou in Nuku'alofa and charged with conspiring to commit robbery in relation to the armed hold-up and robbery of thousands of pa'anga from the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch at Ma'ufanga on September 5.
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Wednesday 7 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 54-year-old man died from decompression after diving for sea cucumbers near the island of Leleka in Ha'apai on the late afternoon of Thursday, September 1.
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Monday 5 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two masked men armed with a gun and knife threatened bank tellers at the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch at the Fakafanua Center, Ma'ufanga this morning, September 5.
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Monday 5 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 20-year-old man from Pahu, Kolofo'ou has been charged with reckless driving, causing the death of a female passenger in the vehicle he was driving, on Saturday night September 3 in Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 30 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A pistol shot splintered a side window of a Western Union van after it was intercepted by two masked robbers in an attempted hold-up in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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