Four men have received prison terms for offences related to a home invasion in Sopu on June 10, 2014, where a woman was robbed, tied up and raped. Two other men have received suspended sentences for their roles in the housebreaking
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Monday 11 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday 17 November 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men were arrested after a prison warden's son was attacked with a machete during a robbery inside a warden's home at the Hu‘atolitoli Prison compound in Vaini on Sunday November 9.

Thursday 10 July 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five men have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in relation to a robbery at a home in Sopu on 11 June, where a woman occupant was allegedly raped.

Friday 13 June 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Police investigation continues into the housebreaking, robbery and rape of a Tongan woman at her home in Sopu in the early morning of Wednesday, June 11.

Wednesday 11 June 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Police are hunting four to five male suspects who broke into a home in Sopu early this morning and tied up the occupant, a woman in her 40's who was home alone. One of the men is alleged to have raped the woman during the robbery.

Monday 15 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men who assaulted a woman shopkeeper and stole $200-300 cash from a Havelu store on Saturday night, July 13 are being sought by Tonga Police.

Tuesday 5 March 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two robbers who allegedly stole $10,000 cash in foreign currency after assaulting a woman shopkeeper at a Chinese shop in 'Ohonua, 'Eua on Friday night March 1, remain at large.

Wednesday 22 February 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's police have suspended issuing any new firearms licenses as a response to the increasing number of armed hold-up incidents in Tonga, but they believe there are many people in possession of illegal firearms.

Friday 7 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ringleader of an armed robbery who shot and injured a man at a Nuku‘alofa carpark, was a professional criminal who had been let out of prison early for previous armed robbery and then reoffended.

Tuesday 1 July 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five men are being detained in custody on charges relating to the armed robbery and shooting that took place outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch at the Si'i Kae Ola shopping centre on May 26.

Wednesday 25 June 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four men have been arrested and charged in relation to the armed robbery and shooting that took place outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga branch at the Si'i Kae Ola shopping centre on May 26.

Monday 22 March 2004
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Pangai, Ha'apai
Six young men were found guilty at the Supreme Court, Pangai, Ha'apai, on charges relating to the death of a 67-year-old man at Nomuka on 18 April 2003.
