The Tonga Police Development Program sponsored by the New Zealand and Australian Governments had made major contributions to building community safety, Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said at a farewell function for Supt. Siaosi Fanamanu a New Zealand Police advisor at Longolongo.
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Tuesday 26 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 22 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police rescued a driver who was swept into the sea with his vehicle with three other men yesterday and have closed a causeway connecting Lifuka and Foa in Ha'apai today, due to high tidal waves as Tropical Cyclone Victor moves through southern Tongan waters. The men were understood to be missionaries from the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Ha'apai.
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Monday 18 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eleven people have been charged so far by Tonga Police in an ongoing investigation into alleged forgery and illegal issuance of Tongan passports.
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Wednesday 6 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A German national, Wolfgang Borner (59) was found dead at sea in ‘Eua on 30 December, after he was reported missing on 28 December.
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Friday 18 December 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala opened a new community police station on the small island of Nomuka in Ha’apai on Wednesday, 16 December.
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Thursday 3 December 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
King Tupou VI commissioned three new Tonga Police Search and Rescue boats today, Thursday 3 December at Tu’imatamoana Wharf in Ma’ufanga.
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Monday 16 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Former Deputy Police Commissioner (Community Policing) Taniela Faletau (58) was laid to rest today Monday, 16 November at Takaunove Cemetery in Nuku’alofa.
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Monday 16 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 20-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a 26-year-old woman, which allegedly occured on Friday, 13 November at Fangaloto in Tongatapu.
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Tuesday 3 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 21-year-old man from Hala’ovave has been arrested and charged in relation to the seizure of four cannabis plants on Sunday, 1 November.
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Tuesday 3 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police today confirmed that a man from Sapa’ata had died after being crushed by a truck full of sand in an accident at Ha’aluma Beach in ‘Eua on 22 October.
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Friday 30 October 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four Tongan nationals have been charged with forgery and related charges, following a complaint over a passport application that allegedly involved a forged birth certificate.
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Wednesday 28 October 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police arrested a 30 year old man from Hofoa and seized 289 Cannabis plants from a plantation in Puke on Saturday, 24 October 2015. Another man was arrested yesterday on a Nuku'alofa street corner with 32 packs of marijuana.
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Tuesday 1 September 2015
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Neiafu, Vava'u
A VHF radio installed at the Neiafu Police Station yesterday August 31, will assist with emergency responses over land and sea in Vava'u. The VHF system covers the archipelago of Vava'u and 40 nautical miles.
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Thursday 27 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 52-year-old husband has been charged with bodily harm for a violent domestic assault when he allegedly threw boiling water on his wife, who remains hospitalized with severe burns.
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Wednesday 19 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fourteen men have been arrested and charged in relation to alleged string of housebreaking, theft and one armed robbery committed in eight homes in the Nuku’alofa area from August 6-15.
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Wednesday 22 July 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A three-day brass band competition for the annual Inter-College Brass Band Music Festival started today 22 July with solo performances at the Police Headquarters in Longolongo.
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Friday 5 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into the fence of the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa, this morning, 5 June.
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Thursday 4 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sefo Kautai (58) appeared at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday 3 June charged with three counts in relation to the alleged shootings and
wounding two of his relatives at a plantation in Lavengatonga, Tongatapu on 29 May.
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Friday 20 March 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A police manhunt is continuing in Tongatapu for a 28-year-old male suspect who is on the run after allegedly imprisoning his partner at a plantation in Puke last month.
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Friday 12 December 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Viliami ‘Unga Fa‘aoa has been made the Acting Commissioner of Police effective from 5 December, following the retirement of Police Commissioner Grant O’Fee.
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