Results for Police and Crime

A 26-year-old man from ‘Utulau was arrested for the theft of $19,964 pa’anga worth of goods stolen from a warehouse at Haveluloto. Tonga Police warned that people who accepted stolen goods would also have their attention.

Two men were arrested with methamphetamine on June 19, in ongoing Tonga Police operations targeting drug dealers in their vehicles.

A three-year-old girl died on May 27 when she was accidentally run over by a reversing vehicle at her home in Niutoua. The child from New Zealand had come to Tonga with a grandparent and was waiting for the border to reopen to return home.

Five men and a woman have been arrested and charged after the Tonga Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce seized illicit drugs, a firearm and live bullet, between May 21-24.

A murder charge has been laid against a 19-year-old youth in the death of Ned Cook (67) who was allegedly assaulted on Friday night, May 15 on Vuna Road, Ma'ufanga.

The Salvation Army's Team Leader Ned Cook, (67) died at Vaiola Hospital on Sunday morning, May 17 from injuries, after he was allegedly assaulted at Ma‘ufanga, Nuku'alofa, on Friday night, May 15.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of 27-year-old man at Haveluloto over the weekend.

The death of a 31-year-old man whose body was found at a home in Veitongo on Saturday night, May 2 has been ruled a suicide.

Tonga Police have made 568 arrests nationwide during a national lockdown and ongoing curfew operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.