Results for Police and Crime

Twelve people have been arrested after the seizure of methamphetamine and cannabis at nine different locations in Tongatapu. Nine men and three women aged 20-41 have been charged.

A 31-year-old man was found dead at a home in Veitongo on Saturday night, May 2. Police suspect this is a suicide case.

A 37-year-old male prisoner was arrested with methamphetamine at the Hu’atolitoli Prison compound.

Three people were arrested by Tonga Police on April 12, after the seizure of more illicit drugs at different locations in Tongatapu.

Four people were arrested after the seizure of 2.14 grams of methamphetamine at a residence in Kapeta, Kolomotu’a on April 11.

Tonga Police made 118 arrests, including 16 for illicit drugs, during the first week of the national lockdown. Acting Deputy Police Commissioner 'Atunaisa Taumoepeau said on Friday that most people were respecting the lockdown under the state of emergency in support of the Ministry of Health, even though at times there had been vehicles queuing for a few kilometres at the main Tongatapu checkpoints.

Methamphetamine and cannabis were seized from a home at Hala-'o-vave in ongoing drugs operation by Tonga Police.

Eighty-one people in Tonga have been arrested since March 28, when Tonga Police started an operation to enforce the one-week national lockdown imposed by Government.

Three men were arrested with cannabis on March 13 at a plantation in Fua'amotu, as Tonga Police target drug dealers and suppliers.