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.
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Sunday 5 April 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Friday 3 April 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eight men were arrested on April 1 for possession of methamphetamine and cannabis, in a Tonga Police operation during the national lockdown.
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Thursday 2 April 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Methamphetamine and cannabis were seized from a home at Hala-'o-vave in ongoing drugs operation by Tonga Police.
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Wednesday 1 April 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 639.68 grams of cannabis was seized by Tonga Police and His Majesty’s Armed Forces, at a checkpoint in Poutaha, Tongatapu, on Monday, March 30.
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Tuesday 31 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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.
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Monday 30 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eleven people have been charged in the seizure of illicit drugs in seven different locations in Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 18 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men were arrested with cannabis on March 13 at a plantation in Fua'amotu, as Tonga Police target drug dealers and suppliers.
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Monday 16 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 39-year-old man died from electrocution at a home in Mataika on March 14.
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Monday 16 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An 11-month-old baby boy drowned in a bucket at a home in Manuka, confirmed an inquest held on March 13.
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Friday 6 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seven men and a woman were arrested on charges of illicit drugs possession at different locations in Tongtapu on March 4.
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Tuesday 3 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four accused have been charged after 21.53 grams of methamphetamine was seized at three different locations in Tongatapu, over the past week.
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Monday 2 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A girl (12) whose body was recovered at the swimming pool at Touliki on Saturday, after swimming with her school sports team, was missing for over two hours before police search and rescue were called by her mother when she failed to return home.
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Saturday 29 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The body of a 13-year-old girl was recovered from the swimming pool at Touliki after 2:00pm today.
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Monday 24 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A vehicle to improve response times to victims of domestic violence was donated to the Tonga Police Domestic Violence Unit on Friday 21 February, at the Central Police Station in Nuku’alofa.
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Wednesday 19 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 52-year-old man was arrested on February 15 at a home in Hauloto, Tongatapu with methamphetamine and cannabis.
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Friday 14 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nine people have been arrested from seven different locations in Tongatapu, in ongoing drug operations by Tonga Police. Seized were methamphetamine, cannabis as well as ammunition.
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Friday 7 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four police officers have been suspended from duty on February 5, for drinking alcohol while patrolling in the Nuku'alofa area.
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Friday 7 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seven people have been arrested in the seizure of 37.44 grams of methamphetamine and cannabis at a home in Vaini on February 6.
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Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nine people were arrested with methamphetamine and cannabis, at six different locations in Tongatapu. This part of an ongoing drugs operation by Tonga Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce, to crack down on illicit drugs.
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Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Mildura, Victoria
A 25-year-old Tongan man who overstayed in Australia on an expired visa, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment last Thursday by the Mildura Magistrates’ Court in Victoria, after he pleaded guilty to assaulting and damaging the property of his ex-girlfriend, as well as resisting police and carrying a weapon.
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