Results for Police and Crime

Police confiscated a branch of cannabis with leaves, found with a Prisoner at Hu’atolitoli Prison on January 17.

No arrest has been made in the Office Equipment burglary and theft of more than $10,000 pa’anga from a safe last weekend.

A young man (20) from Fua'amotu died yesterday from injuries he suffered in a car crash on the main highway at Tofoa in the early hours of Wednesday morning, December 27. His name has not been released by Tonga Police.

Police are investigating a complaint of obtaining money by false pretences filed by woman who said she paid around $13,000 pa’anga to another woman for a new car, but was instead scammed.

Five road deaths recorded this year is the lowest number of fatalities in over a decade. Between January and November this year, Tonga Police recorded 262 car crashes with five road fatalities - a significant drop from 18 road deaths recorded last year. Car crashes are most commonly attributed to drivers losing control, speeding, drink driving, and failing to give way or stop, police stated in urging drivers to make smart decisions on the road this summer.

A 22 –year-old man died at Vaiola Hospital on Wednesday morning, November 29, from injuries sustained after allegedly jumping from a moving police vehicle, following his arrest on Sunday, in an incident that is being investigated by the Tonga Police Professional Standards Unit.

A Tongan man in Sydney, Semi ‘Tongan Sam’ Ngata (59), has survived being shot in the back by a suspected hitman at a Sydney home last Friday night 17 November. Semi Ngata is the long-time body guard of a high-profile businessman John Ibrahim who operates a string of nightclubs throughout Sydney.

Two men were charged with possession of cannabis when they were arrested on November 11, in Nuku'alofa.

A 30 year-old woman, who was sitting on the back of a utility van, broke her arm after she fell on the road at Pea, when a group of men threw water at her passing vehicle during celebrations on the roads for the Mate Ma’a Tonga win over Lebanon in a Rugby League World Cup match on November 18.