Results for Police and Crime

A 35-year-old Tonga Police Officer has been suspended after entering a house without permission in Pelehake on Monday, September 17.

A 27-year-old male taxi driver who was arrested for stealing a 79-year-old Australian visitor's purse on September 10 at an accommodation in Nuku’alofa, was allegedly found with six small packets of methamphetamine.

Police in California are urging anyone who may have been victimized by a 62-year-old man Latu Kamisese Lavaki (originally from Tonga) to contact law enforcement. The San Mateo County Sherriff’s Office, in the US, released a media statement on Wednesday, calling Lavaki a “prolific sexual predator”.

A 30-year-old man from Halaleva died on Tuesday afternoon, September 11 after collapsing on the side of a road in Ha’afeva, reportedly from a heart attack

A prison survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that in December 2017 there were 57 Tongan-born prisoners serving time in Australian prisons. The official Government survey does not record ethnicity, except for that of Australian Aborigines.

Piukala Laumanu (52) was named as the pedestrian who died early Saturday morning, September 8 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, at Nualei.

A male pedestrian died on Saturday morning, September 8 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, at Nualei.

The four accused in the armed robbery shootings at two petrol stations in Fanga and Veitongo remain in Tonga Police custody to appear at the Fasi Magistrate’s Court on Monday, September 10.

Shots were fired at two petrol stations in Fanga and Veitongo early this morning, during two separate armed robberies. One person was reported injured.