Results for Police and Crime

A 40-year-old man died early yesterday morning Wednesday March 5 after falling overboard during a boat collision at Nafanua Wharf in ‘Eua. Another man remains in hospital for minor injuries.

Tonga Police want to talk to a tattooed man who was wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, and another man with a black sleeveless t-shirt and a black cap, who were seen in the By-Pass Road, Halaleva area of Nuku'alofa, on Thursday, February 20, around 9:00am -1:00pm, on the day of a brutal homicide.

No arrest has been made in relation to the death of Dao Zin He (31), the Chinese shopkeeper who died in a suspected homicide a week ago, on February 21.

Two men have been arrested and charged with murder in relation to a Chinese man, Mr Yi (44), who was found dead in his electronics shop on Railway Road, in June 2012.

A homicide investigation is underway in Nuku’alofa after a male shopkeeper, a Chinese national, died this morning at Vaiola Hospital after he was found unconscious in his shop at Halaleva last night.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested and charged with four counts of carnal knowledge, unlawful imprisonment, assault and indecent assault of a 13-year-old girl at Houmakelikao.

Police seized 98 cannabis plants and seven .22 bullets in a raid on a Kolomotu'a tax allotment last week. A 51-year-old Kolomotu'a man has been charged with possession of cannabis and bullets.

The Tonga Police fleet of patol vehicles will be better managed with a new maintenance workshop that is to be constructed with a $192,174 (TOP) grant from the Government of Japan.

Police are warning traders and the public to be aware and to look carefully at Tongan pa‘anga notes, after three counterfeit $50 pa'anga notes were discovered in Nuku‘alofa last week.