Results for Police and Crime

A six-year-old boy drowned at a public swimming pool on the seafront at Popua yesterday afternoon, January 21. This is the first death reported from drowning in Tonga for the New Year.

The case against two police constables who are charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of 'Inoke Finau Vala Pepa (20) in Vaini was adjourned to March 11. This is to allow police prosecution to file papers to a magistrate for the case to be submitted to the Supreme Court.

Three violent robberies occurred in Nuku'alofa during the Christmas week.

The 25-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered by her 52-year-old partner has been identified by police as Haitelenisia Hoko Gatehouse.

A 52 year old Ma'ufanga man was charged with the murder of his 25 year old female partner at his home this morning.

Tonga Police have not yet confirmed the cause of death of Milan Rindzak (35) the Slovak national whose badly decomposed body was found on 'JeReVe' yacht with over 200kgs of cocaine on 7 November, on an atoll in the Vava'u Group.

Tonga's Police Commissioner Grant O'Fee today alleged that an individual identified as a Tonga Customs Officer used a credit card belonging to Milan Rindzak (35), whose remains were found on the drugs yacht 'JeReVe' that was discovered wrecked on the Luatafito Atoll in Vava'u, on November 7.

Three men have been charged in relation to the armed robbery and abduction of five people on Tuesday night 20 November, at a home in Tofoa. Police said the hostages who were tied up at Tu'aliku in Ha'ateiho, escaped unharmed last Thursday afternoon.

Five people who were abducted from a home at Tofoa on Tuesday night, 20 November, during an armed robbery, are well, after escaping from a location at Tokomololo where they were tied up. Police have arrested a 34-year-old man in relation to the crime and are still searching for a vehicle C15530 alleged to have been stolen by the offenders.