A Joint Operation by Tongan and New Zealand police on Friday, August 12 seized 83 pots of young cannabis plants at Nualei in Tongatapu and one Tongan male was arrested.
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Tuesday 16 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 9 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Deputy Police Commander, Taniela Faletau, is currently the Acting Commissioner of Police, effective from August 5 to September 22 following the departure, of Police Commissioner Chris Kelley on August 6.
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Wednesday 3 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Minister of Police, Hon. Dr Viliami Latu, said yesterday that he, as Minister of Police, would become Tonga's Acting Police Commissioner, when the Police Commissioner, Chris Kelley vacates his post on Friday, August 5.
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Tuesday 19 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prison wardens recaptured two prison escapees early this morning on the Hihifo Road near Puke in Tongatapu, after a 43 day manhunt.
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Monday 18 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two escaped prisoners who were spotted at 'Utulau over the weekend have continued to elude prison wardens.
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Thursday 14 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police have identifed the man who died in an altercation on Saturday night as Sione Kipione (23), a student at Tonga's Institute of Education from 'Utungake, Vava'u who had been living at Nukunuku.
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Thursday 7 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A manhunt continues for two men who escaped from prison on June 6, and police believe are being harboured by persons on Tongatapu, while the prisons officers and police are appealing to the public to step forward with any information regarding the two men.
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Tuesday 5 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police seized 6.5 kilograms of controlled chemicals used for the production of methamphetamine and arrested six people at three different locations in Tongatapu on July 1.
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Sunday 3 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A small number of drivers who were tested for alcohol exceeded the limits during the first six months of breath testing in Tonga.
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Monday 20 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A manhunt continues for the two male prisoners who escaped on June 6, who are thought to be on Tongatapu, but frustrating prison wardens who are looking for leads on their whereabouts.
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Wednesday 15 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police suspect that an escaped prisoner may have been involved in an armed hold up at a Nukualofa barbecue restaurant last week, when a robber fled with $4000.
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Thursday 9 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A manhunt is continuing for two escapees who broke out of the new Huatolitoli Prison three days ago.
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Wednesday 8 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An armed robber held up the Talahiva Restaurant in central Nuku'alofa, in the early hours of this morning Wednesday, June 8 and fired a pistol into the ceiling before he fled with cash.
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Friday 6 May 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
JOHN Jonesse (62), a New Zealander who is currently serving five years imprisonment at Hu'atolitoli Prison in Tongatapu after being convicted of charges relating to the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika ferry, is not treated differently from any of the Tongan prisoners.
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Thursday 5 May 2011
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Neiafu, Vava'u
Police seized 20 counterfeit $100 notes in Neiafu, Vava'u on May 3.
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Thursday 28 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 19-year-old Haveluloto boy who was found dead on Good Friday, April 22, had taken his own life by hanging, police stated on April 27.
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Tuesday 19 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A father from Lapaha has been charged for manslaughter by negligence after his nine year old daughter fell from the back of a vehicle he was driving on April 14, and died from head injuries.
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Tuesday 12 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Asian shopkeepers in Tongatapu were robbed and threatened by masked men with a cane knife and a calvanized pipe, during two separate armed robberies last week.
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Tuesday 5 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over 100 students were taken into police custody on Friday, April 1 after a fight broke out between boys from Liahona High School and Tonga College at a bus stop in central Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 5 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ashika case had been the largest and perhaps the most important investigation in the history of the Tonga Police and there are no plans to lay any further charges relating to the disaster, Police Commissioner Chris Kelley said this morning, April 5 during the Police's weekly media briefing.
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