Results for Police and Crime

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.

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.

A manhunt is continuing for two escapees who broke out of the new Huatolitoli Prison three days ago.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A 28 years old male teacher at the Matahau Government Primary School has been fined $100 for assaulting an eight-year-old pupil. The pupil reported the teacher to the police after he was assaulted for a second time.

Tonga's drivers have responded well to breath testing with less than one per cent of tests detecting positive alcohol during the first two months of testing.