Results for Police and Crime

Tonga Police made 118 arrests, including 16 for illicit drugs, during the first week of the national lockdown. Acting Deputy Police Commissioner 'Atunaisa Taumoepeau said on Friday that most people were respecting the lockdown under the state of emergency in support of the Ministry of Health, even though at times there had been vehicles queuing for a few kilometres at the main Tongatapu checkpoints.

Methamphetamine and cannabis were seized from a home at Hala-'o-vave in ongoing drugs operation by Tonga Police.

Eighty-one people in Tonga have been arrested since March 28, when Tonga Police started an operation to enforce the one-week national lockdown imposed by Government.

Three men were arrested with cannabis on March 13 at a plantation in Fua'amotu, as Tonga Police target drug dealers and suppliers.

An 11-month-old baby boy drowned in a bucket at a home in Manuka, confirmed an inquest held on March 13.

Four accused have been charged after 21.53 grams of methamphetamine was seized at three different locations in Tongatapu, over the past week.

The body of a 13-year-old girl was recovered from the swimming pool at Touliki after 2:00pm today.

A 52-year-old man was arrested on February 15 at a home in Hauloto, Tongatapu with methamphetamine and cannabis.

Four police officers have been suspended from duty on February 5, for drinking alcohol while patrolling in the Nuku'alofa area.