Media Releases

Oct 28

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force at Tulagi Police Station in Central Province have arrested a 22-year old male suspect for assaulting a male person in his 40s on 24 October 2021.

Initial report said that the victim approached his son in-law whom was the suspect at Komumatanga village, Savo Island for not paying the bride price of his daughter and compensation in relation to an incident occurred last year that the suspect stabbed his daughter on the head using a scissors. The suspect failed to pay for the claims and continue living with the victim’s daughter.

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Oct 28

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police force (RSIPF) in Honiara City Police have arrested three male suspects for common nuisance at the Oxfam area in West Honiara on 23 October 2021.

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says, “The suspects were under the influence of liquor and played loud music causing disturbance to the nearby houses. A senior police officer warned them in the morning and on his way home in the evening the boys continued causing disturbance with their loud music.”

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Oct 28

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha Police Station are investigating a break-in incident at China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) over the weekend at KG VI area in East of Honiara.

Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Mostyn Mangau says, “It will be alleged that a total of one hundred and fifty nine thousand plus dollars’ worth of building construction items was stolen from CHEC.”
Commissioner says, “The break-in incident must have occurred between 23 and 24 October 2021.”

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Oct 26

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have responded to an explosion incident, which claimed two lives and left two in critical condition at upper Betikama area, East of Honiara yesterday 25 October 2021.

Initial report said that a family was preparing food for dinner. They lit a fire on a piece of roofing iron beside a piece of galvanised pipe 60mm in diameter and its thickness is 5mm. While the fire was burning, it heats the galvanised pipe and causes the explosion.

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Oct 26

Provincial Police Commanders (PPC) and Directors of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) begin their five days conference hosted by the Commissioner of Police at the Rove police headquarters on 25 October 2021.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together PPCs and Directors to review work plans performance and prepare towards policing and providing National Security to other government stakeholders in 2022.

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Oct 26

The Permanent Secretary (PS) of Police, National Security and Correctional Services, Ms Karen Galokale today opened the one-week conference of the Provincial Police Commanders (PPCs) and departmental directors of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara 0n 25 October 2021.

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Oct 22

Joint operations between Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and Immigration officers in Taro have arrested a 47-year-old Asian male suspect for raping a 12-years-old girl at a Logging camp in Choiseul Province recently.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Superintendent Vincent Eria says, “The perpetrator was arrested on 12 October 2021 to Taro police stations and dealt with.”

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Oct 22

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands police force (RSIPF) at Gizo in the Western Province have remanded two suspects in relation to a suspicious death of a 7-year-old girl who went missing on 14 October 2021.

Both suspects are currently remanded for 14 days at Gizo Correctional Centre as of 20 October 2021.

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Oct 21

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Tulagi Police Station together with the Community Governance and Grievance Management Project (CGGMP) have conducted a review of Yandina community by-law on 19 October 2021.

The review was conducted following community application of the by-law and identified the need to address issues concerning moral beliefs (Culture) and Customs since Yandina is a multicultural community. The by-law has been reviewed and will be launched next month.

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Oct 20

As part of the general review on the police infrastructure in the provinces, Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) Mr Mostyn Mangau and Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) Commander, Paul Osborne has visited Buala Police Station on 19 October 2021.

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