Media Releases

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at the Henderson and Tetere Police Station are investigating an alleged unlawful wounding incident involving two parties in North East Guadalcanal on 19 September 2021.

An initial report on the incident said that an argument broke out during a card game for beer at Koivo village in the North East Guadalcanal.

It was alleged that one of the men wounded a 35-year-old male on the mouth using a bush knife and sustained injuries. The victim was transported to the Good Samaritan Hospital for medical treatment.

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Tigoa Police Station in Renbel Province have arrested seven adult male suspects age between 19 and 43 years-old who were employees of a logging company in Tigoa for malicious damage and Criminal trespass on 19 September 2021.

Initial report said that the suspects were under influence of liquor when they committed the offences. It is alleged that the suspects confronted landowners at their village and threw stones, damaged dwelling houses and intimidated them.

You are the eyes, ears and voice of the police in your community to work in partnership to manage crime and protect people in your communities, a strong statement alluded by Community Policing Officer, Central Province, Constable Mumane during a workshop conducted at Kuila village in Savo Island on 20 September 2021.

20 Crime prevention Committee members (CPCs) both male and female from both North and South Savo ward12 and 13 in Central Province, participated in a day workshop conducted by police officers from Tulagi Police Station.

The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) would like to clarify a misleading article with the title ‘local businessman accused of renting PRT’ that was published in the Solomon Star.

Assistant Commissioner (AC) National Operations Evelyn Thugea says, “First let me correct some of the factual errors in the article. There is no such thing like renting a Police Response Team (PRT) as claimed in the Solomon Star on 12 September 2021.