Media Releases

Feb 17

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Taro Police Station have thanked the Crime Prevention Committees (CPC) of Panarui and Sasamunga in South Choiseul for bringing forward five suspects who allegedly committed different crimes in their communities to the police on 13 February 2020.

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Feb 17

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force at the Tetere Police Station have successfully raided and confiscated kwaso and marijuana products at Tarilua Village in north east Guadalcanal on 11 February 2020.

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Feb 15

The Police Response Team (PRT) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) has recaptured prison escapees Frank Firimolea and Dilo Faiga at the main entry junction road to Burns Creek market between 11 and 11:45am on 15 February 2020.

Acting Commissioner Mostyn Magau says, “PRT have recaptured the two prison escapees with the help of communities through the provision of accurate information.”

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Feb 14

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force at the Auki Police Station are investigating an alleged incident of sexual assault on a 5-year-old girl by an old man in his 50s at High Hill Village in the Fauabu area, West Kwara’ae in Malaita province on 7 February 2020.

The victim was sent by her parents to a nearby bush to collect fruit leaf for chewing betel nut when she met the suspect.

It is alleged that while in the bush, the suspect sexually assaulted her by using his finger on the victim’s private part.

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Feb 11

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has made a special appeal to people in Guadalcanal Province living besides rivers and streams to take extra precautions during the current wet weather which can lead to flash flooding.

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Feb 10

Leadership management within the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) will benefit from a Certificate IV course in leadership and management which officially opened today (10 February 2020) at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara.

Assistant Commissioner (AC) Corporate Support Ian Bara says, “The Solomon Islands Police Development Program (SIPDP) is sponsoring the training for Sergeants, Staff Sergeants and Inspectors.”

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Feb 07

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) appeals to members of the public throughout the country to think safety first during the current bad weather.

The call is being made as the country continues to experience heavy rain and strong winds.

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Feb 06

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki have arrested a 30-year-old man for alleged attempted murder following an incident that occurred in the Kwaibaita area in East Kwaio, Malaita Province in 2019

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Inspector Charles Eddie Koto says, “The suspect was arrested in 2019 after the incident but he escaped from police during the investigation into the matter.”

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Feb 06

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force at the Naha Police Station have arrested three youth suspects following an alleged attempted murder incident in the Gilbert Camp area in East Honiara in the early hours of 27 January 2020.

Initial reports say that prior to the incident, the victim left his house and walked down to the Solomon Water area at Gilbert Camp where a drill was located with intension to check the area since stealing is common within the area.

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Feb 04

The dead body of a male person has been discovered at the mouth of the Lungga River east of Honiara this morning (4 February 2020).

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Guadalcanal Province, Chief Superintendent Ishmael Vunagi says, “At about 8:30 am this morning police attended the report of a dead body that was found at the Lungga river mouth.”

“The already decomposed body is that of a male person. Police have taken the body to the morgue at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara for a post-mortem.”

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