Police in Central Province are mounting an operation in the provincial capital Tulagi to clean up anti-social behavior in the town.
“The operation, which will be from 1 – 4 August 2018, is focused on black markets, people causing nuisance during night times, marijuana, illegal brewing of alcohol and drunk and disorderly,” says Inspector Hugo Maelasi, Operation Forward Commander.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team will conduct a live demolition of bombs at Hells Point, in the Alligator Creek East of Honiara on Thursday 2 August 2018.
Officer In-charge (OIC) of EOD, Inspector Clifford Tunuki says, “The Hells Point Demolition Range in Central Guadalcanal area will be active from 8am to 2pm on 2 August 2018.”
Two men, 21 and 26 years old, have been ordered to pay a fine of $1000.00 each by the Honiara Central Magistrates Court after being found guilty of consuming liquor in a public place at the Honiara Central Market on 28 July 2018.
The two men were ordered to pay the fine by Monday 6 August 2018 or they be sent to jail for 40 days.
“Police officers conducting foot beat patrol around the Central Market area sighted the defendants holding a can of cheers drink as they drank from it,” says Provincial Police Commander Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Alfred Uiga.
Police at Taro in Choiseul Province are investigating an alleged wounding incident at Voruvoru Village in Choiseul Province on 29 July 2018.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Superintendent Vincent Eria says, “The alleged wounding incident happened after a local suspect went to Voruvoru Village and allegedly confronted a Malaysian and punched him. It is alleged the Malaysian reacted and ran back to the logging camp and got his knife and returned to the village to search for the suspect.”
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) calls on members of the public to respect all police vehicles and other property as investigations continue into an incident in the Kakabona area, West of Honiara during which some youth stoned a police vehicle at midnight on 30 July 2018.
Police at Tulagi in the Central Province have successfully rescued five passengers whose boat experienced engine problem while travelling between Honiara and Gela on 30 July 2018.
The passengers rescued included the doctor at the Tulagi Hospital, two of his staff and two other people.
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will be conducting a Render Safe Procedure (RSP) in the Solomon Power (SIEA) residential area at Tasahe in West Honiara between 8:00am to 2:00pm tomorrow 1 August 2018.
Officer In-Charge of the EOD Team, Inspector Clifford Tunuki says, “This task is in relation to a report of unexploded ordnance (UXO) that has been found recently by members of the community living there. The UXO is fitted with a Mechanical Time Fuse and is unsafe to move.”
About 700 people from the Haleta District in East Big Ngella in the Central Province have benefited from an awareness talk conducted by police from Tulagi during the Festival Day at Hagalu Village on 24 July 2018.
The Festival Day was hosted by the Hagalu community to mark their Church Saints Day.
Police at Taro in Choiseul Province are investigating the alleged rape of two girls on 9 July 2018 at Vanga Village in South Choiseul.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Superintendent Vincent Eria says, “The alleged rape incident happened when the two victims were returning in the early evening from a fundraising event. On their way back the three men pulled both females into the bush and a suspect allegedly raped one of the victims.”
Traffic offences recorded in Honiara has decreased to 21 cases during the week of 20 to 26 July 2018.
This is compared to 77 cases during the previous week.
“It’s good to see that traffic incidences decreased from the previous week recording a decrease of 56 cases,” says Director National Traffic Department, Inspector Brian Surimalefo.
“Apart from other offences careless driving seems to be an issue here. For this reporting week we have charged eight offenders for careless driving,” says Inspector Surimalefo.
