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Police in Temotu arrest 60-year-old man on allegation of rape

Police at Lata in Temotu Province have arrested a 60-year-old man from Naban Village on Santa Cruz Island on 12 April 2018 for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl from the same village on four separate occasions in 2017.

Provincial Criminal Investigation Officer (PCIO), Sergeant Ezekiel Menoia says, “Police here at the Lata Police Station have charged the man with three counts of alleged sexual intercourse with a child under 18 years old and one count of alleged indecent act on a child under 18 years with three other related charges.”

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Communities in CP benefit from joint advocacy program

Police at the Tulagi Police Station recently supported the Central Provincial Government Children’s Division during a joint advocacy tour to communities and schools in Florida Islands, Ngella.

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Police in Central Province praised for presence at land hearing

Members of the public in the Central Province have expressed appreciation to the police at the Tulagi Police Station for assisting in what was described ‘a tense land hearing’ held at Semege substation between17-19 April 2018.

It is alleged on Monday 16 April 2018, a heated argument broke out between disputing parties, where the plaintiff in the matter was nearly attacked by angry people. The hearing was called off because of this. The Deputy Premier of Central Province then formally requested police presence at the next hearing, which police attended.

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Wife reunites with her husband in Isabel Province

Police at the Buala Police Station in the Isabel Province successfully reconciled and reunited a mother of six children with her husband after four months of separation during a reconciliation dialogue on 13 April 2018.

Provincial Police Commander Supervising, Inspector Oswald Iru says, “The mother after realizing the negligence of her children, agreed to return to her children and her husband during the reconciliation dialogue.”

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Police search for missing man after dead body found near SSEC compound sea side

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force in Honiara are still searching for a missing man after recovering the body of a local woman who was found offshore near the South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) compound in Central Honiara this evening, 19 April 2018.

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New police post to benefit communities in Western Province

Communities on Kolombangara Island in Western Province will benefit from a newly built police post at Poitete which was officially handed over to police on 17 April 2018.

Kolombangara Forest Plantation Limited (KFPL) built the new police post.

Representatives of the Western Provincial Government: the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services; the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force; Church representatives, community leaders and members of the public in and around Poitete attended the ceremony.

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Police in Makira-Ulawa Province investigate alleged rape of 5-year-old child

Police in Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa Province are investigating an alleged rape of a 5-year-old child at Rurunga Village on Ugi Island on 12 April 2018.

Makira-Ulawa Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Peter Sitai says, “So far no arrest has been made as police need more information about the alleged rape of the child.”

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Man charged for allegedly injuring wife in Makira

A man in his 30’s has been remanded to appear before the Eastern Magistrate Court in Kirakira on 26 April 2018, on one count of grievous harm.

It is alleged the man attacked his wife on 29 March 2018 after a heated argument as the man was allegedly under the influence of alcohol.

The matter was reported to Kirakira police after which an investigation was carried out resulting in the arrest of the man on 13 April 2018.

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Police in Auki arrest and charge man on multiple traffic offences

Police officers in Auki, Malaita Province have arrested and charged a 45-year-old man for multiple traffic offences after he was reported by several concerned people in Auki town that he was allegedly driving carelessly in the township on 10 March 2018.

“Upon receiving the report, my on duty shift officers responded and proceeded to locate the vehicle,” says Provincial Police Commander, Malaita Province, Superintendent Timothy Apaesi.

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RSIPF meets with Honiara Youth Council to discuss crime prevention

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), the Honiara Youth Council supported by the Solomon Islands Police Support Program from New Zealand (SIPDP) and the Solomon Islands Police Development Program (SIPDP) from Australia have conducted a one-day workshop at the Rove Police Headquarters on 14 March 2018 to discuss the factors driving young people to commit crime in the local communities.

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