Police in Honiara have started its Zero Tolerance Operation in the capital to ensure members of the public are safe as the country prepares for the Christmas festivities.
“We started this operation last weekend with great success. Thirteen suspects were arrested and nine drivers were arrested for drink and drive offences. This included the suspects arrested in connection with the armed robbery incident in Panatina Ridge during the weekend,” says Commissioner of Police, Matthew Varley
A total of five male suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape and defilement of a 13-year-old girl from Saegolona Village near Haliatu in South Guadalcanal.
Two of the suspects have arrested for allegedly raping the victim and other three male suspects have been arrested on allegation of being parties to the offence in assisting the two suspects to allegedly rape the victim.
Police in Honiara have arrested four suspects in connection with an alleged armed robbery at the Panatina Ridge, East Honiara in the early morning of Friday 13 October during which thieves took off with cash and property worth more than $50,000.00.
Police in Honiara have formally arrested and placed in custody a 39-year-old vehicle driver for causing the death of a 70-year-old male during an accident in Central Honiara on 14 October 2017.
The deceased passed away at the National Referral Hospital on the night of 15 October 2017.
The capability of Forensic Officers in the Royal Solomon Islands Police in the use of finger print technology to strengthen evidence has been boosted with the completion of a two-day training workshop on new fingerprint technology.
The training held 12 – 13 October was conducted by a trainer from United Kingdom specialised in operating equipment called MVC 3000 fingerprint development Supa Glue chamber.
Police Traffic Officers in Honiara have arrested and charged nine drivers with the presence of alcohol above the prescribed amount in their blood during the weekend.
“Out of the total of nine drivers, seven of the drivers were arrested during the police traffic operation conducted in Honiara from 14 – 15 and the two others were arrested following separate accidents. All nine drivers have been released on principle bail awaiting a date for the hearing of their charges in court,” says Kukum Traffic Centre Director, Inspector Brian Surimalefo.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has officially commissioned its second deployment of five officers to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan during a parade at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara today.
The parade was also to officially welcome back the first deployment of five officers who returned last month after spending one year in Sudan. The five officers were each awarded the RSIPF International Law Enforcement Cooperation Medal in recognition of their contributions to the United Nations.
Police in Makira Province will now be able to carry out random breathalyser tests on drivers in that province after the recent completion of a two-day training workshop and the presentation of two breathalyser devices to the KiraKira Police station.
Two traffic officers, Staff Sergeant George Mouli and Police Constable Joel Donia from the Kukum Traffic Centre in Honiara conducted the training for 16 officers at the KiraKira Police Station from 3 – 4 October.
Kukum Traffic Police in Honiara have arrested a 39 year-old male involved in an accident at Lengakiki Road in Central Honiara on Sunday 8 October 2017.
“The driver of the silver white caldina car was tested by traffic police using a breathalyser and his blood alcohol was 0.139% which was above the prescribed level of 0.050%,” says Deputy Director of Kukum Traffic Centre Hugo Maelasi.
A visiting academic from the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji commends the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) for implementing the Executive decision of recruiting equal number of males and females into its new recruit intake every year.
Dr Danielle Watson, Coordinator of the Pacific Policing Program at the USP was invited as a Guest Speaker at the Conference of Provincial Police Commanders and Directors currently underway in Honiara.
