Media Releases

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki Police Station have arrested and charged a 20-year-old male suspect for a double murder incident that occurred at Manu area, East Fataleka in Malaita Province on 20 February 2023.

The killing of the two brothers was related to a land dispute issue in which the father of the two deceased had an argument with the suspect the day before the murder incident over logs taken out from a disputed land.

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the National Traffic Department in Honiara have attended to a single motor collision incident that took place early in the morning on 21 February 2023 at the Bahai road along the Kukum highway.

Assistant Commissioner (AC) Crime and intelligence Patricia Leta says, “The vehicle involved in the accident was a silver-grey Toyota corolla. The vehicle was said to be travelling westerly direction in the inner lane at a very high speed before driving onto the outer lane and collided with a drum (rubbish bin).”

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Tulagi together with the Community Governance and Grievance Management Project (CGGMP) has witnessed the launching of 11 community By-Laws in Russell Islands recently.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Central Province, Superintendent Soakai said this is another milestone achievement for the 11 communities in Russell Islands who launched and rolled their community by-laws over the three days roll out campaign by RSIPF Tulagi and CGGMP Central Province from 31 January to 2 February 2023.

The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) boosted its capabilities with a new forensic autopsy laboratory with the assistance from People’s Republic of China (PRC) on 16 February 2023 at National Referral Hospital (NRH).

The forensic autopsy laboratory program is worth two million Solomon dollars including the equipment worth 1.4 million SBD and the infrastructure worth six hundred thousand dollars.