Media Releases

A 26-year-old husband burnt down a dwelling house to ashes after he argued with his wife over homebrew beer at Uzamba village in Vella La Vella Island, Western Province recently.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Superintendent Wilken Miriki said, “The husband with his wife who reside downstairs of the same dwelling house have an argument over a container of locally made homebrew the suspect is looking for after he wakes up.”

An infant dead baby girl was found behind a girls' dormitory at Jones Adventist College (JAC) at Vela La Vela in Western Province recently.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Superintendent Wilken Miriki said, “The dead infant was found during school work time in the afternoon on 15th of August 2024.”

Supervising PPC Miriki said, “It was alleged that the mother of the infant baby is from Kolobangara island who is a form five student at JAC.”

Auki police have conducted an awareness talk at Afio and Anololo community in Central Kwara’ae on kwaso and marijuana recently.

The awareness talk conducted as the issue of kwaso (homebrew) and marijuana is rising from bad to worse.

The two communities have been complaining of anti-Social behaviour as a result of main drivers of crime known as kwaso and marijuana.

Community leaders call for police intervention as the issue is ascending from bad to worse as the community established Crime Prevention Committees (CPCs) were weakening.

Taro Police have arrested a 53-year-old male suspect for an indecent act of a 17-year-old female victim at a village in East Choiseul recently.

It was alleged that the suspect asked the victim to remove her clothes several times but the victim refused. Despite the refusal from the victim, the suspect insisted and removed her clothes.

Later, the suspect continues to please himself by touching the victim's breast, belly and her back repeatedly. The suspect then told the victim to sit on his leg while he continued to do the indecent act.