A 17-year-old male student who has been missing since Friday last week has been found alive and well and is now back with his family.
The young man, after he was last sighted at his school last week, decided to accompany his friends to Tangarare, West Guadalcanal without letting his parents know.
Police joined the search for the missing young man after his parents reported it yesterday.
The male student from Mamasa Village in Central Guadalcanal arrived back in Honiara today without realizing that the police and his family were searching for him.
PPC Guadalcanal Province, Nixon Manetoga says, “I wish to remind our young people or any person for that matter, to inform immediate family members of their whereabouts especially when they plan to be away for a couple of days to avoid family members being worried and Police taking up time and resources to search for them.”
“Police wish to thank members of the public including members of the young man’s family for their cooperation in the search and of cause the happy ending,” says PPC Manetoga.