The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) calls on the Ohwa and Manaoru tribes in East Kwaio in Malaita Province to resolve the land dispute between themselves in a peaceful manner.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent William Foufaka says, “The issue of the land dispute has been outstanding for some time and if the tribes cannot resolve the dispute then who else will do it. We need to take leadership of the issue and resolve it amicably.”
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Honiara City Central Police Station mounted a successful raid at the Karaina settlement in West Honiara confiscating 2,000 litres of kwaso valued about $10,000.00 on 13 August 2020.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City Chief Suptintendent Stanley Riolo says, “The raid is part of an ongoing crime prevention strategy to curb the increasing trend of antisocial activities from the consumption of the illegal substance in the capital.”
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Taro have arrested a 34-year-old male suspect for assaulting a victim at Malengari Village in Choiseul Province on 16 August 2020.
The assault incident occurred on 13 August 2020.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Superintendent Vincent Eria says, “The male person was allegedly drunk and assaulted the complainant and also damaged the complainant properties.”
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Yandina, Russel Islands Central Province are investigating the death of a 40-year-old male person in an incident involving an out board motor yesterday (13 August 2020) afternoon.
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, (RSIPF) National Traffic Department have recorded 20 traffic incidences in the period 7 to 13 July 2020 in Honiara compared to the previous week when only eight cases were reported.
This is an increase of 17 cases.
Complainants reported four cases while officers of the National Traffic Department reported 16 cases.
The 20 incidences included:
• Five cases each for careless driving and presence of alcohol in person’s blood;
• Three cases for using unlicensed motor vehicle;
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) National Traffic Department in Honiara are investigating an accident on the main road near the Honiara Central Market on 8 August 2020.
Deputy Commissioner Ian Vaevaso says, “Information from witnesses at the scene say that a Toyota Land Cruiser veered off the west bound lane, breaking the median stripe fence and was at a stationary position in front of the Central Market Plaza, facing in the westerly direction on the east bound lane.”
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at the National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) Serious Crime Unit in Honiara are investigating the suspicious death of a one year and six months old baby at the Boeboe logging camp on Small Malaita on 30 June 2020.
Deputy Commissioner Ian Vaevaso says, “An initial report about the incident says the deceased was with the house girl at the Boeboe logging camp area when some Asian employee of the Global Logging Company arrived at the camp carrying the body of the deceased.”
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Guadalcanal Province are investigating the death of a 17-year-old male person from Balo Village in the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal on 9 August 2020.
Police at Marau received a report on 9 August 2020 from parents of the deceased saying their son went missing on Saturday 8 August 2020 after he did not return home in the evening and whole of the night.
RSIPF officers at the Naha Police Station in Honiara have arrested a 77-year-old male person for allegedly raping his four years four months old step granddaughter in the Top Timber area, Ranadi, East Honiara on 10 August 2020.
The complainant is the mother of the victim who also lives in the Top Timber area at Ranadi.
Deputy Commissioner Ian Vaevaso says, “It is alleged that at 1 pm on 10 August 2020 the victim was playing inside their house whilst her mother was inside their room breast-feeding the victim’s younger sister.”
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) Joint Border Operation Team and the Famoa Council of Chiefs held a meeting at the Kulitanai Village in Shortland Islands in Western Province on 18 July 2020 to discuss preparations for any outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the western border with Papua New Guinea.
