Kulitanai Police, have arrested a 19-year-old male person for allegedly committing indecent act without consent on a 12-year-old girl in a village in the Shortland Islands, Western Province.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Superintendent Wilken Miriki said the alleged incident first occurred in 2023. The recent incident occurred in July 2025, where the suspect went into the victim’ room and touched her while she was sleeping.
The Police Response Department (PRD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has conducted Public Order Management (POM) refresher training for Taro police in Choiseul Province recently as police prepare for the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting in September 2025.
These efforts aim to strengthen officers’ capabilities in POM and Operational Safety Training (OST) to support Western Province to provide security in Noro, where the retreat will be happening.
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Taro police have received a suspect for a serious stabbing incident surrendered by the Panarui community in South Choiseul recently.
The Panarui community handed over the suspect after he allegedly stabbed an elderly person with a kitchen knife.
The victim went out looking for the suspect who took his kitchen knife and escaped to a nearby village.
The victim meets and approaches the suspect near their village and asks the suspect to return his kitchen knife. The suspect refused and walked away with the knife.
As the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) prepares for the upcoming Pacific Island Forum leaders retreat in Noro, a mindset training program has been conducted in Western Province recently with the support from the New Zealand Solomon Islands Police Support Program (SIPSP).
The mindset training program has been conducted for Gizo, Noro, and Munda police to shift their mindset to be the best that they can be—every day—and provide a safe, secure, and peaceful Solomon Islands.
Auki police have arrested a 38-year-old male suspect for consuming liquor in a public place in Auki township over the weekend.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Malaita Province, Superintendent Michael Ramosaea, said the suspect was seen drinking alcohol with his friends near the Malaita Provincial Headquarters in Auki town.
PPC Ramosaea said when police approached him, he continued drinking the alcohol, and he escaped from the officers, running down towards the town area, but was chased and later arrested.
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) recently discovered a U.S. 325-pound depth bomb under the sea near Seghe in the Western province.
Supervising Director EODD Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Ansa Puaraua said the bomb was reported by the local divers to the RSIPF.
SSgt Puaraua said the U.S. bomb contains over 100 kilograms of explosives and is attached to a World War II plane under the sea.
Taro police have arrested a 47-year-old male suspect for hitting a 20-year-old girl with a knife after he asked her for sex, but she refused.
The alleged incident occurred at Sariana village in northwest Choiseul when the victim went to a local store. On her way in the coconut plantation, she met the suspect, and he asked her for sex, and the victim refused him.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) of Choiseul Province, Superintendent Barry Pogesopa, said the suspect hit her on the head, shoulder, and hip repeatedly with the side blade of the knife.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the RSIPF & AFP Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) partnered with community leaders in a Fishing village to deliver a joint community engagement program aimed at strengthening cooperation and crime prevention recently.
The event featured awareness talks led by Inspector Roy Sade of Naha Police Station, who addressed crime prevention strategies, emerging crime trends, and community concerns.
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Auki police arrested eight youths for playing loud music late at night and threatening community leaders at Ambu and Kokomu in Malaita province on 17 August 2025.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Malaita Province, said, “Three suspects are female among the eight arrested, and they are all placed in police custody.”
Supervising PPC Ramosaea said, “The suspects were drunk, used abusive words, and acted aggressively, challenging the community leaders for a fight.”
The National Crime Prevention Department (NCPD) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) is rolling out its community engagement plan to certain communities in Honiara in preparation for the upcoming Pacific Island Forum Leaders (PIFL) that will happen next month in the country.
The latest places that have been visited during the awareness program by the NCPD are Fijian Quarter in Central Honiara and Karaina Market in West Honiara.
