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Police in Auki prepare for Malaita Province Second Appointed Day anniversary

Police at Auki in Malaita Province today (9 August) conducted high visibility police presence in Auki town as a lead up to the Malaita Province Second Appointed Day 35th anniversary next week.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Inspector Fredrick Pado says, “This high visibility operation is to reduce illegal alcohol consumption and other criminal activities in Auki.”

Inspector Pado says, “Several kwaso (home brew) products been confiscated from some of the Auki betel nuts stalls and currently investigation underway in to those matters.”

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Police in Malaita arrest 4 people during community outreach in West Kwaio

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki, Malaita Province have conducted a week of community policing in West Kwaio, from 30 July to 4 August 2018.

The community outreach started from Kwarekwa to Rate Village.

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RSIPF shows capability of a provincial police station to visiting AFP Commissioner

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today show-cased the capability and challenges faced by its provincial police stations when it took the visiting Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Andrew Colvin on a visit to the Tulagi Police Station in Central Province.

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RSIPF mount operation during Yam Festival on Small Malaita

More than 30 officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Malaita Province will be deployed to provide security during the second Yam Festival which be held near the Afio Sub-station on Small Malaita from 11 – 17 August 2018.

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22-year-old fined for stealing from market vendor

A 22-year-old male has been sentenced by the Central Magistrates Court in Honiara on 8 August 2018 to pay a fine of $500.00 after he was found guilty of stealing from a market vendor at the National Art Gallery in Honiara on 7 August 2018.

“The victim was selling his necklaces when the defendant went over to his table and pretended to look at the necklaces. He then took four of the necklaces and escaped quickly,” says Provincial Police Commander Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Alfred Uiga.

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Nine people missing at sea found safe and well

The nine people missing at sea while travelling from the Russell Islands in the Central Province to Honiara on 2 August 2018 have been found safe and well.

The boat, which had drifted for five days, went ashore at Gizunalapu Island, near Babahaero Village, in the Isabel Province at about 3 am in the morning of 7 August 2018. It is not clear at this stage what happened to them that led them to drift as far as Isabel

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Court fines two adults $1,000 each for consuming liquor in public

Two adults, 31 and 36 years old have been sentenced by the Central Honiara Magistrates Court for the offence of consuming liquor in a public place contrary to Section 65 of the Liquor Act on 6 August 2018.

“On Saturday 4 August an officer of the Honiara City Council was on foot beat patrol around the market area, when he was informed by a by stander that a male was consuming alcohol in front of the next shop,” says Provincial Police Commander Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Alfred Uiga.

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Police charge three men for alleged rape of teenage girl in Guadalcanal Province

Police at the Tetere have arrested and charged three men for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in the GPPOL-3 area of North East Guadalcanal on 30 July 2018.

It is alleged the incident occurred at about 5 am on 29 July 2018, at the GPPOL-3 Labour line.

The three accused are believed to be between18 to 22 years old.

The accused have been remanded in custody by the Honiara Magistrates on 2 August 2018 at the Correctional Services of Solomon Islands Centre at Rove.

Investigation into the matter is continuing.

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Police remand 27-year-old for alleged attempted rape of 13-year old girl in Guadalcanal Province

Police at Tetere in Guadalcanal Province have arrested and charged a 27-year-old male for alleged attempted rape on 30 July 2018 in the GPPOL 1 area on North Guadalcanal.

“It is alleged that the 13-year old victim was walking home from school around 2pm on the day when the accused approached, grabbed her and attempted to rape her,” says Acting Provincial Police Commander Guadalcanal Province, Superintendent Nixon Manetoga.

He adds: “The victim fought the accused and allegedly stabbed him with her pen on his cheek and then escaped.”

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Police charge five people for alleged brewing of alcohol and threatening

Police in Western Province on 4 August 2018 conducted a raid at Sambora Village, on Vella la Vella Island and arrested and charged five people for alleged brewing of kwaso and threatening.

The accused are believed to be 18 to 32 years of age.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Superintendent Cedar Nevol says, “My officers responded to community concerns about the illegal brewing of home-made alcohol locally known as kwaso and causing disturbances since last week at Sambora Village.”

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