Police at the Maka Police Post in Malaita Province have arrested three suspects for allegedly disrupting the water supply system at the Riverside Village on Small Malaita on 2 April 2018.
Operation Manager Malaita Province, Inspector Michael Maebiru says, “It was revealed that the alleged incident is associated with a dispute over a portion of land on which the water source is situated. The dispute occurred between members of the Tetele and Pululaha communities in Small Malaita.”
A 47 year-old man who has been on the run following the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman in the Tenaru area of Central Guadalcanal has been arrested by police in Malu’u, North Malaita on 30 April 2018.
It is alleged that on the morning of 8 April 2018, the woman was intending to travel to Honiara when she was taken on board a car at the Henderson area to Tenaru where she was allegedly raped by a passenger in the vehicle.
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) responsible for the roll out of the Crime Prevention Strategy into the communities throughout the country are now equipped to assist other officers to train members of the Ward Crime Prevention Committees.
This follows the completion of the four-day Crime Prevention Strategy (CPS) Train the Trainer’s workshop which ended today 3 April 2018 at the Rove Police Headquarter in Honiara.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has scaled down its search for a male person missing along the Mataniko River in Central Honiara since 19 April 2018.
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Police Response Unit (PRT) and Criminal Investigators from Honiara Central Police Station have arrested five suspects in regards to an alleged robbery at the Happy Day Shop, in the Point Cruz area last night 1 May 2018.
Police at Henderson Police Station in Guadalcanal Province are investigating an attack on four men at Naro Village in West Guadalcanal on 25 April 2018.
It is alleged a 20-year-old man armed with a bush knife attacked four other men at Naro Village on the night of 25 April 2018. It is further alleged that one of the four men, a 27-year-year old, sustained an injury to his left hand during the attack.
It is also alleged that as a result of the attack, the other three men who have been lucky not to be injured retaliated and bashed up the alleged attacker injuring him.
The roll out of the Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIPF) Crime Prevention Strategy throughout the provinces will be boosted with the presentation of 10 sets of a public address system (PA) to the provincial police commanders at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara on 1 April 2018.
RSIPF Deputy Commissioner (DC) Operations, Gabriel Manelusi handed over the sets of the PA system to the provincial police commanders (PPC’s) during the PPC’s Conference currently underway in Honiara.
The National Traffic Department of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has reported a slight decrease in traffic cases recorded in Honiara for the past week.
“For the previous week we recorded a total of 26 cases reported to Police whereas for last week only 22 cases were reported,” says Inspector Brian Surimalefo, Acting Director National Traffic Department.
The National Traffic Department of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has reported a slight decrease in traffic cases recorded in Honiara for the past week.
“For the previous week we recorded a total of 26 cases reported to Police whereas for last week only 22 cases were reported,” says Inspector Brian Surimalefo, Acting Director National Traffic Department.
Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) from nine provincial police stations are attending a five-day Train-the-Trainers workshop on the Crime Prevention Strategy in Honiara from 30 April to 4 May 2018.
“The workshop is to develop the skills of police officers from the nine provinces in the country to mentor their staff in everyday prevention policing and problem solving,” says Supervising Assistant Commissioner, National Capital and Crime Prevention, Solomon Sisimia.
