TARAWA, 20 DECEMBER 2019 — The Kiribati Police Service (KPS) is concerned with the use of illegal drugs after cocaine and marijuana were recently found in the Line Islands. A report from KPS said illicit drugs are already in the country and young people are probably using it. KPS said what was believed to be […]
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Cook Islands Police hit organised crime
RAROTONGA, 23 DECEMBER 2019 — Success of a combined operation strengthens resolve to target drugs. Six people in the Cook Islands and New Zealand have been charged with offences involving drugs and a gun. The six were arrested as a result of coordinated operations by police in both countries targeting transnational organised crime. Three arrests […]
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Police officer draws flak for posting racial slurs against Bangladeshi workers
A police officer was called a ‘racist’ and had been criticized by netizens for throwing racial slurs against Bangladeshi workers in a social media platform. A screenshot of the post in question was previously shared in a Facebook Forum, Voices from Palau, which was later taken down, but had already garnered several reactions from netizens […]
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Man nabbed for allegedly shooting another with an air gun
A man was arrested by the police after he allegedly shot another man with an air gun in Ngeremlengui State on September 27 at around 8pm. The information from the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) revealed the suspect as Fabian Franz who was arrested by the police and detained at the Koror Jail. Public Safety […]
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Local police works with US federal agents, secret service for Our Ocean security assessment
Palau’s top police officers are working with the Guam Police Department (GPD), Pacific Command (PACOM), the Secret Service, and other United States Federal agents in assessing hotels and venues that will be utilized during the country’s hosting of the Our Ocean 2020. Public Safety Director Aloysius Alonz said that a GPD chief and the other […]
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Police unsure why man went on West Texas shooting rampage
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — Police say they are not sure why a man with a misdemeanor on his record and no warrant for his arrest erupted in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas, killing seven including a man slain outside his parents’ home and a teenager fatally shot as […]