Fijilive (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Fiji police have arrested the eighth suspect in the alleged rape of a 14 year-old-student last week.Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said the man was arrested from his village by Labasa Police and is expected to appear in court soon.Police claim the eight suspects were drunk when they allegedly raped the student while she was spending Christmas with her relatives in Bua.
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Police have stepped up the manhunt for the eighth suspect in the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl last week.Police spokesperson North Atunaisa Sokomuri said the man is suspected to be hiding in forests in the interior of Dreketi.Police are optimistic the suspected will be arrested soon.The seven who appeared in court yesterday were refused bail out of fear for their safety.They are still in police...
the Courier Shop blog (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
They says the UK is ten years behind America, so how long before this happens here? or does it already? Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said drug dealers had found a new means of transporting their stash. He said when police raided the homes, they found that parcels were all packed and ready to be sent through local [...]
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
... man was stopped by police in Suva after a tip off from someone in the bar, said Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri.The soldier is understood to be on duty at Government House, the President’s official residence, and had gone into the city to purchase an item from the shop.
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Seven villagers have been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl last week.The men are expected to appear in the Labasa Magistrates Court tomorrow.Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said they are looking to question five others who are also believed to be involved in the incident.The victim, from Bua, went to spend Christmas at a relative’s house in Dreketi when the alleged incident took...
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
... from a concerned nightclub patron who saw the pistol in the man’s possession.Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said the case is now being handled by the military.Military spokesman Major Neumi Leweni could not be reached for a comment.
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
The body of an Australian citizen, reported missing last Tuesday, has been found in a patch of mangroves at Vuda, outside Lautoka.Police say a group of fishermen found the badly decomposed body of Patrick Gopal Reddy, 54, early yesterday morning.Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said it would be difficult to establish the cause of Reddy’s death due to the state of his body.However, investigations...
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Tension is mounting in a village in Macuata Province after more men were taken in for questioning for the alleged gang rape of a 12-year-old last week.Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri confirmed that a team of police officers in Labasa had been mobilised and sent to Lutukina Village in Dreketi to hunt five other men who are believed to be in hiding.Six others are already in custody at the Labasa...
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Fiji Police say the distribution of marijuana in the country seems to be taking place at a very complex level with benefactors making off with hundreds of thousands of dollars tax free.This comes as officers seized more than $150,000 of worth of marijuana, supposedly for the Labasa area.Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said the drugs were intercepted by police at a house in Davuilevu this...
