Eight people arrested for drug offences Featured
18 July 2021. Eight (8) people were arrested by the Tonga Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce (DET) from more than four different locations on Tongatapu between Monday, 28 June 2021 and Wednesday, 14 July 2021.
The 8 people arrested were all males aged in their early twenties to mid-thirties except for one, an 11-year-old boy, who was arrested for possessing a utensil for smoking drugs during a police raid of a residence at Pahu.
Seizures include 153 cannabis plants uprooted from a bush allotment at Vaini, 15.93 grams of methamphetamine, and over $8,000 pa’anga.
“There is a real concern for the involvement of youth in drugs activities and my message is, walk away now from drugs before it’s too late”, urged Acting Deputy Commissioner Halatoa Taufa.
Taufa also confirms that Police seized drugs, utensils, and a large amount of cash from the driver in the road crash that claimed the 20- year-old male youth’s life on the 4th of July on Taufa’ahau Road opposite Hu’atolitoli Prison.
Taufa wishes to acknowledge the partnership with the communities and encourages anyone who may have information about drugs to please come forward or contact phone 740-1660 or 922.
Taufa wishes to acknowledge the partnership with the communities and encourages anyone who may have information about drugs to please come forward or contact phone 740-1660 or 922.
