Gulf police commander Silas Wayagure

Networking needed to combat transnational crime: Police

It was revealed at the Transnational Crime Workshop in Port Moresby today that transnational crime is no longer a myth in Papua New Guinea.

The Gulf Provincial Police boss says there are no proper mechanisms set up to report and seek assistance to combat this international offence.

“We need networking with (relevant) agencies to combat transnational crime,” Wayagure says.

“Transnational crime happens in my province, but I do not know which offices to go to.”

Police officers implicated in Kerema cell escape

Gulf police commander Silas Wayagure tells PNG Loop that the nine men all convicted for drug- related charges escaped from the Kerema holding cells under suspicious circumstances.

While Wayagure would not go into detail, he says there appears to be a serious breach of protocol and jail cell procedures involved in this matter.

For now, the escapees are still at large with police continuing the massive man hunt  to capture them.