NCD Police

NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Commander Ben Turi says that the security operations for the NCD elections process will be lifted up a notch in preparation for the counting period and eventually the declaration.

Turi is adamant that all operations will flow smoothly into the beginning of the counting period set for some time this week.

He adds that the incident that occurred yesterday at the Rita Flynn courts has forced police security to be beefed up.   

The NCD Metropolitan Superintendent described the incident as being forced upon by desperate candidates.

The NCD Metropolitan Superintendent, Ben Turi, said a planning team had just put together a detailed tasking of the roles of each and every police officer in the city.

Loop PNG was on scene to capture live images of thick black smoke arising from the burning vehicle as residents stood at the junction to prevent vehicles from going up the street.

According to eyewitnesses, the driver was drunk and was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident at Six-Mile. He panicked and tried to escape through Five-Mile by making a sharp turn at a street, where his car overturned.

The vehicle was set on fire by opportunists while the driver made a run for it before the newsroom arrived.

The NCD metropolitan police commander Ben Turi has given this assurance when confirming with PNG Loop that his 1,700 police personnel are on standby to deliver the operations.

He says that all NCD polling booths have been confirmed with his operations staff with scheduled personnel to be assigned to man them.

“There will be a minimum of ten officers stationed at the polling sites,” he adds.

Police will be monitoring the election period with a boost in manpower to make sure that candidates including city residents abide by the law.

A list of guidelines has been put together for candidates who will be contesting the elections to avoid any nuisance or intolerable behaviour.

NCD Metropolitan Superintendent, Ben Turi says police will discourage early campaigning, campaigning in residential areas at odd hours and bribery in the form of cash or kind will not be tolerated.

Mohammad Rezza Najafi Movafagh was arrested on Jan 10, 2017 and charged under section 3(1)(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

He is expected to appear in court next week.

The rolls of marijuana were allegedly found in his room on Jan 4 (last Wednesday) by housekeeping staff at the motel he has been residing in. 

When questioned by police CID Drug Squad on Jan 5, he revealed that he brought the drugs from a boy in Boroko and consumes it to relieve himself from stress due to his current condition.

The protest will be led by women and youth leaders in Port Moresby and is a call for action for the Government to endorse the National Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Strategy 2016-25.

NCD police boss Ben Turi said police officers will be taking care of roadblocks and control the traffic from the Waigani traffic light to Boroko traffic light.

The event will take place along Waigani Drive and protestors will be stationed at the section of the road that will be blocked off.

Assistant police commissioner of traffic operations Jerry Frank informed PNG Loop that all pre-operation orders have been issued to all units around the nation’s capital.

Frank advises all Moresby city residents to be mindful of the two week international sporting event that will take place in the city.

He says that police officers have all been briefed and are carrying out prerequisite operations leading up to the November 11 start of event.