NCD Police

Lawyers representing parties of the eviction saga over the festive period will present submissions next week on whether the current temporary stay order on the eviction be upheld or dismissed.

Magistrate, Jimmy Tapat, of the Port Moresby District Court said this when adjourning the matter this morning.

In the meantime the status quo is maintained allowing the grieving party, Lucy Agen and Cecilia Sam, to remain at the property they were evicted from on December 24^th 2017.

The suspect has been held with charges of possession of live ammunition and misuse of government vehicle during a road check in the nation’s capital.

The man in his late 30’s from Kompiam in the Enga province, was intercepted on New Year’s Eve by police personnel at the ATS Oro block area.

The police pulled over the man after they spotted him to be under the heavy influence of alcohol and discovered the 5 boxes of 9mm 50 rounds.

In a media debriefing this morning, the NCD Metropolitan police commander, Perou N’Dranou highlighted that the operations have seen much improvement in the way people have behaved.

The Met Supt reiterated that the community should be commended for improving, despite reports of fatalities, drink driving, alcohol related fights, and disturbances which are common during such periods.

N’Dranou took the opportunity to challenge the community to be more proactive in the way that they dealt with law and order issues.

Town police station commander, Ben Levi says that his personnel have to date caught numerous PMV busses smuggling the illegal alcohol out of the Hanuabada area.

He says that the festive period has seen more offenders try to take homebrew out of the village to run sales in other communities.

PSC Levi says that he is working on dialogue with leaders at the big village to deal with this issue which leads to numerous law and order situations around the community.

This is according to Chief Inspector, Felix Oltomo of Waigani police.

"They will be released in the morning after they have sobered up."

Speaking to this newsroom during the road checks last night, Oltomo explained that some of the men now locked up had attempted to stone a police vehicle and escape but were caught by police.

The Chief Inspector said the others were apprehended for drunk and disorderly conduct as well as misbehaving in public spots causing inconvenience for the public.

At around 8pm tonight an intoxicated driver was trying to make a get-away at the road check at the UPNG area when police intercepted the vehicle.

The driver had attempted to by-pass the police check by pulling out of the long que at the UPNG area and running a double blinker through the road check.

However fast reaction by the Acting group Commander Papua, Rumut Pachichi saw the car being pulled aside and checked.

The driver along with his two occupants were searched and found to be in an intoxicated with alcohol in the ten sitter they were in.

Personnel there are tasked to carry out patrols as well as support with numerous road checks around the Badili, Burns peak and Kanudi areas.

Town police station commander, Ben Levi said that his personnel were ready to bring in the New Year and encouraged members of the community to celebrate within the confines of the law.

PSC Levi says that one challenge his personnel is having is the scope of his prescient which runs from Koki to Koko and at times even the Napanapa area as it encroaches onto his area of operations.

There are road blocks set up at strategic locations through-out the city with personnel tasked to check on drivers and occupants to ensure that all road rules and regulations are followed.

Our newsroom is part of the media contingent that will be touring the city with police personnel as part of the NCD Metropolitan police commands efforts to create an inclusive coverage of all police operations through-out the city.

Police personnel are stationed at all three electorates.

TV Wan and Loop PNG crew made a round trip around the city and noted a smooth operation of vehicle checks of motorists by police.

So far, the city is seen to have a quiet atmosphere but is expected to pick up in the hours leading up into the New Year.

Nothing major reported at this time according to police.

Watch this site for more updates of the New Year security operations in NCD.

Residents alerted police yesterday after noticing dogs scavenging on the body.

The clothes of the deceased identify it as a woman; however that needs to be confirmed by forensics.

Images supplied to the Loop PNG newsroom today, showed only the skull of the deceased.

Residents speculate that other body parts were taken away by dogs.

Despite that, the stench of a decaying body still surrounded the area where her whole body initially laid, indicating that this was a recent death.