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They were involved in a robbery attempt that landed them in police custody.

Police said the students caught were; a grade five student from Jomba Primary, a grade 8 student from Ambarina Primary, a grade nine student from Tusbab Secondary and another from Saidor High School, a grade 10 student from Segu High School in Goroka, and a grade 12 student from Transgogol Secondary School. 
 
Police said all these students reside at different locations within Madang town and conspired to commit the robbery, eventually being caught.

Chief Superintendent Joseph Tondop has officially taken post as Hela PPC, following a handover-takeover parade in Tari town on Friday December 2, 2022.

Hela Deputy Provincial Administrator, Andrew Kaupi, senior provincial government officers and locals attended the parade.

The command was passed on by two senior police officers to Supt. Tondop. Outgoing PPC Chief Inspector Teddy Agwi handed over the official report to Senior Inspector Robin Bore who took over as the acting PPC during the 2022 National General Elections. 
Bore then handed over the command to Tondop.

Minister for Internal Security Peter Tsiamalili Jnr made this known in Parliament last week following questions raised by Member for Goilala Casmiro Aia.

The MP questioned the Minister on housing and accommodation issues for police officers, now that the Government plans to recruit new officers next year.

In response, Minister Tsiamalili Jnr said the welfare of Police officers is being captured in the Government’s plan for the next five years.

He assured that all these will be addressed by the Marape-Rosso Government.         

Southern Highlands Provincial Police Commander, Chief Inspector Daniel Yangen, said Constable Mai Pale, the husband of the deceased, and three male teenagers are from Koroba in Hela Province.

PPC Yangen said all four suspects were informed of their Constitutional rights under section 42(2) of the PNG Constitution and placed in the police cell in Mendi.

Deputy Police Commissioner Special Operations, Donald Yamasombi told 155 graduating police reservists during the graduation held at the Correctional Services Training College in Bomana yesterday.

They were told to observe the police code of conduct and allow the Constitution to guide them as they commence as members of the reserve branch of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC).

The man attacked two police officers on patrol at the station, with a 30cm (12in) knife, police said.

An anti-police inscription was found on the man's knife, reports say. No police officers were injured in the incident, which occurred at about 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Monday.

The authorities believe the incident was not terrorism-related.

"The police used their firearms, thus eliminating all danger, both for themselves and for travellers," Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin wrote in a tweet (in French).

The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great).

The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern Nigerian states that prohibit alcohol under Sharia law.

The beers had been seized from trucks coming from the mainly Christian south, officials told AFP news agency.

Shariah police, known as Hisbah, frequently destroy confiscated alcohol and drugs but Wednesday's haul was one of the largest yet in an intensifying crackdown.

Madang Provincial Police Commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said one is Inspector Kevin Hombehoie, 39 from Waramaru in East Yangoru. Hombehoie is the Yangoru Rural Police Station Commander. The other is Sergeant Moses Pilai, 35 from Kumun Village in West Yangoru. Pilai is the Tangori Rural Police Station Commander. Both had travelled from Wewak to Madang by boat on Sunday January 16 2022, when Madang police caught up with them that same evening and arrested them.

The matter goes before court on March 3, 2022.

The Owner of Money Talks Ltd was unhappy at the way police dealt with him over his properties, claiming they locked the gates to his properties, which is being used by at least 20 different firms.

Mr Minape said on December 13, 2021 when police locked his properties, these firms lost income that day. He has now taken out a court order restraining police from trespassing.

RNZ Pacific correspondent in Honiara, Elizabeth Osifelo, said exhausted police were overwhelmed as more people swarmed into town in defiance of a 36-hour lockdown.

Shops in Chinatown which had survived the earlier unrest were ransacked and burned. On the eastern side of town the Ranadi branch of Bank South Pacific was torched as was locally owned and operated hardware store, Island Enterprise.

Osifelo said police were doing everything they could to try and get control of the situation but they were outnumbered.