A 25-year-old Tatakamotonga man was arrested yesterday in connection with a robbery at the Office Equipment in Nuku’alofa on January 6.
Police have arrested the man from a bush allotment in Tatakamotonga at around 2.00pm.
He has been charged with housebreaking and theft and was remanded in
Police custody to appear at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate Court later today, Police said.
As Kaniva News reported, a CCTV video which captured the incident was released to Police and social media after more than TP$10,000 went missing from the Fatafehi road office.
A search of the place where the suspect was arrested from found clothes which match those worn by the person who appeared in the security footage.
“This is excellent work by the Police Criminal Investigation Unit in locating and
arresting this man responsible for this burglary,” says Acting Chief Superintendent
Tevita Vailea.
“Burglary is a crime that affects not only the shop owners, but also the community,
and we will make sure that criminals are held to account for their actions.”
