Category: COP Media Statement

SOUTHERN Highlands Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Chief Inspector Kelly Sombe and Police Task Force Unit one members visited Embi village yesterday Wednesday 22nd July 2026 and demanded two warring tribes of Embi one and two council wards to lay down Read more

The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is heavily involved in the search for 27 people reported missing on Saturday, 18 July 2026, near Pidgeon Island in East New Britain Province. The missing group includes four staff members from the Read more

TWENTY-SEVEN (27) men have been arrested and charged, and are now remanded at the Buimo Correctional Institution, following two months of intensive, coordinated law enforcement operations in connection with the outbreak of violence that occurred on April 26 at Sambio Read more

The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary’s elite Police Tactical Group, Operation KUMUL 23, conducted ground patrols across Enga Province on Saturday 27th June 2026 as part of the sustained joint security operation targeting illegal firearms and violent offenders in the Read more

Police in the National Capital District are currently investigating the death of a 20-year-old boy who was seriously assaulted on June 16 at Rainbow Cash and Carry, and later died while seeking treatment at the Port Moresby General Hospital. ​National Read more

​The Commander of the National Capital District and Central Province, Benjamin Turi, has called on police officers within his command to work closely with locals as the region enters a dry spell caused by El Niño. While addressing Central Province Read more

ONE member of the criminal gangs was bashed up by the communities and died at the scene whilst another was critically injured following an attempted armed robbery and subsequent community retaliation at nine Mile, Lae Morobe province. At approximately late Read more