Tag: Illegal firearms
East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’...
Interview by Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The man being touted by the opposition as the next leader of Papua New Guinea says the...
‘You will be shot’, PNG’s police chief warns criminals in tough...
PNG Post-Courier
Faced with a rise in the number of criminals in Papua New Guinea who are now armed and shooting at the police, Police...
PNG police probe election candidates’ alleged use of guns in Highlands
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean police are investigating serious firearms offences allegedly involving five candidates contesting the election...
PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's policemen and women around the country have been ordered to arrest and charge anyone in possession...
Undercover narcotics team seizes drugs, illegal guns in PNG hotel
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
An inter-agency team working with Australian and American investigators has busted a drug laboratory operating in a Papua New...
More than 50,000 illegal firearms in PNG, but general denies...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Many allegations have been levelled against Papua New Guinea's disciplinary forces over the years, alleging that police and soldiers...