A 24-year-old man is in police custody for alleged car theft after he was quickly apprehended by highway personnel yesterday afternoon.

There are revelations that in the last 11 months out of the 198 cases of rape and sexual assault filed in the courts, 135 victims were children.

A team of police officers uprooted more than 2000 plants believed to be marijuana from a farm in Natewa, Cakaudrove yesterday afternoon.

Investigators are yet to identify the man whose body was found floating in a pool in Cunningham, Suva yesterday afternoon.

Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho says the force will continue to hunt drug traffickers this festive season.

A total of 696 suspect cases involving children was recorded by the Ministry of Women Children and Poverty Alleviation in the last 10 months.

Police are investigating the discovery of a man found floating in a pool in Cunningham, Suva at 1 pm today.

Twin brothers will be produced at the Suva Magistrates Court tomorrow for allegedly threatening to kill a group of Police officers.

One hundred and twenty-six cases of sexual abuse against children was recorded by Fiji’s Child Services in the last ten months.

The Police Force has started with its festive season operation in all four divisions in the country.

The Social Welfare Department recorded 140 cases of physical abuse against children in the last ten months.

Commercial banks, financial institutions, businesses and the public are being warned to exercise caution when handling email payment instruction for import trade transactions and large value personal outbound remittance transactions.