Tonga Police have arrested multiple suspects, including a 15-year-old girl from Kolofo’ou, for alleged involvement in the distribution of illicit drugs.

Alleged undercover police scuffle with a man resisting arrest in a car in Nuku’alofa. The incident appears to be connected to the recent drug busts reported by Tonga Police this week

The raids, conducted on July 14, 2025, resulted in significant seizures of cannabis, methamphetamine, and drug-related items.

The first arrest involved a 38-year-old man from Fua’amotu, where a Police search of the premises resulted in the seizure of the followings:

TOP $390 cash, 63 cultivated cannabis plants, cannabis leaves weighing 686.11 grams, 1 pack of methamphetamine weighing 0.12 grams, Drug utensils, 1 mobile phone, 5 empty containers.

Later, a 24-year-old woman and the 15-year-old girl from Fasi, along with a 55-year-old man from Kolofo’ou, were detained after police seize the followings:

  • 2 packs of cannabis weighing 18.81 grams, 1 pack of methamphetamine weighing 0.81 grams, Drug utensil, 1 Tongan passport
  • TOP $127 cash

In a separate operation in Fasi, a 42-year-old man from Matalka was apprehended after resisting arrest, with police confiscating the following items:

24 packs of methamphetamine weighing 22.17 grams, Cannabis leaves weighing 12.23 grams, Drug utensils, TOP $680.00 cash.