Police in East New Britain have advised that major suspects in the lotting incident have been identified and police will be moving forward to conduct arrests.
This is following the unrest in the province, which caused widespread panic and chaos and led to the looting of shops within major towns,
ENB Provincial Police Commander, Chief Inspector Felix Nebanat confirmed to PNG HAUSBUNG that police will now be looking to apprehend the suspects that orchestrated the looting.
“The investigations over the looting of how many shops that were done at this that were conducted by the Criminal Investigation Division [CID] of the respective police stations over the province.”
“Some people have come up with information and have identified some suspects and at this stage we will be conducting arrests.”
After police managed to contain the situation in Gazelle, Rabaul and Kokopo, a Law-and-order meeting was held to discuss the action to be taken, police have beefed up manpower in the major business areas especially to conduct police business.
Another Law-and-Order meeting will be held today to review the instructions of a circular instruction that was released last week and analyse the work done and will be looking to come up new instructions to handle the situation.
“I have spoken to the team to which I have given my security and risk analysis of the province as to how law and order is happing now after the incident of last week.”
“And now situation in the townships have returned to normal.”
PPC Nebanat said the main concern during this time is to ensure the safety of the people of East New Britain and to maintain security around the main business areas of the province.