Police

176 people were arrested in total in the week leading up to and including Easter.

RNZ reports the arrests were mostly for drunk driving and drinking in public.

It followed a similar campaign over the Christmas period in which 159 arrests were made.

Publisher Kalafi Moala praised police for taking the action they have.

He said there had been a surge in alcohol abuse, drunk driving and fatalities and which triggered the first campaign at Christmas.

A dozen people were injured in what appeared to be the latest use of a vehicle as a weapon of terror in Europe.

The Swedish Security Service said the attack happened just before 3 p.m. local time. People were seen fleeing the area in panic.

A beer truck was hijacked as it made a delivery nearby, according to the company that owned it. Eyewitnesses reported it being driven at speed along Drottninggatan (Queen Street) before it crashed into the front of a department store.

A new blog by Google's Chief Business Officer promises more safeguards for advertisers. But I've seen for myself just how hard it seems to be for Google to police its platform.

Philipp Schindler, who runs the Google advertising business, the profit engine fuelling the entire search empire, repeats the apology to advertisers made yesterday by his colleague Matt Brittin.

The letter, dated January 9, claims to have been written by 'Akilisi Pohiva to the 'Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.'

RNZ reports it stated that "religion and its institutions" were halting Tonga's progress and preventing it from transitioning into a democracy.

It went on to speak of creating a confidential plan to secularise the country and eventually remove all power from the monarchy.

The Prime Minister's Office has vehemently denied the letter was penned by Mr Pohiva and the Chinese Embassy has questioned its veracity.

This was during the discussion of the annual report of the Ministry of Police 2013 – 2014 in Parliament.

Lord Tu’ilakepa says he has received information from a reliable source relating to many confiscated goods under Police custody that have been lost and their whereabouts remain unknown.

Under the Tonga Police Act 2010, the Ministry cannot be audited, except if the law is amended or change the legislation.

Police confiscated a total of 2,794 cans and bottles of different types of alcohol which were stocked and sold without a liqour license.

Kaniva News reports a 45-year-old man was arrested and charged with the illegal selling of the alcohol.

Deputy Commissioner Pelenatita Vaisuai, said the seizure came as part of Police Christmas and holiday operation, dubbed Operation Vï.

“This is among the largest raids by police relating to alcohol being sold unlawfully, without licence,” Vaisiuai said.

Over 15 months, Stephen Port, a 41-year-old chef from a working class east London borough drugged, raped, and killed four gay men he met on dating apps.

He then dragged their bodies a few hundred meters from his flat, planting drugs and even suicide notes penned in his own handwriting to make it appear as if they had overdosed.

Police in the Brazilian city of Guarulhos say they have discovered a man who may have been kept captive by his family for at least 15 years.

Police in the city, which is in the greater Sao Paulo area, were on a drug raid Sunday evening when they entered a family home in error and discovered 36-year-old Armando Bezerra de Andrade in a filthy, stinking basement. Images of the room show a soiled mattress, padlocked windows and no light source. The door had no handle on the inside.

The operation comes after a number of videos were uploaded to social media of fighting between students from various schools.

One video shows a student emerging from a brawl with his face covered in blood.

Last month, police said they had contacted foreign police forces to help in the investigation, but gave no details.

The case stems from an incident in November when an internet cafe owner, Rajneel Singh, claimed to have been beaten by police after he told them about an email found in his cafe about an alleged plot to kill all government MPs.