Tonga hotel robbery suspect apprehended

Police in Tonga have arrested a fourth suspect in relation to the alleged theft of equipment which belonged to an Australian team of heart surgeons.

The 33-year-old man was taken in last Thursday.

Kaniva News reports three people have also been charged with housebreaking and theft after the equipment were allegedly stolen from Tanoa Hotel in Nuku’alofa.

The accused are a 42-year-old  man from Tofoa and his 25-year-old  girlfriend from Lomaiviti and they allegedly stole a laptop and 4 flash drives which belonged to the surgeons.

A 48-year-old man from Kolomotu’a was also arrested from a house at a bush allotment in Lomaiviti on September 1 , where Police found the  stolen laptop and flash drives  as well  as 4 cannabis plants