Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara have arrested a male shop keeper for allegedly stealing SBD $164,000 including other currencies that are yet to be recovered.
In a statement this afternoon, Provincial Police Commander (PPC) of Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Jimson Robo said a shop owner of a shop at Capital Park (East Honiara), a Chinese National in her 50’s reported that a male shopkeeper stole money from a cabinet in her bedroom.
“According to reports all shopkeepers have access to the storeroom upstairs of the shop. Both the storeroom and the bedroom are in the same apartment. But only two locals were working that day and only the male shopkeeper was accessing the storeroom.”
“It was not until after closing when the shop owner noticed that someone removed a plywood from the ceiling, broke into her bedroom and stole the money from her cabinet,” PPC Robo said.
The incident occurred on the 23rd of December and was later reported on Christmas day.
Investigations into the incident are continuing.
Police are also encouraging business owners to properly deposit large amounts of money in banks to avoid loss of business.
