Police in Solomon Islands have arrested four Bougainvilleans for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery in Choiseul Province.
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The men, who police said had a Solomon Islands accomplice, are accused of breaking into a bottle shop last week and threatening the owners with a screwdriver while demanding beer and cigarettes.
They were told to help themselves and took off with several cartons of both items.
The police said with assistance from local communities they were able to capture all the suspects, who are now remanded in custody to appear in the Gizo Magistrates Court on 13 December.
If found guilty the foreigners will be deported back across the shared border to Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville region.