More than 400 arrests have been made in Tonga as part of a crackdown on alcohol-related crime.
The police say since the launch of Operation Safe Streets five weeks ago serious crime around the capital Nuku'alofa has been falling
Jo O'Brien asked Acting Deputy Commissioner Atunaisa Taumoepeau about the problems they were seeing with alcohol abuse that sparked the operation.
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The Central Police Station in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa. Photo: RNZI/Gareth Thomas