Firefighters were called to rescue a female Japanese tourist today who fell into the hold of the Falls of Clyde, the floating museum at Honolulu Harbor.

Both Rescue 1 and Rescue 2 personnel were sent to the 10:45 a.m. alarm at the ship at Pier 7, along with Hazmat 1, Tower 9 and a battalion chief.

At press time the condition of the victim and the circumstances of her accident were not known.

Woman airlifted from cruise ship

An 82-year-old California woman, suffering from heart problems and a broken shoulder, was in critical condition at Kona Community Hospital after being evacuated early today from the cruise ship Norwegian Star.

The Coast Guard received a call from the ship at 3:30 p.m. yesterday requesting assistance for Geneva Grover of Modesto, Calif.

A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Barbers Point arrived at the ship, 80 nautical miles south of the Big Island, at 4:26 this morning and hoisted the passenger aboard.

Grover was taken to Kona International Airport, and driven by ambulance to the hospital.

A spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Lines could not be reached for information on how Grover suffered the shoulder injury.

Ice squads make 2 arrests

The ice task force of the Big Island police department this week made two unrelated arrests, charging one man and turning over another to federal authorities for prosecution.

A Puna resident was arrested Monday on suspicion of nine drug counts and one firearms offense. Drugs confiscated included nearly 11 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 4 grams of "crack" cocaine and 41.2 grams of marijuana, police said.

Police and federal agents referred the case to the U.S. attorney for prosecution under the Project Safe Neighborhood law. This law allows for federal prosecution when a drug user possesses firearms or ammunition.

And on Wednesday, police said, they arrested Hilo resident Bill Kamoku on suspicion of three drug offenses after they confiscated 2.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 10.3 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and drug packaging material.

Kamoku was being held in lieu of $4,500 bail pending arraignment.

The Hawaii Police Department also announced that both of its three-man ice task forces on east and west sides of the island were fully staffed as of Nov. 1. Anyone with information about crystal-meth distribution can call the Hilo hotline at (808) 934-8423 or Kona at (808) 329-0423.