Breach of COVID-19 restrictions

Twenty-four (24)cases of breaching the Health restrictions, nine(9) cases for Breaching of Curfew Orders, and a lone case for breaching containment areas were recorded over the last 24-hours.

A total of thirty-four arrests were made and the majority are linked to alcohol.

The Southern Division recorded eighteen cases whereby seven people were found drunk at Deuba village in Serua, a 37 year old man was arrested for breaching curfew orders at Nadonumai while a 35-year-old man was found walking at the Raiwaqa area during curfew hours.

A 50-year-old man was arrested for breaching the containment area as he was found traveling by boat from Lovu village in Gau to Nukulau Island while a man in his 30’s was arrested for buying cigarettes during curfew hours in Raiwaqa.

Two men aged 19 and 25 years of age were found drunk and loitering along Sakoca in Tacirua while four others including a juvenile were found intoxicated at Narere.

Of the Fifteen cases recorded in the Western Division, five men who are all farmers of Navosa were arrested for intoxicated, three others were found drinking alcohol while a man in his 20’s was found loitering along the Tavakubu area in Lautoka.

Three cases related to alcohol were also recorded in Lautoka while a 50-year-old man of Nakorokula was arrested for loitering during curfew hours.

The lone case recorded in theNorthern Division involved a 56-year-old man who was found loitering around the Labasa market area during curfew hours.

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE 

Rusiate Tudravu