Breach of COVID-19 restrictions

Twenty-Nine cases were recorded over the last 24-hours for breaching Curfew Orders and the Health restrictions.

Of that number, eleven people were arrested in the Western Division, seventeen in the Southern Division, and a case was recorded in the Northern Division.

The seventeen cases recorded in the Southern Division involved four people of Lami who were all traveling in a vehicle without a pass during curfew hours, three people of Tamavua-I-Wai were found loitering during curfew hours while three others of Nanuku Settlement were found intoxicated and have breached the Health restrictions in place.

Four other cases of homebrew consumption were recorded with the involvement of a juvenile at Wailea in Vatuwaqa while three cases of breaching curfew orders were recorded at Kinoya.

The Western Division recorded eleven cases.

Five were found drinking alcohol at Naisoso in Nadi while a similar case was recorded whereby four people were found intoxicated at Navakai.

A 47-year-old man was found breaching curfew orders as he was found loitering and drunk in Tavua while a man in his 20’s was also arrested for a similar case in Lautoka.

A lone case recorded in the Northern Division involved a 31-year-old farmer of Savusavu who was found loitering and drunk during curfew hours.

The Eastern and the Central Division recorded nil cases.

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

Rusiate Tudravu