COVID-19 RELEASE (25)

19th April 

Sixty-seven people were arrested last night including a case of lockdown breach which allegedly occurred in Nausori last weekend.

A report was received yesterday that the accused had allegedly breached the Nausori lockdown restrictions after he swam from Toga to Nadali.

Of the total number of arrests, forty-eight (48) were for social gathering breaches, eighteen (18) for curfew breach and the lone case of breach of lockdown in the Eastern Division.

The Southern Division recorded thirty-two (32) cases of social gathering breach, North recorded ten (10) and West six (6).

Thirteen (13) curfew breaches were recorded in the South, three (3) in the West and two (2) in the East.

Majority of the social gathering arrests continue to be made with regards to those found drinking yaqona and alcohol in groups.

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE 

Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho