Fifty-three people will front court today as Police officers continue to make arrests for COVID-19 restriction breaches.
Fiji’s Commissioner of Police Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiiho said social gathering breaches accounted for 33 arrests, 18 for curfew breaches, and two for breaching the lockdown restrictions after they allegedly tried to get into Suva through the Nausori border.
He said from the 33 social gathering breaches, a group of eight youths was arrested after allegedly refusing to disperse after being warned not to play rugby in Lokia, Rewa, yesterday.
The remaining 25 arrests made in the East and Southern Division were for those found drinking yaqona.
Of the 18 curfew arrests, the Western Division recorded four, Southern Division – 11, North – two, East – one, and nil arrests recorded in the Central Division.
“It’s clear that people are still taking things lightly as seen with the number of arrests even as the nation experienced the impacts of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold creating more work for officers on the ground,” Brig-Gen Qiliho said.
“TC Harold has passed and we have COVID-19 still here to deal with and we cannot afford to be complacent with a virus that is claiming thousands of lives every 24 hours globally.
