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150 arrests made for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions

150 arrests made for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions

By Naveel Krishant
11/04/2020
Police conducting checks at a checkpoint [image: Fiji Police]

Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says people are still moving around with the sole intention of breaching the COVID-19 restrictions which is evident as 99 arrests were made for social gathering breaches, 49 curfew breaches and 2 arrests were made for malicious comments posted on social media in the last 24 hours.

The total arrests in the last 24 hours were 150.

48 people were arrested in the Western Division, 35 in the Southern, 13 in the Central and 3 in the Eastern Division for social gathering breaches.

Qiliho says the Eastern Division recorded the highest number of curfew breaches with 21 arrests, there were 17 arrests in the Southern Division and 11 in the West.

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