Majority of the people arrested for breaching curfew were drunk

Majority of the people arrested for breaching curfew were drunk

By Naveel Krishant
Saturday 17/10/2020
[Image: Fiji Police Force]

Majority of the people arrested for breaching curfew in the past 48 hours were drunk during the time of the arrest.

Sixteen arrests for breach of curfew were recorded between 11pm Thursday to 4am Friday.

The three arrests made in the Southern Division involved a woman and two men who were found drunk outside a service station in Nabua.

Three women and eight men were arrested drunk in the Central Division.

A 19-year-old man is also facing a possible additional charge of driving under the influence of alcohol after he was stopped at a checkpoint in Flagstaff.

From 11pm last night to 4am this morning twenty-one arrests were recorded.

The Southern Division recorded thirteen cases, the Western Division had five reports while the Eastern Division had three cases.

The five reports recorded in the Western Division involved four men who were drunk while an 18-year-old woman was arrested at Natokowaqa as she was returning from buying cigarettes.

The thirteen arrests made in the Southern Division eight were women who were drunk in public.

Seven women were drinking liquor at the Lakeba Street Bus Stop while a 22-year-old woman was found drunk in Narere.

The three arrests made in the Eastern Division were recorded in Nausori and involved three men who were drunk in public.


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