Metro Police in Cape Town have had their hands full with shopkeepers selling cigarettes and violating South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown regulations. LockdownSA Day25ofLockdown COVID19SouthAfrica
CAPE TOWN – Metro Police in Cape Town had their hands full with shopkeepers selling cigarettes and violating South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown regulations, alderman JP Smith said on Monday.
Officers confiscated 179 packs of tobacco, 918 loose cigarettes, 4 894 packets of cigarettes and two-and-a-half boxes of cigarettes during the past week, he said. "He was in clear violation of the lockdown regulations so they questioned him. He disclosed he went to buy cigarettes, at a shop. He showed them 3 packets of cigarettes in his possession," "He led the officers to a cafe in Voortrekker road where the owner confirmed selling him the cigarettes. The 35-year-old owner was arrested for selling cigarettes. A huge of amount of cigarettes was found in the shop. 1475 packets of cigarettes was found on the premises to the value of R87, 325.
Cape Town Traffic officers had recorded 5 536 cases of speeding, arrested 11 motorists and impounded 19 minibus taxis, he said.
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