COVID-19: Police arrest 10 overnight for curfew breach

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A police officer controlling traffic at a checkpoint during curfew hours. Picture: SUPPLIED/FIJI POLICE FORCE

Ten people were arrested overnight for allegedly breaching the nationwide curfew with one suspect possibly facing an additional charge of attempted burglary.

Fiji’s Commissioner of Police Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho said the Southern Division recorded five reports.

He said one of those arrested was a 24-year-old man who was arrested in Valelevu, Nasinu, after he was allegedly found trying to break into a home along Kanace Road.

The Eastern Division recorded three cases while both the West and Central Divisions recorded one case each.

“The three arrests in the Eastern Division involved people drinking alcohol on a beach, while one arrest made in the Southern Division involved a man who was found drunk near the Muslim League Settlement in Nabua,” Brig-Gen Qiliho said.

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