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By DispatchLIVE Reporter - 26 January 2021 An Eastern Cape tavern allegedly trading with stock valued at R5m was raided in Butterworth on Saturday at 2pm. This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue. ....
In response to increasing violations of the Disaster Management Act regulations, the South African Police Service continues to intensify its operations at non-compliant taverns and liquor outlets in the rural and urban areas. On Saturday, 23 January 2021, police arrested three male suspects aged between 27 and 45 at Extension 7 in Msobomvu Township, Butterworth for non-compliance with the Disaster Management Act Regulations. The arrests were effected by an intelligence-led integration of forces that included detectives and visible policing. According to information, Operation ‘Tight Grip’ was conducted in response to several complaints and information received from the community about a local Tavern that disregarded the lockdown regulations against the selling of liquor. After a two-week-long observation and investigation on the activities of the tavern, the owner, along with two of his workers were arrested by the police for selling liquor and using so-called black ma ....
WIKUS DE WET The sale of liquor is prohibited under the adjusted Level 3 lockdown regulations. The boss and his two co-accused will face charges relating to the contravention of the Disaster Management Act. An Eastern Cape tavern boss, who was allegedly selling alcohol illegally, was arrested by police on Saturday and liquor worth R5 million was confiscated. He was expected to appear in the Butterworth Magistrate s Court on Monday, alongside two co-accused, for violating the Disaster Management Act, said Eastern Cape police. Police spokesperson Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana said the men are aged between 27 and 45. He said the three were arrested at Extension 7 in Msobomvu Township for breaking regulations, which prohibit the sale of alcohol under the adjusted Level 3 lockdown regulations. ....
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the move from alert Level 1 to adjusted Level 3 on 28 December. The president said the health system was taking a strain from trauma cases associated with the use of alcohol. This is the third time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic that the sale of alcohol has been banned. Kinana said the arrests came during an intelligence-led campaign, which included detectives and visible policing. “According to the information, Operation Tight Grip was conducted in response to several complaints and information received from the community about a local tavern, which disregarded the lockdown regulations against the selling of liquor. ....