More than a thousand people in the Cape Metro have been arrested on a variety of offences in terms of the Disaster Act since the national lockdown came into effect to combat the spread of Covid-19.
Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says the city's
law enforcement agencies have had their hands full since the lockdown took effect on the 26th of last month.
He says dozens of people have been nabbed over the past few days alone for criminal inc idents at liquor stores and retailers: "There were also numerous arrests for looting and burglary relating to incidents at liquor stores and retailers.
Law enforcement also recorded 44 burglaries at liquor stores that resulted in 45 arrests, as well as ten arrests in six looting incidents at retailers.
These took place at Tafelsig, Manenberg, Nyanga Junction, Rocklands and Sherwood Park.
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