KNYSNA | PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Police in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay have made more than 1 100 arrests in the first three months of lockdown (25 March to 30 June), with regard to contraventions of the state of disaster regulations.
Western Cape police spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa explained that there has been a total of 1 142 arrests in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay for transgressions of the Disaster Management Act up until the end of June.
"The biggest margin of arrests and fines that were issued during this period relates to the failure of people to confine themselves to their own residences."
Potelwa did however point out that "a reduction in all crime-related categories was observed during Level 3 in terms of the same period during June 2019, except contact-related crime where a slight increase was observed".
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