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BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
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The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 105 persons for flouting government s directives on the wearing of nose masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19.
The arrest were carried out in a four-hour operation by the police on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 around Tema Community 1, to enforce the directives on the observation of the Covid-19 protocols.
The Acting Public Relations Officer of the Tema Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu told journalists that the suspects were going about their usual businesses without regard for the directives.
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She said of the total number of people arrested, nine were women while 96 were men all within the age brackets of 17 to 64 years.