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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.
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Jee Jong Hoon is led in cuffs to the Butterworth Court Complex December 18, 2020. Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
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GEORGE TOWN, Dec 29 A deaf and mute Korean pastor was charged with outraging the modesty of a man at the magistrate’s court here today.
This is the third outraging modesty charge the foreigner was slapped with this month.
Jee Jong Hoon, 54, was charged with outraging the modesty of a man, who was then 20 years old, by kissing him, hugging him and touching his private parts at a house in Gelugor.