SAPS arrests 3 Gauteng restaurant managers for selling liquor under level 3 lockdown
SAPS received information that two popular restaurants one in Sandton and the other in Silverton, Pretoria, were selling booze to customers against level 3 lockdown regulations. Police found the restaurant in Sandton on West Street filled to capacity and openly serving alcohol on the tables Two managers were handcuffed and more than R500,000 worth of
SAPS arrests 3 Gauteng restaurant managers for selling liquor under level 3 lockdown
SAPS received information that two popular restaurants one in Sandton and the other in Silverton, Pretoria, were selling booze to customers against level 3 lockdown regulations.
#sapsGP Police arrest managers after 2 popular restaurants in Sandton & Silverton are found selling liquor to patrons in contravention of adjusted level 3 lockdown regulations. Police also confiscated liquor value approximately R600 000.00. TMhttps://t.co/G1jN6Focty pic.twitter.com/hxPu9hXWqJ
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Police found the restaurant in Sandton on West Street filled to capacity and openly serving alcohol on the tables
Two managers were handcuffed and more than R500,000 worth of liquor was confiscated.
At the other establishment in Pretoria, police arrested a third manager who was also caught selling liquor to customers.
The police’s Mavela Masondo said: “On inquiring, police found the restaurant operating and about 11 people drinking alcohol onsite. In the storeroom was alcohol in ice buckets ready to be served. The manager was arrested and charged with contravention of the Disaster Management Act.”
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