Several arrested at city club for breaching COVID-19 guidelines
The COVID-19 Taskforce on Saturday evening arrested several persons at a club on North Road, Georgetown, for breaching the COVID-19 guidelines.
In a CCTV footage seen by this publication, members of the Joint Services were forcefully removing the iron gate at the club, after they were informed that patrons were allegedly hiding inside the building.
Some of the persons who were arrested at the club
After some time of welding off the gates, the Joint Services finally managed to enter the building.
The footage showed officers lining up the patrons outside of the building after which they were ordered into a bus. They were subsequently arrested. Over the past weeks, several night spots in Georgetown, on the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara were shut down by the National Task Force.
Only recently, scores of patrons were arrested at a night spot at Land of Canaan, EBD, after they were seen partying up to 01:00h when the curfew’s stipulated time is 10:30h.
As such, the night spot was sanctioned and received a two-month ban from operating. This is the second time the night spot was penalised for discarding the COVID-19 rules. In addition, another night spot, this time in Timehri, was ordered to close its doors after the management breached the guidelines.
Meanwhile, only a few weeks ago, over 40 persons were arrested at a party in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and were subsequently charged for breaching the existing COVID-19 guidelines.
It was reported that the people were arrested at the event which was hosted at a home at Wisroc, Wismar, Linden.
<<<Guyana Times>>> was informed by Regional Commander, Superintendent Hugh Winter that no approval was granted by the Regional COVID-19 Task Force for the event to be hosted.
Three Saturdays before these arrests, 40 Lindeners were also arrested and charged for breaking the 6pm to 6am curfew in Linden.
Police said many of the curfew breakers were caught as a result of roadblocks, community patrols and responding to calls of persons breaking social distancing regulations for entertainment purposes.
Despite curfew and the existing regulations stipulating the maximum numbers for social gatherings, scores of citizens continue to violate the regulations.
