–15 arrested for breaching COVID-19 guidelines

THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has arrested 15 persons, including 13 from Bartica, for breaching the COVID-19 regulations, which have been instituted to mitigate the spread of the disease. Reports are that they have each been released on $5,000 station bail and have been ordered to go to court.
Police in Bartica say those persons were arrested between 19:00 hours and midnight, on Monday. They are accused of failing to wear a face mask.
Among those arrested are businesswoman, Halimina Baksh of Fourth Avenue Bartica; Magaiva Gonsalves, an inspector of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards; Kevin Havercombe, a businessman of Colidgen East Coast of Demerara; Alpha Evans, a businessman of First Avenue Bartica, among others.
Those arrests were made during joint services enforcement activities, all part of an attempt to crack down on persons who continue to disregard the gazetted COVID-19 guidelines.