SAPS
Gauteng police arrested the owner of an unlicensed liquor outlet in Muldersdrift after police were attacked and their vehicle torched by an "aggressive crowd" of people.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Mathapelo Peters, said the tavern owner would be charged with contravening the Gauteng Liquor Board legislation for trading in liquor without a licence.
"The suspect will also be charged with contravention of the Disaster Management Act, COVID-19 level 1 lockdown regulations that prohibit the sale of alcohol after 23:00," he said.
Peters said the arrest followed "the disturbing incident in the early hours of this morning around 02:30" on Saturday when two police officers from Muldersdrift SAPS were attacked and a state vehicle torched allegedly by patrons that had been drinking at the outlet.
"The members sought cover in a nearby shack as the group continued to pelt them with objects, allegedly threatening to kill the police members. The two members, with one of them injured, managed to escape out of the shack and realised that the group had allegedly torched the state vehicle," Peters said.
Public Order Police arrived and managed to quell the situation.
The injured member was rushed to a nearby hospital in Krugersdorp where he was treated and discharged.
No member of the public was injured.
A separate docket has been opened for investigation in relation to the attack on police members and malicious damage to property for torching a state vehicle.
