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An East London liquor store manager has been summoned to appear in court for allegedly selling booze in the early hours of the morning to customers in contravention of Disaster Management regulations.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, said raids were carried out this week at the liquor store on Mdantsane Highway following a tip-off.
“On investigation, it was established that there was evidence that liquor was being loaded into private vehicles as early as before 5:00 in the early morning. After the suspects were approached as part of the investigation, the manager admitted that they indeed sold liquor to unknown persons,” he said.
Kinana said “invoices depicted transactions which were made on different dates from the 31st December 2020 to 13th January 2021. All these contraventions took place whilst the sale and transportation of alcohol was already prohibited.”
He said the two men were summoned to appear before the Mdantsane Magistrate Court next month.
“The value of the liquor illegally sold is estimated at R66 700-0,” Kinana said.
