A 29-year-old Bar Owner has been arrested and charged after he was caught operating his business at Southern Main Road, California,  last night.

According to the TTPS: “Acting on information received at the Police Operations Command Centre, a party of police officers proceeded to the location and found the bar opened for business and sales being conducted. The owner/operator, Daryl Sirju, was arrested and later charged by PC Ramlochan for breach of the Regulations of the Public Health Act.

Under the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-Cov) Regulations, it shall be an office, during the period specified in Regulation 3, for any person, to conduct the business of a bar, whether or not the person is a licensed person under the Liquor Licences Act.

Any person who contravenes this Regulation commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for six months. On Friday night several units of the Guard and Emergency Branch (GEB) were deployed throughout the Police Divisions in Trinidad by Acting Assistant Commissioner Balram, and coordinated by Acting Senior Superintendent Colin Hazel. The TTPS has increased its patrols throughout the country after numerous reports were made that persons were breaching the regulations.”