Africa News of Monday, 20 April 2020
Source: bbc.com
Police in South Africa have arrested a man "smuggling his girlfriend," in the back of a car amidst a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to an official from the province of Guateng.
Faith Mazibuko tweeted that the woman was found in the car boot during a security check at a roadblock in the province on Friday.
She added that the driver, who did not have a permit, was heading to the eastern Mpumalanga province.
She tweeted that the woman was arrested for "consenting to be smuggled."
A man was arrested at the N12 roadblock on Friday, 17 April, for attempting to smuggle his girlfriend out of GP to MP, without a permit.
— MEC Faith Mazibuko (@FaithMazibukoSA) April 19, 2020
Law enforcement asked the man to open the boot to search, they found a lady inside.
She was also arrested, she consented to be smuggled. pic.twitter.com/QuONdyDz0p