CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Almost a month since some of the provinces in Central Visayas implemented enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the number of quarantine violators has reached 9,403
Members of the Cebu City police force. | file photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Almost a month since some of the provinces in Central Visayas implemented enhanced community quarantine , the number of quarantine violators has reached 9,403 individuals. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas director, said that most of the violators were minors and were not arrested but instead underwent a forum about the coronavirus disease 2019 and were penalized before they were released.
Ferro said those penalized, however, were repeat violators while first time offenders only underwent a forum.Ferro said that most of those violators caught were from Cebu City.Out of the 9,403 recorded violators, Ferro said that 817 of had been charged through direct or regular filing of charges while at 1,171 individuals were charged with disobedience.For those who were hoarding and overpricing supplies, PRO-7 recorded 18 individuals who were also charged.
This would be proven according to Ferro with the recent arrest of high-value and non-listed drugs personalities during checkpoints and buy-bust operations.Himig Diwa Chorale Alumni of Bohol serenades online worldThe comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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