Police in Grand Bahama arrested six people for opportunistic criminal behaviour during the coronavirus lockdown.
The suspects will face court this week for their alleged crimes and for ignoring the lockdown.
A nationwide lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic came into effect at 9pm on April 8 and ends at 5am on April 14.
Officers enforcing the lockdown restrictions caught a suspected burglar near Kelly’s Hardware on Yellow Pine Street around 7pm Friday.
On Sunday, officers found multiple Bahamian passports and voters’ cards when they stopped a car near East Indiaman Road shortly after 5pm Sunday.
The officers arrested the woman driver and her two male passengers for unlawful possession.
Around 3am Monday, officers from the Mobile Unit went to the Post Office where they saw two men dressed in dark clothing.
The suspects fled but police caught them a short time later. Officers recovered a backpack with clothing believed to stolen from a sports store from one of the men.
The lockdown restricted residents, except essential workers to their homes, barring medical emergencies. Lockdown violators face a maximum of 18 months in prison and fines up to $10,000.
As of Monday morning, The Bahamas had 47 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with eight deaths.
