Nine people have been arrested for lockdown breaches on Sunday alone, while 122 were fined.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ismail Naveen, revealed this at the press conference held at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) on Sunday night.
He said that a 122 people were fined for violating lockdown orders prior to the start of the press conference, while nine were arrested.
Malé City has been on lockdown since April 15; the capital was placed under a 24-hour lockdown initially which was extended by 24 hours before being extended by another 14 days.
While a person found to have violated the director general of public health's lockdown orderwill face a MVR 1,000 fine the first time, repeat offenders will be arrested under Articl 533 (a) of the Penal Code.
