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Police report big increase in people breaking alert Level 3

12:11 pm on 4 May 2020

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Police say there was an increase in people breaking Alert Level 3 rules over the weekend, compared with weekends over the Level 4 lockdown period.

112 people were charged by police or given warnings for breaching Alert Level 3 rules in the 24-hour period between 6pm Friday night and Saturday night.

There were almost 700 reports of breaches to police during that period.

The Acting Assistant Police Commissioner, Scott Fraser, spoke to Māni Dunlop.