Port Moresby Police close down Illegal markets
POLICE CLOSE DOWN ILLEGAL MARKETS AT GEREHU AND RAINBOW.
The sale of bettlelnut and food at the centre of bus stops and public places, across NCD is a major contributing factor to all forms of opportunity crimes.
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Police reports indicate that thugs are mingling with the crowds and are preying on vulnerable victims, especially women and children.
Today, members of Sector Patrol Zone 200, ably supported by police personnel from Gerehu Police Station, swept through several illegal markets set up near the main commercial centre including the bus stop, and extended their operations across into Rainbow Estate, shutting down all illegal markets.
The police dispersed the illegal vendors before confiscating and destroying all their make-shift wooden tables used to sell bettelnut and food, in these public places.
The vendors suffered the wrath of the government today, after defying numerous warnings in the past.
The police had told them to take their produce to a properly designated market place, but they decided to stay.
A police man speaking on condition of anonymity said these illegal markets were shut down on numerous occasions in the past, but these defiant vendors kept returning.
"It is frustrating, but I guess we just have to keep at it, until they give up and stay away from these public venues, the policeman said.
"I know, people are struggling to survive in the city by resorting to selling bettelnut and food through the informal sector, but they must also learn to respect the laws.
"They must use the proper designated market places to sell their stuff," he said.
Police Media
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