Correspondent|A supermarket manager and cashier were arrested together with two Cape Town police officers. The two cops been arrested for allegedly buying alcohol during the national lockdown.

The incident took place in Delft on Thursday at around 11:00 when the two officers allegedly went to the supermarket to buy liquor to the value of R4 000. 

” A supermarket manager and a cashier with two police officers were arrested after purchasing and sale of alcohol in Delft,” said national police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo.

The two police officers are stationed at Strand police station and have been charged under the Disaster Management Act.

They appeared in court on Thursday and were released on bail of R1 000 each, added Naidoo.

The supermarket manager and cashier have already been released on a warning, he said.