A day after Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis expressed disappointment over some Eleuthera residents holding a “motorcade”, police announced yesterday that 13 people were arrested for “breaking the COVID-19 curfew”.

“I must say that I am extremely disappointed with the behavior of those in South Eleuthera who…engaged in a…motorcade on Friday,” said Minnis in a national address.

A video purportedly of that motorcade circulated on social media on the weekend.

Yesterday, police said, “As a result of the diligent efforts of the police on the island of Eleuthera, 12 males and one female were arrested over the past weekend for breaking the COVID-19 curfew. The suspects are expected to be formally charged before a magistrate court.”

Eleuthera is one of few Family Islands where normal commercial activity has not yet resumed.

In his national address on Sunday, Minnis announced normal commercial activity may resume on Cat Island, Long Island, Abaco and Andros.

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