1,167 people have been arrested during the past 24 hours for violating the Police curfew, police said.

The arrests were made between 6 a.m. yesterday and 6 a.m. today.

260 vehicles have also been seized in that time frame.

5185 people were arrested in total since the Police curfew was first declared at 6 p.m.on the 20th of this month.

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