KUALA PERLIS: Police arrested a couple who had removed their pink quarantine wristbands to go grocery shopping outside the Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) area in Kuala Sanglang, yesterday.
The 54-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife were nabbed at the Jalan Simpang Empat-Kuala Sanglang roadblock while riding a motorcycle home to Kampung Kuala Sanglang at 3.30 pm.
"After questioning, they admitted to removing their quarantine tags, claiming they suffered allergic reactions when wearing them," said Kangar district police chief Superintendent Wari Kiew.
He added that the couple had used a rat trail to circumvent the roadblocks which had been installed since the imposition of the TEMCO.
Bernama reported that the duo was later released on police bail.
Two villages in Perlis – Kuala Sanglang and Kampung Tanah Timbul in Perlis – were placed under TEMCO from Aug 10 to Aug 31 following an outbreak of Covid-19 cases linked to the PUI Sivagangga cluster in Kedah.