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Pretoria - Thirty Bulls and Sharks supporters who turned up at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, didn't get to see the game.
They were arrested by police for rowdiness, drinking in public and drunkenness.
Darryl Yorke, 65, from Johannesburg said he “has been going to Loftus to watch the rugby for 15 years”.
“Every year we have a braai and drink a beer.”
Yorke was arrested when he tried to stop his son from being thrown into a police van.
Police spokesperson warrant officer Duane Lightfoot confirmed on Sunday that there had been a communal crime prevention operation by the Brooklyn and Sunnyside police stations on Saturday to “maintain law and order” at the stadium.
It was reported recently how spectators made life hell for residents as they started packing out liquor onto pavements from early on, lighting fires and playing music loudly.
“They pack the whole pavement and don’t care if anyone wants to walk past,” said Corine van Dyk, owner of a guest house in Orient Street, at the time.
Lightfoot confirmed that 30 people were arrested for rowdiness, drinking in public and drunkenness.
They were held in the Sunnyside police cells and released four hours later.
Christo Smith, owner of a security company in Kempton Park and a former policeman, said he was walking with former Blue Bull and Springbok wing Jacques Olivier, holding an empty beer bottle, when “a man grabbed me by the collar and said I had to come with him”.
David le Roux, 31, a Sharks supporter from Johannesburg, complained: “I was completely sober. It wasn’t fair. They (the police) just grabbed us.”
John Marnitz, 47, was also arrested when he wanted to know why his friend, Glen Smith, was arrested. According to Smith, he was simply looking for a bin to throw away his empty beer bottle.
James Douglas, 28, from Parys in the Free State said he still didn’t know why he was arrested. He thought it “was a Leon Schuster joke”. He and his girlfriend, Beverley Esterhuyse, 24, were arrested when they took a photograph with other rugby fans who were braaiing.
Pretoria - Thirty Bulls and Sharks supporters who turned up at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, didn't get to see the game.
They were arrested by police for rowdiness, drinking in public and drunkenness.
Darryl Yorke, 65, from Johannesburg said he “has been going to Loftus to watch the rugby for 15 years”.
“Every year we have a braai and drink a beer.”
Yorke was arrested when he tried to stop his son from being thrown into a police van.
Police spokesperson warrant officer Duane Lightfoot confirmed on Sunday that there had been a communal crime prevention operation by the Brooklyn and Sunnyside police stations on Saturday to “maintain law and order” at the stadium.
It was reported recently how spectators made life hell for residents as they started packing out liquor onto pavements from early on, lighting fires and playing music loudly.
“They pack the whole pavement and don’t care if anyone wants to walk past,” said Corine van Dyk, owner of a guest house in Orient Street, at the time.
Lightfoot confirmed that 30 people were arrested for rowdiness, drinking in public and drunkenness.
They were held in the Sunnyside police cells and released four hours later.
Christo Smith, owner of a security company in Kempton Park and a former policeman, said he was walking with former Blue Bull and Springbok wing Jacques Olivier, holding an empty beer bottle, when “a man grabbed me by the collar and said I had to come with him”.
David le Roux, 31, a Sharks supporter from Johannesburg, complained: “I was completely sober. It wasn’t fair. They (the police) just grabbed us.”
John Marnitz, 47, was also arrested when he wanted to know why his friend, Glen Smith, was arrested. According to Smith, he was simply looking for a bin to throw away his empty beer bottle.
James Douglas, 28, from Parys in the Free State said he still didn’t know why he was arrested. He thought it “was a Leon Schuster joke”. He and his girlfriend, Beverley Esterhuyse, 24, were arrested when they took a photograph with other rugby fans who were braaiing.
