Failing to wear a mask led to more trouble for a 19-year-old man when he was stopped by police on Friday.
It is now a criminal offence in South Africa to not wear a mask in public and the man was spotted at the corner of Park Street and Northdene Avenue by officers conducting crime-prevention duties around Brakpan.
Law enforcers stopped the man late in the afternoon and asked why he was not wearing a mask.
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When the man retrieved his mask from his trouser pocket, a ziplock bag containing dagga fell from his pocket to the ground.
Police then searched the man and also found one live round of ammunition.
The man was arrested and detained at the Brakpan Police Station.
He faces charges of possession of dagga and unlawful possession of ammunition.
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