Two women have been charged after further breaches of the Public Health Act were detected at a café in the Southern Highlands on Saturday.
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About 11.45am, The Hume Police District officers attended a food store on Bowral Street, Bowral, to ensure compliance with the current Public Health Orders.
Police say they observed 20 people at the store - including two female employees serving customers - allegedly not wearing face masks while inside the premises.
Police requested staff and customers, not consuming food or drink, to put a face mask on.
The employees expressed they had no intention of complying and the two women, aged 62 and 43, were arrested and taken to Southern Highlands Police Station.
Both women were charged with not wear fitted face covering in retail/business premises and will face court at a later date.
This is not the first time this cafe has been in hot water over COVID-19 non-compliance.
Three staffers at the Bowral cafe were arrested on Thursday over complaints they were not wearing masks.
One, a 63-year-old man, has been charged with assaulting and resisting a police officer, inciting others to resist a police officer, and failing to comply with a direction prohibiting spitting and coughing.
The other two, women aged 62 and 43, will also face court for failing to wear a masks, hindering police, and failing to provide name and address.
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