Cape Town police say they arrested nine people for the illegally selling alcohol, in contravention of the Disaster Management Act. The liquor was reportedly trucked in from a wine farm in Paarl, with police confiscating alcohol, valued at more than R 640-thousand during the raid. The suspects are expected to appear in the Bishop Lavis court today.

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