Police have held 6 people for breaching the curfew, which is now in place.

The 6 were detained on the first night of the 9pm to 5am curfew.

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith yesterday said officers were instructed to exercise a bit of leniency as people were still in the process of collecting curfew passes which would allow them to be on the roads.

He said his officers were flexible on Sunday but that would have changed last night.

Commissioner Griffith warned people that if they did not have permits they would be in, for what he called, a degree of difficulty when stopped by officers during operations.

He said even with the passes, police officers could still stop people and ask about their destinations.

According to the Commissioner the passes are not a get out of jail free card.