Three restaurateurs in the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt have been arrested for ignoring orders to shut up shop after refusing to check their clientele’s Covid certificates.
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Arrestan a restauranteros renuentes a verificar certificados COVID
On Sunday morning the police arrested the three owners. The establishment had been ordered to close on Friday for two weeks by the cantonal government for violating regulations on Covid certificate obligations for diners. The doors of the restaurant were officially sealed and concrete blocks were placed in front of the entrance.
Over the weekend, police conducted repeated inspections, but the restaurant owners continued to serve customers. They improvised a bar on the concrete barriers put in place by the authorities. The restaurant became a site for demonstrations by those against Covid restrictions imposed by the authorities, including the Mass-Voll movement that has been organising protests across the country.
Since the entry into force and subsequent extension of the Covid certificate requirement, the cantonal police of Valais, in collaboration with the regional police of Zermatt, has inspected the restaurant several times and had already denounced it to the public prosecutor’s office for proven violations of the Covid ordinance, the police said in a statement. The canton’s public prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal investigation.
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