You might have noticed a touch of sarcasm in that headline.

‘Charming’ doesn’t quite cover it.

We’re all feeling the pressure of being confined to our homes as we continue with week two of the national lockdown.

Most of us are finding coping mechanisms – whether it’s taking in some relevant TED Talks, or maintaining a daily routine.

Others didn’t get the memo (in the worst possible way).

News24 explains:

A young man has been filmed seemingly doing drugs in front of the Lyttelton police station in Pretoria, Gauteng.

The man filmed himself driving around with another man he claims is his brother, bragging about how they were trying to score drugs and violating the lockdown.

Here he is, using some very colourful language to describe the situation:

Lovely.

The man in the video was tracked down by private investigator, Mike Bolhuis, then arrested for violating the rules of lockdown, and has since entered into a program to kick his drug habit.

After he sobered up, he realised his mistake and apologised.

“I am a druggie, I use a lot of drugs,” he says. “I also suffer from depression.

“The other day I took a video after I had taken tik and used horrible language about the coronavirus and the police. I apologise. It was during one of my drug outbursts. I didn’t mean to mock the police or the coronavirus. I apologise again. I’m going through a lot of sh*t.”

The video was sent to Bolhuis on March 28. The incident allegedly happened the day before.

“People should realise that this is not a joke,” Bolhuis said. “We work with the authorities and we want the penny to drop – people should take this thing [the coronavirus] seriously. People should follow the rules and respect the police.”

At the same time, drug addiction and addiction, in general, should be taken seriously, as people are forced to live in close quarters with others.

National police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo had some words for those who post videos of themselves violating lockdown, or fake news about the coronavirus:

“People mustn’t think that they can post these videos and post fake news and think they can get away with it. We have the capacity and capability of tracing them. If they want to do the crime, they must be prepared to do the time.”

SAPS isn’t messing around.

[source:news24]