Police on Saturday night raided a party with about 150 people in Birmingham, and discovered another venue hosting a makeshift bar dubbed The Covid Arms. About 70 people at the party received fixed penalty notices of £200 ($279) each, and the DJ could be issued a £10,000 ($13,938) fine, West Midlands Police said. It’s believed that around 50 people fled the building—located near an area known as The Jewellery Quarter in central Birmingham—when police arrived in the early hours of Sunday, including fleeing via the roof, according to thermal images from police drones. West Midlands Police said that they were aware that a bar had been set up in the building, and that officers forced their way in after seeing taxis dropping people off at the building. One officer suffered a minor injury when people smashed open a door to breakout, and some officers were pelted with bottles, the police said. “It’s unacceptable that our officers …
Police on Saturday night raided a party with about 150 people in Birmingham, and discovered another venue hosting a makeshift bar dubbed The Covid Arms. About 70 people at the party received fixed penalty notices of £200 ($279) each, and the DJ could be issued a £10,000 ($13,938) fine, West Midlands Police said. It’s believed that around
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