By The SUN
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| Police photo shows the arrested people being taken away for questioning |
Eight people, four of
them Filipinas, were detained following a police raid on a suspected illegal
bar on Li Yuen Street West in Central last night, the police confirmed today, Sunday.
Police said one of the
Filipinas, who is 31 years old, ran the suspected illegal bar along with a
60-year-old Nepalese man.
The two were arrested on
suspicion of selling alcohol without a license, unlicensed possession of
alcoholic beverages for sale and violating anti-pandemic regulations under the Prevention
and Control of Diseases Regulation (Cap. 599F).
The six others, who
included three other Filipinas, one Pakistani, one Indian and one Nepalese man,
aged between 31 and 46, were all detained for “drinking in an unlicensed
establishment” the bar and for violating social distancing regulations.
Seized during the
operation which was carried out at around 9pm on Saturday were 145 bottles of alcohol and $150 cash.
According to a police spokesperson,
their records show the suspects were all still being held.
