Police arrest 11 people during illegal bar raid

11 people were arrested when police raided two illegal pubs at Tsim Sha Tsui.

Yau Tsim district anti-triad unit, crime unit and special duty squad searched three flats, one located on 11 Hart Avenue and two on 115 Chatham Road South.

During the crackdown, police arrested three men aged between 18 and 55 at the Hart Avenue unit for trafficking dangerous drugs and possessing offensive weapons. Officers seized 300 grams of ice, worth HK$200,000, three butcher knives, two fruit knives and five waterpipes.

Two male managers, aged 19 and 27, and a 55-year-old female manager were arrested at units on Chatham Road South for selling liquor without a license. Four men aged between 18 and 29 were also arrested for drinking at unlicensed premises.

Police also arrested two men aged 23 and 25 for breaching the prevention and Control of Disease regulation at a suspected party room operating on 115 Chatham Road South. Two men and six women, between 22 and 29 years old, were fined for violating the two person limit on group gathering.

Officers confiscated 257 cans of beer and 41 bottles of liquor worth HK$1.5 millions.