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Two teenagers were fined £ 1,000 and a man was arrested after police were called to a rave in Manchester.
Greater Manchester Police received a call at 4:20 am Sunday with information of a large gathering held in an empty flat on Hanover Street in the Shudehill area of the city, with the sound of loud music also reported.
Greater Manchester police patrols attended the address and found a Boxing Day rave with 100 people present. They dispersed the crowd and seized the stereo.
The two adolescent boys, ages 17 and 18, each received a four-digit fixed penalty notice.
A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offense and remains in custody and also received a £ 200 notice.
Chief Inspector Colin MacDiarmid, of the Manchester City Division of the Force, said: “The blatant violation of Covid legislation that took place here last night cannot be denied, and investigations are ongoing to ensure that organizers of this meeting are responsible for their unacceptable behavior.
“Most of the people in Manchester have made tremendously difficult sacrifices over the Christmas period and abided by the rules that we all have to follow, yet it is the minority of people who attend events like this that run the risk of undoing. everyone else’s hard work, ”said Ch Ins MacDiarmid.
“It is clear that the people at this meeting were not just people from Manchester but from all over the North West,” he said.
MacDiarmid said that the actions of these people “not only ignore the rules to protect public health, but also undermine the whole spirit of all of us that we need to be together in this to combat the continued risk of coronavirus.”
He added: “We have always operated, and continue to operate, using the four E’s of engaging, explaining and encouraging the public to comply, but we will not hesitate to take enforcement action against those who are responsible for blatant examples of rule-breaking like this.”
The UK is under tight restrictions due to the alarming rise in new cases and a new variant of coronavirus that is up to 70 percent more transmissible. Many areas were placed under level 4 lockdown and the rules prohibiting gatherings continue to apply.
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