Illegal after-hours nightclub in Surrey gets thousands of dollars in fines: Surrey RCMP

Surrey Mounties and a COVID compliance team used a search warrant to break up an illegal after-hours nightclub in the city.

RCMP say when officers and the enforcement team went in around 1 am on Sunday they found 22 people inside.

Police say 26 tickets worth almost six-thousand dollars in fines were handed out for everything from failure to wear a mask to attending a non-compliant event and belligerent behaviour.

The host of the event was not issued the usual $2,300 ticket but instead received a notice to appear in court.

Surrey Mounties say the nightclub operating near King George Boulevard and 105A Avenue had been the subject of previous investigations for violating public health orders, with fines being issued on three other occasions.

Surrey RCMP on Twitter:

Twenty-six COVID-19 violations issued after Surrey RCMP bust illegal nightclub. The illegal nightclub located in the 10600-block of King George Boulevard, has been the subject of previous police investigations for defying public health orders. http://ow.ly/7Esi50DvXQV