Police have issued more than £15,000 in fines after 300 people were caught at a rave in east London in a flagrant breach of Covid regulations.
Officers received intelligence that an unlicensed music event might be taking place in Hackney on Saturday night. Shortly after 1.30am, they found an event underway under a railway arch with loud music and a 'significant number of people present'.
Police deployed additional resources to deal with the incident including public order officers, a dog unit and the police helicopter.
Numerous attempts were made to engage with organisers and others but they were uncooperative. At one point the doors were padlocked from the inside to stop police getting in.
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