Blackburn Road, in Bolton, last weekend. A group of '40 to 50 people' were reportedly at the event on Sunday afternoon (February 21), in breach of current Covid lockdown rules.It was broken up and 37 fixed penalty notices of £200 were handed out - totalling £7,400.
Police have not named the venue, but the Manchester Evening News has established it was Indian restaurant Hot Chilli on Dunscar Business Park.
The event was arranged as a 'small meeting' for six people from the same household, a spokesman for the business said.But when more guests arrived, a member of staff called police.A GMP spokeswoman said: "At around 2.35pm on Sunday, February 21, 2021, police were called to a report of large gathering at a premises on Blackburn Road,.
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