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Dozens escape on rooftops after raid on illegal nightclub with 150 people inside

Thermal images show the partygoers fleeing over the rooftops (Picture: West Midlands Police)

This is the shocking moment dozens of people fled across a rooftop after police raided an illegal nightclub.

Thermal imaging from a drone shows the revellers running from the building in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday.

Masked officers were then filmed storming the venue to find 150 people across two floors.

The converted party building was fitted with a bar and neon signs, a dance room, and even a recording studio and gym.

Shocking footage shows the moment 150 party-goers tried to flee over rooftops from an illegal nightclub after pelting police with missiles. See SWNS story SWMDclub. Officers raided the premises - which boasted a bar, VIP area and DJ - near Birmingham?s Jewellery Quarter in the early hours of Sunday morning (14/2). After spotting taxis dropping people at the building on Buckingham Street, police forced their way and found around 150 people packed inside across two floors. As well as the bar, with neon signs and a dance room, officers came across a recording studio and gym.
Police officers in masks prepare to storm the building (Picture: West Midlands Police / SWNS)

Some officers were pelted with bottles and one suffered a minor injury as a door was smashed open by people trying to break out.

Fifty people are believed to have fled when police arrived, but about 70 revellers were caught and issued with £200 fines. The DJ could also face a £10,000 fine.

West Midlands Police raided the venue after witnessing a number of taxis drop people off there on Saturday night.

Assistant chief constable Chris Todd said: ‘Our officers continue to work long and hard to protect the public and reduce the spread of this deadly virus by breaking up these gatherings, often in really difficult circumstances.

Shocking footage shows the moment 150 party-goers tried to flee over rooftops from an illegal nightclub after pelting police with missiles. See SWNS story SWMDclub. Officers raided the premises - which boasted a bar, VIP area and DJ - near Birmingham?s Jewellery Quarter in the early hours of Sunday morning (14/2). After spotting taxis dropping people at the building on Buckingham Street, police forced their way and found around 150 people packed inside across two floors. As well as the bar, with neon signs and a dance room, officers came across a recording studio and gym.
Police say the building was packed with 150 people (Picture: West Midlands Police / SWNS)

‘It’s unacceptable that our officers came under attack, and that one suffered a minor injury, just for doing their job and enforcing laws that are in place to keep us all safe.

‘While there’s much to be hopeful of in terms of the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, people must remember that we are still in lockdown and the virus is still a real threat to communities across the West Midlands.’

The same night, police discovered a garage workshop in Dudley Port had been turned into a bar, which had a sign on the wall reading The Covid Arms.

A dozen people in the makeshift bar were allowed to leave, however the owner was fined £1,000.

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