The smokers fled, leaving the "hookah" on fire .. London police raided an illegal café
London police raided a café housing about 50 people smoking hookah (shisha), watching football matches and playing loud music, in violation of strict general isolation rules that prohibit any kind of social rapprochement between residents in light of the spread of Covid-19 disease.
London police said in a statement, today, Friday, that the cafe's goers fled upon the arrival of the police, who searched the place in Wembley in the northwest of the capital, and found 21 hookahs still burning.
The owner faces a fine of up to 10,000 pounds ($ 13,700).
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