ON ALERT: Metal baseball bats were used in the two brawls, so club owners have been asked to equip staff with hand-held metal detectors at club doors
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 01, 2019
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taichung police yesterday morning beefed up their presence at several potential hot spots and conducted
A police officer conducts a check at a nightclub in Taichung on Wednesday morning.Photo: Hsu Kuo-chen, Taipei
checks at nightclubs, after large groups were involved in street brawls two days in a row.
In the early morning, 50 officers from two precincts made rounds at commercial strips in Nantun District (南屯).
They focused on three nightclubs: X-Cube, 18TC and Coolsh, Nantu Police Precinct Chief Chou Ching-pin (周景彬) told reporters.
Police entered the clubs unannounced, turned off the music and checked the identification documents of 1,200 patrons and staff, Chou said. [FULL STORY]
