According to reports, two women have been arrested after police in Newark, New Jersey, caught an illegal bar in a warehouse full of 200 people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Denisse Tinizaray, 26, and Katherine Tinizaray, 28, both from Newark, were charged with maintaining an illegal drinking establishment, illegal possession of alcohol and illegal sale of alcohol, NJ.com reported.
Detectives from the Vice Task Force responded to a large party at Libella Court 6, where liquor was sold from behind a makeshift bar around midnight on Sunday, public safety chief Anthony Ambrose said, according to the Daily Voice.
More than 200 people were inside, drinking alcohol and participating in illegal gambling, Ambrose said.
The two suspects were unable to provide any paperwork showing that they were licensed to sell alcohol, he added.
This is the second illegal bar to be broken up in New Jersey this month.
On December 14, police in Trenton arrested a resident after responding to complaints from neighbors. They found 45 people in the house, where the suspect charged $ 5 per beer, according to NJ.com.
Police seized $ 942 in cash and 82 bags of cocaine.
On Dec.7, Governor Phil Murphy lowered the indoor meeting limit to 25 people, from 150, in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state.