UK police issue around 70 fines after officers disrupt illegal nightclub

After witnessing a number of taxis drop people off at the venue on Saturday night, officers forced their way inside to find 150 people packed into the building across two floors

Some officers were pelted with bottles and one suffered a minor injury as a door was smashed open by people trying to break out. Picture: West Midlands Police/PA

About 70 people have been fined after police disrupted an illegal nightclub in Birmingham over the weekend.

West Midlands Police said they had received information that part of a building on Buckingham Street had been turned into a bar.