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‘Windows were covered’: Charges laid after Toronto business allegedly violates COVID restrictions

Police were called to the Queen and Portland streets area early Sunday. File / Global News

Police say they have charged two owners of a Toronto business after an alleged violation of coronavirus-related restrictions.

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Police said officers were called to the area of Queen and Portland streets around 12:40 a.m. Sunday for reports of a “noisy party.”

Officers went to the area and could hear the sound of people inside of a business, police said.

“All the doors were locked, windows were covered and music was playing inside,” officers alleged in a news release.

People who were inside refused to unlock doors, but officers eventually found around 30 to 40 people inside the business which was operating as a bar, police said.

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Police added that those inside weren’t wearing any personal protective equipment.

The owners of the business — which has not been named — were issued court summonses for the alleged violation of the Reopening Ontario Act.

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No other charges were laid.

Toronto is currently in the lockdown level of Ontario’s coronavirus response framework, which prohibits restaurants and bars from offering any services other than takeout.

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