As many as 66 people were arrested Sunday when a police unit raided a building disguised as a church where parties were being held in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic. Billed as the 'Way of Holiness Pentecostal Church', a banner outside the two-story structure listed the start times for its three bogus weeknight services. Authorities raided a building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, arresting 66 customers inside a fake Pentecostal church that really functioned as a barThe bogus church promoted three nightly services to residents in the Santo Domingo sector of Los Platanitos. The name of the church printed, and inside there are hookahs and beers,' the law enforcement official said. National Police data shows that 6,786 people were arrested between October 22 and October 28 across the Dominican Republic.

Source: Daily Mail October 29, 2020 20:51 UTC