The Pune police hav𝓡e detained two persons from Mumbai in connection with the alleged use of drugs at a bar here, a top offi🍨cial said on Tuesday.
The detained d🏅uo was seen with a drugs-like substance in a video that went viral earlier, he𝓀 said.
Pubs in the state's second largest city came into focus after the video, allegedly from Liquid Leisure Lounge or L3 on the Fergusson College Road in Pune city, showed some youths with some druꩲg𒀰s- like substance.
According to the police, the bar was operating till 5 am on Sunda🃏y and liquor was being sold beyond permissible time lim🍰it. Bars and pubs in Pune are allowed to remain open till 1.30 am.
"We have detained from Mumbai a total of two persons who were seen in the vi🌸ral video with the drugs-like substance," said Pune Pol🍌ice Commissioner Amitesh Kumar.
Earlier, the police have arrested eight persons in this connection, including an event organiser, and suspended four police personnel after the L3 bar was found operating beyond the permissiblꩲe time limit. Besides, thಞe excise department has arrested six waiters of L3 for allegedly flouting norms related to serving of liquor and its stock.
The police h𝄹ave collected samples from the toilet of L3 and sent them for an examination to check the presence of a narcotic substanꦗce.
