SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Police in Erbil closed a night club late on Wednesday, mayor’s office said, as authorities continue a campaign to arrange clubs in the city.
In a statement, the mayor’s office said the closure of the night club was part of a campaign launched to shut down places that violate instructions.
“The campaign will continue and those who violate law and instructions will face severe legal punishments,” it added.
The general directorate of police said on Wednesday that its units had detained 102 men and 77 women in a tourist community where “illegal acts were carried out that were opposite of the law and instructions”.
Meanwhile, a source at the general directorate of police told Esta Media Network that police raided a night club in a tourist community in Erbil late on Tuesday.
The source said 100 people were detained over “prostitution”.
The night club located in one of the tourist communities in Erbil had been opened for over eight years, said the source, who spoke under condition of anonymity.
The detainees are from the Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Syria and Iran, according to the police source.
“Most of them were tourists, and part of the men had brought the women with themselves,” the source noted.
