Modernista and Mado Bar on Baochao Hutong Raided For Drugs

[Updated yesterday @ 6.15pm] A source from Modernista says that four Americans (one Caucasian, one African American, two Chinese Americans, to be specific) and four Chinese were taken in and tested for drugs by police for not having their IDs or acquiring household registrations upon arriving in China. The 30 or so policemen also conducted checks on the staff with the whole event lasting for about one hour.

Approximately half a dozen foreigners were detained and subject to drug tests after Gulou-area bars Mado and Modernista were raided by police last Friday night at around 11pm.

A source present at Mado during the incident who requested to remain anonymous said that there had been rumors circulating for months among bars in the area that something like this was going to happen.

The same source described the unnerving scene whereby more than a dozen police entered the bar without warning and ordered people not to leave while they checked IDs.

Afterwards, the police detained four or five foreigners and escorted them out of the bar to perform urine tests. Approximately 30 minutes later, all of those detained were released and returned back to the bar. It is unclear why those that were taken were selected to do so, and whether it was simply because they weren’t carrying any ID.

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