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Paterson PD: Sweep Of Illegal After-Hours Clubs Continues With Raid At Popular Hookah Lounge Paterson PD: Sweep Of Illegal After-Hours Clubs Continues With Raid At Popular Hookah Lounge
Paterson PD: Sweep Of Illegal After-Hours Clubs Continues With Raid At Popular Hookah Lounge It was sometime around 3 a.m. when patrons began arriving for a highly-publicized party at a popular Paterson hookah lounge, authorities said. Among those who turned up at Besan Café on East Railway Avenue were city inspectors, who'd shut the business down following a police raid earlier this year. Addressing illegal clubs is both a quality-of-life and regulatory issue, authorities say. For one thing, they tend to attract crime. For another, the owners and operators avoid both regulation and the necessary fees and taxes that honest business owners pay. City authorities said community membe…

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