Six women and one man found inside illegal St Annes tanning salon branded 'reckless and selfish' by police

Seven people have been fined after being found inside a tanning salon which was illegally operating in St Annes.
By Wes Holmes
Published 5th Feb 2021, 09:56 BST
Updated 8th Feb 2021, 14:15 BST
Seven people were found inside the tanning salon. Picture: stock imageSeven people were found inside the tanning salon. Picture: stock image
Seven people were found inside the tanning salon. Picture: stock image

Police officers attended the salon on The Crescent at 8.11pm on Wednesday, February 3, and found the six women and one man inside.

No people were using tanning beds at the time.

The man from Thornton and five women from Broughton, Warton, Blackpool, Longridge and New Longton were issued with £200 fixed penalty notices, while the female owner of the business was fined £1,000.

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Insp Mick Jones, from Fylde police, said: “We are in the midst of a global pandemic and this kind of behaviour is both reckless and selfish. To travel across the county for any non-essential reason is needlessly putting themselves and others at risk and potentially prolonging the current lockdown.

“The vast majority of people in the county are doing their very best to support the national effort to beat Covid and our preference is to help people stay safe by explaining, educating, encouraging them to follow the rules.

“However, where appropriate we will take enforcement action against those who flagrantly break the rules and work with our partners in order to keep the people of Lancashire safe."

People who see illegal activity taking place have been encouraged by police to take down details of times, dates, vehicle registration numbers, and descriptions of the individuals involved and report it.