{"id":606212,"date":"2026-02-21T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/606212\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:42:12","slug":"after-hours-bar-raid-ends-with-2-arrests-in-northwest-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/606212\/","title":{"rendered":"After-hours bar raid ends with 2 arrests in Northwest Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Police raided a business in northwest Houston that they said was operating as an illegal after-hours club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Captain Ryan Watson with the Houston Police Department said the operation took place at the Mambo\u2019s Sports Bar located at 6505 Antoine Drive.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had several complaints from neighbors &#8211; neighboring apartments, there\u2019s a church nearby &#8211; and they say that this place is staying open \u2018til five, six in the morning. The parking lot is consistently packed every night, and patrons are leaving here intoxicated, causing accidents and disturbances in the parking lot,\u201d Capt. Watson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said the establishment has been operating for \u201csome time,\u201d and that officers regularly have to respond to criminal incidents at the location.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Capt. Watson said Houston\u2019s After Hours Task Force was called in for a full enforcement response from multiple agencies, such as the Houston Fire Marshal\u2019s Office and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Law enforcement arrested two people, a manager and a server, for allegedly serving alcohol during prohibited hours, a misdemeanor charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cA comprehensive investigation will be done, and there will be additional charges on the back end as well,\u201d Capt. Watson said. \u201cThe Texas Comptroller\u2019s Office will be looking at general business licenses, taxes, and there will be penalties on the back end for that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HPD said you can report after-hours clubs to their Vice Division at (713) 308-8600.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Police raided a business in northwest Houston that they said was operating as an illegal after-hours&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":606213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[46002,4219,4345,22287,5429,358,3187,260711],"class_list":["post-606212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-after-hours","tag-crime","tag-houston","tag-houston-police","tag-houston-police-department","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-vice"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116109623113930651","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}