Diners at Clandestine Paris Soiree Fined for Lockdown Breaches

French police officers inspect a restaurant during a nationwide curfew, from 6 p.m to 6 a.m, due to tighter measures against the spread of the CCP virus disease (COVID-19), in Paris on Feb. 5, 2021. Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters

PARIS—More than 110 people dining at a clandestine restaurant were fined late on Friday for violating a COVID-19 lockdown, Paris police said, days after the government denied allegations that ministers had attended similar underground soirees.

The swoop in the French capital’s 19th arrondissement was the latest police action against restaurants breaking the rules to offer patrons a slice of pre-pandemic life.