The Tempe Police Department arrested dozens in an underage drinking bust last week on Apache Boulevard.
Police arrested 173 individuals for underage drinking and fraudulent IDs during a bust at Tempe Tavern last week.
Officer Jessica Ells of Tempe police said the bust was the biggest of its kind the department has executed. She also said the fake IDs they identified looked realistic.
"They are good enough that they are being scanned by the bars," Ells said. "A part of their liquor license is that they have to scan these ID’s, so they are good enough to defeat that scanning and pass as legitimate."
The department collaborated with the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control for the investigation after numerous public complaints were filed against Tempe Tavern for underage drinking.
"The investigation is still ongoing into the actual establishment itself to see if there'll be additional liquor law violations against them," Ells said.
