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RIOT police were forced to smash down a nightclub’s door and found the staff in the middle of a ­three-day cocaine binge.

The group were caught after neighbours complained music at Glasgow’s Club Reina was so loud that the building was shaking.

Security cameras at the venue recorded every minute of the illegal lock-in.

Footage showed employees, including a 17-year-old girl, taking turns at snorting the Class A drug from the surface of the bar.

A police expert witness who viewed the CCTV told a licensing board: “In my view, this is demonstration of open cocaine use. The drug is being shared between some of those present with no attempt to be discreet.

“This openness continues when three other people arrive in the bar area. Different camera angles clearly show the white powder in open view on the bar area and members of the group snorting lines from it.”

Glasgow City Council’s licensing board have suspended the licence of Club Reina, in Hope Street, for 12 months. The venue is run by Turkish businessman Hayri Keles, 52, an ex-director of Reina Scotland Ltd. He was yesterday unavailable for comment.

The venue was bought by Himshley ­Properties in November for £125,000. The licensing board heard Himshley inherited Reina Scotland as tenants on a 15-year lease.

A criminal investigation is under way.

Lawyer Jack Cummins, representing ­Himshley, said: “The tenants are in breach of their lease on various levels. They have used the premises for illegal and immoral purposes, which is forbidden by the terms of the lease.”