By Tara Rippin • Published: 17 Mar 2020 • 15:05
FOOTAGE of a man walking a stuffed dog during a nationwide lockdown has been shared on social media by Spanish police.
A neighbour recorded the bizarre scene in Palencia, northern Spain, on Monday night and uploaded it to Twitter, before police union, Jupol Nacional went on to share it themselves.
Pedimos SENSATEZ durante el #EstadoDeEmergencia por culpa del #COVID19. Estamos ante una situación MUY GRAVE como para andar por la calle intentando engañar a la @policia… NO nos engañas y además serás sancionado. Es una cuestión de salud pública.#EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos pic.twitter.com/67cjOMNdC3 — JUPOL (@JupolNacional) March 16, 2020
Pedimos SENSATEZ durante el #EstadoDeEmergencia por culpa del #COVID19.
Estamos ante una situación MUY GRAVE como para andar por la calle intentando engañar a la @policia… NO nos engañas y además serás sancionado.
Es una cuestión de salud pública.#EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos pic.twitter.com/67cjOMNdC3
— JUPOL (@JupolNacional) March 16, 2020
Despite violating ‘state of alarm’ government restrictions, the ‘dog walker’ was not fined or punished, but asked to go home.
Jupol has asked for “good sense” during the crisis and asked members of the public to “stay at home as a matter of public health”.
“We are facing a very serious situation, why walk on the street trying to deceive the police…do not deceive us, you will be penalised”.
Meanwhile, in Palencia, a man has been fined after being caught twice drinking beer on a public bench.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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