People posing as police involved in crimes in various parts of country

Thieves posing as police officers stole a lorry full of cigarettes on Thursday morning. The driver said he was stopped on the motorway near Beroun in central Bohemia by two men in police reflective waistcoats driving a car with police markings and a flashing light. They tied the driver up and left him in the truck after transferring its cargo of cigarettes, worth CZK 3,000,000, to another vehicle.

On Wednesday another two “false policemen” kidnapped and robbed a waitress in Frýdek-Místek, north Moravia. She managed to escape and alerted the real police, who arrested them.