Fans who posed as ambulance crew to try and smuggle over 150 pyrotechnics into a football match are facing five years in jail after being rumbled by police.
Officers overseeing the first-league match between rivals Ruch Chorzów and Polonia Warszawa in the Polish capital on Sunday became suspicious after the ambulance arrived with flashing lights and blaring sirens.
But as the police had not been notified about an emergency needing an ambulance, when they checked the driver and paramedic, they found both to be imposters.
Further inspection of the ambulance revealed a stash of flares, fireworks and related paraphernalia.
A police spokesman said: “A woman and a man tried to bring over 160 pieces of various types of pyrotechnics, 29 hazmat suits and 20 lighters into the mass event area.
The spokesman added: “This crime is punishable by up to five years of imprisonment.”
But as the police had not been notified about an emergency needing an ambulance, when they checked the driver and paramedic, they found both to be imposters.
Further inspection of the ambulance revealed a stash of flares, fireworks and related paraphernalia.
A police spokesman said: “A woman and a man tried to bring over 160 pieces of various types of pyrotechnics, 29 hazmat suits and 20 lighters into the mass event area.
“It turned out that the driver did not have the right to drive privileged vehicles, and in addition, the other did not have the qualifications of a paramedic, being currently a medical student.”Karetka pogotowia na sygnale próbowała wwieźć środki pirotechniczne na stadion przy ulicy Konwiktorskiej.
— Policja Warszawa (@Policja_KSP) November 24, 2024
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The spokesman added: “This crime is punishable by up to five years of imprisonment.”
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