Yahoo News Teenager arrested for allegedly driving fake ambulance around Welsh village
A teenager has been arrested after he was caught driving a fake ambulance around a Welsh village.
The unnamed 19-year-old man was arrested on Monday in Penclawdd - a village on the Gower Peninsula on the south coast.
He was also disqualified from driving and had no insurance, South Wales Police said.
The force tweeted a picture of the ambulance which they said was not a Welsh Ambulance Service vehicle, and said they had confirmed the teenager was not an employee of the emergency services.
Male arrested this morning for driving this ambulance in Penclawdd for driving whilst disqualified/no insurance+other offences. Great team work by #team3townhill @SWP_Roads #GowerNPT + @WelshAmbulance.Please note this is not a @WelshAmbulance vehicle nor is the driver an employee pic.twitter.com/MKQUkoG938
— SW Police Swansea (@SWPSwansea) November 12, 2018
A spokeswoman for the force said: “The arrest was made after officers attended the Penclawdd area of Swansea during the morning of Monday 12th November.
“A vehicle has been seized and enquiries into the matter are continuing.
“The man has been released under investigation.”
One local woman who did not want to be named told The Independent: “In his defence if someone actually had needed an ambulance, it would have been a quicker response. The service here is crap. Maybe he was just trying to help out.”
