A SCOTS couple have been left shaken after receiving a bizarre visit from supposed police officers serving a search warrant on their new flat.
The woman, who recently moved into a new flat in Glasgow told her boyfriend of how she was greeted yesterday morning by a series of loud knocks on her door.
Upon answering, she alleged that she was greeted by a group of people claiming to be police officers who entered after informing her of a warrant they had to search the property.
After a quick search and taking some information from the woman, the officers left – but the couple have since been left shaken up after noticing a series of unusual inconsistencies with the “officers”.
The boyfriend claims that his partner informed him the officers were not wearing traditional uniform and didn’t ask many questions.
He also added that the officers left their warrant paper at the flat, which had court stamps from Bristol Court – which is over 350 miles from Glasgow.
The alleged policemen also left one of their badges which, upon opening, revealed that it was property of Gloucestershire Police.
The pair reported the incident to their local police station who told them they would look into it but had no information on warrants being served in that area.
The man is planning to take the badge to the local station to hand it in and hopefully get some answers about who the “officers” were.
The boyfriend also took to social media yesterday to ask Brits for advice, writing: “Is this normal for the police to do?
“Were the police that visited my girlfriend’s place fake? My girlfriend has moved into a new flat a few weeks ago and everything is well.
“This morning, a few hours ago, she got a series of loud knocks on her door and the police telling her to open the door (I wasn’t there at the time).
“She opened the door, and they tell her they have a warrant and are searching for somebody, and could they come in.
“She invites them in, and they have a look around but don’t take anything or ask many questions. They weren’t wearing a traditional uniform according to her.
“They then asked for her information and left.
“The strange part is, and what gives me a funny feeling about it all, is that A. the police left the warrant paper with her and B. they seem to have forgotten their badge which when opened has ‘Gloucestershire Police‘ inside it.
“Which would be normal, except we live in Glasgow. The warrant document also has court stamps from Bristol Court.
“Any thoughts or advice? I’m just worried as I’m not there at the moment and it seems all rather odd.”
His post has since gained over 2,500 likes and more than 620 comments from friendly users offering advice.
One user said: “Don’t ring the police, ring the court. They can tell you whether they issued that warrant.”
Another added: “Very unusual way to gain access. I’ve heard of people acting as tradesmen but police is some next level shit, she best contacting someone real quick and get answers (sic).
“Now surely you would have thought someone would have been in contact.”
A third commented: “That badge isn’t poof they’re a police officer. That’s a wallet they put their ‘warrant card’ in (which is proof).
“TV shows would have you believe that will suffice as proof, but it absolutely will not. A police officer will have photo ID with them.”
A fourth replied: “Just my two cents but if they’d got into your girlfriend’s flat whilst she was on her own, I don’t think they’d ‘case it to return later’ they’d just take what they wanted there and then surely.”
Police Scotland and Gloucestershire Police have been contacted for comment.
