Date Published: 26/03/2020
ARCHIVED - Madrid lockdown breaker fined for claiming to be hunting Pokemons in the street
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The hunting of Pokemons, dinosaurs and magical creatures is forbidden during the state of emergency
The municipal police in Madrid continue to enforce the coronavirus lockdown to their best of their ability but at the same time the number of people seemingly determined to put their own lives and those of others at risk by disobeying the confinement orders remains high, and on Sunday alone it is reported that as many as 664 people were handed fines as a result.
One of these was a 77-year-old man in the Latina district of the city who was approached and questioned by police officers at approximately 13.30. His justification for being out and about in the streets was, to the surprise of the officers concerned, that he was busy “hunting pokemons”.
This is not mentioned as one of the exceptional circumstances which justifies people being out in public at present in Spain, and in order to clarify the point the force’s Twitter account explains that hunting Pokemons, dinosaurs and magical creatures is forbidden during the national state of emergency: Murcia Today are glad to be able to clear the matter up for any readers who may have been uncertain.
Image: @policiademadrid (Twitter)
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