Men fined for breaching Covid restrictions to go for a sunbed

Police caught the pair after stopping a vehicle in Greenock’s High Street on Wednesday night.

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Two men have been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions to go for a sunbed.

Police caught the pair after stopping a vehicle in Greenock’s High Street on Wednesday night.

It was then officers discovered that the 32 and 33-year-old had travelled to Inverclyde from Glasgow, a tier four restricted area.

Greenock remains under tier three rules. Under level three and four lockdown measures, Scots are banned from travelling into or out of other local authority areas except for essential reasons.

Due to the breach, both men were issued with a fixed penalty notice.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers carried out a routine vehicle stop on High Street, Greenock, around 8.30pm on Wednesday, November 25.

“During the routine stop, it became clear two men within the vehicle were in blatant breach of current coronavirus restrictions. 

“A fixed penalty notice was issued to both men, aged 32 and 33.”

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