A police chief threatened to start checking shopping trolleys for 'unnecessary' items during the UK coronavirus lockdown
A UK police chief threatened that his officers were just "days away" from checking that items purchased from shops are "necessary" and "legitimate" during the coronavirus lockdown.
However, the UK's emergency coronavirus legislation law does not authorise police officers to check people's shopping.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesA UK police chief threatened that his officers would start checking people's shopping trolleys for items that are not "necessary" and "legitimate" if the public do not start following coronavirus lockdown rules.
"But again, be under no illusion, if people do not heed the warnings and the pleas I'm making today, we will start to do that."Emergency legislation passed by the UK government last month has enforced the closure of most shops and public premises in the UK. After the clip of Adderley's comments spread on social media, the Chief Constable sought to backtrack from his earlier threats.
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