Well, well, well… Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was arrested in Groningen on Saturday night for drunk driving. Except it wasn’t Boris Johnson, but a random man with a forged driver’s licence.
“Unfortunately for this person, we didn’t fall for this forgery,” the Groningen police writes on Instagram. They confiscated the fake licence.
Valid until the year 3000
As the NOS writes, the fake license got most of BoJo’s info right: the name, the photo, the date and the place of birth all corresponded to the correct details of the former British Prime Minister.
Only one little detail wasn’t completely accurate: the licence, which was “issued” in 2019, is valid until the end of the year 3000. 🤨
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Although the driver’s license resembles a Ukrainian driver’s licence, it’s not clear if the arrested drunk driver is actually from Ukraine.
“Boris Johnson” was arrested in the Netherlands: in fact, the law enforcement officers detained a drunk driver who had a Ukrainian driver’s license with the name Johnsonyuk 😁
On the forged document, in addition to the name, photo, date and place of birth also match the data of… pic.twitter.com/EicMWisw2v— Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) May 1, 2023
All we know is that he’s a 35-year-old man from the small town of Zuidhorn. (Definitely not Boris Johnson.)
Abandoned car
According to the Guardian (yes, Dutch BoJo made international headlines), the driver’s car was found abandoned on a bridge in the north of Groningen, after having crashed into a pole.
Thijs Damstra, a police spokesperson, tells the Guardian that “the person could not identify himself and refused to undertake a breathalyser test.” As the police searched his car, they found the hilarious fake licence.
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Police could not say where the forged document was made, but Kysia Hekster, a former Russia correspondent for the NOS, said in a tweet that fake driving licences could easily be bought in tourist shops in Ukraine.
She herself has a couple of Angela Merkel and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
What do you think about fake BoJo’s antics in Groningen? Tell us in the comments!
Well nee dat kan BoJo niet zijn. I know because I myself am the real Boris Johnson. And so are you by the way!