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Police said they are investigating reports that holiday home owners are sending their luggage via couriers in case they get stopped on their journeys during lockdown.

North Wales Police said they are investigating reports of the tactic being used ahead of what is expected to be a hot Bank Holiday weekend.

The Welsh Government has begged second homeowners and visitors to stay away from Wales until the lockdown is over, in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19 and to relieve pressure on the Welsh NHS.

The force's rural crime team wrote on Twitter: "Unbelievably we are investigating reports that people are sending their suitcases via courier with their clothes to holiday homes in Wales!

"So if they get stopped en-route they are not found with them. Surely people aren't that selfish and cunning...are they?"

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Police across Wales have set up roadblocks to ask drivers why they are travelling. Under the lockdown only essential journeys are permitted.

A man from Gwynedd claimed a delivery driver told him he was delivering suitcases to holiday homes in Aberdyfi, NorthWalesLive reports.

The man said: "This sums up the arrogance of a portion of second home owners.

"A delivery driver said he was very busy today delivering suitcases to Aberdyfi.

"He (the driver) couldn't understand it when he left his depot this morning and then clicked as he delivered the first pair of five suitcase deliveries.

"He says people are travelling to Aberdyfi, second homes where the car is registered for cheaper car insurance. But sending their clothes in suitcases and dropped off by couriers in case they get stopped."He added: "Are people that selfish?"

In Snowdonia, a couple staying at an Airbnb property were confronted on the doorstep by an angry local resident.

The owner of the property, who rents the house through Airbnb, told S4C current affair programme Y Byd ar Bedwar that the couple contacted her after losing their home in Oxford.