The driver is gone – the car was full of smugglers

Sunday morning at 9:57, the Telemark police moved after receiving a traffic accident on the E18 at Lanner in Porsgrunn

When the police arrived later, they found a car with property damage. The photos of the car show that large parts of the front are broken and that the airbags are triggered. Volvo is a rental car from Sweden.

However, the driver of the car was not visible.

Full of Alcohol

When the police investigated the car, they had a surprise: the car was loaded with alcohol

– It seems to be a smuggler. There is a lot of alcohol in the car. We expect it to be illegal, "said Marianne Mørk, director of operations in the Southeast Police District, on TV 2.

According to witnesses On the spot, the man, allegedly in the 40-50 years, had to leave the scene.The darkness indicates that they are now inserting a helicopter in search of the missing man. 19659010] May be injured

– It will now be doing the search for the person on the ground and in the air.This is both because the person can be hurt and because there is a lot of alcohol in the car.

According to the police, the man must come From Svinesund at the checkpoint at the Swedish border, the person crashed on what is probably a car protection.

Police report on Twitter that the suspect is thin and wears a black t-shirt and shorts. The nationality of the man is unknown. Police now want tips if someone has observed the man.