Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
I don't know much about today's group. But yesterday some turned up with ski equipment, others professed to not knowing about the restrictions, or admitted they were going on holiday. There were a couple of inter-family groups in there too, which is a separate offence. Some travellers who may have had a reasonable excuse were sent off to retrieve paperwork to confirm their reasons for travel. As far as I know, this is fully within the mandate that the police have, indeed they seem to be avoiding FPNs and arrests, for example and instead using their powers to send people home. I guess they are mainly UK residents at least, but I don't know for sure.
Police action there seems rather reasonable.
However I don't think that is the case across the board. I do also have contempt for the UK public attitude to breaking rules (the influencers in Dubai really annoyed me) but Police abuse is worse.