Man Without Passport Woke Up In France After Getting Boozed In UK

A father who went out for a Christmas booze-up with his friends woke up 300 miles away from home – in France. Shawn Smith, 48, joined his two mates for a few pints in his local but got roped into joining them on an overnight trip to the continent to buy cheap tobacco.

They planned to stock-up on the cut-price roll-ups which is just a third of the price of British tobacco. Incredibly, Shawn, who has never left the UK and doesn’t even own a passport, managed to get through unchallenged in Dover, France and Belgium while he snoozed in the back of his friend’s car on December 1

Dad of six , Shawn said: ‘I must have fallen asleep when we got to the port because the next thing I knew I woke up and was in France and we were on the way to Belgium.

‘I was shocked when they told me I had to go to Paris to fill out the forms for an emergency passport but I had no choice.

‘I don’t want to see Paris again, although it is a beautiful city.’

He added: ‘I only went abroad to save cash on tobacco but it ended up costing me a fortune. It was an expensive hangover but something to tell the grandkids about.’

Source: Metro UK