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.
Man Without Passport Woke Up In France After Getting Boozed In UK
A 48 year-old British who has never own a passport in his life ended up seeing himself in France without his idea
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
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