A robber posed as a police officer to carry out an assault and steal car keys.
Police said two people in a Mercedes were pulled over in Strathclyde Park, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, shortly after midnight on Monday by a car they believed was a police vehicle – a dark SUV with blue and red lights.
A man dressed as a police officer ordered them out of the car before assaulting the man in the passenger side and stealing the car keys.
READ MORE: Man charged with attack on Rangers assistant Gary McAllister
He was then driven off in the SUV by a driver who was not identified.
Police said the suspect is white, with blond hair and stubble and wore glasses. He did not present any identification or a police warrant card.
There are no details on the driver of the SUV.Detective Constable Gary Lipscombe said: “I’m aware that the circumstances of the crime will be of a concern to the public, but rest assured we are working hard to identify the suspects.
READ MORE: Almost 600 motorists caught for drink and drug driving offences during festive period
“We are currently studying CCTV footage from the surrounding areas and are gathering more detail on the car used by the suspects.
“I would also like to remind the public that police officers carry warrant cards that can be produced on request.”
He asked members of the public in the area around the time of the incident to get in touch, particularly motorists with dash cams.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here