Lockdown fines
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I'm just posting for a moan really. Back in early April 2020 (fully a year ago) I was pulled over at a routine police checkpoint while on my way to the supermarket. Bear in mind this was very early days in the Covid experience, and I hadn't realised that my short trip from home in Almeria to the supermarket in Murcia was prohibited. Not least because the only road to and from my house passes immediately into Murcia, so I don't have much choice.
The policeman (so I thought) gave me a bit of a lecture about staying in Almeria, so ever since then I have done, and I didn't think any more of it....until this morning (yes, a year later) when I collected a registered letter from the Correos containing a denuncia and a €600 fine. Actually it was €601 - what's with the extra €1?
Has anyone else had this? Was I just unlucky, or has the government worked out the benefit of a machine that prints €600 notes? Either way, Spanish officialdom has somewhat darkened my mood today.