On Chinese online stores clothing is to be ordered with the logo of the Dutch police. For a bargain can be individuals shirts and sweaters. The Dutch police call it “not desirable” and hopes that the ads will disappear quickly.

The newspaper De Telegraaf brought the case to light. For just three euros on the well-known online store AliExpress, a shirt with the letters POLICE on the back and on the front the logo, which consists of a code, a grenade and a flame. It is delivered free of charge. There is also clothing, such as jackets, offered with the logo and below it the term ‘special’. the

According to the police, it should not. “Selling these clothes is a punishable offence,” says a spokesman. “The politielogo is just registered, and should not be used on counterfeit clothing.” the

It is not that criminal activities are committed by people with this nepkleding. “It sometimes happens that criminals posing as agent and committed a crime. But in relation to the clothing that is now sold online, we have something like that luckily have not yet experienced.” When in doubt, people may police officers always to identification questions.