Officers will stop motorists from England travelling into Wales
Police checkpoints will be set up on a key section of the Wales-England border, officers have confirmed.
Gloucestershire Constabulary will stop people travelling into Wales and encourage them to turn around if officers "are not satisfied with their explanation".
If people do not turn around, the police said it will tell forces in Wales so that they can issue a fine.
The announcement was just hours ahead of Wales entering its "fire-break" lockdown, Gloucestershire Live reports.
The major restrictions will see pubs, bars and restaurants, gyms, and all non-essential shops closed. And supermarkets have been told they can sell only essential items.
A spokesman for Gloucestershire Constabulary said: "While we cannot issue fines to those travelling from Wales into the county we can inform the host force of those we stop about what has happened so they can take action.
"Officers will be running an operation from tomorrow and over the weekend that will cover routes from Wales into the Forest of Dean and if we stop someone travelling from Wales we will be engaging with them to find out why, explaining the legislation and encouraging them to turn around if we are not satisfied with their explanation.
The spokesman added: "If they don’t then turn around we will then inform the force that polices the area they have travelled from so that they can issue a fine.
"It is important to stress that the vast majority of people are abiding by the rules but in line with our policing approach, we will take action where there are flagrant breaches."
Officers have not revealed where the checkpoints will be set up. However, there are a number of roads in the area which link Wales and England together - including the A40, A466, A416 and the B4521.
During the first lockdown, earlier this year, similar checks on motorists entering Wales were performed by officers from Gwent Police. One one occasion police stopped more than 300 people travelling in force area over bank holiday in May.
And during one hour-long operation, officers stopped more than 60 cars on the A466 alone.
Speaking at the time, Inspector Williams said: "We have had instances certainly down in the Chepstow area where people come across with bikes on their roofs clearly with an intent, and admitting an intent, to go mountain biking."
Source: Wales Online
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