Car thief told police he was Bruce Willis

Film stars don't drive around on their own, said police

By PH Staff / Friday, 21 January 2005 / Loading comments

A car thief told police he was Bruce Willis and produced a fake passport as ID. Goran Markovic was pulled over by police at a routine roadside check in Pirot, the local daily Blic, in Serbia, reported.

When the police asked for his ID, Markovic, who was wearing dark sunglasses and a cap, told them he was Bruce Willis and handed over the passport.

The police immediately arrested him when they saw the passport was Australian and soon discovered he had dozens of other passports with fake identities and the car he was driving had been stolen. They said they later linked him to the theft of other cars.

A police spokesman said: "Even the real Bruce Willis would have had trouble convincing officers it was him. It's not very often we get American film stars driving around southern Serbia on their own."