Zombie and UFO queries are wasting police time, warns chief

Chief Constable Ian Arundale is annoyed at officers being forced to spend hours answering “bizarre” queries instead of being on the beat.

So far this year his officers have also logged queries about witches, ghosts, demons, wizards, Big Foot and UFOs.

The rural Dyfed Powys force in Wales is legally required to spend up to 18 hours finding the information needed to answer each request.

Mr Arundale said: “We find ourselves not only dealing with the legitimate inquries but also the bizarre which are time-consuming and take a while to deal with.