Its appearance in Mullion prompted many theories, but now the real reason behind the US Customs and Border Protection vehicle being parked in the village can be revealed.
Jane, who lives near London, got in touch to say her son Justin owns the car and they had been staying in Mullion on holiday for the week with their dogs.
She said: “We did get some very odd looks that week and we were a little concerned on any narrow lanes we might come across, but all was OK.”
Jane added that the model seen in Mullion was a genuine US police car that had been imported from Kentucky in America in 2013, after finishing service with the Boone county sheriff.
It recently appeared in the film The Commuter, starring Liam Neeson, and Justin takes the car to events.
A representative from US Customs and Border Protection had already been in touch to say that it was not an operational vehicle, telling the Packet: "I wanted to reach out to confirm that CBP does not have any marked vehicles in the UK.”
Despite this, the Ford saloon still bears all the marks of an authentic field operations car, complete with its US Department of Homeland Security badge and lights strip across the roof.
The department acts as the USA's main border control organisation, preventing people from entering the country illegally and from taking in harmful or illegal items.
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