An unemployed man who wore a stolen traffic police officer's uniform and issued on-the-spot fines to drivers to make money has been sentenced to two years in jail, reports Xinhua.

Li Zengrong, a jobless 22-year-old, stole a walkie-talkie, a police uniform, two ticketing booklets and a police motorcycle in Jiaozhou, Shandong Province earlier this year. He proudly rode the motorcycle while dressed in the traffic officer's apparel, with his girlfriend in tow.

But after awhile he tired of simply parading around. So he started pulling over vehicles at busy roadsides at night and fining them for speeding or carrying too much freight. But fewer traffic police are on duty after dark.

Li was eventually arrested on a March night when a real traffic policeman on patrol noticed him issuing tickets to a truck driver - Li was wearing only the coat over civilian clothes.

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