LA Cops Confiscate Fake ID With President Duterte’s Photo

• Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers seized a fake driver’s license from a certain Norman D of Glendale, California.
• According to authorities, the said license bore the picture of President Rodrigo Duterte.
• LAPD posted about the story on Twitter and wrote “Nice try,” adding a laughing emoji.
• The tweet later attracted various comments from netizens.

Cops from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in California, USA have seized a fake driver’s license from a person after they saw that that the card bore the picture of President Rodrigo Duterte.

According to reports, vice police officers from the LAPD Rampant easily recognized that the man on the photo was actually the president of the Philippines. The station eventually shared about it on Twitter last March 10.

President Duterte in California, USA?

Part of the caption read:

“Good thing our Officers patrol Historic Filipino Town and are up to speed. Nice try.”

As can be seen in the photo below, the ID featured a smirking President Duterte. The full name and other personal details of the fake license’s owner have been removed, the sex, hair color, height, and weight are still visible. On top of that, we see a “Norman D” signature below Duterte’s picture and that the address is Glendale, California.

You can check out the official LAPD Rampant tweet here:

Vice Officers recognized the picture used on a fake ID, to be that of the President of the Philippines. Good thing our Officers patrol Historic Filipino Town and are up to speed. Nice try 😂🥊🇵🇭 💯@LAPDALopez @LabradaAl @LAPDHQ @TFALpodcast pic.twitter.com/YhGkn01BEx

— LAPD Rampart (@LAPDRampart) March 10, 2021

Eventually, netizens had mixed reactions to the story. Some took time to praise the officers’ wit and humor while others reminded that Duterte has always openly expressed his dislike of America so it’s possible for him to even go there.

Here are some of the comments we’ve seen online:

This is funny.. though i guess the driver should be given extra fine for the faKe ID

— Nerissa Buenaflor (@LadyShannel) March 12, 2021

Why would that idiot impersonate a President? This is really Hilarious..

— Nikki Ledesma (@NikkiLedLights) March 12, 2021

I wonder if young cops would have recognized marcos?

— Professor C (@falcundo) March 10, 2021

Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 great job, guys..

— Shirley (@lrigeulb) March 12, 2021

*My Fil-Am tita be like: pic.twitter.com/0VqAHrpuu8

— BrujaDeputaAdmlnisTraitor (@BrujaDelDemonio) March 12, 2021

“There will never be a time that I will go to America during my term, or even thereafter. So what makes that guy think I'll go to America? I've seen America, and it's lousy,” Duterte told reporters Friday about McGovern. -WaPo 7/2017👊🏽

— lumpia logic ☭ 🌱🙏🏽🇺🇸🇵🇭😽 (@lumpialogic) March 12, 2021

Thats good you can prepared a warrant of arrest to Duterte..

— Allen Salvador ll (@AllenSalvadorl1) March 13, 2021

Meanwhile, the Migration Policy Institute said that the United States is “home to, by far, the largest number of Filipinos abroad” at more than 4.3 million individuals.