“UK No Be Naija” : ₦1.5 Billion Rolls-Royce Phantom 8 Impounded For Parking Offence

“UK No Be Naija” : N1.5 billion Rolls-Royce Phantom 8 ultra-luxury sedan impounded for parking offence in the UK.

The Phantom was carefully craned onto a flatbed truck after parking illegally on double yellow lines in London.

In the UK, police and local authorities are empowered to seize illegally parked vehicles.

Owners need to pay a penalty charge plus release and daily storage fees to reclaim their seized vehicles.

The owner of a seven-figure Rolls-Royce Phantom 8 will be shocked by the sudden disappearance of their ultra-luxury sedan—worth £500,000 (over ₦1.5 billion to own in Nigeria)—after it was seized for a parking offence in the UK.

A trending video online shows the silver and dark blue Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII being carefully craned onto a flatbed truck after parking illegally on double yellow lines in London.

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The Phantom was carefully craned onto a flatbed truck after parking illegally on double yellow lines in London.

In the UK, police and local authorities are authorized to impound illegally parked vehicles. Owners must pay a penalty, release fee, and daily storage fees to reclaim seized vehicles from the designated car pound.

In our previous publication, titled ‘Rolls-Royce Cullinan Fitted With £1.5m ‘K1’ Number Plate Towed For Parking Offence,’ we asked whether traffic agencies like LASTMA and FRSC could confiscate a wealthy individual’s luxury vehicle for parking or driving offences.

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