Squatters drove 200 miles to move into a £300,000 holiday home.
The opportunists headed from their home in Surrey to Cardigan Bay in Wales to break into the seaside cottage .
They told locals that they had bought the pad, but suspicious neighbours called the police.
“They must have spotted the place on a website and realised it was empty due to Covid-19," a neighbour told The Sun.
“They turned up with a car, a van towing a motorcycle - they also had their own pots and pans.
“To start with they said they had bought the cottage - then they changed their story and said they were thinking of buying it."
The two squatters were arrested on suspicion of burglary but were later released without charge and with a fixed penalty notice for non-essential travel.
The cottage is rented out for £1,500 a week in the summer.
The pair are not the only ones to face accusations of breaking coronavirus lockdown rules.
YouTuber Ally Law has been accused of travelling around 140 miles from Hampshire to Kent to meet his friend DiscoBoy.
The pair made a video together in Sturry in which DiscoBoy flings chocolate eggs at members of the public.
Yesterday Dominic Raab said the Government won't consider lifting the UK coronavirus lockdown this week.
The Foreign Secretary said the UK was still not "past the peak of the virus" and added that "we don't expect to make any changes to the measures currently in place" after scientific advisory group (SAGE) meets later this week.
He said the country could not afford to take its 'foot off the pedal' and risk a second wave of the virus.
Opening the daily press briefing, Mr Raab said the Government was united in its "national mission" to defeat Covid-19, which has claimed over 11,000 lives in the UK.
