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Pokemon Go users are running the risk of breaking the law while in pursuit playing the virtual orienteering game and police have issued a warning.


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Pokemon Go users are running the risk of breaking the law while in pursuit playing the virtual orienteering game and police have issued a warning.


It's the virtual orienteering game that's gripping the globe, but Pokemon Go has attracted police attention in Tasmania as users wander across roads and onto private property, breaking the law as part of their search.

In recent days there has been a spike in suspicious, illegal and sometimes dangerous behaviour and Pokemon Go is often to blame, police say.

"Police have seen an increase in the number of calls about suspicious vehicles and behaviour and people driving while using mobile phones, with the explanation that drivers are `looking for Pokemon'," Tasmania Police said on Wednesday.

 

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