A Hubei woman was caught by police after she attempted to sneak into Shanghai in a car trunk.

In the video, shot on G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway on February 11, Police officers found a woman hiding inside the trunk when they were checking the car at a checkpoint amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

According to reports, the woman who is originally from Hubei Province went to Chongqing to celebrate Chinese New Year from Shanghai on January 22.

Since her birthplace on her ID is Hubei, she was afraid she could not go back to Shanghai successfully, so she hid in the car trunk.

Both the woman's and the driver's temperature were normal. However their behaviour contravened the local epidemic prevention regulations, so they have been quarantined for observation.

1月27日起，上海已启动高速公路入沪通道防疫查控措施，严格按照"逢车必检"的要求开展防疫检查。
(2月11日)上午，在G60枫泾检查站内，入沪通道上，公安民警在检查入境车辆后备箱时发现，一辆浙牌小轿车后背箱内居然藏有一女性，打算蒙混入关。
清晨8点左右，一辆银色小轿车驶入了枫泾检查站内，公安民警和医务人员例行上前询问，过程中，车厢内仅司机一人，表示自己从杭州入沪。但就在交流过程中，民警发现司机神情紧张。随后，民警例行对其后备箱进行了检查，此时一女子竟然探出头来，爬出了车厢。
该女子透露，自己曾经在上月22日回过重点地区过年，这次返沪担心在道口被劝返，才出此下策。
当时因为身份证上面是湖北籍，所以担心会被遣返，然后所以就藏在后备箱。
经检测，该女子及车主体温均正常。鉴于两人行为已经违反了本市防疫的相关要求，目前已被先行强制隔离观察。
（视频由上海公安局松江分局提供）