Lovestruck Brit, 37, is caught trying to sneak across Polish border into RUSSIA to see his girlfriend: Cops find 'stubborn Englishman' in woods as he tried to reach 'woman he met online'

A lovestruck Briton was caught trying to sneak across the Polish border into Russia as he was reportedly trying to reach a woman he met online.

Polish Border Guard branded the 37-year-old British national a 'stubborn Englishman' after he arrived at the border in his BMW but with no visa or vehicle documents demanding to be let into Russia.

He told guards he had to get across the border at Grzechotki in the north of Poland to meet his fiancee 700 miles away in St Petersburg.

After being turned away, he was captured on CCTV footage trying to make it on foot along woodland roads - but his journey was cut short when he was detained.

The man claimed his satnav led him in the wrong direction, but Polish border force said that he 'wanted to get to Russia'.

A lovestruck Briton (pictured) was caught trying to sneak across the Polish border into Russia as he was reportedly trying to reach a woman he met online

Polish Border Guard branded the 37-year-old British national a 'stubborn Englishman' after he arrived at the border in his BMW but with no visa or vehicle documents demanding to be let into Russia

After being turned away, he was captured on CCTV footage trying to make it on foot along woodland roads - but his journey was cut short when he was detained

The Polish border guards said in a statement online that the Englishman was 'stubborn', adding: 'Officers from the Border Guard Station in Grzechotki detained an Englishman who entered the border road.

'The man wanted to get to Russia. The purpose of his trip was a girl he met on the Internet.'

They added: 'At the road border crossing in Grzechotki on February 23 at 2am, a British citizen showed up for border customs on his way out of Poland. 

'The man did not have a visa to Russia or a vehicle registration certificate. He claimed that he wanted to go to St Petersburg to visit his fiancee, whom he met online. 

'Border Guard officers informed the traveller that he could not cross the border because he did not have the required documents. 

'A few hours later, the 37-year-old drove his BMW to the area of ​​the Polish-Russian border, the so-called green border. Around 5.30am, Border Guard cameras recorded a man who entered the border road. 

'The detained Englishman explained to the Border Guard officers that the navigation had directed him wrong. 

'He also admitted that he wanted to go to the girl he met online so much that he decided to go to Lithuania and from there to Russia.'

After fining him £120, the guards released the Briton who told them he will now try to enter Russia through Lithuania.