Well that explains why he was going to issue a citation for driving on the fields. I am suprised the the WCO didnt know the landowner, (but that is possible). The Landowner should have been happy that the WCO was attempting to enforce the law on his land for him.
I didnt say your story was false I just said the way it was written it didnt add up to me, with the additional facts you just supplied , I have to say it could have happened that way.