They also used a helicopter to search for the 'kidnapped' groom. It was (just) a bachelor party

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After a man was kidnapped in a parking lot in Dresden, concerned citizens who witnessed the entire incident called the police, who responded immediately. Patrols were sent to the scene, and a police helicopter took to the air. The masked men were quickly tracked down and the kidnapped 38-year-old was discovered, but it was soon discovered that it was just a prank, carried out as part of a bachelor party.

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Witnesses are watching a man who seems to be dragged into a car against his will and alert the police. When the officers arrive, the "Geisel" is already celebrating joyfully with her "captors".

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Dresden - What looked like in a parking lot in Dresden after a real kidnapping turned out to be part of a bachelor party. Now the celebrating friends could be in trouble.A bachelor party triggered a police operation and helicopter in Dresden. As the police reported, two masked men on Saturday afternoon in a parking lot had apparently dragged a 38-year-old into a car against his will and then drove away towards Pirna. Witnesses immediately alerte…

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A prank planned for a stag party that involved the fake kidnapping of the groom ended in a massive police operation in eastern Germany on Saturday, including a helicopter. The groom-to-be was eventually found alive and well among friends who had played the innocent prank on him.

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As in a crime story, the guests behaved at a bachelor party in Radebeul. Unparticipated witnesses took their masquerade for cash. They alarmed the police about a supposed abduction.