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Man in a hardware store (symbolic image): No signs of a break-in were found
Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/ dpa
Finding exactly what you are looking for in the hardware store can sometimes take a little longer.
A man in Heidelberg now experienced what consequences this can have, as the Mannheim police report.
At 8:30 p.m., burglar sensors sounded the alarm at a hardware store in the city.
The police responded but could not find any signs of a break-in.
At the same time, a 62-year-old man made an emergency call to the police: he forgot the time while shopping in a hardware store and didn't notice the closure.
Now he is trapped there.
He's tried to find a way out, but failed.
He might have triggered the intruder sensors that way.
The police checked the market, then let the man go home.
has/dpa