A 16-year-old called the emergency number of the police in Hagen and hung up to test whether emergency services were actually coming.
When they approached, the youth and their family members laughed at the abuse of the emergency number, according to the police.
Hagen - According to the authorities, the 16-year-old had called 110 on Wednesday morning around 7.40 a.m. for no reason and hung up.
She did not respond to callbacks from the control center.
So a police car drove to the address.
According to the police, the family reacted on site.
According to the information, the police made a criminal complaint.
dpa