As of: March 23, 2024, 11:21 a.m
By: Leoni Billina
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A man in Lichtenfels triggered a police operation with a toy gun.
Passersby assumed the gun was real.
Lichtenfels - A man took a toy gun into a shopping center in Lichtenfels, triggering a police operation.
As the police announced on Saturday (March 23), several people had called the police because the man had a firearm with him.
The officers overpowered the drunken 45-year-old on Friday afternoon (March 22) and took him into custody.
A man triggered a police operation with a toy gun in a shopping center.
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The weapon turned out to be a toy - but it looked deceptively real
When searching the man, the emergency services found the firearm that was the reason for the many emergency calls.
However, the pistol was a deceptively real-looking toy weapon.
He didn't explain why he had it with him.
Proceedings were initiated against the man for violating the weapons law.
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