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Fancy dress bank robbers spark alert

Two Germans dressed as bank robbers for a fancy dress party sparked a police alert when they went into a bank to withdraw some money. A passer-by spotted the pair in the German town of Sittensen on Rose and called police who set up road blocks after getting a note of their car registration.

Johann Maier, 20, and Walter Brey, 22, were found two hours later at a disco in the nearby town of Breve and have been told they will now have to foot the bill for the police operation.

Police said: “They weren’t aware that their outfits could lead to confusion and to a police operation, but they should have thought about it.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .