This is the equivalent of killing spider with a missile.
Police in Greater Manchester were put on alert this weekend when a 32-year-old man rang his girlfriend to tell him he’d been kidnapped over a debt of £50.
He said that his captor needed to be paid or else he was in serious danger.
The man’s girlfriend spoke to the ‘kidnapper’ in question before receiving a number of texts demanding the ransom, at which point she informed the police.
As it turned out, her idiot of a boyfriend just wanted to stay out on the piss. The partygoer was later tracked down to an address in Bolton shortly before 1.30am on Saturday morning, when it came to light that the whole thing was a very poorly thought out ruse.
“The man’s girlfriend was absolutely beside herself with worry and genuinely concerned that he would come to harm,” she said.
“Considerable resources and time then went into finding this man, who it transpires made the entire thing up so he could stay out and party.
“This is without doubt one of the most foolish and irresponsible incidents I have been involved in,” she continued.
“Significant resources were taken off the front line on a Friday night, which is without exception one of the busiest times of the week.”
Hat-tip to the girls at Her.ie for this.
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