Overview

• Two masked men staged a fake abduction of a 38-year-old bachelor in a Dresden parking lot as part of a prank for his bachelor party.
• Witnesses, believing the incident to be a real kidnapping, alerted the police, prompting an immediate and large-scale response.
• Police deployed ground units and a helicopter to track the vehicle, which was reported heading toward Pirna.
• Hours later, the bachelor was found unharmed celebrating with his five friends in Radebeul, leading police to call off the search.
• Authorities have opened an investigation into the five men, aged 36 to 40, on suspicion of disturbing the public peace, with potential legal consequences under German law.