Police in Germany mistakenly arrested a male stripper carrying a fake but “realistic” weapon, authorities said Monday.
The unidentified 31-year-old man was standing on a main road in Frankfurt on Friday night dressed as a U.S. cop and carrying a toy gun that appeared to be a rifle, according to German broadcaster DW.
Multiple people called the real police in Germany and reported the man for apparently loitering while heavily armed.
Cops reportedly responded with overwhelming force and quickly seized the gun, tackled the man and handcuffed him. They called it a “dangerous situation with an apparent weapon.”
After a brief interaction, the officers learned the man had been hired for a bachelor party but “underestimated the martial effect of his own outfit.”
The man was released without being charged, DW reported. Police did not say if he was strip-searched.