Yeshiva student planned a 'prank' on the police - and arrested

Minor and adult who wear skullcaps were arrested today (Monday) a suspected call made to the police and reported that they were kidnapped. After identifying actions and cellular positioning, the suspects were arrested in Bayit Vegan. "I did it-as a prank," said the adult.

The two are suspected of harassment, false information and disturbing a policeman.

100 centers of Jerusalem District Police received yesterday at 21:00 or so a phone call when the caller reports he hitchhiked a ride and the driver will not let him out of the car, and the call was cut off. After carrying out the number detected speed from call but he did not respond to police calls.

A few minutes later received another call center 100 in a whisper voice that says' I am at the intersection of Ein Kerem. Locate me quickly before ... and the call was disconnected.

Jerusalem District Police immediately set up checkpoints, police leaped, a special unit of the Police and a helicopter, and began executing a search to locate the caller and in parallel with many attempts to contact him, as he says in part and hangs up.

Police referred the report very seriously and sent many forces, also following the case of the kidnapping of three boys Gilad Shaer, Naftaly Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach hy"d three months ago.

A short time later, while carrying out investigation and intelligence complex in helping mobile operators, police identified the focus, among other things, the caller's family and those living in the north have the identity and details of his friend with whom he lives in Jerusalem, Bayit Vegan.

Space Police and Border Guard officers Moriah arrived calls were made from her apartment, broke her in for questioning and arrested 16 year old boy and a young man of 21.

At Moriya police station the minor admits in his interrogation that he placed the calls to 100 as a joke using a Tokman mobile device, claiming that he was kidnapped and notes that he did not answer police calls.

The adult, acquired the mobile device from the city center store a few days ago, said that the minor committed the 100 call.

According to the law firm of Abraham Herzl, the adult suspect's attorney, after the minor called the police two or three times, "he tried to avoid this from the minor, he spoke out loud so the dispatcher will see this has no basis."

Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, extended the detention of the two men until tomorrow (Tuesday) and the investigation continues.

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