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Gera (dpa / th) - Because a resident locked them up, burglars involuntarily stayed overnight in Gera in the basement they had visited.
Your liberation with the help of the fire brigade ended in the preliminary arrest, as the police reported on Thursday.
According to her, a 23-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man forcibly entered the basement of an apartment building on Tuesday night.
A resident noticed the open cellar door and closed it - without noticing the intruders.
It wasn't until the next morning that a tenant became puzzled because the damaged cellar door could not be opened and she heard voices from the cellar.
The two intruders turned out to be known to the police.
They had broken into several cellar compartments.
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