999 phone damaged during hoax callout
"Several services were dispatched and a large search... undertaken with nothing found.
"With no further information or reports, this callout was assumed a hoax call and all assets stood down." It added: "This behaviour has cost thousands of both taxpayer and volunteer funds as well has many hours of time on what has been an extremely busy bank holiday weekend. "It has taken valuable resources away from important taskings, disrupted holidaymakers, local businesses and the lives of our, and our partner services' families.
"We'd like to thank all those involved with this callout and again express our extreme disappointment in this behaviour."The emergency phone is currently out of service.
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