Overview
- Responding to a break-in report Sunday in Rees-Millingen, officers opened a conservatory and found two peacocks instead of suspects.
- The resident had told the Kleve emergency line he had locked two women who tried to enter through the terrace.
- After confirming the birds were not intruders, police called off additional patrols and reported no crime.
- The municipal public order office, known in Germany as the Ordnungsamt, later took charge of the peacocks.
- The police dispatch center is now reviewing how the caller’s report was misheard, and where the birds came from remains unclear.