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A man became very angry after finding a piece of cork in his wine so he decided to call police, according to police reports in the United Kingdom.
Manchester Police said that a customer at a bar, who called police after seeing a piece of cork floating in his wine glass, is included in a list of strange 999 (police) calls.
The drinker contact the police when he got into a dispute with the staff, who denied him a refund.
He was warned that he could be fined for the appropriate call, but no action was taken after the incident at Bluu in Manchester.
“This type of calls tie up the police lines,” Inspector Phil Spurgeon of the Greater Manchester Police said.
"While a call manager is dealing with a call like this, someone else could be facing a real emergency. People who call 999 for inappropriate reasons could be fined,” he also said.
Other strange calls during the summer include a man asking for pregnancy pills and another of a man who claimed that his parking space had been stolen.