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Dunedin Tinder fail ends in police callout

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A man tried to enter the property at about 4.20am on Sunday, but was met by an alarmed resident who called the police. Photo / 123RF

A man tried to enter the property at about 4.20am on Sunday, but was met by an alarmed resident who called the police. Photo / 123RF

Otago Daily Times

A failed Tinder hook-up ended up as a date with the police for a Dunedin man at the weekend.

The 32-year-old man prompted a police callout after trying to enter a Douglas St, St Kilda, home for what he believed was a Tinder date, Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said

The man tried to enter the property about 4.20am on Sunday, but was met by an alarmed resident who called the police.

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The man showed his Tinder profile to the police, which showed that a woman named Jo had told him to come to the address, ''amongst other things'', Snr Sgt Dinnissen said.

The man has not been charged.