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	A girl who falsely told gardai she saw a teenage boy being abducted could face charges, it has been revealed.</p>
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	Gardai issued a Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) alert after they were told by a witness that 15-year-old Sait Canbullu was bundled into a van by masked men on Saturday.</p>
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	The teenager was later found safe and well in Sligo &ndash; however the operation cost gardai more than &euro;100,000, according to The Irish Daily Mail.</p>
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	Once the CRI was issued garda helicopters were dispatched &ndash; as well as over 100 officers mobilised to search for him.</p>
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	Appeals were made across the media as well as on motorway signs.</p>
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	Ports and airports were also put on alert in case there was an attempt to smuggle him out of the country.</p>
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	It is believed a teenage girl told gardai she saw Sait being abducted.</p>
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	Gardai became suspicious of her claims when CCTV footage of the area was examined and no trace of the boy or van found.</p>
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	It is now believed the girl will face a criminal inquiry for knowingly making a false claim to gardai.<br />
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/false-cri-alert-cost-gardai-100k-as-girl-could-face-charges-30593293.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/false-cri-alert-cost-gardai-100k-as-girl-could-face-charges-30593293.html</a></p>
