Woman trades 'friend' for petrol

Berlin: A German woman left her friend as a deposit at a gas station because she did not have enough cash to pay for her petrol.

"She didn't have enough money to pay the bill, so her friend stayed behind as a human deposit while she went to withdraw cash," said a spokesman for police in the south German town of Muenchberg.

"Unfortunately, the woman did not return," the police said.

Two hours after the 20-year-old driver left, the gas station called the police, who interrogated the stranded 'deposit' before releasing her.

Police are investigating the driver on suspicion of fraud.