India, May 15 -- A man was wrongfully arrested and detained twice after a name mix-up in the Western Australia Police system, with the state's Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) condemning the failures as deeply concerning, reported the New York Post.

The incidents began in January 2023, when a man, referred to in the CCC report as Marc Smith (a pseudonym), was involved in a dispute over a boat. He called emergency services, claiming he felt threatened by the boat's owner. However, at the same time, someone else had also called police to report that a man was stealing a boat.

An emergency dispatcher misspelt Marc's name as "Mark," inadvertently linking him to an outstanding warrant and a breach of bail belonging to someone else. Poli...