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The Bare Arm of the Law

“It’s easier to take action when you have your colleagues with you, and all your tools and equipment,” said Christopher Bohman, deputy chief of the Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden, police. “This was as stripped down as it gets — in more ways than one.” And for more people than one: the officer was in the sauna, and so was the fugitive, when each recognized the other. The officer arrested the unnamed man, who’d been convicted of drug charges and attempted assault on a public servant. “We are everywhere,” said the Rinkeby Police in a Facebook post. “Even if you don’t see us, we are there.” (AC/Local Sweden) ...On the bright side, a strip search was probably unnecessary.