Policeman arrests fugitive while the pair are both NAKED in Swedish sauna

Policeman arrests fugitive while the pair are both NAKED in Swedish sauna after he bumped into the drug criminal by chance

  • The officer was relaxing in a spa in Rinkeby, Stockholm when he noticed the man 
  • According to police the criminal was a fugitive who had recently gone on the run 
  • Swedish police said the officer arrested the man while inside the packed sauna 

A Swedish policeman arrested a criminal while they were both naked in the sauna after they recognised one another. 

The officer was relaxing in a sauna in Rinkeby, north-west of Stockholm, when he noticed one of the men sitting next to him was a a drugs offender who had gone on the run after being sentenced to prison.  

‘By a coincidence, and rather amusingly, they both recognised each other in the sauna,’ Christoffer Bohman, deputy police chief in the Stockholm district of Rinkeby, told Swedish state broadcaster SVT.

The officer was reportedly relaxing in a sauna when he noticed one of the men was a fugitive [stock photo]

‘It’s easier to take action when you have your colleagues with you, and all your tools and equipment. This was as stripped-down as it gets – in more ways than one.’

According to a post on the Polisen Rinkeby Facebook page, despite being on his day off, the officer then carried out an arrest despite being in the packed sauna. 

‘To our dear colleague who kept your head cool when it was heating up to a potentially dangerous situation, despite being on your day off and relaxing in a spa,’ the post reads.

‘Despite finding yourself in a packed sauna with a wanted criminal, you kept your wits about you and carried out an arrest while considering the needs of all.’

The post signed off: ‘We are everywhere. Even if you don’t see us, we are there.’

A post on the Rinkeby Police Facebook page went viral after describing the encounter between the officer and the criminal

A post on the Rinkeby Police Facebook page went viral after describing the encounter between the officer and the criminal

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