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Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner pins a man to the ground who is suspected to have stolen a friend's mobile phone. Picture: AP.
SHE was off duty and wearing only a bikini but that didn’t stop Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner from catching a suspected thief.
A photo of Kellner pinning the suspect to the ground was trending on social media in Sweden this week.
“My first intervention while wearing a bikini during my 11 years as a police officer,†she wrote on Instagram.
Mr Kellner and three friends were sunbaking on Wednesday in a Stockholm park when a homeless man selling newspapers approached, she told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
After he left, one friend noticed her phone was missing. Ms Kellner and a fellow police officer gave chase.
Ms Kellner said she didn’t hesitate to make the arrest while wearing a bikini.
“If I had been naked I would have intervened as well,†she said.