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‘Bikini Cop’ tackles would-be pickpocket while sunbathing in Swedish park

WATCH ABOVE: A photo of an off-duty Swedish police officer dressed only in a bikini taking down suspected pickpocket has gone viral online – Jul 29, 2016

She was off duty and wearing a bikini but that didn’t stop Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner from catching a suspected thief.

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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.

Kellner and three friends were sunbathing Wednesday in a Stockholm park, a homeless man selling newspapers approached, she told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

After he left, one friend noticed her phone was missing. Kellner and a fellow police officer gave chase.

Kellner said she didn’t hesitate to make the arrest while wearing a bikini.

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“If I had been naked I would have intervened as well,” she said.

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